May/June weight loss thread

[Susan Otcenas]

I've decided to not try to record for WW this weekend, since I'll be out of the house for 3 solid days. Besides no home cooking, I'll also not have access to my computer and I don't feel like keeping track of it all on paper while I'm riding. I'll instead use all of the strategies I've learned over the past 6 months to eat sensibly, listen to my body and trust myself to make good choices all weekend.

I thought I'd take a minute and report in on how I did with this goal.

I think I'd give myself a B-.

Today is my WW weigh day, and the scale tells me I'm exactly the same weight as last week. So that pulled up the grade.

Pulling *down* the grade is how I feel I handled myself at the food stops on the ride. I didn't make *terrible* choices, but I also think I could have made better ones. For example, at the "Western" themed food stop - I should have stopped at one s'more, but they were so yummy that I had two! At the "OSU Tailgate Party" themed food stop, I made mostly good choices: a baked potato, half of a grilled burger (gave Jeff the other half), some fruit... But then they also had 5 different kinds of cookies to choose from. I couldn't decide, so..... I'm unhappy to report that all 5 flavors were fantastically delicious, especially the peanut butter cookie.

Clearly, 225 miles and ~15,000 feet of climbing burned off the excesses, but I still wish I could have exercised a little more self control. You know - two cookies instead of five!

[Jones]

I think you are being too hard on yourself. You didn't gain any weight, you made good or okay choices most of the time and now that you are back home you will continue to make good choices. Imho I think that is what we are all trying to do. If I had made good or okay choices most of the time I wouldn't be 184 lbs but I made more bad choices thus the need for me to diet now. My goal is to be able to eat whatever I want sometimes and eat healthy most of the time and sometimes I am just gonna wanna eat 5 different cookies. Life and food would be pretty boring without good and bad choices.

[jesvetmed]

My goal is to be able to eat whatever I want sometimes and eat healthy most of the time and sometimes I am just gonna wanna eat 5 different cookies. Life and food would be pretty boring without good and bad choices.

Well said! That is probably why I won't ever be a size 6 again, but life is short, and there ARE good cookies out there! This is why I exercise... ok, it's only ONE of the reasons, but it's a big one!

You all are doing GREAT! Weight loss or not, we are all working to make our health more positive -- that's what matters! Keep it up everyone! Oh, and PEDAL WENCH: if you want, I can sneak in and loosen that dress a little -- then you can zip it up and feel FANTASTIC!

[Pedal Wench]

PEDAL WENCH: if you want, I can sneak in and loosen that dress a little -- then you can zip it up and feel FANTASTIC!

I thought of that! I bought it for my brother's wedding last year. Couldn't zip it then either and got into it in time. So, I know I can do it. But, if not, maybe just a little bit around the bust...

I learned that there's a huge difference between junior and real-woman sizes. This dress is 4 sizes bigger than my jeans - I don't get it. Apparently, juniors don't have ribs. Or are they like baby's heads - they're still soft and squishy.

[Reesha]

I have to stop weighing myself every day! It's making me crazy when it doesn't budge. I usually blame the fact that I haven't relieved myself of dinner the night before when I step on the scale in the morning

Today will be a very disciplined day. 2 egg whites and 1 whole egg for breakfast with a splash of Bragg's liquid aminos for taste! I'm not sure what lunch is going to look like... it's end of the year workshops at school and I think the cafeterias are closed!

[sundial]

175.8

I had a rough week this week. I was hungry but couldn't figure out what my body wanted so I ate more than usual. I noticed my HR was up so I figured that I was starting to overtrain and that's why I was eating my way out of the house.

Next week is another week.

[Blueberry]

219 this week. Not what I hoped for, but still progress...

CA