size 10 in 9 wks that is!

hey guys, I have 9 weeks in which I would like to fit into a size 10. (currently a size 12).
who's with me?

lets share weight loss tips.

i'm doing boot camp 3x a week plus cardio 2 or 3x in between. My diet is not strict but I want to eat even healthier than I already am. My biggest problem - WEEKENDS.

no messing around this time! xmas is almost here! the time when u will see friends and family and maybe even some ppl u don't like! HAHA

the last thing u wanna hear is that u have gained weight or still look the same !

I want eye popping reactions! WOW U LOOK GREAT!!!
I'm talking jaw to the floor here guys! lol

so come on all u ladies that wanna be closer to that single digit pant size, size 10 is your biggest stepping stone!

you'll get there! I went from squeezing into my 10's to my 8's falling off me now! Its good and bad, i love that i lost the weight, but i hate that i now have parachute ass because my size 10 ass was so much fuller! why do we lose the things we love? the booty and the boobs---gone....the gut, will remain forever!!!!!!

lol i know what u mean. first thing my bf asked me was not to lose my butt and thighs. i feel they are shrinking but thats a good thing haha want to get down to a good size and fell great!

thnx for the boost

I would love to do this, too! I do a cardio pump (cardio and weights) class 2x per week. Then i do 2 days of 35-40 mins. of cardio on a the elliptical and stairmaster. I will add another day and step it up to do this. As you know, I am also in a size 12 and would really be thrilled to be in a 10 once the holidays roll around!! We can do this:)

yey linz! glad to have u on board. u are already doing great! thnx for all the tips. will definately pick up some greek yoghurt today

I am interested in dropping a size by christmas as well. I am currently in a 16 and would love to be in a 14. I just started back at trying to be healthy. I lost 5 lbs this first week, so now I am motivated to continue!! I plan to start back at the gym as well. That will help a lot.

Good luck to you ladies...lets do this:)

welcome heather! 5lbs in 1 wk? wow thats great!!!
i've been at this for 3 wks and only lost 4lbs. but thats good enough for me. this wk I'll just try harder!

what's ur diet and exercise routine?

Thanks!! I was pretty shocked myself, but I have a feeling it was just because I had been eating so bad before...I am sure it wont be that much next time, but you never know:)

To be honest, I really didn't have a routine this past week. I was surprised that the calorie calculator had me eating like 46 grams of fat and 1450 calories. I used to think I needed to eat WAY less to lose the weight.

I saw that you mentioned something about greek yogurt in a post earlier today, I eat that every morning for breakfast. I get the kind that has a little fruit cup with it. It's really good. I also eat either a whole wheat turkey bacon breakfast sandwich or an organic peanut butter bar that is very filling. I try to eat sensable at lunch, but I do still go out to lunch most of the time. Drink lots of water, but I have even had sweet tea a few times (gotta quit that tho...grrr!!!) and diet coke. Then for dinner I was so busy this week that I either ate a santa fe chicken salad from Sonic or a meal in a box.

Hopefully this week I will have more time to prepare some meals and add in some cardio. I ran up and down the stairs today for like 15 minutes and I was so out of breath!! I figure that has to be better than nothing. I want to get back into classes at the gym, but my work schedule is kind of messing that up for the next few weeks, so I will just have to make do.

I am excited though, so I am ready to try.

Today i am going to do 40 minutes of cardio: 20/stairmaster and 20/elliptical. That's 5 minutes more than usual. Are you guys doing any cardio today?

hey Linz! I got my Cardio in already went to boot camp this morning cuz I missed yesterday. 1hr @ a wopping 600 cals! I love it. Only downfall is I get famished for breakfast and eat a lot. But my cals go up to 1800 anyways. Usually I try to still stay under tho.
20 mins on the stairmaster? Damn u are good I almost had a heart attack after 10! Great job tho!

boot camp today! kicked my butt - big time. We did so much running my shins and legs hurt. sigh.
was supposed to see a movie tonight but i'm ready for bed already. lol

Yeah, my Cardio Pump class worked us hard today! We focused on legs and butt today. I will probably be sore tomorrow, but it feels good! I think I'll just do cardio tomorrow, maybe some abs.

okay i'm definately in. i'm in a 12 right now to and would love to fit into a 10. I bought a pair of jeans the other day that were on sale and a size11. I can get them on but I had to do the wiggle jiggle jean dance ( you know what I mean!) okay keep laughin I could almost barely kinda sorta button them but I'm far from going to see what they look like in a mirror sort of jeans.
They are cute but I'd like to throw them out sooner then later if you know what I mean. They were only a $7 bargain from target so i'm really hoping to get to an 8 eventually.

Anyway, would love to join. I just had a terrible week being off track and visiting family so I need to get my butt in gear. I did go to the gym today & then ran with my ds at his track meet today but boy did i get my @ss handed to me by a bunch of 6 year olds!

I need to find a happy medium between the gym and my food. I always seem to have work out calories I need to eat but i'm not hungry to actually really want anything. So I cave and end up going for the m&m's or the apple pie my mom and I made while she was here. i'm struggling with that tonight. I have 400 calories to eat and I don't know what to have...maybe some yogurt??then what??

WELCOME! i too have many jeans I have bought in size 10 so unless I want them to go to waste I need to start losing NOW. I got some cute jeans from the GAP for about $10 and they look so cute. I haven't even tried to get into them cuz my thighs and butt were so big at the time. Anyhoo, about the exercise cals, I have heard many arguments for and against it. I know someone who has lost about 17lbs and doesnt eat them. But everyone is different. I use my exercise cals badly too so i rather not eat them sometimes. Yesterday I had about 300 left over but thats ok. I was full and cudnt eat anymore. Well I hope we make it to the big 1-0 soon!

We can do this.
What's ur diet and exercise routine?

Count me in !!!!! I love the fact that we are all in the same boat . Im so frustrated ive been on 1200 cals a day for over a week exercise 4 time cardio for 2 hours and grrrrrrr stepped on the scale today to find I actually went from 171 to 172.8 . I swear if I wouldn't have been freaked out about killing someone below the scale would have went flying over the balcony :) . I have seen a few post of ppl eating 1400-1500 and losing . Think im gonna give this a try after all nothing to lose . We can do this or die trying LOL !!!!

nolachick- I've been doing the 30 day shred although after vfisiting family I havent' done it in about 2 weeks. I also go on a 2 mile walk everyday sometimes twice a day depending on the weather. And I make it to the gym about 2x a week. Not as much as I like but I can't afford the child care they have all the time so I make due at my house with my tredmil.

Thats about it in a nutshell, i'm at a loss on what to do with my food. I've been eating fairly well, a cheat day every now and then but nothing crazy. I workout 5 days a week and I haven't really lost anything. At first I wasn't eating my workout calories so someone suggested I was in starvation mode. So the last few weeks i've been eating them and still nothing. granted I haven't worked out that much with family visiting to really need to eat any but when I have worked out i've definately eaten them.
Last night I settled with yogurt and cashews to make sure I get in most of the 400 I still had left for the day. I get in 90% of my water on a daily basis so if anyone has any suggestions please feel free to comment. I have considered going to the doctor because I have been feeling very tired and sluggish a lot, but I just don't know if this warrants a visit or not. I went about 2 years ago the last time i tried loosing and all they wanted was to prescribe diet pills and eventually I gave up on weight loss and now i'm back at square one..

I sware if I didn't know any better I would have thought I had posted this very message. i'm having the same issues, and i'm the exact same weight LOL SOOO if I find anything that helps i'll let you know. I am getting very frustrated, 170 just seems to be my weak point. Just can't seem to get past it. Good luck to you

LOL ... Im starting to think we are twins ugh the sluggish thing ... For the last few day have no energy seeing spots alot and yesterday was suppose to be a workout day but I just couldn't do it was so tired and felt sick to my stomach most of the day . This morning woke up felt better but now feeling crappy again . Really starting to think the 1200 calories are way to low . Good luck to you

hey girls!! WELCOME

I am excited to have u on here and get more feed back from ppl in my situation. i love that we are all in the same boat! 170 is actually my goal weight (I'm at 186 right now)
(Which is weird that I'm a size 12 and u are too at 170. different body types I guess).


the first 2 wks I lost 2lbs/week and now tht i am working out more and eating less its not going anywhere. I hate the scale. lol.
hmm JOCELYNE i'm not sure that u shud be seeing spots, that doesnt sound good. but hey if u have worked out for the day then u can definately have over 1200 cals.
The first 2 wks that I lose is when I ate the most (1600 cals on workout days)....So maybe we shud eat more of the good stuff on exercise days.

what's the 30 day shred?

30 day shred is jillian micheals dvd .... Ive been trying to find it here with no luck ... I downloaded the parts from youtube but just can't seem to get it to dvd ... would love it if someone could send it on here to download cause ive heard alot of good comment about it kicking u r butt .... Think that what I need a good swift kick and as for the size 12 im all butt and belly Lmao . Interesting 1600 cals hmmmm sounds even better than 1400-1500 ....

I'm totally IN! I am a size 12 and really really really wanting to get down to a size 10. Lately I'm noticing that the scale isn't changing as much as my pants are getting more loose. This is a good thing, I hope! I've been running about 40 minutes a day, doing intervals on the treadmill. I loved working outside so much better. Not having to look at the sweaty people next to me, and the one right in front of me! Haha! Pretty sure I nickname myself Sweaty-Betty these days. I'm hoping the weight and the pant size will start to drop! Yippie!

Is anyone else seeing that they are maybe feeling better in their clothes, but its not reflecting on the scale as much? Its really frustrating because I want to be LIGHTER! But, I figure, if I can get into the size 10...I must be doing something right!!

me me me! I was so pissed last saturday cuz I didnt lose an ounce, but a lot of my clothes were actually zipping up and buttoning up without cutting off my circulation. So you are right, it is more important to fit into the clothes u want to than what a scale says. Weight really is just a number but ur clothing size goes with u everywhere haha. I hate going shopping with my friend who is a size 2. and I pick out a size 12...rrrrrr haha

Here's to size 10 in 9 weeks!

I am in a size 12 now also and about 160 pounds... I want to be back in my size 10's and some 8 or 9's and around 142- 145 pounds. I AT LEAST want my jeans to fit somewhat comfortably and not have to wear a t shirt with them to hide the pudge that I have on top of them by Christmas when I go see family and some friends that I haven't seen in about 6 years or so.. The bad part is that one of the main reasons I am so excited to go is because of the food, I grew up in New Mexico and miss my Mexican food and green chili so bad I can taste it.. I don't want to go there and gain even more weight and have to struggle even harder when I come back home if I haven't already started working towards my goal. I can go to the gym and jog while I'm there and watch my portions and shouldn't do toooo terrible but I am just afraid of total sabatoge. I have just about 2 months to get the jeans up over my butt and buttoned without the pudge.. I got new running shoes I want to try out too but it has been raining here it seems like forever lately so I get ready and it's a monsoon outside! UGH... I guess just to the gym and deal with getting wet outside.. yuck! No more excuses... Eating smaller portions, better food, not after 8pm... REGARDLESS!! Doing cardio at least 35 minutes or 400 calories 4 or 5 times a week, power pump class Monday and Wednesday ( cardio/ strength training) and Zumba on Wednesday also... The b/f is a trainer and has a degree in exercise science so he says were going to start doing 300+ crunches a night and get our beach bodies back before he goes to meet my dad in Florida in May- ish.... Wish me luck!! Any suggestions would be awesome!! I just have to tell you that I was really excited when I read this because I felt like it was me right there and right on the same time frame!! YAY!! I love MFP... I just have to make myself do the work now.. Here goes the hard part.. lol