January/February weight loss thread

[Mistie]

150 with a diagnosis of arthritis on Tuesday. Sigh.

[Susan Otcenas]

146.0. Slow, but steady.

[Grits]

Still 141. Now that birthdays and sickness are behind me, I'm getting serious again!

[Hill Slug]

Back up a bit, 194. But a couple rides are planned for this weekend. And I must remember not to eat anything with sodium the night before weigh-in day......

[solobiker]

Back up...152 I have been sick with a cold that has kicked me in the butt big time. Basically strugled through work all week, came home and slept until 7pm, got ready for bed and went back to sleep. I am feeling better today and Sunday we leave on one of our annual hut trips..lots of backcountry skiing so I hope I can lose some then.

[Susan Otcenas]

Sounds like alot of folks had a rough week. Hang in there! We're all rootin' for you!

We've had nice weather the past two weekends, so I've been able to get out for bike rides (although it did start snowing on me last Saturday...). Tomorrow looks like cloudy and a high of 40, so I'll try to get out for 30-40 miles around 10am or so. We've been having freezing fog* the past few days (I never knew there was such a thing as freezing fog until I moved to Oregon), so the roads are too slick to ride much before that.

Susan

* From Wikipedia "Freezing fog occurs when liquid fog droplets freeze to surfaces, forming white rime ice. This is very common on mountain tops which are exposed to low clouds. It is equivalent to freezing rain, and essentially the same as the ice that forms inside a freezer which is not of the "frostless" or "frost-free" type. In some areas such as in the State of Oregon, the term "freezing fog" refers to fog where water vapor is super-cooled filling the air with small ice crystals similar to very light snow. It seems to make the fog "tangible", as if one could "grab a handful"."

The ice crystals drop out of the air as the sun is coming up, and coat the streets with a thin, powdery, icy layer. Takes a few hours to melt off, usually.

[tulip]

Susan O, your progress is wonderful! Just a few months ago, in November, I think, you started in the 160s if I remember correctly. You are now at 146--that's fantastic! I enjoy reading about your very steady and disciplined progress. It is possible, you are proof, you are an inspiration! You make it look easy, but I know that it is not. Congratulations!

That freezing fog sounds delightful, beautiful, and somewhat hazardous.