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163.4
down only .4, but I'll take it. Considering I didn't eat very healthy the last couple days, I'm pleased.
So, Wednesday and Thursday I weighed ~141.5. Friday was 142.4. This morning it was 140.8. This is water weight going up and down, even though I can't really point to a reason for it.
It's just of weird, and interesting.
I think it was Emily who said she wanted a scale that showed weight to the nearest 1/10th of a pound. I think maybe rounding to the nearest pound would be better for some of us. Seeing 142, 142, 142, 141 would harder to obsess over.
I love this article on how water dominates what is shown on the scale and how you need to use a moving average to see weight loss: http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/e4/signalnoise.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
So yes, the fractions of a pound are basically irrelevant. But I still got excited when I was 105.8 rather than 106! :)
Me too.
But probably because I've this type of scale for 12 years or so, and I am used to it. It shows a trend of when I have the water weight and that , most of the time, is very related to what I've been eating, no matter what my weight is. It made me realize that I was eating too much salty stuff and had to stop with the Asian food, except every once in awhile.
Totally fell off the wagon ... 156... Climbing back on now. :o
Great job Jobob!!!!! :D
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Ended at 177.2. Not as much of a gain as I feared.
Water weight is amazing. I reluctantly reported my Friday weigh-in (right after a four-day vacation during which every meal was eaten out) at 109.5, way up for me. During the day Friday, I peed a zillion times. Saturday morning, I weighed 106.5! Yesterday I ate pretty normally, no strict dieting but nothing too bad either, and this morning I weighed 105.5!
Really strange, but I am thrilled to have lost four lbs. in two days, even if it was entirely unreal weight (i.e. all water). :D
Late posting because I was gone for the weekend. Before I left, 124.8. Speaking of water, I think this was dehydrated weight. I cross country skied a total of about 32 miles F-S-S, so I was very hungry S & S (and ate a lot more than normal, and food I don't normally eat as we were eating out for dinners). Back to reduced calorie for another week or two!
Weighed in at 147 again on Saturday but never got online to post about it until now. Considering how little exercise I've gotten and how little attention I've paid to my nutrition in the past three weeks, I'm THRILLED to still be at the same weight.
Now...to start nudging it downward again.
Catching up before I need to catch up again tomorrow. :)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...UR5clpNUjlMSHc
Possegal, Thanks sooooo much for keeping these records. Columns M & N are not calculating for my row. Do you have a moment to update it? :) SInce I've actually *lost* something this go-round, seeing that little number change us a motivator for me.Quote:
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Fixed. I delete the "lbs lost" from the blank lines (which are really names from previous rounds just hidden, which originally was meant to make it easy for me but probably now isn't really:) ) so that we have a total of lbs lost rather than an error due to NA for those lines. It's nice to see a total for the group. Anyway, looks like I deleted your cell too when doing the couple rows above you. Without a lbs lost, no % lost. DOH.Quote:
Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas
146.4
Goaaaalllll !!! :D
I finally reached my Weight Watchers goal, which amounted to a loss of 10% of my weight from when I started in mid-September.
It sure took me long enough, I averaged just under a pound lost per week, but what the heck.
Now I have to maintain my goal weight of 148 (+/- 2 lbs) for the next 6 weeks so I can make Lifetime. Yikes! That could be more of a challenge than losing the weight in the first place ...
I mentioned last week I was going to try to find a lighter pair of pants (or pajamas ;)) for my weigh-in this week, instead of the jeans I've normally been wearing to WI. Digging around the back of my closet I found a very lightweight pair of pants I got back when Lee & I were bike touring (when I realized that lugging a couple of pairs of Levis in my panniers was a dumb thing to do). I haven't been able to wear these pants for years, but joy of joys they fit me now! And they're about a pound lighter than the jeans I had been wearing to WI. But I was under goal by more than the difference in the weight of the pants, so I wasn't cheating ... much ;)
To celebrate, Lee & I went out for dinner at the Lobster Shack, where I had a Lobster Roll ("Naked" - basically just lots of lobster (yum) in a bun, no mayo (not a fan of mayo), tho I did use some of the clarified butter), coleslaw, some of the fries, a few spoonfuls of Lee's clam chowder, and, of course, a beer (Shipyard IPA, yum). That sure put a healthy dent in my weekly points allowance, even with my upped daily amount on account of being on Maintenance now. But boy was it worth it. :cool:
105.4
Mr. Crankin: 149.0 (there was a big note left on top of my laptop this morning, with this # on it)
Weekends kill me. Last Saturday I weighed the same as today. Then, with just moderate eating out and the usual exercise, it took me all week to get back. But, there's a downward trend and now my "high end" after the weekend is about 2 lbs. less than it was before.
And now I am off to a weekend of x country skiing and eating!
Congratulations Jo! That's awesome.
Veronica
Jobob, congratulations! And just under a pound a week is about perfect!
Well, it is Friday the 10th. I am at my lowest yet at 105. I am not trying to actively lose weight, but to maintain. However, I am having some adjustment trying to figure out how much to eat for the exercise I do and the weight I am. Maintenance is really a foreign issue to me. Averaged 1475 calories a day this week and down .6, which is statistically insignificant, but looking at the charts I am still trending down, though slowly.
It wouldn't hurt for me to be 100 pounds but I am not going to make that my goal. My goal is still to maintain and to get stronger.
117.2 -- a few set backs... now I'm ready to really focus on this :)
Congrats, Jo.
I have utmost respect for those of you who have lost a lot. I think it's even harder when you are trying to balance fueling for intense exercise and losing.
The same...138...sigh. Lack of good sleep = lack of exercise = bleh.
Way to go Jo!
134.8. Spare tire seems to be shrinking.
DonnaS
Yay, Jo and hooray for shrinking spare tires, DonnaS!
124 for me today. Maybe a little dehydrated but not as bad as last week :)
I was 116.8 this morning. Have been tracking well but feeling really hungry all week - I hope I can see a change next week.
Congrats to everyone who is seeing a change in the right direction - or even better, getting to their goal!!!
I seem to have some sort of cyclical thing going on where I weigh 1-1.5 lbs more on Friday than I do the rest of the week.. This is annoying me.
So I'm going to wait and see what I weigh tomorrow.
105.5 today -- WAY better than last week's awful water-weight gain. Still only 1.5 lbs. less than I started, which may not even be statistically significant, but at least it seems to be moving in the right direction now.
Congrats, Jobob! :p That lobster roll sounds great!
140.0.
Congrats, jobob!!
Thank you so much, everyone! :o
The hard part is going to be finding the right balance to keep that weight off.
Especially when Special Events come up ... like right now, SF Beer Week (all ten days of it :rolleyes:) starts today. Ruh roh.
Congrats jobob!
Yes, it's the keeping it off that is challenging. I've been my ideal weight before, last year for about 3 months, and then... well I got larger. So the fact that you're thinking about it now is really good - you can do it!!
Did anyone else read the NYTimes article about mindful eating?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/di...r-thought.html
Really interesting... I am definitely one of those who eats while working, reading, etc etc
Congrats Jobob and Donna! :)
I was at 163.6
Up a few tenths of a pound. Not worried.
I'm just not losing like I should be. Sigh... hopefully when the leg heals (stress fracture from almost 2 months ago), I can start running again and will start losing more. I'm sure not losing like I thought I would on this challenge. :(
Congrats Jobob.
Do not want to make my weight this morning. I came back from a business trip and I'm still retaining water.
Congratulations, jobob! Great accomplishment!:D
141.6.
I've taken a complete break from exercise for a week due to some back pain that just wouldn't go away. If all goes well I will attempt an indoor bike ride tomorrow, and then will get back to the gym on Monday.
Congrats, Jobob!
Weighed in on Sunday after traveling all week at the same number (147.0). Guess I found a set-point, huh? :rolleyes: At least it's an easy weight to maintain...too bad its not the weight I want to be! :p
I've really lost my motivation since the beginning of the year. Trying to jump back on. Maybe posting my weight this Friday will kickstart it!
I forgot to post my weight, but it hasn't changed any. Again. 135.2
Going to enter a "slim it to win it" challenge at my new gym. It is a multiple team competition to see which group loses the most body fat in an 8 week period. This starts, and ends, with a Bodpod evaluation, and there are two weekly group training sessions. I am thinking this should mix things up just enough to get my body's attention and also get accustomed to the new gym.
Some more updates
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...UR5clpNUjlMSHc
Thanks, Possegal!
I am not optimistic about this week's weigh-in. Between Valentine's day dinner out and a few extra treats around the house this week, I am feeling bloated and chunky. I will try to be good tomorrow, but so far I've been up from last week's weigh-in all week. :(
Next week we'll be traveling and unable to run (will be on a sailboat!) or ride bikes, so it could be scary. But we'll be having a lot of fun, I think, so I am not going to sweat it too much. :D
This challenge is making me too competitive. DH has been riding to work a couple of days a week, to help his weight loss quest. I can't ride to work, and although I've been exercising like crazy, it's making me nuts. There have been several positive changes in my eating habits (like more veggies) and I've kind of lost my taste for some things that I know keep the pounds on me. But, once I see my good # on Friday, I loosen up a little, mostly because we go out on the weekend. I enjoy myself. Then, I end up spending the whole week trying to get back down to the # I was at on the previous Friday. It's probably not going to happen tomorrow, as I gained a pound yesterday.
I know you all are going to say "so what?" but I think this is the same reason why I don't compete in athletics. I get extremely focused on comparing myself with others, and then I get stressed, and it ends up being a negative. I have a considerable amount of self discipline, which I think makes all of this worse.
I didn't need to lose as much as DH, just wanted to reset my set point... I kind of feel the same way as when he rides faster than me! I know I shouldn't compare, but this (eating healthy) is one thing that I've always been "better" at than him. This is all distorted thinking, but it still bugs me.
I've been lurking on this thread . . . knowing I should probably be throwing my hat back in the ring. Coming March/April challenge, I'm going to be all-in.