September/October weight loss challenge

**Possegal** · 10-09-2009, 05:56 AM

Updating as we speak.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...PTTc1aGc&hl=en
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k...=0&output=html

**uk elephant** · 10-09-2009, 06:57 AM

Sorry, I'm a bit late as usual. Weighed in at 216.0 this week. Not good. I seem to have fallen off the wagon before it even got rolling. But never give up! Another week another opportunity ahead....

**daisylubob** · 10-09-2009, 07:13 AM

124

**jenopher** · 10-09-2009, 07:38 AM

132 for me this morning

**Susan Otcenas** · 10-09-2009, 10:03 AM

I made my weight watchers goal of 130 in May. I ate on maintenance for most of the past 5 months. I recently lowered my goal to 125, but truthfully, I'm still eating in maintenance mode.

This image is my weightloss chart from November through this past wednesday. What is most fascinating to me is to see the obvious monthly pattern in the chart. There's a clear 4 week cycle of highs and lows. If you look carefully at the part of the chart where I was losing, you can even see that 4 week cycle at work there too - distinct dips every 4-5 weeks.

Anyway, whenever I'm in an "up" week, I get a little bummed out, but seeing this chart makes me realize that it's perfectly normal to fluctuate a bit. I know I am not losing and gaining the same 2-3 pounds over and over. It's just water and the natural cycle of life. I feel pretty good about the fact that I've figured out how to maintain this healthy weight I'm at.

One of these days I'll buckle down and really work on the last 5 pounds.

Susan

**channlluv** · 10-09-2009, 10:16 AM

Wow, Susan, that's a great chart. What a wonderful way to graph your progress. It's so encouraging, too. I've been looking at at old spreadsheets and I've been in the 245 range since I joined this last March. I've only made this big drop since I started really writing down everything I eat (I've always said I eat really well, and I've discovered that I do, I just eat a lot) and joining the Y to vary my exercise routine was really a good idea, too, and being able to narrow down the possible medical causes behind my weight gain and medicate them, that's helped, too.

I know I still have to work on the diet and exercise.

Roxy

**skhill** · 10-09-2009, 10:45 AM

Up to 131. Oh well.

**martinkap** · 10-09-2009, 12:17 PM

154lbs this morning. I think the century on Sunday worked a bit for my favor. Let's keep up the good work ladies!

And thank you Possegal for keeping the chart!

Martina

**five one** · 10-09-2009, 12:21 PM

Still holding at 134 - my body's new favorite place to be. Guess I'll have to make some more lifestyle changes to kick-start my metabolism again.

**AnnieBikes** · 10-09-2009, 12:51 PM

126..

Way to go Susan...it was great to have a visual of your wonderful progress. You have to be commended for your tenacity. That graph is impressive.

Congratulations!

**Jones** · 10-09-2009, 01:22 PM

171.8. Why, why, why when every one else has a good week I gain weight and how, how, how did I gain weight? I didn't do anything different. Same calories, same exercise. I don't get and am very frustrated. Thank you for letting me vent.

**azfiddle** · 10-09-2009, 01:53 PM

Susan, that's awesome and inspiring!

I'm really glad this challenge is here- it's really helping me stay focused- my official weigh-in day is Monday but I know I'm going to be reporting here on Fridays, too, so it helps me stay more conscientious through the week.

Sharon

**GLC1968** · 10-09-2009, 01:59 PM

168.9 for me this week. Finally moving back down again.

This past week, I've been monitoring my calorie burn with this: http://www.gowearfit.com/ and I've been logging my foods but not actively trying to cut back. My goal was to get in a full week of 'normal' so that I'd have a baseline with which to compare going forward. Of course, the sheer act of recording everything I ate is keeping me a little bit in check even without trying. So now I'm back down to where I was when the last challenge ended (just about). I've been really good about my exercise this past week and I plan to keep that up. BUT, I'll be cutting back a little on my intake and hopefully I'll be able to make some real progress. I do feel like I am learning a TON about my metabolism...so I'm excited.

Nothing like a good geeky electronic tool to get me motivated again!

**Possegal** · 10-09-2009, 03:36 PM

Just a reminder to let me know if there are any issues with seeing the chart. And remember if you can't see from the first link, you definitely should be able to from the second. Not sure if google ever worked out the problem where folks were still not being able to see it even if they were logged in. I should probably just start putting the second link in, rather than confuse things any more.

I may start to do that. Let me know if that causes any problems for anyone.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?k...=0&output=html

**bambu101** · 10-09-2009, 05:37 PM

181.2 for me this week.

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