Remember that the FitBits are not at all accurate with respect to mileage, so don’t bank on that. 10 pounds in a month would be difficult and probably not realistic, but if you really cut calories drastically, it could be done. Generally a pound a week is aggressive! Healthy food and low calorie are not always the same thing. I can manage to consume massive amounts of calories even with “healthy” foods. And a lot depends on how your body reacts to carbs, sugars (even in fruits), etc. I know weight loss and fitness takes a lot of patience, which is what makes it hard to stick with the plan.
I walked like 16k steps yesterday, IIRC. Could have been 18k . I forget. Regardless, I did a lot of exercising yesterday and am pleased with my progress. The Fitbit didn’t record the bike so maybe I did even more!!
Great idea to revive the thread especially to give “second thoughts” instead of “second helpings” to the dips and cookies on the holiday buffets.
Jym, wishing you the best of luck to get a little more fit in the next month - you have a great start. Keep in mind if you want that routine (weight loss/management/fitness) to continue after that ski trip too! In order to do that you have to develop a routine and dinner plate management that can be good as a daily routine for the most part ALWAYS.
10 pounds in a month? I suppose that also depends how much weight you have to lose. If you have 20 pounds overall you’d like to lose, 10 might be tough. Not to mention not leave your body well nourished to have the energy for all that skiing!
In the past I’e lost 20 lbs in 3 mos, (Jenny Craig) Am well aware that my “goal” is unlikely, and was half kidding. I know what it takes, I am just getting a kickstart.
Anyone here???
Did go to the gym today and just made a fruit smoothie. However, bridge practice is soon and the host is a great baker!
I followed a chart by my dietician. Some fruits have more natural sugar in them. For example 18 grapes = 1 serving. 2/3 cup blueberries = 1 serving. Blueberries have a lot of good healthy benefits.
I have a hard time with organized exercise on the weekends, but shopping has provided a reason to walk…a lot. Tomorrow, back to the actual plan!
Thanks for the info on the fruit and veggies, SOSConcern! And walking is walking, runnersmom!
I was at the gym for 45 min today, and fitbit currently shows just under my 10,000 step goal.
Dinner was chicken and sauteed veggies and steamed cauliflower. McIntosh apple for dessert. This is tough, but I am not even at a week yet and am thinking less about unhealthy stuff. But.Its.Hard.
It’s like crickets in here…
Plenty of room at the gym this time of year! 
Think PREVENTATIVE!!! Think about where you’ll be in a month - have some holiday treats with a side of exercise!!!
(trying to drum up thread business…)
sorry jym - I’m falling way short of my exercise goals, but made a great turkey version of sloppy joe’s (sloppy tom’s in our house) for dinner with some roasted cauliflower. My H gets it with a potato bun, but I eat it like chili - packed with lycopenes from the tomatoes and I added mushrooms too. Hoping that eating well will make up (a little) for the exercise falling further down my priority list. Having a huge houseful of people this weekend and spent the day cooking for that - big pot of roasted tomato soup and gallons of applesauce! We’ll celebrate Hanukkah, just a little late!
Well this round is starting like the time I did Jenny Craig. Lost 4 lbs the first week, and then expect a significant slowdown. But, its motivating to see the scale go down… and at least I am getting on the scale, which I wasn’t for a long time.
Would love to get a few lbs off in the next month before skiing, and then hopefully continue to get the baggage off.
Come back ladies!! we can help each other!
And wow runnersmom- that sounds like a houseful!
Jym626- thanks for bumping this up. I haven’t been on the scale but I can tell from photos that weight has slowly been creeping back on.
Exercise has been my downfall.I have had a coule of setbacks mobility wise and it shows. I have a pelvis and sacrum that is rotated and a lower spine scoliosis. It throws off my alignment and has been the cause of knee pain when I go up stairs and do squats. Not to mention that my hem length discrepancy has worsened and the inseam of one pant leg wraps around my lower leg and ankle. Have to get back to the PT to have him try to get some movement. I have had this my entire life. Sister does as well as does 1 of my girls. It has become worse as I age.
I also had a few month round of vertigo.
Vertigo is gone so I am starting to work on building up my core. What I do know is that when I’m in this place I lack motivation to move. What I also know is that I need to push myself to do at least something each day.
My diet is pretty good. For the most part we eat well.
Oh my, mom60. So sorry to hear that. Glad you are back in PT and getting some relief.
I have been back in gear for a week (started last Weds.) Am 4.5 lbs down. This is my typical kickstart, and I know the rate will significantly slow down, but it’s a start!
On dieting, an easy way to start the day on the right track is to eat a serving of grits or oatmeal (I almost always choose oatmeal) - 1/2 cup uncooked goes to maybe 3/4 cup cooked. Then I add blueberries or another fruit serving, so a filling 300 calories. I have coffee with skim milk. Lunch and dinner is where I have to adjust down.
The oatmeal keeps one filled and between that and the coffee, I am doing great being ‘regular’.
Drink lots of water too.
If one has the limited calories and gets their exercising/caloric burn up, they are on track!
Everyone is different. If I have oatmeal for breakfast I am starving in a couple of hours.
If I have an egg and half a whole wheat English muffin with a tsp of jam, I’m fine. 66(egg)+60(muffin)+20(jam)+35(butter)=181 calories. A little over half the calories of the oatmeal.
I think one of the best tips I got on eating that works for me was to eat fat, carb and protein at each meal. I used to eat a very carb heavy breakfast - and was shaky and starving by mid-morning. Eating a combination at each meal helps to keep my blood sugar level and prevents that “I have to eat now” feeling. We’re all different though - I think the important thing is being conscious of eating healthy and not eating too much of whatever healthy food we’re enjoying!
My nutrition conscious daughter can not have oatmeal without some other protein or she is starving in an hour.
Well, didn’t lose this week, but didn’t gain, despite dinners out and holiday parties. So it’s ok.
Isn’t protein in the morning supposed to be helpful?