Posting my Wednesday weight since I was away from home for the night and unable to weigh in for Thursday morning. I am down 3 pounds to 154.8 which puts me inside my T-day goal weight range
Larry - I am sorry to hear that you had to have surgery, but glad that you are recovering well and I hope you continue to do so.
I am very pleased with the track I am on!
Thanksgiving Challenge
Highest Weight: 376
Starting Weight Challenge: 366
Goal Weight Challenge (8 weeks): 340.5 or avg 3 pounds per week
Sept 29: 364
Oct 6:362 (-4 pounds)
Oct 13: 356.2 (-9.8 pounds)
Oct 20:
Oct 27:
Nov 3:
Nov 10:
Nov 17:
Thanksgiving Nov 24:
No loss this week. I am on a mini plateau. I sure hope it does not become a maxi plateau.
Thanksgiving goal weight is 184 pounds
July 07 ~ 226
July 14 ~ 224
July 21 ~ 222
July 28 ~ 220
Aug 04 ~ 225
Aug 11 ~ 217 ** 100 pounds lost since 1/6//11 **
Aug 18 ~ 215
Aug 25 ~ 215 ** I have been on a plateau for 12 days now as of today 8/27
Sept 01 ~ 213
Sept 08 ~ 210
Sept 15 ~ 225
Sept 22 ~ 213
Sept 29 ~ In the Hospital for a kidney removal-No weigh in this week
Oct 06 ~ 207
Oct 13 ~ 207 On a plateau again
Oct 20 ~
Oct 27 ~
Nov 03 ~
Nov 10 ~
Nov 17 ~
Nov 24 ~
OneLess - when I looked at your list, I saw -9.8 and thought "holy crap!" Then I realized it was your total loss and not just the loss for the week. On the other hand, I realized you lost almost 6 pounds this week and said, "holy crap!" Keep up the great work.
Larry - You've had so many ups and downs with your health that I'm sure this is temporary. You've moved along at such a great pace that it gets frustrating to be stuck, even for a short time. Hope you're feeling 100% after your surgery. Take care of yourself.
Roxy - great week! Keep it up, girl!
Angie - I love the new avatar! Those couple pounds will be gone in no time.
Hilary - Don't stress over the .2 pounds. It's negligible in the long run. Especially since it's probably really a loss without TOM hanging around.
Hang in there, Larry... I'm sure your body is in shock after your surgery and is holding onto any energy (calories) you give it right now so it has them to heal. I had surgery last Fall and it took a while for my body to decide it was ok to let go of a few pounds... I sense a nice woosh of weight loss in your future once that happens.
As for me, I weigh in tomorrow morning and I'm not expecting a big loss. I had a Seminar last week on a cruise ship. It's so much easier to stay OP when I travel with my husband and he's eating well with me than it is when I'm traveling with someone else. I didn't pig out, but I certainly wasn't OP either. Wish me luck.
had my first week without a loss - went 3.6 up in the wrong direction. I did go very slightly off plan, but since 2.2 of that showed up on the scale even before I had a small amount of off plan food, I am not blaming myself here at all. Just re-focusing and working to get back down to where I was and beyond!
Not to kick a dead horse or anything, but when in a plateau I do not recommend researching plateaus on the internet. All it does is place the blame of this naturally occurring thing onto you. "Hey, did your calorie intake creep up? Because THAT'S why it happened." or "Looks like you need MORE than 1.5 hours a day at the gym 5 - 6 days a week. Time to really kick it up a notch!"
I really believe that there are points where the body just says "hey I'm cool right here." 250 lbs seems to be like one of the naturally occurring ones for many of us. I'm frustrated because I am in the middle of the semester at school - I have midterms and projects out the wazzoo, my urchins be crazy and geeked out, and it's not FALL at ALL here... I'm super duper homesick for the pacific Northwest and super duper sick of the fact that it's going to be 93 today- and I'm trying like MAD to have this amazing success on my journey so that when Mr. Kiki gets home for the holidays, I knock his socks off. One of the WORST motivations, by the way, is watching yourself as you video chat while you're sitting at the computer. Talk about a lovely body image booster. Not.
But all that STUFF makes me lose my focus. It makes me think that there's some magickal end point to this journey - that I'm not going to be living this way for the rest of my life. Which I Am. I hate getting sucked into the petty scale business! I am so easily sucked into the petty scale business.
So the positive self talk continues. The PMS rages on. And I continue to juice, resisting crazy ideas like fasting for the rest of my life or learning to sleep while walking on the treadmill so I could get in an extra two hours at the gym each morning. (Hey, it could work! Lol).
Stinky Plateaus.
Keep on Truckin' Y'all
-Kiki
July 21: 283
July 28: 278.8
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Aug 4: 277.2
Aug 11:277.0
Aug 18:276.0
Aug 25: 272.8
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Sept 1: 271.4
Sept 8:267.2
Sept 15:262.2
Sept 22:260.2
Sept 29:257.6
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Oct 6:254.6
Oct 13:254.0
Oct 20:253.6
Oct 27:
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Nov 3:
Nov 10:
Nov 17:
Nov 24: Shooting for 245
Kiki - just hang in there. I want to come give you a hug. I'd love the 93 degree weather. Cold and rainy here - that isn't good for the soul.
Yes, plateaus stink. But you DO realize you are losing - just slowly. We are all (most of us, anyway) such compulsive people when it comes to losing weight. That's good most of the time because it gets us in gear and keeps us motivated. I've decided to try maintaining for a while because I'm not happy with how I'm starting to look - baggy is for old people. I'm hoping I have a couple more years before I'm old! So I'm facing the feelings that go with stopping. Every stage of this process has it's pitfalls. I hate being sucked into the scale business, too. That's my maintenance challenge - to only weigh on the 1st Wednesday of the month. I've peeked a couple times, some up, some down, and I'm not stressing. I hope it gets easier. We are smart enough to not get pulled down by the pitfalls. That's why we're successful.
I am constantly amazed by the positive attitude and the amazing success in here. You are one of my "young people" inspirations. You are so beautiful and so busy. And so focused on getting healthy. You have a fantastic attitude and are doing a great job of staying on track. It's very hard to keep so many balls in the air at once and to do it while Mr. Kiki is away. I'm proud of you. Be proud of yourself. And one last thing - I feel for all of you who have to deal with TOM and PMS. I'm not sure how I would have coped if that were still part of my life. Just keep on keepin' on. It's all you can do.
I'm not going to weigh in today for the challenge. I just had surgery on Monday so I am giving myself off from weighing until this coming Monday. I had started weighing but realized I really don't need to stress about it and just stay on plan and let my body heal. I am sure I am retaining water, etc right now anyway.
I am on a mini plateau. I sure hope it does not become a maxi plateau.
I'm sure your body is in shock after your surgery and is holding onto any energy (calories) you give it right now so it has them to heal. I had surgery last Fall and it took a while for my body to decide it was ok to let go of a few pounds... I sense a nice woosh of weight loss in your future once that happens.
