No More Excuses, I'm going to do this!

Hey Munch,

I'm sorry you are feeling down...and I just want to assure you that you're doing the right things...and sometimes, I don't know why, the weight just doesn't come off...sucks...but true! I'm not the right person to help on calorie counting...so I suggest you get out there and turn your patrols into a brisk walk and up your exercise a little...maybe not the intensity, but the time. if you are doing 30 minutes,then up it to 45...I once read that no matter what exercise you do, if you don't do it for at least 45 minutes, then you never burn fat...I have no facts to back that up, other than my own experience. I exercised almost every day for 30 minutes when I first came to China and I still gained weight...when I started the current program I'm on and exercising for 1 hour...it started coming off.

Hope that helps...and keep your chin up and stay with it...it has no choice but to come off!


Sarah
 
Thanks scbibhouse.


I definitely need to try to stick to my working out. I was lazy this weekend and have woken up with headaches yesterday and today, so of course, didn't run. I think I'm going to stick with my 1500 calories and just really up the exercise and see what happens.I think I've just gotten really lazy and possible halfhazard in counting my calories. I'll definitely take advantage of my patrols and try to kick myself in gear. My fiance gave me the same advice. Keep working on it, working out and eating the right calories and it'll happen. I know I can do this. I've already lost 16 lbs, just have 16 to go. That's halfway!


Thanks for being here to pick me up scbibhouse! :)
 
Hey Munch,

That's what this forum is all about...helping each other...connecting from near and far, all working towards our personal goals...goals that we have had the courage to share with someone else and tell our progress, or lack thereof, good days, bad days, highs and lows...it's all good! Isn't it great when you pass the 1/2 way mark? I did that a few months ago...of course I have alot longer way to go than you...word for the wise, don't ever get as big as I was! It's hell losing 70+ pounds...by the time I reach my goal I will have lost a person (120 pounds)...it just sounds so absurd to say, but it's true! I intend to stay within +/-10 pounds of my goal weight for the rest of my life! It's too hard to lose it to go back!

Good decision to up your patrols...turn your work into a workout and I'm betting you will see the weight come off!


Sarah
 
I'm pretty confident that I'll never let myself get big again. I weigh myself weekly and if I see a gain, I work really hard to correct it. I need to stay focused so I can keep losing instead of staying stagnant or gaining a few lbs.


Today I dilly dallied a bit and when I looked outside I saw that it snowed. It hardly stuck and the sidewalks looked fine, but I still skipped out on my run. I need to quit that! However, I did workout on the total gym. Nothing crazy, definitely could have put more effort into it, that's for sure.


I did a few pushups today and realized I'm not going down as low as I need to in order for them to count during my physical test. On top of that I only eeked out 3. Looked on line and found a way to progress in pushups without doing the girly ones on my knees. These are too easy for me. So I'm going to be using the side of my bathtub and doing pushups there. The elevated position will make it a little easier, but more difficult that the knee pushups. I did a few today and they were killer. I'm making sure I lower myself until my chest touches the side and then pushing back up.


I also need to get back to working on my situps as well as start training for the 16 inch jump. I definitely can't jump that high now so I really need to get working on that. Ugh, so much to do!!!!!!


I know I haven't been working nearly as hard as I need to in order to achieve my goals. I need to get my butt in gear because if I don't get into shape to do these things I'll never pass the fitness test to be a cop.


Ok, enough freaking out...


For lunch I had some Banquet popcorn chicken with ketchup-455 cals

Dinner is a 6inch bmt from subway and a bag of baked lays-640

1/2 of a Jimmy Johns giant chocolate chip cookie-210


As a snack later tonight I'll have two servings of oyster crackers-140


Brings my total to 1445 for the day. As long as I stick to this, it will be a great day!
 
So the night has went fantastic. I just finished my walking patrol. I walked briskly and dropped and did two pushups at random doors. I can feel the after affects now!


I had a slight misstep but it wasn't horrible. Instead of eating half of that cookie I ate the whole thing. It was just so yummy. So I'm not going to have my snack after work. Re-adjusting my calories, my total for today is now 1525. Pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. I've also drank a lot of water today because it seems like I'm coming down with a cold. My fiance had it and lovingly gave it to me. Hoping I can flush it out quickly, if that's even possible.
 
Ok Munch, I was all prepared to respond to your post when I read about the jump test and got all curious and had to go find something in my house to jump on and see how high I could go! I actually surprised myself, but I imagine my height helps me out there. Those bathtub pushups sound pretty killer to me! They kinda do a similar thing in P90X where you elevate your feet so that you can get deeper. I did my first real pushups the other day (awww yeaaaah!!) but mine aren't deep enough either, I get my boobs about level with my elbows and then my entire back bows :p

But, you've obviously been making progress, so don't freak out too much about that test, just do a little bit each day and you'll get there!


Sorry to hear about your plateau, I've had a few, always takes a little adjusting and then I break right through (usually with a big loss, too!) So, just keep working on it, out of curiosity, do you ever eat breakfast?


Yuck colds! Fight that sucker off!! ;) Hope you feel better soon :)
 
Hey Munch!! I know what you mean about just making sure you don't gain- for ages it just feels like that's all I could do. I'm hoping to start getting proper losses now I'm on holidays!! And I know you'll get there, half way is awesome!!
 
Hey Munch

Now that's the determination I remember! Way to get back out and get that patrol working for you...brisk walker! Pushups...you go girl! They are my weakest point...I used to have to do those in my fitness test...the run, no problem...situps no problem...pushups...problem! Maybe now that I am a little lighter, I could do them, and I've thought about starting...maybe now i will doing the bathtub style you mention...I'm getting sore just writing about it!

Take care and keep up that determination attitude!

Sarah
 
So I didn't succeed in flushing this cold away. It hit me full force last night and is awful today. I can hardly breath out of my nose, so no run. I plan on doing my walking here at work and of course my pushups.


I read yesterday that if it's a high quantity of pushups you want, you need to drop quickly and then almost bounch back up. I tried doing this and found I'm able to go down lower than before. Previously I was doing them really slowly and by the time I'd lower myself, my muscles were shot. So I'm glad I saw that tip!


Sparked- I'm certainly hoping this plateau ends with a big loss, that would be awesome!

Luz- Have fun, I know you'll come back with a nice loss.

scbibhouse-Thanks for the motivation!


For lunch I had some chicken noodle soup and crackers-290cals

little debbi iced cake thing-300

Dinner will be tomato soup-140

crackers-140

another iced cake thing-300


That will bring me to 1170. I'll have to find a snack worth 330 cals to bring me up for the day.
 
Way to go Munch...if you can't run...then walk and do something else...did you have to say pushups though?!! Arghh! I did the crunches again today...maybe tomorrow...it's Saturday so I have a little time to experiment...if no one is around! I still feel like a beached whale when I try to do pushups!

Hope your cold (and your weight loss) gets better soon!

Sarah
 
As always, thanks scbibhouse!


Feeling better today, but still crummy from this cold. Get off work less than half an hour and then going to go to the store to pick up a few things. Then head home. I just read Sparked's diary and got motivated to exercise so I might go for a run when I get home. Didn't get any good walking in today because I got stuck with lobby duty at work. Lobby duty=sitting on your but in a fish bowl of an office and only being given a break to go to the bathroom and get lunch. So YUCK!


Today was popcorn shrimp day at the cafeteria. I caved... lol The portions looked manageable so I had some of the shrimp and some fries with no salt. Obviously not a great choice, but it's over now. I'm not really sure on the calories. I tried looking them up but hard to tell with the portions. So I've decided to just call it 1000 calories and give myself 500 calories for the rest af the day. Plus if I get some exercise in that will make me feel even better.


I've drank a lot of water so feel like this day has gone pretty well. Can't wait to go home and relax, hopefully after that workout. My fiance gets off work at 6:30 and will swing by after that. We're planning on doing our Valentines day tomorrow because it's the only day we'll have together. I think were going to Spagheddies! I love italian food! Chicken parmesian here I come! So I think I'll weigh myself tomorrow morning as opposed to Sunday morning.


Gonna have to work on a paper for one of my classes this weekend, clean house, and go to the laundrymat. Oh so much fun. Got to fit in exercise too!


Hope everyone has a great weekend!
 
Feels like its been forever since I've gotten on here, but only a few days. I weighed in at 156lbs over the weeked. Haven't seen a loss in a few weeks. I miss that awesome feeling. Really hope I'm back on track this week. I'm going with lower cals and increasing my exercise a bit. I've definitetly gotten lax in both departments. I've finally gotten over the nasty cold I had last week. It snowed yesterday so I couldn't get a run in and I had a headache today so decided not to go. Just seems like it's always something. I've been hit with a hard school work load, so forgive me if I'm not on here as much as usual. I'll try to check in on everyones diary when I can.
 
Hey Munch,

Welcome back...and don't be too hard on yourself...I think you're right about upping the exercise (you knew I would say that!). You might try to go lower carb.

Take care of your health and you'll feel like exercising more when you're well! Be careful in the snow!

Sarah
 
Thanks, Sarah!


I got my one mile run in today and felt wonderful afterwards. It really helps my mood. Not sure what my time was since I forgot my watch, but I felt I ran a decent pace. I'm working during the day tomorrow so if they weather cooperates, I'll go for a run after work. I won't run in the snow, I'll wait for sidewalks to get clear. Don't want to get hurt!


Got a little headache today. Hopefully it goes away soon...


Subway footlong split for lunch and dinner with a bag of baked chips and a cookie.
 
Hey Munch!

It's funny, the other day I was sitting around when I realized, "hey! Munch has not posted in awhile, I'm gonna have to go check up on her!" But ahhh crazyness ensued and I didn't get a chance :( But I was thinking about you and I'm glad to see you're back!! Ugh, I loooove me some popcorn shrimp, that sounds amazing right now! (especially seeing as it's the end of the night and I'm out of calories for the day and sooo hungry!) Nice job on the mile! I don't know why I always loathe the idea of doing my workout for the day when it always puts me in a such a good mood afterward! Hope you had a great Valentine's Day with your man!
 
I can relate to you on the not seeing a loss in a few weeks! I eat super healthy for the most part. but no los because i need to exercise more!


i know you'll get that awesome feeling back munch :) Good luck
 
Hey everyone! I know, I haven't been posting as much as usual, but things are seriously crazy!


Thanks for checking in Sparked! I think I'm starting to get over the I hate that I have to workout today thing, because I just look forward to how awesome I'll feel afterwards. My valentines was great, hope yours went well too! ;)


As for me, I weighed in this morning at 154lbs. Definitely not the huge loss I was hoping for after a few weeks of no loss, but I'll take it! Add that to the fact that I was told by multiple people over the weekend who haven't saw me in awhile that I looked a lot thinner and I'm feeling super pumped and positive. It gave me the courage to try on my skinny jeans that have been banished to my upstairs clothes rack for almost a year. I pulled them down and was able to fit into every pair with ease. When I say "skinny jeans" I mean both they're the jeans I wore when I was skinny AND they are literally "skinny jeans" lol. Even found a pair of capris that fit awesome. They are all size 14, which is the same size as my the jeans I had been wearing but they had been waaaaaay to tight for comfort a few months ago when I tried them on. So yeah, I'm feeling awesome right now!


I also found a couple shirts at walmart this weekend. They were on sale and a steal! I'm pretty sure one of them was $1! Not kidding! Anyways, one of them was a medium! A MEDIUM!!!! Again, I'm super stoked! I just feel so confident, it's amazing.


I have a lot of homework this week and next week will be midterms so I apologize in advance if I'm absent. I promise I'll be back. I don't think this week will be as crazy as last, so I'm hoping to check in on all my girlies diaries! I miss everyone!
 
Oh Munch...I'm sooooo happy for you!! Congratulations on the weight loss, obvious tone up in your body, the compliments, the skinny jeans, the "medium"...wow...I can see why you are stoked! I'm so very proud of you and happy you continue to have the momentum going for you! I so look forward to being in the 150's and in the "mediums'"!! You excite me and give me even more motivation!!


Good job girl!

Sarah
 
Thanks scbibhouse. I'm trying to get up enough courage to post some before and after pics... Hoping I can get those up soemtime this week. I feel so different from when we shot out engagement pictures in October. I looke at them and get a little depressed because I feel like I'm not pretty in them... Oh well, guess we will stick to head shots if we're going to give any out.
 
Yes! I want to see before and after pics!!!! ;)


I'm sorry to hear about how you feel about your engagement pictures, I completely understand, although I bet you had a huge smile on your face given the happy time and so you probably look very pretty :) But, if you feel that way, maybe take some new pictures?? You can't dwell on where you were at before, but you can make now better! :)


That is sooo exciting about fitting into your old jeans! Love that feeling!! Can't wait to see the pics! :)
 
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