Hey, I tried to post in here a ton but I think a lot of our exercisers are off the wagon-- one may be out of the country having fun without us.

I kind of had 2 weeks of partial wagon.. I was dragging my feet off the back. I gained 2lbs back so probably that is the payoff for that! I am, in general, getting really frustrated at having very little to no weight loss though after like 5 weeks. WTH??

Well next week I'm getting back on he wagon.

Julianna you may try to consult with you physician for help with losing weight if after 5 weeks it's not changing. It might come down to dietary changes or more cardio?

I've lost a lot of inches... so I look smaller. It's either I need more exercise or ?? I don't actually eat badly, 99% pure veggies with nothing on them.

Oh I completely forgot something in the beginning when trying to lose weight and doing exercises like you're doing then you're trading fat for muscle which weighs more. Sounds like you're in the toning up phase. So don't worry and keep doing what you're doing because pretty soon you'll start to see the decline in weight when you've built all the lean muscle you can.

OK, there have been a ton of people in this thread. I didn't feel like looking the entire way through it, but I did manage to pull out a few names of people who joined:

Chaishai, me, Jen, Jenn, Olivia, Mrs. Amera, Caybee, Bridget, tnh9479, Water, Aymerlu, Jackie, Nutty, Polarbear, Noura, Dorothy, Melly, Ayesha4akram, Hollyw, Henna Rose, Amal, S and S, Terrie... and some fringe/later pledges from Alhamdulillah (indirectly saying she was joining a gym lol), JP (after the baby)...

So how is everyone doing?

Since the first of the year I've been yoyo dieting. I thought coming to stay with my Mom would be good for the summer because we could both commit to a diet. Now I am leaving back to school and I weigh more than when I arrived. We did poorly on our dieting. I can't blame her completely I just should know not to try to diet with my Mom anymore because we've been doing this kind of thing for years. We're enablers and I do better solo.

I am really looking forward to going back to school and focusing on my health more. I fly out in a couple hours and by tonight I will be back in Moscow, Idaho. Classes start on Monday for me and this semester will be very busy. I plan to really work on my diet and exercise plan at least doing some sort of daily activity and sticking to a plant based diet. Giving up the alcohol when I turn 30 next month and drinking mostly water and teas. By the end of this year if all goes as planned I hope to have lost 32 lbs.

I realize that this is a lifestyle change. That this isn't just a diet. That everyday if I want to be healthy and at a happy weight then I need to change the way I live by always being conscious of the foods I choose to eat and activities I choose to participate in. Next semester I will be signed up for a yoga class and my hope is that it tones me up, increases my flexibility, and brings me peace of mind.

I am determined and resolved to mold myself in the coming year to the person I envision my potential to be.

Good luck Olivia!!! Be sure to keep drinking the water all day, as that will help you flush out toxins and reduce your water and fat storage!

Well! I just weighed in and although I didn't change much this week, I did lose another half inch on my waist...

So, so far i've lost:
Hips: 3 inches
Waist: 3 inches (it's 26.5 now, so only about 2.5-4 inches to go)
Biceps: 1.5 inches
Bust: 1/2 inch
Thigh: 2 inches
Calf: 1/2 inch
Weight: 6lbs

This weeks i dropped about 4lbs. So I think I may be finally starting to really drop some weight.

I have been off the wagon for a few months now but officially I will be back on it Tuesday, inshallah. I know it will be tough what with Ramadan but if I can keep it all at 1200 cal/day or under I'll be ok.

Do you have a reason to be eating so few calories? Usually 1200cal or less is a doctor-only diet since it leads to a slow metabolism and starvation/malnutrition over the long-term. Are you bumping your metabolism 1-2 times/week with a high calorie day?

well if ya twist my arm I could seriously consider it!!! Whaddya have in mind....a binge on chippedy chocolatey ice cream twice/week at night? I can seriously partake in that if you force me to.

Well, it should only take about 2 weeks at 1200 cal in order to make you stop losing weight and screw your body up for quite some time. So you need 1-2 higher calorie days in order to bump up, unless you are absolutely not doing a single thing ever, in which case 1200 may work out for you at a low activity level. And yes, icecream can do it.

Sounds like a plan, stan. Actually there used to be this way of doing Weight WAtchers...I forget the term for it but it was based on that same principle, basically you eat the lowest points for three days, then the highest for one day, then the lowest for the rest of the week. A lot of people saw progress after stalling for a long time when they tried it. I think I'll do something similar, thanks!

Yeah, same basic idea.. because you want to try to keep your metabolism up at the processing speed of the higher intake and avoid adjustment.

Calorie-cycling or even carb cycling works really well...if you do like 1200 one day, 1600 the next...or low carbs one day and then add a few carbs the next.

i gained 10lbs during my vacation
I'm hoping that Ramadan gets me back into the "less eating" phase...

I have not been staying after it like I should, and I'm afraid to go near the scale. We're on opposite work schedules now, and I'm exhausted when I get home these days but have trouble sleeping, so I eat something carby and then go to bed without exercising. I'm going to try to get up and stay up when he comes in at 4:30 am, and I hope that will allow me to get some exercise in the morning and sleep straight through the night.

been in israel almost three weeks....
gained probably 5-10lbs.....
and lost most of my muscle definition

if only i would stop indulging every few hours!

I'm drinking loads of water. Taking my bowel cleanse stuff and pooping A LOT! Haven't started the diet portion of it yet but getting plant based menus ready this weekend. Thinking about an exercise program but trying to recondition myself for it by walking to and from school which is a 1/2 mile each way and taking stairs more.

My calfs are really tights and breathing is difficult just for this half mile walk. But in my defense we have a lot of hills on campus. I should take a video so you could all see what I go through each day. I think though I got out of shape from last semester even.

Awww, you can do it again!



Yeah, opposite schedules can be really hard. i try to exercise when I am home alone so I don't miss any time with him.


Oh, that sucks! but I bet you can build up really fast again. i missed you! Tell us about the trip! Did you show up the thin relatives and avoid the comments?


I would love to see a video! it's so depressing when you realize how far you have gone down from even a few months ago when you deteriorate.

Hi Julianna - Thanks for keeping us accountable

I'm here but have fallen of the exercise wagon but still eating a sensible and healthy diet, if I can just get back into the routine.

Have been having trouble sleeping but can't make myself spend that extra awake time exercising - I hope I can talk myself back into action...
D.

Then I will have to make a video. I'll edit out my huffying and puffing and lace in some music with graphics for the descriptions.

I feel like that 99% of the time... and it's sooo hard to get myself to do any exercise at all.

Olivia-- I can't wait!

Joining in guys! I guess having Whataburger for dinner has to end.

I need to get back to my pre baby weight or better if possible! I can finally start running again and I'm looking forward to it! It's been much harder with my hubby here. He's very active (a dancer) and eats whatever he wants (mostly garbage) and it never hits him.

Yep, same with my Dh-- doesn't put on weight like I do! So do you have an ammount you want to lose and a goal for when?

She wants to lose 2lbs and when she does it's so she can come visit me again !!!

Nawal, I'll get on with you -I need to do it too

Okay, ya'll - I'm totally in! I've had my last McDonald's breakfast! I just love Sausage McMuffins - yes, I know major HARAM - and a diet killer to boot!!! You know, here in the South we're just kind of pork fanatics.

I am going to enjoy my holiday weekend, especially since we're going out of town, but come next Tuesday, I'm totally on the wagon. Will be doing Leslie Sansone WATP and eating about 1500 calories a day.

Staashi I'm on board with you 100%. Same program. I am going to let this weekend go but since Monday starts Ramadan anyway, it's going to be a good time to get moving..... I'll be doing the Leslie WATP 1, 2 and 3 mile walk - I don't know if you found it but you should do the 1 mile for a day or two, then 2 mile, and eventually get to the 3 mile and after that she says to keep changing them up - don't go to the 3 mile and stay with it but alternate your days!!!

Let's get walking buddies!! hehehe "Eeeeevveerrybody loves a walk!!! " haha

You know...I was thinking about doing the 1 mile in the morning just to get me going and then do the 2 or 3 mile at night when I get home.

I used to do the same thing.. It really does just rock not having to leave your house or do anything special!! Nice 15-20 minutes of a brisk power walk in front of your tv... shower go to work and come home and do the 2 mile - great idea!! I get a nice energy boost afterwards too!!! sometimes I even walk with little 5lb hand weights in each hand. I'm so glad that you like it.

I do - plus I have those ankle weights and I want to use those as well.

My body weight provides enough weight for my ankles.. They don't need added stress

Girl, so does mine! I just figure it will help me to "feel the burn."

Chase my kid and you'll feel all the burn you want!!

50 pounds and by next week, is that possible? Teasing.

I'd like to lose 25 pounds and by December 1st. Is that unrealistic? I dunno...it came on so damn fast...i want to push it off faster!

It took me 6 months to lose 25 lbs, but I really was looking for gradual results that I could maintain.

I haven't been to the gym this week - too much to do with moving apartments. I can't wait to get back though because I don't feel good. Plus, I find that I each much better when I'm working out.

I'd rather gradual and to maintain as well. Although a magic pill would always be a plus!!

I agree about the gym/running etc. I feel horrible since I stopped...and not the same...also a little depressed honestly. Working out makes me feel amazing and pumped up all the time!

Girl, what is that little video of? Was that what your reaction was when you had to find all those nasty pics in that OT thread???

Magic pills are good

Hahahaha, yes exactly! It's supposed to be my reaction as I walk into a thread and observe the chaos.

Woot? What video? Pics?

Yeah .. nosey Nawal and I want to know LOL

I think by little video she meant Jenn's avatar... and it being in shock to something she sees on here.. but I never saw any pics in OT We wanna see.. we love train wrecks!!

LOL, don't worry you didn't miss anything you haven't seen before! There was a thread in OT where someone thought posting a picture of a vajayjay would be a good idea. See my avatar for my reaction.

I totally love that you gals are nosey like that - cuz I am, too!!! Look up the locked thread from OT - "what do u do when u get bored??" Twas bad, bad, bad. It was a major poo slinging contest, with flying vibrators, too. Someone even posted pics of vijayjays all over the place, and our Ms. Jenn had to clean them up. It took a whole lot of Clorox Clean Up to get rid of the nastiness over there.

I read that thread, all of it with a look of train wreck on my face.. But Jenn must be super fast cuz I never caught any pictures!!! Thank you for saving my precious little mind from being warped Jenn

Yeah, mine, too, Jenn! Thanks! I don't want to see anyone's vijayjay if I don't have to.

The sad part is that when you guys first typed that word I was sitting at my desk at work sounding it out.What are they talking about.. . Like Hmm is this an acronym for something .. I'm missing it.. Then it hit me hahaha

There is no saving our minds dear!

I saw a magazine in the checkout line yesterday that said I could lose 25 pounds by Labor Day!

Oooooh I have those videos, and a purple stretchie! I'm back in with y'all!

Please my mind has been in the gutter for a long, long time. The only good thing is that I can admit it.



Oh yes, Caybee!!! We'll be total WATP groupies!