*DFW lets get rid of the lbs without spending £££'s Weight Loss thread*

beanielou

2 & 1/4 for me this week

scrooge2008

Fantastic results again Hypno and Beanielou. Well done.

You must have been thrilled to hit your goal weight Hypno, and soon you will be super toned. I'm carrying on with Jillian for another 30 days at level 3, because i've got quite fond of the DVD, it grows on you, how sad is that.

I've got another 11 lb to lose, but mentally I feel in the right place to do it, and because it has been such hard work getting each and every 1lb off, i'll be darned if I let any of them back on again.

hypno06

I am rather pleased, yes, thanks scrooge! But the difficulty will be keeping it off - I am a habitual yo-yo dieter

I have enjoyed Shred more than I expected, and even find myself getting up earlier to do it before work - that means at 5.45am I am doing jumping jacks and lunges.....guess that means it is growing on me!

Is level 2 much harder than level 1? I am debating whether to move up in the morning, or wait until the weekend when I might be more awake!!!

elfen

scrooge I know what you mean! I'm giving myself the rest of the week at stage 1 (I WILL do a full push-up, I WILL) then 2 at 2 and 2 at 3, then maintain by doing a mix...so 1 before jogging and one after jogging - which I am also enjoying. Although I am missing chocolate....is a Milky Way OK?

Food diary...
B - smoothie
S - smoothie
L - 2 x rice cakes with tuna, celery
S - pack of crisps - 100 cal, Milky Way - 98 cal
D - gammon with scrambled egg (nomnomnomnomnom)

scrooge2008

Hi Hypno,

Level 2 does crank it up quite a bit, and I couldn't have contemplated it before day 10, but if you are contemplating it you are probably ready for it.

Elfen you are doing amazingly well too. You are probably eating around 700 calories today, looking at your list, so there is definately scope for adding some extra calories especially carbs x.

I've been using the nutrition link on the Sparkpeople website, it allows you to put in your target weight and advises on the best mix of protein, carbs and fats to get there. Each day I type in what I eat, under My Tools, My Nutrition, and it advises on the number of calories and whether the balance is right for healthy weight loss, it has really helped me.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/

Thrifty_Pixie

Hi all

I realise that I'm joining this late, but may I? There are a number of reasons why I want to lose weight, but the main ones are:

1. I realised (back in February :eek:) that I am the heaviest I've ever been
2. I'm getting married on 28/8/10 :j and don't want to look like a blimp in all my wedding photos :cool:
3. I'm 40 in September. Nuff said.
4. I stopped smoking on 13/6/10 and don't want that to add yet MORE pounds of 'padding' around ma butt :eek:
I also became debt-free for the first time in my life back in December 2009 and I don't want to go back down that route with expensive and (more often than not) ineffectual weight loss regimes.

At the moment I only have my February numbers to work with, but I plan to get on my Wii this week and update my weight and BMI as it is now so I know where I'm working from - these numbers will be updated in my sig. My numbers on 25/2/10 were:

25/2/10
177lbs (12st 9lbs)
BMI: 27.82

And my tentative initial goal (although this might change if I've put on masses since then - you have to be realistic, too :cool:):

28/8/10
161lbs (11.5st)
~ 2lbs per week

Ideally I'd like to get my BMI down to 22, but I think I'd have to get down to 10st for that, so that may have to be a future goal for now. As long as I'm going in the right direction

My main 'methods' are going to be eating better (and less!), walking more, using the Wii (argghhh), trying out a Pilates DVD I just bought and potentially also an old Salsa DVD. It'll probably mostly be the eating and walking though, as I'm useless at keeping up an exercise regime :cool:

Anyhoo. Hi

elfen

scrooge, I don't eat carbs...much (am nomming a bag of crisps - only 100 cal tho) otherwise I start to crave them all the time. Neither does a gluten intolerance help, and GF free foods are so fatty I don't like to eat them.

Thrifty_Pixie

Oh yes, and also CUTTING OUT CIDER!

I recently discovered that it's 250kCal per pint :eek::eek::eek:

scrooge2008

elfen wrote: »

scrooge, I don't eat carbs...much (am nomming a bag of crisps - only 100 cal tho) otherwise I start to crave them all the time. Neither does a gluten intolerance help, and GF free foods are so fatty I don't like to eat them.

Well done for working out what works for you, it's not easy and everyone's different.

I still haven't worked out the correct mix for myself. The more I track it the more I think I need 20% fat, 30% protein and 50% complex carbohydrates and around 1400 calories a day, along with regular exercise, to feel energetic and lose weight.

scrooge2008

Hi Thrifty Pixie,

All the best on your weight loss and welcome .

Not long now until your wedding, exciting times.