September/October weight loss challenge

[maryellen]

Just back from vacation and @ 164. After 11 days away I'm up 1.8 lbs but I'm be back to eating more normally as of today, Monday.

[Over50Newbie]

Oh my, I'm not doing well at all!

138

Lynette

[katluvr]

I am REALLY afraid of the scale this week.
So I was UP after my family trip. Then down...water weight prob w/ a few days good eating. Now up again. I have been "pretty good" I have CUT OUT my evening wine (OMG!). We did 2 40 miles rides this weekend. So Sunday night I DID have wine.
So here it is...I am up on my weight AND EVERYTHING feels TIGHT EVERYWHERE. So maybe it is PMS and a little hormonal shift of the fluid...HOPEFULLY! We shall see soon!
UGH!!! Maybe next time I'll set a goal to GAIN weight. (Sorry, very frustrated this AM. Wonder why I even try!)

[Possegal]

More updates - and chuckling at the idea of setting a goal to gain. Hey, at least I'd feel I'd accomplished a goal, I can see the incentive.

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

[Susan Otcenas]

Reesha - Wow, those are great measurement improvements!! It just goes to show that the scale number is not the important figure. You've clearly made big improvements without a lot of change in your actual weight. I can "hear" the excitement in your words!!

I'm just back from my trip. 3 days in Las Vegas for a cycling convention (I tried very hard to eat healthily. I did go astray on the alcohol front one evening at an indutry party, though... ) Then we went to the Grand Canyon for 3 days. We camped, and brought along most of our food, so I didn't go too far astray there, though I did indulge in a yummy ice cream bar after an 8 mile hike with 2500+ feet of elevation gain.

I expected to be up because, despite my efforts, I spent way too much time in restaurants (especially in Vegas) and airports to really be able to control my meals properly. But this morning I got on the scale and the news was good. I'll report in "officially" on Friday as usual.

It's REALLY good to be home. I like travelling, but I don't like stressing over my meals. It's so comforting to make myself a simple bowl of 7 grain cereal and half a grapefruit for breakfast. Is it weird to think that way??

[katluvr]

I am posting my weight today. Not that is good, but it is better than the last couple of days AND tonight we have a going away party. I suspect I'll make some not so good food choices and have a few adult beverages. (slap my hand now).

123.6

About the same? At least I got out of those 125-6's! UGH!

Thanks for keeping the chart up to date!

[jp4995]

Boo. 148.8. Boo, boo, boo. Well, I haven't been taking my body measurements but I can tell that I've definitely slimmed some in a few areas. My husband says my legs are toning up quite a bit. So maybe I'm gaining muscle at the same rate I'm losing fat?????

Oh well... I'm making drastic improvements on the bike (finally able to conquer itty bitty hills without slowing down and going granny). And I can tell my endurance is getting better too.

[azfiddle]

I got through the mini-plateau 129.0 this morning. That's 8 1/2 since July, and 21 since January. Starting cycling got me off the long plateau in May and June.

[channlluv]

240.2 this morning (although the last few days have been at 239.2)

Goal for this challenge: 235

Thanks, Possegal!


Roxy

[limewave]

197.
Lots of dinners out this week (the problem with living so close to parents and inlaws--they want to do "dinner" all the time). Period this week. And cold.

[Jones]

170.8. I really want to drop into the next decade.

[GLC1968]

171.0 Going the wrong way!

I got a new tool yesterday and I'm on a new 'mission'...so here's to reversing this trend going forward!

[skhill]

129.4 today for me. There's been a lot of chocolate in my life this past week... and apple pie too

[Susan Otcenas]

I got through the mini-plateau 129.0 this morning. That's 8 1/2 since July, and 21 since January. Starting cycling got me off the long plateau in May and June.

Good job! Sometimes in the short-term we think we aren't seeing alot of progress, but when we look longer term we realize how far we've come!

126.5 for me today. I've only seen this number on the scale one other time in the past 5 months (during which I've basically bounced between 127 & 130), so this is makes me happy. I'm going to Cabo in 3 weeks, and just got a new bikini - my first since I was 9 years old!

[martinkap]

156lbs today... many things went wrong in the past 2 weeks, so I actually consider the number success even though it is not the right direction