Just before update - tee hee- 176.8 (6.8lbs to go)

Brilliant!

Good morning all,

It's Thursday and I am off work today and tomorrow . . . SOOOOOOOOOOO excited. I don't really have anything planned . . . just wash clothes, clean the house a bit and EXERCISE AND EXERCISE AND more EXERCISE . . . :lol3: I need to make up for my eating earlier this week . . . (OH NO . . . ) I've started doing JM No More Trouble Zones . . . all I can say is OH MY!! This is a VERY intense workout, if any of you have ever done The 30-day shred . . . it's like that but MORE INTENSE AND DOUBLE THE TIME . . . I did it yesterday and wasn't sure I'd be able to get out of bed this morning, but I did and did my Zumba this am

OK, I'm rambling and I have no idea why . . . Anyway . . . :congrat: on losses and NSV's, hang tough when there's cake around (I always have a problem with this) and just say NO (OK, easier said than done) . . . I'm doing more fruits and veggies today . . .

ONLY 2 1/2 WEEKS TIL SPRING!!

January 6th: 166.2
January 10th: 166
January 14th: 163.8
January 24th: 167 (Went on vacation and didn't have healthy food around, hope to lose it ASAP)
February 1st: 166
February 4th: 164.5
February 11th: 163.3
February 18th: 163.3
February 25th: 160.9
March 4th: 160.9
March 11th
March 18th
March 25th
April 1st
April 8th
April 15th
April 24th

Weekly weighin
Challenge start: Jan1 = 240lb
Last weigh in: Feb26 = 226
This week: Mar5 = 225lb
Had a pretty crappy week - think it was PMS realated... Super munchy all week and cranky too. Still, a pound is a pound! Plus I managed to walk 11.5 miles over the last week. That's more exercise miles in a week than all of 2010! I've been walking 2.5-3.5 miles every other day for the last two weeks, total of about 20miles. It's actually starting to feel like a habit - I sort of, almost crave it. strange! :D

Morning everyone;

Weigh in today, not what I want, but I'll take it and considering I was NOT BEHAVING the first half of the week, it seems about right.

CONGRATULATIONS to all you LOSERS . . . :woohoo:

So here it is:

December 26th - 181.8
January 2nd - 180.6 (yesterday was down another 1/2 lb, but this is it today)
January 9th - 178.0
January 16th - 177.2
January 23rd - 175.2
January 30th - 173.6
February 6th - 170.6
February 13th - 168.8
February 20th - 167.6
February 27th - 165.2
March 6th - 164.4


OK, I need to BEHAVE this week and the BUTT-ER will melt away . . .

HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY!!

1/10-288.6
2/1- 281.2
2/5- skipped
2/14- 278.0
2/25- 275.0
3/6- 273.0
3/12-
3/19-
3/26-
4/2-
4/9-
4/16-
4/23- GOAL: 260

I am So Impressed with you all!

Challenge Start: 213
2/20: 194.5
2/27: 196.0
3/6: 193.5 (-2.5)

Morning everyone! I was out of town over the weekend so I am posting my Sunday weigh-in a bit late. Back down a bit from last week's blip, another pound below the previous week. I'm trying not to let myself feel frustrated even though the scale has been bouncing all over within a 5 pound range from one day to the next for the last two weeks now. :)

Morning all,

It's Monday and time to start a NEW week . . . so hang in there, do what you know works and you will melt that BUTT-er . . .

Also I joined a thread, if you need some KICK your BUTT-er type attitude with fun and lots of motivation & ACCOUNTABILITY, come join us there too it's Sarge's Boot Camp, (besides it will carry us from Easter through the summer) I don't think this is for everyone, but it works for me . . . you can click on my name and see where I've been posting to find the thread . . . IF YOU DARE . . . LOLOL . . .


Everyone keep going, we can do this, it's ONLY 7 weeks until Easter and 2 weeks until SPRING!! Of course I shoveled snow today . . . <sigh> tapping my toe in anticipation of warmer weather . . .

Everyone have a GREAT DAY!!

SW: 161.8
GW: 150

February 13th - 161.8
February 20th - 160.4
February 27th - x
March 6th - 157.8
March 13th
March 20th
March 27th
April 3rd
April 10th
April 17th
April 24th

i was really in a rut when i got in this challenge. i wasn't losing, and was even gaining a bit. i just wasn't feeling it.

And so i haven't broken any weight loss records and am not doing as well as many of you wonderful girls! But i am back on tractk. i am 2 pounds away from my lowest and plan on getting past that this week if at all possible :)

January 9th 235
January 16th 236.5
January 19th 234.4
February 8th 236.4
February 13th 240*my "ladies time! haha"
February 16th 235.2
February 20th 235
February 27th 235
March 6th 233

i just wanted to thank you for helping me get back on track. i have less than a hundred pounds to lose and feel new motivation. thank you!!

~fm

Welcome back, foodmasochist! :)

I think my TOM upswing is on it's way out, so I am feeling a little less frustrated at the scale this morning. I had a wellness assessment on Monday with a personal trainer at school. She did two different body fat measurements. One was using a 3 site caliper method and the other was one of the hand held bioelectrical impedance devices.

The previous night's tape-measure method put my BF% at 41.8%. Her Bioelectrical Impedance method said 36.2%, and her caliper method said 27.6%. No way is my bulk that much muscle, so I can definitely discount the caliper method!

But then yesterday I was reading about the "Body Adiposity Index", which is supposed to be a much better correlation with actual body fat percentage and again only relies on having a tape measure to calculate.

For the curious: BAI = BF% = (Hip Measurement (in centimeters) / (Height [meters])^1.5) - 18.

So using that I got a value of 38.2%. So the BAI, the BIE method and the tape measure method are all 38.2 +/- 2ish percent. Three independent methods giving results that similar, I will go ahead and assume that for me at least, it's pretty accurate. Any of the rest of you feel like trying it out to compare? :)

I'll be off to the gym as soon as I can get my butt off the couch and eat a quick breakfast. I've been alternating days of doing 1+ hours of strength training with 45 minutes or more of cardio. I actually feel like I have some muscles in my arms now, rather than just noodles. This makes me very excited! :D As far as my spring running mini-goal.... not making so great of progress. ;) In addition to me still running way too slowly, we had about 4 - 6" of slush dumped on us overnight, so I won't be hitting the sidewalks or paths around here for many days.

Welcome back, foodmasochist!
Hey, compared to me you've done really well, all I've done in this challenge is gain 12lbs!!! :oops:

Well done to everyone who's working so hard!

1/10-288.6
2/1- 281.2
2/5- skipped
2/14- 278.0
2/25- 275.0
3/6- 273.0
3/12- 270.6
3/19-
3/26-
4/2-
4/9-
4/16-
4/23- GOAL: 260

Six weeks and ten pounds to go - this still seems possible to me. :) Just keep swimming (or running or moving or eating healthfully).