197.8
Slowing eaking my way down.
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197.8
Slowing eaking my way down.
134 today. Happy the number is lower, but I won't be convinced of real weight loss until I'm down a few more.
Forgot to weigh in today.
Yesterday's weight had me up a bit. :(
So I'll try to remember to weigh and post this weekend.
As usual the scale is not moving much at all!
I weighed in at 145.
M
126.5
While it's really fun to type that number, I'm fairly certain I'm just dehydrated. I did my first 11 mile run yesterday morning and I'm behind the curve on re-hydrating. I've only seen that number one other time on my scale, 6-7 weeks ago, and I think I was dehydrated then too. :o
Hopefully I can lose it "for real" on next week's bicycling vacation. Discipline at the rest stops will be my challenge. OBR has some of the best rest stops of any organized ride I've ever done, and it's really easy to overindulge on all the goodies they put out for the riders.
Susan
Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
Discipline is remembering what you really want. :D
Veronica
Ain't that the truth, girlfriend. Ain't that the truth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
Of course, sometimes I really *want* that extra cookie. :p
Susan
245
Just thought I'd do a report:
11 inches lost in 8 weeks! :)
(includes hips, waist, upper arm, and thigh)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
You are on vacation. However, in spite of that, the calories DO count. But a week of small indulgences will not totally dis-rail you. Enjoy your vacation! While in Maine I ate a lot of Maine specific food that is not exactly healthy - cream horns come to mind. :D I always want to come back weighing the same as when I left; and that made me go run some mornings while on vacation.
Veronica
Mmmm, creme horns....
168.9 for me today. :D
It's working, it's working! In fact, I saw that number, blinked twice, and then smiled. Then after finishing the chores, I *almost* decided to stop at a coffee shop for breakfast on my way into work. I managed to eventually talk myself off the ledge. I did pull a fresh loaf of my own zucchini bread out of the freezer and a slice of that will be my 'splurge'. Sooooo much better (tasting and for me) than coffee shop pastries/baked goods!
It's all about choices...and making the right ones often enough to see results. ;)
I only eat them in Maine, same thing with Whoopie Pies. There's something unique about the filling of Maine creme horns.Quote:
Originally Posted by GLC1968
And Italians... I think it's the bread. At least they aren't too bad, other than all the bread. Yeah, trips to Maine are a nutritional nightmare.
Veronica
I don't even know what a creme horn is. And that's probably a good thing. :)
GLC - way to go! Little changes yield big results.
Susan
Flaky crust with a hollow center, filled with a sugary creme filling... my sister makes sure she has some on hand for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
And yes, good job GLC. I was distracted by thoughts of creme horns. I wonder if there is a recipe for them in my Grange cookbook...
Veronica
staying put this week (214.6), but not surprising considering the lack of cycling/exercise this week. aiming high for next week, but August will be a busy month with company every week-end (and that always means I'll be baking lots of cakes). Luckily all the company are expecting lots of hiking so the exercise bit will be easy.
Yes, you do not know what you are missing and you should definitely keep it that way!Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
I feel the same about Biscuitville and milkshakes from CookOut (two restaurants in NC that everyone raved about, which I refused to try!).
ok..I am up 2 lbs this week... 245.2
It is not from the lack of exercise. I looked back and 4 days I had very few "net" calories so I think my body went into starvation mode.
I will work hard on that this week.
140 this morning - I guess all that walking in DC made up for the eating.:)
155... well! I'm down!
137.5. Recovering from hamstring strain + ITBS so I'm only allowed limited exercise and I guess I haven't adjusted my eating down to compensate.
did my almost double century, but still not much loss.. 66.9kg/147lbs but i'm now 2 lbs from my end of august goal!!
Glad you finished your long ride, good for you!
Been adding in the updates!
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...6HkNrOqg&hl=en
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k...qg&output=html
How does this work? I can't ride right now, but I want to lose weight very badly.
Do people here want to lose weight for an aesthetic thing? Health reasons? providing your eating healthily and riding your bike it shouldn't really matter!
This is coming from someone who has been 69kg, then 35kg, and now healthily in the middle.
It started out as a health decision. I am at high risk for developing Type II diabetes due to my three rounds of gestational diabetes (including one pregnancy that required insulin). I had always done the yo-yo diet thing - lost 40 and regained 25, etc. After my brother passed away unexpectedly at 47, I decided to make real lifestyle changes. I began to focus on healthy eating and decided to try bike riding since my DH loved it so much. He had lost 40lbs by eating right and cycling like a maniac. When I began to seriously cycle in September of last year, the weight came off and I could still eat enough to not feel like I was on a diet. I now ride between 140 and 180 miles a week and have become a decent cyclist. In December of last year, I finally hit a normal BMI for the first time in over 20 years. Now, I want to lose the last pounds to be a better cyclist. I am happy with the way I look and feel great, so I am just trying to focus on making wiser food choices. I still struggle with the emotional eating issues but I find being part of this group helps me to think about the long-term goals instead of the immediate craving.Quote:
Do people here want to lose weight for an aesthetic thing? Health reasons? providing your eating healthily and riding your bike it shouldn't really matter!
This is coming from someone who has been 69kg, then 35kg, and now healthily in the middle.
ABeezles, I should give you the benefit of the doubt, but this really seems like a trolling question on a thread titled "July/August Weight Loss Thread." Clearly, before opening the thread, you could tell that most posters would be discussing losing weight. Why is it necessary to question their motivations?Quote:
Originally Posted by ABeezles
Personally, I have absolutely no shame is saying that I am trying to lose weight primarily (although not solely) for cosmetic reasons. At 5'6" and 137ish, my BMI is 22, which is perfectly healthy. However, I'm heavier than I've been my entire adult life. I'm 29 and my "set-point" has been in the low 120s since maybe age 18. I had a number of stressful life situations over the past two years and put on over 20 pounds (I was up to 144.5). I'm still not "fat" by the "average American" scale, but you had better believe that I notice the extra weight all the time (not only because I ballooned from a size 4 to a size 10, but I notice it when I wake up in the morning and I"m lying on my arm, and my arm isn't lean and hard, and I notice it hugely when I climb hills on my bike and when running). I also am considering a marathon in a little under a year, and I want to drop the weight before I begin serious training so I will have a chance at my goal time. Everyone has a right to decide her own ideal weight without a complete stranger sticking his or her nose in and suggesting that it's unnecessary, shallow, or disordered.
/Rant
I never suggested that any individual's weight loss was unnecessary, shallow or disordered. And indeed, beside my theory for health at any size I am sure there are people who genuinely would like to lose weight here for health reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by liza
And despite you stating that I am sticking my nose in, I haven't directly commented on anyone's post, merely stated that—far out—there is a number fixation here. And just that in my experience (and in that of a number of female AND male cyclists that I train with) this has resulted in them doing damaging things to themselves.
I am not accusing anyone of doing damaging things to themselves on this forum, as mentioned above, I am merely suggesting that perhaps there is another way at looking at things. That is all.
I suppose I shouldn't continue this discussion here since it's a distraction to the thread. However, I would again draw your attention to the fact that the thread title is "weight loss challenge" and it's laid out in the first post that a spreadsheet will be maintained to help motivate posters to achieve their goals. It's nice that you have an approach that works for you, but it's inappropriate for you to barge in on this thread where posters are supporting each other in working toward their goals and suggest that it looks like "numbers fixation."
If you want to start your own thread about your "fit at any size" theory, go ahead, but this thread is really not the place to proselytize.
Well I have been SO sidetracked for awhile! I missed the end of the last challenge, and totally missed the first part of this one! I'll keep up for the next one! Come fall I'm ready to focus again on maintaining or losing a little weight, instead of gaining again!
GOOD WORK EVERYONE!
Jes
We just keep a running spreadsheet here with our weights, and our goal for the 8-week period. People check in every week and I update the chart. For me, it sort of helps me be accountable (though so far I've not been too successful, but I still believe I will be) and also folks here are all in the same boat so they all have some good advice and always a lot of encouragement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Little Lyon
We do this in 8-week increments, so as we near the end of this one, I'll post a new thread that will have the next 8-weeks and people will post if they want to join in and I'll add them in.
You can join in any time though, just by giving the current weight. You can give a goal weight too, but some folks find that doesnt' help them and we're OK with that too. Basically, just here to help in any way. :)
I think that walking fast 45 minutes to an hour every day is probably one of the most effective weight loss regimens I ever did. I could do it anywhere I wanted, every day. I also watched my calorie intake overall, but that should go without saying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Little Lyon
Perhaps not, but honestly, coming into THIS particular thread and questioning our motivation is a bit rude.Quote:
Originally Posted by ABeezles
Yes, in theory, exercising and eating well should make us all healthy individuals. And that's great if you've figured that out for yourself. But there are many of us who find that tracking our weight is as good a number as any to track. There is no 'fixation' here. Hell, look back over the past year of these posts and see how we all have been on and then off again. It's not an obsession by any stretch of the imagination - we are purely looking for camaraderie and motivation here.
And seriously, I'm 5'4" and according to BMI, I'm 30 lbs overweight. According to MY personal goals, I'm 40 lbs overweight. According to the charts and what is 'normal' for my height, I'm 50 lbs overweight. Gee... do I need to lose weight? Aestheticly? For health? For performance? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. :rolleyes:
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by GLC1968
Well said.
I have to agree with the above post as well. I have participated in the other challenges the past few months, just took this one off as I have a lot going on in my life right now. I find it rude to to ask a question like that. People are participating in this for a variety of reasons. I enjoy it for the support..either to recieve it or provide it.
65.8kg this week.
(I should have gone to the gym right before dinner instead of right after... :p)
I weighed myself on Wednesday morning and was very happy, then today I'm up a pound again. Bugger. But I'll keep at it. Today's weigh-in at 215.2. Will definitely need to do that bike ride this week-end.
Down from last week (which I forgot to officially report since my weight was up).
Not making much progress.
123.4
I don't think I'll hit my goal!:(
246
damndamndamn
Staying steady. Exactly the same as last week.
Time to ramp it up again! Wheeeeee!!!!!!