May/June weight loss challenge

[GLC1968]

I'm going to go with 'no change' for me this week since I weighed 161.something both Friday and Saturday (even though both days, my routine was messed up). Today I'm down a little, so I'm hopeful for next week.

Here's the interesting part. About three weeks ago (when I first hit 161 on the scale) I tried on all the clothes in my 161 bin (I'll explain in a minute) and only about 1/2 of them fit. Yesterday, I tried on all the rest and everything fit fine even though my weight is the same. I am definitely smaller. I'm wearing my belts on different holes and I've moved some of my 'fat pants' into the 'donate' bin. I also had to buy a new pair of work pants yesterday because my fat pants were too big and looking very unprofessional and I'm not quite small enough for the next set of work pants. Yay!

So, the bin thing. My weight has varied by about 40 lbs over the past 3-4 years. Because of this, I have LOTS of differently sized clothing. When we moved here, I put everything into my main closet (which is huge, yay!) but it got very depressing looking at all these clothes that I was too fat to wear. About 3-4 months ago, I went crazy trying on and organizing my whole closet. Everything that didn't fit went into bins and the bins were labeled based on what weight I needed to be to fit into them. Easy enough to do since most of those scale weights were quite recent and I could remember what I weighed when based on where I was living at the time. So now, I just cleared out the 161 bin. The next one is a 155 bin which contains most of my shorts - so I need to get there soon before it gets too much warmer here! I have bins going all the way down to 130 lbs where the clothing size dips into the 4's and 2's (now I'm in 10's & 12's). It's cool because this way, I don't see the clothes every day and when I do get to open the bins, it's like Christmas for free! Plus, many of these clothes have good memories tied to them, so it'll be fun to be able to wear them again. AND, my closet feels WAY bigger now that it's not stuffed with useless items anymore.

[channlluv]

Still at 232 here.

I attended a luau/memorial service for my father-in-law yesterday. He died of cancer on April 26th. That's father number three since November for folks keeping track (my father, grandfather, and now Bob). My daughter is fresh out of grandpas.

The losses have been really hard on me, and compounded by the car accident in February that took me out of my regular training schedule for two months while I've been recovering. My wrist is still a bit sore, especially on long rides. I tried 16 miles a few days ago and my hand was numb the whole time. I kept shifting position, but I had to ice it as soon as I finished.

I'm on the mend, though.

Roxy

[shootingstar]

Another family member died from cancer, channlluv? I'm sorry for your losses. {{{{hugs}}}

[bambu101]

Is it too late to sign up again? I am really struggling lately, and buying candy and having it in the house its NOT a good idea. All the exercise in the world won't do anything if I eat junk!

Starting weight 187.5 - an all-time high- bummer

[limewave]

I will be so lucky if I break-even again this week. We just had DS 1st birthday party and I made a chocolate fudge cake with peanut butter frosting covered in peanut butter cups! It was amazing. And I had too much. Plus, we ordered a BLT Pizza which I ate too much of as well. I enjoyed every morsel.

But, it's time to get back to reality and eating healthy again.

[Susan Otcenas]

I will be so lucky if I break-even again this week. We just had DS 1st birthday party and I made a chocolate fudge cake with peanut butter frosting covered in peanut butter cups! It was amazing. And I had too much. Plus, we ordered a BLT Pizza which I ate too much of as well. I enjoyed every morsel.

But, it's time to get back to reality and eating healthy again.

Lime - you're doing fantastic. You've dropped so much in the past year - it must feel so good!

I'm glad you enjoyed every morsel. Seriously. I think an indulgence now and again is really important. If we never allow ourselves any treat, we not only get resentful of the whole process, but we also don't learn how to survive "in the real world" of eating day to day once we accomplish our goals.

Afterall, there isn't just "gain weight" or "lose weight" mode. There's also "maintain weight" mode. So, if you have a treat and maintain for a week, that's tells you something about what kind of eating habits you'll need to maintain later to sustain your new healthy weight.

Susan

[channlluv]

Another family member died from cancer, channlluv? I'm sorry for your losses. {{{{hugs}}}

Yes. My father-in-law, three days after his 74th birthday, in April. My grandfather died in January, and my father died in November. All three were in hospice care and all three had family with them at the time of their passing. I was there for my father and grandfather. My husband was by his father's side when he took his last breath.

Three days later my mother was hospitalized with what they thought was a stroke, but turned out to be a really severe migraine -- she's on heavy narcotics now to control the pain -- and my grandmother took a fall, broke a vertebrae and is now in ICU because her blood pressure shot up so high it aggravated an aneurysm near her belly button.

And I can't seem to get back under 230. It's minor compared to all the other stuff going on, but there it is.

Roxy

[TsPoet]

205.5, should have checked in on Friday, think I was down a smidge, instead of *up*.
Since I didn't ride this weekend ( http://www.ohpv.org/HPC/index.html ), I helped out with race organization and ate the red vines meant for the racers. Oops, but hopefully it'll come off again OK.

[kacie tri-ing]

I was 166 this week, but I am tapering for a half ironman sunday!

[bambu101]

184.6 this week

[Susan Otcenas]

I was 166 this week, but I am tapering for a half ironman sunday!

Good luck Kacie!!

[Trek420]

174, wrong way! Dang this is hard. Thanks, gals for the support.

[Jones]

174.4

[GLC1968]

Woohoo...movement! (and some new numbers, too!): 157.9 for me this week.

I'm also now tracking my body fat and my measurements and I lost just shy of 2 lbs of body fat and ZERO lean body mass since last Wednesday, so I'm very pleased. My goals are to lose the fat, keep the muscle...what the scale says is only secondary.

Today I am wearing a pair of jeans that I haven't been able to wear in two years. It's actually a VERY good thing since I managed to drip white paint on my only other pair of 'nice' work-appropriate jeans! What timing I have, huh?

[abejita]

Possegal,

I made a mistake with my goal. My goal for this challenge is 136 (my overall goal is 120)

Thanks!