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Post by sammysam on May 14, 2018 4:13:44 GMT -6
Everyone welcome!
Ultimate goal:
This week's goal:
How are you doing so far?
RRAW:
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Post by remi on May 14, 2018 5:19:36 GMT -6
Ultimate goal: Lose 10 pounds and lots of inches off stomach/hips
This week's goal: Get all my workouts in and follow the eating plan.
How are you doing so far? So far, doing well! I've been at this 8 complete days now and I'm feeling much better overall! I did weight myself and I haven't changed at all, so that's a bit of a bummer. I'm not letting that discourage me at all though!
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Post by obscureference on May 14, 2018 5:42:02 GMT -6
Ultimate goal: first goal is to lose 20 lbs
This week's goal: keep up the exercise and eating right
How are you doing so far? Did great last week. Really stuck to my healthy eating for the first time in awhile.
RRAW: I lost almost 4 lbs last week! That made the bfn a little easier to deal with!
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Post by remi on May 14, 2018 7:58:43 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on May 14, 2018 14:38:42 GMT -6
Ultimate goal: 20 lbs
This week's goal: To cut out junk. All of it. To stick to my eating plan. All salad and meat.
How are you doing so far: ok. I did have some toast with dinner though because AF is coming and it made me feel better about it. I plan on weighing on Friday.
RRAW: I know when I get this pregnancy weight off I'll feel much better. I just keep thinking over 10 lbs of this was from my loss pregnancy and the rest was from feeling like crap about my loss. Getting rid of it will help me move past it all and start feeling better about where we are and where we're going as a family.
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Post by sammysam on May 14, 2018 14:41:55 GMT -6
Anyone feel like picking a date to post a progress pick with me? I was thinking about maybe the end of June or beginning of July (if we're still here) posting a progress pick just to give myself some motivation.
Any takers? We can delete them quickly if we want:)
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Post by charliefox on May 14, 2018 15:15:14 GMT -6
Ultimate goal: Mostly to feel better in my clothes.
This week's goal: Yoga everyday, and some cardio. Plus more fruits/veggies and less bread
How are you doing so far? This weekend wasn't great. My eating was off, I didn't prioritize yoga which left me doing it late at night (after a glass or two of wine) and I hurt my shoulder last week which makes some yoga positions a bit tough.
RRAW: There are clearly great things happening since I started my every day yoga (both physically and emotionally) but my weight hasn't budged. It's frustrating, I'm sure I've replaced some fat with muscle but I really need to step up my game. It used to be so easy to drop a few lbs and feel better about myself, and by "used to" I mean like last year. I don't know what is going on right now that is making it that much more difficult (i'm already on thyroid meds). Grrr.
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Post by sammysam on May 14, 2018 15:32:34 GMT -6
charliefox I feel your frustration. I was in a bikini all last summer while pregnant and it looked good. This is the first time I have ever gained this much weight or had trouble losing weight I'd gained. All I can figure is that my mind is still falling back on the promise of getting pregnant at some point which is messing me up some how. Sorry you're not feeling good about the scale but your yoga is an amazing accomplishment!
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Post by remi on May 14, 2018 18:47:40 GMT -6
I haven’t been in a bikini in almost 6 years. I’m hoping by the end of this week the scale will show me a change for the better. I weighed in this morning and the scale hadn’t moved.
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Post by sammysam on May 14, 2018 19:31:26 GMT -6
remi I wouldn't worry about the scale right now. You're doing awesome and it'll start to show on the scale soon. Bikinis are the only type of bathing suit I own and I refuse to buy new ones out of principal. Also because my mom made a crack that maybe I'm getting too old to wear bikinis. I told her I'm planning on wearing one until I'm at least 60. But it's looking more and more like I'm going to have to buy moomoos to not scare people on the water this summer:/
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Post by sammysam on May 14, 2018 19:33:30 GMT -6
Got over 10 000 steps and did my hour of stairs. I'm feeling better than I did this morning. Also went for a run with DD. She loves running. I haven't been able to run since I wrecked my knee so it was really more of a hobble. But it's a start.
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Post by charliefox on May 14, 2018 21:33:06 GMT -6
remi, can you take measurements instead? or progress pics? I feel like, often, those show more improvement than the scale does. Personally, I do try to stay away from the scale and focus more on how I feel (and how my clothes fit) since the scale is a fickle bitch. Get it, sammysam! I couldn't even begin to imagine running, lol. I am not built for running. Andplusalso, I know the pregnancy thing is holding me back as well. All last year, and this year, I've been thinking that I'll have a cute belly to rock in a bikini over the summer but at this point that dream is gone so I really need to snap back to reality. We have our annual family (my side) trip to Tahoe in August and I would really like to be comfortable in my body by then.
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Post by charliefox on May 14, 2018 21:33:54 GMT -6
Anyone feel like picking a date to post a progress pick with me? I was thinking about maybe the end of June or beginning of July (if we're still here) posting a progress pick just to give myself some motivation. Any takers? We can delete them quickly if we want:) I've been meaning to take progress pics. I should probably do that. |
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Post by sammysam on May 15, 2018 3:56:13 GMT -6
charliefox I always wanted the cute pregnant belly in a bikini also. Both of my pregnancies I was only in first tri in the summer so definitely not a cute bump. With DD I was too sick to even move moat days (lucky I'm a teacher and first tri coincided with summer vacation) so it was the only year I didn't get out onto the water. Last summer I had a bit of a bloat belly but I was good with it. I was hoping for a real belly this summer too:( We have a big family get together in August so if I'm not KU by then I need to at least look like myself. Also Yay to someone else doing a progress pic with me! What do you say to the last day of June?
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Post by remi on May 15, 2018 9:14:02 GMT -6
charliefox, I did take pics at the beginning of the month, haven't taken any since then. I agree about just feeling better and seeing some inches come off. I'm totally down for end of June!
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Post by sunshiney on May 15, 2018 10:46:00 GMT -6
charliefox I feel your frustration. I was in a bikini all last summer while pregnant and it looked good. This is the first time I have ever gained this much weight or had trouble losing weight I'd gained. All I can figure is that my mind is still falling back on the promise of getting pregnant at some point which is messing me up some how. Sorry you're not feeling good about the scale but your yoga is an amazing accomplishment! This!!! I keep thinking, okay I might just have one more month to lose weight so I should do my best. But in the back of my mind I'm really thinking, hopefully I'll get pregnant this month and then it's not like I'd have been able to make a significant dent in the weight I want to lose in just this one month so I might as well not try that hard. And then another wasted month goes by. It's got to be a normal response to loss. I keep bawling to my therapist about how I loved, deeply and truly LOVED, by body every moment I was pregnant, it was like all the body shame and imperfections melted away from my sight and I felt like a goddess and perfect and natural in my own skin and I want that feeling back so bad! Can't even try to pretend to have a positive body image now without it, which makes it impossible to get motivated to lose weight...it's all coming from a place of hating my body. There's got to be a solution other than getting KU, I want to figure this out because I'm afraid it's putting me at risk of having terrible body image issues after having a baby! |
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Post by sunshiney on May 15, 2018 10:50:03 GMT -6
Ultimate goal: Lose 30 pounds and get in shape.
This week's goal: Exercise in some way every day.
How are you doing so far? Walked the dog two days this week so far.
RRAW: I really want to use the recumbent bike or elliptical, or take longer walks, but my ankle injury from last summer just blows up. And I'm on Endometrin which makes me soooo tired. But I believe I can do 10-min or so stints at a time without worsening my ankle, so I need to be organized enough to make that happen a few times a day!
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Post by sammysam on May 15, 2018 18:09:26 GMT -6
charliefox I feel your frustration. I was in a bikini all last summer while pregnant and it looked good. This is the first time I have ever gained this much weight or had trouble losing weight I'd gained. All I can figure is that my mind is still falling back on the promise of getting pregnant at some point which is messing me up some how. Sorry you're not feeling good about the scale but your yoga is an amazing accomplishment! This!!! I keep thinking, okay I might just have one more month to lose weight so I should do my best. But in the back of my mind I'm really thinking, hopefully I'll get pregnant this month and then it's not like I'd have been able to make a significant dent in the weight I want to lose in just this one month so I might as well not try that hard. And then another wasted month goes by. It's got to be a normal response to loss. I keep bawling to my therapist about how I loved, deeply and truly LOVED, by body every moment I was pregnant, it was like all the body shame and imperfections melted away from my sight and I felt like a goddess and perfect and natural in my own skin and I want that feeling back so bad! Can't even try to pretend to have a positive body image now without it, which makes it impossible to get motivated to lose weight...it's all coming from a place of hating my body. There's got to be a solution other than getting KU, I want to figure this out because I'm afraid it's putting me at risk of having terrible body image issues after having a baby! So much this. I feel like the disappointment of month afyer failed month of TTC won't get to me so much if I'm feeling good about myself again. |
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Post by sammysam on May 15, 2018 18:10:04 GMT -6
Did my stairs today and stuck to my eating plan. Feeling good today!
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Post by obscureference on May 16, 2018 5:47:02 GMT -6
Not doing as great with my eating. The kids make healthy eating so difficult. They don’t eat much so they always have delicious leftovers. And by delicious I mean full of carbs that I shouldn’t eat. I hate wasting food so I end up cleaning up their plates for them. I really need to stop doing that.....
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Post by sunshiney on May 16, 2018 6:59:47 GMT -6
obscureference Oh, that sounds so tempting! Good luck! Gave the dog a quick walk this morning with DH, which motivated him to go around a few more blocks after I had to rush to work. #score! Brought a mozzarella cheese stick into work this morning for a mid-morning snack instead of the amazing Belgian chocolate bars in my desk from a travelling coworker that I've been inhaling. #babysteps
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Post by sammysam on May 16, 2018 7:41:25 GMT -6
Not doing as great with my eating. The kids make healthy eating so difficult. They don’t eat much so they always have delicious leftovers. And by delicious I mean full of carbs that I shouldn’t eat. I hate wasting food so I end up cleaning up their plates for them. I really need to stop doing that..... Yeah...it took me some time to become ok with just throwing DDs leftovers in the garbage. Luckily because of my celiac status I can't eat most of the things she does anyways. |
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Post by obscureference on May 16, 2018 11:05:39 GMT -6
sammysam Yea, we still throw a ton of stuff out, but when they haven’t even touched stuff, that’s when I’m tempted. Half eaten stuff I’m fine throwing out because it could very likely have been in their mouths and then back in the plate lol.
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Post by radiantfate on May 17, 2018 11:57:00 GMT -6
Ultimate goal: Reach a healthy BMI/lose 170lbs
This week's goal: Lose 2lbs
How are you doing so far? Jumped on the scale Monday for the first time in 2 weeks and I'm down 5lbs!
RRAW: I have not been as consistent as I'd like with tracking food in MFP. I'm also pissed because I was doing SUPER good with exercise last week by swimming and wouldn't you know, it's been raining every day since Sunday.
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Post by sammysam on May 17, 2018 18:18:19 GMT -6
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Post by sammysam on May 17, 2018 18:20:05 GMT -6
Steps and stairs done.
Time for bed. I'm exhausted. I've been at the park with DD every day this week for a minimum of 3 hours. I'm so glad it's a long weekend for us this weekend. I need sleep.
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Post by sammysam on May 17, 2018 18:21:28 GMT -6
sammysam Yea, we still throw a ton of stuff out, but when they haven’t even touched stuff, that’s when I’m tempted. Half eaten stuff I’m fine throwing out because it could very likely have been in their mouths and then back in the plate lol. Yeah. I'm not a fan of eating stuff that has already been in someone else's mouth either. I just can't do it. |
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