My hard work this week was rewarded - I saw 261.7 on the scale this weekend. Hopefully that's the motivation I'll need to make sure this upcoming week is just as on-track.
Cajun - I don't know - whenever I see a new low like that, the next few days I pop back up by a pound or two before I see it again as my new baseline. But I just focus on the fact that I got to that number once, I can see it again.
I've indulged a little bit this weekend, but I also had two hard workouts, so I'm feeling pretty good about things. Hopefully I can keep up the momentum for this upcoming week.....
Well, I finally got back on the scale today. Not great news, gained 5 lbs. over the summer. I knew I'd gained but put off the scale for a week, to try to get myself back in the swing of things. I've struggled this week trying to get back into my routine so I'm hoping by facing the actual number it will light a match under my butt. I ABSOLUTELY don't want to end up back in the 270's !!!! I REALY want to be in 250's by the end of Sept..
If I can just get out of the 260's I will be the lowest I've been in a long, long time. I keep getting sucked back into 265.something and it's getting on my nerves! Determined to get further away from 265 asap!
Cajun - we will get into the 250s together - by mid-September. No question.
Miranda - I know exactly what you mean - I am just hovering around the 265 mark.
Rhonda - you'll be the 260s, soon, I can feel it! Your info shows you started IP last month - how is that going?
As for me, this is my first plateau since I started this, nearly 9 months ago - I've been hanging out in the mid-260s for nearly 2 months now. The plateau is self-imposed - I have gotten my weight down to a place where a less than stellar week (over 1900 cal ave) means I'm not going to lose weight. And I keep having a good week and then a less than stellar week. 2 weeks ago, I was totally on track and the scale showed it (at one point I was under 262). And I felt good.
This past week, I had something "out" every night, and boy did the calories add up. And I didn't get to the pool enough as a result as well. I have got to get a handle on non-routine eating. I don't do well with too much restriction in my diet, so up to now I have tried to make decent choices in non-routine situations, but haven't sweated it too much. This is where I really need to make a fundamental shift. I can't predict how often I will have non-routine eating situations, there will be weeks like this week where it is every night like this past week, and I have to do better than I did this past week.
I also have to start doing better on weekends. Again, it is part of the non-routine thing. If I'm not out and about, I'm focused on food. And the snacking begins. I'm light years ahead of where I was in the past, but I've got to start thinking differently about "treats".
Not to make excuses, but we are in the middle of record heat and drought right now in South Texas, and it is really depressing me. I needed to swim and spend several hours in the office yesterday, but when I went on the back porch at 10am and it was already nearly 100 degrees, I pretty much gave up. I literally couldn't force myself off the couch, let alone out of the house. I'll pay for that all this week. Weight-wise, stress at work-wise, etc. I am really hoping that once the weather breaks, this will all seem a bit easier. (and I know it isn't just the heat, because it was just as hot week before last and I had a really good week, but the heat certainly isn't helping things)
Sorry for this long brain dump post, but it has been a while coming, and I'm feeling much better now that I've shared.
Hey ilbnej,
I totally understand about the heat, it really does suck everything out of you! I am sO ooovver summer, the heat and humity is sufficating right now. A nice cool front would definitly boost my spirts and my motivation.
Weekends are the hardest for me also. Everything we do on weekends in Louisiana seems to revolve around food. I try to moderate on the weekends and be extra good during the week to make up for it. Sometimes I'm sucessful, sometimes not. So far you've done SO well, I know you'll figure a way to over come the eating out/treat issues. Remember we all fall down, it the getting up that the important part.
Cajun - thanks for the pep talk! I would weigh 1 million pounds if I lived in Louisiana - the food there is just TOO good. Here's wishing us both a nice cool front! (or a not-over-100-degree-heat-index-front, at least)
Hey guys. I'm at 264.0 right now, so I'm in the right place I think! I've been in the 260s for almost three weeks now. If I can get in the 250s, I'll be lower that I've been in the last two-three years. I'd love to go home for the holidays and shock the crap out of the family. In a GOOD way, for once.
Anyway - I'll be hanging out for a spell (but hopefully not for too long - no offense - lol)!
So I went away for a little bit about 3 weeks and went off plan. Gained a little weight and now I am back here. Weighed in this morning at 265.8 so I am back in this decade instead of in the 250s where I was when I went away. I got back on plan faster than I have before after going off. It is nice to see some familiar faces and some new ones.
I hope to talk to you all soon and get to know you also!
261.7 is super, with progress like that you'll be out of here before Sept.!!! Keep up the good 
Not great news, gained 5 lbs. over the summer. I knew I'd gained but put off the scale for a week, to try to get myself back in the swing of things. I've struggled this week trying to get back into my routine so I'm hoping by facing the actual number it will light a match under my butt. I ABSOLUTELY don't want to end up back in the 270's !!!! I REALY want to be in 250's by the end of Sept..
