January/February weight management challenge

[Giulianna23]

197 last week..196.1 this week. not a big improvement. but I am feeling awesome!!...


Question?....how can someone look like 40 pounds less than their actual weight?... I saw a few friends today that I havent seen in a few months and they were all excited about my weigh loss and the way I am looking now. They kept asking me and I asked a few of them how much they think I weight..and they all said around 155 -170 . I know I have dropped more size than weight but thats my problem with gaining weight in the past ... I always look way less than what I really weight......but why is that?..some poeple say it depends on your body type or/and bone structure..and also if you were into sport when young. But I am just wondering.

[Susan Otcenas]

141.0

[five one]

138. No excuses. Bad week at work, fitful sleep, very little exercise.

Looking forward to getting out on the road this weekend to burn off some frustration and calories. No rain expected, temps predicted to be in the 60s.

I have my trainer bike back from the shop, so I hope to spend some pre-work morning time spinning before the next weigh in. My wrist also feels better. Limiting the time spent on my cross-stitch project (almost finished!) has helped. So back to the weights.

One month of the challenge gone and I'm still where I began. Hoping for some downward movement before the end of February.

[ny biker]

142.6. I think oranges might make me gain weight, too. Damn clementines. I bought a box last weekend because they were on sale.

(Anyway, they look nice in a glass bowl on my windowsill. My new kitchen is white cabinets, black counters, white tile backsplash with silver gray grout, robin's egg blue walls, gray floor, silver gray window shade. I find that having something that is red, orange or yellow on the windowsill looks really nice.)

[yellow]

ny biker, I call clementines crackentines. I can never eat just one.

[jobob]

149.0

Hot dang! I'm below 150 !!!

The funny thing is, I've been sitting on my butt watching figure skaters all this week (US Figure Skating National Championsips in San Jose -- a front-row seat, no less )

Wonder of wonders, the HP Pavillion is actually letting people bring in their own food -- which has not been the norm at FS competitions I've attended in the past! -- and that's helped a lot. I've lived on turkey & mustard sandwiches, fresh fruit, carrots, and fat free greek yogurt. And I've ridden on my trainer almost every morning for 30-45 minutes before heading down to the arena.

I pass by the concession stands and I think "I don't want to eat that crap!" It helps that the concession food costs a bloody fortune, although I have spent an ungodly amount on mediocre coffee this week. There's a Peet's coffee shop about a half-mile walk from the arena though -- good coffee and activity points, can't beat that.

Oh, and I've had only one adult beverage so far this week, at the tres swanky bar in the Fairmont hotel (and it was pretty darn good).
Heh heh, this is where maillotpois pipes up and asks "Who are you and what have you done with jobob?!?"

Oh, and I have only one pound to go to my Weight Watcher's goal weight. Booyah!

[Veronica]

Lucky you Jo! I've got them queued up on tivo this weekend. I looked into going to see them live...
I hope they are good.

Oh...and congratulations!

Veronica

[jobob]

Heh, maybe you'll see me on TV! I'm sitting across the ice from the judges, nearly in the center. Looking from the ice I'll be a bit to the right of the center-ice camera stand -- there's an AT&T logo on the boards just in front of me (granted, there are about a half-dozen AT&T logos around the arena). A lot of skaters have been landing salchows in front of us.

[Susan Otcenas]

149.0

Hot dang! I'm below 150 !!!

Oh, and I have only one pound to go to my Weight Watcher's goal weight. Booyah!

WOOT!! You go girl!! SO happy for you. What a sense of accomplishment, eh?

[SAMbike]

149.0

I pass by the concession stands and I think "I don't want to eat that crap!"

You are awesome!! Congrats! That's what I need to do.

[katluvr]

Forgot to post.. 126.4...same. And that was a good weigh in. Now I have family & friends here for the weekend...lots of eating and drinking

At least I ran this AM before indulging in coffee cake!

K

[goldfinch]

197 last week..196.1 this week. not a big improvement. but I am feeling awesome!!...


Question?....how can someone look like 40 pounds less than their actual weight?... I saw a few friends today that I havent seen in a few months and they were all excited about my weigh loss and the way I am looking now. They kept asking me and I asked a few of them how much they think I weight..and they all said around 155 -170 . I know I have dropped more size than weight but thats my problem with gaining weight in the past ... I always look way less than what I really weight......but why is that?..some poeple say it depends on your body type or/and bone structure..and also if you were into sport when young. But I am just wondering.

Muscle is denser than fat so you might have a nice muscle mass.