Welcome to the second annual Weight Loss & Fitness Track thread! Like its predecessor, the purpose of this thread is to give anyone who wants to participate a chance to track their goals, successes and failures in the areas of weight loss and/or general fitness, as well as share advice, find inspiration, etc.
I would like to lose weight, eat at home more regularly and get in shape (or at least be more active than I've been in the past few months). I think I could benefit from some accountability, so I've been trying to think of a way to use the forum to that end. Posting pictures is out of the question - I'm looking for accountability, not crippling shame. So I'm thinking maybe starting a blog of everything I eat, or with regular weight and other measurements. I'm still waffling, so ideas are welcome.
I welcome this thread. I've been pigging out for the last couple of months and I need to get back in shape again.
I didn't achieve my objective of a 100-mile bike ride in 2007, so that is a goal again for this year.
Maybe an 'inches lost from waist' measurement is a better track of getting in shape than weight loss? Or we could record our resting pulse rates, blood pressure - things like that.
Tracking what you eat on a daily basis is one of the best ways to become accountable in terms of your daily meals. I use the web site at weight watchers, where I have been a member on and off for some time now, but there are lots of sites where you can track calories and intake.
What to track in terms of "success" is up to you. I do a weekly weigh and a monthly measure.
Having support and sharing your goals are one of the best ways to find success! For 2008 I want to lose what I've regained, focus on builsing strength, and race at least three triathlons, including the intimidating Las Vegas tri in October.
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This year I want to lose some weight, get myself in shape again, and start cycling regularly again.
I know I always get in a rut, eating the same food and menus, so if anyone has ideas for low-fat, high fiber healthy foods, I'd love some ideas. (Maybe that should be a separate thread, come to think of it)
I just started cycling last spring and really need to get back into it. It's not like it snows here more than once a year (if that), so there's no excuse not to.
Lance Armstrong lives in Austin, doesn't he? Maybe you'll see him on the road?
I was riding pretty regularly, and then I started school, and that really, really messed up my schedule. My schedule should be a little lighter this spring, so I can get more riding in.
VC, Austin has a really great groovy cycling community, and one of the largest triathlete communities in the country. A good friend lives there and cycles regularly (she's an Ironman). I'm happy to ask her and pass on some cycling groups you might want to hook up with, if you like.
I'm back from a miserable cold rain shortened 2.5 run, and will hop on my trainer in a bit for 30 minutes of torture (that's a bike on a training stand, so I can ride inside in the winter).
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I think that's the first time anyone has called me VC, usually it's vm. VC makes me think of "Village Corner", a little grocery store in Ann Arbor where I worked until I couldn't handle the drugs anymore. Then, of course, Viet Cong.
Anyway thanks for the offer, but I'm not quite ready to join a group yet and certainly not a triathlete group! I have no desire to compete, I just like to ride. I'm aware of a few beginners groups around here, though, so thanks for the thought. I think I'll see about getting into one of those.
Yay! I have been looking forward to a new start! I didn't do so hot with my 1000 mile goal last year, not quite making it to halfway, but I did get in decent enough shape to go on my bike ride with my dad. Right now, I'm having a hard time getting out and doing ANYTHING. My blood has turned into sludge and I am on the verge of being too fat to fit in my clothes. Bleck.
I need help with my 30X30 challenge, and can get a ton of things checked off if I start training now. I would like to do the following things in 2008:
Ride a century.
Run 10 miles.
Run a half marathon.
Learn to swim for fitness.
Hike 365 miles by July 4 (I track from July 4, 2007 and have a puny number of miles.).
Those are my big goals. In January, I would like to: sign up for swim lessons, ride with a group ride in town, start running again, go for a 3-5 mile hike. Also, I am going to go back to no-soda, since it's not good for me.
I'll try to check in every Sunday with a good/needs improvement post for my weekly goals. This Sunday, I would like to report: signed up for swim lessons, rode with the local bike group if they schedule a ride, and did 30 minutes of fitness-related activity on all days.
The place where I play soccer more or less shuts down for a month at the end of the year, so I'm quickly slipping in to horrible shape. Those four games a week are just about the only workout I get any more.
I need to start training for the mini-marathon I'm supposedly running in May pretty soon. I foresee many trips to the gym at work in my future. I also need to lay off the fast food, perhaps by setting fire to the Taco Bell that's a minute and a frakkin' half from my house.
Oh, and I should probably also cut back on the booze.
Oh, that last one was good...even I almost believed it for a second. I slay me.
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What do you ride, vm? I'm relatively new to road cycling, still not totally comfy on my road bike, but I have learned to love going screaming down hills at 40 mph
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I haven't set up my bike trainer - I should. I don't know how the kittehs would react to it. I guess setting it up would be the best way to find out! Riding on it is so mind numbingly boring, but better than nothing.
Last year I lost a little more than 30 lbs, and aside from the little bit I've gained back over Christmas, I've been pretty good about keeping it off. This year I would like to lose around 20 more lbs and also add some strength training (and actually keep doing it this time!) in addition to my cardio exercise.
I use Fitday to track my food intake because it gives a nice breakdown of where your calories are coming from. I find I am most successful sticking to a 40% protein, 30% fat, 30% carbs ratio. Some things you will have to add in but you only have to do that once and when you get going and compile some food lists it goes super fast.
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I try. I am feeling like crap about the weight gain over Christmas but I know I need to take it in stride. It's a lifestyle, not a temporary diet and it's hard to remember that sometimes.
Fitday is awesome, especially once you get used to using it. You can also set certain goals, say consuming so much calcium, and track those also. One of the first things I did was check out how much sodium I was consuming and it scared the crap out of me.
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I got my hour of weight and cardio exercise for the day just now shoveling wet snow. I normally don't exercise when I'm sick, but with this I had no choice.
Oooh, nice rides, both of ya. I have a lovely pearl white and light blue Fuji ladies roadbike -- my white stallion, of course
I ride on speedplay lollipops because they were a gift, and I'm mostly ok with them. My New Years treat is going to be a real professional bike fitting, sometime in the next 2 months.
Biochem girl, I've used fitday and liked it a lot. I'll go back there probably when I'm either more in maintenence mode, instead of weight loss focus, and/or heavily into a training sked, and need to eat more but still be careful. I found it worked better for me in those two instances.
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~~(from) Thomas Paine
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I try. I am feeling like crap about the weight gain over Christmas but I know I need to take it in stride. It's a lifestyle, not a temporary diet and it's hard to remember that sometimes.
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