Weigh-in Week of January 15

[SalsaMTB]

Well, after feeling incredibly fat and standing on the scale about 1.5 weeks ago, I decided to start a diet. I found a vegetarian diet that I'm giving a try. My goal is to lose 20lbs from when I stood on the scale that dreadful day. Granted, it was right before I started my period so I was super bloated and the first few pounds came off like nothing.

So, I started my diet last monday and will now join the weekly weigh in.

Last week, I lost a total of 7 pounds. Really, it's more like 4 because 3 were from bloat, but to make me feel good, I'm sticking with 7

[chickwhorips]

i'm trying not to gain to much weight because i'm not able to do much for the next couple of months. so far i'm doing good. just holding steady at what i'm at right now.

cut my calories down due to lack of movement, but still trying to keep a good intake of protein and other healing foods.

good job everyone on how they are doing!

[snowtulip]

It's time for me to start chiming in. I'm aiming for 15 lb. weight loss. So far I'm down 2.

salsa mtb - please if you have an opportunity, share some of your vegetarian recipes. I converted to a vegetarian lifestyle a few months ago and am having a hard time finding quick nutritionaly rich meals.

Good job everyone!

[Offthegrid]

I officially lost 3.25 pounds, which works for me. I pigged out all day, though, so I'm curious to see what happens next week.

[kelownagirl]

Congrats to everyone who lost weight this week!!! Keep working at it!! Yesterday, I hadn't shown any loss which surprised me, but this morning, I was indeed down a good pound so I am happy.

[kelownagirl]

And can I add how amazed I am that my weight can fluctuate SO much within one 24 hour period? I tend to step on the scale for curiousity's sake several times during the day and can't believe how I can gain or lose 3-4 lbs in a day. Sometimes, I lose 3-4 lbs over night. I know I don't pee that much in the morning. I DO have night sweats quite often though so that's probably where it's going. Grosses me out that I could be losing 2 lbs of sweat on my sheets every night.

[Wahine]

OK. It's time for me to join the club. On Saturday I weighed 147 lbs at 5'7". Not considered overwieght, I'm at the high end of normal. That was also the day I got my period. So today I weighed in at 145 lb. I know from experience that my best competition weight is 135 lb. So I'm shooting for that. I've got 7 months to do it before IM Can. The problem is that I'm already training pretty hard and I feel like I'm starving all the time. I have never counted calories in my life. I suppose I should start. Need to make sure that I'm getting enough to fuel my activity but cutting back a little so I can lose wisely.

Little bit of trivia for you all. I participated in a research study that looked at metabolic hormone levels in highly active women and how they change depending on restriction of caloric intake. It turns out that the most efficient caloric levels for maintaining healthy metabolism and maximizing weight loss is 80% of caloric needs. That is, if I need 2000 cal per day to maintain my lean muscle mass and I burn 1000 doing exercise, the ideal amount for me to eat would be 2400 cal.

Just a little food for thought.