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Yippee! Still making progress! 213.6 this week, which means I've kept loosing nearly a pound a week for a month! Long way to go yet to reach my ultimate goal, or even the goal for this challenge, but I can see progress and I can feel progress too in how my fitness is improving (slowly).
176 still. Dang :( This is tough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
150.5, halfway
:)
Please put me down for 147.
Thanks,
Lynette
I'm down to 189! :D
I'm thinking about getting one of those fancy scales that show fat percentages, muscle mass, ect. I did do a search, but searching is not my strength and I couldn't find anything. So do any of you have one? Are they worth the bucks? Good brands? Bad brands? Thanks bikerHen
142.6 - back in the right direction
bikerhen - i have a taylor body fat scale, but i dont take much stock in its accuracy. readings are too sporadic.
congrats to all you who are consisting losing weight.
Sorry for the delay today. Had to go to a funeral. :( Yucky day!
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I apologize for being late as well. It also was a bad week. Couldn't stay out of the chocolate I bought DH for Valentine's Day. My Bad!
155 Ewwwwwwwwwwww
Roxy, you are doing great!
Bikerhen,
we have a Tanita scale that my daughter left with us when she went to spend the year in England. It seems to be pretty reliable and gives the fat percentage. You program it for your age and gender. And it keeps telling me I'm losing weight, so I'm happy :D
That's just the kind of scale I want! One that tells me I'm losing weight!!:D bikerHenQuote:
Originally Posted by azfiddle
I was 130 last Friday.
Clearly won't be making my 127 goal, but the truth is that I've not been trying very hard these past 2 months.
On the plus side, though, I hit my WW goal of 130 pounds at the beginning of May 2009, and although I've bobbed around 130 +/-3 pounds since then, I'm still at WW goal.
But, if I want to lean up for my summer events, I really need to get focused again.
I heard an interesting story on NPR this morning about weight loss and leptin levels in your brain. In short, when you lose weight, your leptin levels decline. Leptin controls your brain's emotional responses to food, so as you lose leptin, your brain seems to signal that you need more food. It was very interesting. You can read it here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=123894109
Susan
Much to my great surprise, I weighed this afternoon BEFORE weight lifting and spinning, to find my weight down to 147.8!!!!!!!!!!
Of course there is no telling what it will be like on Friday - I've noted before that usually when I don't work out over the weekend that my weight drops anywhere from 2-5 pounds by Monday. This has never made sense to me...
175.
It looks like I will be making my goal this time - just as long as things don't bounce up by tomorrow...
Are we doing a March/April challenge? Do we just keep this going throughout the year with 2-month challenges? I am finding this helpful.
Me too :D 174.6 this morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
Posting early as I'll be out of town for the weigh-in.
I'm down to 114.8- getting closer to my final goal.
But it will be a challenging weekend to stay on track - mainly playing music and socializing with not much chance for any exercise ...
How do you know what your ideal weight is really?
Roxy
Roxy, I'm using the weightwatcher's guidelines to determine my "ideal" weight. I think they have a good handle on it- but they do give a range for your height.
For my rather short height (5'1"), the range is 105-128. My original goal was 121, but when I got there, I felt there was still too much fat, especially around my middle, for my small frame. So I've readjusted my goal to 110-112. For the first time in my adult life, I feel like I'm close to a proportional weight for my height, and the cycling has added fitness as well as weight loss.
Sharon
Thanks, Sharon.
I'm 5' 4.5", but I don't know what size my frame is. I've been so heavy for so long...I really don't know. I've been over 200 lbs since, oh, um...1996.
When I was in college, I weighed about 130, but I was so unhealthy. I lived on Diet Coke and Hershey bars and never ever exercised. I dropped an 8am aerobics class because it was just too early in the morning for me.
I just don't know what my ultimate goal is here. Interim goals, okay. I'm down to 227 today. I think if I can keep up the diet and exercise and general self-care, I can get to 200 by the end of the school year. I'd like to be under 200 by June 1. There, I said it.
Another little bonus this week: I wore a shirt I loved a few months ago. It's this deep burgundy red, 3/4 sleeve, v-neck, cotton t-shirt, size 2X...and it was way too big on me this week. Seriously, I looked frumpy.
I'm donating it and a bagful of clothes to the women's shelter. Clothes that are too big for me. That's a first. Ha!
Roxy
Let's go ahead and put me in as 154.6! That puts me under my goal and a happy girl. I had been weighing daily, but I have been trying to back off and focus on my nutrition with my new nutritionist. I am feeling bloated, so I am going to stick with today's weight and not agonize over having to weigh in tomorrow.
I worked with my nutritionist to come up with a goal. She thinks that body fat percentage is as important as the weight, but she thinks I can get down to 140-145 and lower my body fat to be at my best athletically. I started really thinking about it when I hit above 180 in october. I am certainly trying toget down to that weight without getting too frustrated :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by channlluv
Roxy - that is SO awesome. Congratulations!! I think the goal you set for June 1st is very reasonable and attainable.Quote:
Originally Posted by channlluv
I have *one* recommendation, though, and that is that you keep ONE piece of clothing that fit you when you were at your largest. I've given away almost everything that I've shrunk out of, but I kept my biggest pair of size 16 jeans. Whenever I'm really struggling with staying on track, or I need a "you can do this Susan, you know you can" sort of self-motivational boost, I go up to my bedroom and I put on those size 16 jeans. When I see them puddle in a heap around my ankles, sliding right off my size 6 hips, my determination to stick with it is always renewed. Maybe your formerly-favorite burgundy top could serve that function for you?
azfiddle - I agree - I think the WW ranges are very reasonable, and coverage a broad range of body types and ages. For my height (5'4"), the range they recommend is 117 to 146, which they define as an estimated BMI range of 20-25%. I set my original goal at 130, right smack in the middle. I'm 129.5 right now, and this is a healthy weight for me, but I'm not really "lean" at this weight. I've recently reset my WW goal to 125, which I think will put me at a lean but healthy weight for the upcoming racing season. (I was 126.5 at my lightest last summer). I expect I'll let my weight drift back to 130 again over the winter during the off-season. That will let me indulge a little over the holidays while still being in a healthy range.
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Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
+1 on the CONGRATULATIONS and the recommendation
I have a size 28 jeans that I keep in the attic. It's motivating, encouraging, and self-esteem booster to pull them out once in awhile.
Are you talking about BMI or body fat percentage? Or are they the same thing? And what's healthy?
Thank you for the congratulations and the recommendation to save a piece of too-big clothes. I'll do that.
Roxy
Roxy,
This is a good place to start reading for more info.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/
Susan
geezthatwasdepressing
But thank you for sharing the link. I've got a long, long way to go.
Roxy
Congratulations. I always keep a close eye on your weight loss because when you started we were with in a few pounds of each other and now you weigh more than 10 lbs less than me.:D It is really inspiring to see others results when we started in the same place.Quote:
Originally Posted by kacie tri-ing
I was looking at your goal weight and trying to figure out what my goal weight should be, I was wondering if you would mind sharing how tall you are.
Keep up the good work.
You can put me down as 148.2 and I've reached this particular goal :p
Been offline for the day, pardon me while I catch up, lots of posts. :)
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And yes, there will be a March/April chart. I'll start a thread next week for folks to chime in if they want to be on it, and we will weigh for that chart next Friday, the 5th of March.
Lots of pink on this chart - way to go ladies, you are all very inspiring!
Thanks! I had no idea we were weight loss buddies!!!! I feel like we should have a friendship bracelet of something ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones
These 10 have been slow and tough!!! I have a feeling the next 10 will be even slower! But I am not quite ready to give up (even though I just had more dinner than I should considering....)
I am 5'7.5" and when you are doing weight loss stuff every half and inch counts!
What are you doing to cut calories/fat? Any particular program?
Hey, if we're getting TE buddy bracelets, I want one, too. Susan, what do you think? It should say something cool and inspirational, something to help keep us on track when we're facing situations like I was today, craving ice cream. I even went to Trader Joe's freezer to see what they might have in single serve something, but I ended up getting bananas instead.
It was not as satisfying. I still want vanilla ice cream. But tomorrow is weigh-in.
Roxy
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Originally Posted by channlluv
I think it's a fabulous idea.
And, good call on the bananas!
When I need an ice cream indulgence, I go for this: http://www.hungry-girl.com/externali...x.cfm?c=14&b=1 It's only 90 calories for a half cup (2 WW points!) and it's really creamy and yummy. And yes, I really do measure out precisely a half cup. :o
When I was a kid, my older sister used to stick her single-serve yogurt containers in the freezer. The yogurt froze pretty hard and made for good local "ice cream".
Susan
Susan
My bracelet needs to say "Think before you eat" or "Don't eat that!" as for ice cream I only eat it in the summer time ( I hate to be cold) and when I do I eat this http://dreyers.slowchurned.com/flavo...?b=1430&f=2959 and I eat the whole container, all 160 calories.
Kacie, I am not following a weight loss program. Years ago I did weight watchers and learned lots, now I am just counting calories. I also try to plan meals around what veggies I am going to eat instead of what protein or starch. I try to pig out on veggies and eat smaller portions of other things. Dieting is hard and takes lots of planning- that's the part I don't like. Being smaller and faster is the part I like.
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday all said the same darn thing. Got on the scale yesterday and thought it was a fluke, but I'm holding steady today! Yay!
Down over 2 lbs this week!!!!
184.2
236 again. I had a feeling this week would be a bust after last week's 2.5 lb loss. It's ok though. I lost 5 lbs this challenge which is in the right direction :o
I'm in for the next 2 months!
I just used the BMI calculator. As I expected, my BMI is squarely in the normal range, although most people think I am super skinny and under weight (I am also right in the normal range for weight, too). I would love to lose 2-3 pounds to get the BMI at the very lowest end of the normal range, so I have some leeway here. But every time I lose those 2-3 pounds, they come right back, unless I totally give up all bread (even whole wheat), wine, and anything else remotely fun. I know I eat healthier than most people and there is no junk in my house.
I spent a few years being overweight and many more being underweight. It's getting harder and harder to just maintain...
Aren't there gender differences where BMI is concerned? At least this is what I've been told.Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
I've had that. Its GOOOOOOOD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas