Back to 221 this week. I'm OK with that. The week one starts a new job is perhaps not the best time to try to cut back drastically. Next week, I focus more. At least I didn't lose ground.
CA
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Back to 221 this week. I'm OK with that. The week one starts a new job is perhaps not the best time to try to cut back drastically. Next week, I focus more. At least I didn't lose ground.
CA
129. Down one. One down.
153 :D
It actually was a little south of 153, but since I don't have a digital scale, It's hard to know the exact amount. I'm surprised I'm down this week, since I had a business trip the first part of the week--I usually gain a little weight when I travel.
132 for me today. :)
Roxy - Group hug! Congrats on your steady progress.
txred - Fantastic! Crossing those milestones is very meaningful and motivational, eh?
CA - Best of luck with your new job. How exciting!
Seems like everyone is doing well and staying positive this week. I love spring, because it's so energizing. Makes me want spend more time outside running and riding my bike.
Susan
Susan,
You are positively awesome. Your post to Polly was SPOT on and applies to each and every one of us. Thank you for your time and insight on this issue. I love this forum and though I do not post very often, I read it every single day.
As for me, I have had my 18 month old granddaughter here all week and I am up a pound, to 133! :( Ah well, no outdoor riding in three weeks has taken its toll on me.
Now, on to the food diary.
Thanks again for all you do for us, Susan.
+1 the above.Quote:
Susan,
You are positively awesome. Your post to Polly was SPOT on and applies to each and every one of us. Thank you for your time and insight on this issue. I love this forum and though I do not post very often, I read it every single day.
This has not been my best week food/exercise-wise. Every few years I have really bad allergies in the spring. This seems to be that year. I don't know what's floating around out there, but my eyes and sinuses are suffering. To sleep, I've been taking benedryl. When the alarm goes off at 4:30 am :eek:, I'm still too drugged to force my sorry a$$ out of bed to work out. It doesn't seem to matter how early in the evening I take the meds. Last night I skipped it and was able to get up and did my weights in the cold garage. Yay me :D. A new day, a new start. But I completely forgot to weigh myself. I'm sure my subconscious mind was at work here. I didn't want to know. I'll report in tomorrow.
I normally eat well. But because I'm short, 5'1", I really need to be more careful with portion size. It's too easy eat the same amount of food that my 5'11" DH eats. He can afford the calories, I can't. I do well all day at work. I bring breakfast, lunch, and snacks with me. All healthy food, portions measured.
My problem begins when I get home at 6 pm. That's when mindless grazing starts. I know I'm doing it, but I seem to make the choice to keep doing it. None of it is "bad" food either, but I don't need to be eating extra calories right before sitting down to eat dinner.
So Susan, your message to Polly hit home with me, too. I thought about it last night as I went into the kitchen. I made a cup of tea, sliced a small apple into thin pieces, and slowing ate that during dinner prep. It seemed to work, so I'll continue and see what happens weight-wise in the next few weeks.
It's really heartening to see that many of you are doing well and slowly taking the weight off. You are all very inspiring and I hope I am able to join your ranks soon. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for listening.
138.6 - That is just where I want to be. :)
Happy Easter to those that celebrate it!
Lynette
Same as last week (181). Had an MRI, which shows arthritis in lower spine, but I will continue to strengthen my back muscles and core (and will NOT give up biking). :-)
190.8:confused:
I have never charted my weight loss before and it is a great tool. I am finally starting to see that no matter how I try I will not lose the two pounds a week that I want.
260.8.
grrrrrr.
Try an obtainable goal--say 1/2 lb a week. That will keep you encouraged and it won't set you up for failure. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones
Thanks sundail:). I am really trying not to look at the big picture and just keep focusing on this meal, this choice, this day but when my mind wanders and I think about having to diet for more than a year it is a little discouraging, which is why I was trying for two pounds a week. Next weight loss thread I will set my goal at what ever weight loss I achieve this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by sundial
Jones, What might help is to not think about it as "dieting". Maybe just think of it as a different way of eating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones
I think that many people successfully diet, only to regain alot of weight, because when the goal is reached, all the good eating habits go out the window (That for sure describes me the first time around... :o ). Instead, this time I'm focusing on a whole new way of eating, so that I can *maintain* this weight loss for the rest of my life. For me, losing weight is the "easy" part; maintaining all these healthy habits, on the other hand, will be a lifelong effort.
Susan
Ladies, women, fellow TE-ers....
It has taken me this long to replay to Susan's words in addition to others because I have been completely blown away. Thank you for all of your kinds words, thoughts and inputs. I am going to try to do this.... all for me!!! it is about me being healthy and making the right decision.
You women have been here for me and for so many others daily. I seriously wouldn't know what to do without you all. I seriously can't begin to let you know how much it means to me to know that you are here for me know matter what.
I seriously don't know how to express my self more clearly besides a thank you.
I hope to see better numbers after this pep-talk.
(Right now... it's 160.4)
Love to you all...:o
No change this week. 151.14
137.6 for me.
Bummer, I'm 153 this week, up a pound from last week.
Tucker Cat is doing well, he's at 15.94. Yay Tucker! He's a much happier boy too I think - lots more energy now that he's back to his carnivore ways.
Veronica
YAY Tucker cat for breaking the 16 lb hurdle. :-) I remember once before Bailey got sick we were at the vet and the scale kept moving between 15.9 and 16.1. I said to the tech, he's worked so hard for this, call it 15.9! :)
Sorry for the delay ladies. I was out of town. Went to Philly to ride with my sister. We're doing a charity ride there next Sunday - Girls with Gears, it benefits a women's heart health charity. It is our late mother's bday and she died of vascular disease, so we felt it was a nice way to honor her. The store had a 20 mile training ride so I went up to ride it with her. We ended up riding it alone but we had a blast. Then I kept telling her how my Garmin said we burned 958 calories. ;) Then I kept rounding up. By Friday night, it was 2100 calories. :) Then we spent Friday watching some amazing Irish dancing. Our niece is an instructor and this year, for the first time ever, the World Irish Dance Championships were held in the US in Philly. We had fun and actually I think I ate a lot less because we were so active (though did have a few Irish beers that I wouldn't have had at home).
I'll weigh in tomorrow. But here is the updated chart. Congrats to all who are chipping away at those numbers. Phenomenal and so inspiring!
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm_7PeY5pbsKDg
149...its tuff being a yo-yo
160.4
168.8. Hopefully back on a roll. Although after two nights of eating out / socializing, I've got some serious work to do now!
I am back up...151:( I am pretty frustrated. I have been trying pretty hard. I don't want to give up on my goal because I should be able to obtain it. It just gets discouraging sometimes. Okay...I just needed to vent. Thanks for listening.
ahhh this thread will be perfect.
i don't like talking weight with my roomie or mom since they both just complain and don't do anything about it.
anyway...i'm 5'4" ish, weight this morning after my ride was 147.6 down from 150ish last week.
Goal is around 135, where I was in high school (i'm 22 now). Really the goal isn't that important, it's more like just getting back in shape, and being able to do the 50+ miles a day I used to do.
When I remember I keep track of calories, weight and exercise on my ipod touch...lose it is a great little app.
123.3
I'm going to save Susan's post on my desktop so that I can read and re-read - incredibly well said and inspirational - thank you, sincerely.
reddDesign - did you want to be added to the chart? If so - a weight to start and a goal for May 1st is all we need. :)
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm_7PeY5pbsKDg
ah, a chart!
sure, add me to it :)
goal would be 135 by May 1st then.
redd - Are you sure? 135 would be 13 pounds in 18 days, which would require a calorie DEFICIT of more than 2500 calories a day.
One of the things we talk about alot on this thread is setting realistic and attainable goals - breaking it down into little chunks so that we can celebrate each small success as it comes along.
Far be it for me to tell you what to shoot for, but I fear you might be setting yourself up for disappointment if you don't reassess your short-term target.
Finally - Welcome to the thread! I think you'll find it a supportive bunch of women.
Susan
oh wait may 1st...duh. haha i'm not awake yet...keep forgetting it's april and school is almost over.
147 now...the rate i'm at now i think i could get to 142 by then, once the weather is a tiny bit warmer i'm back to the longer rides.
Wow, I totally came here to tell you guys that I didn't weigh this past week and that I was going to bow out for the rest of this challenge, but then I read Susan's post.
I credit her with inspiring me to get my lazy butt back on my bike and commute a couple of days a week when it seems so HARD (it's really not). Now am I going to have to credit her with inspiring me to get back at this? I think so!
I have struggled with my weight my entire life. I'm the heaviest I've ever been and I've pretty much been maintaining my current weight since we moved here to Oregon. I can look back and see all the places that I've let life derail my weight loss efforts, but the key is that I LET it happen. Life didn't do it to me...I let it get in the way.
Now, being realistic...I just can't put my weight loss efforts first right now. That doesn't mean that I can't make better choices every single time I put something in my mouth though. And while I cannot spare the 550+ minutes of vigorous exercise a week that I know it takes for me to lose at my top speed, that doesn't mean that I can't do better than I am doing right now.
I do have one small medical issue that I believe is hindering my efforts to lose weight. Ever since I started this 'thing', I've gained weight...slowly and steadily...despite many attempts to do something about it (and despite extended stretches where I was biking well more than 250 miles a week). I've been talking about taking care of this issue for a year now...it's time I did something about it.
Anyway, I just wanted to thank you all again...you have once more inspired me to keep fighting the good fight. :)
(oh, and Susan, your bathroom looked plenty clean to me! :p)
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Originally Posted by GLC1968
I know the feeling..... I am on 3 meds that caused weight gain. Slowly it is coming down.
tina
I feel like yo-yo - 153.6 :rolleyes: Going to try a week without consuming any bread. That's my downfall I think. Have been going for daily 5 km walks before breakfast. It's good to see that lots of participants are having a good outcome from this challenge.
Tucker Cat - 15.875. His weight loss is slowing down. I don't think he'll make it to 15, but that was just a guess anyway. He's a much happier kitty I think. He was always pretty quick when he wanted to be, but now he's a real escape artist. :D
151 for me, down two pounds from last week.
Veronica
131.0
Headin' out for a quick 30 minute run before work. It was pouring rain all night, but it's just stopped. Yay! I wasn't looking forward to running in the rain. :)
Susan
152 today. Yeah! :D After being at a plateu for three months, I had no idea that this amount of weight would come off in a short period of time. I need to hold steady for the next couple of weeks, because I'm traveling almost the entire month of May.
242
Sigh. Been fighting brochitis all week. Just a couple of 1/2 mile slow walks around the block for exercise. I'll be back on it next week, though.
roxy
187 - in spite of the fried twinkie at Santa Cruz beach Boardwalk.... :D
256.2. 20 pounds total lost since january. Yay. I guess. I don't really look any different and everything is sliding south in an alarming way--flying squirrel arms, for one thing--gross. I'm trying really hard to turn this into something negative, aren't I? but I've shrunk enough that I need new clothes and I'm feeling so much faster on the bike that I've moved up to a faster training group. Yay dammitt.
Sarah - 187 or 177? Just checking
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm_7PeY5pbsKDg
147 :( . I've kind of used the accident as an excuse to overindulge. I will continue to do so for another day, then I'll have to be very carefull with what I eat, since my excercise is limited right now.
138.2 - at least it is in the right direction.
Slow and steady wins the race!
Lynette