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[Flybye]

I have not moved in weigh on the scale. Aunt Rosy's fault, not mine!
Next............

[mtbdarby]

Don't feel back Flybye - at least you didn't move in the wrong direction!

I am back down to my starting weight - lost 3 pounds last week and am at 152.

[limewave]

I have not stepped on the scale.

But, the pants I'm wearing today fit less snugly than they did last week.

[Starfish]

Started challenge at 169. This morning, 164. :)

[Pedal Wench]

Oops. Posted in wrong thread:

I'm on a training plan that I'm following to a 't', rode 111 miles on Saturday, a fast 50 yesterday, watching my diet, getting sleep, and I'm up 3 lbs. today. :confused: First day of that time of the month, but still, can I still be in the challenge without having to look at the scale?

[kelownagirl]

Happily down to 118.1 this morning, despite the cookies I ate last week. :) Hope it doesn't catch up with me later this week.

[Tuckervill]

Ugh, the last week has been murder on my psyche! So, I'm not feeling it--not feeling like working on my food or exercise. I have been exercising, but on the weekend I had severe carb cravings ugh.

But, I bought a new better scale. It weighs me closer to the scale at the gym (with the body fat percentage matching, plus in line with the calculator someone posted here not too long ago). That means I'm kind of starting over...the carb binging is over, too. :)

Let's just say I've maintained this week. :)

Karen

[bambu101]

Th roller coaster continues- up 1.2 pounds this week, after being down 1 pound last week. Very frustrating!

Of course, all that "cookie blubber" is piling on from making Christmas cookies.:rolleyes:

[caribou]

Back down to 165, started at 170. Yay!

But we're throwing a housewarming party next weekend, so will also have the cookie-making hurdle to get over. Why is the dough so much harder to resist when it's raw?????

[GLC1968]

Ok, coming clean here... I joined this challenge what, 4 weeks ago, was it? Since then, I've gained 2 lbs. And I have really been horribly remiss at both working out and eating right. I have been very, very good at beating myself up though. Certainly not a good trend. Blech. It's really been a bad few weeks.

Anyway, I came to a few major realizations the other day. Today I've started a new 'plan' that is based on these realizations. It's time I put together a healthy eating plan that works the way I do. So I did, and I start today. As part of this start, I weighed in. 161.6. UGH. :eek:

That's ok. This plan is about moving forward for the right reasons. I'm not setting any long term goals (I suck at those), and I'm not putting together any long-term training plans (I also suck at those). I'm taking this day by day, choice by choice with my only goal being to feed my body right and to get moving. :) I will feel better and be healthier...and if I lose weight in the process, cool. I hope to be well on my way back to my old healthy habits by Christmas.

[sandra]

Starting weight was 154.5.

I'm happy to report that today I weighed in at 147.5, thanks (or no thanks!) to yesterday's colonoscopy.

[Starfish]

Man, GLC, I hear you. I tried to get myself on track for months and months. Just in the last 1.5 weeks, I seemed to have turned a corner. I am restarting again, at 164. Ugh.

One thing that has helped me this week is that every night I have been emailing a friend my food log and calorie count for the day. That daily accountability is helping...I can lie to myself pretty well, but if I know I have to report it to someone else, well, I will tell the truth.

[ibcycling]

I'm Back!

My laptop has been fixed and had the computer guy come out and fix the wireless so I'm back! I've been going nuts not able to get online. :rolleyes: It's really sad how much I depend on the internet to look things up, pay bills, fix meals, keep in touch with friends, etc.

Surprisingly I'm not doing bad with weight though my diet has not been good. I'm down to 159.5 YAY! It's nice to see the 150s again. :D I'm back into several pants, jeans, and tops that I haven't worn in about 3 years. I may not make 10lbs by Christmas but losing anything during the holidays beats the heck out of the 10 I normally PUT ON! I do need to focus on eating right though, I've been letting that slide. I also haven't been riding much. Ice turns me into a weenie and time has been short. I'm going to hit the health club and check out the spin classes.

I'll catch up on reading later but wanted to check in with my weight.

Lora

[GLC1968]

One thing that has helped me this week is that every night I have been emailing a friend my food log and calorie count for the day. That daily accountability is helping...I can lie to myself pretty well, but if I know I have to report it to someone else, well, I will tell the truth.

See, and I'm the other way around. I'm more honest when it's just me. When someone else see's it, I feel the need to make things looks better than they are!

Today is day 3 of my new 'plan' and it's going really, really well so far. I think I may have stumbled on to something here! ;)

[Over50Newbie]

Hi everyone,

A little slower around here these days, huh? We seem to have lost a lot of our posters - such a busy time of year!

Hope everyone is doing well. As for me, I know that when I post a lot I stay more motivated. And when I am more motivated, I post a lot. So I hope that the lack of posts does not mean that people are slacking off...

I seem to have stopped my food and exercise log these days. After doing it for a month, I have found that I seem to be pretty good at judging my calorie levels without writing them down. But I also am more apt to "cheat" if I am not writing everything down.

My exercise is going well. I am swimming a lot these days and my trainer has been giving me killer workouts. At the end of them, I am completely wiped out. Very good stuff. But I am now starting to find that the same thing that happened to me when I was training for my century bicycle ride is now starting to happen during these really hard swimming sessions - after I work out, I am really, really hungry, and then I tend to want to overeat.

Does anyone else find that when they are exercising really hard, it is harder to stay on plan for eating well?

I think that it is easier to lose weight when you are not doing strenuous training, just regular exercise. What do you guys think?

Anyway, tomorrow is a weigh-in day (I do best when I weigh in once a week - on Fridays) and I think I will be somewhere around 140-141. It looks like I might not make it into the 130's this week! We'll see tomorrow, but I am not feeling confident.

Well, enough rambling. Stay focused everyone.

Lynette

[Trek420]

I'm down 1.75 lbs, but I was up the previous week :o .... I blame my coworkers who bring holiday snacks each day and my schedule has been changed to a half hour lunch, no time to get to the gym mid day. That's no excuse, I get to walk my dog longer in the morning.

[Starfish]

Today is day 3 of my new 'plan' and it's going really, really well so far. I think I may have stumbled on to something here! ;)

Whatever works! Yay for you!

This morning I went to my first spinning class since last spring. I am feeling hopeful. Last year at this time I had not worked out for 6 months. Sending in my hard-ride-next-August registration form really helped this week. Now every second counts.

Once I register for a goal ride, I always create little posters to put up in my office and home...pictures from the ride website with little slogans to myself, to keep the goal in mind. It helps me!

[snowtulip]

Wow, this has been hard! I am down a pound. I'm going to get my body fat, etc. done on Saturday (can't wait:mad: ). It will be the first measurements I've taken since the ones I posted when we started the weight loss challenge. Fingers crossed something has become smaller.:D

[kelownagirl]

I have totally fallen off the wagon this past week with all the Christmas goodies I find at every turn. And I don't just stop at one. Argh. So far I'm only up 1/2 lb but you just know it isn't going to get any better. I might as well move into maintenance mode for now until after New Year's.

[Over50Newbie]

So, today's weigh-in wasn't very good.

141.6

Last Friday, I was 140.2

But overall, I am still doing okay - down five pounds from where I started.

I'm not giving up even though the next few weeks are probably going to be even harder.

Lynette

[solobiker]

still the same at 150, I ended up re-injurying my back a little over 2 weeks ago so that has slowed me down, frustrated me and prevented me from being able to exercise:mad: I was able to ride my spin bike gently this am. I will have better news next time:D

[kelownagirl]

I guess it was more than 1/2 a lb. Make that 2 lbs up. Ugh. I will diet all this week and then enjoy Christmas. Trying to maintain 120 until January 1st would be realistic.

[Pedal Wench]

Rambling thoughts.

I don't really have a weight problem. Sure, I could use to lose a few, but I'm not overweight, BMI is good, and my size is a single digit. That being said, this challenge has been an eye-opening experience. I've been watching what I eat religiously. I'm following a pretty hard-core training program. Riding every day with intervals, and long rides every weekend - at least 90 miles, usually over 100. Yet, my weight isn't moving at all.

People who have 20, 30, or 100 pounds to lose have my utmost respect and admiration. I'm seeing up, close and personal, how difficult weight loss can be. I'm working so hard, and seeing tiny results. Also, having watched every season of The Biggest Loser, I realize how extraordinary their results are.

Don't give up. I'm not. I'm just realizing how hard it is to see results, and 1 lb a week is pretty impressive.

Keep up the hard work.

[bambu101]

Thanks for the thoughts, PW. I think that people who do not have to lose weight don't appreciate how difficult it is. My skinny BF thinks it is as simple as eating 3 meals a day, not snacking, and exercising. We had a conversation about emotional eating or eating for reasons other than hunger, and he just could not comprehend that concept.

As far as I am concerned, maintaining my current weight is doing darn good for the next 2 weeks or so. We have to able to enjoy life once in while, right?

[Flybye]

Rambling thoughts.

I don't really have a weight problem. Sure, I could use to lose a few, but I'm not overweight, BMI is good, and my size is a single digit. That being said, this challenge has been an eye-opening experience. I've been watching what I eat religiously. I'm following a pretty hard-core training program. Riding every day with intervals, and long rides every weekend - at least 90 miles, usually over 100. Yet, my weight isn't moving at all.

People who have 20, 30, or 100 pounds to lose have my utmost respect and admiration. I'm seeing up, close and personal, how difficult weight loss can be. I'm working so hard, and seeing tiny results. Also, having watched every season of The Biggest Loser, I realize how extraordinary their results are.

Don't give up. I'm not. I'm just realizing how hard it is to see results, and 1 lb a week is pretty impressive.

Keep up the hard work.

Have I mentioned how much I like you????:D :D :D

I think you are right, it does take a lot to move the scale, even a pound. I think that the closer I get to a goal weight, the more difficult it becomes. For one thing, I look great. I get compliments from friends and turn a man's head now and then. I just want a few more pounds and I will be satisfied. I remember having about fifty to loose. It was so overwhelming that I really didn't want to get started at all.
The two best pieces of advice that I remember getting are as follows:

Take one day at a time and one meal at a time and to look at every choice of food during that day as an opportunity to either make a good choice or a bad choice.

Also had a sermon at church about winning the race that we set out to run. It had nothing to do with weight loss really, but I could apply it to weight loss or other challenges in life. The pastor pointed out how it is easy to start strong in a race, the adrenalin is there, the excitement, but where the real challenge lies is during the middle of the race where fatigue sets in, boredom, routine, frustration. That's where we need endurance. If we can get through the challenges, we can finish strong.

Both of those things have really fueled my weight loss.

With that said
Today's weight 154 and holding!!
I set out to lose 10, but don't think I'll get there. I'd have to lose six pounds this week, and I don't see that happening. I am NOT quitting, however, just realigning my expectations with reality!!!

[Tuckervill]

That is a very welcome acknowledgment of the struggle, PW.

What I'll acknowledge for you is that the closer you are to goal, the more fit and efficiently your body runs. That make it harder to get those last few pounds off.

I work out with a woman who has to be a size 2. She looks awesome compared to me and we're probably about the same age. She eats like a body-builder, really low fat, because she wants to get more weight off. I don't understand it. I would be thrilled to have that body plus 10 lbs. She does seem a little bit obsessed, but I love working out with her. She challenges me. I'm working up the nerve to ask her if she was really fat like me at one point. I would be so thrilled if she had been, but I don't want to have the knife in my heart if she wasn't. (I can't identify with people being as unsatisfied as she is if she's never been fat. My failing, not hers.)

So anyway, on my new scale my weight was 181.8 this morning. My son was away hanging with his brother the last 5 days, and my hub and I indulged in home-baked debauchery the whole time. Plus we had xmas with his family on Saturday. Back to the routine today.

Karen

[Starfish]

Pedal Wench and Flyebye, I really appreciate those posts.

I did a lot of eating this year. It was a huge year, and sometime last spring I realized I was not going to take off the weight very soon, and it wouldn't help to beat myself up. So, I decided to get through the summer, try to make my goal ride, and lose weight this fall.

Even though I made up my mind to be OK with not losing weight last spring and summer, I admit I was ASTOUNDED that I could work up to exercising, pretty hard, for 12-13 hours/week, included a ton of climbing & lactate threshold work, without losing a single pound...in fact, gaining weight through compulsive eating.

Now, I am working with a coach, counting every calorie, and vowing to lose weight by spring. I know from experience that once the hard training starts in the spring, forget dieting, for me...though I know I will have to watch it.

And, Flybye, thanks for your note about the sermon. It was an encouragement to me all the way around, weight-wise and otherwise.

[Flybye]

Pedal Wench and Flyebye, I really appreciate those posts.

And, Flybye, thanks for your note about the sermon. It was an encouragement to me all the way around, weight-wise and otherwise.

GO GET EM', SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Thursday's weight, 152.4 which is absolutely fantastic, considering what I did this weekend........................... I am the one in the middle. We had so much fun and I sheepishly admit that I ate enough candy to feel sick :o :o

[GLC1968]

I admit I was ASTOUNDED that I could work up to exercising, pretty hard, for 12-13 hours/week, included a ton of climbing & lactate threshold work, without losing a single pound...in fact, gaining weight through compulsive eating.

Me too! I really ramped up my cycling this summer and managed to gain weight at an alarming pace. And before anyone makes the suggestion....there is no way that I gained 10 lbs of muscle. It's fat. I ate too much. Cycling was my excuse. Anyway...

There are some really well written and insightful posts here lately! Thanks to all who have contributed, it's really inspiring to me. :)

And for my update: I have to say that my new mindset really seems to be working for me. I've spent the last week trying to undo all the 'learning' I did over the past 10 years of weight struggles and I'm absolutely making progress. Yesterday I weighed in 2 lbs lighter than the previous Tuesday and that's pretty amazing considering that I baked over 40 dozen cookies this past weekend (and sampled all of them!). While I know I have some real challenges ahead of me, I do feel like I've turned a corner (so to speak). It's less about the food, and more about how I view both the food and myself and my journey. I won't make 10 lbs down by Christmas, but I am absolutely starting down the right path to be at least 10 lbs down by my 40th birthday in Feburary. :D

[Starfish]

I am absolutely starting down the right path to be at least 10 lbs down by my 40th birthday in Feburary. :D

Nice! It is a path, a journey. Good for you. Sounds like we have some similarities. I also have a birthday after the first of the year, and it seems like I am always trying to lose weight for it!

And Flybye, wow, a great picture!

[NoNo]

Haven't checked in in a while, but nothing much to report. Been keeping up with the exercising, and while the scale doesn't reflect it (122.3 this morning), the mirror does. I actually haven't been obsessing over what I'm eating like normal, and it doesn't appear to be hurting me. It's actually nice to have that freedom. This challenge has shown me it's not about the numbers so much as how I feel, and right now I feel great. In case I don't get near a computer, I hope everyone has a great holiday. Enjoy yourselves and your families!

Annette xx

[Over50Newbie]

Okay, this is my last posting for a while.

I get up at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning to leave for my skiing trip. I am SOOOOOOOOO excited. :D

I LOOOOOOOOVE to ski!!!!

So, my weigh-in today was 142.0 - not great, but I won't be surprised if some of those pounds come back off after skiing for 5 days in a row!

Everyone have a wonderful holiday and I'll be back posting sometime next week.

Lynette

[Starfish]

Well, weighed in at a shade over 160 this morning. Started the challenge at 169. So, if I can lose a solid pound and a smidge by Tuesday, I will have made the 10 lbs.

The scale has been the same for over a week now, despite careful calorie counting and hard exercise. So, one of these days there will be a little drop.

Thanks, everyone, for being here and supporting these efforts! :)

(Just 20 or 30 more to go...but this 10 is a start...:o )

[Flybye]

Well, weighed in at a shade over 160 this morning. Started the challenge at 169. So, if I can lose a solid pound and a smidge by Tuesday, I will have made the 10 lbs.

The scale has been the same for over a week now, despite careful calorie counting and hard exercise. So, one of these days there will be a little drop.

Thanks, everyone, for being here and supporting these efforts! :)

(Just 20 or 30 more to go...but this 10 is a start...:o )

Wow, how exciting is that???? You awesome woman!!!

[Tuckervill]

Way to go, Starfish!! :)

I can't even remember where I started, but I know I haven't lost 10 lbs. What I do know is that I have gotten firmer and stronger and my shoulders don't slope anymore. Yesterday I hit 179, but today it's 181.4--we went to Silver Dollar City yesterday and rode rollercoasters and walked a lot, but I also overate. My TOTM is upon me, too, so I'm thinking bloat plus food. I'm back to eating clean today, though.

We went to Applebee's this week. They have a Weight Watcher's menu that is to die for. I had a HUGE spinach salad (could only eat half) with chicken and mushrooms and a fancy chili-lime dressing, and it was only 250 calories for the whole thing. I made two meals out of it. What a bargain.

Karen