Body Composition Challenge (Page 19)

First week of Weight Watchers for hubby and me went well. I am down 2.0 to 145.4 this week. YAY!!!

Hubby is doing equally as well and lost 4.2 - he is starting to see how it feels when he eats healthy (more energy, less blah feeling, etc) and I LOVED he made a comment last night to a friend that "this doesn't feel like a diet". YAY! More victories for him in my blog but it was a good week.

Another week at home, before I leave for Alaska on Sunday for 2 weeks for work.

Stacie

Hey everyone,

Sorry I've been so MIA, busy with school. I start my first rotation on Wed--family medicine. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I hope everyone is getting through the challenge! So far I've dropped just over 3lbs which is good, only about 1lb per week, but I don't want to lose too quickly. I'm probably eating 4-5 times a day and aiming for all healthy choices. I've got it in my head that junk food is kind of gross (which well...it is gross) and somehow everytime I want to have a chip or something it just really isn't as good as I used to think they were. Haha!

I work for a telecommunications company in Anchorage. I lived there for 6 years (00-06) and then hubby got transferred with the military to Oklahoma where we are now. I still work for the company from home and travel up there for 2 weeks 1-2x a year. Not sure the boss would pay you or if you would fit in my suitcase but come on. The more the merrier.

Same here... did 60 yest and i was up 1 lb.... I'm waiting till later this week to weigh in!

I can totally relate to the "self sabotage"..... I've revamped some of my goals and I'm determined to make choices that put ME in the best situation for success.

Good morning everyone!  I'm at 139.4 - I seem to weight in every Monday morning at 140 and then by Friday I might be down but right back at 140 on Mondays.  I've decided to ditch the calipers!  For one - it's hard to measure in the same spot every single week and I'm doing 9 spots to get a good estimate.  If I follow the quick and easy guideline I'm taking measurements in places I don't accumulate fat so the end result is totally wrong (sadly).  And I need an assistant to take measurements in places I do accumulate fat and I'm thinking that the way to keep the spark alive in a 17 year relationship is NOT to ask hubby to pinch my fat every week!!  Scale is useless - I've dropped two clothing sizes in 6 months and yet I've only lost 1 pound. ? Maybe I'll get out the tape measure. 

So long as I'm getting leaner... that's the goal.  No more muffin top and lower tummy is starting to get flatter woo hoo!  I'm moving in the right direction.  I have started eating my carbs immediately before/after workout and then no more for remainder of day.  Or limited unprocessed quanitities.  When hungry - I snack on fruits/veggies.  Seems to be working out well.  It's amazing how if I start the day off with say a bagel - I want bread all day long.  Bye bye bagels!

Stay strong and focussed everyone!!

Congrats on moving in the right direction!  I agree, "honey can you take my bodyfat measurement?" is not really very romantic

Indeed! That made me snicker this morning.

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How's everyone doing today?

I ate a ton yesterday... all healthy but still too much. Some days I just want to eat all day long. I think it's emotional, as I do tend to be an emotional eater. Oh well, it's a new day... time to get back to it.

riorio - 2011-08-24 7:23 AM I'm hanging in there. The first few weeks of school are crazy and I haven't been working out as much as I'd like but I've also been too busy in the classroom to even nibble at the goodies in the teacher lounge. I am trying to do better with nutrition but our challenge right now is that my son has Football practice in another town every night from 6-9pm, so we haven't been having the usual healthy family dinners. The daily practice ends this week so things will be more normal. I've dropped a few lbs and several inches, so it's all going in the right direction. My problem is that I am impatient, LOL, but I keep telling myself that slow and steady wins the race with body composition!
Great to read about everyone's progress, keep it up!  

Great job avoiding the lounge and moving in the right direction!

Gotta ask, is that a Splish suit in your avatar?

Abbie, that protein shake sounds delicious!

I know I shouldn't do this but I weighed myself this morning and was down 3 pounds. Just finished a really sweaty run so it's all water but I'll take it.

I can relate to that -- somehow being "full" is connected to being "satisfied", but in an emotional sense.  It's hard to stop even when I know I'm doing it....

I am tired and headachey today, skipped a strength session to sleep and only feel marginally better.....still riding tonight

The earthquake didn't do any damage that I know of other than a cracked sidewalk in Richmond.  However, we have a hurricane coming over the weekend.  I have had enough.

http://triathlon.competitor.com/2011/08/nutrition/racing-weight-beware-the-weekend-binge_37229

Haven't read this through yet, but thought the article looked like something we all need to read!

Rings so true!

This is why I typically do Friday weigh-in's rather than on Monday...

For me, it's that I thrive on the structure of the work week -- during the work day, I've already brought food to work (and prepped ahead of time) and so I'm eating healthy.  Most nights I've already figured out what I'm having for dinner.

But get to the weekend and I fall apart!  I don't often have the healthy stuff around (or I'm saving it for work) and I find myself at odd hours thinking that I haven't eaten in awhile... or the invites to go out... or because I'm tired it's easier to order pizza...etc etc etc.

I firmly believe that if I could reign in my weekends, I'd be SO much more successful at this.

ETA:  Or I could just start working 7 days a week...heh...