Thanks luciddepths, I have learned patience on this journey but am excited to be so close to the 100 pounds milestone. Won't be in the next couple of days thought, bounced back up to 193 this morning. That is the way it goes when you weigh daily!
Cheryl, I'm trying to take a lesson in patience.... I'm away from my scale again for a couple of days, and still hovering right around the 200 mark. May and June have been glacial.
Uber, I feel your pain! I weigh almost everyday but if I can feel water weight, I may skip a day or two. How do you define "glacial"? The first 3 month of the year I just lost 7 pounds total. So I dropped my calorie level. In April I lost 4 pounds, May just 1 pound, and in June another 4 pounds. At this point, a pound a week gets a big WHOO WHO!
Today I am back down to 192 - I hope to get to the 100 pound mark within a week but will spend some major time in the car this weekend. That always results in water weight gain so I may have to exercise that patience muscle.
Just got home after a four hour drive, and had to skip my workout again. My schedule has been so topsy-turvy lately.... I HOPE I'm NOT retaining water because I am so due for a drop-- I've been keeping my cals at exactly 1200 and I'm post TOM, so if I don't see a bounce down soon I may SCREAM.
Thank you Scale God!!! Migraine yesterday-- took my migraine med and then woke up FOUR TIMES in the night to go pee. This morning: 196. A THREE POUND WHOOSH!!!
I knew I had to be due for a drop, but man, I'm getting sick of this pattern. I know I'm perimenopausal at 49, but these days, I seem to retain water for two whole weeks of my cycle, then, I get rid of all the water, drop three or four pounds quick, keep it off for two weeks, bounce for the next two weeks while I retain water... At least, with daily weighing, I know what to expect.
Anyway, I'll take it!! For the first time ever, my Tanita scale only gave me + for body fat and + for weight. Bye bye ++'s!!!!
Uber!!! Congrats!! I SWEAR we are cosmically related! I was up all night peeing too and lookit my siggy We match again.
I am only 40 (almost 41) but I have the same pattern... I usually have a whoosh twice a month (if I eat right) and retain water the rest of the time.
YAY LYNN!!!!!!!!
That's awesome! Did you hit the overweight category too????????
I don't know when I started retaining H20 all the time-- I didn't when I was younger, I didn't even get swollen ankles with my pregnancies until the last one... but now, YIKES! At least I can see it on the Tanita so it freaks me out less-- but still.
That's awesome! Did you hit the overweight category too????????
I am close! I am shorter than you (5'6) so my BMI is 31.6. I will be overweight at 185 pounds. Those two inches make a big difference! I can't wait to get there. Thanks for inspiring us with your determination
Well 2 days in a row now I'm in the 180's so I think it's time to move on to a new thread . . . . I hate to admit that I think the reason why is stress related. I have not eaten well at all the last 4 or 5 days. Not junk, just not nearly enough
Good luck to everyone, keep kicking butt and I"ll see you in the 180s soon! YAY
