March/April weight loss thread

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Originally Posted by kjay

Sundial, I looked all over for a previous post from you but then realized there was none. However, you are on the chart. :-)

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I just added her to the chart. :) I'm that fast!


http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...Y5pbsKDg&hl=en

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Originally Posted by sundial

'Kay, Maillotpois and I have the same weight loss goals. :) Count me in.

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It's like you're a stalker. :cool:

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Originally Posted by kjay

Yes, you, Maillotpois, and I have the same goal weight, and Maillotpois and I have the same current weight; however I'm aware that she's one tough biker, so that explains why I'm all flab and she's all muscle. :D

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'SNORT!!!

I am down 4% body fat from end of December; however, there's still plenty of flab on me (75% fat free!). :D

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Originally Posted by maillotpois

I need to drink less wine for sure. :rolleyes:

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You and me both! Had a wee bit much on Saturday night, and boy did I pay for it yesterday....:D I got through my swim lesson, but totally skipped out of my run. Did it this morning instead!

I tried giving up wine, but then considered the whole "quitting is for quitters" thing.

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Originally Posted by tofu

I tried giving up wine, but then considered the whole "quitting is for quitters" thing.

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Hah! Love it. My new excuse.

Let's march on, Pinot in hand, NOT being quitters. :p

I weigh 178.3. I'm closer to my goal than I realized. :)

Maillotpois, I don't drink wine. My downfall will be.....cookies! :D

I think I'm down a pound (144 from 145) but I'm having scale issues (I need to just buy another one, but I'm afraid...) so I'm waiting to see if it sticks.

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Originally Posted by jobob

May I join? :o

I had a body composition analysis done this past Saturday (I stood on a scale-like contraption which used electrical impedance to determine the amounts of lean body mass and body fat I'm lugging about). The results were not pretty. :p

Weight: 163.6 lbs <--- you can use that as my Friday 3/6 start weight
BMI: 25.6
Lean body mass: 108.2 lbs
Body fat mass: 55.4 lbs
Percent body fat: 33.9 :eek:
(which makes me 66.1 percent fat-free, but it doesn't sound good that way either).

They suggest I lose 23 lbs of fat, while retaining my lean body mass. Now, I was 140 lbs a few years back and everyone told me I was looking gaunt (or, as my gyno put it, "Honey, when you get to be our age, it comes off our faces first" ) so a bit under 150 is more reasonable for me.

So my short-term goal for the end of April is 155, or a little over a pound per week.

(I plan to get another composition analysis/LT test done sometime in June and I hope to be between 145-148 by then.)

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Jobob - are you bottom heavy like I am? I ask because I've found that the impedance scale can be a bit off if your weight is skewed. A friend and I did a comparison (this was 5 years ago, but it was still interesting). I'm bottom heavy - I carry all my weight in my legs and butt. My friend is top heavy and carries hers in her gut and boobs. We both used an impedance scale and then the hand-held impedance measurement. I measured higher bf with the scale, she measured higher with the hand-held. When I took the average of the two, it more closely matched the caliper measurement I had done the following year. So just bear in mind that if you are bottom heavy, your numbers could be showing up as a little worse than they really are when using the scale... Of course, if you keep using the same scale and only concern yourself with relative changes, then it's all good. :)

Might be away from the computer tomorrow, so I'll post my weigh in today:
263.2. Down 2.4 pounds for the week and down a whole cup size from January:(. Who said you lose weight from your face when you get older? I wish!

I've lost almost 2 cup sizes, but I consider it a blessing. Clothing fits better, I have more sports bra options and my shoulders don't hurt as much. But, I had a fair bit to start with, so even though I've lost a bunch, I'm still chesty. I guess it all depends on where you start from. :D

Congrats on the great start to the challenge!!

Susan

No matter what I weigh I never lose it in my chest... When I was a 125 lb size 2 ballet dancer I still wore a DD cup! I looked like I was about to topple over. As a teenager, it was a nightmare trying to find clothes. Tops that my friends wore looked so cute on them, but I looked trashy. Having big boobs isn't all it's cracked up to be...

Well, yes, it is a burden having a big chest, but I'm gonna look awfully funny when my, um, back cleavage is bigger than my front! My behind is already smaller than my belly. I'm feeling beyond freakish.

I'm praying to lose some of my chest. My sister and I are about the same weight, but she has a small chest. I look so much bigger than her. I hate the girls. :) Lately, I don't seem to lose it there. So if/when I make it to where I'm comfortable, if I'm still this big, I'm going for a reduction!