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Staying in Shape/Losing Weight

Diet will be the hardest thing for me. What is everyone else doing for this? My self control is like sooo bad. haha. Also I get caught up in negative thoughts "Oh I can't lose all this ugly arm fat." "Oh I'll just gain it back when I get older b/c the metabolism slows" How do we stop the cycle of negativity?
Caiti, Ballroom dancing sounds awesome! My parents took classes many years ago and they still remember the steps.
i had wendy's today...haha..i'm not starting off so well on getting into bathing suit shape. and i've only worked out once..booo..i need to step it up or i will look like a whale on the beach. haha ok maybe a bit dramatic..but i want to look good!

http://www.everydayhealth.com
this website has a calorie counter so you can keep track of your calorie intake,you can meet people with similar health goals or interests, etc. It's 100 free. :)
If you do join, add me as a friend. My user name is CuteShortGirl86


I'm starting to go out walking around our farm with my dog and my mom's new puppy. This sunday I'll be getting back to school and will start going to the free gym we have on campus atleast everyother day. My goal is to be able to run. Right now my ass and boobs feel like they're going ot jump off my body and run away if I try to. I also figure that if I can run with out tons of discomfort then I'll probably be in shape.
There is this really neat little chair like thingy in our gym at school that stretchs your muscles so I'm in love with it. I use it every single time I go because I have lower back problems. I think I'll start using it before and after I work out with all the uses. Its really awesome!
I'll check out that every day health website. The thing I found that worked best for eating habbits was getting out of my parents. At school I can make sure I only stock my room with good things. This is also helped with lack of money. I also went to the sub shop on campus because we have to have a meal plan for school and found that it was amazing(subs can make a wonderfully balanced meal). When out shopping I get a giant tub of light yogurt. When you feel munchy grab the yogurt!
I think the best thing for me, since I have major control problems like Lynn, was to remember to eat propper meals. Make sure its balanced and grab a carrot or apple or something. If you don't eat it at lunch just keep glaring at it. Use that arm fat (oh I can't stand me arm fat) to keep yourself glaring at the fruit/vegitable and then when you get hungry enough to eat it you'll know you aren't hurting your diet. It really, really, really helped getting to be in a place where I was controling the food in my life. When I go shopping I never make myself look decent because if I feel fat then I won't buy the chocolate...
I started walking a little over a mile a day in my neighborhood. I also try to add vegetables whenever I can. The thing that's helped me the most is to add one small thing at a time. I added the eating better back in December (lots of vegetables, which I used to not like). At the end of the month, I added walking. Next week, I'll be adding the workout DVD my roommate has that we're going to do together (it works the abs). In a few weeks, I plan on going to a yoga class at my campus gym.
One thing I saw that's really stuck with me was the Oprah weight loss plan. It suggests walking 15 minutes and adding water to your diet for the first 2 weeks. Weeks 3 and 4 it adds 5 minutes to your walking and some other food thing. You don't start doing strength until you've gotten down walking and eating better because strength workouts make you hungry and if you just eat bad food, it all goes to waste.
So just remember, small changes will help you succeed more than totally radical ones.
One thing I saw that's really stuck with me was the Oprah weight loss plan. It suggests walking 15 minutes and adding water to your diet for the first 2 weeks. Weeks 3 and 4 it adds 5 minutes to your walking and some other food thing. You don't start doing strength until you've gotten down walking and eating better because strength workouts make you hungry and if you just eat bad food, it all goes to waste.
So just remember, small changes will help you succeed more than totally radical ones.

Check it out! :)

But good job ladies! Sounds like we are all getting to a good start. And Lori is right, little changes are better than radical ones.

Another thing that is helping me is getting up at a certain time. I have a definate time to get my lazy butt up out of bed and go brush my teeth, which gets me into gear to do the rest. After I feed the horses I'm suppose to go for a walk, thus how the whole sceduling thing fits into getting fit and healthy. I really started getting up at a certain time though because I have 8 a.m. classes when I start back up college next monday...


At school I don't have a mini-fridge and I don't usually buy food to store in my room. So I have to eat the cafeteria food which isn't usually the greatest.. but then I don't eat big portions b/c of that. So it works out pretty well. And there isn't much food to choose from.. You either get something from the hot line or you just get a salad or cold-cut sandwich.
I think I'm under the wagon right now.
I watched the Oprah Best Life Week show about weight loss. I can't wait for the webcast next Monday night. I want to buy the Bob Greene Best Life Diet book. Anyone have any experience with it?
I watched the Oprah Best Life Week show about weight loss. I can't wait for the webcast next Monday night. I want to buy the Bob Greene Best Life Diet book. Anyone have any experience with it?
i watched it for the first time ever tonight!! WOW! thats all i have to say..i have so much respect for them for coming on the show and getting help..and even though i am not overweight in any way..it really motivates me that if they can do it..i definitely can.

One of the things I don't like about shows like that and stars giving out their workout routines is that they are so much better able to make a schedule and stick with it, whereas college students are up to the whims of their professors and sometimes studying and doing homework just doesn't come easily.

So.... anyone want to start a weight loss challenge type gig with me? Anyone who's on spark people.. my username is misslaurenwilk. Definitely add me!

I might have to check out that website too.
I think I might get Bob Greene's Best Life Diet book. I saw it at Wal-Mart for $10. I think it's mostly about eating right, but I'll get plenty of exercise walking to and from campus twice a day 5 days a week. I know that recipes are a big part of his book and plan, which is good so that I don't continually eat the same thing and get tired of all of my healthy food.
Has anyone been watching Oprah's Best Life Week?
Has anyone been watching Oprah's Best Life Week?

I don't have a link but it should be easy to google.


Even doing something as simple as logging in your food (which they have EVERYTHING imaginable) it helps a lot- trust me, as food is my main problem ;)
I will definitely look you up, and my username is... spencerella. Let me know how it goes!
just joined Sparkpeople... i'm ferociousmopes on there. i don't even know where to begin on here!
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yay! we should create a group on there for all of us!
i absolutely love that site. thank you so much Anastasia for sharing that. I really like the fact that i will have to be more conscious about the things i eat..and that as soon as you type it in it has the calories listed there. I always hated the idea of planning what i was going to eat..but i do see the importance in it. I probably won't always plan..but I will try to.
i absolutely love that site. thank you so much Anastasia for sharing that. I really like the fact that i will have to be more conscious about the things i eat..and that as soon as you type it in it has the calories listed there. I always hated the idea of planning what i was going to eat..but i do see the importance in it. I probably won't always plan..but I will try to.
i have been so unmotivated lately so I haven't done anything..except maybe eat smaller portions and eat better things. Any tips for motivation?

I'm thinking of doing a motivation board of cutes clothes that I'm wary of wearing right now, healthy figured people (Kate Winslet, anyone? :]), etc. If I posted it in my room somewhere where I would see it all the time, it might help to motivate me to make the time to work out. Lately, I've just had no energy though due to working a lot and going through a couple illnesses (got a fever today. bummer)

it helps to have a buddy whenever you try to do anything, especially a new diet/excercise plan. My brother is naturally skinny, and a couple of girls he works with are quite large. So they made him sign up at the gym with them. It was motivating for awhile for them, but then they got upset because he lost more weight. So, find someone you are friends with, with the same type of goals, and things should be easier.
I haven't made many changes other than having to walk to and from campus twice a day, 4 days a week. It's about 3/4 mile 1 way. I bought Bob Greene's Best Life Diet book, which I need to read the first 70-ish pages of to start following the diet on Wednesday. Why Wednesday, you might ask. Because giving up alcohol for a month is one of the things you do right off the bat and I want me some champagne on Tuesday.


Kami, I think the problem was the word "hardcore." Recently, I've been reading a lot about losing weight and everything suggests small, little changes to your life and then a week or two later, make another small change. Start walking 15 minutes a day and a couple of weeks later, add 5 minutes. Don't drastically cut calories, just take off 100 a day for a week and then take off some more the next week. If your body can't tell it's dieting then you'll have more success because it won't think there's a famine coming.


So this time I'm doing things differently. starting with not pressuring myself and going slow.
we can do it!
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Kami, Just make sure that your piece of cake is reasonably sized (and maybe even on the small side).
eeek. i did a bad thing today..i started off eating all healthy today..and then i was out and decided to go get fast food...boooo..i'm so bad..at least i only got a small fry and 6 piece chicken nugget. i'm so bad. i'm not the same as i was in high school..i could eat fast food every day and never gain weight! i need to get that through my head!

I haven't been logging my food and I have no plans to start till tomorrow and then I'll probably procrastinate some more...
Books mentioned in this topic
The Road (other topics)Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Solutions for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Cooking Crap (other topics)
Appetites: Why Women Want (other topics)
The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun (other topics)
The New Abs Diet for Women: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life (other topics)
What are you doing this week to improve your health and stay in shape? When did you follow up on it? Did you change some of your eating habbits?
Today I signed my boyfriend and I up for some ballroom dancing classes they won't start for another two and a half weeks but we are now in the class. I am also going to do a kick boxing class tomorrow.