January/February weight loss thread

Eclectic - welcome to the thread. Come on in - the water's fine! :) It will be fun to have you join us for the next round! Having a goal is really motivational, so I'm sure all the wonderful women here can help you along. I'm already pondering my goal for March/April. I'm hoping for a pound a week, which will get me almost all the way to my ultimate goal of 130 (though I may revise that once I get there, depending on how much my jiggly parts still jiggle. :D ).

All,
I really need to thank all of YOU for being so supportive. It's been a huge help (which I will continue to lean on). Something happened in November that finally spurred me to action and it gave me that PUSH that I really needed to finally buckle down and just do it. Before this, I beat myself up for a really really long time about my weight. I felt like a failure because I couldn't do it. Well, all that bad self-talk really spiralled in on me and put me in a very dark place. Which of course only made me feel like even more of a failure. You ladies helped me break out of that vicious cycle, so thank you!

http://www.latimes.com/features/heal...,4499014.story

Interesting article on the results of a study of what type of diet works best.

I'm excited for weigh in tomorrow! I never in a million years would have ever thought I would say something like that..

Anyway, I'm only a half pound from my goal for this 2 month period!

I think I am going to have maintained this two months! :rolleyes::o:(

217 today. 1 pound from my goal. That's ok though because I am headed in the right direction.

Congratulations Andrea!

138 for me this morning.

Susan, we are like twins! LOL

I'm in the 138's too! :)

138.8 for me this morning!

WOO-HOO!

Lynette

145.:rolleyes: I am eating where I think I need to be but need to "bite and write" to get this last 10 lbs off! Monday has always been my WW weigh-in, so let's start there. Great job everyone!!

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Congratulations Andrea!

138 for me this morning.

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Thanks Susan, you keep me inspired! :D

Way to go folks!! I've updated so far, and Lynette, I gave you a shaded box cause you were too dang close to your goal! :)

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm8CAodYUC3EPw

Aggie - "bite & write". I like that!!

Lynette - WooHoo! Feels great, doesn't it? (I've discovered I have ribs! Who knew??)

Awesome work everyone! Looks like we're finishing off the month on a high note.

Thanks again, possegal, for keeping track of all of this for us!!

Yes, Possegal - THANK YOU!!! :):):)

Lynette

148...it not my goal...but it is something

170 for me. Not even close to my goal, oops.

That's ok, I'm not giving up. I'm just shifting gears. :p

Down to 150, not too bad considering I was on vacation for 6 days. Today I have been trying to really reallyhard to focus on eating well as we are going out to eat for my Birthday..For my Birthday I treated myself to a gym membership. I have not gone to a gym in close to 3.5 years. We will see what happens. I also signed up for a sprint Tri. The last time I did one was 10 years ago. Boy does time fly. Congrats to everyone and keep up the good work.

Yay, Solo, that's great! I credit alot of my weight loss to setting myself several event goals this year, including two triathlons. It's forced me to get out there and do the training, log the miles, etc. Plus, it's fun to have something to work towards!

Do you have a training plan to work with? When is your sprint?

Happy Birthday!

Susan

Thanks Susan. No I don't have a training plan. I need to figure something out. 10 years ago I didn't follow any particular plan but, that was 10 years ago and my body could adapt better:p The first Tri I did I did not train at all for the swim...prior to that tri the last time I had gone swimming was 8 years earlier. So the swim portion of course was the tough one to deal with. I will glady take any suggestions. Feel free to PM me if you want. Sorry to hijack.

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You are all very sweet. :)

Funny story - I spent 2 days shopping for that dress for an event I went to on Saturday evening. Say, 200-250 people, 1/2 of which were women. And wouldn't ya know, another woman showed up wearing the SAME dress!

Susan

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I'll bet you looked better in it. <g>

I went to see my doctor on Tuesday (follow up to the stomach flu/food poisoning thing) and I weighed 239.5 on her scale, a three-pound loss from when I'd seen her a couple of weeks before. On my scale this morning (Friday) I was up to 245. Alas. But you know what, that's a solid five pound loss since we started this gig, and I've been off fast food since before the first of the year. Fast food is off my menu, and I think that's the main contributor to the weight loss because, besides a couple of walks down the street, I've been too injured, sick, or exhausted to exercise in January. Or that weight loss could be lost muscle mass. Figures. Bike ride tomorrow, though. The first in weeks.

We're going to do this again next month, yes?

Roxy

Yes, we will definitely be doing this next month, I've got the start of the chart all set up (which is easy as I just keep copying martinkap's original chart, she did all the hard work!!).

I'll make a thread this weekend telling folks to weigh in next Friday for the first week.

. . . straggling in with a final of 180 — all muscle. ;-)

Yay, kjay!

118 - and stuck :mad:

Ah well, next month I pledged 500 miles for my club's March Madness fund raiser for helmets for needy kids. :) I've continued to eat more salads and fruits, but we're also in for a rainy spell. Sigh. My goal for March is that elusive 115!

Huh. I found this: Happy Weight Calculator

http://www.self.com/calculatorsprogr...rs/happyweight

It takes into account your age, activity level, if you've had kids or not.

I travelled and had PMS... 153.5 for me. :( ... let's do the next challenge !

Martina

I'm about to make a thread for the next 2-month period now. :)

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm8CAodYUC3EPw

I started following this thread the last few weeks when I decided to diet and increase my exercises for lent and for health(lent is really just a time like New Years that change comes easier for me). I have been inspired by everyones weight loss and I am hoping I can be added to the spread sheet.
Thanks, Jones