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Don’t feel bad Amy. I haven’t had as much time for exercise with work and my weight loss has been suffering too. I lost .9 pounds in the last week but at least the weight for us is going in the right direction.

 

It sounds like your food intake is right where it needs to be.

 

I will have more time to hit the treadmill and the weather is looking warmer so I can squeeze in walks easier by simply stepping outside for a walk again which is great.

 

I weighed in today at 187.8 pounds. I have roughly 42.8 pounds to go to reach my goal.

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Thanks Rithia.  My first attempt at making a meal from the diabetic cookbook came out very good.  At 326 calories, 26g protine, 2g carbs, 2g fat, and I had 1x average cereal bowl of the Hearty Beef stew.  I followed along with the ingredients and used fresh veggies in the stew.

 

My legs and abs are still sore from day one.  But I know that it is working if I feel sore.  Today is supposed to be hard core chest workout day according to the plan on the RIPT90.  I am not looking forward to that but I want to keep it up to lose the weight.  I am taking Kristen's advise and not using the heavy weights cause I do not want to build muscle but want to lose fat.  So I am using the light weight ones.  But the big thing is getting my heart rate up, working up a sweat so I can get my metabolism up to burn this fat off.

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1 hour ago, Amy LeBlanc said:

Thanks Rithia.  My first attempt at making a meal from the diabetic cookbook came out very good.  At 326 calories, 26g protine, 2g carbs, 2g fat, and I had 1x average cereal bowl of the Hearty Beef stew.  I followed along with the ingredients and used fresh veggies in the stew.

 

My legs and abs are still sore from day one.  But I know that it is working if I feel sore.  Today is supposed to be hard core chest workout day according to the plan on the RIPT90.  I am not looking forward to that but I want to keep it up to lose the weight.  I am taking Kristen's advise and not using the heavy weights cause I do not want to build muscle but want to lose fat.  So I am using the light weight ones.  But the big thing is getting my heart rate up, working up a sweat so I can get my metabolism up to burn this fat off.

 

Oh yes absolutely use lighter weights and more reps for toning and not heavy weights and less reps.

 

25 minutes ago, Kirsten said:

“Roughly” 42.8 pounds huh!? ?. Love you. ❤️?

 

LOL ? I guess that kind of sounded like a estimate from Spock ? but I meant I don’t know exactly if it will be 145 as my target weight. I figure +-5 pounds and see where I am at.

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Hahaha. Is that the guy with the ears on that space show? Star track? Can’t say I know what you mean but I thought it was funny. ?

i have about 17.5 to go myself! ?

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Day 2 on workout routine with RIPT90. The hard core chest was not that bad. Had an awesome workout. This one was alot slower but more reps.  6 reps of 10 each.
Push-ups
V-sits
Russian Twist
Blureeps
chest flys
 
Since I dont have any weights.  I made my own light weight weights with 2x pieces of PVC pipe and a good size bolt inside and closed the ends up so the bolt does not come out.  I weighed them on my scale and they are light 3lb weights.
 
My Hearty beef stew I made from the diabetics cookbook was very good and healthy. Did not take alot to fill me up.
 
For this week, I am weighing in at 215lbs. I am feeling good. Getting my weight moving in the right direction
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10 hours ago, Kirsten said:

Hahaha. Is that the guy with the ears on that space show? Star track? Can’t say I know what you mean but I thought it was funny. ?

i have about 17.5 to go myself! ?

Yeah that is him.

 

You’re very close to your goal. I hope I can reach my goal at the start of summer.

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4 hours ago, Kirsten said:

@Amy LeBlanc check Walmart online. They sell cheap neoprene dumbbells for about a dollar a pound. I’d recommend 3s&5s or 5s&8s. 

Thank You Kirsten.

 

I have to say that since I ramp up my workout routine and I got the RIPT90 Fit and have done 2 days so far.  I am sore, but sore in a good way.  Yet I have more energy than when I was doing the light to med. workouts that I was doing.

 

I am also glad that I changed up my diet even more and I am feeling good.  I am once again sleeping better if that is what you can call it since I work weird crack hours.  But I am getting 8 to 9 hours of sleep a day.  

 

So body is resting and getting the sleep it needs which is important.  Getting better food.  

 

Overall, I am feeling better.  Plus unlike my last job when I had stress like crazy and that was the job that when I tried to come out, they found a way to get rid of me without making it look like a discrimination.  But my current job, no stress and feeling better

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Natalie, I was hoping to hit my goal by the end of March, but I’m not thinking I’ll get there. I’ll be about 5-8 pounds short more than likely. Tomorrow starts my dry month and that alone will be 4-5 pounds. Add in the exercise and I’m hoping for another 2 pounds a week so 3 a week gets me to 5 left. If I can get close I’ll be happy. ??  Then I’ll decide how I look and if I am able to lose anymore but I’m thinking that’ll be about my minimum for now. But I do hope that my body keeps getting smaller too. Maybe someday I can think about that 150-160 area. 

 

Amy that’s amazing! I can’t remeber the last time I got 8 hours of sleep. Lol. I average 6 which works okay. But I have a 13 year old that wants to be up as late as possible, and a newly 4 year old that likes to get up early. Sooooo no luck for me. ?

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I’m fitting back into medium size blouses and borderline able to get into size 12 pants. Right now I have to wear 14 with a belt.

 

Today I weighed in at 187.4 pounds and my waist was down to 41 inches.

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33 minutes ago, RithiaAllen said:

I’m fitting back into medium size blouses and borderline able to get into size 12 pants. Right now I have to wear 14 with a belt.

 

Today I weighed in at 187.4 pounds and my waist was down to 41 inches.

Wow Rithia.  Awesome and congrats.  But how are you a size 14 and I am a size 12?  The only thing I can think of is height difference.

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I think it depends on the clothing line more than anything. I’m a size 10 now at old navy. But I’m definitely much bigger at other places. I think women’s sizes are more of a “suggestion” than a measurement. ? 

plus bone structure and body shape are big. I’m over 30 pounds lighter than you are, and the same height and I’m only 1 size lower than you are. I’d assume when you get to mid-low 180s you’ll be smaller than a 10 if you’re a 12 now. ??‍♀️

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1 hour ago, Kirsten said:

I think it depends on the clothing line more than anything. I’m a size 10 now at old navy. But I’m definitely much bigger at other places. I think women’s sizes are more of a “suggestion” than a measurement. ? 

plus bone structure and body shape are big. I’m over 30 pounds lighter than you are, and the same height and I’m only 1 size lower than you are. I’d assume when you get to mid-low 180s you’ll be smaller than a 10 if you’re a 12 now. ??‍♀️

Thanks Kirsten.  I know at Forever21, H&M, Kohl's I wear a size 12 in pants and dresses.  When I was at lululemon getting my first pair of lulu's I am a large on leggings.  But I can also say that I am feeling comfortable with my weight going in right direction, and have energy

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2 hours ago, Amy LeBlanc said:

Wow Rithia.  Awesome and congrats.  But how are you a size 14 and I am a size 12?  The only thing I can think of is height difference.

I’m not a 14 which is why I need the belt but I don’t fit well into a 12 yet. I think another 5 or 10 pounds should do the trick.

 

once I get down into the 165 range a size 12 will probably start to get big for me.

 

To put it in perspective when I was 150 pounds I wore small to medium for tops depending on the brand and my waist was 28 inches, my hips where about 42 inches and my leg length was roughly 30 inches.

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Ok Rithia.  makes sense.

 

Today I started on Day 3 of RIPT90 Fit and I could not finish Day 3 dish which is called lung burner.  My legs are just way too sore for some of the workouts.  So I am just going to rest today and tomorrow to get my legs feeling good for Day 3 disc.  But I did work on my core area with V-sits, crunches, sit-ups so I dont hurt my legs.  Tonight I have a chicken salad waiting for me.

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FEEL THE BURN!!! ?

Its hard at first @Amy LeBlanc  but you’ll get there. ??

I still have a hard time with some of mine. Yesterday was lower focus. After about 600 squats/lunges I could barely move. Lol. But you get better fast. Keep up the great work! 

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Just now, Kirsten said:

FEEL THE BURN!!! ?

Its hard at first @Amy LeBlanc  but you’ll get there. ??

I still have a hard time with some of mine. Yesterday was lower focus. After about 600 squats/lunges I could barely move. Lol. But you get better fast. Keep up the great work! 

Thank You Kirsten.  I know that I have gotten better at the V-sits and V-ups which I just love and can feel the burn in my stomach.

 

I am so glad that I changed up my cooking of meals once more and I am doing a better job at counting calories and I write down everything I eat and how many calories it is and total it up for the day.  So far from 4 days of being even more detailed on writing down everything I eat, My calorie intake is low / average between 856 to 1125 so far.

 

I have been uping my fruits and veggie intake alot more.

 

So far looking at my new workouts for 3 days vers my calories I consumed for the day and my hours are backwards with work, I still need to work on getting my burning calories up over my calories that I am consuming.

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Fruits are good but vegetables are better mostly because of the sugar in fruits. I suggest keeping your vegetable intake higher then your fruit intake. Good job. ?

 

Happy days! I’m under 187 pounds and 186.9. ?

 

My HRT checkup is in the afternoon today so it will be interesting to see my doctors reaction.

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Since today is the first day of my March Madness I weighed in first thing. My current weight is 184.6. My goals for March are to first have a dry month. So no st Patty’s day fun for me this year. ???. Next is to lose at least 3 pounds a week. For a total of 13 pounds by March 31 which should be pretty easy. And lastly to get an exercise video in every day of March. I’d also like to get back on the treadmill as well. But that’s not necessarily one of my goals. That will depend on what my body is telling me. 

Thats it in a nutshell. Let’s get busy!! 

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Thank you for the advise Rithia.  My goal for the month of March is to get under 200lbs.  I am currently at 215lbs when I last weighed in on Monday.

 

My goal is to get under 200lbs.

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Yeah like Rithia said, limit fruit to some extent. Assume fruits to be like a carb. If you have a choice between your third helping of bread/pasta/etc of the day and fruit eat fruit. I have been doing 2 cups of fruit a day lately which is down from the 3 I was doing. I’m also down to 2 servings of carbs and 3 of greens. But you can literally have as many greens as you want. Eat leafy greens like they’re popcorn is what I tell my wife. Lol. 

My current mea plan is this. 

Protein shake for breakfast. 

Salad with meat for lunch 

fruit for snack 

and dinner with a double carb, double protein, and  veggies

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Thank You Kirsten:  After 3 days of upping my workout routine and changing my diet even more.  Wanted to share what I have written down on my calorie intake.

 

Tue. Feb. 26

Breakfast - Quaker Oatmeal - 100 calories

Slept after work.

Dinner at 4p, = Hearty Beef Stew - 326 calories - out of Diabetic cook book

Snack at work = Peanut Butter Sandwich on Wheat bread = 300 calories

Lunch at work = Hearty Beef Stew - 326 calories - out of Diabetic cook book

Total = 1052

 

Wed. Feb. 27

Breakfast - Quaker Oatmeal - 100 calories

Dinner at 4p, = Hearty Beef Stew - 326 calories - out of Diabetic cook book

Lunch at work = Carrots and Ranch Dip - 135 calories

Snack at work = Peanut Butter Sandwich on Wheat bread = 300 calories

Total 861 calories

 

Thurs. Feb. 28

Breakfast - Quaker Oatmeal - 100 calories

Nacho Cheese and Chips - 260 calories

Chicken Salad with Ranch dressing - 376

Total = 736

 

Friday March 1.

Have not had anything yet.

 

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Today I weighed in at 186.0 pounds! I am very hopeful to be in the 185 range tomorrow which is great. Roughly 45 pounds more to go.

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