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Down just 1lb (approximately ... I should probably get a digital scale). Seems like not much, given how much more active I've been, and how careful not to overeat even at parties. I'm hoping this pound is just the first of many. Maybe all that activity has tipped me over the threshold I've been stuck at for weeks. Maybe now I can start on another downweight slope ...?
145 lbs - down by 1/2 pound again. Slowly, slowly it's coming off!
172.4- back to where I started a month ago :( I seem to be struggling lately, and just cannot get the scale moving down again-very frustrating. But, I am NOT giving up!
228 - lost the pound gained during trial + 1 more. Yay!!
190.6 lbs.
Up a bit, long week with a cold, little riding, and the kids are home as school is out. Gotta turn it around next week.
179.2
YES! YES! YES! YES! Now I just need to keep this train rollin' . . .
125.5....hmmmm
I bounced back down again: 146.
This week I'm just aiming to maintain. I have my first tri of the season on June 8th. So I'm not going to push losing anything.
135.5. I'm starting to think of this as two steps forward one step back.
-- gnat! (as long as it's net one step forward, it's ok!)
151.5. Yesterday I weighed 150 lbs. Must be water weight or something. Man, I really want to break 150!!
I didn't lose any, but I didn't gain either. So that's a good thing...especially since it's been a really stressful week....month end, house sitting, the International Sales Manager (AKA the mother of satan) has been riding her broom around. Hanging at 177.5.
If any of you have been reading my posts, you know I've been having a really difficult time with my weight lately. That's because I promised myself I would never go back to where I was before. I used to weigh over 300lbs. I worked really hard to lose almost half of that weight.
I guess it's no surprise that 7 years later--after a laparatomy, billateral bunionectomy, marriage, giving birth, and moving--that I have gained 15-20lbs. Some of those old feelings I used to have are coming back. I've been digging through some of my stuff from that time when I initially made the decision to change my lifestyle and to lose weight. I posted a before an after picture on my blog if anyone wants to check it out.
Going through the journals and pictures are reminding how much I have accomplished and that I really am a different person. I won't be going back to that place I was in before, even if I put on a few pounds . . .
Well still hanging in at 149. Getting a little frustrated. I eat fairly well and exercise daily. I ride my bike 20-30 miles M-F, run or hike on the weekends. My measurements are getting bigger too, even at my waist. What is up with that. Here is a sample of what I typically eat, any suggestions to revamp it would be great.
I have Breakfast on my way to work in the car at 5am
B: Zone Bar or Fiber One bar or Cereal without the milk
S: Almonds
L: Usually PBJ with preztles and carrots or left over chicken
S: Fruit or beef jerky or pretzles
D: Some form of meat with either rice or noodles and raw veggie
Thanks and have a great weekend!!
140.4 - another .6 pound gone forever!
A net loss of 3.6 pounds since this challenge began.
A Very Determined Lynette
169.6 for me this week. At least it's in the right direction. I've been good this week, and I'm going to continue to be good, regardless of the outcome. I've learned something lately that may explain why I picked up biking, ramped my miles, and yet still managed to gain almost 30 lbs in the process. But even if I have a reason for the weight gain, it doesn't change the fact that I gained it and I am now responsible for losing it. So I'm going to keep on keeping on!
Limewave - impressive before and afters! That's so awesome that you have your journal to remember that journey. I've found lots of inspiration from my own words from the last time I lost a bunch of weight and kept a journal, too.
Great job everyone who lost this week (so far) - and for those who didn't, just keep at it. I am! :p
It seems to me that you are not eating enough (especially if you are very active). Have some more protein for breakfast in the form of eggs or turkey bacon. Forget those bars...they are usually high in sugar and you end up feeling hungry again. Then for lunch, try to add some variety. Maybe a salad one day, a sandwich the next. Remember, if you don't eat enough, your body will think it is starving so it will overcompensate and start storing everything you eat and hang on to every little piece of fat.Quote:
Well still hanging in at 149. Getting a little frustrated. I eat fairly well and exercise daily. I ride my bike 20-30 miles M-F, run or hike on the weekends. My measurements are getting bigger too, even at my waist. What is up with that. Here is a sample of what I typically eat, any suggestions to revamp it would be great.
I have Breakfast on my way to work in the car at 5am
B: Zone Bar or Fiber One bar or Cereal without the milk
S: Almonds
L: Usually PBJ with preztles and carrots or left over chicken
S: Fruit or beef jerky or pretzles
D: Some form of meat with either rice or noodles and raw veggie
Thanks and have a great weekend!!
Limewave-
You are truly an inspiration! Wow!
CA
Down 1 lb. New weight 139. I started getting more serious about actually journaling my food this week, helps me stay on track better.
158.5
Limewave- that is a major accomplishment! Your story is very inspiring.
Wendy
Limewave, You ROCK!!!
limewave, you are indeed an inspiration! Congrats!
I was at 164 on Friday. ho hum, dee dum . . . I am in my classic pattern of one good loss (week one of this challenge) followed by weeks on end of tiny ups and downs or staying the same. Any time now I should be due for another good loss. Please, please, let it be so.
Updated chart for this week:
http://www.tranquilitysystems.com/ga...4_original.jpg
We are at the half-way point, all! Let's step it up for the last 4 weeks and all post nice losses, k? (says the person with the worst record on the chart!:p)
180.2 - i knew i would be back up this week. UGH. Now, time to reignite the fire. or as my sister and i say "release the athlete within". :)
Ooooh, I like that: "The athlete within"Quote:
Originally Posted by Possegal
I definitely have one of those somewhere under all this flub. I need to release her!
145... no loss this week :confused: I really had a great week and am hitting the gym every day! Probably need to mix it up and do some other kind of exercise. I'm off to the Florida Keys on Sunday for a week of blue water... just hope I can do it without gaining!!
No loss for me either this week, I'm afraid. I actually managed to go up to 208lbs. Bugger. I've been good with the exercise (a pilates class and two hard bike rides), but a bit too efficient with the re-fuelling. I will get some more healthy alternatives for next week, while keeping up with the exercise. Hopefully that helps.
I'm up! Arghhhh! And I was so good this week too. I was really down about it, but DH reminded me that this is not the time to give up--it's time to bring out the big guns (whatever those are?). And, even if I don't lose weight, I feel so much better when I'm eating healthy and that's worth it alone.
181.
171.2 I'll take it! Now, I just want to get below 170.......
Yeah...137 this morning. Next week is vacation, just hope to maintain.
139.6
I have now officially broken my "Goal Weight" for this challenge. It was 140.
I am still very dedicated - I am right on track.
Exercise and eating are "spot on."
I am really going to do this!!!!
I tell you, posting those pictures made all the difference for me.
A Very Determined Lynette
Way to go Lynette! You are inspiring...
but apparently not inspiring me enough to not gain weight on a vacation!
I'm up a bit this week to 167.4
This is a new week!
Jes
Back down to 138 lbs this morning. Definitely happy to be heading in the right direction again.
Congrats on beating your goal weight, Lynette! I've got 3 more lbs to lose to make mine. If the weather cooperates, I bet I can do it.
Kerry
Darn! The measly pound I took off last week was back on again this morning. Sigh. And tomorrow is a neighbor's 60th birthday party. And then Tuesday and Wednesday I have meetings in Oslo -- as in hotel breakfasts, restaurant dinners. This is gonna be a tough week. Double sigh. Still ... thanks for the help, everybody. Maybe with a nudge or two from being on the list I'll manage. Hotel breakfast: Eat the same as I would at home! Don't let the buffet tempt me. Restaurant dinner: A nice salad with vinaigrette dressing can be filling and tasty. And birthday party: Well, it's the weekend. I can put in a couple of long rides or hikes to compensate.
190.0 lbs
At least back on track, the kids schedule and weather are killing my workout rides. Hopefully I'll get a good week in this week.
Congrats to everyone for doing so well.
137.5. Argh.
-- gnat! (don't give up don't give up don't give up)
148.5. Yup, I lost weight, but not because of exercise or eating well...my wisdom teeth have been acting up, so haven't been able to eat anything except for broth and jamba juice. Then got the gum tissue removed yesterday. Good to know though that i'm able to lose weight by not eating! But I am HUNGRY!!
Still hanging in at 149. Still remain focused on my goal of 140. Good luck to everyone.
I took a half step backwards. I haven't had a good week though. Super stressed with work. Not enough exercise and I bought (and consumed) a bag of Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Chunk & Pecan cookies for the first time in years this week. ::sigh:: I've got a very active weekend planned though, and I'm going to get back into my biking routine next week!
I didn't get here yesterday... I was 147, back up one. feh