well done ..ooo what id give to fit into a pair jeans comfortably it must be a great feeling ,try not to worry to much on the scales front..i have a friend who NEVER weighs herself she just goes by her clothes,

and well done for working out so much thats a achievement in its self your talking to someone who hasnt done reg exercise for 20yrs!!

you keep up the good work donna your doing great.

i bet you have some lovely scenery where you live but cold in the winter i bet x

UGH!!!!!! I gained!??!?!??! I guess I have been working out so much that I've gained in muscle. I got into some jeans that I couldn't fit into before and that was a scream moment. My poor mother in law thought I was dying! I got those jeans at a garage sale last summer in the hopes I would lose enough to wear them LAST YEAR. I lost weight but I never could get into those jeans. The legs are so skinny. I think they must be a JR size. They are size 13 but they are really small compared to my stretchy 12's which I was bursting out of. I thought I might put someone's eye out if the button popped but I refused to buy the next size. Well since I've been following this diet I could really feel that I was getting smaller even when the scale didn't show it. I saw those jeans and just thought "what the heck"..... and they fit!!!!!!!!! Holy cow! they fit well too.... not tight! I also fit into some of my shorts I had put away too. I got into another pare of jeans that are size 11's but just barely. They are not stretchy and they were not very comfortable at all. I wore them today though until I changed into my scrubs. They looked good as long as you couldn't see my muffin top LOL NOT ATTRACTIVE. Well I weighed myself today and about cried! I can't believe how much I gained back. My friend at work gave me a pep talk though so I'm still working at it. I hope any of you out there realize that if I can do this YOU CAN TOO! I am the laziest person on the planet and I don't like to exercise at all. I've learned though.... if you eat right... and exercise (cardio and strength exercises) YOU WILL LOSE! So I'm happy even though the scale doesn't show it!

hi donna...hows your week going so far??

hi donna thanks to agreeing to be my motivater ...hopefull we can help each other.im afraid im a bit like you only exercise i get is when i go n make a coffee!! im also abookworm so tend to flop on sofa n read but ive invested in a wii so gonna make myself use it every day..i had a go today on the boxing and managed 5mins!! how dismall is that ...you seem to be doing well 5pounds eh well done you

It's been 3 weeks now that I've been doing the Glycemic Impact diet on ediets and I've lost a total of 5 pounds. I am feeling more toned and I can tell my belly is smaller. I'm ready for 5 more to go now. I'll be really happy when I get under 160. I have to be careful though because when I'm really busy I tend to not get enough protien and I start to feel weak. The last weak I really worked out a lot and even though I ate healthy foods I was low on protien. Yesterday I was so lathargic I felt like I could hardly move. I went to sleep as soon as I got home and slept for over 12 hours! This morning I got out the protein powder and also took some vitamins. I'm sure that will help.

Okay, I joined ediets.com on the 11th and Wednesday was my first check in. I'm using the glycemic Impact diet which keeps your blood sugar up and doesn't leave you feeling starved. I lost 3 pounds the first week! I'm sure it was the excess water my body was holding because I hadn't been drinking like a should. Now I've already lost another lb though so it really does seem to be working well. I set my goal for 145 and once I get there I will probably go for a little bit more. I'd just like to set a goal I can reach and celebrate--hopefully this year!

Okay, so it was longer than a couple of weeks..... but I decided to start working on my weight again, maily because I'm feeling so weak. This whole week I felt really tired and weak and I went to bed very early every night. This morning (sat) I woke up rested but still feeling weak and my RLS is really bothering me. I decided to get up and make myself do an easy 30 minutes on the bike. That should get my circulation going. I'm also going to take some vitamins today. I haven't taken any for a couple of months. so we'll see if that helps. I haven't weighed yet but I know I've gained. Maybe tomorrow....LOL

Hey everyone, I'm sorry I haven't been participating here. I lost my mom last month so I've been laying pretty low. I should be back in a couple weeks.

Hey chick

I've not excercised for about a month. I broke up with my boyfriend and chose to hang out with chick friends instead of working out, but hope to get back into it this week.

Sounds like you're kicking goals though! Go You!

Hi Donna,

You've only been reading while cycling since Jan 2 and look at your books read list and weight lost. Great job!

Congratulations on finding a way to make your workout fun.

Stephanie

Okay, I blew my diet..... kind of. I didn't eat a bag of chocolate and I only allowed myself 5 of those new baked potatoe chips but I was sooooooooo darned sore and my muscles were throbbing so bad... so I sprayed my legs with this awful smelling stuff that helped a lot (and cleared my sinuses too) and read the rest of my book laying flat on my back! I couldn't help it.... I HAD TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!!!! argh! So Bookends (Jane Green) doesn't count although I did burn some calories while reading it..... it was one of those books that got so *squeel oh my God!* that I was barely pedeling on Friday. So, I'll just continue on with the next book after I decide what it will be.

I....am.......so..........tired. I have been running around all day at work, doing 7 flights of stairs at lunch and sometimes again after work.........and then at least an hour and a half on the exercise bike in the evening. My muscles are so sore and I'm POOPED! I didn't have the energy to do the stairs during lunch today but I made up for it by doing 14 flights after work. Then I had to go run around looking for materials for a last minute homework project and groceries. I just did my time on the bike at a snails pace. I think I need to stretch and then go to bed.... maybe I'll take a day off from working out.

Okay, so I got into this weird little book.... I just went nearly 2 hours on the bike reading it. I burned 560 something calories and I'm on Chapter 11. There is no way I would have ever picked up this book on my own. I friend gave it to me after she read it....... and now I can't put it down! It's so NOT like me so how is it I am enjoying it!? GASP! I think I'm turning into a girly girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sheek!!*

Well I finally finished my first book although it took me a lot longer than it would have normally because the frequent breaks I needed to take from reading to catch my breath! I select a program on my bike and when it starts getting harder I have to stop reading to keep up. So, this little book (The Long Dark by Slim Randles) took me 2 weeks to read and I burned 1970 calories! Next I'm reading Bookends by Jane Green. It looks a little odd so I don't know if I'll make it all the way through it...... we'll see.

Okay, I'm starting my new fangled diet idea of only reading if I'm cycling! I'm also going to keep track of my books I'm reading and how many calories each book helped me burn. Right now I'm reading The Long Dark by Slim Randles and after last night I burned 167 calories/ 52 fat calories. I'm starting slow so hopefully that number will begin to grow as I get stronger. I am also doing the 6 flights of stairs at work after lunch most days so hopefully I will start to see some weight loss!

Well I haven't been working out on a regular basis like I was but I have been training for my new job which keeps me on my feet all day. This past week I got a pretty good workout every day at work and the last two days a couple of us did the stairs at work (6 floors). So I did lose a couple of lbs and I am sore as all get out. My arms and hands are sore from the job too and I've been eating salads for lunch. So I think I should gradually lose some weight all over. I am going to try to keep working out at home though but I've got a bit of a sinus thing right now so I might just take it easy.

I am back on traineo. I have not logged in for a while. Holidays are coming we need to be strong. Made it through halloween candy on to thanksgiving feast....we can to it!!!

I went for my health screening at the hospital today and they had to dig for my veins. I need to drink more water. I haven't been feeling for well for a while and I almost fainted after they took the blood they need for some titers. I am pretty sure I didn't have any to spare after my recent visit from old Ms Flow. I came home and laid down to take a nap. Now I have a headache and can't sleep..... I have been reading a short story in Glimmer train Issue 40. Odd.

Another late night hour on the bike. Sir Colby is dead - who dunnit?

Well I practically slept all day until I couldn't stand it anymore and got up to take a shower. I am so exhausted. I am probably anemic again but I am too tired to go to the doctor. Ironic isn't it? Well I know what to eat and the vitamins to take already so I'll be fine. I just need to get through this. I hated stepping on the scale today but I know the extra pounds are just water and will be gone soon enough. I read another chunk of this book and I think it might fall to pieces before I finish it. At least it keeps me pettling....

I haven't been feeling very well for a while. Aunt Flo is visiting and boy is she a witch this time. So, since I haven't been feeling well I haven't been eating well or exercising either. I did just get a job on the 31st so I'm excited about that and I'm hoping to ride the wave of excitment I'm feeling to get healthier. My restless legs were keeping me awake tonight so I drug myself to the stationary bike and read for an hour in this bazarr book I found. It's an old gothic romance called The sudden lady by Marjorie Lowe. The vintage cover art and the 50 cent price on it caught my attention when I saw it at the bookstore and I found that it was printed first in 1965. I'm almost half way through it now. Thank God for books or I wouldn't get any exercise at all.

Okay, I feel better already. I still have aching muscles in my left arm for some reason so I'm just doing my stationary bike and reading. I added back my log for keeping track of distance because no matter how hard I try I can't stop thinking about it. I always want to beat my pervious distance or at least try. It sucks though because the thing isn't always accurate. Right after I put in fresh batteries I go around 12 miles in 30 minutes (when I'm feeling good) then as time goes on and the batteries get weaker it becomes less and less. I will still keep going and going until I get to that 12 miles some days but I know I'm probably really going 24. I am also going to start taking my measurments on a semi-regular basis. Maybe that means once a year I don't know..... we'll see. But, my point in all of this babbling IS..... I made myself do the 30 minutes yesterday and today I had more energy. I feel less poo-like. There must be a connection!

I feel like Poo. I barely crawled through 30 minutes today but I have to get back into my routine. I have learned my lesson now. I just can't stop exercising every day or I will feel horrible later on...... AND I gained weight :O(

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I made it through and stuck with the exercise. It has payed off I am losing again. When I think back those times when the wieght stayed the same even though I was doing the eating right and exercise it was easy to just say this is not working who cares. This time I did not and I am proud of that.

You better not shave your head!! I am glad you are getting something out of her book. She lost alot of wieght herself so she knows something I am sure :)

It's confused! My time ran out for my goal so it thinks I'm done. I guess it doesn't have a "you're a failure" message programmed in LOL I can pretty close though. 11 pounds away! I gained back a little since I've been in my CNA class though. It's a very fast paced class. I also caught a cold AND aunt Flow came by to add to the fun. I think I might be around 160 now. I think I'll reset my goal for 150 before Christmas. I need something attainable so I can celebrate!

Donner...how come it says goal met?
Jeremy and I are tied at three pounds lost...but I still have twenty to lose (at most) and he only has nine total....so maybe that'll give me an edge. Oh yeah...and the little vacuum attachment I have. ;O)
Bek

I real live muscle....awesome!! I bet your weight went up a bit because of the muscle and that is a good thing.

I'm really getting something out of this book by Susan Powter. I've been reading her story and working through the exercises. I've been doing the formulas and following the advise and even though my weight went up a little bit I am actually starting to feel better. AND, get this, I saw a muscle!!!!!!!!!! I reached out to pick something up and caught a glimps of myself in a mirror and there is was, plain as day, a muscle coming up from under the flab in my arm! It's really working! Yeeehawwwwwww!

You are so close only 11 more pounds to go!!! You are sooo almost there!

How is it going? Have you been riding and reading some lately?

having fun and losing weight in the process. that's the way it should always be.

i wish there was a rock climbing place around here =(

I finally felt well enough to go to the fair on the last day. We walked around for about 4 1/2 hours. Since my stomach still isn't doing too hot I couldn't really eat anything. I had a grilled corn on the cob with no butter and a stawberry smoothy. Then after the fair we went to Boston's Pizza for some real food. I ordered chicken alfredo with the sauce on the side and some bread. I only used about 2 spoonfuls of the sauce. That was the most I'd eaten in so long and it was so good! My stomach only had a small fit, probably because I hadn't had anything really solid before that. I also tried wall climbing there and it was great! They kept letting me try again (to reach the top) and I went until my arms were like rubber. I think I liked falling the best. The pully's let you fall smooth and easy. I ended up losing 1.5 lbs. Finally.

I haven't been feeling too great but I need to cycle at least a half hour every evening or my RLS will keep me from sleeping. I like to read while I ride but I finished the last book already. Last night I started the timer on the bike before I remembered to get a book and the only books close enough were by the same guy... Robert somebody Waller - The bridges of Madison county guy. Someone had given me that book and Snow waltz in ceder bend. I had just put those two aside to donate because that's not the stuff I read. I picked up the first one (ceder bend) and quickly flung it against the wall near a box of trash before I finished the first chapter. It's about a horny old geezer who's interested in someone else's wife.... maybe you'd like to pick it up LOL After a few minutes of spinning I finally picked up the other book (I saw the movie - hey, it's about a horny married woman that's after poor clint) and I like ol' Clint. I started reading and it is definitely better than that first one. He should have stopped writing after that first book. Somehow though, as I read Clint evolved into Mel Gibson and the book just gets better and better hehe The chapters are long so I end up going a mile or two longer which is good. I think I should finish it by the end of the week at this pace and then I'll be sure to put something better in reach of that bike :O) I'm ready for blue skies tomorrow!

How are you feeling? Like the pic!

i used to lose a lot of weight whenever i got sick. i just lost my appetite and didn't feel like eating. it's too bad there's no flu or cold that causes a person to gain muscle mass. that would be great!

as far as exercises for the back, i wish i could find some really good ones too. i use bent over rows and standing rows, but to be honest, i'm probably sacrificing form to use a heavier weight. i tried doing those exercises last friday without any weights, just to get a good stretch, and i found it to be a lot of fun. i'm moving this week, so all my weights are packed away. i'd like to try doing the rows with a relatively low weight and just make sure that i'm going through the entire movement at a good pace, rather than jerking the weight to try to get it up to my shoulder.

I have been really sick recently so that has probably contributed to my recent weight loss. I have been taking it easy and not really trying to lose. I think I need a stomach transplant or something and need to quit drinking so much coffee.

you've got a traineo shirt!! i'm so jealous. great new pic.

Well, I fell off the wagon for a while and of course gained back the weight I lost. I haven't been watching what I was eating or exersizing so that's what I get. When I don't log in here I tend to forget to do the things I need to do. So I'm back and I'm going to work harder than ever. I didn't like the way my swimming suit looked on me this weekend!!!

I have a walking buddy now. We walk for an hour and a half every day and it feels great. It's been a week now and I've lost 1 1/2 pounds since we started. Yesterday I wasn't able to go because I cut my big toe. The weather strip on the door sliced under my toenail and it hurt like a blankity-blank. It looked like a big purple drumstick (think chicken). It's looking better today and I was able to go walking with open toe shoes. I hated to be out of my routine! Okay so 17 pounds to go!

way to go!!!

I finally got into my size 10 shorts!!!!!!! Woo Hooo!

Hey I finally made it , I am here...funny your start weight is my goal weight..LOL...Keep on rockin , I'll be right behind you......

I am allergic to the choke cherry trees and they are in full bloom right now so I am a mess. I got my allergy perscriptions refilled and I'm trying to stay indoors as much as possible. It's so hot though so keeping the windows closed is killing me. I'm working out inside but I am frustrated because if I don't do as much because I don't feel well I go right back to where I started. I HATE this roller coaster business!

thanks for the comment!

i don't exercise at all when i'm sick. your body needs strength to recover. and if you exercise, your body's not in a position to benefit from the work.

I am not feeling well this week so I'm sure that's why I've gained some weight. I'm still exercising some but not nearly as much. I'm just trying to stay on top of my diet.