Scale decided to dip down to a new low today: 201. So that's nice. But it will probably be at least 3 more weeks until I actually get to Onederland--this coming weekend I am taking a full diet break and will be eating at maintenance level, both for psychological reasons (I need a break) and physiological (looking to boost my leptin for a better month of loss in June). Also, my period will be coming sometime toward the end of the week and that means I'm likely to bump up a few pounds in water retention.
I feel so STUCK! I'm still sitting at the same weight for the last 2 weeks...UGH!!!! I'm going to keep pushing forward...and not let it get the best of me..but, geez! I'm ready for a new number!
How's it going? I'm still creeping along - hoping for progress but it is a lot slower than it used to be.
On the other hand, I have been positively reveling in what my body can do. This weekend, I biked 27 miles, jogged 3 miles, lifted weights, split wood, packed, went, and then unpacked for an outdoor outing with kids, grocery shopped, and did all the normal household stuff that one does.
I am amazed and delighted and celebrate it every day.
Calluna! Yay, you! That feeling of being STRONG AND CAPABLE...it's like no other! It's why I'm doing this too. What a wonderful and incomparable feeling.
Me, well... at least I lost two of the five-- back down to 206. This has been a very trying week, to say the least, but I'm sure that those extra pounds HAVE to disappear. I know that it is physiologically impossible to gain weight on the number of calories I'm eating, so I'm just hanging in there trying to believe.
Congrats to everyone ... we are on this board, we're posting, we're feeling strong and capable, we're complaining but we're happy to be doing our thing. I'm still at 207 and happy to be there.
So ... Calluna ... here is MY bike riding story (which I posted on another thread) ...
I was pedaling down our main street and would occasionally glance in the plate glass store windows and still did *not* like my reflection ... ahhh, old fat lady riding bike (which is common here, so it's not too embarrassing, but I was hoping I would look more like *voluptuous middle-aged hottie* riding bike.)
But ... just this morning I realized something about that bike ride. I realized that my knees no longer hit my boobs when I pedal (which has always been, as you might imagine, weird and uncomfortable)! That's right! Each of these body parts is approximately where it's supposed to be!!! Yay for me!
I have been feeling more comfortable, too. I didn't hit chest with knees, but I'd have belly flopping up and down on my thighs and it is nice that at least part of it is gone.
For awhile I have felt like I had some kind of mental/emotional block to getting below 200, like it was more than a number, it was something symbolic like a new life to me. Last night I just let out all the feelings and blogged about it and now I really, honestly feel like I am ready for that new era.
This morning the scale gave me a nice surprise, 203!
ubergirl you are doing a great job sticking with it. Your determination WILL get you there. And you've lost almost 100 pounds! That's amazing. Your body is probably regrouping a little, lining up all the fat cells getting ready to send them packing
201 again today. Waist measurement is down to 35.5 from 37.5 at the beginning of April...so despite only being about 6.5 pounds less since then...I'm pretty happy with my progress.
war maiden-- isn't losing waist measurements just the best!!!
Lyn-- thanks! I really appreciate your support. I'm under a lot of stress over other things too, and it is just FRUSTRATING to see a gain right now-- I have a BIG work-related meeting on Friday in New York-- I thought I might lose a couple of pounds and instead I'm up. Drat!
But, what can you do? You have to take it one step at a time. It's not like I'm going to quit. I'm just sick of feeling bloated.
