January/February weight management challenge

[Susan Otcenas]

Well, considering I spent most of the week feeling like sh!t because of calorie reduction (fuzzy headed, dizzy, fatigued), I am only down to 127.2. No change in waist and hip measurements. I should be happy with that but, honestly, I'm disappointed. It's affecting my running a LOT. I think I will eat a bit more this week and see what happens.

I'm not a nutritionist (nor do I play one on TV ) but it sounds like you are underfueling for your level of intensity and training.

I find it a very delicate balance to fuel enough for training, yet not so much that I don't end up with a small deficit to nudge me along the weight loss path.

[Tri Girl]

Well, yesterday I was 163.8 and this morning I was 165.3

I'm going with the 163.8.
I generally don't weigh everyday, but did yesterday because I was going to the doc and I wanted to tell her how much I'd lost since I've last seen her.
Then today I weighed because it's our weigh-in day. I like yesterday's number better, so that's what I'm going with.

[klesko]

I find it a very delicate balance to fuel enough for training, yet not so much that I don't end up with a small deficit to nudge me along the weight loss path.

I agree, and when I was stress eating the last few months I actually found I felt better on my bike when I ate more than I burned if I was eating nutritious food. I am back to a very small calorie deficit in January and will work on my balance. It does take a lot of focus, since I naturally eat 100-200 calories more than I burn if I don't track more carefully than I have been and weigh every day.

I had internet access problems the last couple of days - 146 this week. Sorry for the late post.

[jobob]

Just had my Weight Watchers weigh-in.

148.4

Dagnabit, a lousy four-tenths of a pound from goal!!!

But hey, that said, I'm only four-tenths of a pound from goal.

I've been wearing the same jeans and top for nearly every weigh-in -- and the jeans have been getting looser, woo woo.

But the helpful ladies at the front desk suggested I don't wear jeans next week. I'm off to check my closet for a lighter-weight pair of pants ...

[ny biker]

But the helpful ladies at the front desk suggested I don't wear jeans next week. I'm off to check my closet for a lighter-weight pair of pants ...

I'd go with pajamas...

[SadieKate]

I'd go with pajamas...

With pink ribbons . . . hee-hee.

[goldfinch]

It's Friday, 2/3/12.

I'm 105.6, the lowest since the early 1980s. My goal has been to maintain my weight but it didn't hurt to drop a bit more.

More importantly, since I've been in Texas I've lost an inch around my waist, which had stayed the same for several months despite the fact I had been losing weight. I think that working with weights might be helping trim up a bit.

[Catrin]

Still 135.2.

[tprevost]

Great job Jobob!!!!!

Just had my Weight Watchers weigh-in.

148.4

Dagnabit, a lousy four-tenths of a pound from goal!!!

But hey, that said, I'm only four-tenths of a pound from goal.

I've been wearing the same jeans and top for nearly every weigh-in -- and the jeans have been getting looser, woo woo.

But the helpful ladies at the front desk suggested I don't wear jeans next week. I'm off to check my closet for a lighter-weight pair of pants ...

[VeganBikeChick]

Ended at 177.2. Not as much of a gain as I feared.

[emily_in_nc]

Water weight is amazing. I reluctantly reported my Friday weigh-in (right after a four-day vacation during which every meal was eaten out) at 109.5, way up for me. During the day Friday, I peed a zillion times. Saturday morning, I weighed 106.5! Yesterday I ate pretty normally, no strict dieting but nothing too bad either, and this morning I weighed 105.5!

Really strange, but I am thrilled to have lost four lbs. in two days, even if it was entirely unreal weight (i.e. all water).

[yellow]

Late posting because I was gone for the weekend. Before I left, 124.8. Speaking of water, I think this was dehydrated weight. I cross country skied a total of about 32 miles F-S-S, so I was very hungry S & S (and ate a lot more than normal, and food I don't normally eat as we were eating out for dinners). Back to reduced calorie for another week or two!