September/October weight loss challenge

Sorry, forgot to post. Crazy busy at the moment!

141.6 yesterday, fluctuating down, but keeping things just right. Except that I need to get more exercise. (And getting invited for lunch at a Thai restaurant is bound to have done some damage. As is my recent lowbush cranberry [lingonberry] muffin baking activity.)

6 weeks recovery after abdominal surgery seems to be a realistic measure. It's just over 7 weeks now, and for the last week I've felt great physically. Better than before! (And I'm nearly 10 pounds down.)

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Originally Posted by ny biker

Today I weigh 143.6. Probably because I slept late and weighed myself around noon -- I always weigh less when I sleep late.

But still, up a 1 lb in a day, then down 2 lbs in a day. Nuts.

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I've come to see that as completely normal.

Ooops..forgot to post..

i'm at 57.4kg not too far away from that elusive first goal...

Sorry i forgot to post. 187 though I don't know how because not riding and stress has made me eat through my fridge twice this week. I'm really lacking willpower and commitment maybe next week will be better.

I have a 2-day bachelorette party, a wedding, an adventure race, and an anniversary this week.

Who wants to send me text messages every 30 minutes to help keep me focused on my goal? :o

I may not be weighing in this Friday.

Down a couple of pounds 169.8. yeah!

116

Continuing the plateau. Ate too much at a picnic with neighbors yesterday. :(

Off for a nice long bike ride.

152, seems to have started moving again.

When I started back on WW on 8/29 I took my measurements, this is something very motivating you can do if the scale seems to be moving slower. I like to take them once a month so I did these changes as of Monday (near beginning of the month and 5 weeks in).

Weight: -11
Arms: -.5”
Hips: -1.53”
Bust: -1.75” (Even though as a D cup I have plenty on top, hope this is back fat!)
Waist: -1.5”
Dress Size: Dropped from 12 to 10
Thighs: -1.25” (my stubborn area, I carry much weight here)

This morning I'm 230.6. Yay!

I weighed in this week on Wednesday before I left at 147.0. Not much of a drop, but I'm pretty certain that I'm lower now (but with no scale to prove it!).

120.4 so not much change. Oh well.

175 - slow and steady.

143. Just did so-so on my eating plan this week, but had a GREAT workout week. Now that I've started my IM training (7 days in) I think - I hope! - to start to see some real movement.

weekly updating now

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

144.4 this morning. Was 147 on Monday and Tuesday.

Two weeks of crappy weather cut into my exercise somewhat, but I don't think that's really what's going on.

159.4 ... 4.6 lbs down, woo hoo.

And I'm starting to see & feel a difference. Excellent. :cool:

The new WW plan is working out really well for me. It's not difficult at all for me to stay within my daily allowance, and the weekly allowance gives me the opportunity to splurge a bit, so I'm not feeling deprived. I don't do deprivation well.

On Saturday (while practically everyone else in the Bay Area was riding Levi's Gran Fondo), LeeBob and I took advantage of the glorious weather & drove down to Monterey & Big Sur.

Naturally, we stopped off at our usual feeding spots -- a sweet little cafe in Carmel, and the restaurant at the Ventana Inn in Big Sur, high atop the bluffs overlooking the ocean.

We splurged and I figured I would worry about the points later. But that said, we (Lee is doing this with me, like he has a choice, heh heh) made some reasonably well-informed choices. By reasonably well-informed I mean we opted for side salads instead of fries or potato salad, and I asked for my dressing on the side and had very little of it, and didn't touch the bread. Eh, small steps. That didn't prevent me from thoroughly enjoying a luscious crock of French onion soup along with my noble salad. And at the Ventana Inn, we were going to split a dessert, but we ended up each getting one. But you know, it was well worth it, and I took it easy on the points the rest of the day.

Tallying it all up (and hopefully way overestimating the amt of points), I didn't make that huge of a dent in my weekly points allowance. I generally stay under my daily allowance so I figured this one splurge wasn't going to mess it up too badly.

And I lost nearly 2 lbs this week, so that approach seems to have worked.

Yay, Jobob!! It's nice when the scale confirms our hard work, isn't it?

134.

I had been doing great - down to 221, but popped back up to 224. I think it's salt/water retention, but not sure.

In any case - no change this week. Going to do light exercise today - sore throat and feeling crappy:(

117.6 ... just maintaining still

178.

meh. I've been within a pound or two of that for three weeks now, so something needs to shake up this week. Maybe a few more weights, watch portions a bit more. Going out for a family-style Sichuan dinner for a friend's birthday tomorrow and not planning on practicing any restraint there, so we'll see.....

141.6 today. After a week close to 140.

I'm a bit lax with eating and only did one longer ride in the cold. Finding ways to step up exercise is the task for the rest of the month.

221.2 the past two weigh ins. The way work is these days i suppose I should just be happy I'm not gaining more.

More updates

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

231.4

I dunno.

Roxy

I am 138.2 At least I stopped gaining.

187 still I'm not motivated and I feel super lame. Ok time to start tracking again

After reading the last few pages I'm glad to see a lot of people doing well that's inspiring

It's Friday!

I am at 114.5. Down a pound and a half and I think maybe out of my plateau. Maybe I will reach my 114 goal. Cross fingers. Watch the brownies. Exercise. :)

231.6 today. Been sick most of the week. Seems like I'm eating everything in sight!

121.0 today. Not likely to make my final goal, but at least it's going in the right direction...

150.5.

I took much of this week off from working out (was run down) but I tried my darndest to keep my eating in check. Appears to have worked. Back on the hard efforts this week, I am just a little over a month from my first mountain bike marathon!

221 this week. After having a cold at the end of last week/beginning of this week I'll take it. Did manage to at least walk on the sick days, but still....

166.2 this morning... Plugging away... ;)

159.2, down a whopping 0.2.

I'd ordinarily not bother with tenths of a pound but I'm posting my official WW weigh-in weight. Yeah, that's it.

The next weigh-in will be interesting. DH and I are heading up to wine country this weekend for the Asti Tour di Vine; if last year was any indication, there'll be numerous rest stops stocked with delicious treats. And an excellent after-ride lunch. At a winery. Ruh-roh. :cool:

235 even.

I'm still retaining a lot of water. My bloodwork came back with a couple of flags - high LDL (by 13 points) and high BUN (by 3 points), but everything else was normal. My mom, a retired RN, is concerned about kidney problems because they run in the family and I have a history of stones that required surgery and kidney pain in June that I didn't have checked out because by the time I had an appointment, it was gone. For the last week or so, my left leg has been so swollen by the end of the day that my skin feels tight and a couple of times I've lain in the bed with my feet up on the wall. (My right leg is a little swollen, too, but not as bad as the left.) My face is also so puffy in the mornings that I look like I've been stung by bees. Neither of these things are normal and have only come on since I stopped the blood pressure meds two weeks ago Tuesday. My bp, though, is solidly in the normal range - mid120s/mid60s.

I'm sending this same message to my MD.

Roxy

133.0. It's been tough to bike with the cold, windy weather we've been having up here. Time to get on the exercycle, I guess, although it'll be hard to stay motivated for that.
DonnaS

142.6.

Given my 1-step-forward-2-steps-back history, I'm cautiously optimistic. I was able to exercise almost every day last week, which has not happened in quite a while.

138.... :o :mad:

Yes we hosted a conference this week and yes I ate things I shouldn't have...but I didn't gain anything over the conference.

Unsure what is going on...probably a combination of things.

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Originally Posted by jobob

159.2, down a whopping 0.2.

I'd ordinarily not bother with tenths of a pound but I'm posting my official WW weigh-in weight. Yeah, that's it.

The next weigh-in will be interesting. DH and I are heading up to wine country this weekend for the Asti Tour di Vine; if last year was any indication, there'll be numerous rest stops stocked with delicious treats. And an excellent after-ride lunch. At a winery. Ruh-roh. :cool:

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You do get an allowance, you can behave the rest of the days. :) Have fun, that sounds amazing!

143. No change, but my jeans feel a little less snug, so I'm cautiously optimistic. :-) I've been spot on my training plan for the past 14 days, so I'm feeling pretty good. Tired, but good. :-)