Team Skinny (July 09) Freedom isn't Free (Page 8)

jsnowash, brilliant that you got your health problems sorted, must be a big relief.  Congrats on reaching your monthly goal so early.

Jo, gosh are you still locked up?  Wow, you must be climbing the walls - hope you get a reprieve soon.

I lost half a pound this week, not much but in a downward direction.  The Munchkin's school hols are almost over so I can really get back into the swing of things next week.

 Iron Gus hooray for getting into Noosa, wow.

and last but not least, BikeFu, an extra 50 miles a week is A LOT, that's 80km!!!!! Nice one.

 

Well, the good news is that I'm back down to 133 from last week's gain. The bad news is that I really haven't made any progress at all since the beginning of June! Can I lose 4 lbs in 2.5 weeks? In theory it shouldn't be a problem, but we'll just have to see how it goes...

I'm picking up that book by Martha Beck today from the library and will read it quickly to see if there is any inspiration to be found in there.

july 1st-   243
july 8th-   242
july 15th- 238

Back on track, my goal is now achievable. Hope to be at 176 by the end of the month.

July 1 207
July 8-205
July 15-203.4

Not a great week, but still in the right direction....bad thing is I have a good close friends birthday party tonight at one of our favorite Italian restaurants on the island. I will try to be good, but can't make any promises.

On another topic...I woke up yesterday with a pretty tight/sore IT band on my left leg. So far my knee seems okay, but I am a bit worried about getting IT band syndrome. So, I went and bought a foam roller and will try to do my own physical therapy at home. I will probably take today off, or just go for another swim.

Congrats to everyone on their weight loss! If anyone is up for a tri in November, the Cayman Islands triathlon is Nov. 29th, which will be my first tri. They have sprint and oly. I will be doing the oly. It is a great place for a tri. The swim is in one of the most amazing places in the world, right off world famous Seven Mile Beach.

Weighed in at 224 lbs this morning.  Thats down 3 lbs for the week, so back on the yoyo tain for me.

Goal for 7/22/09 is 223 lbs.

Start of Month: 223
Last Week: 228.5
This week: 228.5

I'm not going to give up!!!!!! The back tire of my bike blew out because I hit something. Then as I was trying to change the tire my bike pump quit working, now I think the tube for the tire is the wrong size, and I've been too tired to wake up and go to the gym. But I will not give up!!! I will come back stronger and quit complaining about all the crap that's going down.

Finally lost a pound, it's about time.

This week: 261.5

Oh, and I'm changing my short-term goal to 255 from 250 - 255 seems so much closer.

197.8 Vacation took its toll...oh well back to the grind!

July: 164.2/162.8
Today: 160.8
July goal: 160

End goal: 150

Cead - I hope you're feeling better and out of the hospital soon!

I'm down .4, which is better than being up .4, but then I was up .4 last week, which means I just am back down to what I was the week before that.  WHAT MORE DO I HAVE TO DO ?????

OK.  I am done shouting, but I am not done being frustrated.  I really thought I might be down a whole frickin' pound, after all, I have really tried hard to be in The Zone and I have exercised every single flippin' day.  (Please know that I do not usually swear or use bad words and I realize that I have just run amok but I am attributing it to frustration.) 

Congrats to all the losers and to all the frustrated ones, I feel your pain. 

I've read some of Martha Beck's other books, and they definitely speak to me. I think for many of us the mental part is 90% of the battle.  You're right some of it does seem kind of hokey, but I've found when I actively follow her approach I am much more successful. I'll have to check that book out. Thanks! 

Ceade- Sending you lots of healing thoughts!

July start:  198.4
Week 1:  195.6
Week 2:  196.6
Goal:  193

Up a pound but I'm recovering from a race.  I went a little crazy on intake.  I hope it will even out.  Better luck to the rest of you!!

Weigh in-
Last week 137.2
this week   135
down 2.2 from last week

I finished my 2nd marathon last weekend. I was much better about my nutrition this last week and have been logging everything I eat. I'm heading in the right direction again.

I have been tracking my nutrition intake religiously for the last ten days and most of the time in the weeks or month or so before that (I don't remember exactly right now). 

I eat approximately 1,500-1,600 calories per day.  I try to make sure I get enough "good" fat and protein.  I have been trying to follow The Zone and get 40% carbs, 30% good fat and 30% protein.  I don't always make that, but it has ensured that I do eat more protein and more good fats.  I eat very little "bad" carbohydrates - bread, pasta, rice, etc.  ("Bad" as defined by The Zone people.) 

Diet plans aside, I eat very little, virtually none, in fact, of "snacky things (and really haven't since the No Sugar Challenge from Dec 21 - Feb 28).  I went to two parties this weekend and had two bites of carrot cake at one and the smallest sliver possible of birthday cake with a very small amount of ice cream at the other and that was the most sugar I had had in some months. 

I am sure that there is some bit of losing fat and gaining muscle, but jeez, haven't we all used that lame excuse before?  I know my clothes look better and people tell me I look good and all of that, but it just seems that serious daily exercise ought to yield more than biceps (but I am glad to be having biceps!). 

I am frustrated, but I am not giving up.  I love going to Crossfit three times per week.  I have started seriously training for my Half Ironman and am happy with that.  Being in the mid-140's in weight sure beats the heck out of being over 200 pounds, which I have been before and most recently 171 when I started Weight Watchers May 2008 (14 months to lose less than thirty pounds!). 

Anyway, I will continue to plug along.  Maybe my plateau will break through this week and I will drop 4.4 pounds and make my goal for the month - the same goal I have had for the last several months. 

Good luck to all.

I am bo no means an expert and have my own issues but I would tend to agree with Sailing...

I actually own all of her "follow your path" books. I find them extremely helpful. The "Four Day Win" though - that's the first book I have ever read that really helped me get a handle on my own food/eating issues. I think it's because she doesn't just tell you that you have an issue, she actually has techniques that actually help you get back into having a normal relationship with food instead of a weird obsession/avoidance thing.

Leah, I checked your logs, and I'm also on the idea that you might not be eating enough. Also, perhaps your weight now is a good weight for you? Have you had your bodyfat % tested? because at mid 140's and working out 4+ hours per week, you just may not have that much further to go. Also, as you get closer - it does get harder to lose those last few pounds.

I know that we all have a particular goal in mind, all I'm saying is that perhaps you need to re-evaluate and figure out if the weight you're trying for is really realistic for you at this point. You might be carrying more muscle than you think.

In a completely gratuitous post of self-congratulation - this is my OFFICIAL post #3000 on this site.

Yes, I know, you are all overcome with shock and awe.

216.  Still on focus.

Stewie,  Remember road runner cartoons?  Remember Wyle E. Coyote?  Always back with a plan no matter what ACME stuff blew up on him, or anvil or rock on the head, always back with a new plan to reach his goal.  (My Hero)

According to my bathroom scale, weighing myself first thing in the morning, my body fat percentage is consistently mid-30's, which is, of course, way too high.  It has come down from the high-30's, but still too high.  We have two bathrooms and so I just bought a new fancy scale last night.  Bizarre.  The two scales register the same weight, but this morning the new scale said my body fat percentage was about 27% and the old one said 33%.  That's a pretty big difference.  I could chalk it up to old scale v. new scale, except that the old scale was always consistent with the body fat percentage measurements at Crossfit.  So, I was not convinced that the new scale was accurate.  I weighed myself tonight and the old scale said 30% body fat and the new one said 28%, which is pretty close.  I really don't know what to think.  The changing difference between the two scales, the difference between morning and night, etc.  It is crazy.  I can tell by looking at myself that there is a fair amount of fat still resting comfortably on my hips and thighs so I objectively know that I do still need to lose some more weight, but perhaps not as much as I think I do.  It is possible that I have more muscle than I think I do, after all I have been doing strength training like crazy since the first of the year. 

I always assume that there are 100-200 calories that I have under-calculated.  I try to calculate my calories accurately and for things I have the nutrition information, it is fairly easy.  But eating out and things like that make it difficult so I always assume that I probably ate 100-200 more calories than I was able to calculate.  Also, I really feel like I eat enough.  If I am hungry, I eat.  If I am not, I don't. 

Anyway, thanks for the advice.  You are a great group of people.  I am a little calmer tonight, partially because both scales showed such a drop in body fat percentage.  I'm not giving up.  Maybe I am closer than I think I am to my goal because I don't know what a good goal is. 

Leah,

Just curious.... how did you come up with 1,500 - 1,600 as your target for daily calorie intake? It seems low to me, too.... I'm also no expert, but I would second the idea of increasing your calories by 100 - 200 healthy calories/day for a week or two and see what happens. I have no idea what your stats are (age, height, level of activity, etc.). but I'm in my mid-40's, 5' 9", and I'm shooting for 2,100 - 2,300 calories per day, which seems to be a good target for me.

On weigh-ins, I would say try to stick to weighing yourself the same time of day each time you weigh in, and using the same scale (for me, my "official" weigh in time is first thing in the morning, after I get out of bed and go to the bathroom....). I know if I weigh myself at different times during the day, my weight can vary pretty significantly throughout the day. If weighing yourself daily is getting you frustrated, don't do it! Try weighing in every few days or once/week, and don't pay much attention to small fluctuations. Or use body measurements to track your progress rather than the number on the scale.

I'm not sure how long you've been doing cross-fit, but I would think that could certainly be adding some muscle mass - so you may be loosing some fat and gaining some muscle at the same time, which is good, but might not result in much of a change in the number on the scale.

Hang in there! I understand those last few pounds are the hardest (I haven't gotten to them yet, so I can't say from personal experience - LOL!). Good luck!

Edited by jsnowash 2009-07-16 5:26 AM