Roxy are you logging EVERYTHING you eat and drink? I use to think I ate pretty well too, until I took a really good honest look at it.
On the other hand you are paying your therapist to give you advice. Maybe you should listen to her/him.
Veronica
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Roxy are you logging EVERYTHING you eat and drink? I use to think I ate pretty well too, until I took a really good honest look at it.
On the other hand you are paying your therapist to give you advice. Maybe you should listen to her/him.
Veronica
141.6.
Limited exercise this week due to unexplained foot pain on Monday. It seems I strained a muscle/tendon/whatever in my sleep. Anyway it's almost 100% better now, so I can get back to work.
I'd like in please. I'm at my heaviest weight ever, 207, so I am setting a goal of 200. I guess I need to start counting calories or points or just stop eating pure junk not even masquerading as some healthy.
Thank you Possegal for running this thread and doing all the book keeping.
Jones
I tried for the longest time to lose weight and nothing really worked. And like Veronica I thought I ate pretty well until I started to keep a log of every single item I ate. It added up fast..all the little things. Hang in there, you will find what works for you.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
Roxy, find a therapist that specializes in eating disorders or lifestyle management. Preferrably, someone with a holistic background.
116.6 this morning- Yes!! The June vacation pounds are almost gone- can't believe that I have not gotten back down to my goal by now!
This whole weight thing is SO hard sometimes. Danielle, I can't even imagine the degree of life changes you made to get where you are!
Roxy- hang in there!
And I hope everyone else has a successful week. We're entering the cookie season and it's hard to avoid all the temptations out there...
I have to be honest and say, no, I don't record everything. I have in the past, using Lose It and My Fitness Pal. I lost weight using Lose It, but not with My Fitness Pal.
I hatehatehate having to record everything. The one thing I like about South Beach is that there's no measuring or weighing, but I didn't lose any weight on it.
I read a long time ago about a woman who started a physical food diary and as she progressed through day by day recording every meal, her cooking became more elaborate and her decorations of the daily meals turned into photographs and full recipes...she said her diet became better and better because she was devoting so much creative energy to make it beautiful in the journal. Maybe I'll try that.
Roxy
So I forgot to post on Friday...... we're not travelling for the holidays this year, so that means we have much more control over the amount of crap (ie cookies) around and hopefully I can pull this off...
Starting: 177
Goal: 170
186# :(
My official Friday weight on a friend's scale, not first thing in the morning, was 115.2. Ack! Up 3.2 from my low of two weeks ago and up 1.2 from last week. It could be time of the day and the different scales, but still. That is what I get for being in the dumper last week about weight loss!
Busy weekend, behind on updates. Working on them now and will add the link in a few minutes.
OK, below is the link. I'm exhausted right now, so could be some errors. Let me know if I need to correct, or if I missed some first weights from folks that posted them before the weekend. I promise to be more coherent next weekend. :)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...EVWbW5yT3doS0E
Looks good. Thanks!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Possegal
172/160 for me.
I am in. The last several months have been really hard. It meant a lot to me to have the members of this forum be so supportive and caring while my sister was ill. She passed away October 15th, and I stress ate everything in sight and cut way back on my exercise during this time. I am doing a little better now, started exercising more, and am trying to eat healthy food, although I am having trouble getting my sweet tooth back under control. I was 143 on November 4th and I want to be 135 at the end of the year. That will about get me back to where I was last August. Pledge: I stopped logging my food - and pledge to log every bit during this challenge period!
Possegal - thank you so much for doing this and I hope you heal up soon. I have had that feeling about wrapping myself with bubble wrap too!
klesko - I'm so sorry about your sister. Your description of your last weeks reminds me of a sort of joke my one sister and I have. After our mother died, then after our sister was diagnosed with lung cancer, we both joked "well we've numbed our pain with food all our lives, why stop now." We both knew that wasn't the way to deal, but it was a hard habit to break. I hope you can find your rhythm again with the eating and exercising. We all know ultimately that makes us feel so much better. But then that chocolate bar calls our name.
Take care of yourself and we are here anytime you need us!
Count me in. I will just say that my goal is to get into a range that is about 10 lbs less than where I am right now. I will still weigh in and report change, if there is any. I've had to back off on the fitness and consequently have developed some pudge (because my brain still thinks I'm running 40+ mpw). Also some hormone stuff going on, which isn't helping. I might find at the end of December that my goal is not possible given my current activity level and (lack of) motivation to change my eating habits, but I need an incentive to at least try. I'm the heaviest I've been in several years.
(((klesko))). I am so, so sorry about your sister. Please know that your TE friends are here for you.
Yes - this. Big hug to you.Quote:
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klesko - I'm so very sorry to hear about your sister. Ditto the big hugs to you!
My starting weight (on Saturday or Friday...I forget which) was 147.1
I've figured out exactly why I've stopped losing weight even though I'm still paleo. Paleo treats are still treats and I'm eating too many of them and they are stalling my loss. What I can't decide, is if I should remove them and keep losing, or stay where I am for a couple more weeks. I'm starting a challenge on another forum in mid-November, so I will DEFINITELY remove them then. What I don't know is if I should start now or wait (so that my before/after contrast is better for that competition). Decisions, decisions....
Roxy - I hate, hate, hate logging food, too. It worked for me the first time I got serious and lost a bunch of weight, but when I eventually gained it back, I just couldn't get motivated to do it again.
I see you struggling with a lot of the same things I struggled with so I'm going to throw this out there because it helped me so much: Would you consider trying paleo? 30-days and you could see huge improvements in your weight loss, but more importantly, in how you approach food (which is why I'm staying on it...the weight loss is just a bonus). I know it seems extreme to some people, but if you were ok with South Beach, this might not seem so far-fetched to you. 30 days isn't a very long time and it might just be the kick in the pants your body needs.
Anyway, I swore that when I started this that I'd not become a paleo-preacher, so I won't sing it's praises again. If you are interested, there are two resources I will suggest. One is the book The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf. It's by far the best intro to paleo eating out there as it explains the science in a non-scientific way AND it's amusing to read. Secondly, I've known lots of people in real life who have had great success following the Whole-30 approach. It's 30 days of strict paleo to kind of 're-set' your body. After the 30-days, you can experiment with the addition of foods to see you react to them.
I've totally slacked off again!! And plan on getting back in the game soon. I need to get committed and stay committed. I haven't weighed myself in weeks. I know I'm still up from lowest, which I believe was 149. But I can't be doing too bad, all my jeans seem to fit okay. I'm going to have to be brave and get on the scale this Friday ;)
Friday's weight: 147.
I'm new around here, but can I please join in too?
My current weigh is 60 kg (132 lbs), target is 57 (126 lbs).
Hi Bikerkippie, welcome! Now you have me thinking of Belgian chocolate. And moules frites. And all those wonnnnderful Belgian beers ... :D
OK, where was I? Oh, right - weight management.
I had my Weight Watchers weight in this morning, it was a quick in & out because I had a conference call a little bit later.
I weighed in at 155.8
Turns out I reached my 5% milestone! Yay!!
When people reach a milestone (such as a certain % of total body weight lost, or # of pounds lost) it's announced at the meeting and the milestone-ers get some cheers and pats on the back. And maybe a trinket depending on the milestone (I think I get a sticker ...).
Since I couldn't stay for the meeting today, I get my recognition next week.
But ... what if I show up next week and it turns out I gained a bit back ... will they deny me my cheers and my sticker ?
OMG the pressure. :eek:
No weigh in this week, on a trip and have no scale. I feel fat this morning though. :(
205.5 Last Week (Thursday).... 204 today ..
I "may" go on a strict Salad White Meat (Fish,Chicken,Turkey) only diet starting tomorrow until Thursday and try to lose 3lbs by Friday. Not sure Though. I am not dieting at all....just eating a bit more healthier. B,L,D with snacks in between and at night. Water.... and of course Gym at least 4 days a week. I may just stick with what I am doing..it is working....slowly..but sometimes thats better.
146.5. Slowly melting, I am close to goal so I kind of expected to slow to a crawl on loss. :)
it's weigh in day, yes? 141.8 today. Maintaining well.
116.2- inching back toward my goal.
Doing a big event next weekend: 111 miles of El Tour de Tucson, so I expect I'm going to see my weight go back up though, with the pre-ride eating and the post-ride gain as well, so I'm mentally preparing to see the scale go up again.
Klesko, hugs.
Welcome Bikerkippie. This is a good support network
174.
Have FUN at ETT AzFiddle!
GLC, thank you for those links! I'm reading through the Whole 30 pages now and it looks like something I could do. I like the no nonsense approach. No cheating, no slips ("...unless you physically trip and your face lands in a box of donuts..." - ha).
I like the idea of a reset, though, so thank you.
This morning: 232.8
Roxy
142.0.
Foo Fighters concert tonight!!!! I will look much better in skinny jeans that I did a couple of months ago. Also, in honor of this week's 40th anniversary of the release of Led Zeppelin IV, I will accent my outfit with the Robert-Plant inspired lightning bolt necklace that I have had since I was in junior high school. Rock and roll!!!!
Awesome, I love it!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
147.0 today. I'm actually really pleased with no change as this is exactly what I am shooting for this week and next. After that, I start a holiday challenge where I will begin working the fat off again, so for right now my goal is to hold steady. :)
no change..still at 135
I had a really great weight loss week. I ate pretty clean and used the "lose it!"
app on my phone to count and track everything I ate, I think it worked. Today I weighed in at 201.
Excellent. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
Staying at 140 which is okay. Sure I would like to lose about another 5 pounds...but I am just as happy that I didn't gain any.
174.
Happy with that, now just have to keep it up :)
OMG that was the best concert I've ever been to. They're coming back for a show at the 9:30 Club here in DC. Anyone want to go with me??
Oh, and just to bring this on topic, I did not overeat today. I had an early dinner so I wouldn't wind up buying arena food. :D