145.5 Small victory but it is down!:D
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145.5 Small victory but it is down!:D
218.5 - down 1.5 this week even with the arrival of Aunt Flo this morning...
141, which is this period's goal for me.
I was very surprised by this week's numbers because it was quite a drop for me. Wednesday is my weigh day for WW, and I was down 2.5 from last Weds. I thought to myself - there's just no way I lost this much this week. I must be dehydrated. But it's held since Wednesday and I'm drinking plenty of water, so it must be accurate. I still can't help feeling skeptical though. Like it's too good to be true.
I had to go shopping last night for a formalwear dress for an event this weekend. First I had to try to find a nice bra, because I had to pitch most of my old bras, which no longer fit. I can get my hand inside most of them. This sounds great, but it's actually a little depressing. All the skin is still there, but it's very "loose", since there's not so much filling them up anymore. I always had nice cleavage as a DD, but now the skin is kinda wrinkly in a nice bra. I'm sorry, I realize I'm probably oversharing here, but I hadn't really considered that your skin doesn't shrink really so much as it needs to - so now I have no skin tone. In my early/mid 20s I dropped about 30 pounds, and my skin seemed to shrink pretty quickly as I lost the weight. Now, staring my 40th birthday in the face, I'm discovering that yes, I can lose the weight, but I'm never going to look as good as I did then. That's kinda depressing. IN my clothes I look fine, but OUT of them, not so much.
Sorry to be a party pooper. I really am happy about the weight loss and am grateful for what I've been able to accomplish.
ohmigod, am I a nut job or what. why can't I just be happy about this???
I'm going for a run. I'm sure I'll feel better when I get home....
I'm back from my run. I needed that! Endorphins are a good thing. :) I feel much better now.
Judging from the calendar, I think my emotions this morning are mostly hormonal. So, during my run I decided to look on the bright side.... All the dresses that fit were a size 8. Yay! My shoulders feel much better now that they aren't holding up the weight of those DDs. Yay! I can run for 45 minutes without stopping. Yay! Bright side, Susie, bright side.
Sorry to be such a head case this morning.
Susan
Congratulations, Susan!
You have worked hard and deserve meeting your goal.
As I said before - you are my inspiration! :)
I am 139.2 - exactly the same as last week.
But that's okay, because I am still in my new decade.
One more week to go - I'm very pleased with my results so far.
Lynette
Lynette - I'm so loving your "new decade" outlook. Watching that number flip to the next 10 down is so motivating, isn't it? You're doing great!
Susan
I don't think there is such a thing as oversharing on this forum...Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
I'm really impressed by how dedicated you all are. Any time I try to stick to a weight-loss diet, I obsess about food so much that I wind up eating more than usual. So I just try to focus on portion control, along with a few simple rules like fruits/vegetables/whole grains = good, french fries = bad.
And I'm just now catching up on this thread, so I need to toss out a belated thank you to Amanda for the concept of building a fence and putting the bad behind it. That just might be the mental image I have needed for years to help me get past stuff. So thank you!
I'm updating as we speak. I'm out of town this weekend so apologies if I'm a little later with it than I usually am. And I'll weigh in at home, don't want to use my sister's scale since I have no idea how it compares. Not that I think this will be a good weigh in, but you never know.
And congrats to Susan on making your goal, that is OUTSTANDING!!!
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm8CAodYUC3EPw
This is so exciting! As a group we've lost over 50 lbs so far and that isn't everyone recording yet for the week. Granted I've only contributed 1.5 lbs :rolleyes: but I think we are doing great!
You aunt hinders weight loss? What does she do, bring cake?Quote:
Originally Posted by ASammy1
ohhhhh! You mean your menstrual period!
She may not personally bring me cake, but she makes me want to eat cake!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
Andrea,
After reading your post, I started cruising around the web looking for articles related to food cravings during menstruation. I found this one: http://tinyurl.com/2klgkv It's very straightforward and provides some easy to follow advice. Might be worth giving some of the ideas a try. I particularly liked the advice to try taking more calcium and magnesium. I'm going to give that a try myself!
Susan
Oh wow! Thanks Susan. Great article! Next time I have carb cravings, I can just tell myself I have a brain imbalance!
Lots of good info and I also found it interesting regarding the calcium and magnesium deficiencies.
I would love it if a cake magically appeared every month! It would make the rest of the experience more bearable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
Reporting no change from last week. This is the pits! At least I can start exercising again, which is one good thing