MAD MANATEE Mentor Group (TriAya & lmscozz)--CLOSED! (Page 24)

I am just catching up.  I went swimming this weekend and my swim buddy was able to pick right out what I am doing wrong with my arms and put in such I way I understand.  I am picking up some of those rectangle training paddles to help me out.  I am starting with private lessons for the next couple of weeks before true tri training begins. 

I need to rant.  You don't have to read.  I just have to vent. 

 I have been doing WW since just after Thanksgiving and I have now lost and regained the same 2lbs since Dec. 13.  I am pretty disgusted.  Part of me knows its stress holding on to that weight, the other part of me wants to say F-it and give me some dang chocolate.  I am so upset.  I've done EVERYTHING right.  I don't cheat.  This is the 4th time that I have returned to Weight Watchers and this has happened.  Since I added training into my lifestyle, my weight doesn't budge.  When I initially lost weight 5 years ago, it was before I ever did my 1st event.   I sat on my skinny a$$ to do it.  Exercise is bad for my weight loss.  My weight shot up when I started tri training and has been stuck there ever since. I am exactly where I was before I became a lifetime member at WW.  My  body is very attached to those 27lbs.** Opinions here are not endorsed by anyone else but me (my disclaimer so others don't think I am the norm) I am an anomaly.  Its so sad. I frustrate every leader I've ever had.  They don't know what to do with me. They tell me to eat more and I gain, they tell me to eat less and I gain, they telll me to eat just enough and I gain.  This stinks!!!!!!  Maybe I need to try a fad diet or pills.  Doing the healthy stuff doesn't work for me.  I am so anal about nutrition, organic, whole foods, clean eating, balancing protein, etc... If weight loss was based on knowledge or effort, I'd be a size 0.  AAAAAARrrRRGGGHHH!!!!  I will keep going back because my daughter has now lost 26lbs since T-giving and I am incredibly proud of her.  I want her metabolism and I am so proud of her.  I want her to keep the momentum going.  I just need to find something that is going to work for me, aside from a less stressful job which I think is truly the reason my body holds the weight.   

Rant over. 

I am just catching up.  I went swimming this weekend and my swim buddy was able to pick right out what I am doing wrong with my arms and put in such I way I understand.  I am picking up some of those rectangle training paddles to help me out.  I am starting with private lessons for the next couple of weeks before true tri training begins. 

I need to rant.  You don't have to read.  I just have to vent. 

 I have been doing WW since just after Thanksgiving and I have now lost and regained the same 2lbs since Dec. 13.  I am pretty disgusted.  Part of me knows its stress holding on to that weight, the other part of me wants to say F-it and give me some dang chocolate.  I am so upset.  I've done EVERYTHING right.  I don't cheat.  This is the 4th time that I have returned to Weight Watchers and this has happened.  Since I added training into my lifestyle, my weight doesn't budge.  When I initially lost weight 5 years ago, it was before I ever did my 1st event.   I sat on my skinny a$$ to do it.  Exercise is bad for my weight loss.  My weight shot up when I started tri training and has been stuck there ever since. I am exactly where I was before I became a lifetime member at WW.  My  body is very attached to those 27lbs.** Opinions here are not endorsed by anyone else but me (my disclaimer so others don't think I am the norm) I am an anomaly.  Its so sad. I frustrate every leader I've ever had.  They don't know what to do with me. They tell me to eat more and I gain, they tell me to eat less and I gain, they telll me to eat just enough and I gain.  This stinks!!!!!!  Maybe I need to try a fad diet or pills.  Doing the healthy stuff doesn't work for me.  I am so anal about nutrition, organic, whole foods, clean eating, balancing protein, etc... If weight loss was based on knowledge or effort, I'd be a size 0.  AAAAAARrrRRGGGHHH!!!!  I will keep going back because my daughter has now lost 26lbs since T-giving and I am incredibly proud of her.  I want her metabolism and I am so proud of her.  I want her to keep the momentum going.  I just need to find something that is going to work for me, aside from a less stressful job which I think is truly the reason my body holds the weight.   

Rant over. 

Decided to take control.  I'll stick with WW but I am going to tweak it and do clean eating.  I can't think of anything that is getting in the way of this weight loss.  I follow the plan to the letter.  I have tried everything so I am thinking that maybe I need to rethink the way I eat food.  I will be having protein at every meal.  I will be eating organic, whole foods.  No chemicals, no pesticides, no colorings, no artificial.  I already do this 70 percent of the time but I'm shooting for 90 percent. The big change will be adding in more protein. 

This morning with my hot multigrain cereal and blueberries, I had a side of scrambled egg whites. 

For the challenge, are we each picking individual quantitative goals or is everyone doing measurements?  

TriAya - 2011-01-27 10:02 AM Welcoming You to the ...

INAUGURAL MAD MANATEE HEALTH PICKLE CHALLENGE

Gotten yourself into a health pickle? Want to eat more pickles? Just in it for fun?

- Challenge runs from NOW (or if you want to backdate a few days or to your last significant value, fine) until MARCH 31
- Pick a goal type that has a quantifiable STARTING VALUE (you can set it to zero if you don't want to reveal the number). Possibilities/examples include weight, measurements (ex: mine is hip+waist circumference starting at 150cm), time/100yd swim, OR let's say a number that you want to increase--say your longest run now is 5 miles and you want to get to 10 miles by then.
- Identify your END VALUE (ex: mine is get hip+waist circ. to 136cm)
- Check in every week with your new numbers or change in numbers

I have, of course, set up a spreadsheet for this and it happens to be Sheet 2 of our existing Goals Spreadsheet:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0An7ZkKfHG1L1dHphaHc0aFczX0FkOEdhaERqWG0wa1E&hl=en&authkey=CJGo6JsM#gid=1

You're awesome! Thanks Yanti. Melons--er, uh, {{{{Melon presses}}}}

Back on Track for weight loss - down ~3lbs since last week.  I went back to my "eating" and training logs from Nov when I was successful in dropping ~10lbs in preparation for the 1/2 Mary.  Like many of you, I've been stuck on ~191 +/- 1lbs since early December.

Review reminded me about what seems to work for me:
- Approach the weight loss just like training.  It will be HARD
- If it goes in my mouth, it goes into my log.  Only exception is water.  I look up EVERY food for calorie count and record (some surprising findings).  I found that doing this is not necessary to maintain, but helps to loose.  ONLY CALORIES MATTER for weight loss - all else has effects and can affect how full I feel, but ONLY CALORIES COUNT.
- NO EXTRA CALORIES THROUGH SPORT DRINKS.  Water only - no protein shakes, no Powerbars, not Gatorade or hammer. 
- Eat NORMAL regardless of workout intensity (no workout is > 3 hours at this point, so no need for extra calories).
- I'm never full getting up from the table.  I, unfortunately, could often eat 100% of what I just had again before getting full.  YEP - I do get hungry just like my legs get sore (training the gut).  It PASSES after a week.
- Expect my training and abilities to drop.  Can't train for weight loss and for improved performance at the same time.  (note:  Typically if you are loosing weight while training hard for improved performance, you may not be recovering adequately).
- Aim for average calorie count on a weekly basis (ie- throw in a high cheat day or to keep calories for week up) - target 500 calories less per day on weekly average.  This means some days I'm right at calories in = calories out or slightly more in.  Other days I may be under by 1000 - 1200.  Weekly average is calories in is 500 less than calories out.
- EAT ALL DAY LONG.  Breakfast (muffin, black bean burger with hummus, juice) - snack (low-fat cheese stick, .5 oz almonds) - lunch (left overs from night before or healthy choice soup) - banana for snack (MAYBE protein bar) - light dinner with cal target ~500).  Some cheat food (candy, sweet) if calorie count down.  If up, suck on a few frozen strawberries.

Most of this is based on Weight loss for triathletes.  It works for me (well - has worked).  I do understand how hard it is and how frustrating the plateaus can be - I've had many and the more I loose, the more I have.  Mine were 230, 220, 210, 205, 200, 195, 190 (just broke this one after ~2 months), and at one time - 185 (TBD now).   Target is 180 as race weight.  Once I hit that, I'll focus on performance and maintenance.

WHY do this?  I've battled weight my entire life - never real heavy (always carried my weight well - even at 240), just never build well.  Was called "doughboy" even when I raced bikes - skinny legs, big trunk.  Was told by my dad last summer "you don't have the shape of a triathlete".  That said, I have 2 sisters who are obese - 1 morbidly - and 1 sister who has been like me (trying to control but never fully winning or loosing the battle).  Recent blood work came back - sucks - and blood pressure was borderline high.  Bad knee (torn meniscus in both knees, strained / partial tear ACL in left knee) - a whole laundry list of issues. All of which are contributed to by carrying extra weight. 

I REALLY do want to be the first one in my family to live to see 80 AND I'm going to have tons of fun getting there.

BTW:  Jack Lalanne - rest in peace.  There is someone who really broke the mold on healthy living (ie - first to promote weight training for athletes and women).

[Great plan! I think a big part of the weight loss thing is figuring out what works for you. Seems like you've been able to accomplish that. Nice!

BTW-- the BT nutrition log is pretty good for calories, but if you have an iphone or smart phone check out the Lose IT app. It's free and has a pretty good database, including restaurants.