Weigh-in Week of February 3rd

[mtbdarby]

I'm frustrated. I weighed myself midweek and had lost 1 pound so I was expecting to see another pound lost. I worked my A$$ off this week with my workouts and my only splurge was a 140 calorie hot chocolate. And I ended up the week with a one pound GAIN I know I'm building muscle right now but come on - I've never gone 4 weeks of eating so well and working out 4-6 times a week and only lost 4 pounds. Grrrrrr.

[alpinerabbit]

Not a gram. Nay, I am up again although a pair of jeans came out of long-term storage at the bottom of the pile.

Perhaps an entire week's cycling in March will help but geez, I thought it was working.

[kelownagirl]

Dar, Alpine, I'm right there with ya. I'm counting my losses in tenths of a pound right now. And that's over a week. I go up and down all week but HOPEFULLY, I've lost a LITTLE bit by the weekend. I know I'm not losing because I'm not exercising. I hope that will change when I can get on my bike again.

[Wahine]

Not a gram. Nay, I am up again although a pair of jeans came out of long-term storage at the bottom of the pile.

Perhaps an entire week's cycling in March will help but geez, I thought it was working.

If your pants are fitting better you're probably losing fat but storing more glycogen in your muscles. For every gram of glycogen we store we have to also store a gram of water. So the weight will go up, even if you're not putting on muscle.

I haven't weighed myself this week, but I don't think it will be good. I had a rest week last week and I ate like a pig all weekend, drank too. Oh well.

[SalsaMTB]

Ugh, to be honest, I haven't weighed myself. I did terrible on my diet and I'm at the point where it's hard to lose weight, so I'm expecting to see and gain and well, I just don't want to see it. I'll weigh myself tomorrow, I need to know and I guess seeing an increase will help with motivation.

The weekends are killing me! I do really well throughout the week on my diet, but once the weekend hits, it's tough. I need to get out of the house because I'll graze on crap. Also, I find it rough when peolpe ask DH and I out to dinner. It's hard to order appropriate meals.

[Bikingmomof3]

I'm frustrated. I weighed myself midweek and had lost 1 pound so I was expecting to see another pound lost. I worked my A$$ off this week with my workouts and my only splurge was a 140 calorie hot chocolate. And I ended up the week with a one pound GAIN I know I'm building muscle right now but come on - I've never gone 4 weeks of eating so well and working out 4-6 times a week and only lost 4 pounds. Grrrrrr.

Dar,
A pound a week is a very sensible weight loss plan if you hope to keep the weight off for the long haul. And yes, building muscle will make the scale read a heavier number.

Be kind to yourself. How do you feel about you? (no need to answer, just something to think about). The number on the scale is just that, a number. If you came to my house and weighed yourself the number would be different.

Ummmm. Maybe try to focus on your measurements for a month and how your feel, and ignore the scale? I lost 60+ overall inches and I would have gone insane had I just looked at the scale number. At one point I just moved my scale out of site. I think as a culture we all can at times get too caught up with a number.

Just rambling thoughts. Ignore at will.

[SalsaMTB]

Dar,
lost 60+ overall inches and I would have gone insane had I just looked at the scale number. At one point I just moved my scale out of site. I think as a culture we all can at times get too caught up with a number.

I think this is very good point. Currently, I only stand on the scale. I sort of wish I measured my hips, waist, chest, etc before starting my diet so I could see the inches lost, not just pounds.

[kelownagirl]

I did all my measurements before I started and was amazed at how many inches I lost. It was dfeinitely a huge motivator. Went from a size 10 to a 6. Sadly, I'm not losing pounds or inches now.

[LBTC]

down by 0.2 pounds since last week, 2.4 since I started Jan 1. Fat %age down from 29.1 last week to 28.4 this weekend. Muscle mass up from 90.2 pounds to 91 pounds. And, myfavourite, metabolic age down to 30, from a high of 33 in the last 5 weeks. Wahoo!

Inches are not spectacular, down 2.27 combined since starting Jan 1....

According to DH I am looking better though. Not sure if it's the drugs, the friendly bacteria supplements, the crazy restricted diet, the pretty good exercise level....but he says the loompa (as in oompa) that is my bloated belly, is getting smaller, less loompy. Yay!

Yes, it's hard to stay motivated all the time. I stick to my own rules. Only use the scale once a week. Don't cheat the night before. All conditions the same each week....at least it's consistent that way.

Keep it going, ladies, and Mr. S., you're doing fabulously!!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[SalsaMTB]

Well, I did the weigh in this morning and I'm down 0.8 pounds. Please note, I waited until I did a really good workout to weigh myself. I didn't step on the scale on monday, but I'm happy with today's results.

[kelownagirl]

Yay Salsa and LBTC!! Keep up the good work!

[crazycanuck]

I'm getting there slowly...I weighed 64.5kg at my weigh in & am quite happy with the way my body shape is heading. My togs(swimsuit) fit!!!

It's been a struggle even with eating the right foods etc. but i'll get to my goal of 60kg..no matter how hard it might be.

c

[Bluetree]

I'm frustrated. I weighed myself midweek and had lost 1 pound so I was expecting to see another pound lost. I worked my A$$ off this week with my workouts and my only splurge was a 140 calorie hot chocolate. And I ended up the week with a one pound GAIN I know I'm building muscle right now but come on - I've never gone 4 weeks of eating so well and working out 4-6 times a week and only lost 4 pounds. Grrrrrr.

Hang in there, Dar.

Muscle is a good thing! If it were all about the scale, I'd be having fits. I gained 6-7 pounds in the last three months, even while doing 10-11 hours of cardio a week... and my clothes are definitely getting baggier. Best of all, a girl came up to me after spin class last week (I hadn't seen her in a few months) and she said, "Dang! Your legs are firm!"

Rock on with yo' bad self!

[mtbdarby]

Thanks BMo3 and Bluetree. I took my measurements 2 weeks ago and was down 5 inches so I know I'm making progress. It always comes off my upper body first. I am in the same size pants but the waist is not tight. My chiro did tell me he could see it in my face - my cheekbones are more pronouced. I will keep on with my bad self but I need to see that darn scale move soon!