Re: Weight Loss Challenge
I've been trying to lose weight this summer too and been pretty successful! Although the past week I've been pigging out pretty hard. Lol we're in the middle of moving and haven't had time to cook and eat halfway healthy. This is my first time seeing this thread so I haven't gone back and read all 10 pages, but have you ever tried counting calories? I despised the thought of it at first. Seemed like a lot of work. But if you have a smartphone, download the app MyFitnessPal. It makes it SO easy. You type in your height, weight, age, and how active you are in the day and how quick you want to lose weight, and it tells you how many calories you can eat a day. It even has a barcode scanner so you can just scan the barcode on the food you're eating and it automatically adds all the nutrition facts in. If you're eating at a caloric deficit, you don't even have to kill yourself with ridiculous amounts of cardio. When eating halfway healthy foods and counting the calories, I was actually surprised to find I wasn't eating enough, and could still lose weight eating more! I swear by this app. Lol but good luck and keep it up!
Re: Weight Loss Challenge
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Pyrate81
Previous Weigh In: 269
Current weigh in: 267
Lost: -2
:)
Good stuff, keep it up
Re: Weight Loss Challenge
Great job on all the hard work! I went from 225 to 175 in about 4 months because all I did was run. Now when I look back at pictures of myself I looked sick because I was doing nothing but running but I was real weak from no weight training. Yea, I was thin but I sure wasn't healthy. Then I started adding in weight training with my runs (long distance every once in a while but most shorter faster ones like 1k, 800, 400, etc) and I feel a whole lot better. Resting heart rate is in the high 40s, blood pressure is great, and cholesterol is back to normal. Weight training includes squats (front and back), deadlifts, bench, presses...
As far a food goes, I'm not a fan of the NO carb diets because that is too broad of a term. Fruits and veggies are considered carbs and you need carbs for energy. Bad carbs would be your breads, noodles and stuff like that. So you need carbs but you should be getting the good carbs and NO SUGAR!! Calories matter too but that doesn't mean you can eat 2000 calories worth of donuts and then get on a treadmill, burn 2000 calories, and think your OK. I am a big fan of the Zone meal plan because you base everything on a "block" format and don't have to sit around and keep track of a whole bunch of calories, eat special juices to supplement, blah blah blah. I understand not everyone likes it but it has worked for me and I love it. The hardest part is that first week of measuring but after that you can pretty much eyeball your food or have a few bowls/dishes around the house that you can use to know your measurements are right.
Just my suggestion as another way to help you out.
Again, keep up the good work and keep pushing yourself.
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Note- Fell off the wagon the last 2-3 weeks. I've gained at least 10+ lbs back and don't want to get back on the scale until I get back on the wagon. Been under a ton of stress lately between home and family. Things are looking up and feel the flow will start again soon.
Don't sweat it, that's part of the process. Biggest part is to not beat yourself up about it and Just get right back into the grind again. You'll have moments like this even after you hit your goal weight. Keep it up!