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Old 01-29-2011, 04:44 PM   #1  
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Question When did you first notice...

When did you first notice the numbers on the scale going down? After a week? 2 weeks? A month?
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Old 01-29-2011, 05:11 PM   #2  
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Last May, when I made a conscious effort to lose weight, I only weighed myself once a week--and after the first week I had lost 6 pounds. I currently have an annoying habit of weighing myself daily lol, but generally week by week the numbers go down (usually in 1.5-2lb increments).
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Old 01-29-2011, 07:49 PM   #3  
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I notice within a week.
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I noticed about 5 days after I started counting calories. The first 2 days I counted my NORMAL intake and it was... over 5k. Yeah. I stepped down to 1500by the 4th day and when I weighed on the 5th day I had lost 2lbs. I was in shock. I was one of those "No matter what I do, I just CANT lose weight!" people. Well thats because I wasnt trying, to be completely honest. But yeah, 2lbs turned in to 7lbs and omg Im under 300lbs! It was addicting to say the least.
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Old 01-30-2011, 04:07 PM   #5  
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Thanks for the responses... been over a week and the scale hasn't moved. But i think I know why... stupid time of the month lasting over a week again... TMI but it's pissing me off.
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Old 01-30-2011, 08:46 PM   #6  
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Hmm i take that back. Got on the scale and it said 319.5.
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That's a loss of 3.5 lbs! Woohoo! Waytogo!
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I noticed about 5 days after I started counting calories. The first 2 days I counted my NORMAL intake and it was... over 5k. Yeah. I stepped down to 1500by the 4th day and when I weighed on the 5th day I had lost 2lbs. I was in shock. I was one of those "No matter what I do, I just CANT lose weight!" people. Well thats because I wasnt trying, to be completely honest. But yeah, 2lbs turned in to 7lbs and omg Im under 300lbs! It was addicting to say the least.
I just wanted to say how much I admire what you have done Jonesie. I sooo wish everyone would start by counting the calories they normally eat.

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Old 01-31-2011, 01:04 AM   #9  
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i tried that once, counting what i normally ate. But i changed what i ate anyways because i knew i was counting it and i didn't want to see it too high. It was high, over 2k but still i knew i ate more than that normally.

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I just wanted to say how much I admire what you have done Jonesie. I sooo wish everyone would start by counting the calories they normally eat.
Oh thank you so much. It was eye opening to say the least. I mean, when I polish off a BOX of crackers as my afternoon snack those numbers added up!
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I didn't weigh myself until I had been on-plan and exercising for a solid month. I had lost around 13 lbs, as well as tons of inches.
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Old 01-31-2011, 02:08 PM   #12  
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I'm a bit OCD when it comes to the scale. I keep weighing myself mostly to see if the scale will say what i weigh. Because it wouldn't for the longest time, just said ERROR. So I got obsessed with it... and now I'm obsessed with knowing what I weigh every day and how much I'm losing.
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I know its not 'okay' to do this but I weigh myself all day long. I just cant help it.
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I didnt start weighing myself untill about a month and a half in which is unfortunately why I don't have a really accurate "starting weight." In my heart I know I was more than 180 but I refused to step on and find out for sure :-/
Now I weigh myself every 2 weeks because my weight loss has slowed significantly since I'm at goal. Now I just like to track it because I'm following a better fitness routine.
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