WGT LSS CHLNG Weigh In

**Flybye** · 12-10-2007, 06:53 AM

I have not moved in weigh on the scale. Aunt Rosy's fault, not mine!
Next............

**mtbdarby** · 12-10-2007, 08:04 AM

Don't feel back Flybye - at least you didn't move in the wrong direction!

I am back down to my starting weight - lost 3 pounds last week and am at 152.

**limewave** · 12-10-2007, 08:07 AM

I have not stepped on the scale.

But, the pants I'm wearing today fit less snugly than they did last week.

**Starfish** · 12-10-2007, 08:26 AM

Started challenge at 169. This morning, 164.

**Pedal Wench** · 12-10-2007, 09:59 AM

Oops. Posted in wrong thread:

I'm on a training plan that I'm following to a 't', rode 111 miles on Saturday, a fast 50 yesterday, watching my diet, getting sleep, and I'm up 3 lbs. today.

First day of that time of the month, but still, can I still be in the challenge without having to look at the scale?

**kelownagirl** · 12-10-2007, 10:11 AM

Happily down to 118.1 this morning, despite the cookies I ate last week.

Hope it doesn't catch up with me later this week.

**Tuckervill** · 12-10-2007, 11:08 AM

Ugh, the last week has been murder on my psyche! So, I'm not feeling it--not feeling like working on my food or exercise. I have been exercising, but on the weekend I had severe carb cravings ugh.

But, I bought a new better scale. It weighs me closer to the scale at the gym (with the body fat percentage matching, plus in line with the calculator someone posted here not too long ago). That means I'm kind of starting over...the carb binging is over, too.

Let's just say I've maintained this week.

Karen

**bambu101** · 12-11-2007, 12:53 AM

Th roller coaster continues- up 1.2 pounds this week, after being down 1 pound last week. Very frustrating!

Of course, all that "cookie blubber" is piling on from making Christmas cookies.

**caribou** · 12-11-2007, 05:58 AM

Back down to 165, started at 170. Yay!

But we're throwing a housewarming party next weekend, so will also have the cookie-making hurdle to get over. Why is the dough so much harder to resist when it's raw?????

**GLC1968** · 12-11-2007, 06:25 AM

Ok, coming clean here... I joined this challenge what, 4 weeks ago, was it? Since then, I've gained 2 lbs. And I have really been horribly remiss at both working out and eating right. I have been very, very good at beating myself up though. Certainly not a good trend. Blech. It's really been a bad few weeks.

Anyway, I came to a few major realizations the other day. Today I've started a new 'plan' that is based on these realizations. It's time I put together a healthy eating plan that works the way I do. So I did, and I start today. As part of this start, I weighed in. 161.6. UGH.

That's ok. This plan is about moving forward for the right reasons. I'm not setting any long term goals (I suck at those), and I'm not putting together any long-term training plans (I also suck at those). I'm taking this day by day, choice by choice with my only goal being to feed my body right and to get moving.

I will feel better and be healthier...and if I lose weight in the process, cool. I hope to be well on my way back to my old healthy habits by Christmas.

**sandra** · 12-11-2007, 09:04 AM

Starting weight was 154.5.

I'm happy to report that today I weighed in at 147.5, thanks (or no thanks!) to yesterday's colonoscopy.

**Starfish** · 12-11-2007, 01:11 PM

Man, GLC, I hear you. I tried to get myself on track for months and months. Just in the last 1.5 weeks, I seemed to have turned a corner. I am restarting again, at 164. Ugh.

One thing that has helped me this week is that every night I have been emailing a friend my food log and calorie count for the day. That daily accountability is helping...I can lie to myself pretty well, but if I know I have to report it to someone else, well, I will tell the truth.

**ibcycling** · 12-12-2007, 05:08 PM

I'm Back!

My laptop has been fixed and had the computer guy come out and fix the wireless so I'm back! I've been going nuts not able to get online.

It's really sad how much I depend on the internet to look things up, pay bills, fix meals, keep in touch with friends, etc.

Surprisingly I'm not doing bad with weight though my diet has not been good. I'm down to 159.5 YAY! It's nice to see the 150s again.

I'm back into several pants, jeans, and tops that I haven't worn in about 3 years. I may not make 10lbs by Christmas but losing anything during the holidays beats the heck out of the 10 I normally PUT ON! I do need to focus on eating right though, I've been letting that slide. I also haven't been riding much. Ice turns me into a weenie and time has been short. I'm going to hit the health club and check out the spin classes.

I'll catch up on reading later but wanted to check in with my weight.

Lora

**GLC1968** · 12-13-2007, 04:55 AM

Originally Posted by Starfish

One thing that has helped me this week is that every night I have been emailing a friend my food log and calorie count for the day. That daily accountability is helping...I can lie to myself pretty well, but if I know I have to report it to someone else, well, I will tell the truth.

See, and I'm the other way around. I'm more honest when it's just me. When someone else see's it, I feel the need to make things looks better than they are!

Today is day 3 of my new 'plan' and it's going really, really well so far. I think I may have stumbled on to something here!

**Over50Newbie** · 12-13-2007, 05:51 AM

Hi everyone,

A little slower around here these days, huh? We seem to have lost a lot of our posters - such a busy time of year!

Hope everyone is doing well. As for me, I know that when I post a lot I stay more motivated. And when I am more motivated, I post a lot. So I hope that the lack of posts does not mean that people are slacking off...

I seem to have stopped my food and exercise log these days. After doing it for a month, I have found that I seem to be pretty good at judging my calorie levels without writing them down. But I also am more apt to "cheat" if I am not writing everything down.

My exercise is going well. I am swimming a lot these days and my trainer has been giving me killer workouts. At the end of them, I am completely wiped out. Very good stuff. But I am now starting to find that the same thing that happened to me when I was training for my century bicycle ride is now starting to happen during these really hard swimming sessions - after I work out, I am really, really hungry, and then I tend to want to overeat.

Does anyone else find that when they are exercising really hard, it is harder to stay on plan for eating well?

I think that it is easier to lose weight when you are not doing strenuous training, just regular exercise. What do you guys think?

Anyway, tomorrow is a weigh-in day (I do best when I weigh in once a week - on Fridays) and I think I will be somewhere around 140-141. It looks like I might not make it into the 130's this week! We'll see tomorrow, but I am not feeling confident.

Well, enough rambling. Stay focused everyone.

Lynette

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