July/August - Weight Loss Challenge

[han-grrl]

Don't worry if you haven't lost on week 1 - sometimes it takes a couple of weeks for an actual loss to show up.

Good work everyone!

Have a great week - back next saturday!

XO

[callmecrazy]

Starting weight: 141.9
This week's weight: 143.2

Technically I suppose that's a gain, but it's still within my normal "flex range". I know all the holiday bbqs, birthday parties, and that year old anniversary cake didn't help though. Need to balance all this celebrating with more exercise though, so my short term goal is to be back under 141.9 next week.
Keep up all the hard work ladies! Getting started is always the hardest part in my opinion!

[jesvetmed]

Today's wt: 164.2, 34% BF
Slowly but surely! No time to eat at work this week... makes a world of difference when I'm not snacking a lot!

[DDH]

I weighed yesterday morning when I first got up or shortly there after and my starting weight was 240 and yesterday it was 243. I cannot imagine how I managed to gain 3 lbs. I am so disgusted. Seems like everytime I start really making an effort to lose this happens and then I get disgusted and quit, and then I will lose a bit again, but never much. I just get back down to like where I started and then don't lose again.
Oh well, I'm guess that gives me an extra 3 lbs to lose.

[solobiker]

Hang in there DDH, you can do it and please don't give up.

[kelownagirl]

Here's an interesting take on weight loss for athletes, in Joe Friel's Blog.

http://www2.trainingbible.com/joesbl...ight-loss.html

[Tabby]

This was a good article, thanks for sharing. I'll take a few of these things into account as I work thru my efforts.

PJ

[Tabby]

I weighed yesterday morning when I first got up or shortly there after and my starting weight was 240 and yesterday it was 243. I cannot imagine how I managed to gain 3 lbs. I am so disgusted. Seems like everytime I start really making an effort to lose this happens and then I get disgusted and quit, and then I will lose a bit again, but never much. I just get back down to like where I started and then don't lose again.
Oh well, I'm guess that gives me an extra 3 lbs to lose.

Hey, DDH, hang in there! There are lots of reasons that a woman's weight will flucutate (female issues, bowels, retaining water, etc.) Just stay the course. Do you write down your food intake daily? Not to chastise yourself for something that may not be the healthiest, but more so you can track how many vegies, fruits, proteins, water you are taking in. Save the sheets for the week, it you find you lost weight that week, hang on to that weeks sheets and try to do them again.

Stay the course ... keep logging your miles, your calories in/calories out, only weigh yourself once a week ... daily flucuations are tough to watch. Hang on, we're all here for you!
PJ

[DDH]

Thanks girls, I'm not giving up. I did not keep track this first week, nor did I get much in the way of exercise in. It was a bad start week, so I need to do better next week. I have been way to busy running errands and had to have another mammogram cause they thought they saw something, so that was stressful, and had to have more blood work for my thyroid issue so that sometime before next year maybe I will get to see the endocrinologist. Plus I started my period last week, so all in all, it wasn't a good week for me. LOL
I still don't' like that I gained weight though.

I will do better next week. Thanks for the encouragement.

[Tabby]

Starting weight: 141.9
This week's weight: 143.2

Technically I suppose that's a gain, but it's still within my normal "flex range". I know all the holiday bbqs, birthday parties, and that year old anniversary cake didn't help though. Need to balance all this celebrating with more exercise though, so my short term goal is to be back under 141.9 next week.
Keep up all the hard work ladies! Getting started is always the hardest part in my opinion!

Abbie, I'm with you ... "flex range" is important to remember. I usually play with with 3-5 pounds as long as in a couple months, it gears its self to the downward side ...

How many do you play with?

PJ

[Tabby]

Gosh, DDH, with a week like that ... don't sweat it. Just stay the course, it will all even itself out. Shoot for an improvment this week over last and you'll be just fine.

[solobiker]

DDH, you had quite the week. Continue to stay focused and take small steps towards the changes you want.

[callmecrazy]

Abbie, I'm with you ... "flex range" is important to remember. I usually play with with 3-5 pounds as long as in a couple months, it gears its self to the downward side ...

How many do you play with?

PJ

I give myself 2-3 pounds in either direction as general flex, and don't consider it as a gain or loss. I also weigh myself twice a day so I can keep close tabs on where I am at. This way I know if a strikingly high or low number is "real" or just an effect of something like hydration or bowels.

[ibcycling]

Hello everyone! Yesterday was crazy busy so I didn't get my numbers logged in. I was very good and stayed on my Detox diet and it paid off. The scale showed 165.5 yesterday. Whooohoooo! I don't honestly expect to lose again this week, heck I'll be happy if I just maintain. The crazy thing is I wasn't hungry except for the days I rode which was only 2 days thanks to a head cold. Biking miles were 62 which puts me behind my goal but I know I plan to build up miles so I'll make it up.

Starting weight: 171
Weigh in: 165.5
Bike Miles 62
Hiking Miles 3 with 800ft climb

I'm in Seattle this weekend for soccer so I'm just trying to stay away from the junk food. Any bike shops that I HAVE to hit while I'm here? I think I'll have some time on Monday after games.

Have a great week everyone!

Lora

[ibcycling]

Today's wt: 164.2, 34% BF
Slowly but surely! No time to eat at work this week... makes a world of difference when I'm not snacking a lot!

It's great to see someone post the BF%. I just got a new scale and it shows BF%, bone mass, hydration and BMI. I've heard scales don't do an accurate BF% but it'll be nice to look for a downward trend. It shows me at 32.8%. Do you have a scale that measures or did you have it done somewhere?

Lora