March/April Weight Management Challenge

[jobob]

Yay for being able to put on the slimmer jeans!

[Gypsy]

163.6 lbs.

Steady. Not increasing, which is a nice result. My fbs is getting better too. And yes, still back to my "old" style of eating, which was a lot healthier than what the nutritionist recommended.

[Possegal]

A few updates.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...aM0NSN0E#gid=0

[Crankin]

104.2
This week, my weight was between 106.8 and the above number. Lots of riding (with accompanying nutrition), soft serve ice cream, and more carbs over the past weekend.
Going to experiment this weekend. No Luna Bars or any of the other things that usually happen on the weekend.

[limewave]

157

[goldfinch]

102.5

Within the range of maintenance. High calorie intake this week, averaging about 1700 a day.

Here is my April chart, it illustates how our weight can flip all over the place on a day to day basis. I weigh exactly the same time of the day under the same conditions (after peeing, undressed). The red line is the moving average. My moving average right now is 103.5.

[Catrin]

102.5

Within the range of maintenance. High calorie intake this week, averaging about 1700 a day.

Here is my April chart, it illustates how our weight can flip all over the place on a day to day basis. I weigh exactly the same time of the day under the same conditions (after peeing, undressed). The red line is the moving average. My moving average right now is 103.5.

Thank you for this, it really does help to see how much our weight can vary over a short period of time. Personally, I've learned to not weigh the day after a heavy workout or hard bike ride because of water retention. These days I am trying only to weigh after a rest day - preferably two in a row (though 2 consecutive rest days rarely happens).

[channlluv]

With all the posts this week with Goldfinch's and others' stories, and Grits' post about getting back on the scale after avoiding it for weeks, I decided I'd get back on the bandwagon, too.

Three weeks ago I started a temp job at a university. Long days, pretty stressful. Some days I brought lunch, but I got sick of sandwiches every day. The turkey was salty. The pita chips were salty.

Yesterday, I tried a salad at BurgerKing. Oh my god, the grilled chicken was so salty it literally burned the inside of my mouth. My gums are still raw. It was gross. I had forgotten why I quit eating there.

My clothes are fitting tighter. I've lost most of my fitness, what little I had.

I got back on the scale anyway: 219.2

I think that's a good bit lower than where I was a month ago and it shocked me. I actually got off and got back on to check it. I have to think I've just lost that much muscle. I'm a lot flabbier today than I was a couple of months ago.

But it's a starting over point.


Roxy

[Tri Girl]

well I haven't lost any weight on the scale, but 4 weeks ago I bought a dress for our annual Shakespeare Festival at school, and it was TIGHT zipping up the back (like: I had to get help zipping it up). Today I put it on for the festival, and zipped it up myself with no problem. So even though I'm not losing any weight, maybe this weight training is doing me some good.

I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY trying to not get on the scale anymore, because those fluctuations just either ruin my day or make me a crazy person. Things like clothes fitting better are what I'm trying to go for. I refuse to "diet" anymore. I'm eating healthy 85% of the time, and I have a small sweet every single day. I will NOT count points, calories, etc any longer. I am a vegan and eat well at most every meal. If I lose weight, great. If not, I'm going to stop hating myself for it. I can fit into 10/12's so I guess I'm going to be OK with it. Plus, my monster quads and glutes are NOT getting down into single digits ever again I fear (I need them too much for running and cycling anyway).

I taught a class this semester to 8th grade girls about having a good body image and loving yourself for what you are. I guess I absorbed a little of what I taught them. I'm not saying I don't look in the mirror sometimes and say to myself "you look like you're 7 months pregnant in this outfit", but I have those days less frequently. I even took down 2 full-length mirrors in my house (I kept the one up that for some reason is like a funhouse mirror- it makes me look thinner). Part of my problem is that I feel good in my clothes, but then see myself in a mirror and the negative self-talk starts. I took away the mirrors in my house so I don't have the chance to rip myself to shreds. I'm almost 40- it's time I stopped beating myself up and started loving me for who I am- thunder thighs and all!

[jobob]

Here is my April chart, it illustates how our weight can flip all over the place on a day to day basis. I weigh exactly the same time of the day under the same conditions (after peeing, undressed). The red line is the moving average.

Yes!! Thank you for posting this, goldfinch.

We're living breathing moving organisms, we eat and drink, we sweat and eliminate body wastes -- and let's not forget the effect of hormones (triggered by fertility, exercise, stress, etc), illness, medications, you name it, on all these processes.

With all that going on, it's simply not reasonable to expect that we'll stay the same weight day in and day out, or lose that weight in a perfectly linear downward progression. We can control plenty of variables at our weigh-ins (as goldfinch mentioned), but the reality is, our weight is going to bounce around some day-to-day, despite our efforts. It's the long term trend that matters.

[jobob]

145.2

Things like clothes fitting better are what I'm trying to go for.

Heck yeah.

[ny biker]

141.8.

For two weeks I was on double-dose meds for the asthma (4 puffs/day), then two weeks back on the regular dose (2 puffs/day). I gained a few pounds of water during the double-dose, and lost it a couple of days after going back to the regular dose. Unfortunately, I'm starting to feel the inflammation come back in my lungs. So yesterday the doctor told me to try 3 puffs/day to see if that would open my lungs up without causing side effects. We shall see.

[ny biker]

With all the posts this week with Goldfinch's and others' stories, and Grits' post about getting back on the scale after avoiding it for weeks, I decided I'd get back on the bandwagon, too.

Three weeks ago I started a temp job at a university. Long days, pretty stressful. Some days I brought lunch, but I got sick of sandwiches every day. The turkey was salty. The pita chips were salty.

Yesterday, I tried a salad at BurgerKing. Oh my god, the grilled chicken was so salty it literally burned the inside of my mouth. My gums are still raw. It was gross. I had forgotten why I quit eating there.

My clothes are fitting tighter. I've lost most of my fitness, what little I had.

I got back on the scale anyway: 219.2

I think that's a good bit lower than where I was a month ago and it shocked me. I actually got off and got back on to check it. I have to think I've just lost that much muscle. I'm a lot flabbier today than I was a couple of months ago.

But it's a starting over point.


Roxy

Are you all recovered from the surgery? Losing fitness sucks, but sometimes can't be avoided.

Can you bring dinner leftovers for lunch? Or cook up a chicken breast at home and make a few salads with it?

[channlluv]

Hi, NYBiker. Thanks for asking. Yes, I'm physically recovered from the surgery. Mentally and emotionally I am feeling pretty fragile, but that's a whole 'nother story.

I do need to cook enough at night to make leftovers for lunch. I just rarely have leftovers. I'm a good cook and DH and DD have good appetites.

Roxy

[ny biker]

Hmmm, maybe you could set the "leftovers" aside before you put dinner on the table.

It took a long time for me to recover emotionally from ankle surgery, and that was just ankle surgery, and it was planned in advance. I think the anesthesia can really mess with your head, and when you mix in pain, uncertainty, lifestyle upheaval, etc. it can really take time to get back to feeling normal.