HELP!!! I wanna lose weight!

[toocute]

Hey girl!!!!! I'm so glad (And SO PROUD) that you jumped on the bandwagon.

[lovelyivy84]

Is anyone doing this?

I used to be sooo good about it, but haven't really done it in a while. This was such a good way for me to keep track of my intake and my goals (if I was trying for 130g of protein I would know how much else I had to eat, if I was eating 6 times a day I could work out the times, etc). It also forced me to do two good things- eat at home a lot more, where I could be certain of everything I put in my mouth and analyze food labels.

Anyone trying to get on track with this? If so, what are your goals. I think my new set-up will be 130g of protein, 5-6 meals a day. My desired caloric intake will be approx. 1500 cals per day, which I will increase by 100-200 cals on days that I exercise (it's also a good way to keep track of your workouts, because I'll keep track of approx. how many calories I burn). I'm going to try to find a good journal today!

[Kimmie1913]

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
Thanks Kimmie1913! I am always happy to help my GC fam!

You sound like you are where I was (mentally) right before graduation. Senior year I gained twenty pounds because I never went anywhere and ate such awful junk due to depression. Part of me coming out of it was retaking an interest in my health and appearance. I lost weight because I was ready to move on and be better. The more I lost the more motivated and active I became.

You can't lose the weight in hopes that that will ease depression though. You have to be ready to love yourself again first, and then it will be simple. I wish you all the best, and feel free to contact me if you ever want a word of advice or encouragement. I got plenty of both to spare!

I know the weight loss will not ease the depression...it is not what I am depressed about. But it is messing with my body image and self esteem as a result and I cannot have that! I lost my mommy last March and hav spent the last ten months consoling my self with comfort food. This is just one of the ways I feel lke my grief is consuming me alive and I know I have got to find my way out of it. So for me, now is the tme to make a change. As a result, I spent yesterday in the market and then in the kitchen cooking abunch of different healthy dishes that I could have at my disposal to help get my diet on the right track. Tomorrow, my wokout begins! Pray for me y'all!

[Ideal08]

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
Is anyone doing this?

I haven't kept up with mine in a while, either, but I am planning on keeping a journal, well actually two. Dang, kinda like three, but it's not as complicated as it sounds.

1) Weight Watchers food journal: I can keep track of what I actually eat and count the points. I have 26-31 points allotted for each day, and that's without exercise. I have to look to see about extra points for exercise days. I normally like to eat between 26 and 29 points so I can save points for the weekend in case I go out. I also keep track of how much water I drink in this journal.

2) Body for Life journal: This isn't *really* a journal. I keep it in a folder. There are pages for planning meals, which I will use. There are also pages for exercise. I don't really use the aerobics page, but I do use the page for weights so I can keep track of how much I'm using and when I need to up the weight. Other than the meal planning, I only use these forms when I'm in the gym.

3) Weight loss journal: I use a little black and white composition book for this. I write my starting weight and measurements in here along with my goals. I keep track of how I feel emotionally in this journal, too, as it pertains to my weight loss. I'm also going to put pictures in here so that I can SEE the progress instead of just looking at numbers all the time. It's interesting to look at it and see what I wrote when I first started it and to see how my mind has changed or remained the same about how I FEEL about various lifestyle changes.

And y'all know I keep a regular journal, too. I like to journal, always have, since I was a little girl. So it's not hard for me, and it just helps me out mentally. I need to put everything in its own little box, and writing helps me do that.

I will be so happy when my ankle heals, cuz a sista is READY, do you hear me? Did I tell y'all I was gonna do that Discovery Channel thingie? Yeah, I'ma go weigh in on January 10th and get my free 12 week membership to Bally's. That free membership will take me to two weeks before my 30th birthday, which is benchmark #1. And it'll save me money from the gym that I normally go to. Y'all know FREE is my favorite word in the English language.

[Ideal08]

Originally posted by toocute
Hey girl!!!!! I'm so glad (And SO PROUD) that you jumped on the bandwagon.

Well what can I say? I had a little help from my friend.

[rho4life]

Well, I'm not keeping a food journal, but an exercise log. In looking at my life over the last several years, I realized that my daily activity level has decreased. So in addition to trying ot work out more, I'm also walking to places I used to drive to b/c "it's faster" - not in traffic it's not!

[Ideal08]

Participants who weigh in at Discovery Channel stores will receive:

A "Get Fit Kit," which includes a three-month FREE guest membership to Bally Total Fitness®, a diet and fitness journal, special savings to Discovery Channel stores and more!

A chance to be on TV when the television program, National Body Challenge, premieres on the Discovery Health Channel on April 5, 2004.

A FREE personal review from a registered dietitian, who will provide participants with a read of their weight and body fat.

FREE use of a diet and fitness program on the National Body Challenge Web site, along with access to food and activity journals, community boards, nutrition and fitness tips and strategies, and expert advice from nationally recognized weight-loss expert Dr. Pamela Peeke.

http://health.discovery.com/converge...challenge.html

ETA: What if I get to be on TV? *snickering*

[lovelyivy84]

if this was a school of health and fitness, SOME of y'all would be in the principle's office right now!

Not me or toocute though! We ate HEALTHY yesterday!

[pinkey08]

Can someone please post some good cardio workout tapes?
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[Conskeeted7]

Donna, Tom Joyner's wife, has some good tapes. I would recommend the ones that have more than one workout on them.

[lovelyivy84]

You should look up Collage Video online. They have reviews of exercise videos. I dont use cardio-ony tapes, but you should be able to find a few through that site.

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally posted by Ideal08
http://health.discovery.com/converge...challenge.html

I just went to the link and I am going to weigh-in on Saturday!! I want to participate. There isn't a Bally's in our area, so maybe they will offer an alternative gym membership. Either way, I want it.

Anyone else here going to do the Challenge? Does anyone want to set up a GC Fitness Challenge? We can "compete" against one another to see who can lose the most weight. We can use the same time frame/guidelines from the Discovery Challenge. Let me know. I'm with it.

Let's get fit in '04!!

[Ideal08]

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
if this was a school of health and fitness, SOME of y'all would be in the principle's office right now!

Not me or toocute though! We ate HEALTHY yesterday!

I am having a feeling that SOMEBODY on here tattled! Dang on tattletales. Always tryin'a be concerned with somebody's well-being. You can't even be mad at that. I'm I can't be , lol.

[Ideal08]

Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
I just went to the link and I am going to weigh-in on Saturday!! I want to participate. There isn't a Bally's in our area, so maybe they will offer an alternative gym membership. Either way, I want it.

Anyone else here going to do the Challenge? Does anyone want to set up a GC Fitness Challenge? We can "compete" against one another to see who can lose the most weight. We can use the same time frame/guidelines from the Discovery Challenge. Let me know. I'm with it.

Let's get fit in '04!!

RD, tell me how your experience went. Cuz let me TELL y'all. Even though I got the little email about how they weren't expecting so many people to register, I still thought I had it under control. I figured, the store opened at 10:00am so I'd get there at 9am, get some Starbucks, and be one of the first people in line. SIMPLE me thought, "not that many people watch the Discovery Channel, won't be that many people there." WRONG!!! There were AT LEAST 1,000 people in line WHEN I GOT THERE!!!! Folks was there at 6am to get in line! We stood in line for TWO AND A HALF HOURS, STILL were NOWHERE NEAR the front of the line, only for them to RUN OUT OF KITS!!!!! So we had to fill out this IOU form to have our kit mailed to us. Now, here is the clincher... we could have done that when we first got there. But nooooooo, greedy-arse Ideal08 didn't want to wait for her kit in the mail. She didn't want to miss out on ANY of her free gym membership. Come to find out, even if you get the kit in the mail, the free membership won't start until you take the certificate to Bally's. So I WASTED time standing in line by being greedy. Lesson learned. All I know is I BETTER get my kit in the mail in 3-4 weeks, or it's on. In the meantime, I guess I'll have to pay for a month's membership at the gym I was going to before.

But I'm still doing the challenge. What I wanna know is, when do I get my free 275 meals/recipes?????

[RedefinedDiva]

Well, I was so tired this morning that I didn't even drag myself out of bed like I was supposed to. I came on GC and read your post and figured that I wasn't even gonna rush to stand in a long line. I went to the mall at about 3:00 and there were about 5-7 people filling out the form. Of course they had run out of kits long before, so we also have to wait for our stuff in the mail. I filled out my stuff, weighed in, and was on my way in about 10-15 minutes.

I WANT MY STUFF NOW!!!! I didn't want to wait. I want to get started right away. I guess that I am on my own for a few weeks. It's cool. I am going to meet the challenge. Hopefully I can drop at least 30 lbs. by the time of the weigh-out.