July/August Weight Loss Challenge

[Possegal]

Very late - updating now.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spre...ItcFE&hl=en_US

[goldfinch]

Very late - updating now.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spre...ItcFE&hl=en_US

Thanks Posse for doing these charts. It is motivating for me.

[Possegal]

I did not weigh myself yesterday, as I was on a plane rushing to visit my sister on the other side of the country. She was told she only has a few weeks to live earlier this week and I have been stress eating ever since I got the call from my nephew. I have not been feeling well either, so I am going to try hard to eat healthy food at least, and worry about the quantity in a week or two. It will probably be two more weeks until I am at home and can weigh on my scale. On a bright note, I have my post shoulder surgery doctor appointment coming up and hope I get released to start riding my bike again.

Oh I'm so sorry. Please take care of yourself.

[goldfinch]

I did not weigh myself yesterday, as I was on a plane rushing to visit my sister on the other side of the country. She was told she only has a few weeks to live earlier this week and I have been stress eating ever since I got the call from my nephew. I have not been feeling well either, so I am going to try hard to eat healthy food at least, and worry about the quantity in a week or two. It will probably be two more weeks until I am at home and can weigh on my scale. On a bright note, I have my post shoulder surgery doctor appointment coming up and hope I get released to start riding my bike again.

I am so sorry about your sister. Take care of yourself. It is good you can be near to share your love.

[chryss]

So many women end up with fibroids! Maybe 15years ago I had a hysterectomy as a result. Nice to see there are other options now. There was a big push around then to reduce the number of hysterectomies. As a result I had to wait way too long to get one. I was horribly anemic and once I stood up at work and had a gusher of blood drop out of me on to the floor and all over my legs and shoes. It was mortifying. I had to have my secretary take me home and then she cleaned up for me. I owe her forever.

Sorry about the TMI but It was not a good point in my life!

Ah, there I was just checking out the current weight loss thread and see this bit. Goldfinch, I didn't know this...

I mentioned a few weeks ago (before slinking away) that I was stopping my weight loss efforts for a while and possibly get surgery. That's now scheduled to happen in 2 days. The good news is that each successive test makes it more and more likely I'm dealing with a fibroid (a big one, at about 13x20x24 cm, yikes), and nothing malignant showed up for the time being. Originally it had looked like an ovarian thing, but now it seems that my ovaries aren't involved at all, in which case I would get to keep them. On the other hand, there's another fibroid inside my uterus, and in any event, if it grows zingers like that, it is unfortunately toast (not that I need it any longer, at 41...). And then there's a small risk it's something less benign than a fibroid. They're going to do a histological test right when they have me unconscious on the table, so depending on that result we'll see what I wake up with. Cross your fingers.

As for weight, I'm now down to approx. 149 lbs. I upped my calorie target to 1700, which still had me lose weight slowly, and now leading up to surgery I've gone above that quite a bit. I guess imagining myself without that pineapple inside me, the low 140s should be a good weight for me - I've always been overweight, and the idea of completely losing my fat reserves is a bit alarming to me.

[chryss]

So many women end up with fibroids! Maybe 15years ago I had a hysterectomy as a result. Nice to see there are other options now. There was a big push around then to reduce the number of hysterectomies. As a result I had to wait way too long to get one. I was horribly anemic and once I stood up at work and had a gusher of blood drop out of me on to the floor and all over my legs and shoes. It was mortifying. I had to have my secretary take me home and then she cleaned up for me. I owe her forever.

Sorry about the TMI but It was not a good point in my life!

Ah, there I was just checking out the current weight loss thread and see this bit. Goldfinch, I didn't know this...

I mentioned a few weeks ago (before slinking away) that I was stopping my weight loss efforts for a while and possibly get surgery. That's now scheduled to happen in 2 days. The good news is that each successive test makes it more and more likely I'm dealing with a fibroid (a big one, at about 13x20x24 cm, yikes), and nothing malignant showed up for the time being. Originally it had looked like an ovarian thing, but now it seems that my ovaries aren't involved at all, in which case I would get to keep them. On the other hand, there's another fibroid inside my uterus, and in any event, if it grows zingers like that, it is unfortunately toast (not that I need it any longer, at 41...). And then there's a small risk it's something less benign than a fibroid. They're going to do a histological test right when they have me unconscious on the table, so depending on that result we'll see what I wake up with. Cross your fingers.

As for weight, I'm now down to approx. 149 lbs. I upped my calorie target to 1700, which still had me lose weight slowly, and now leading up to surgery I've gone above that quite a bit. I guess imagining myself without that pineapple inside me, the low 140s should be a good weight for me - I've always been overweight, and the idea of completely losing my fat reserves is a bit alarming to me.

[goldfinch]

I mentioned a few weeks ago (before slinking away) that I was stopping my weight loss efforts for a while and possibly get surgery. That's now scheduled to happen in 2 days. The good news is that each successive test makes it more and more likely I'm dealing with a fibroid (a big one, at about 13x20x24 cm, yikes), and nothing malignant showed up for the time being. Originally it had looked like an ovarian thing, but now it seems that my ovaries aren't involved at all, in which case I would get to keep them. On the other hand, there's another fibroid inside my uterus, and in any event, if it grows zingers like that, it is unfortunately toast (not that I need it any longer, at 41...). And then there's a small risk it's something less benign than a fibroid. They're going to do a histological test right when they have me unconscious on the table, so depending on that result we'll see what I wake up with. Cross your fingers.

As for weight, I'm now down to approx. 149 lbs. I upped my calorie target to 1700, which still had me lose weight slowly, and now leading up to surgery I've gone above that quite a bit. I guess imagining myself without that pineapple inside me, the low 140s should be a good weight for me - I've always been overweight, and the idea of completely losing my fat reserves is a bit alarming to me.

I trust all will go well today! I too have an odd feeling of alarm with loss of fat reserves. Protective armor?

In some ways the weight loss makes me look good. My legs, my shape, is much better and sometimes I even am surprised looking down at my legs and see how different they look. Are those my legs? But in some ways it make me look older. Fat makes you less wrinkled. My face looks older now that I am thinner.

Today bright and early I am weighing in: 120.6 pounds.

I upped my calorie intake last week from my usual daily average measured on a weekly basis of 1200 calories to 1350. I was starting to feel too wimpy on 1200. If I were only lightly active I would about maintain on 1350. But I lost more than a pound. It is hard to believe that I actually exercised my weight away last week. Maybe I am a bit dehydrated. We will see what next week brings. I am going to keep the calories around a 1300 daily average for the week.

[Catrin]

137.4 today, so no weight gain from my camping trip Hopefully I will be able to take more of my own food next time so I don't HAVE to eat out so often - it is just too hard to eat properly at a restaurant.

I am slowly adjusting my diet to lower my protein intake a bit - I am only doing weights twice a week right now and am not in a heavy building phase - too much protein and our body stores it as fat. I still eat more than the average person at the orders of my doctors and dietician, but I don't need quite so much right now. More veggies and fiber

You know, I was able to mountain bike three days in a row PLUS hike on the last day and was only minimally sore yesterday. That seems a better indication of my fitness than the scales

[limewave]

Same as last week: 155.75

I'll consider it a victory considering I did nothing but lay around eating toast and drinking flat pop for 5 days.

[Juliegoddess]

I did not weigh myself yesterday, as I was on a plane rushing to visit my sister on the other side of the country. She was told she only has a few weeks to live earlier this week and I have been stress eating ever since I got the call from my nephew. I have not been feeling well either, so I am going to try hard to eat healthy food at least, and worry about the quantity in a week or two. It will probably be two more weeks until I am at home and can weigh on my scale. On a bright note, I have my post shoulder surgery doctor appointment coming up and hope I get released to start riding my bike again.

My thoughts and prayers are with you, hon...I'm so sorry about your sister...

((((hugs))))

[Juliegoddess]

I mentioned a few weeks ago (before slinking away) that I was stopping my weight loss efforts for a while and possibly get surgery. That's now scheduled to happen in 2 days. The good news is that each successive test makes it more and more likely I'm dealing with a fibroid (a big one, at about 13x20x24 cm, yikes), and nothing malignant showed up for the time being. Originally it had looked like an ovarian thing, but now it seems that my ovaries aren't involved at all, in which case I would get to keep them. On the other hand, there's another fibroid inside my uterus, and in any event, if it grows zingers like that, it is unfortunately toast (not that I need it any longer, at 41...). And then there's a small risk it's something less benign than a fibroid. They're going to do a histological test right when they have me unconscious on the table, so depending on that result we'll see what I wake up with. Cross your fingers.

Good luck, hon! They told me my uterus was "full of tumors", and made it all sound like it's the most normal thing in the world. But the doc did say it was the most common cause of hysterectomies. All I know is that I want to stop the pain and bleeding...

My thoughts are with you...hope all goes well!!

[Juliegoddess]

So many women end up with fibroids! Maybe 15years ago I had a hysterectomy as a result. Nice to see there are other options now. There was a big push around then to reduce the number of hysterectomies. As a result I had to wait way too long to get one. I was horribly anemic and once I stood up at work and had a gusher of blood drop out of me on to the floor and all over my legs and shoes. It was mortifying. I had to have my secretary take me home and then she cleaned up for me. I owe her forever.

Sorry about the TMI but It was not a good point in my life!

Not too much TMI at all! What a horrible thing to go through! I know my mother had bleeding like this, too. She had a D&C done, but it didn't help her much at all. Luckily, my bleeding isn't nearly so much as you've had to deal with. The cramping constantly bothers me, though...and that "bloated" feeling of being on my period is just always there. Makes me wonder if it's affecting my weight loss. I'm working out like a fiend, and the weight is just....staying there. I just don't get it.

Hopefully all of us with these fibroids will get full relief!!

[Juliegoddess]

Weight today is 218. This bouncing around is driving me nuts. Hopefully the ablation for my fibroid issue might get my body a bit back in balance...

[Possegal]

A bit ahead of schedule for me. Quiet day here in the office.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spre...ItcFE&hl=en_US

[indysteel]

I did not weigh myself yesterday, as I was on a plane rushing to visit my sister on the other side of the country. She was told she only has a few weeks to live earlier this week and I have been stress eating ever since I got the call from my nephew. I have not been feeling well either, so I am going to try hard to eat healthy food at least, and worry about the quantity in a week or two. It will probably be two more weeks until I am at home and can weigh on my scale. On a bright note, I have my post shoulder surgery doctor appointment coming up and hope I get released to start riding my bike again.

((((klesko)))). Oh my gosh; my thoughts and prayers are with you and your sister.