[Mama Killgrove]

Hi Ladies,

I finally decided to join the WTTC Weight loss club & start a journal.

A little background info:
age: 28
Lowest weight achieved: 148 lbs ~ April 2004
Highest weight: 214 lbs ~ August 2007
Current weight: 187 lbs ~ Feb. 5 2008
Goal weight: 150 lbs by July 1, 2008
Longest time ever sticking to diet or exercise plan: about 2 months..tops

How I have currently lost the last 27 lbs:
No time to eat, cook, go grocery shopping, or stop for fast food since school has taken over my life.

Biggest weight gain threat:
~ Coke (usually when I'm out of diet coke & hit up Mark's supply)
~ Coffee (I like a little coffee w/ my cream & sugar).

Biggest hurdles I have to jump over
~ I am never hungry anymore (I have gone days without eating until my stomach hurts & talks loud enough for the entire class to hear)
~ Sleeping ~ After years of partying & nightly trips to the club, my mind feels that I'll miss something if I go to sleep even though I am usually studying in 10-12 hour blocks.
~ My OCD related to counting calories, carbs, fat grams, & protein (rooted from childhood)

What I hope to gain from my 4 month plan:
1. Learn how to establish life long eating habits & exercise routine
2. To love my body, regardless of how I might think I look
3. To fit into my skinny jeans from 2004 (Yep, I still have them)
4. To be able to run for 20 minutes straight * Have been trying to do this for years*
5. Try to incorporate different types of exercise I haven't tried before (swimming, tae-bo, weight training, etc)

Feel free to comment at any time & I'll try my best to do the same for the rest of the WTTC weight lost club. If you think I should try some type of exercise, recipe, or whatever, I'd love to hear it.

[soImarriedAnerd]

WOW thats a plan! Welcome to our lovely little group! We have pretty easy guidelines here....we do weight in 1st and 15th of the month and we own up to it LOL. (i will add you to the weight in list-if you can try to start us off today or tomorrow). If we lose its great, if we stay the same wt we are happy, if we add weight we also have to include one thing we like about our body to help us stay positive. We chart what we eat (for us who are on wt loss, some are here just for increase exercise), exercise, water intake and little extras we like to share.

Things I think when I look at your plan...

For your schedule I think maybe each day you should do one thing you like about your body! 2. To love my body, regardless of how I might think I look Also include how much you slept so we can get a better idea there also.

3. To fit into my skinny jeans from 2004 (Yep, I still have them)---I hate to tell you this but it seems that after 25ys no matter if you make your goal weight or not....those pants never quit fit the same way again....the weight is off but just "relocated" LOL

4. To be able to run for 20 minutes straight * Have been trying to do this for years* www.coolrunnings.com couch potato to 5k program....its WONDERFUL!!!!!

Fellow water hater here, and you have plenty others here LOL. We all did much better when we bought a pretty refillable water glass (like a Nalgene) and take it everywhere with us. If you want to drink a coke drink one glass of water before it and see if your still thirsty. Also try adding things to your water....lemon juice or fruit helps. The coffee...well I am a non-coffee drinker so I will let one of them help with that one

The I'm not hungry anymore....I am also right there with you. Motivation to make yourself eat is great. For me its a baby picture....I try to think that when I am pregnant I would be starving my baby if I continued to eat my one big meal a day. And that babies need small amounts all day....i don't trust myself to break the habit when i am pregnant I know I need to do it now! So its a goal of mine to fix it before TTC. And I think you may be over doing the how often your going to eat a day...if you aren't eating much now going to 3 meals and 2 snacks isn't a realistic start point. (I am assuming you do 1-2 snacks and one meal now) Try starting at 2 meals and one snack then going to 3 meals and one snack and finally 3 meals and 2 snacks.....start off a little slower on this one! Slow and steady is the way to go.

New and different things.....you study alot so your at a desk alot....get rid of your chair and only use a exercise ball. While studying you can just try to keep your feet off the floor....great ab workout! Just engaging more muscles will give you a little something!

Woohoo I'm super excited to have you here! I hope you stick with us.
Angela

[Mama Killgrove]

Hi all,

Day 1 has been fun but I know I’ll be cursing day 7. Since I just became a VIP member of fertility friend, I plan on tracking my workout/diet info on there as well. I am a planner by nature (Capricorns..{sassy voice} Hey) but with my hectic life I adlib as necessary.

I bought a brand new scale with a bunch of high tech features I have yet to figure out (like body water percent and total body fat.). I plan to weight myself every Sunday (and on the 1st & 15th for JM) in the morning before I consume anything. I always heard that the morning is the worst time to weigh yourself since the body retains water while you sleep but I really do not want to starve myself for 8 hours and expel any liquids or solids before I weigh like I use to do.

After going to the gym today, I remembered how much I loved to workout when I first met Mark. I went 7 days a week for 45 – 60 minutes a day for 6 weeks. It gave me a chance to pamper myself because I would workout, read something other than textbooks (love cosmo just haven’t had a chance to read it), then hang out in the steam room for 15 minutes. I also remember why I use to go at 7 in the morning.. No waiting for machines.

I hope after a few weeks to add a second workout at night after Mark heads to work. I used to love Taebo & I still have 5 of my Taebo dvds so I’ll see how to incorporate them into my routine in a couple weeks (I hope).

Here’s a breakdown of today:

Officially Weight: 188 lbs

Food consumption:

Breakfast
~ 1/2 cup apple sauce
~ 8 oz of coffee w/ sugar and creamer
Average amount of calories eaten: 250 calories

Lunch:
1 slice of white bread
1 slice of honey turkey
half slice of colby cheese
half of a chicken pot pie
diet coke

Average amount of calories eaten: 450 calories

Dinner:
6 oz (palm size) of round steak
1 cup of canned peas
4 mini choc. chip cookies (120 calories)

Average amount of calories eaten: 400 calories

Total amount of calories eaten: 1100 calories

Fitness Log:

Treadmill
25 minutes ~ 20 mins W.L. mode, 5 mins with no incline
147 calories
1.31 miles

W.L. ~ weight lost mode (hills of various sizes)

Elliptical trainer
20 minutes @ intensity level 6 (5 mins in reverse.. loved the thigh burn)
197 calories
1.50 miles

Total calories burned @ gym today: 344 calories

Water intake

3 bottles of Dasani = 60 oz
*Hoping to drink at least 4 bottles a day*


Angela:

Thank you for your response. Please register my official weight as 188 lbs. I have been staring at “From couch to 5k” since 2006. The furthest I have ever made it to was week two; day 2. I plan to incorporate this workout program after this week. I love the exercise ball idea. I spend 3 + hours a day at my desk and every little bit will help. Thank you again for your support .

[soImarriedAnerd]

Got your starter weight thanks! I weight my self in the morning because I believe its the only time of the day that I am just my weight, not my food plus me...and I do it all natural!!
I make it to week 3 then fad out on the C25K thing....lol. Also with the ball I will straddle it and squeeze it with my thighs each time my computer is "thinking" (you know where you can't do anything because something is uploading LOL) GREAT job with the water....we all know how much that sucks to start. The ball is a life saver!
Now is this the way you have been working out the last few months? If not....be careful not to start GUN HO and burn out....SLOW and STEADY....if you have been doing this for a couple months already....well heck thats GREAT!!!

[lupti]

welcome Deidre!

Great job on day 1..isn't it great when you go to the gym and realize you actually missed it? On the couch to 5k thing..there are some ppl who have made podcasts with music and a voice telling you when to switch from walking to running, that might help some as well, instead of constantly having to keep track in your head.

Great job on trying to get the 5 eating times in...For some reason, it really makes you feel as if you are always eating and never deprived. I have the not being hungry hurdle as well..I normally have to remind myself to eat. But..since I really hit the gym last week I have noticed some signs of hunger (especially if lunch or m snack come later than usual!) Its a challenge, for sure. The crazy thing, is you really have to eat to lose weight...its just about eating better things- which is one of my hurdles, since I come home tired and want something fast and simple (which isnt always healthy).

I'm here if u need anything!

[Mama Killgrove]

Hi all,

Did want you to think that I MIA'ed already. Day 2 was a roadtrip day. Today (day 3) was a ducky day. Woke up around 1 pm, cleaned house, then went to the gym around 8 pm. About to head to bed but wanted to check in.

Hi Angela. LOL.. I'm so all natural, I take the scrunchie out of my hair...lol. I have been quite energentic in the last few months but hardly any was used at the gym (cleaned when moving out of our house and then cleaning our new place)

Hi Heather,
Nice to meet you. I have been telling myself to eat but since I went grocery shopping yesterday, I bought some of those 100 calorie cookie packs, I have been at least eating more...mmmm. I'll have to check out that podcast thing (one of the few feature I don't use on my IPod ). Thanks for the info

Day 3

Total sleep received: 11.5 hours

Food consumption:

Breakfast / Lunch:
~ 8 oz of round steak = 381 calories
~ Starbucks Dk Choc. Pmint Mocha Frap. = 200 calories
~ Diet coke = 0 Calories

Average amount of calories eaten: 581 calories

Dinner:
9 Tortino pizza rolls = 330 Calories
Laura dune cookies (100 calorie pk ) = 100 Calories
Hershey’s Sweet & Salty Granola Bar = 140 Calories

Average amount of calories eaten: 570 calories

Beverages:
3 ~ 20 oz. Diet Coke = 0 Calories

Total amount of calories eaten: 1240 calories

Fitness Log:

Treadmill
25 minutes ~ 20 mins W.L. mode, 5 mins with no incline
151 calories
1.31 miles

W.L. ~ weight lost mode (hills of various sizes)

Elliptical trainer
25 minutes @ intensity level 3 (20 mins in hill mode)
265 calories
1.97 miles

Total calories burned @ gym today: 416 calories

Water intake

1.5 bottles of Dasani = 25 oz
*Hoping to drink at least 4 bottles a day*

Off to bed I go

[soImarriedAnerd]

Way to go on charting so well, tracking everything is so wonderful! And its great you own up to all the days you missed woohoo for that!

Ok... Here is what I saw when reading your log. No Veggies, No Fruit, No dairy....like at all. If you not taking a multivitamin, you need to start that-ASAP. I also had to totally smile when I read your diet...its the EXACT things I was eating two months ago! So first step go out and get a multivitamin and take it daily! I will pick at the water later but the bigger concern for me is your lack of nutrients. Ok tomorrow I want 1 Fruit, 1 Veggie and 1 dairy serving in your whole day at least 1-more would be great but I am all for a slow transition, because I know it sucks. (toppers don't count-like onions or mushrooms, lettuce on a burger LOL-i used to count those). I want one full serving of each three categories they can't be fried either. You can totally do this! I know you can.
I see you focus on calories and what your eating does keep that down....i don't think the calorie count works for people like us who love fast food and proceed foods (I will have you know now I am totally craving those pizza rolls LOL).
What worked for me was that stupid pyramid thing they teach us in P.E. class I have a check off box on my google homepage that I check off when I get one serving of each part done. I taught myself I can cheat once i get the pyramid full, But not a second before (but many times with the proper stuff I am not really wanting the snacks -AF is different LOL...but I feel I am getting my nutrients in and thats so important since I will be TTC soon...those babies like their vitamins!) Thats was my secret, give it a try if you think it would work for you. What is your homepage (MSN, Yahoo, Google I bet i can find you something like mine!) If you don't like the pyramid idea try counting fat instead of calories.

Your exercise is great, keep up the great work on that! I wish I could get on those machines like you do!

[Mama Killgrove]

Happy Friday all. With the last weekday of spring break, I decided to hit the gym then relax.

Hope eveyone has a ducky weekend!

Day 4
Date: Fri 03/07/2008

Total sleep received: 9 hours

Nutrition Log

Breakfast:
2 ~ 16.5 oz bottle of Dasani water
Hershey’s Sweet & Salty Granola Bar = 140 Calories

Average amount of calories : 140 calories

Lunch
half a can ~ overstuffed ravoli = 250 Calories
medium apple = 100 calories *Fruit*
1 ~ 16.5 oz bottle of Dasani water

Average amount of calories eaten: 350 calories

Snack
Oreo thin crisp cookies (100 calorie pk ) = 100 Calories

Amount of calories eaten: 100 calories

Dinner
Pot Roast = 700 calories

Water intake

4 bottles of Dasani (16.9 oz) = 67.6 oz (getting closer... )
*Hoping to drink at least 4 ~ 20 oz. bottles a day (80 oz)*

Still having fun

[soImarriedAnerd]

Girl you just ROCKED that day!!!! Congrats on doing so well....same rules for the weekend-1 fruit/dairy/veggie a day....and way to go on picking up some water in there!!!

[~*sierra*~]

nice job! i think that the carrots count as a veggie that you had with your pot roast! and potato is a root vegetable - so that counts too! in fact thats 3 veggies all a different colour, and they say that the more colours you can eat the better as each one offers different nutrients

[soImarriedAnerd]

nice job! i think that the carrots count as a veggie that you had with your pot roast! and potato is a root vegetable - so that counts too! in fact thats 3 veggies all a different colour, and they say that the more colours you can eat the better as each one offers different nutrients [/b]

very true about the colors!