134.5
Aggie - I have't tried the lower body portion of the DVD yet - I'll have to give it a try! I love a good challenge. :D
Susan
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134.5
Aggie - I have't tried the lower body portion of the DVD yet - I'll have to give it a try! I love a good challenge. :D
Susan
139.2 - Okay, I'm now back to where I was when I first started this challenge. So, I'll just make believe that next week is the first weigh-in and I can also make believe that I never gained any weight in that original first week! ;)
Lynette
259.4. better than a poke in the eye with A sharp stick, I guess, especially since my "splurge" day was extra splurgy.
Still updating...... :)
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm_7PeY5pbsKDg
Sigh...I guess last week was a fluke. Probably just a water weight fluctuation. I'm right back where I was, right down to the decimal - 137.8 :(.
120.5 i may need a new goal of just maintaining w/ my knee that has me bummed.:rolleyes: yes that was playing with "bum knee"
i posted under health issues.
149 for me. A lot of stress right now with my work hours being cut. Hey, that should give me more time to work out;) Although I am a little worried right now.
191.2
142- awesome! Goal for the weekend is to record everything I eat, even though it's the weekend and Cinderella Classic.
I love this forum and this thread and would love to hop on board. My highest weight was 230 or so about a year ago. By October I was down to 218, but I decided to try Weight Watchers and exercising an hour most days and since then, I've gotten down to 163. I'm 5'5" and my goal is about 125-130. It's been a lot of work, but thank God, I'm doing it! I feel so much better in every way. This is a wonderful way to cheer each other on!
147.8 yeah
10 days after surgery: 155lbs.
I feel fat, flabby, weak and momentarily, I do not have very friendly relationship with my body ... Hopefully that will change soon. I wish I could start doing at least sit-ups!
Thanks for the chart keeping.
Martina
I know I am retaining water in my chest and need to do my lymphadema pump more.... supposed to be daily but I have been lucky to get it in 3 times a week.
normally it takes off at least 2 cm around my chest when I do it..... thats a lot of water.
I just feel bloated this week!
Tina
181 and holding :(
222 - I'm not getting too upset. It's been a rough week. Time to get back to business:)
Weighed this morning: 141.5
124.8
... despite being so good about not eating junk through the week... until Friday afternoon/evening - I think I gained every ounce back that I lost! :(
stayed exactly the same 178.4.
I really didn't think about what I ate last week - though it was all pretty healthy. well, I wil pay attention this week.
You know, I think the most inspiring number on that spreadsheet is the percentage of body weight lost. I'm down 1.2% as of last week. This spreadsheet is the first time I've ever seen that enumerated, and it's the number that's stuck in my head and keeps rolling around in there as I ride.
I'm down 1.2%. My doctor told me a while back (when I weighed 258, about a year ago) that she wanted me to lose 10% of my body weight. At the time, I didn't even think about it because I knew I was over 100lbs overweight, and that I was considered morbidly obese (I think I still am), so I focused on that seemingly impossible number and felt overwhelmed. Anyway, I just did the math and at that time, 10% was 26lbs. I'm down to 242...that's 16lbs...I'm over halfway there and I didn't even realize it until you put that number on the spreadsheet and made me look at it again, Possegirl, so thank you.
Roxy
channlluv - I'm so glad that the numbers on the sheet are helping you! I guess for me as a scientist, it is all about the graphical and tabular presentation of things for me. So seeing numbers like that are very helpful. And seeing it in small blocks, like our 2 month periods of tracking, also very helpful I think. Sometimes the 40-45 I would like to lose seems daunting. So telling myself that maybe I can try and lose 10 by the end of May, is easier to handle.
Carolina Girl - I've added you into our chart. Let me know what you would like for your goal for the end of April. We will of course be putting another chart up for May-June.
Martina - I hope you are on the mend soon. Take care of yourself and don't beat yourself up too much. Though I understand all too well the comment about not having a friendly relationship with your body.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm_7PeY5pbsKDg
Sorry, I was away for the weekend but glad I weighed right before I left...I have eaten alot this weekend...so from Friday 132, the same!
261.4
At least it is not as bad as I thought....
Tina
Last week: 147
4/3/09: 147
Mistie
Possegal, thank you for doing this. :)
No prob, glad to help out and the hard work was done by martinkap, I just keep using the same program from 2 months to 2 months. :)
I too was out of town this past weekend, hence my catching up with all of you yesterday. My weight today was unchanged. Given my weekend of scrapbooking, snacking and no working out, I shall not complain too much.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm_7PeY5pbsKDg
176 for me!
I weighed in fri, sat, and sunday. The scale kept saying 180 over and over and over. But when I got up this morning and the scale read a happy 176. I did it 3 times just to make sure. Hey, I'm taking it!
Sorry, I weighed in on Friday but then forgot to post! 172.1 for me. Poo.
DH and I went for a ride yesterday and both decided that it's time to get serious about this weight loss thing. That'll really help me to have him on board....
Ooops... Time flies. I missed last week (vacationing -- no scales allowed!). Unfortunately between last week's vacation and PMS, I'm back at 169.5. It's amazing how fast it goes back on!
I need help. I am struggling horribly to do this weight loss thing. I am confident about myself and who I am. I'm 5'8" weighing in at 160 +/- 2 pounds. I have weighed this for over a year. I came into college at 135 lbs and had signed a contract with my Rowing Coach to keep above 150 so that I would be competitive. Although this sounds horrible... I've gone through college for free (my parents couldn't afford it). In college my Junior year I had both knee surgery (keeping me out for 6-9 months) in addition to an emotionally abusive boy friend (for about 5 months), thus creating the 160 that I am today.
No matter what I seem to do, I can't loose this. I really want to be in the 140s... i think that it's my natural weight. I've tried, but not really (does that make sense). As I stated earlier, I am confident about my self, and think that I am pretty... but I also feel as though I need to loose a few pounds (not because of soceity, but how I feel how my body is working).
I know that I could be more active, but seriously, I am working 14+ hours day in my lab (grad school) in addition to recovering from a car accident. I try to get sleep because I know that that is important.
I think that I'm also scared. My mother is morbidly obese and was smaller than me at my age. (My dad is a stick). I'm afraid that I'm going to end up like her.
Sorry for the big blobs of thoughts.. I'm just scared and need somebody to hug me and offer to help me with this. :(
You do not have to look like your mother. My mother and two of my sisters are overweight. One is probably obese. My third sister was over 300 pounds when she got tongue cancer. She's now a healthy weight. Not being able to eat solid food for over a year probably added ten years to her life.Quote:
Originally Posted by polly4711
I do not look like any of them. But it takes work. No one can do that work for you. People can support you, but no one can do the work for you. It took me a long time to figure that out. For years I tried to get my husband to police my food. It caused a bit of stress in our marriage. Eventually he said he wasn't going to do that anymore. I've always worked out, but I love to eat. Nine years ago I weighed 180 pounds. I lost thirty pounds in 4 months when I took charge of my eating.
It's not easy. In the last nine years I've been as low as 148 and as high as 158. I'm currently revamping my food intake again because I want to drop some body fat. There are things I want to eat or drink that aren't in the plan. It's not easy. There are habits that are hard to break.
Hi my name is Veronica and it's been two weeks since I've had a Red Bull. :rolleyes:
The mind is an amazing thing. Start with writing down what you eat and analyzing it. It can be eye opening, particularly if you eat a lot of fast food. You can lose weight, but it won't be easy and it will take time. Sometimes visualizing helps. I keep the image in my head of a gallon jug full of fat. That's what I want to get rid of. :D It's disgusting, but it keeps me from eating a lot of junk and gets me working out more.
You can take charge. Good luck!
Veronica
I hear your frustration and fear and understand... I'll add the following two suggestions:
- Try a program like FitDay where you actually record all of the food you eat - it is an eye opening experience and makes me much more conscious of what I eat because I know I will record it. Ok, somedays I don't, especially on days when I eat m&m or a dove bar and really don't want to see the total, but then I get back to it... it's a gradual process and let's you see how much you are actually in control of what you eat
- Try putting notes to yourself in different places - for example, in the drawer where we keep the granola bars I have a note to myself that says "how about a piece of fruit instead?" I can't then be mindless about grabbing it, I have to think and consider my options. I'm not locked in to the options, just make myself think about them
I hope this helps!!!
One other thing - for those of you in the mid-atlantic DC area, the current issue of Spokes magazine has an excellent article by Nancy Clark talking about The Biggest Loser - I wish I could find it online... it's the kind of article that is good to read, and re-read periodically.
Polly,
Please know that all of us here are very supportive of what you're trying to do! Having this group to lean on - a group who knows that it's a daily struggle - has been a big comfort for me.
Now, because this is text, and we are not two gals chatting together on the sofa, what I'm about to write may come across as unfeeling or unsympathetic, which is NOT my intent. Please understand that! Here goes...
No one can do this for you but you. All of the challenges you've had/have are part of who/what you are, but they don't have to control your life. YOU control how you choose to move through the world, what you put in your mouth, and what you decide to expend your energy on.
It is NOT easy. In fact, it's d@mn hard. Every single day, I make very deliberate and conscious decisions about every single thing I eat. I record everything - if I don't I'm only lying to myself, and what's the point of that? Not recording it doesn't mean I didn't eat it. Much like Veronica, I visualize the consequences of my eating choices all the time. "If I eat *that*, I'll have pleasure for 5 minutes, but will expend an hour on the treadmill to burn it off. Hhhmm, is it worth it?" Sometimes, yes, it IS worth it. Other times, no, that scoop of ice cream is not worth the effort required to burn it off and suddenly I just don't want it anymore.
Your mother, your ex, your car accident, your school schedule... At the point at which you are deciding "eat this or not?", none of those people/things are standing these beside you making you DO anything. It's just you and you alone. You have only yourself to fall back on. You have only yourself to be accountable to right at that moment. If losing weight, or eating more healthily is something that is important to you, you must find it *within yourself* to make the appropriate decision at that moment.
Making time for exercise is the same way. You must choose to prioritize it in your life. You have to be doing it for yourself, not because someone else wants you to, or cracks the whip for you.
It's very very very hard for me to drag my tired butt out of bed at 5 or 5:30 every morning to get my workouts in. But my life is such that that is the only time I have for it. I've decided my health and well-being are important enough to me that I'm prioritizing it. I'm prioritizing ME.
Sure, my yard looks like crap, and I should clean the bathroom more often than I do, and I really need to organize my home office, and I have a stack of mail that needs to be attended to... But something had to give, and I decided that those are things that I had to sacrifice in order to prioritize ME.
Because I'm worth it, dang it.
You need to decide that you are worth it. It makes every decision afterwards so much simpler.
I'm worth it.
YOU are worth it. Believe in yourself.
If we were sitting together on my sofa right now, I'd give you a big huge hug.
Susan
Can we make that a group hug?
As one who has struggled with weight since childhood, and today am 100+ lbs overweight, I know very well what you're going through, too. It's a daily series of decisions. Some days I do better than others.
Since I found cycling, I have such a brighter view of myself, I can't even tell you. I have a better body image now than I did when I was 25 and my then-husband was asking me daily how much I weighed...over 150? Bad girl. No dessert for you. I'm not kidding. I understand about the abusive boyfriend.
It's been a really long road, I have to tell you. If only I'd been on wheels the whole time.
I'm checking in on the weight loss a day early because I'm traveling to Florida today and may not have Internet access tomorrow...
241!!!
Roxy
Oh dear, I've fallen way behind on all this. You'd best count me out for the time being. :o
BTW, I've enjoyed all the posts from the last couple of weeks.
Here's a group hug:
http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/grouphugg.gif
Best wishes on your goals!
Cheers, - Jo.
Susan, your post was incredible. Thank you for sharing your insight. Perfect example of why online forums are wonderful- great words can reach more people!
Weighed in today- 133.5 Will have to be extra conscious of what I eat as I travel home for a holiday (and not just any holiday, one filled with TONS of easter candy). :(
146 lbs! Back down this week.
258.8!
Finally at the 25 pound loss mark!!
Tina
Polly- There is a lot of excellent advice here. Try taking it bite by bite. Is there something you can cut out? Maybe cokes or sweets? My dad was told by the doc he was borderline diabetic he cut out his Dr. Pepper habit and poof lost 20 lbs. Some of us it isn't so easy but maybe you have a vice like that?
TXRed- Congrats!
Weekly weight: 140.5 but I feel heavier. These days are weird.
175.8 :)
Susan, your words are very inspiring. Thank you for your heartfelt words of wisdom and guidance.