Anyone trying to lose 10lbs want to motivate each other?

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Anonymous wrote:Lily here. Had a terrible weekend and feeling discouraged. Are way too much. Hoping to get back on track today with a healthy dinner and good workout.

Ugh, sorry to hear that Lily. What's way too much?
- Kate

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I'm on a second day of fasting. Started again after Christmas holidays of overeating. I had a feed day yesterday and day before fasting for almost 24 hours with 500 calories after. It is hard bcs I get hungry again now, whereas 2 months ago when I was fasting regularly I wasn't getting hungry at all. I'm now looking forward to drinking mineral water when I get home! I need to make it till 7pm. Not happy at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Lily here. Had a terrible weekend and feeling discouraged. Are way too much. Hoping to get back on track today with a healthy dinner and good workout.

Ugh, sorry to hear that Lily. What's way too much?
- Kate

Went to an unexpected dinner out where I had pizza and way too many drinks. it was a fun weekend! but I felt awful after. either way, today has gone well. I'm going to start forcing myself to eat breakfast even if it is just a protein shake. had one and was pleasantly surprised with how full I felt. had a healthy vegetarian chili for lunch, didn't binge snack AT ALL after work, and just meal prepped for the next few days.

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Anonymous wrote:Lily here. Had a terrible weekend and feeling discouraged. Are way too much. Hoping to get back on track today with a healthy dinner and good workout.

Isabel here. Same with me. We went to dinner at a friend’s house and I drank beer and ate chips. I’m in a pattern where the scale decreases during the week and then after the weekend it goes up and then I spend the next week getting back to where I was. So I’m not really losing anything despite eating much better and much less during the week. It may just be water weight but it’s still weight. Plus my body fat percentage on the Fitbit scale is creeping up although I’ve increased my exercise. I know I have to push through and change my weekend pattern but I feel like I can’t deprive myself all the time. It’s a tough balance.

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Nicole checking in. I eat really great in the morning, and do really well sticking to a healthy dinner. I don’t snack after dinner. For some reason mid-day is when I completely lose willpower and eat too much food, even when not particularly hungry. Not sure how to fix that.

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Name: Molly

5'6" / 175 lbs CW. Goal weight is 145 lbs.

Diet plan: intermittent fast 12-8- no breakfast (tea+no sugar); lunch at noon (protein+veg); dinner at 7 (veg).

Exercise: Walk 30 minutes a day

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Jennifer checking in. Starting - 150, Current - 149. I've felt really good the last few days. I had good workouts on Friday and Monday and I feel like I'm finally getting over junk food withdrawal from eating it over the holidays. I don't know if I'll ever be able to eat those goodies in moderation. It's like once I have a taste my body craves it.

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Elon, checking in and getting started.

5'5 175 lbs. Goal 135 lbs

Diet: IF and Weight Watchers via iTrackbites (someone here recommended this app and it's helped a lot!)

Exercise, for now I'm doing Orangetheory and weight lifting, but I plan to buy a Peloton bike soon.

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Anonymous wrote:Jennifer checking in. Starting - 150, Current - 149. I've felt really good the last few days. I had good workouts on Friday and Monday and I feel like I'm finally getting over junk food withdrawal from eating it over the holidays. I don't know if I'll ever be able to eat those goodies in moderation. It's like once I have a taste my body craves it.

Nice work Jennifer! Thats great you're feeling good and getting in some good workouts!

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Héloïse -- just joining.

5"5, 120 pounds, goal is 110 (I have a smallish frame) by the end of winter ( March 31st) and found my muscles again.

Background : havent lost the last 10 pounds from second pregnancy. Last child is 3, I am done feeling flabby. French speaker forgive the language mistakes.

Plan:
- 1400 calories, low carb clean food (paleo), use MyFitnessPal for a week to make sure my routine meals are on track,
- reduce alcohol to one glass of wine on Friday and Saturday evenings instead of a glass a day.
- 4/5 workouts a week (2 Pilates at lunch time during the week + 2/3 classes of barre, Pilates and yoga between Friday and Sunday)
- 10 minutes of stretching and body weight exercise when I wake up (planks, push-ups, squats)

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Anonymous wrote:Nicole checking in. I eat really great in the morning, and do really well sticking to a healthy dinner. I don’t snack after dinner. For some reason mid-day is when I completely lose willpower and eat too much food, even when not particularly hungry. Not sure how to fix that.

Can you identify what's your trigger? Are you stressed out at work and eating fast? Bored? Have too much choices from outside lunch options? Where do you eat and in what conditions?

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Anonymous wrote:Ok here is who we have so far - if you're new please add to this list so we keep one compiled list. We can use it for a weekly update to have to have accountability against what we originally said. Feel free up update / change your at any time, just please use this whole list so there is always a compiled up to date version.

Kate - 35y/o, 5'3, 130lbs - goal is 120.
Exercise: Running 2x/wk and 30 min interval workout 5x/wk. Died: One week of no booze, chocolate, or added cheese

Jenna - 5'6" / 165 lbs CW. Goal weight is 135 lbs.
Diet plan: Need to eat less carbs and cut out sweets and junk food. Remove 90% of processed food.
Exercise: Do something! Plan is to walk 30 minutes a day to start.

Lucy - 39F/5’4”/CW: 135ish
Diet: eat around 1200 calories/day with goal of 100-140 grams protein
Training: 4-6 days/week weight training. Heavy weights, low reps to maintain strength. Incorporate steady-state cardio depending on time. (Thinking around 40-60 minutes stairclimber or incline walk 3x/week).

Rachel - Stats: 5’7”, 195 lbs. First goal, 185
Exercise: 5 classes / wk
Food wise I’m just trying to cut out mindless snacking and eat fewer simple carbs and sugar.

Cary - 5’ 124
plan: exercise 3X week, track food, drink 60 oz water, eat 1200 calories
goal 115 and keep it off

Jan - 5'2, lose 7-10lbs
Plan: decrease carbs, stop snacking after dinner (chips), walk once a day, increase water intake.

Summer - 42F/ 5’3/CW 128lbs/Goal 120lbs
Track food for the month of January to see where I can cut down. Up my veggies and water intake.
Exercise Goal: Run 3X/ week, bike to work 2-3X/ week- take long weekend rides during warm weather months, lift heavy weights 2X/ week, take a full-body workout class 1X/ week

Louise , 54, 5'4", 136 and would like to loose 10 lbs.
Plan to follow Weight Watchers and add classes to my workout. Also need to eliminate alcohol since the holidays!


Lisa: 49; 5'4", 140. Want to get down to 130
Exercise - spin a few times a week and balance that with weight classes/ pilates. Also, walk 30 mins per day (with dog outside weather permitting).
Diet - cutting out snacking altogether and drinking more water is helpful.


Jennifer - 37F/ 5’4/CW 150lbs/Goal 140lbs
Diet Plan: cut out junk food and sweets, I call it my "no wrapper challenge"
Exercise Goal: Gym (Cardio and Weights) 3 - 4X/ week, min 10K steps per day

Hi I'm Courtney.
5'4" 143 lbs
Goal weight 133 lbs and stay there
Diet plan: make healthier choices, cut down on junk
Exercise plan: cardio or yoga most days

Charlotte here!
5'4, 135lbs, Goal weight is 115-120lbs
I do orangetheory 4x a week and will try to cut down on sodas & sweets.

Rose
5'4 160lbs Goal: 135
Diet plan: Mediterranean Diet, reduce sweets
Exercise: At home with weights, videos, bike & row machine 3+ days/wk

Isabel.
5'0' 143 pounds.
Goal: 115-120
Diet Plan: tracking calories/macros. Adding protein. Cut out late night snacking. No alcohol in January.
Exercise: weights at home, increasing steps, add in yoga/stretching

Héloïse -- just joining. French speaker forgive the language mistakes.

5"5, 120 pounds,
Goal : 110 and found my muscles again.
Diet plan: 1200/1400 calories, low carb clean food (paleo) + gentle IF (no breakfast apart from no sugar tea or coffee until I am really hungry ie 10.30 am) use MyFitnessPal for a week to make sure my routine meals are on track, reduce alcohol to one glass of wine on Friday and Saturday evenings instead of a glass a day (ideally no alcohol in January).
Exercise: 4/5 workouts a week (2 Pilates at lunch time during the week + 2/3 classes of barre, Pilates and yoga between Friday and Sunday). 10 minutes of stretching and body weight exercise when I wake up (planks, push-ups, squats)

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Anonymous wrote:Nicole checking in. I eat really great in the morning, and do really well sticking to a healthy dinner. I don’t snack after dinner. For some reason mid-day is when I completely lose willpower and eat too much food, even when not particularly hungry. Not sure how to fix that.

Can you identify what's your trigger? Are you stressed out at work and eating fast? Bored? Have too much choices from outside lunch options? Where do you eat and in what conditions?

I work out of the home half a day and come home to do some follow up. It’s Home where I lose my willpower. I’m usually tired but not stressed. Maybe it’s procrastination? But I could just turn on the tv to do that. It’s not even junk food—just food at home that’s more than I need. Like 6 slices of ham, veggies and a lot of hummus (half a tub), 3 slices of cheese (300 calories worth). If I was hungry and it was part of my plan, then I would be okay with it, but it’s after I’m done eating lunch and I’m exceeding my calorie needs and it’s a part of what is inhibiting my weight loss.

And I don’t do this on weekends when my family is here- it’s when nobody is around, so I get that it’s secretive eating. But I’ve never done the thing where I’ve gone and eaten an entire pizza in my car or gotten a bunch of donuts for the family but eaten them before I get home, I’ve heard stories about that kind of secret eating. And I’m not aiming for super low cal each day, my target is 1500-1700, but I go above that.

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Cary checking in. Did some research: for me, eating 1200 calories a day means 1/2 pound weight loss a week. While that's tiny, I have a difficult time limiting myself to 1200. I am exercising, but struggling to find the time. I did lose the 1/2 pound and stick to my plan of tracking, exercising 3X a week, and drinking 60 ounces of water.
Any advice on how to drink more water? I drink 20 ounces in the morning with my vitamins and 20 ounces on the drive home, but can't seem to drink much at work or with dinner. I end up drinking 20 ounces before bed which has the predictibly unfortunate result.

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Anonymous wrote:Nicole checking in. I eat really great in the morning, and do really well sticking to a healthy dinner. I don’t snack after dinner. For some reason mid-day is when I completely lose willpower and eat too much food, even when not particularly hungry. Not sure how to fix that.

Can you identify what's your trigger? Are you stressed out at work and eating fast? Bored? Have too much choices from outside lunch options? Where do you eat and in what conditions?

I work out of the home half a day and come home to do some follow up. It’s Home where I lose my willpower. I’m usually tired but not stressed. Maybe it’s procrastination? But I could just turn on the tv to do that. It’s not even junk food—just food at home that’s more than I need. Like 6 slices of ham, veggies and a lot of hummus (half a tub), 3 slices of cheese (300 calories worth). If I was hungry and it was part of my plan, then I would be okay with it, but it’s after I’m done eating lunch and I’m exceeding my calorie needs and it’s a part of what is inhibiting my weight loss.

And I don’t do this on weekends when my family is here- it’s when nobody is around, so I get that it’s secretive eating. But I’ve never done the thing where I’ve gone and eaten an entire pizza in my car or gotten a bunch of donuts for the family but eaten them before I get home, I’ve heard stories about that kind of secret eating. And I’m not aiming for super low cal each day, my target is 1500-1700, but I go above that.

Héloïse here. I had the same issue. Not particularly hungry but it is more like offering myself a little break in what I am doing and then after a tiny bite I actually have a hard time stopping . Almost the same pattern as my cigarette breaks in my 20s. It is my brain asking for a distraction and a reward.

My solutions :
- first Step is still limit the available unhealthy snacks at home (but you seem to be doing great there already). I can inhale open skinny popcorn (
- I give myself the right to eat a crunchy apple or carrots if there is some hunger, with a big glass of water. No "good protein" like cheese or hummus outside of planned meals because I eat too much of it.
- that is enough to take care of the actual hunger. Then I work on finding other pleasurable breaks every hour: 1 warm tea, a glass of water with lemon or orange pressed in it, a session of stretching (i find that if I put my lounge clothes when I get home I am more likely to fit in a few exercise moves when I work from home.

And the secret eating is a real thing. Found myself eating my kids leftover plate standing up in the kitchen today. As if it didn't count because it never touched my plate and no one saw me