218.5 - down 1.5 this week even with the arrival of Aunt Flo this morning...
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145.5 Small victory but it is down!
Amanda
2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
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218.5 - down 1.5 this week even with the arrival of Aunt Flo this morning...
Andrea
1988 Bridgestone mixte
2002 Trek 2200
2011 Surly Long Haul Trucker
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....
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.
Susan
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.
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!
Susan
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.
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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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!
Andrea
1988 Bridgestone mixte
2002 Trek 2200
2011 Surly Long Haul Trucker
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!
Susan
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.
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Andrea
1988 Bridgestone mixte
2002 Trek 2200
2011 Surly Long Haul Trucker
Reporting no change from last week. This is the pits! At least I can start exercising again, which is one good thing