March/April weight loss thread

[Aggie_Ama]

Weighed this morning: 141.5

[SAMbike]

124.8
... despite being so good about not eating junk through the week... until Friday afternoon/evening - I think I gained every ounce back that I lost!

[maillotpois]

stayed exactly the same 178.4.

I really didn't think about what I ate last week - though it was all pretty healthy. well, I wil pay attention this week.

[channlluv]

You know, I think the most inspiring number on that spreadsheet is the percentage of body weight lost. I'm down 1.2% as of last week. This spreadsheet is the first time I've ever seen that enumerated, and it's the number that's stuck in my head and keeps rolling around in there as I ride.

I'm down 1.2%. My doctor told me a while back (when I weighed 258, about a year ago) that she wanted me to lose 10% of my body weight. At the time, I didn't even think about it because I knew I was over 100lbs overweight, and that I was considered morbidly obese (I think I still am), so I focused on that seemingly impossible number and felt overwhelmed. Anyway, I just did the math and at that time, 10% was 26lbs. I'm down to 242...that's 16lbs...I'm over halfway there and I didn't even realize it until you put that number on the spreadsheet and made me look at it again, Possegirl, so thank you.

Roxy

[Possegal]

channlluv - I'm so glad that the numbers on the sheet are helping you! I guess for me as a scientist, it is all about the graphical and tabular presentation of things for me. So seeing numbers like that are very helpful. And seeing it in small blocks, like our 2 month periods of tracking, also very helpful I think. Sometimes the 40-45 I would like to lose seems daunting. So telling myself that maybe I can try and lose 10 by the end of May, is easier to handle.

Carolina Girl - I've added you into our chart. Let me know what you would like for your goal for the end of April. We will of course be putting another chart up for May-June.

Martina - I hope you are on the mend soon. Take care of yourself and don't beat yourself up too much. Though I understand all too well the comment about not having a friendly relationship with your body.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm_7PeY5pbsKDg

[AnnieBikes]

Sorry, I was away for the weekend but glad I weighed right before I left...I have eaten alot this weekend...so from Friday 132, the same!

[txred9876]

261.4

At least it is not as bad as I thought....

Tina

[Mistie]

Last week: 147
4/3/09: 147
Mistie

[sundial]

Possegal, thank you for doing this.

[Possegal]

No prob, glad to help out and the hard work was done by martinkap, I just keep using the same program from 2 months to 2 months.

I too was out of town this past weekend, hence my catching up with all of you yesterday. My weight today was unchanged. Given my weekend of scrapbooking, snacking and no working out, I shall not complain too much.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...pm_7PeY5pbsKDg

[CarbonCandy]

176 for me!


I weighed in fri, sat, and sunday. The scale kept saying 180 over and over and over. But when I got up this morning and the scale read a happy 176. I did it 3 times just to make sure. Hey, I'm taking it!

[GLC1968]

Sorry, I weighed in on Friday but then forgot to post! 172.1 for me. Poo.

DH and I went for a ride yesterday and both decided that it's time to get serious about this weight loss thing. That'll really help me to have him on board....

[jesvetmed]

Ooops... Time flies. I missed last week (vacationing -- no scales allowed!). Unfortunately between last week's vacation and PMS, I'm back at 169.5. It's amazing how fast it goes back on!

[polly4711]

I need help. I am struggling horribly to do this weight loss thing. I am confident about myself and who I am. I'm 5'8" weighing in at 160 +/- 2 pounds. I have weighed this for over a year. I came into college at 135 lbs and had signed a contract with my Rowing Coach to keep above 150 so that I would be competitive. Although this sounds horrible... I've gone through college for free (my parents couldn't afford it). In college my Junior year I had both knee surgery (keeping me out for 6-9 months) in addition to an emotionally abusive boy friend (for about 5 months), thus creating the 160 that I am today.

No matter what I seem to do, I can't loose this. I really want to be in the 140s... i think that it's my natural weight. I've tried, but not really (does that make sense). As I stated earlier, I am confident about my self, and think that I am pretty... but I also feel as though I need to loose a few pounds (not because of soceity, but how I feel how my body is working).

I know that I could be more active, but seriously, I am working 14+ hours day in my lab (grad school) in addition to recovering from a car accident. I try to get sleep because I know that that is important.

I think that I'm also scared. My mother is morbidly obese and was smaller than me at my age. (My dad is a stick). I'm afraid that I'm going to end up like her.

Sorry for the big blobs of thoughts.. I'm just scared and need somebody to hug me and offer to help me with this.

[Veronica]

I think that I'm also scared. My mother is morbidly obese and was smaller than me at my age. (My dad is a stick). I'm afraid that I'm going to end up like her.

Sorry for the big blobs of thoughts.. I'm just scared and need somebody to hug me and offer to help me with this.

You do not have to look like your mother. My mother and two of my sisters are overweight. One is probably obese. My third sister was over 300 pounds when she got tongue cancer. She's now a healthy weight. Not being able to eat solid food for over a year probably added ten years to her life.

I do not look like any of them. But it takes work. No one can do that work for you. People can support you, but no one can do the work for you. It took me a long time to figure that out. For years I tried to get my husband to police my food. It caused a bit of stress in our marriage. Eventually he said he wasn't going to do that anymore. I've always worked out, but I love to eat. Nine years ago I weighed 180 pounds. I lost thirty pounds in 4 months when I took charge of my eating.

It's not easy. In the last nine years I've been as low as 148 and as high as 158. I'm currently revamping my food intake again because I want to drop some body fat. There are things I want to eat or drink that aren't in the plan. It's not easy. There are habits that are hard to break.

Hi my name is Veronica and it's been two weeks since I've had a Red Bull.

The mind is an amazing thing. Start with writing down what you eat and analyzing it. It can be eye opening, particularly if you eat a lot of fast food. You can lose weight, but it won't be easy and it will take time. Sometimes visualizing helps. I keep the image in my head of a gallon jug full of fat. That's what I want to get rid of. It's disgusting, but it keeps me from eating a lot of junk and gets me working out more.

You can take charge. Good luck!

Veronica