Team Skinny Feb. 2012- Love to lose them pounds (Page 2)

I am going to play.  Thank you in advance

Jan 1 2012- 231 lbs

Feb 1 2012- 226 lbs

Goal for month- 211 lbs

I have to be between 200-205 lbs for California 70.3 in March. 

Welcome to the group!

You and me both

As much as I poo poo BMI as a standard, me too    Got a ways to go before I am "normal," though....  in many respects 

I started using MyFitnessPal.com a little while ago and I really like it, it has helped me get a much better handle on my eating, plus if I overeat I know what I have to do for exercise that day.

I would consider P90X circuit training, It can be a great cardio workout if you push yourself and depending on the weight you use you can go for either size or more lean. I just started back on P90X combined with my normal ~25miles a week running. The first time doing the Plyometrics my legs were killing me for a few days, I should have started a little slower?

I'm nervous as well.  I wasn't the greatest this weekend but I did get my workouts in.  if for some reason I do gain  it would be the first time since mid December so that is a positive.

Great job!

Back to feeling sorta myself today after a rough cold/sickness over the weekend.

Weigh in tomorrow peeps!

Just stick with it. One thing I learned through all my weight loss is to watch what happens every other week more then every week. The second was that your body adapts to changes real easy. You work in eating less and your body adapts to that as well.

Your mention of pigging out might be a key. I know when I ran real tight on calories and on the low end the only way I get thought that plateau was to go out and pig out for one day. Mind you by pigging out I ate good foods but increased my calories.

Eating too little causes you issues as well. Make sure you don't do that.

I am not an expert by any means. not a nutritionist. Just a dorky Engineer that figured out how to loose 75lbs and I have helped several others and what I did seems to work.

Biggest thing I can say is watch every 2 weeks more then every week and if you don't see a move you need to change something. That something might work for 2-4 weeks then you need to change things again. Our bodies are really amazing at adapting.

Jan 1    236

Jan 31  230.5

Feb 1   228.5 I knew I would be down 

Feb 8   226.5 Good week considering I splurged Superbowl Sunday!

Feb Goal  224

Overall Goal 205

2/1: 203.6

2/8: 203.6  I figured after the weekend I had of eating that I would be lucky if I didn't gain a pound.  Glad I got in all the training I did so that it wasn't worse.  Now to get back on track.  Need to keep my eating super clean this week and get my miles in.  Also got some exciting news this week that I will be part of the American Cancer Societys Determination team in the NYC marathon!  So now I have my A race for the year and it will be November 4th so I should be in good shape going into the winter!  For clarification I just got asked because its a fundraising team, not because I am fast or anything.  But NYC is a once and a lifetime deal so I will take it.

Beginning 1/25 - 234

2/1 - 230

2/8 - 228 (On track to lose 2 pounds a week)

February Goal 222

Final Goal 185

Feb 8 2012-  219.5 lbs  (- 6.5 lbs)

January 1 -- 216.9 lbs

February 1 -- 213.1 lbs
February 8 -- 212.1 lbs ----- good week, not a lot of weight loss, but consistant work outs and good eating.

End of Feb goal 211 lbs
Sub 200 by June 1
End of year goal 180 lbs

oops.  Posted in January  Blonde moment.

I've been out of the Team Skinny loop for a bit, but I am down from 179.5 on Dec. 4th to 161 on Feb 4th.  Giddy about it, too!

There is no greater motivation to me right now than the number on the scale.

2/1: 190.5

2/8: 189.5

End of Feb. goal: 184

Not a big drop but at least it's a drop.

8/02/2012 - 93.1kg or 205.2lbs  

Good stuff thats what i like to see. 

For me running is the best and fastest way to lose weight. Last year I was doing a lot more biking and swimming and really struggled losing weight, this year I am focusing on running and it is dropping much faster.

Looks like you are finding a way to drop those pounds, Great job!