January/February weight loss challenge

[Susan Otcenas]

I was 130 last Friday.

Clearly won't be making my 127 goal, but the truth is that I've not been trying very hard these past 2 months.

On the plus side, though, I hit my WW goal of 130 pounds at the beginning of May 2009, and although I've bobbed around 130 +/-3 pounds since then, I'm still at WW goal.

But, if I want to lean up for my summer events, I really need to get focused again.

I heard an interesting story on NPR this morning about weight loss and leptin levels in your brain. In short, when you lose weight, your leptin levels decline. Leptin controls your brain's emotional responses to food, so as you lose leptin, your brain seems to signal that you need more food. It was very interesting. You can read it here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=123894109

Susan

[Catrin]

Much to my great surprise, I weighed this afternoon BEFORE weight lifting and spinning, to find my weight down to 147.8!!!!!!!!!!

Of course there is no telling what it will be like on Friday - I've noted before that usually when I don't work out over the weekend that my weight drops anywhere from 2-5 pounds by Monday. This has never made sense to me...