January/February Weight Management Challenge

[goldfinch]

111.2. Up a hair but still trending down. According to my trend chart I am losing a bit more than a half a pound a week. I am ok with that.

[Catrin]

127.4 again - sigh...

[Chile Pepper]

121
I started this week at 121 and have held it there. Yay! The coming week is going to be tough, with several food events planned. Fingers crossed I can at least hold it here.

[emily_in_nc]

104.5 and holding.

Had to give up stair-climbing as I ended up with ball-of-foot pain (Metatarsalgia) in my right foot. Stairs are tile-on-concrete, and even with my good trail-running shoes with inserts, the pain afterwards is just not worth it. Our condo is tiled and living on a tropical island, I am usually barefoot or in flip-flops, so it's not a big surprise that adding something new to the exercise mix caused problems.

Still keeping up with 2x weekly yoga and lots of biking and swimming, so that seems to be doing the job without my having to restrict food too much.

[Catrin]

121
I started this week at 121 and have held it there. Yay! The coming week is going to be tough, with several food events planned. Fingers crossed I can at least hold it here.

This is a far better way of looking at this than my sighing over the same thing - thanks for the kick in the butt I know you didn't mean it that way, but you got me thinking. It is no small thing to maintain this time of the year, and I am working to actively build muscle...so I've no reason to complain. Thanks!

[carlotta]

165.

We spent the weekend with old friends in DC (complete with too much pizza/beer) and I came home with a nasty cold....I'm ok with basically holding steady after that weekend and limited exercise/not eating terribly well after we got home. Hopefully I can kick the cold soon and get off of the soup/mac'n'cheese/few other things that sound good diet.

[murielalex]

Yesterday, I was 154.8 and feeling stuck over the past week. Today, I woke up to 158.4. WTH? I'm not even counting it, but will weigh again tomorrow.

[Crankin]

I'm getting pretty discouraged. I keep reminding myself that my high weight is 2-3 lbs. lower than last year, but I am spending every week just getting my weight back down from the weekend. I didn't weigh myself yesterday, after our x country ski trip, but today I was at 108. I just haven't been able to fully commit to the 2 week total no grain plan and go for more than a few days without my glass of red wine. And I'm wondering if there's something I can do with my exercise to change this up. Still going to boot camp, but I've backed off of the running, as my hip is really not great with it. I'm doing the trainer or spin at least 2X a week, as well as nordic skiing, snow shoeing, hiking, too. Clothes still fit OK, albeit maybe a bit snug in the hip area, but I feel flabby.
It's not like me to not be disciplined, so I just keep trying.