NEW YEARS RESOLUTION WEIGHT LOSS THREAD 2012

[bossbunny]

I am posting this for IROCanSS, who is on a temp C5 hiatus haaha.

Background: 35 M, Current weight up from 180 a few years ago due to being lazy and his wife getting pregnant. She is due in Feb so they vowed to lose our added weight after the baby comes He wants to get back into the 180-185 range and his wife wants to loose her baby weight and then some.

Goal time... Well we will say Jan is a bust so say 45lbs, 2 per week so 23 weeks, plus the the next few... Say 6 months from now... Scratch that by C5F3!

[ibeck]

I. GOT. THIS. I'm a little 180 pounds, I'm looking to drop to 160-165 by spring break.

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

Thought of the Day: TODAY is the first Monday of the New Year! If Fitness is in your list of New Year Resolutions - let's get to it! Just remember - don't expect results THIS week! Give it at least three weeks of CONSISTANT effort before taking a peek at your progress!! It took a LOT of playing to get to the state you are in now - it's gonna take a LOT of paying to make a change! So let's buckle down and GO! Let's DO this!!!

Now off to the gym after a 40 min. run! I'll log my workouts tonight!

Speaking of time, it takes a month for your body to make the full transition into loosing weight and not craving those foods. But if you slide, it only takes a week for your body to revert to its previous state of mind.

Originally Posted by 25thanniversary

I will also be starting P90X but that's until next month I want to do the 1st month of cardio.

P90X is my favorite!

[SummoneR]

WOW This thread is already viral!

Thanks BB and SSMOKINHOT for the advice. I do eat a lot of chicken. Only 1% milk etc. I go out to eat once a week (my cheat day to keep me sane). etc. I was doing pretty good but I hit a plateau... Plus my exercise was put on hold until the power supply for my bike came in. 4DD batteries every week got expensive! I am determined this time I am surprised I only gained back 5 pounds over the holidays, but I made sure to get the lite foods. I'm also weird in that I am not a candy freak, I don't love chocolate like most people do my friends think I am weird because of it.
My biggest problem is that I eat once maybe twice a day. I really need to eat smaller more frequent meals. It is difficult with my sometimes chaotic schedule. Sometimes I will be out measring a site and be there for 6-8 hours and by the time I am done I am starving and thirsty, even though I still eat the right foods, my body has gone into survival mode so I store all the calories I eat when I do eat. My buddy tells me his is probably the one thing that is holding me back, that and exercise. I have moved my bike to in front of the TV BB lol it does help, I hardly watch TV though haaa. If I could find a way to mount my laptop on the handle bars I might be in business. LMAO

Thanks for the calorie chart CFD and the motivation Bonnie.

Thanks everyone else for all your input!

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by ibeck

I. GOT. THIS. I'm a little 180 pounds, I'm looking to drop to 160-165 by spring break.

Hello AYTARD! You should take before and after pics.

What is your plan my friend.

Originally Posted by SummoneR

WOW This thread is already viral!

Thanks BB and SSMOKINHOT for the advice. I do eat a lot of chicken. Only 1% milk etc. I go out to eat once a week (my cheat day to keep me sane). etc. I was doing pretty good but I hit a plateau... Plus my exercise was put on hold until the power supply for my bike came in. 4DD batteries every week got expensive! I am determined this time I am surprised I only gained back 5 pounds over the holidays, but I made sure to get the lite foods. I'm also weird in that I am not a candy freak, I don't love chocolate like most people do my friends think I am weird because of it.
My biggest problem is that I eat once maybe twice a day. I really need to eat smaller more frequent meals. It is difficult with my sometimes chaotic schedule. Sometimes I will be out measring a site and be there for 6-8 hours and by the time I am done I am starving and thirsty, even though I still eat the right foods, my body has gone into survival mode so I store all the calories I eat when I do eat. My buddy tells me his is probably the one thing that is holding me back, that and exercise. I have moved my bike to in front of the TV BB lol it does help, I hardly watch TV though haaa. If I could find a way to mount my laptop on the handle bars I might be in business. LMAO

Thanks for the calorie chart CFD and the motivation Bonnie.

Thanks everyone else for all your input!

Yeah the infrequent eating is probably not helping you any. Its probably slowing down your metabolism. You should prepackage your meals into ziplocks or tubs and take it with you, it make make it easier for you to get your meals in! Other than that it sounds like youre on the right track!

[AZCamaroFan]

Originally Posted by ibeck

I. GOT. THIS. I'm a little 180 pounds, I'm looking to drop to 160-165 by spring break.

How tall?

[Bonnie]

Originally Posted by SummoneR

WOW This thread is already viral!

Thanks BB and SSMOKINHOT for the advice. I do eat a lot of chicken. Only 1% milk etc. I go out to eat once a week (my cheat day to keep me sane). etc. I was doing pretty good but I hit a plateau... Plus my exercise was put on hold until the power supply for my bike came in. 4DD batteries every week got expensive! I am determined this time I am surprised I only gained back 5 pounds over the holidays, but I made sure to get the lite foods. I'm also weird in that I am not a candy freak, I don't love chocolate like most people do my friends think I am weird because of it.
My biggest problem is that I eat once maybe twice a day. I really need to eat smaller more frequent meals. It is difficult with my sometimes chaotic schedule. Sometimes I will be out measring a site and be there for 6-8 hours and by the time I am done I am starving and thirsty, even though I still eat the right foods, my body has gone into survival mode so I store all the calories I eat when I do eat. My buddy tells me his is probably the one thing that is holding me back, that and exercise. I have moved my bike to in front of the TV BB lol it does help, I hardly watch TV though haaa. If I could find a way to mount my laptop on the handle bars I might be in business. LMAO

Thanks for the calorie chart CFD and the motivation Bonnie.

Thanks everyone else for all your input!

I cook all my meals on sunday then portion them in baggies... that way I am never tempted with fast food, Its the only way I am able to stay on track, I also get a cheat meal once a week on saturdays, and yes it gives me something to look forward to and keeps me very discipined thoughout the week!

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

I cook all my meals on sunday then portion them in baggies... that way I am never tempted with fast food, Its the only way I am able to stay on track, I also get a cheat meal once a week on saturdays, and yes it gives me something to look forward to and keeps me very discipined thoughout the week!

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Bonnie

I cook all my meals on sunday then portion them in baggies... that way I am never tempted with fast food, Its the only way I am able to stay on track, I also get a cheat meal once a week on saturdays, and yes it gives me something to look forward to and keeps me very discipined thoughout the week!

Almost everyone who is succesful at staying lean practices this. Preparing food in advance prevents you from "winging it" and making poor choices, also if you prepare the proper portions there is less of a chance of overeating. The cheat meal is as important as any other part of the plan, the body can only handle low carbs for so long, and the cheat meal keeps things in check but the cheat meal is used as a tool not a free ticket to go crazy with overeating. When you limit carbs for a while then re-introduce them the body soaks them up and will easily store them so this should be regulated somewhat as well.

Most people know what they want to do but don't know how to do it so having a plan for both diet and exercise and sticking to it day in and day out is the key to success.

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by CFD

Almost everyone who is succesful at staying lean practices this. Preparing food in advance prevents you from "winging it" and making poor choices, also if you prepare the proper portions there is less of a chance of overeating. The cheat meal is as important as any other part of the plan, the body can only handle low carbs for so long, and the cheat meal keeps things in check but the cheat meal is used as a tool not a free ticket to go crazy with overeating. When you limit carbs for a while then re-introduce them the body soaks them up and will easily store them so this should be regulated somewhat as well.

Most people know what they want to do but don't know how to do it so having a plan for both diet and exercise and sticking to it day in and day out is the key to success.

Youre so smart.

[CFD]

Originally Posted by badgebunny

Youre so smart.

Smart people gain large amounts of knowledge quickly, I on the other hand have gained a little knowledge over many years

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by CFD

Smart people gain large amounts of knowledge quickly, I on the other hand have gained a little knowledge over many years

Hahaha. Well either way you are great to have around in this thread thats for sure.

[SummoneR]

I agree BB!
Good point/tip Bonnie! I use to do that with my lunch when I worked in a regular office, I would make enough chicken or whatever to last through the week. Working from home now I always figure oh I'll have time to make something, but it's never the case if I get called to a job site I don't end up having the time. I will have to start doing this.

I found in the past when I ate better during the week on my cheat day, my stomach had shrank and I was unable to eat as much as I would normally do when I would go out, plus you stop craving certain things. Sweets is the big one for me that I don't crave, I use to have to have sweetened in my tea of coffee, but over this last year I have slowly come accustomed to having it plain. If it has sweetener in it I can't stand it.

I said I don't watch TV much but that is not entirely true, I do, I just don't watch regularly scheduled TV, I stream them through the internet when I want to watch them rather than one monday night at 8 when it normally shows etc. So now my next task is to figure out what show I want to watch next. I could start at Law & Order Season 1. Seeing as how there are over 11 seasons of the original L&O (not to mention the spin offs) I could have plenty of shows to watch while I am riding my back haha, that should take me through the year easy!

[MOMSREDSS]

Who ever came up with the phrase when ou're pregnant... "you're eating for 2"? That was my down fall (along with too much ice cream with my first child). That was in 1989, a few years later we had our second. I still need to lose the weight!

In 2003 we had our third & last child. I learned from my first child not to gain so much weight, however... I still need to lose all those extra pounds.

Our middle daughter is engaged to be married this summer... I HATE dress shopping!!! I HAVE to lose weight!!!

My focus will be on portion control,working on getting exercise in my routine & having plenty of fresh veggies ready to eat.

This will be challenging, we are in the midst of a kitchen remodel & I have homework to help our youngest with nightly. I also need to be available to our bride to be (who graduates from college this Spring).

My challenge is before me...