Anyone ready to ring in the new year...and lose weight/get fit?

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Hi! I was trying to start a list so that we could all see our starting point, then when we weigh in each Sat. morning we can update the list. If anyone knows how to do it RIGHT ('cause I don't know what I'm doing) please feel free to copy and paste.

Sat, January 1st, 2011

Mattemma:
5' 6"
176 pounds
Goal is 155

Will juice,reduce or cut out meat,walk and/or do dvd/video game exercising.
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Knock Kneed Hen
5'10
178.6
Goal is 158

Will reduce coffee & soda, increase water intake, cut out the junk, later this month start using my dusty treadmill.

 

[Nupine]

First check in:

Height: 5' 5''
143 lbs.
Goal weight: 130 lbs.

 

[kyeschicks]

Ok I'm also in (even though I'm a guy

) I just want to be healthier

I've been told that the best time to weigh yourself is right after you wake up in the morning before eating.

Skitz
5'5"
145lbs
Goal 130lbs

Will only drink water as a beverage, walk one hour a day everyday, and cut out the junk food.

 

[annaraven]

mom'sfolly :

I just paid for 12 sessions with a personal trainer. My Christmas present to myself. I've worked with one before, an I really liked the results I got. I find it easier to push myself when someone else is pushing me. I hope for 4 weeks of twice a week and one month of once a week. It also keeps me honest about my exercise. I'm under the gun, so to speak, with a blood work appointment coming up in January. The last time my cholesterol numbers were high, so the the goal is to lower the numbers so I won't have to go on medication....healthy is more important than thin, but thin would be awful nice.

I'm going back to Sparkpeople too. I find that keeping an accounting of what I eat helps me too. I like spark people cause it is easy and free.

I like Fitday.com. Also easy and free. And yes - keeping track of what you're eating is a good thing.

Good for you for getting a personal trainer!​

 

[annaraven]

I can't weigh myself. My scale is out of batteries. Really! Argh. I'll have to go buy some batteries and then weigh.

 

[mom'sfolly]

Not telling how much I weigh.

But I've been walking every day since Christmas. Bad news here is that the cedar pollen has kicked in. I've got Nasonex this year, so my sinus symtoms have been minor so far, but my eyes are driving me nuts. The cedar drives me crazy, and this time of year I want to take a flame-thrower to every one. High pollen counts are considered over about 500, sometimes it gets over 10,000.

Just to show you how bad it gets:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23959586@N00/2223971541/


http://www.squidoo.com/cedar-fever-forecast-

 

[wildorchid053]

ok folks i am in.. i have been diabetic for 30 yrs with oral meds and doc is thinking of going to insulin.. i am 58 almost 59 in march and 5'3 and weigh.... embarrassing.. 262 lbs...hard to think i lived in southern calif in a bikini till i hit my 30's .. now i hibernate in upstate ny.. and live at the computer all day...so today i have had an apple for breakfast and a lean cuisine for lunch.. no diet soda which i always lived on.. glasses of water instead. dear hubby wanted to make choc chips cookies and i told him i would have to kill him first.. so he made bread to go with split pea soup for dinner tonight... i would love to get down to 150 but that is over 100 lbs to lose.. so wish me luck and i will weigh back in sat. linda
incase you can't tell i am the butter ball in the chair ...

with me it isn't about the sweets and junk food it is about portion sizes.. i can honestly say i can eat a huge plate of pasta and 1/2 a loaf of garlic bread and then still have room to eat a bowl of cereal before bed.. amazing when you think about it.. so please help.... and urge me on...thanks all my byc friends

 

[annaraven]

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Welcome. Guys are welcome! Glad it's not just hens here.

You plan to walk one hour a day everyday - starting from what baseline? That seems an awfully major lifechange unless you're already walking some everyday (20 mins?) Just want to make sure you don't set yourself up for failure.

Cheers everyone.

 

[annaraven]

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I set up a Google spreadsheet that we can all edit. Anyone with the link can edit. How's that look?

 

[annaraven]

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Welcome! You're awesome just starting this with us. My husband just recently lost 40 pounds (since May) and we did it like a good bbq - low and slow. And I lost 30 pounds about 9 years ago. We kept low-carb and controlled portion sizes.

Controlling portion sizes is really really hard. It's amazing how little idea most of us have of how much is a "portion" of anything. Eating 5 or 6 times a day helps. Keeps you from being too ravenous. Measuring EVERYTHING that goes in and putting away the package before you start eating helps. Using smaller bowls and plates helps.

Another thing that helps is adding in healthy proteins - nuts or cheese or yogurt - along with any carby snack. For example, that apple for breakfast would go great with an ounce of cheese, or a tablespoon of peanut butter. Increases satiety and helps level out the blood sugar.

In any case, good for you! And keep working on being healthy. Weight isn't so important as fitness in any case. If you are able to, do a little walking every day or some form of exercise, every day. If you can only do 5 minutes at a time, do that 5 minutes. And CONGRATULATE yourself for doing that 5 minutes!

I long ago became a charter member of the "do something" club - I don't have to do an hour of high intensity aerobics every day. I dont have to run a marathon every day. I don't have to lift heavy weights every day. I do have to do *something* every day. When I viewed it like that, even stretching counts, and I built a habit. It's easier to do something that's a habit than to do something you have to think about.

So let's work on building the habit of doing some exercise or stretching or activity every day. Sound like a plan?

Now I'm off to ride my stationary bike for 5 minutes. Cuz really, that's all I'm up for right now...