Weigh-in Week of February 17th

[kelownagirl]

Yay, glad to hear most people are losing weight and/or sizes! I am down two sizes since I started and I went out and bought two new pairs of pants for work last weekend because the ones I bought in October are too big now.

My weight doesn't seem to be budging this week but it tends to do that, nothing one week, and then a lb or so lost the next.

[Tuckervill]

I'm losing, too, but I always have these setbacks right around menstruation. This month, I could feel it coming on, and unlike last month, I didn't use it as an excuse to binge. But I STILL went backwards this week. I even worked out 4 times this week instead of 3, including a mountain biking trek not 4 hours after my morning cardio/weight lifting on Wednesday. My weight went up almost 3 pounds AFTER the start of my period!

It is trending back down...by about a half a pound this morning. But I can't take these setbacks every month. I've even thought of using the pill to skip periods until I get the weight off. I don't have to use BC, and it's been 24 years since I have been on the pill, and it wasn't a positive experience then (although I know they've changed a lot since then). I'm just that motivated! What do you think about that idea?

Karen

[kelownagirl]

Well it might be worth it but... I am on the pill and usually, in the last day or so of the pack, I get a little bloated and tend to gain weight for a few days until my period is over. Now for the past couple of years, I've been taking three 21-packs in a row before taking a break to get my period. Interestingly enough, I am noticing that the bloating and weight gain even happens when I am at the end of a pack and starting a new one. I've watched this carefully for many months now and I'm pretty sure it's not my imagination or coincidence.

[Tuckervill]

Yeah, I figured it couldn't be perfect! :P I'm just too desperate. lol.

Thanks for that input.

Karen