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    145.5 Small victory but it is down!
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  2. #242
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    218.5 - down 1.5 this week even with the arrival of Aunt Flo this morning...
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  3. #243
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    141, which is this period's goal for me.

    I was very surprised by this week's numbers because it was quite a drop for me. Wednesday is my weigh day for WW, and I was down 2.5 from last Weds. I thought to myself - there's just no way I lost this much this week. I must be dehydrated. But it's held since Wednesday and I'm drinking plenty of water, so it must be accurate. I still can't help feeling skeptical though. Like it's too good to be true.

    I had to go shopping last night for a formalwear dress for an event this weekend. First I had to try to find a nice bra, because I had to pitch most of my old bras, which no longer fit. I can get my hand inside most of them. This sounds great, but it's actually a little depressing. All the skin is still there, but it's very "loose", since there's not so much filling them up anymore. I always had nice cleavage as a DD, but now the skin is kinda wrinkly in a nice bra. I'm sorry, I realize I'm probably oversharing here, but I hadn't really considered that your skin doesn't shrink really so much as it needs to - so now I have no skin tone. In my early/mid 20s I dropped about 30 pounds, and my skin seemed to shrink pretty quickly as I lost the weight. Now, staring my 40th birthday in the face, I'm discovering that yes, I can lose the weight, but I'm never going to look as good as I did then. That's kinda depressing. IN my clothes I look fine, but OUT of them, not so much.

    Sorry to be a party pooper. I really am happy about the weight loss and am grateful for what I've been able to accomplish.

    ohmigod, am I a nut job or what. why can't I just be happy about this???

    I'm going for a run. I'm sure I'll feel better when I get home....
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  4. #244
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    I'm back from my run. I needed that! Endorphins are a good thing. I feel much better now.

    Judging from the calendar, I think my emotions this morning are mostly hormonal. So, during my run I decided to look on the bright side.... All the dresses that fit were a size 8. Yay! My shoulders feel much better now that they aren't holding up the weight of those DDs. Yay! I can run for 45 minutes without stopping. Yay! Bright side, Susie, bright side.

    Sorry to be such a head case this morning.

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  5. #245
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    Congratulations, Susan!

    You have worked hard and deserve meeting your goal.

    As I said before - you are my inspiration!

    I am 139.2 - exactly the same as last week.

    But that's okay, because I am still in my new decade.

    One more week to go - I'm very pleased with my results so far.

    Lynette
    Last edited by Over50Newbie; 02-20-2009 at 08:27 AM.

  6. #246
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    Lynette - I'm so loving your "new decade" outlook. Watching that number flip to the next 10 down is so motivating, isn't it? You're doing great!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas View Post
    I'm sorry, I realize I'm probably oversharing here....
    I don't think there is such a thing as oversharing on this forum...

    I'm really impressed by how dedicated you all are. Any time I try to stick to a weight-loss diet, I obsess about food so much that I wind up eating more than usual. So I just try to focus on portion control, along with a few simple rules like fruits/vegetables/whole grains = good, french fries = bad.

    And I'm just now catching up on this thread, so I need to toss out a belated thank you to Amanda for the concept of building a fence and putting the bad behind it. That just might be the mental image I have needed for years to help me get past stuff. So thank you!
    Last edited by ny biker; 02-20-2009 at 12:39 PM.

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    I'm updating as we speak. I'm out of town this weekend so apologies if I'm a little later with it than I usually am. And I'll weigh in at home, don't want to use my sister's scale since I have no idea how it compares. Not that I think this will be a good weigh in, but you never know.

    And congrats to Susan on making your goal, that is OUTSTANDING!!!

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  9. #249
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    This is so exciting! As a group we've lost over 50 lbs so far and that isn't everyone recording yet for the week. Granted I've only contributed 1.5 lbs but I think we are doing great!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ASammy1 View Post
    218.5 - down 1.5 this week even with the arrival of Aunt Flo this morning...
    You aunt hinders weight loss? What does she do, bring cake?

    ohhhhh! You mean your menstrual period!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zen View Post
    What does she do, bring cake?
    She may not personally bring me cake, but she makes me want to eat cake!
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    Andrea,

    After reading your post, I started cruising around the web looking for articles related to food cravings during menstruation. I found this one: http://tinyurl.com/2klgkv It's very straightforward and provides some easy to follow advice. Might be worth giving some of the ideas a try. I particularly liked the advice to try taking more calcium and magnesium. I'm going to give that a try myself!

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    Oh wow! Thanks Susan. Great article! Next time I have carb cravings, I can just tell myself I have a brain imbalance!

    Lots of good info and I also found it interesting regarding the calcium and magnesium deficiencies.
    Last edited by ASammy1; 02-21-2009 at 08:12 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zen View Post
    What does she do, bring cake?
    I would love it if a cake magically appeared every month! It would make the rest of the experience more bearable.

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    Reporting no change from last week. This is the pits! At least I can start exercising again, which is one good thing

 

 

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