January/February weight management challenge

[Susan Otcenas]

141.0

[five one]

138. No excuses. Bad week at work, fitful sleep, very little exercise.

Looking forward to getting out on the road this weekend to burn off some frustration and calories. No rain expected, temps predicted to be in the 60s.

I have my trainer bike back from the shop, so I hope to spend some pre-work morning time spinning before the next weigh in. My wrist also feels better. Limiting the time spent on my cross-stitch project (almost finished!) has helped. So back to the weights.

One month of the challenge gone and I'm still where I began. Hoping for some downward movement before the end of February.

[ny biker]

142.6. I think oranges might make me gain weight, too. Damn clementines. I bought a box last weekend because they were on sale.

(Anyway, they look nice in a glass bowl on my windowsill. My new kitchen is white cabinets, black counters, white tile backsplash with silver gray grout, robin's egg blue walls, gray floor, silver gray window shade. I find that having something that is red, orange or yellow on the windowsill looks really nice.)

[yellow]

ny biker, I call clementines crackentines. I can never eat just one.

[goldfinch]

197 last week..196.1 this week. not a big improvement. but I am feeling awesome!!...


Question?....how can someone look like 40 pounds less than their actual weight?... I saw a few friends today that I havent seen in a few months and they were all excited about my weigh loss and the way I am looking now. They kept asking me and I asked a few of them how much they think I weight..and they all said around 155 -170 . I know I have dropped more size than weight but thats my problem with gaining weight in the past ... I always look way less than what I really weight......but why is that?..some poeple say it depends on your body type or/and bone structure..and also if you were into sport when young. But I am just wondering.

Muscle is denser than fat so you might have a nice muscle mass.

[jobob]

149.0

Hot dang! I'm below 150 !!!

The funny thing is, I've been sitting on my butt watching figure skaters all this week (US Figure Skating National Championsips in San Jose -- a front-row seat, no less )

Wonder of wonders, the HP Pavillion is actually letting people bring in their own food -- which has not been the norm at FS competitions I've attended in the past! -- and that's helped a lot. I've lived on turkey & mustard sandwiches, fresh fruit, carrots, and fat free greek yogurt. And I've ridden on my trainer almost every morning for 30-45 minutes before heading down to the arena.

I pass by the concession stands and I think "I don't want to eat that crap!" It helps that the concession food costs a bloody fortune, although I have spent an ungodly amount on mediocre coffee this week. There's a Peet's coffee shop about a half-mile walk from the arena though -- good coffee and activity points, can't beat that.

Oh, and I've had only one adult beverage so far this week, at the tres swanky bar in the Fairmont hotel (and it was pretty darn good).
Heh heh, this is where maillotpois pipes up and asks "Who are you and what have you done with jobob?!?"

Oh, and I have only one pound to go to my Weight Watcher's goal weight. Booyah!

[Veronica]

Lucky you Jo! I've got them queued up on tivo this weekend. I looked into going to see them live...
I hope they are good.

Oh...and congratulations!

Veronica

[jobob]

Heh, maybe you'll see me on TV! I'm sitting across the ice from the judges, nearly in the center. Looking from the ice I'll be a bit to the right of the center-ice camera stand -- there's an AT&T logo on the boards just in front of me (granted, there are about a half-dozen AT&T logos around the arena). A lot of skaters have been landing salchows in front of us.

[Gypsy]

I've never worked with a nutritionist, but perhaps it would be worth your while to call the office back and tell them specifically what kind of information/assistance you're looking for from the nutritionist. Be frank but polite that you're interested in something different from, or in addition to, a menu plan and ask if they work for clients in that manner. If the answer is "not really" or a grudging "yes," then tell them that you think it would be better to seek assistance elsewhere. It could just be that this is the default approach that the nutritionist takes because most of her/his clients simply want to be told what to eat.

Again, I don't know what's standard in this area, but I've learned over time to be more assertive (but polite) even when it comes to the services that I get from people like doctors, PTs, therapists and the like. I realize they're the "expert," but it's my body and my money. I make sure I state what I want and need out of the relationship.

Thanks. I will do that. I think I need to find out exactly if I'm going to get what I need/want out of this otherwise, there's no sense in spending the time or money.

[emily_in_nc]

I wish I had a newer digital scale that measured to the 0.1 lb. accuracy; mine only measures to .5 lb, making day-to-day fluctuations look larger than they probably are at times.

Anyway...I weighed 105.0 and 105.5 just about every day in the past week, but yesterday I blew it eating out with friends, drinking beer and plenty of high-sodium food, so was 106.0 this morning, just like last week. It could have been worse, I guess.

Next week we're traveling (within Belize) so will be eating out a lot. Hopefully we'll also get a lot of exercise, but if I could just maintain, I'll be happy.

[Susan Otcenas]

149.0

Hot dang! I'm below 150 !!!

Oh, and I have only one pound to go to my Weight Watcher's goal weight. Booyah!

WOOT!! You go girl!! SO happy for you. What a sense of accomplishment, eh?

[Susan Otcenas]

Well, considering I spent most of the week feeling like sh!t because of calorie reduction (fuzzy headed, dizzy, fatigued), I am only down to 127.2. No change in waist and hip measurements. I should be happy with that but, honestly, I'm disappointed. It's affecting my running a LOT. I think I will eat a bit more this week and see what happens.

I'm not a nutritionist (nor do I play one on TV ) but it sounds like you are underfueling for your level of intensity and training.

I find it a very delicate balance to fuel enough for training, yet not so much that I don't end up with a small deficit to nudge me along the weight loss path.

[Tri Girl]

Well, yesterday I was 163.8 and this morning I was 165.3

I'm going with the 163.8.
I generally don't weigh everyday, but did yesterday because I was going to the doc and I wanted to tell her how much I'd lost since I've last seen her.
Then today I weighed because it's our weigh-in day. I like yesterday's number better, so that's what I'm going with.

[VeganBikeChick]

177 today. Better than I thought.

[SAMbike]

116.6

At least now I'm not heading upwards...