Turbocruiser13

Jeez girl, give yourself some recognicion too! Averaging 1lb per week and you lost what, 3.5??? Almost 2%, that's darn good!

Missbumble 

YES! You are human!!! So one day does not ruin the whole plan.. Today is a new day. I think that is the most impt thing I have learned this time around with the weight loss- Have a bad day - do not compound it with another and another. Also - perhpas...mind you just a tiny suggetsion.... don't go shopping for food when you are hungry? I think this meal planning thang takes a lot of work and prep - so perhaps plan to shop after a meal...

Ok just my 2 cents.. GLAD YOU ARE HERE!! AND KEEP ON KEEPING ON!

Missbumble 

Awwwww. shucks..Thanks Turbo. I am a little afraid of what the Week 2 weigh in will be - YA know on the show it's always bad... But perhaps after my 3 days of riding this weekend - it will be awesome as well.. In either case - I am happy! Just doing the right thang...and fitting into smaller pants.

Missbumble 

Ok - well today for work they brought in a celebration lunch...Lou Malnati's Pizza, Choc Chip Brownies and Choc Chip cookies. So yes - I could have had one (i have a plan where I am allowed to eat anything - so I won't feel deprived..but I choose not to most of thie time!) Anyway - I took a Diet Coke, sat through the chatter - and then went out to get my salad form salad spinners )(Little dressing, rest on the side)! YAHOO>>>

Tonight is Bar of some sort - but not much food...so I will likely have a glass of wine, mingle and go hit Subway...Hopefully Week 2 will be a roaring success!

OK - maybe more than ya needed to know..but damn - I am soooo glad we are in this together!! Can't wait to get back on the bike (I Am away form home during the week) this weekend... Go ride for me, will ya?

OK Biggest Losers - How are you doing!! ARe you trying or are you working it!! ??!! We rock!

JoelS

Working on it. A pound down this morning. Already ridden over 100 miles for the week, tomorrow is an off day. I was real weak today. That happens when in a loss cycle. I have a feeling this week and next will see significant drops and then another steady cycle.

theetruscan

Not going to hit my goal of 20 miles running. was tired after the MS150 this weekend, and couldn't run until today. I'll hit 12-15 miles running, and should top 150 miles cycling, but yeah . . . and I SUCK at diet.

Missbumble 

Hey Theetruscan - hang in there - tomorrow is another day regarding the "diet" just eat better than you would...


Ok guys - though I did well at lunch- today I went with the coworkers to a project event and they ordered appetizers... I ate them!!! Ugggh..I just thought if I did not I would feel deprived. Well - i'd soo rather have NOT eaten that junk!

I jogged back to my hotel - about half a mile... so maybe that helps. Tomorrow I ofcourse will hit the gym...so I guess I will turn in early and try and wake up extra early and see if I feel like adding to my usual 40 minute treadmill work out. I guess- if i follow my own advice..tomorrow is another day - and maybe i just simply resume!!


UPdate: Hit the gym - but only did 40 minutes thought I did up the effort - hit the stepper.... Jeez those tiny little steps are killers! Avg HR 150+ was up and calories arounf 440... maybe that got rid of just a few of the calories last night, In any case decided not to push to hard in the gym as tomorrow I start a 3 day weekend of camping and bikeing with Georgia BikeFEst (BRAG) - I have a 65 mile Friday, 100 miles (WOO HOO first time! Goes over Pine mountain...jeez I hope the name does not a big mountain... oY Vey! Sunday a 47 mile ride... )


HOW is everyone doing with their goals?...

gearhead82

My mid-week update: I've been frustrated because I lost about 50lbs since the beginning of the year but I've been at a stand still since about June. I've been meticulously tracking calories and exercise online and stressing over food and fitness. I thought really hard as to what I was doing differently in the beginning. I realized that I NEVER tracked calories before and remembered where I got some good info. I read the book "Best Life Diet" by Bob Greene (I think?) and it has a section on the hunger scale which is a like a 1-10 scale; 1 being starving to death and 10 being so full that you vomit. The book talks about keeping yourself between about a 3 and a 6 all day long. You should be starting to get uncomfortably hungry before you eat and when you do eat, eat something healthy and eat it slowly until you're just "not quite" satisfied. I don't own the book so this is from memory so don't quote me, but its working! My 3-6 range might be off a tad so please correct me if you've read the book. I stopped tracking calories and feel like a huge burden has been lifted.

So far I've lost 6lbs since Monday (from 271 to 265). I also joined a Rec Volleyball league that started on tuesday and I can't BELIEVE how freakin sore my legs are. It's kept me out of the gym this week but I definitely still got my workout. Due to upgrading to a new bike and some rainy weather, I've only ridden about 20 miles this week so far. I'm still going to try to meet my goal of 80 by Sunday though. As long as I can keep myself under control this weekend I should be in good shape and back on the right track. I love hearing what works for other people and I just thought I'd share what's working for me. And gosh, I love not having to visit that website a million times a day to track calories!

What I've been eating this week for the most part:
-7:00am - Giant bowl of multigrain cheerios with a hand full of berries.
-9:00am - "High 5" protein powder shake.
-Noonish - Frozen Lean Cuisine meal of some sort.
-3:00pm - Bowl of Campbells "chunky" soup.
-7:00pm - Turkey Burger on a multigrain english muffin (yum)

I know its not a perfect diet but its about as good as I can do with my schedule.

TechKnowGN

I loosely track my weightwatchers points now, so I dont have to worry about it constantly. Before I eat, I do a mental guess as to my progress for the day. Days when Im closer to points ceiling, I hit the gym or ride longer. Days when Im not i can do less.

JoelS

I very loosely track calories. Enough that I know if I'm at a deficit for the day or not, just not how much. It's been working anyway.

funrover 

So I have been doing more on the mtb than the road and have no way of tracking miles..... so I don't know if I will end up meeting the goals with proof....

timokabo

I just got gym membership starting monday so watch out all i will be dropping weight like a freak. there might be a gain this week again but none more after sunday.

simonofsocal

Well, my week may not have started off great, but it smoothed out and it's been good so far. I have high hopes for reaching my goals. I finally figured out how to deal with my knee. Stretching, stretching, and more stretching. Turns out, I wasn't doing all the ones I needed, wasn't doing them properly, and most importantly, wasn't doing them long enough. I broke 90 minutes last night and my knee isn't even stiff today. I may have been a little excessive, but it was worth it. Especially when compared to Tuesday's ride, which left me sore all Wednesday. Tip: if your knee hurts, don't try to ride through the pain. It may feel okay for a while but, it's just going to get worse the next day.

I started with a light warm up, and five minutes of stretching. Then did three 30 minute rides with ten minutes of stretching after each one. It sounds like a lot, but this is the first long ride I've done where my knee wasn't even an issue. BTW, this was all on my stationary. I'm on call Thurs. & Fri. this week, and not really supposed to go too far off property.

Thanks for the encouragement Missbumble. Starting these threads was a great idea; stating a goal has helped me focus on what I really want. I don't think I would have gotten my knee sorted if I wasn't aiming for those ten real world miles. Thanks again.

I don't really do the whole meal planning thing. I prefer to have just the one largish meal (usually a couple turkey burgers), and healthy snacks throughout the day to keep me from getting hungry. When I first started dieting I found my biggest problem foods, and just cut them out. Replaced them with fresh fruit and vegetables, now I think I've got a pretty balanced diet. The hardest part for me was to cut back on the sugary sodas, I was up to about six a day before I switched to diet(possibly worse for me in the long run but, if I kept up like I was. There wasn't gonna be a long run for me) and, ugh, water. I'm never going to like just plain water; too many years of drinking crap has ruined it for me.

theetruscan

I would alter this advice a bit. Feel free to ride through pain. Just not increasing pain. In other words, if you knee hurts a bit after an hour and the same amount after five hours, fine. But if you knee hurts worse and worse, then stop.

Regarding diet, I am total fail. It's fall, and the first round of wonderful squash is about, no way I'm dieting yet. Just have to run/bike more I suppose.

gearhead82

I thought the same thing. I went from drinking lots of regular soda to drinking lots of diet soda. Now I'm down to 2 sodas a day. I started putting a squirt lemon juice or lime juice in my bottles of water and that has helped a lot.

TechKnowGN

Im doing OK with food, and I commuted yesterday. I couldnt before weds due to a neccesary bike repair. And Weds was super rainy, and I lack rain gear yet.

I will be commuting tomorrow to the bike shop and the fiance and i will be riding tonight for a while.

imeridian

I made my goal! 2.32 miles tonight. I think I still need to do some adjustments, as I had some tingling where I'd rather not have it. I thought I had adjusted the seat to eliminate it, but it feels like I'm not quite there yet. I did though manage to alleviate the tingling in my hands. I have some Ergon GR2 grips on the way though to further help with that. I've also discovered that I really enjoy riding at night, next to no traffic and there's an extra bit of exhilaration.

Turbocruiser13

You may need to check out some other seats for the bike if you're having those kinds of issues. Keep adjusting the seat you have first to see if the tingling goes away. My butt hurt so bad when I got my new bike, the fizik saddle just wasn't doing it for me at first. Probably about 200 miles later I noticed it wasn't so bad anymore. Occasionally I'll get a little sore after being on the bike for 20 miles or more but it's not to the point that it's making me crazy like it was when I first got it. Just keep moving around on the saddle, and also keep moving your hands around on the bars. Every 5 or so minutes I'll reposition my hands and I've never experienced any numbness in my hands.

imeridian

Indeed, it seems I still need to work on seat positioning. Hopefully it's just a matter of adjustment rather than being fundamental to the design of the seat I'm using. I do not like that tingle I get once I step off the bike, it is rather concerning, so I want to figure out how to eliminate it.

My butt does start to hurt toward the end of my ride, but then everything else does a little too, so in that regard I think it's okay. The next ride typically has me going further before anything starts to hurt, so I see that as a relatively normal side effect of being new to cycling.

Turbocruiser13

What kind of seat do you have? I have heard of people switching up their seats up to 7 times before they found one that was right. Softer isn't always better, just something to remember before you get fed up and head to walmart for that huge cushy gel seat with the springs in the back

imeridian

It's the Specialized body geometry saddle that came with my Hardrock. I'm not sure of the exact model name. It seems fine enough. I don't want cushy comfort, I just don't want my [insert euphemism of choice] to tingle when I get off the bike. As far as sit bones making contact, that all seems to be in the right place. I did some more research and a little adjusting last night, but haven't had a chance to give it a test ride yet. Swapping saddles repeatedly isn't economically feasible, so I want to exhaust my adjustment options before I consider it.

I know what you mean though, when I first got the bike my butt hurt something awful. I found a gel saddle cover (I guess it must have been one of my brothers') on the floor of the coat closet. My goodness, that was seriously uncomfortable to use!

If I'm still having trouble when I go to take the bike in for the free 3 month 'inspection & adjustment' I'll see if they have that butt measurement thing I've read about and try some other saddles. That'll be in about two weeks so that gives me some more tinkering time.

theetruscan

Came up short. Did 60 miles singlespeed yesterday, not 100. We did a major hill route, I'm not sure I would have been good for 100 miles. Going running today, suffering from the same post-ride bloat as last week. Hopefully it will go down before tomorrow (last time it went away on tuesday) and I'll get to cheat my way to weight loss).

Missbumble 

Your welcome!! I know it has helped me as well!

I think we are all finding everyone has there own path. I went down the tracking everything I ate - weighed and measures all my meals - and exclued flour, suger and alcholo... Now I am on a different plan -stay away from thefood that cause trouble...and try and eat at Subway and Salad Place as much as possible...it eliminates the choices and excitement for me of restaurants (travel a ton... so have lots of opportunities to dine out - and subway is my savior).

OH re water - try liquid Stevia - a few dorps plus lemon in your water ought to make it drinkable - a good solution to some of the diet sodas. Ask at Whole Foods or GNC about the stevia.

Sounds like you are doing great!

JoelS

Today's ride was half the length I had been planning. 25 miles, 1500 feet of climbing. Grades up to 14%. That wasn't so bad. What really hurt was the constant 20 to 25 mph wind. At one point, we had a 4 mile stretch on the return directly into it. Wow, that was real hard riding. Finished the first lap and was beat. Decided then to just stop and have an early lunch and call it a day.

Yesterday morning, I was down 2 pounds for the week. We'll see how it looks tomorrow morning.

nobull60

Todays ride was 45 miles from the Everglades to the ocean. Got rained on a few times but no flats. It was a really nice ride and had a head wind the whole way to the beach. Wind got stronger and thank God it was not on the way back because it was getting stronger by the minute. Anyway I'll be on the road for the next three weeks so I'll do my best to keep on track and ride as much as I can. This week was tough and I didn't accomplish what I set out to. So my weight tonight is a modest 257lbs. Only two pound loss but I'll take it. Good luck everyone and keep up the great work.

My goals for week 3......

1) Ride 50 miles or more and the trainer while I am stopped.
2) Eat as good as I can while on the road. (Subway)
3) Water Water Water.....

Will try to report in next week.