gilta

Last week: 173 This week: 172 Only 1 lb, but I did not gain! I am working out a lot this week so hopefully I will see another loss. Hope everyone had a great holiday!

You got it! Yeah - if it wasn't for the trainer I started with back in March I would probably be in the same boat as you are.

Well, I am not where I wanted to be at this time, but at least it is down! I am thinking at this point, I may only lose 8 instead of 12. I am down 6 lbs so far and I hope with the workouts coming up I will get another 2 off. I am going to try and run a 5k next July hopefully at my goal weight.

Gary - Great thread! Wow, I love hearing about everyone's tradition. It is sad to see how things change through the years though. I am too also from an Italian background (as well as some others!). I grew up with an extremely large family, but unfortunately it is now just down to me and my son. I have a few cousins but I don't see them all that often. When I was a kid we all would go to my uncles house on Christmas eve and all of the cousins would play until about 11 then had to hurry home for "santa". On Christmas, we would have dinner at our house. Now my mom was English and American Indian, so the huge italian dinners were different. We would start with French Onion Soup, Clams Casino, Lasagna, Turkey, and all of the other fun stuff with it! Now my DH, son and I go to a friends house on Christmas eve. They always had opened their presents on Christmas eve, but I stick to my mom's tradition "if you don't believe, you don't receive". One year, I told her I did not believe in Santa so I did not get my "santa" gift which was usually the best one! Obviously after that I believed! Christmas Day, I now have dinner. My tradition is a Prime Rib dinner. It will be very easy to keep it band friendly as I will just have small portions. I bake a potato casserol and roasted veggies. Of course we have to have the cannolis. Fortunately this year we will have a white Christmas. Have a wonderful holiday!

I forgot to write mine in on Friday: Last week 173 This week 173 Oh boy - another week of no loss, but at least no gain! I did give my body an extra day of rest from working out. I guess that did help because so far I am down a bit this week! Hope all is well with everyone.

Oh Teri, I am so sorry your kids have and are sick! It must be so draining on you. Please take care of yourself and let us know what we can do to help.

Hi Carol, Thanks for sharing. I had no idea that Dr. Boss passed away. How is everyone doing?

I thought it would be fun to share how much us August bandsters have lost so far. Start process to now (22 wks) - 52 lbs; 20/22W Surgery to now (12 wks) - 41 lbs; 14/16 regular I feel so much better than I started 22 wks ago!

Last week - 175 This week - 173 I finally broke my plateau thanks to everyone who helped me out with that. I worked out 3 times this week and 2 of them were high impact the other was this am with a ball class. Did not like that one though. I am still fighting the carb monster (well the carb and sugar one). I am trying so hard not to add in my tenth weight until I get under 150. I felt like I was always cheating! Gilta

Hi All, I thought I would reach out to you all to see if you can help me. I am starting to see some of my old eating habits creeping back into my life. I was doing so well there for a while and since the beginning of November I am not doing as well. I feel like my head hunger is controlling me versus the other way around. I can eat anything had have absolutely no problems what so ever. Last night really hit home when I realized for dinner I used a "normal" sized dinner plate and ate everything. The only thing that is keeping my weight in check is all of the exercising I am doing. I did gain 1/2 lb so far this week, so even that is not helping any more. I don't want to fail this. I have worked too hard to get here, but I don't know what else to do. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks for your help!

Just a follow up - I called my MD and I cannot get in for a fill until after the 1st of the year. One of the MDs in the office is out so the others are covering for him and everything is booked up. So I have to do this on my own until I can get a fill. I will exercise at least 3 times/week with cardio challanges as suggested. I will write down everything I eat. I will measure everything I eat. I will eat less than 1100 calories (doing this is when I lose weight) Let's hope this works so I can hit my New Years Challange. Congrats Brad on hitting it already!

wow- looks like everyone is doing well! Congratulations. Size 6 jeans?? I don't know if I will ever make those. I was thrilled when I got in the 14s. Unfortunately I am lagging behind. Last week 175 This week 175 I don't do decimals, but if I did I am up 1/2 lb. I am hoping that next week brings a big number for me. I hope to figure out what I am doing wrong.

Thanks for those that responded. Gary - you are right. I have come so far and I need to re-dedicate myself. I thought that with exercising so much that would be enough, but I know it isn't. Lellow - I agree with both you and Gary - a fill is due. I am trying to hold off until January, but I think I should try now. General - let's hope that works for me as it did for you! Thanks again all!

Oh - Teri I am so sorry to hear about your son. I hope he is doing better now. I have heard that stress can tighten you up and I wonder if that is what happened to you. You are doing great on your loss. I am not doing so well and I am up 1 lb from last week. I have exercised 3 times already too. I hope it will disappear quickly. I know it is because I am eating more than 1000 calories.

Hi All, Where is everyone??? Things are really slowing down for me, but I am scheduled for a fill in the beginning of January. I did not want to do it so close to the holidays and have any problems. how is everyone doing? I think it was Barbie who was up next for surgery. The 17th, right? Hope all is well.

I also cooked normally and just selected just a spoon of each. It worked out well for me. I think I drank too much wine over the weekend, but I did get in a few workouts which helps.

Looking good! I forgot to take pictures so I have to admire yours!

Wow - Hawaii (can you pack me?) Traveling can be hard, but I also ask for everything minus the bread. I packed a small cooler bag and put cheese, beef Jerky, Protein bar and a piece of fruit. This worked out well for me. Have fun!

Last week - 176 This week - 175 Exercise - 3x with 2 of them with my trainer. I think I burned about 1800 calories this week! I did well for dinner yesterday. I hope to do a lot of walking today to keep on the right track.

For me, the more often I have to check in the better off I am. I need the reminder to stay on task. I am already down 2 lbs since I signed up so hopefully I will get those other 10 lbs off by new years! I am working out this afternoon and our gym is having a ZUMBA workout in the morning tomorrow. I don't know if I will make that one since I have to get the bird in the oven by 10am and the class is at 9am. Maybe I will go for 1/2. Keep up the good work everyone and as Goosie said - Don't be a couch potato! Happy Turkey Day All ( Lellow - enjoy the holiday lunches but not too much)

I was in the beginning and they found my Vit D was extremely low (should be around 40 and mine was at 21). I started on prescription Vit D which helped a lot. I am now down to just daily, but if I miss a few days I notice it. I agree about the Protein as well. Carbs make you tired!

Last week: 178 This week: 176 Lost : 2lbs Exercise: 2 group training classes, 1 - 30 minute interval training I hope my plateau is over. It only lasted 2 weeks, but I had to do quite a bit of exercise to get through it. I use a monitor to track my calories burned and last week I hit 2100 calories burned from just my exercise. I am really hoping I can get into 160's by January! Have a great Thanksgiving to all those in the US.

I have been on a plateau for the past 2 weeks. I found I was eating a bit more and drinking wine way too much! I was having a glass a night which I think is what stalled me. I stopped and am exercising pretty regularly which is helping. I finally had a small loss this morning, but won't know officially until Friday weigh in.

Unfortunately the gym I belong to I don't fit very well on the bikes for the spin class. I am only 5'2" and my legs are short. Even with the seat down all the way, I barely touch the pedals. Right now I am in a group training class. There are 8 of us with a personal trainer 2x/week. She mixes it up from 30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes weightlifting. We use treadmills one day then elliptical the next. Yesterday the gym was full so we did a step class. Oh boy was that a work out! I know that exercise is a must for me. If I stop, I stall and start to gain. I cannot miss a week again or I will never get this fat off of me!

Barbie - Dec. 17 will be here before you know it! Things are not going so well with me this week. I did not lose any weight last week and it looks like this week will be the same as well. I know I am doing the wrong things and I need to stop the behavior. I am having wine too often, not exercising and started eating chocolate on a regular basis. I did start up with my group training and will be going 2 times a week, which I know will help but I have to get away from the other stupid stuff. I am not hungery so a fill will not help me. This is all head hunger. I started yesterday to write everything I eat down again to see if that would help. I have been eating around 800-900 calories and yesterday it was about 1050 and I really tried to watch what I ate. I know why I am not losing, I just need to get in control Hope everyone else's week is going better than mine.