190.4 this morning! That is 4.4 lbs. down...I only need 1.4 now to meet my November goal! I'm going to Weight Watchers today, I need a little extra kick now as the weight is coming off so much slower now and I am losing motivation to get to goal! I think calculating and writing everything down is just what I need right now
Am I the only one that is terrified of holiday weight gain? Do you know ANYONE or have you EVER lost or at least maintained weight from Thanksgiving until New Years? I'm feeling panicky thinking about it!
Nov 1: 156.0
Nov 2: 155.6
Nov 3: 155.4
Nov 4: 156.4
Nov 5: 155.0
Nov 6: 155.2
Nov 7: 154.8
Nov 8: 155.0
Nov 9: 155.0
Nov 10: 155.6
Nov 11: 155.6
Nov 12: 155.6
Nov 13: 155.6
Nov 14: 154.2
Nov 15: 154.8
Nov 16: 155.6
Nov 17: 154.4
Nov 18: 154.0
Nov 19: 154.6
Nov 20: 153.8
My lunch went great and my plan worked well yesterday. I have a plan for today, too, and I slightly scaled back my serving sizes. I was afraid I would balk if I did it earlier, but now I think I won't have any trouble.
Jacqui_D: your post looks naked without smilies! And, this coming from someone who hardly ever uses them.
cincorn: In the last few years, I've lost or maintained during the holidays. I've had a loss, some years, on the day after Thanksgiving and the day after Christmas. I have intentions this year, too, even though I messed up last week. My goal is to weigh the same or less on January 1 as I did on November 1. Mostly, just setting that goal and getting determined is what makes it happen for me. Instead of getting panicky about the whole season, just take it one event at a time. We'll help you plan for each one! In between events, keep doing what you're doing -- it's working!
Sw - 162
11/1 - 162
11/2 - 162
11/3 - 162
11/4 - 164
11/5 - 162.5
11/6 - 161.5
11/7 - 160
11/8 - 160
11/09 - 159.5
11/12 - 160.5
11/13 - 160
11/14 - 160 Ugh!
11/15 - 158.5
11/17 - 160.5
11/18 - 159
11/19 - 158.5
11/20 - 158.5
GW - 156
Well, I changed the batteries in the scale. Now I don't have to stand/stomp/jump up and down on the scale to get it to register. Luckily it didn't give me a higher weight, which is why I put off changing the battery for so long.
JacquiD - you use as many smilies as you want. They are very cheerful! See?? Wow, you are down 5 pounds this challenge. Keep up the good work!
Sue - Fried fish??? YUMMY!!! Making my mouth water. Lunch out with friends is a good reason for a little splurge.
kelijpa - I know...this month is moving WAY too fast! I still have 2.5 pounds to make goal...we'll just keep plugging away at it!
183StJB - Sounds like a tough workout. I have spaghetti arms so I can't even imagine the workout. Yep, my warm covers have been calling my name these past few mornings. Where are you at in Europe, if I may ask?
Joy - Sounds like you've caught up to the train and are hanging tight to the caboose. You'll be sitting in coach again soon!
Mineey - Early morning working out sounds yucky...but you go girl!!! 130s sounds so wonderful...someday...
Woodstock - I'll give you one of these...you give me one back for motivation...haha!
Lfchanges - Stats are looking good!
Maincyn - That scale needs a beating!
Pixikat - Hope you are recovering from your weekend slip..everyone has them...
Everyone else that I missed - Hope you are are thinking positive thoughts and having a great Wednesday!!!
Thanks to all who like the smilies! Yeah, I think I may be too attached to them to give them up. I tried, and I do apologize to anyone who may be rolling their eyes right now (<--lol!) wishing I'd give them up, but as soon as I write something, it's like my brain immediately goes to which smilies would go with that. Hello, I'm Jacqui, and I have a smiley addiction, lol!
Pixikat, come on over to the dark side, lol! You can have a cheat day every week on the Slow Carb Diet (and you'll lose weight)!
183, love the dancing girl!!! Haha! That was great!
Joy, I'm so glad your lunch and plan went well! It sounds like you are back to your good routine again!
Minneey, way to be dedicated to your exercise! The whoosh fairy should be rewarding you soon!
Turtle, woohoo! Congrats on the new low!
Boatingmommy, yay! I'm glad your scale didn't go up with the new batteries! :
Kelijpa, yep, it's the 20th already! Glad to see you moving toward goal!
Wannaskip, good job getting back on track today! Drink lots of water to help that water weight fall off!
Cincorn, congrats on being so close to goal! Smart move joining WW! And to answer your question, I have never been able to stick to a diet over Thanksgiving and Christmas, but this year, I'm not worried about it because I'll just make sure I line up my cheats days to go with those days. I think that no matter what diet someone is on though, there are certain days when they should allow themselves to cheat--birthday and major holidays--as long as it doesn't throw them off their plan for good. Yes, they'll go up a few lbs the next day, but if they get right back on plan, those lbs will come back off. That's my 2 cents!
Feeling completely exhausted after these early morning workouts. Long day again tomorrow plus out for dinner. Aiming to pick fish or chicken for dinner plus no starter or desert. So dont want to start going up again.
Start weight 139
Goal weight 132
Nov 1 138
Nov 2 DNW
Nov 3 141
Nov 4 142
Nov 5 141
Nov 6 140
Nov 7 139
Nov 8 138
Nov 9 DNW
Nov 10 DNW
Nov 11 141
Nov 12 140
Nov 13 139
Nov 14 138
Nov 15 137
Nov 16 137
Nov 17 139
Nov 18 138
Nov 19 138
Nov 20 137
Cincorn- congrats on going back to WW, I'm trying like heck to get back to 150 so I can go for free...anyway, last year my work had a holiday program called freeze the gain that went from Nov to Jan, the idea was to just maintain over the holidays. I lost 5 lbs. You got points for logging food and activity.
They're doing it again this year Nov to Jan! They're going to the 12th to give you a chance to get back on track after the holidays, so don't get too stressed, there's some overeating days for sure, but plenty of opportunities to eat well as well. If you look at 3 meals a day and how many days, there's so many more opportunities to eat well to balance the meals that might be out of our control.
65.0 ... I've been in a downcast mood since my running race (being hard on myself and knowing that I could've done better). Plus, I saw a video of myself finishing the race and I'm shocked to see how badly my boobs bounce... I thought my exercise bra (which does a perfect job supporting my back etc) wasn't doing the extra job it felt to be doing -- keeping them from bouncing. I hate them so much and it's put me off from running a bit. With my TOM coming and my TOM binges in full swing, this week hasn't gone so great.
I'm going out for a run within the hour to 'get back on the horse' because there is no sense sabotaging everything because I don't like how I look when I run. What has been seen cannot be unseen, but I'll try my best to push it to the back of my mind! Bring on pregnancy and the shrinking that comes from it! (Though, I have to wait a year for that too...)
I'm still a little sore, but it's ok. I want to try Mark Lauren's 'you are your own gym' video tonight, anyone tried it before? It got good reviews on amazon, so I thought I'd try. Other than that, I have my first exam of the semester coming up in 2 weeks, so I start stressing a bit. I don't really care about the subject but gotta do it Once I'm done with that exam I'll hopefully be one with it for a while though! (at least that's what I'm clinging too ) The library is my favorite place in the world
kelijpa it's crazy how fast this month went by, right? Nice drop!
wannaskipandlaugh hope you had a good time with your friends!
cincorn well done! 4.4lb is amazing!!
I'm not too worried about the holidays - I plan on eating whatever I want at Christmas, and not count and beat myself up over it. I want to try and listen to my body though - not continue eating something if I don't like it just because it's on my plate, and especially stop when I'm full. T
Usually doing planned unplanned days is not an issue, unfortunately events are a little clustered around Christmas time. I just feel like whatever gain I will have will be worth it and then I won't mind having to take it off again.
Turtle11 great job! You're almost at goal!!
boatingmommy haha, yeah, Spaghetti arms!! Got a case of that too!!
I'm in Germany
Jacqui_D AMAZING!! Well done!!
Woodstock you're really close to goal! Keep at it!!
Rhiko sorry about your running bra issue. Don't feel self-conscious though. You're running, so I think bouncy boobs are the same as sweating and red head. If it does it's functional job supporting, don't worry. Look out for a stronger one though if it makes you feel better
This is a great thread, such encouragement, thank you!! Keeps me going in the right direction.
Nov 1 - 165.7 - weekly WI, down 0.2
Nov 2 - 166.1
Nov 3 - 167.1 - happy birthday to me!
Nov 4 - 167.2
Nov 5 - 164.9 ~ whoosh
Nov 6 - 165.6
Nov 7 - 164.9
Nov 8 - 164.7 - weekly WI, down a whole pound!
Nov 9 - 166.2
Nov 10 - 166.3
Nov 11 - 167.5
Nov 12 - 166.9
Nov 13 - 164.5 - drank a little more water, jogged
Nov 14 - 163.5 - drank more water again...
Nov 15 - 162.5 - weekly WI, down 1.2, jogged & drank more water, I'm stunned...
Nov 16 - 162.9 - TOM has arrived, have to remember to keep up h2o
Nov 17 - 165.0 - acceptable, all things considered, got in 64 oz. of h2o
Nov 18 - 165.6
Nov 19 - 164.0
Nov 20 - 163.3 - is it really the 20th already?!
Nov 21 - 162.5 - 64 oz of h2o
Nov 30 - goal 160.7
My weight bounces around like a ping pong ball in a wind storm, but hopefully will keep bouncing lower overall.
Best to all
SW 249.6
11/2 248 (-1.6) Hooray!!!!!!! Like the way this is starting!
11/3 247.6 (-2.0) already.. I am amazed.. .I am off my whoosh week (shhhhhhh, Sue, I need to NOT jinx myself)!!!
11/4 248.4 Well I JINXED! boo
11/5 249.4 (-.2 only now )
11/6 248.8 (-.8)
11/7 248.0 on the dot! lol (-1.6)
11/8 248.6 (-1.0)
11/9 248.2 (-1.4) BOING! lol
11.10 248.8 (-.8) BOING up again LOL
11/11 249.2 (-.4) GEEEEEESHHHHH
11/12 248.0 (-1.6) hooray.. back down.. now for the 247's!! (Banning extra salt!!!!)
11/13 247.8 (-1.8 total) okay I like it .. tho the 233.5 on my old scale is
nicer!! lol
11/14 249.2 (-.4 total) GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
11/15 249.2 (-.4 total) gotta deal with it and get past this and MOVE my ARSE!
11/16 247.2 (-2.4 total) Ok.. maybe I will get 6-7 lbs off this month.. end of next week is the start of the "magic" loss week, when I lose several lbs.
11/17 246.2 (-3.4 total) YAY.. Ian's alcohol only for dinner is still working.. I lost alot of extra water and saw 245.6 after my walk... but save that no for tomorrow!
11/18 246.4 (-3.2 total) well up a scooch.. but it is because I did not eat enough. Happy Monday all!
11/19 247.2 (-2.4 total) drats... salty parmesan cheese chicken opps
11/20 247.4 (-2.2 total) wellllllllll Met friends had not seen in 3 months aned ate (gulp) fried fish sandwich and FF... but I had promised myself I could eat anything I wanted and I WOLFED those puppies down... boy is that lesson or what... More to work in my mind for the future!!! Back on track this morning!!!
11/21 246.4 WHew back down again... Did the Red Wine only for dinner and the carbs from the night before Bye bye along with the water! now for more!!!
Cincorn - I did exactly the same thing a few years ago. I join WW on Dec 2nd, and stopped late Feb. From Dec 2nd to Jan 30th, I lost 5 lbs!! I gained maybe 1-2 from December 20th to the first week of Jan., but it was a great overall idea.
I'm trying to figure out something myself to keep me good over the hollidays. I might start a Black Friday to Valentine's Day challenge with a spreadsheet.
I'm hoping I get my end of month whoosh that I've gotten the past few months. Although I've been plugging through November pretty good. Nov 30th makes exactly 6 months (I started this journey on May 30th) so I can't wait to see where I am at the end. Hopefully that can push me through the four parties I have this next week starting Saturday.
SW (Oct 31) 156
GW 151
Nov 1: 156.0
Nov 2: 155.6
Nov 3: 155.4
Nov 4: 156.4
Nov 5: 155.0
Nov 6: 155.2
Nov 7: 154.8
Nov 8: 155.0
Nov 9: 155.0
Nov 10: 155.6
Nov 11: 155.6
Nov 12: 155.6
Nov 13: 155.6
Nov 14: 154.2
Nov 15: 154.8
Nov 16: 155.6
Nov 17: 154.4
Nov 18: 154.0
Nov 19: 154.6
Nov 20: 153.8
Nov 21: 153.8
without smilies! And, this coming from someone who hardly ever uses them.
130s sounds so wonderful...someday...
haha!
(<--lol!) wishing I'd give them up, but as soon as I write something, it's like my brain immediately goes to which smilies would go with that. Hello, I'm Jacqui, and I have a smiley addiction, lol! 
You can have a cheat day every week on the Slow Carb Diet (and you'll lose weight)!
The whoosh fairy should be rewarding you soon!
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Smart move joining WW! And to answer your question, I have never been able to stick to a diet over Thanksgiving and Christmas, but this year, I'm not worried about it because I'll just make sure I line up my cheats days to go with those days. I think that no matter what diet someone is on though, there are certain days when they should allow themselves to cheat--birthday and major holidays--as long as it doesn't throw them off their plan for good. Yes, they'll go up a few lbs the next day, but if they get right back on plan, those lbs will come back off. That's my 2 cents! 
I've been in a downcast mood since my running race (being hard on myself and knowing that I could've done better). Plus, I saw a video of myself finishing the race and I'm shocked to see how badly my boobs bounce... I thought my exercise bra (which does a perfect job supporting my back etc) wasn't doing the extra job it felt to be doing -- keeping them from bouncing. I hate them so much and it's put me off from running a bit. With my TOM coming and my TOM binges in full swing, this week hasn't gone so great.
Once I'm done with that exam I'll hopefully be one with it for a while though! (at least that's what I'm clinging too 
