fascination
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as for the scale...worst mistake I ever made was listening to FP and stopping checking daily...it allowed things to get out of hand...once a day in the morning now...do what works for you
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samina
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and size 9 back then is like a 5 now, lol.
skwiggy
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What he advised you is the conventional wisdom of fitness professionals. They all say to weigh yourself only once a week. But I've never been able to restrain myself for a whole week, so I have no personal point of comparison.
skwiggy
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I'll join in the fun! Hot coals for me too!!
I also haven't been 130 since high school, and would be absolutely THRILLED to get there again. Although my body composition was totally different. Aside from a few lingering post-pregnancy bits, I'm thinner now than I was then.
Joe
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A week is a long time to allow "things to get out of hand!"What he advised you is the conventional wisdom of fitness professionals. They all say to weigh yourself only once a week. But I've never been able to restrain myself for a whole week, so I have no personal point of comparison.
fascination
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I agree...
Lioness
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I'm gonna join in.
I'm currently about 68kg (149.6lb), and 5' 4"
I'd like to get down to about 60kg (132lb)
So far, I've given up soft drink, started walking a lot more, and generally cut down on lollies. I'd like to cut out junk food almost entirely (except for special occasions), eat healthier, and exercise a lot more than I have time for at the moment.
I also need to start stretching. I've lost so much flexibility since I stopped doing gymnastics.
I'm currently about 68kg (149.6lb), and 5' 4"
I'd like to get down to about 60kg (132lb)
So far, I've given up soft drink, started walking a lot more, and generally cut down on lollies. I'd like to cut out junk food almost entirely (except for special occasions), eat healthier, and exercise a lot more than I have time for at the moment.
I also need to start stretching. I've lost so much flexibility since I stopped doing gymnastics.
Purr
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I joined a new gym two days after Christmas, and hired a personal trainer. It's been a difficult transition from my previous workout routine. About everytime I come home from the new gym, I wonder what is going to hurt next. It's slowly getting better.
I got on the scale once, my first day. I haven't been on it since, so I don't know if I've lost any weight. But, I can now get into a couple of pairs of dress pants I haven't fit into for over a year and a half.
The trainer is making me keep a food diary. That's an eye-opener, for sure.
I haven't seen 130 pounds since some time in high school or college.
I got on the scale once, my first day. I haven't been on it since, so I don't know if I've lost any weight. But, I can now get into a couple of pairs of dress pants I haven't fit into for over a year and a half.
The trainer is making me keep a food diary. That's an eye-opener, for sure.
I haven't seen 130 pounds since some time in high school or college.
fascination
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congrats purr..that sounds good...I am not fixated on getting back to an old number...I know I can wear a size nine and look really good in it at a higher weight...b/c I have..and was in much better shape than when i was in high school weighing 130 and wearing a 9...but I would like to get back into the 9...and that is going to take a few months of discipline and then some maintainence...
congrats on your new plan that sounds like it is working
congrats on your new plan that sounds like it is working
samina
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well done, purr.
to be honest, i don't give a rat's patootie what i actually weigh. but i do gauge by how i fit into clothes, with sizing being the obvious general guide. and while i would like to experience (mostly for dance purposes) the lithe-and-sinew state i associate with 128-130, i'm not persuaded that's the weight where i would now experience what i want. that's actually just 10 pounds above my anorexic weight, so with the years and different muscle mass since, who knows what the right balance point for me is now?
i prefer to focus on well-being, living foods, exercise, breathing, balance... to have goals that center around health, stamina, energy, strength, and flexibility rather than weight... and the rest i trust will fall into place where it should.
fascination
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me too...but my ideal is still...I think, about 20 pounds lighter...when I was last 150, I lost most of my chest which was not something dh appreciates...and I was eating like a bird...I was in a size 9 pant and looked... pretty darn GOOD... I would be very happy to get back there...but would settle for a few pounds shy...which is do-able...but, as you say, for me it is about what I can wear
wonderwoman
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I would like to forget about weight as a number and focus on feeling energetic and forgodsake fitting in to all of the pants I outgrew last summer.
I am going to kill this bottle of merlot, and then tomorrow start trying to flush my system of all the crap I've been putting in it. Tea, juice, smoothies, veggies.
I am going to kill this bottle of merlot, and then tomorrow start trying to flush my system of all the crap I've been putting in it. Tea, juice, smoothies, veggies.