Reaching my target weight

[RithiaAllen]

2 hours ago, Kirsten said:

That’s what the system says. It’s all veggies, protein, and fruit. Lots of fiber. I assume that’s why. But idk. Here’s a quick example of a day 

 

meal 1: 2 eggs, 1c spinach, 1c oatmeal, 1/2c strawberries, 2tbsp peanut butter 

meal 2: 2 eggs, 1/2 c quinoa, 1/2c asparagus

meal 3: 1c lean ground beef, 1c cauliflower, 1/2c spinach

meal 4: 1/2c seasoned chicken 1c brown rice 1/2c jicama 

meal 5: 4oz salmon, 2c garden salad, 2tbsp dressing, 1/2c pasta

meal 6: (snack) 1/2c blueberries

 

its very similar to what we did to get ready for our wedding with the insanity program, and we both lost like 30-40 pounds. The exercise routines are rough. My exercise numbers this morning were from 0 to end of workout in 45 mins with a 5 min break in between. And this is week 1. It will ramp up eventually having 1-2 hours of exercise a day cut into 2 workouts. Without the food you can’t do it. This girl is 5-4ish I’d guess and looks like about a size 4 and that food list is from her. It’s one of her food days. 

Will it work ??‍♀️  But people like Shaun T and tony Horton created it. For now... In Beachbody I trust. ?

That is still so much food and then once you reach your goal then what? Somewhere along the way you will have to make adjustments to what you eat and what level of exercise you can commit to in order to maintain yourself.

 

Dieting and then going back to business as usual will result in gaining all the weight and then some back.

 

Just be careful. I don’t want you setting yourself up for failure.?

[RithiaAllen]

On 1/4/2019 at 9:46 AM, Amy LeBlanc said:

I am so proud of myself that with me taking baby steps on changing my diet and slowly introducing exercise and with the holidays which was not good so having to get my weight back down I have been 1 week Alcohol free, I am 2 weeks soda free.  I am back at 1 week with no junkie foods like chips and candy and cookies and take out.

 

I have been noticing that since I have been introducing more fruits and veggies and eating grains that it does not take much to make me full.  I have noticed now that I have been eating smaller portions and instead of getting that stuffed feeling, I have that nice content feeling where I have energy instead of eating till stuffed and cannot do anything. 

 

Now the big push that I need someone to light fire under my behind is pushing myself more on exercise.  So far I am still doing very little mild workouts like mainly situps and crunches.  But I have seen when I stepped on my scale yesterday that I am at 225lbs.

 

So I am really happy that the baby step method on changing my diet has been working and keeping me focus.

 

@Kirsten Hit me up on Facebook please to be lighting a fire under my behind to make sure that I am exercising

 

@RithiaAllen.if you have Facebook, friend me and drop me a message please on the same to get that fire burning my behind.

 

Lots of Love

 

Amy

I’m so sorry I missed your post. If you have the lose it app and pay a subscription you can join challenges. It helps if you’re competitive.

 

I’ll try to see if I remember my login for Facebook.

[Josie Beth]

I’m currently on a low calorie diet where I specifically intake less protein than I need because I’m trying to not only get closer to a healthy female weight but need to lose upper body muscle. But I’m also doing a low impact 30 minute lower body exercise first thing in the morning to help my body burn its own muscles and feed the lower body muscles like glutes and thighs. It’s not easy but it’s working. I’m ravenous by 11 am and then I have to watch my calorie intake or wait until lunch break which is excruciating. I’m down to 1205 calories a day and trying to get closer to 135 lbs. If I keep to my diet I can reach my goal in 16 days to a month. After that I’m going focus on adding body fat back to myself and hopefully I’ll be on HRT by then. I’m prepared for that change in diet too. I’ve got collagen to add to soups and other food that I can cook. That’s supposed to help promote proper fat distribution and booby growth. The rest of my day is full of unconscious exercise like walking or doing things with my hands at work. I’m not exercising my arms much but my feet swell up and I have to pamper them once I get home. It takes a day for them to return to normal feminine form. 

[Raven1981]

Something is up with me.  Last week I have been averaging 938 calories.  I am watching what I eat, my portion control has been smaller on meals and I am not eating to be stuffed but eating to be content and have been having energy.  I have been getting my heart rate up and active.  

 

My meals have been:

Red beans and rice

home made bean and cheese burritos

made a home made chicken salad

water to drink

Whole Milk

 

When I stepped on the scale in the morning on an empty stomach naked so I can have a better correct weight, I show that I have put weight on instead of losing weight.  I went from 230 to 236.

 

Wonder what is going on with me

 

 

[RithiaAllen]

51 minutes ago, Amy LeBlanc said:

Something is up with me.  Last week I have been averaging 938 calories.  I am watching what I eat, my portion control has been smaller on meals and I am not eating to be stuffed but eating to be content and have been having energy.  I have been getting my heart rate up and active.  

 

My meals have been:

Red beans and rice

home made bean and cheese burritos

made a home made chicken salad

water to drink

Whole Milk

 

When I stepped on the scale in the morning on an empty stomach naked so I can have a better correct weight, I show that I have put weight on instead of losing weight.  I went from 230 to 236.

 

Wonder what is going on with me

 

 

 

Did you poop or drink water later at night. Both of these can account for pounds. You could also be bloating if your calories are low and your exercise is high but gaining weight. Also if you are switching scales please keep in mind no two scales are exactly alike.

 

Lastly sugar will screw up the metabolism. Avoid it as much as possible especially in processed foods.

 

Today’s weigh in is a little later then usual because I was up late assembling my old Core 2 Quad computer. I weighed myself at 3:30AM and I was 207.4 pounds so I know I lost weight but I don’t know how much. So if tomorrow I don’t have much of a loss I am not going to freak out because of the late weigh in. Anyways today at 11:00 AM I weighed 206.4 pounds.

That said tomorrow anything less would be splendid.

[Kirsten]

I guess Rithia. But if I continue to do daily exercise and eat the same I should be a-ok. 

And actulaay the 2400 is my maintain caloric intake. So my diet intake is actually only 1750. 

My week this week will be 

meal1; 2 egg white cups southwest style and a cup of strawberries 

meal2; taco salad 

meal 3; chicken wrap 

meal 4; 1c fruit

meal 5; chicken broccoli Mac n chz 

meal 6; 1c blueberries. 

Yum!! 

[Susan R]

1 hour ago, Kirsten said:

So my diet intake is actually only 1750

That sounds very realistic and I'm sure you'll have no problem losing weight at that calorie intact especially with a s much as you work out.

 

Susan R?

[Susan]

I am very lucky!! My weight doesn't change much. I stay at around 170. Give or take a little. 

[RithiaAllen]

1 hour ago, Kirsten said:

I guess Rithia. But if I continue to do daily exercise and eat the same I should be a-ok. 

And actulaay the 2400 is my maintain caloric intake. So my diet intake is actually only 1750. 

My week this week will be 

meal1; 2 egg white cups southwest style and a cup of strawberries 

meal2; taco salad 

meal 3; chicken wrap 

meal 4; 1c fruit

meal 5; chicken broccoli Mac n chz 

meal 6; 1c blueberries. 

Yum!! 

That makes more sense. 2400 calories is maintaining with an active lifestyle.

[Kirsten]

I sure hope so. It is a lot of food. But it is literally 3/4 fruit and veggies. 

It was a little weird cooking a weeks food today though. I have 50 food trays coming tomorrow so all the meals will be packaged up tomorrow. It is nice to know all I have to do is take out a tray and eat it till next Sunday though! Woot woot!! I’m gonna have so much extra time. ?

[Kirsten]

3 hours ago, Susan R said:

That sounds very realistic and I'm sure you'll have no problem losing weight at that calorie intact especially with a s much as you work out.

 

Susan R?

What a great new pic!! I love it! ❤️❤️

[Susan R]

Just now, Kirsten said:

What a great new pic!! I love it! ❤️ ❤️

Thank you for the kind words, Kirsten.  I wanted a new pic of me wearing less makeup. My wife saw my previous avatar and said it was too much.  I always listen to my wife.

 

Susan R?

[Kirsten]

thats a good idea! Those wives are pretty smart. Plus if you don’t listen, watch out! ???

[Josie Beth]

It’s very natural and looks wonderful Susan. 

 

Kirsten, that food tray idea is awesome. I’m probably not able to do that yet because my fridge is a loaner dorm fridge till the manager gets a full size fridge replacement in here (who am I fooling? I’m only getting a full size again if I move to another place) but anyway good tip to control portions. The only other way to do that is by getting the food from the store that way and it’s getting expensive. Speaking of which I should cook something for the week since I’m not going to feel like it after work.

[Kirsten]

Just now, Josietg said:

It’s very natural and looks wonderful Susan. 

 

Kirsten, that food tray idea is awesome. I’m probably not able to do that yet because my fridge is a loaner dorm fridge till the manager gets a full size fridge replacement in here (who am I fooling? I’m only getting a full size again if I move to another place) but anyway good tip to control portions. The only other way to do that is by getting the food from the store that way and it’s getting expensive. Speaking of which I should cook something for the week since I’m not going to feel like it after work.

I am using the potion control containers too to set up my meals. 

Green= 1c veggies

purple= 1c fruit 

yellow= 1/2c carb

red= 1/2c protein

orange= 2tbsp of nuts or dressing

blue= 1/4c of healthy fats 

2tbsp= oil

I get 4/3/3/4/1/1 a day. It’s split into 6 meal/snacks. It does take up a lot of room though. Especially with 2 of us doing this. We use all 50 of the trays. Fills the downstairs fridge. Good thing all the beer that was in there is gone. Lol. 

[Josie Beth]

See? If you didn’t drink it, you wouldn’t have room!

[Kirsten]

So Monday weigh in was at that same 196.4. But this weekend was all about prep and using up old stuff. Beer chips pretzels etc etc etc. today starts the new diet. 

So all I’ve learned so far is that egg white egg cups are gross. Lol. It’s like eating a plain flavored slimy sponge. Definitely gonna have to think of something better. But this week it’s eg cups every day at 6am with a cup of sliced strawberries. The berries were great. And I’m looking forward to my 9am taco salad! Yum! Nothing but water to drink too. 

Today is also day 1 of Cize for real. We did some learning over the weekend but it was definitely not a hard charging workout to say the least. Out of the 8 moves I have like 3 down. I mean who puts a box step in a workout routine!?! Shaun t that’s who. Lol. And my wife said our dance lessons for the wedding would never pay off. ????

lets everyone make this a good week!! Go get it girls!! ❤️❤️❤️??

[RithiaAllen]

Just now, Kirsten said:

So Monday weigh in was at that same 196.4. But this weekend was all about prep and using up old stuff. Beer chips pretzels etc etc etc. today starts the new diet. 

So all I’ve learned so far is that egg white egg cups are gross. Lol. It’s like eating a plain flavored slimy sponge. Definitely gonna have to think of something better. But this week it’s eg cups every day at 6am with a cup of sliced strawberries. The berries were great. And I’m looking forward to my 9am taco salad! Yum! Nothing but water to drink too. 

Today is also day 1 of Cize for real. We did some learning over the weekend but it was definitely not a hard charging workout to say the least. Out of the 8 moves I have like 3 down. I mean who puts a box step in a workout routine!?! Shaun t that’s who. Lol. And my wife said our dance lessons for the wedding would never pay off. ????

lets everyone make this a good week!! Go get it girls!! ❤️❤️❤️??

My worked includes forms I learned from my training. It’s great cardio and strengthens the abdomen. I have also started doing the v sit to help target those muscles too in order to burn more belly fat.

 

For today’s log entry I weighed in at 206.1 pounds.

I walked 10.71 miles and burned 3897 calories while eating 1047 calories worth of food.

[Raven1981]

My weigh in this morning at 7am when I stepped on my same digital scale.  I am at 230lbs.  No clothes on and before I ate or drank anything.

 

I think yesterday was just bloating

[RithiaAllen]

Just now, Amy LeBlanc said:

My weigh in this morning at 7am when I stepped on my same digital scale.  I am at 230lbs.  No clothes on and before I ate or drank anything.

 

I think yesterday was just bloating

Quite possibly. To give an idea 500ml of water is roughly half a pound. I typically drink about 2000 - 3000ml of water in a day. That is about four pounds of water. If something that is eaten like sugar stores to the body it is possible for water to be stored through chemical conversion on a molecular level. In short sugar causes bloating.

[Raven1981]

Thank Rithia.  So I have done some workouts on my core.

 

I have done 5x raised crunches of 10 each

Then I have done 2x planks on my elbows and holding for 1min each

Then back over on my back and did 2x halo holds for 1 min each

Then I wrapped it up with a halo hold but then doing scissor kicks

 

Talk about really feeling it in my core area.

[Kirsten]

Good morning y’all! Well I made it thru day 1. It’s only gonna get easier. ? 

ate my portion controlled meals and nothing else. And I got 90floz of water down. So that part was good. As far as exercise I did my video and another 15 mins on the mill. 

21 floors, 5 miles, 2700 cals burned, and 48 mins of total exercise with an avg heartbeat of 119! 

Its killing me not looking at the scale but it is what it is. Monday will hopefully be well worth the weight! 

How did everyone do yesterday? 

[Susan R]

Today is weigh in day for me.  Of course, I forgot what day it was and already started to drink my morning coffee before realizing I still needed to weigh in.  I have no idea how much 4oz of coffee adds but I figure it'll make next weeks weigh in all the better...lol

 

Here are my updated results.

Using my home scale from Oct. 5 - today:  31.5lb loss.

Using doctors scale from Sept. 25 - today 35.5lb loss.

 

Weight loss needed to hit target weight: 18.5lbs

 

Good luck to everyone in this thread on your diet & exercise goals this week.

 

Susan R?

[Kirsten]

That’s really good Susan! Nice steady and stable numbers. Way to go! 

[Susan R]

Thank you @Kirsten! ?

 

UPDATE:  I decided to wait a few hours.  A short temporary fast if you will...lol  After using the ladies room and loosing some water weight (sorry about the imagery), I lost 1 more pound.

 

Here are my newly updated results.

Using my home scale from Oct. 5 - today:  32.5lb loss.

Using doctors scale from Sept. 25 - today 36.5lb loss.

 

 Weight loss needed to hit target weight: 17.5lbs