January/February Weight Management Challenge

[Chile Pepper]

Woke up today and I had gained 2.5 lbs. I guess I'm never going to be able to eat a dessert again, or a healthy sandwich on whole wheat. I started back to boot camp today, after 2 weeks. But it's not like I've been inactive.
Don't know what's going on with my body.

I feel your pain. I'm 48. I've reached my ideal weight of 120, but as soon as I stop logging every bite that goes into my mouth, I gain 2 or 3 pounds (5 if I'm not careful). I'm beginning to wonder if I'll be logging my food for the rest of my life! That just doesn't seem healthy.

So... this morning I was 124.
Goal: 120. I would actually like to get my morning weight down to 118 so that my doctor's office weight is 120, but that might not be realistic.

[emily_in_nc]

I feel your pain. I'm 48. I've reached my ideal weight of 120, but as soon as I stop logging every bite that goes into my mouth, I gain 2 or 3 pounds (5 if I'm not careful). I'm beginning to wonder if I'll be logging my food for the rest of my life! That just doesn't seem healthy.

I don't log, but I gain 2-3 lbs at the drop of a hat too. Just one restaurant dinner can do it. Unfortunately, losing 2-3 lbs is much slower unless I get sick! I'm 51 and will be 52 in April. Did not have this problem until I hit 50!

[Crankin]

Well, I'm going to be *60* next fall. I'm in much better shape than I was at 45, when I had a temporary aberration of 2-3 years of being slightly overweight, despite exercising. Other than this, and a period of gluttony right after I graduated from college, I weigh around the same as I did in high school. It's just harder to keep it that way. It seems the more I exercise/work out/eat well, the more my body adapts. For some reason, I go through this every winter. I am hoping getting back on track with boot camp 2x a week is the key. Just think, a few months ago, I was worried about losing too much weight.

[murielalex]

I'm 52 and have been very active over the past five years (CrossFit until my ankle gave out, rowing at home, personal trainer, cycling), but couldn't keep the weight down, though up until my mid/late 40s, I could eat anything I wanted whenever I wanted, and was a skinny mini. I guess getting the idea that those days are gone didn't sink into my thick skull. I always joked that I was the fittest fat person I know, but it's not funny anymore. I'm on a very strict diet (very low cal paleo) that I won't be able to maintain and be healthy when my ankle is healed enough to start doing some serious mileage on my bike again, but since the weight is coming off quite easily, I can't even pretend that all my weight issues aren't diet related. I've already lost 23 pounds, and am now starting to get how quickly I could put it back on if I'm not very careful. Ugh.

[Crankin]

OK, this is my first weigh in where I weigh more than last week.
107.
However, this is less than yesterday. This week, my weight was: 108.6, 107.4, 106.8, 108, and then today, 107.