WW and friends of WW 8/24 - 8/30

Peggy - sorry to hear the stress level is still so high - when is your last day?

Kylie - sounds like you had a really active and fun vacation!

Cassi - that new scale still working out for you?

Terri - you are making great progress with your biking!

Scott - Did my butt kicking post help?

Laurie - awesome job in your race today!  those killer workouts paid off

Kate - how are the travels going?

no weigh in this week for me - by the time I got to the gym it was too late and I had already eaten and stuff

I hate weighing myself at a different time of day and under different circumstances - plus they moved the scale to a public area so everyone shares - (it used to be in the locker room)

talk about uncomfortable!

September 5th is my last day...i'll still be involved, but i don't have to be there everyday.  Just in time for school starting...move the stressors from one area to another...But these are chosen stressors, at least.

On the plus side, a negative experience yesterday has furthered my resolve.  I've actually tracked for 2 days now...and I'm going out to dinner with a friend tonight and I picked Applebees because they have the WW menu. 

sounds like the end is in sight!  and somehow chosen stressors tend to be easier to deal with

I like the Applebees WW menu, most of the items are quite good

ps

a gain of .6 isn't much in the grand scheme of things - it could have been much much worse - you'll get there!

FINALLY, yes...

I'm so used to the .6 gains, I don't even bat an eye.  There was another experience in dealing with someone of the opposing gender...nothing hateful, but just a reminder that a good chunk (heh....pun intended) of the reason that I don't get asked out/don't get dates is because I'm overweight.  It was the straw, I was the camel, and I'm now sitting in a back brace waiting to heal.  My youtube updates were rather pathetic...go ahead and take a look if you have a moment.

Today is better...and like I've said, I've actually tracked these past 2 days.  I generally do pretty well when I do that...here's hoping. 

Thanks, Beth.  Still have to work on my RR today.  I was psyched to get 7th in the Athena Division.  It's such a big race, so I was very happy.  There were 64 Athenas registered before the race, but I'm not sure how many actually raced.   

On Friday, I was down 0.6 from my last WI two weeks ago.  Last week, I stayed away from the scale because I knew it was going to be ugly.  A few days of water drinking and getting back into good habits paid off.  After doing this WW stuff for 16 months, I think I finally realize how my body reacts to certain things.  Fried foods send my system into catatonic shock now, which is funny because I used to live on that stuff. 

Peggy, glad that you can see some light at the end of the tunnel.  I hope your stress gets better.  The person that was my work stressor just got moved to another floor last week, so I'm grinning like mad today. 

Have a great week, everyone!

Laurie

Well, I didn't lose this week. I'm not sure why, exactly, but I think I have a good idea.

I've been doing A LOT of research on RMR/BMR, and on how many calories I should be eating versus how many I'm burning. I was shocked to find out that I am burning almost 50% more calories than I am eating. At first I thought that seemed kind of high, but I calculate my RMR with every online calculator and formula that I could find and they all told me pretty much the same thing. And I know, you guys told me that I was starving myself - but it was hard to grasp since I never felt like I was starving.

So I've started tracking my meals and workouts on Fitday.com to see where my calories are coming from - mostly FAT and CARBS! What this boils down to is that I am now on the road to Protein City, and eating six meals a day on the way there. I'm not a big meat eater, so we'll see what happens. Does anyone around here use protein powder?

Oh, and my scale is still going strong. It's definitely a keeper (even though it told me I didn't lose this week!). 

Laurie - that is so cool that you got 7th!  I'm pretty sure that all 64 raced   Good call on staying away from the scale

Cassi - RMR/BMR - you'll have to share more - every time I start looking at that kind of stuff my eyes glaze over and I throw up my hands, it just seems so complicated

Kate - ugh - I know exactly how you feel and I'm sure many others do as well.  It's so hard to not take the all or nothing route under the circumstances you are under.  I don't have any magic tricks or words of advice other than to remember how far you've come!  You can do it!  As my grandmother used to say ' this too shall pass'

I drink a protein drink every morning before heading off to boot camp...Personally I like Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey protein...chocolate malt is my favorite flavor.  Mix it up with some milk in the AM...yu-mmy.  I also like their tropical punch flavor, but I just mix that with water (pink color tropical punch tasting milk...no way) 

Hello all:

I am just getting back to Tri & BT.  I am also on a weight loss journey. I am totally interested in joining this group - sharing, supporting & celebrating along the way.  I love your chart and find "hard data" to be motivating. 

I have done WW in the past but am currently following the Diet Center program.  I have lost 13 pounds and 17 inches off my body since mid-July (and about 3-4% body fat).  I very very VERY excited about this success and cannot wait to be the athlete my heart says I can be (but that my body has resisted).  I still have about 56 lbs. to get to my first goal of 140.  So, there's still a bit of a row to hoe.  But if all goes as planned....I can be at my goal by the end of the year or early '09. 

I am just now building my base for Tri.  I did my first tri in June '06 (a gift to me for turning 40).  It was a BLAST- but a running injury put me out of running for a while.....and well....then life happened and 25 lbs. later........hopelessness set in.  BUT BUT BUT...the fog has lifted and well- here I am !!!  Ready to get back in the game.

Welcome Suzi!

we look forward to getting to know you

ps
I'm Beth

New thread!

http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=130774&posts=1#M1641740