January/February weight loss thread

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Originally Posted by martinkap

152.5 lbs.

I feel I live a new life since I read all the Triske posts! I uped my protein, decreased carbs and I am a new person! I have sooo much energy, I am not hungry and I finally can eat what I always felt was right for me. No more sugar which I just cannot even taste and carbs which made me more tired than energetic.

I still did not do the test but I will. Thanks again.

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You are very welcome. I am *so glad* this is working for you. Everything you said about how carbs made you feel suggested to me you have some degree of impaired glucose tolerance. I am just so glad you are feeling better, and seeing it on the scale too!

What is amazing to me though, is how exercise can improve glucose tolerance. I am so sensitive that I even had to give up fruit. But yesterday and today I did long club rides, so during the post-ride window of improved glucose tolerance got to eat a wonderful bowl of berries after lunch. DH drizzled them with heavy cream, so that may have also slowed down their breakdown into sugar, but my blood sugar 1 hour after eating was only 88!! YAY for biking. The way he made them, it was like eating ice cream, something I have definitely had to forgo due to its effect on my blood sugar but still love and miss. He took frozen berries and drizzled them with heavy cream, and the cream froze when it contacted the partially frozen berries. Hmmm.

Congrats to all of you! So many here seem to have had a terrific week!

I'm just that good...... :)
I do think you had just posted your results Channlluv as I was checking in, so I updated and voila. :-) Glad to be able to help and I'll gladly set it up for the next two months as well!

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...dYUC3EPw&hl=en

My Feb 6 weight was 148.

We had a fabulous time in Bend this weekend! Stayed at a great B&B. I went for a trail run, we went snowshoeing at Mt. Bachelor, hiking at Smith Rocks, lots of walking around town. And believe me, I needed all that activity to offset all the food we ate! :eek: I tried to make good choices, put my fork down when I was full, etc., but nonetheless it's really hard to be "good" when you eat out every meal for 4 full days.

But I must have done something right, because I was a half pound lighter this morning than I was last Wednesday. Yippee!!

Sounds like almost everyone else had a good week too!! Congrats!

My sympathies go out to those of you who are injured. Please know that we are all rooting for you.

Susan

Sorry! I forgot to post last Friday. I am 150 still. THANKS!

I am SO STOKED!:):)

My weight this morning was 139.2 - YIPPEE!!! A new decade for me!!! I am so committed to doing this! Here is my new daily motivator. I say this to myself every morning!

"Exercise sensibly and eat right always are the rules of engagement. Keep it simple and make it a joy are the codes of performance. We are knee deep in winter. Button up, buckle down, breathe deep and barrel ahead. The challenge now is to not let go and lose momentum."

- Dave Draper

BRING IT ON!!

Lynette

Back on the right track! 146 I do not think I will make my goal for this challenge but I am feeling lean. If I could just avoid the Gummy Bears (my latest weakness). :rolleyes:

149. pms....

144 this morning. I keep plugging along at about a pound a week. This is good. Even if I slow down a bit, I'm hoping to make 130 by the last weekend in June (I'm signed up for the Pacific Crest Olympic Du that weekend.) That's 19 weeks to lose 14 pounds. Should be doable. (as she crosses her fingers, trying not to jinx it...)

Lynette, I am SOOOOO happy to see you so excited!! It's super motivating to see movement on the scale, isn't it?

Susan

Susan - yeah baby!! :D

You are my role model and inspiration.

Lynette

Hi Everyone! Posse was gracious enough to add me to chart even though I'm super duper late for the WL challenge.

So here's my story... I too started WW through my company's WW at work program last summer and had some pretty good success on it. I lost about 10 lbs in 3 months-good steady, slow progress. I got down to 205 (FYI... I was 250 in April 2007), but thats when it all changed... My Dr changed around my meds and between Oct and Feb I had gained 15 lbs back! So because of the rapid weight gain (I could NOT keep satisfied!) my Dr changed my meds back. I now have to get back on track and didn't want to wait for the March/April thread to start, so here I am! I would like to be down to 216 by the end of this wave.

Thanks!

Up one

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148...new diet!

My Dr has been messing with my thyroid medication and has decreased 2x since October. I am wondering if that is why my weight is the way it is. I eat fairly well and exercise quite a bit. Pretty frustrating. I am feeling better since she decreased, just bummed about my weight. Up to 153:(

169.

Ugh - I totally ate too much cake this week. Actually, the cake just opened the door for a lot of other crap. I'm back on track today and plan to have a really great (and active) next week.