It’s just one day Jennifer - you’ve got this!

Today my workout is a 20min interval run, I’m honestly dreading it. How about you ladies?

Kate

Jennifer here - today hasn't been great....it's so frustrating, I was doing so well abstaining from snacking from the last couple of months until last week. The Christmas season ruined my good eating habits. And I didn't make it to the gym since the kids were still out of school today....sigh, tomorrow is another day.

Fellow evening snackers, instead of grabbing that bag of chips we love, make a cup of hot tea with lemon.

Anonymous wrote:Lily back again. Had a fantastic protein-filled lunch (I'm a vegetarian, so I struggle with feeling not feeling "full" and loading up with junk), then went for a nice long run...you all inspired me to go an extra mile!

What was your lunch? I'm struggling with getting enough protein as a mostly vegetarian and would love some ideas! --Isabel

Anonymous wrote:Lily back again. Had a fantastic protein-filled lunch (I'm a vegetarian, so I struggle with feeling not feeling "full" and loading up with junk), then went for a nice long run...you all inspired me to go an extra mile!

Nice work lily and Nicole!!!

My name is Isabel. I am 5'0' and 143 pounds. I'd like to get to 120 or possibly 115 (I am curvy and that seems to be the weight where I look best). I've been telling myself for a few years that I'll lose the weight, but I haven't really tried that hard. I have an event next November that is motivating me and I really want to get it done this time.

I have some autoimmune issues and I've been to a nutritionist who emphasizes getting the vitamins and minerals your body needs as opposed to focusing solely on calories. I have felt a lot better following that protocol but I haven't lost any weight. I just joined Weight Watchers but I see that the foods my nutritionist likes for me to eat will take me over my 23 points per day. I also have been logging my food into Cronometer to check my macros. I'm not eating that many calories (around 1200-1300) but it's too many carbs and not enough protein. I'm pescatarian (but prefer to eat mostly vegetarian) and I struggle with getting enough protein while not overdoing it on the fat. I've also found myself snacking on things like popcorn or Pirates Booty almost every night and need to cut that habit out.

I haven't been great on the exercise front but I'm making myself get up tomorrow morning to do some weights. I hope to do that 3-4 days a week to start and then add in some cardio. I like to walk outside but it's been way too cold for that lately.

I'm also cutting out alcohol for the month of January because I have been consuming too many alcohol calories lately.

Jessica here. Early 30s, 5'3, 123. Just want to lose 5 pounds of holiday weight gain. Have cut alcohol for the past month (except for some champagne on NYE) and want to keep that up, no desserts/sweets other than a square or two of good dark chocolate from time to time, and want to work out at least 3 times a week, preferably 4-5. I'm TTC so this may be short lived and I'm not really going to try to eat diet foods or anything like that, just keep the workout routine up and cut unnecessary extra calories in the hope the five pounds will see itself out.

Anybody interested in turning this into a DCUM DietBet?

Summer here. I’m tracking my food this month just to see what I eat on average. I don’t consume a lot of calories (1365 today) but boy do I eat a lot of junk! I hope when Feb rolls around, it’ll be easy to select healthier options.

Anonymous wrote:Nicole here. I stuck to my goal of no added sugar! Not even to my coffee, which was hard. Need to be better about portions tomorrow.

hi nicole, this is lily, probably a really stupid question but...I'm interested in the 'no added sugar' diet and wanted to see if it involved significant changes besides not physically putting sugar in things? what types of things can you eat/not eat?

Lily back again. Had a fantastic protein-filled lunch (I'm a vegetarian, so I struggle with feeling not feeling "full" and loading up with junk), then went for a nice long run...you all inspired me to go an extra mile!

Nicole here. I stuck to my goal of no added sugar! Not even to my coffee, which was hard. Need to be better about portions tomorrow.

How’d people do on day 1?

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Anonymous wrote:^^should we give out stats?

39F/5’4”/CW: 135ish (gained a few pounds during holidays)

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).

I may get a trainer depending on special offered at the gym.

It might be easier if you assign yourself a name. Then we can know who we're cheering on in future posts. I can't hold someone's stats in my memory.

Ha! You first.

call me Larla

Anonymous wrote:Hi, I'm Lily. I'm in my 20s, 5'5, and weight about 155. I don't "look" this big with clothes on (have always been curvy) but I'm very unhappy with my appearance. Would like to get down to around 135-140 (I know that's still "fat" by these standards but I don't have a stick body type).

Plan: stop snacking after 8, stop binging on the weekends/emotionally eating, and stop drinking so much! I work out pretty regularly already but would like to incorporate more strength training as I mostly run.

Nice to meet you all!

Oops, sorry, I didn't add to the right list Anyways, off to the gym now...hope it won't be horribly crowded!