November/December Weight Management Challenge

[solobiker]

140 today. Woot woot!!

[emily_in_nc]

108.5 yesterday, which is high for me but not nearly as bad as it could have been after 16 days of eating and drinking our way through Mexico!

Fortunately, we did walk LOTS and LOTS and carried backpacks to/from bus stops, etc. Otherwise I'd be looking at 110+. Only splurge coming up is a Christmas potluck at friends', which I plan to enjoy thoroughly, and then right back on the horse.

Back to the bike yesterday and yoga today. Would like to get back to 105 by the end of January.

[murielalex]

Okay, I'm joining in. After injuring my ankle on November 8th, and learning that I have zero cartilage left, along with other not fun stuff, I'm taking dropping pounds seriously. Since I was in a cast and on crutches, not really exercising, I went strict paleo with a 1200 calorie count and lost 17 pounds since that day. I started up weight training again a couple weeks ago, and since I got my cast of yesterday, I'm slowly going to start doing more cardio (didn't want to sweat and stink up the cast; been there, done that, not good at work), get back on the bike, add a bit more healthy carbs in, etc. Today, I was 162.6, which is a good 20 pounds from where I need to be. My goal is to be in the 150s by the new year, and hopefully, lose about 2 lbs. weekly until I'm at least at 145, which was a weight at which I was always happy. I'm pretty muscular, and I don't like to look skinny, but I'm also 5'5" and fairly small framed minus the hips. Since I haven't been below 145 in at least 15 years, I don't even know what a healthy low weight might be for me. All I know is that I need to get any extra weight off my ankle now. The plus will be I might get better on my bike

BTW, all the holiday goodies are killing me, but I haven't had a one. I keep telling myself that there will still be good food left in the world and I don't need to eat it all today.