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Next two months of our weight management challenge!
Let me know
(1) if you want to join in
(2) what your weight is on Friday the 8th of March (or whatever day works best for you)
(3) what your goal weight is for the 5th of May - if you want to, if you don't want to set a goal like that, then no worries.
I'll post the link to the chart before the end of next week.
I just came to post a motivational video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DIUB...layer_embedded
I am in again, I find this thread so helpful in keeping me aware of trends in my weight. It is so easy to be so busy and lose sight of that - and thank you for all of your work in keeping this going over the years! I will "weigh in" Saturday morning, but my goal will probably be 123 pounds.
106.4 this morning.
I am in, for a goal weight (again) of 104.
Since I've gone back to my more Mediterranean style of eating this week, I've lost 2.5 pounds.
I know my weight loss goal is minuscule, but reporting here keeps me accountable and aware.
Definitely in for another round. I weighed 122 this morning, which is up not quite two from the end of the last challenge. It's been a difficult week with very little exercise and a fair amount of stress eating, so I'm hoping for a fresh start on Monday. I'm thinking that if my weight is always going to fluctuate within a two or three pound range, I would like 120 to be the upper end of the range. I am therefore aiming for 117. That's a nice round goal of five pounds for this challenge.
My official weigh in is 126.4 and I would like to be 123 by the end of May. That is a very small change but this really helos me with accountability.
I was surprisingly down today, at 107. I would be thrilled with 105 at the end of the challenge, which is back to my maintenance weight. Heck, I am not that unhappy at 107.
Love the video!
I'm in for the next two months, and officially restarted a diet after two months of maintaining a 26-pound loss after my last round of restricting calories. I need to lose 20-25 more pounds asap to get the weight off my damaged ankle.
This morning I was 152.2! Finally, some movement. Goal for the end of this period: 138.0. Yes, I know that's extreme, but I'm dong "emergency surgery" here, and am working with a naturopathic doctor that got me to my goal last time feeling good, and staying healthy.
Congrats, goldfinch -- that's great!
I am not doing the challenge this time since I'll be traveling for the next two months and away from a scale for much of that time but did want to report that this morning, not on purpose at all, I was at my lowest weight in 1.5 years -- back to my "arriving in Belize weight" of 103.5. We've had a ton of stress in this past week dealing with packing, moving, paperwork for closing, and travel plans, and despite sticking with my normal eating and exercise schedule, the weight has fallen off -- all due to stress!
Interestingly, my body is very different since the last time I was at this weight. Although my arms/shoulders/legs are quite strong from yoga and cycling, my abs and waist are flabby. I attribute this mostly to hormonal changes. When we moved down here a little over 18 months ago, I was still having fairly regular periods though was certainly going through peri-menopausal changes. Now I have not had a period since early December, so am definitely getting close to true menopause.
Good luck with the challenge, everyone! I will probably sign up for the next one as we should be in Kansas City in mid-May and into a more stable pattern.
I would like to try joining this challenge again. I posted on here YEARS ago, and in the middle of that challenge I broke my collar bone trying to dodge a kitten. That kind of took the wind out of my sails... I have lurked on this site and enjoy reading your posts so I am going to try to be more active.
It is crazy to think I am still trying to lose the same 5 pounds I was back then. Except I'm older (53) and perimenopausal now...
My starting weight is 143.5. I would like to get to 135-38. Half a pound a week is pretty good for me, so my goal would be to see ANY number that starts with 13X.X on my scale! So for this 2 month challenge I'll state my goal at 139.
Thanks from the "new kid".
I'm going to join back in for this challenge. I have not been getting enough exercise this winter and have lost muscle, especially in my legs, plus I've gained a several pounds of fat. I've been really busy at work, so for several months have either been working overtime or too tired/cranky to get off the couch and face the cold weather. I've managed to get to the gym twice a week for weight training but have not gotten nearly enough cardio.
But it all ends now. We finally have some warmer weather this weekend. I'm on my way out to run errands and this evening I'm going to go for a walk around the neighborhood. Then tomorrow I will go for a bike ride to start to build the leg muscles back up.
I'm doing a 48-mile charity ride on April 27 so that is my current training target. I weighed 144 this morning and my goal weight is 141. Basically I'm looking to lose more than 3 pounds of fat while gaining muscle along the way.
Thanks again to Possegal for all your help with this!!
Okay, I went for a walk on Saturday night after running errands. And while running errands I was really hungry but I walked right past the really good pizza place and went for low-fat frozen yogurt blended with real fruit instead. On Sunday I did my 2-hour bike ride. By Monday I had gained 2 lbs over Friday's weight and I'm only down .5 lbs since then. Monday I did weight training with a bit of walking (15 minutes treadmill plus 20 minutes to/from the gym). Last night I went shopping for bike shoes.
I am so tired right now after yet another long day at work and I just want to curl up in my snuggy but instead I will put the bike on the trainer and ride it. I need to test out my new shoes and cleats anyway.
125.2 - back in the right direction :)
^ nice, Catrin!
I, too, am moving in the right direction, though I'm up .8 from yesterday. 148.8. Yay!
For the longest time I couldnt seem to stay below 130, now 125 is the barrier. I will take it :)
106.8
And this is my lowest weight of the week.
I can't figure out what's going on, but I think it's more related to exercise than food. I've backed off the total Paleo, and am back to eating mostly Mediterranean, but really not much different from what I've always done. When I analyze it, last year at this time, I was running, riding, and going to boot camp. Right now, I'm going to boot camp, still riding indoors a bit, walking, and just finished the nordic ski season. I am hoping to get out on my bike in the next week. My body is also going through some kind of rebellion since recovering from bronchitis, I am just not 100% right, and I'm having some of the weird, annoying fibro symptoms. I ignore that, but it started after a 5 day period of really strenuous workouts in a row. It's not each specific thing, it's more the combination of stuff and intensity. This always happens after I've been sick. So, I've backed off a little.
Onward, though. Going to stay overnight in Boston tonight, for our theatre evening. This includes Italian food at a very nice place and going to the MFA tomorrow. I am bringing my gym clothes for the hotel gym and plan to do lots of walking this afternoon, when we get there.
123, so up a pound. This has been another lost week of running around doing everything for everyone and very little that is on my own agenda. For instance, I am precisely one week further behind in my work than I was last Friday. The only exercise I have managed is a short bike ride yesterday. Maybe next week...
146.2. Up 2, with more exercise and less food than last week. And I've been really hungry all week long.
I've also been really tired for most of the week and still in a general state of anger and frustration at work. I'm sure that it not helping anything. Yesterday I snapped after getting yet another email from the new manager asking when I would finish the latest pile of work that is burying me, and I told him I was well past the point of being overwhelmed, was finding stupid mistakes that I needed to work on fixing, and had no idea when anything would be finished.
This weekend my parents are visiting which means restaurant food, no exercise and sleeping on an air mattress on the cold floor. Luckily they really like the Silver Diner which has a decent selection of healthy meals.
I am on a birding trip with my sister and eating too much. Last week I was 107. Today 111. Not good.
I was 124 this morning! Yippeee! That probably won't last but I just had to report it :)
143 was my weigh in this week...
Well I'm finding this thread late, but I"m gonna join you gals anyway, the motivation and support would be a good thing:)...
Today I'm 142/143... my best ever training weight was 120... so I hope to break 140 by the end of March... and 130 by the start of May.
I swear each major injury I get it's 10lbs up:(. So here's to staying healthy!:cool:
EDIT/ADD: p.s lost 5lbs already since end of February
123 this morning. The last two weeks have been dreadful. I'm hoping things will return to normal soon so that I can get back into a rhythm. Yesterday and today were better, so I think there's hope.
I will weigh in tomorrow. I forgot this morning and then weighed myself at a much later time, after eating breakfast. Should not have done that. Number was scarily high for me.
Good thing is, I lost my appetite after that.
Between a heavier workout week than normal AND my batteries are low in my scales (can't seem to get the silly battery out), I am skipping my weigh-in this week. I won't be happy if I have to replace the entire scale because I can't get the battery out... The battery is completely surrounded and nothing appears to move to enable it to be switched :mad:
All I have to say is after almost two weeks on US soil, I am very glad I'm not doing the challenge this time! We've been walking and hiking a LOT, but eating more than enough to maintain, and without bikes, yoga, weights, etc., I am quite sure I have put on a few lbs. Our scale is still safely packed away, which is probably for the best!
145.2 Yay!!!!!!!!! I haven't seen 145 in years. Now, gotta get to the 130s......
I weighed 108.2 this morning. So, I gained 2 pounds from last week.
Now my weekend weight is my regular weight. I seriously am not sure what is going on. I can't eat much less, but I can exercise harder, though not necessarily more. I do seem to go through this every winter. I feel like my body is going through something. Eventually, it will work itself out. I want to keep on with the challenge, just because weighing in every week keeps me accountable.
I think I need to ride my bike!
I weigh myself every 1-2 wks. or less often.
And sometimes I don't fully trust the scale. I'm sure it's off....I haven't gained hardly any weight this winter. Hard to believe when I haven't been cycling tons this winter. Just little short trips to do stuff or get around to a destination. Maybe one loses a few extra calories when it gets very cold... :confused:
I am with you on that last thought, Crankin! Barry dug out our scale out from deep in one of our suitcases today. I held my nose and weighed in before breakfast -- 106.5. Considering I was 103.5 just a couple of weeks ago, I'm not thrilled. We've been taking long, long walks and hikes, but our bikes are in NC, where we won't be until next month. And of course we've been enjoying all the delicious foods and beverages we couldn't get in Belize.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
In my case, I think I am just going to have to be very diligent now that I am going through menopause. My mom gained a LOT of weight around this time of life, going from thin to fat in just a few short years, and I am determined NOT to follow in her footsteps. She was never an exerciser and quit smoking around the same time too, so I know that her fate is not necessarily mine, but I still have to be careful. It's certainly genetically predisposed in my family to gain weight in mid-life.
144.4. Which is progress, though I'm still not real happy about it.
This prolonged cold weather combined with continued craziness at work is keeping me from getting outside for exercise. Though I have managed to get into a routine of riding the bike indoors twice a week, so that's something.
I just bought booties for cold weather riding (thank you, REI coupon + dividend). If the sun comes out at all tomorrow afternoon I might go for a ride around my neighborhood instead of riding on the trainer.
I really want to ride my bike on a warm sunny day. In late March in DC, that should not be too much to ask!!!
Sorry so late with the link. Stupid work. And that fall-back plan of winning the lottery isn't panning out so well. :)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...Hc&usp=sharing
Thank you!
Thanks:) but ok babes so how do we get logged in to enter our stuff? Or do we just keep posting here also? I was about 141 on 3/22.Quote:
Originally Posted by Possegal
Gawd having some hormonal issues and just ate a lunch that will burn me in vegan hell:o... and def not healthy overall!
Appreciate this thread, I was just getting grumpy to trash in my food log and give up for a while. No can do now.;)
you keep posting here and I edit the document.
OK, great, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Possegal
:)
107.0
Slight downward trend. I'll take it.
Ya my scale is suckin':mad: here lately lol:o...this morning I was 143...some of it's hormonal water weight...and the rest just too many bdays w/desserts to celebrate, and Easter is this week-end...so then thank gawd it will be a steady stretch off the party eatin' train until Mother's Day:rolleyes:...so that's my log-in for this week.
144.4.
Still cold outside and busy at work => not enough exercise. I am getting back some of the strength in my legs from indoor trainer rides, so that's something.
Tomorrow I leave for vacation for a week. There will be homemade cookies...
125.6 this morning - I will take it!
My trainer has convinced me that I need to add a few more carbs back into my diet, especially during a post-workout meal. My total carb intake still won't go over 100, but right now it barely goes over 60...that is too low for my activity level :rolleyes: There are a broad range of non-grain or processed carb sources for me to choose from but since reversing the diabetes last year I've been restricting a bit too much. I will try it...