New girl needs a buddy, club, motivation, help!!

Hey 4everSome1Else!
How are things?

Thanks for the advice, I think you're definitely right. I hadn't really done proper and regular exercise in ages, so I didn't know how much I'd be able to stick to in the beginning. But I now realise I can and will do better!

I've got a dog too, she's little but man can she run! They're a great excuse for walking, aren't they? (When the weather will let us! UK weather - not the best!)

Did you manage to go for your jog/bike ride? Do you find bike riding effective? I'm thinking about buying new tires for my bike (they broke about a years ago!) hahaha! Lazy, me?! :blush5:

Thanks again for the support
 
Hello Ladies!
I understand the lazy thing. Today I am so tired. I don't know what the problem is. I really worked hard yesterday I jogged 2 miles and walked 2miles. So today I was dieing when trying to jog/run. I think I got over heated and it really made me feel like crap. The weather was nicer than I expected and did not bring the proper clothing to work today. so I ended up only jogging 1 mile and walking 1 mile. I fought hard to finish it. But I did and I do feel better having done it but I really am so tired.

I also really need to set a better goal with my calories. I am all over the place I do not keep track. And I know that is why the weight is not coming off like I like it to. The hardest part is the planning of what I eat. And then those portions. I feel like it is not enough for me. I need to find out lower cal foods so I can eat more of them.

Anyway I hope everyone is healthy and happy. I really enjoy hearing from each of you.
Take care
Tina:hug2:
 
Hey you girls,
Both of you can call me Tina S and ttnichols is also named Tina
Today is still early, I feel somewhat lazy again. I didn't end up jogging the other day.
I did go for a jog yesterday, At first I couldn't go on. Felt a little tummy sick (I usually feel this when jogging) but it went away and went on.
I tell myself that I'd love it if I could jog without stopping, but it's getting better.
Now I can breath more while running and don't feel the need to stop (right on)
PinkFluff Your very Welcome, I know you can do this and you will
it's painful, and boy do your body hurt after a good exercise, but you know coming home
and thinking wow it was worth it. It's better to come home feeling good
than come home feeling bleh-like you did not all day
hehe Mine is little as well, boy they can sure run. Mine is very hyper so I enjoy jogging with her and she runs faster than me. They are a great excuse
I did go for a little bike ride, and yes it's really a good way to exercise. I feel that after a jog a bike ride is great. I use to ride my bike all the time everywhere and I notice in the pictures my legs and body was much smaller. I'll try to find that photo.
Tina, I'm glad you did go for that jog even if it was just 1 mile good for you, really!
As for calories, I now write down everything I eat and at the end add up all the calories so I know how much I've had. I just found this website yesterday
I must say it's really good, it tells you how many calories are in what (meat, fruits and so on)
If you feel like 1500 cals aren't doing you good you can bring it up, as long as your not hungry. If even 1200 calories makes you full that that's where you should be.
I have been jogging-which is good for the whole body
then I go for a walk-which is good for your legs, heart (I assume)
and a bike ride for 3-4 hours-good for the legs, arms
I'm trying to work my whole body, and soon I hope to add weights and lots of ab work
Take care both of you, and let me know how everything has been. I've blabbed on way too much ..Oops
 
This week for me was great until yesterday! They had a birthday party for me at work. I really don't think I need to tell you how bad I was. But the part that was really bad was the fact that I did not get a chance to workout!:banghead: I know that one day of eating badly is not going to be the end all. But you just end up hating yourself. I am back on track today and for the first time in a long time my second job is allowing me to get out at 5. So I plan on walking/jogging after work. Most of the time I have to work until 8 at night so it was very hard for me to do anything after. Not to mention I am starting a new second job soon and I will be able to leave at 5 on those days. And there will be no excuses for not working out.

I did find a web site that I love that helps with the calories. It also deducts from the pie chart when you type in the amount of exercise you do. It is call Fit Day. Well have to run back to work now.
Today is a better day back on track!
Tina:party:
 
Heya i'm a student too so i can rleate to how difficult it can be to eat healthy, especially when you live with skinny house mates who can live on fast food, do no exercise and not gain an inch lol, but life's just unfair.

Anyway, just saying Hi and Welcome :)
 
Oh Tina
I know just how you feel, but wait why didn't you tell us it was your birthday?
Happy belated Birthday Tina!!
Today I ate one!! fat food, and it wasn't that bad but! I didn't jog did an hour or two maybe 3 of biking. I am not upset wohoo
I have to stay on track tomorrow, I will survive and so will you!
 
Hey Pink!!

I've tracked you down from my thread!! tee hee!! Just an official good luck and i'm gonna stay in touch so that I have motivation to keep going!!! And we can reach our goal weight together!!!

Xx RGS
 
I'm New Too!

I'm new, too! I'm losing weight, AGAIN. I guess that's good, as long as I stick to my "new lifestyle" aka DIET, and exercise! That's the toughie- exercise. I lost 40 pounds on Weight Watchers a few years back, but then I found it again! I'm taking the Slimquick diet pills, along with healthy eating and exercise. I've only been on this for 4 days, but I'm really excited to weigh! But, just like everyone else, I'm going to need motivation and support, will you help? You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours!
 
Hi Everyone!

I'm SO tired today, so apologies for the rushed post!
Tina! Happy belated Birthday wishes! I can completely related to the nightmare party food/drink scenario! It was a friend's birthday last week n resolve was dissolved... was so dissappointed with myself...but as you say an occasional thing like that won't make much of a difference physically... just mentally! It's just keeping them occasional that's tricky... lol
Hi Tina S, thanks for that calorie thing, it's really useful. It sounds like you are doing so well with the exercise! 2-3 hours biking today- wow! You've inspired me, i fixed my bike today (the easy part!) and am going for a ride after work tomorrow! Actually both Tina's do really well with the exercise, I feel so ashamed of the little I do, but I have time off for a week starting monday and am going to kickstart the regime, thanks to your examples!

And HEY Rosegold!!! I'm SO glad u tracked me down! lol Yeah definitely stay in touch and we are sooo going to reach our goals! (I've left a longer reply on ur original post)

Hi and WELCOME Piperoni, this is a really great group for motivation and support! Well done on what you've done so far, its great your excited! How do you find the slimquick pills?

Hi Maribella, you're so right, life's not fair! But unexplicably skinny housemate's metabolisms have got to slow down someday, right?! no? :leaving:

Hope you're all feeling good! x
 
Hi, everybody, my name is Jessica, and I thought you all seemed like really nice ladies. I need somebody to help me with motivation (and maybe a little healthy competition), and I am about the same size as everyone else here, 5'5", and currently 165 lbs. I have a 1-year-old daughter, and I have not lost hardly any of my baby weight. It is so hard to fit in exercise and healthy eating between taking care of a baby and a husband that has the metabolism of a 12-year-old boy (good for him, he'll always be that way, looking at his dad). But I can't get away with eating fast food and drinking beer several times a week, and it shows. I am miserable in my body right now, and I don't have anybody to help me out and stay motivated. (I hope I put the html for my tracker in the right spot.)
 
Hello Everyone
Hi Piperoni welcome to the forum. Glad you found us.
I' am also trying to lose weight..again I've been on a track to a healthy lifestyle last year but decided ice cream and chocolate would make me feel better, what a big mistake. I've been on this for almost 4 weeks and I keep going.
I've never been on any diet pills, nor been to the gym (and Its 5 mins away)
I just jog, walk, bike and I'd like to start doing ab/arm work soon. I'm glad your eating much better and adding exercise to your new lifestyle, it's great!
Of course we'll help you out any way we can, we love to make new friends.
Stick to this forum, really I mention this to all the new members. It's helped me stay focused and I'm sure it will help you. Exercise is very important.
xPinkFluffx hey you,
yes, I've been biking everyday now, it's really a good feeling. I'm using my brothers new bike because mine isn't so great. Aww I'am so glad I've inspired you, and you fixed your bike, that's exciting. have you been riding it today?
Your doing really well PinkFluff everyone is different right? you'll do it and finish your goal. Were in this together.
I' am really eager to find out how it all went today, now that you have a week off I assume you'll be riding a lot more.
Ps- I hope I don't sound nosey asking this *blush* what might your name be PinkFluff or would you like us to call you PinkFluff
Hello jys..Jessica Welcome to the forum
You've come to the right place, glad you've found us. The baby weight seems to be the real big problem now a days. It's going to take quite a while to lose, but, even so you can do this and better yet you'll always be welcome here. I know the girls and I will try to help you out any way we can. Your very right, having children and a husband is hard work. If it helps at all why not add salad rather than a burger? it's hard to look at hubby eating a burger but, your helping yourself and your body. I'd take away all the bad stuff and add the good stuff, and burgers are outa there. I havn't eaten a burger in 5-6 years
but, this is you and I want to help you out from the bottom of my heart. Don't keep feeling this way, your worth it all. instead of fast food and beer you could maybe put healthier food into your shopping cart. It take time but slowly we can do this, take away the bad food slowly, start with the fast foods first, after that's accomplished take away the beer (some weekends-holidays are ok) and slowly but surely you'll feel better and hopefully wont go back.
 
I found the slimquick pills at Wal-Mart, they weren't too expensive. I wasn't supposed to weigh until Wednesday, but I was too excited and so I jumped the gun and weighed this morning. I've only been on those pills for 4 days, and I lost 2 pounds, which I'm sure was water-weight, but it's 2 pounds none-the-less!! Woo Hoo!
 
Hello Ladies

Hi girls! I made it thru this weekend. Had a very bad night Friday we went out for my bday. But I have been good since. Thanks for the birthday wishes xPinkFluff.
I hope that you can enjoy your time off and able to do the biking that you would like to do.

I also wanted to welcome JYS to our fab club! I also have a husband who can eat anything he wants any time and I don't think he weighs 160. JERK! lol just kidding.

I also wanted to say to you Tina you are amazing. I love reading the wonderful things you have to say. You truly help people we are lucky to have you.

My hubby and I went for a 4.5 hike today up two mountains. We live in a great place we are just outside of Bar Harbor Maine. If you know where that is you to know it is great. There are so many hiking trips you can take with breath taking views. We are making Sunday our day of complete fitness. And that is helping my cut down on the amount of beer I drink (understand JYS) we enjoy drinking beer and playing cards in these parts.

Oh yeah try getting the 93% lean hamburger or turkey meat and add seasoning to the meat. Make a burger and eat yours on a bed of lettuce with no bun. It may not make you feel like you are being left out on that great burgers. I live off them in the summer. You can still enjoy them without the added cals/crabs of the bun. Or use whole wheat buns I really like them.
Well good luck!

I hope we all have a great week we all can be proud of.
Go Girl Power!
Tina:grouphug:
 
Hi everybody!

How's everyone doing today? Hey Jessica, im so happy u'v joined us! I think Tina S summed it up perfectly, and you can definitely achieve your goal!
And it's true Tina S you are just amazing, I think you have a gift for supporting people! And Tina you're really great too! I think this whole group is brilliant, feeling really good and motivated today, thanks to this club!

Mel and Heathb4, are u still with us, how have u been doing? Keep us posted!

Piperoni, well done on you're weight-loss! Keep up the good work, u can do it!

Oh and my name is Leila btw! (pronounced layla!) I thought I put that in my last post, but obviously not!
Tina S, yes I did go biking yesterday for about 2hours, sore legs this morning! Also found my little trampette, bought years ago and hardly used! So planning to do some bouncing today :jump:
It's raining a lot, so after I've sent this I'm going down to my local gym, bit nervous... often feel very self-conscious in gyms, but we'll see how it goes.

Good Luck 2 everyone, speak to you soon
xxx
 
Wow!! This thread managed to sweep high!! It sort of shows me that I should keep more of a track of where I've been!!

I hate it when it rains :( but I found a secret gym near me that hardly has anyone near it and it's not one of those Pop-Gyms where only skinny people go to talk to each other and stroll on the treadmill!! (as you can tell I've gone through a number of gyms!!)

Good going guys for staying motivated though!!! It's awesome inspiration for me!! And I need all the inspiration I can get!! Even on a small scale!! It all adds up in the long run!!!



How's everyone's week starting out? :bigear:
 
Hey Everyone!

I want to join the club!!! I'm shorter than you all (I'm 5'3") but don't hold it against me! I'm just starting out and I currently weigh about 168 pounds, but I want to get down to about 130 and see how I look and feel before deciding my next goals. I'm on weight watchers and have a personal trainer for the next two months at least. I have dieted a lot in the past, and my biggest issues are planning & motivation. Hopefully with a group we can share ideas and motivate each other to all reach our goals. We'll be wearing those bikinis yet.

I'm also a student and I find it really hard sometimes to manage going to the gym or maintaining a diet when my lifestyle is SO hectic. One day there might be so much pressure to go out and eat complete junk at the bar or go out and drink beer all night. And the next day I might be stressed about an essay and skip meals until I'm starving and then eat whatever is cheap, easy, and inevitably fattening! I'm actually so glad there are other people in my age range! I've been going to Weight Watchers meetings (which are good, don't get me wrong), but everyone is so much older and facing different obstacles it seems.
 
Hey Blahndie!

How are u? Yay, glad you've joined the club, and welcome! I can totally relate to how hard it is too be a student and lose weight, there are so many tempations! But it sounds like you've got a really sensible weight loss plan with weight watchers and the personal trainer!
How are u finding the weight watchers diet?
Hope you're doing really well and will speak to you soon!
x
 
Thank you all for welcoming me.
I also have a husband who can eat anything he wants any time and I don't think he weighs 160. JERK! lol just kidding.
Yeah, that's my husband, too. I weigh 164 right now, and I actually weigh more than he does, by about 5 pounds! So unfair. We play a lot of cards and drink beer at night a few times a week, too. I grew up in rural Nebraska, and when the weather's crummy outside, that's all there was to do. When I lived in Oregon, I would hike a lot, but there weren't any rattlesnakes or poisonous spiders or scorpions like there are here in the Arizona desert. Now, the whole family just rides motorcycles and 4-wheelers instead (not very good exercise, but it's fun). Combined with my general laziness, it's all added up to me being a record high (non-pregnant) weight. And that's why I'm here.
Piperoni, just make sure you just drink lots of water (I'm sure you know that, but don't forget), especially now that it's starting to warm up here in the valley. A lot of those diet pills are diuretic, and they will dehydrate you really bad. I've tried a few different diet pills, and I never did like them. They made me feel all weird and jittery.
I have also gone to a couple of different gyms. When I lived 3/4 mile away, I would walk there every morning, and I was in good shape. But then I moved, and the nearest gym is a 15 minute drive from me. I don't have the time to spend half an hour just driving to and from the gym. So, I have started riding a bike. My mother-in-law gave me her old bike (it's a really nice bike, too). It reminded how out of shape I am. I have also picked up my weight-training routine again. I find it a lot easier to do my cardio, when I have the muscles to keep me going. I love the "Body Sculpting Bible for Women." It's a very well balanced routine, and will keep your whole body toned and strong.
Hi Blahndie. I know, it's hard to keep away from the junk food and beer. Especially when I've already had a beer, then why not have another beer, and some nachos while I'm at it? (What was that they told us in school about alcohol lowering your inhibitions?)
 
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