September/October weight loss challenge

[oxysback]

231.4 this morning.

4 pounds down, total (for this challenge, anyway).

Almost half way to my goal!

[GLC1968]

Great job, Ellen! Are you still running? Wanna do a 5k together this winter?

I don't have a scale available to me (I'm traveling for work) but my last weigh in was on Tuesday at 147.3, so lets use that for this week. I'll be doing a Wednesday weigh in next week as well (traveling again), so this may be a trend for me!

[oxysback]

Great job, Ellen! Are you still running? Wanna do a 5k together this winter?

Sure! I'm still really slow, though. My faststest pace so far has been a 13:56 mile.

[Blueberry]

224 for me this week! Would have been better, but had some dental work that knocked me out of exercise for a bit.

[Ambikes]

I didn't check in last week because I went on a long weekend trip to run a 10K race in Banff, AB. I weighed in when I returned to find that I had gained 8 pounds over the course of 3 days. I know the sodium in the camping food I was eating contributed, but I still thought that was a scary amount. I will definitely be modifying my typical camping food for my next trip (as much as I can, since we tend to backcountry more often that not).

Diet was okay this week, but not perfect, and I weighed 142 this morning. I need to get my eating figured out if I am going to lose any weight this challenge.

[channlluv]

228.8

One and a half weeks of complete compliance on South Beach, up to yesterday, and I gained two pounds from last week. Hmm.

My doctor took me off my blood pressure meds because my bp dropped too low - 87/52 - after the first six days on South Beach and lots of varied exercise (swimming, step class, yoga, bike ride, Zumba).

The bp meds are also a diuretic, so I'm guessing the added weight is probably just water.

I'm going for a bike ride today. I'm hoping it settles out over the next week. These headaches and crying fits are wearing me out. Yesterday was nearly completely wiped out by non-stop crying...how do I shut these demons off?

I ate a peanut butter sandwich on low glycemic sprouted grain bread, with honey apple butter instead of jelly. It made me feel more even. That's all I've "cheated" this last week and a half.

The SB people say you should lose 7 - 13 pounds in the first two weeks. We'll see.

Roxy

[Susan Otcenas]

144.

Tomorrow is October 1st, the beginning of my Ironman Canada training program. I gave myself September off, and am looking forward to getting back into a regular routine.

Susan

[Catrin]

136.2....sigh

[skhill]

120.6. Slow and steady, that's the way to go...