I have lost 2 this week and considering how I ate that is amazing. I went up 5 last week. I am so glad I lost this week. It encourages me to get back to eating right. I have been way off these last two weeks. I'm just glad I've only done 3 lbs of damage.
Time to fess up. For the past month I haven't been signing in. Ah sweet summer. I'm up 1.5 this week and it's a new beginnning. I have 22 lbs til goal and I'm gonna do it!
Hello, everyone. Gosh, you are all so young! Would you let a senior member join in? I'm a grandmother of three, but still 25 in my mind. That's why my GKs love me. I get down in the floor with them to play. My GS said "Meme, you're a hoot!" to me once and I consider that to be a very high compliment!!
Anyway, I would like to join you if you don't mind. I need to lose this weight for a number of reasons. First and most important, I want to be healthy. So far I'm only experiencing some discomfort in one knee due to the weight it's carried all of these years. I don't want anything else to break down! Another reason is I'm recently divorced after over 35 years of marriage and starting life all over again.
Howie, you're doing great! What a wonderful commitment you've made to yourself. Over 100 lbs so far. You're an inspiration.
Holly, I love your progress pics. One of my daughters is 30 yo and she is working on her weight. I don't know what she weighs, but it's probably close to your starting weight. If I get a chance, I'll share your pics with her. I think she would be inspired, too.
Apryl, you're so smart for making this change in your life at your age. It's soooooo much harder when you get older.
Sandi, wish I had done this for my children when they were younger. I'm just glad I still have the opportunity to do it for my GKs. I want to be around a long time for them.
Originally posted by Libra925 Holly, I love your progress pics. One of my daughters is 30 yo and she is working on her weight. I don't know what she weighs, but it's probably close to your starting weight. If I get a chance, I'll share your pics with her. I think she would be inspired, too.
awesome! share away, i love to inspire people (even when i don't feel like i'm doing well myself). i know that overall i'm doing well, but i have my ups and downs... in about 10 more lbs, i'll put new pics up, too.
right now i fel good, as i'm eating my tuna on wheat (low fat mayo!), sipping my diet coke, ignoring the coworkers who ALL ordered round table together. i was the only one to decline. the other lady in the office who is trying to lose doesn't follow my example very well. doesn't she see that it can be easier if she does it WITH me?
Thanks, Holly and Sheila for the welcome. I'm glad to be here.
Sheila, my dream is to visit Washington state. I don't know anyone there, but it's just been in my mind for years that I want to go there. One of these day I will! I promise myself.
I have a 9 yo GS and 2 GDs - 6 and 4. What do you have? I don't mind being a grandma at all, I just don't want look like one! Is that vanity or what???
I have three daughters 30, 25 and 24. The 30 yo has the 9 and 4 year olds, the 25 yo has the 6 yo. My 24 yo has a horse, 9 dogs, 3 pot belly pigs, two pygmy goats and one cat.
That's wonderful, Chris! I know you were having a rough time for a while so I bet it feels good to be back on track.
Marilyn, I have an almost three year old granddaughter who is, of course, incredibly cute. We just spent a week at the coast with her and her parents, which was a lot of fun. We no longer live in the same town so I don't get to see her often enough.
Wow! Your 24 year old sounds like she has a major farm going there. What fun! Only one cat, though. None of my kids have pets, but I think that's because I had so many while they were growing up. I have three cats and three dogs, and used to run an animal rescue so we always had litters of rescued kittens, puppies and adult cats and dogs around the house as well as our own.
Yeaaah, I lost 3lb this week! The only thing I did differently was get my down the gym and work my butt off. I am really pleased and it proves to me that if I want to lose weight steadily then I need to exercise.
I ran from the official scale all week, because I knew I was up, so gave in today, knowing I had to be accountable and I'm up 1.4, not bad compared to the 7 it was on Monday night, but still.
Not really bummed, I know what I did, I didn't regret it and life will go on. But I know I've got to do a better job planning for when my sis comes home at Christmas, can't eat like that for a whole week, and have a holiday in the middle.
Down three pounds this week. Upping my calories a bit helped. I think I had stalled my metabolism. I was holding or gaining for two weeks at 1500 calories or fewer. Now that I'm back to hovering between 1800 and 2000, I'm losing again. At least that's my unscientific opinion. /grin
None of my kids have pets, but I think that's because I had so many while they were growing up. I have three cats and three dogs, and used to run an animal rescue so we always had litters of rescued kittens, puppies and adult cats and dogs around the house as well as our own.
down the gym and work my butt off. I am really pleased and it proves to me that if I want to lose weight steadily then I need to exercise.
