3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community - Getting out of the 280s and 270s

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Wow, opheliaphoenix, that looks like crazy fun. And yeah, July is a little soon to run 5k for me! lol
Sept, did you have ppl buy from your link on living social?

I wish we lived closer so we could train together.

I was down to 273 this morning. Hoping to see 269 sometime next week.

Hi everyone! New here, but last weigh in I was 274.6 and I feel like I've been in the 270s for way too long. I weigh in again tomorrow morning but I feel like I'm not going to have lost much this week. Trying not to let that get me down too much... just motivation to work harder next week, right? :P

All. I woke up this morning and the scale didnt move, but that is ok. I was distracted for a minute and thought to myself what did I do wrong yesterday and then I was reminded its not about what I did wrong yesterday its about what I will do right today. Its my quote for the day and one I just used in another post. Its been ringing in my ears all morning so I thought I would share.

:welcome2: Aprildennis You are so close tho to getting out of the 70's decade. Good for you! I hope that you get there really fast!

Sept your so right about your quote. I love it. I might write it in my smash book. It's just what I needed. My weight was back up to 282. I didn't sleep good last night because my son was up all night, my eating has been wonky for two days since my husband is off from work so I knew it was going to be up. The quote makes me feel better though because it's not about what we did wrong because that's in the past it's about moving on and doing right... Yay! Thank you!!

April I've been stuck inthe 280s. SoI know what you mean. Don't worry we can do this and we will do this!! Welcome to the board!

Onagain, that's awesome! Good for you!

Phoenix, your right that is a pitfall from weighing everyday. Don't worry the scale will move in the right direction!!

The last two days have been hard for me since my hubby has been off. It's our anniversary Friday and I work so he wanted to go out to eat on Monday. It was night, but my parents tagged along, so I told him I want a redo and do something else for our anniversary. He really throws me off balance when he's off during the week. I love it when he's off but he really is a bad influence on me. I had a talk with him about it yesterday too because he does give me a choice like he'll ask well do you want to stay here and eat or go out. Me knowing that he wants to go out, I feel bad and I say lets go out it will be ok. When in my mind I'm going dang... I try to do good, but sometimes I don't have the willpower to do it.. So that's what I'll be trying to conquer the next few weeks. I have scrapbooking tonight with the girls. They're going to make tacos so I'll have to be good tonight and not overeat. At least I'll be scrapbooking so I'll have something to do.

HOpe you ladies have a great Wed!!

Hey Sassie,

Thats what we are all here for... Reminders... encouragement and so on. I am glad it resonates.

Joy

Woke up at 277.4 this morning. I don't consider this official, but I do check it everyday, and it looks like most in here do as well, so I will totally jump on this train. I don't usually stay at the lowest by weigh-in day. I usually blow it over the weekend. But as of today, I I have been working really hard at watching my carb intake as well as my calories. Let me tell you, it is bad. Even though I don't do white stuff (flour, added sugar, etc), the amount of whole grain carbs I eat is still a HUGE number.
Here's to today! *holds up breakfast smoothie*

The scale finally gave in and moved down to 271.4 today, so - as I said in one of my other threads - I'm thrilled with that...yay! Making an effort to stay positive that it's real movement and not just me feeling under the weather today. Going for a walk in about half an hour, so that should help me keep it going. All my other planned walks this week have been rained out, but it's a little sunnier today, so I'm going to take advantage of it.

onagain1: You're doing great! You'll burn through to the next thread in no time. :)

aprildennis: This is a great place to stay motivated to work through plateaus. Welcome! :wave:

Sept2012: Those are definitely wise words and very true. This week is reminding me how fickle scales can really be, so it's best to keep your frame of mind right now during fluctuations and stalls. Our bodies go through so many micro-processes and phases throughout even a single week that what the scale reads from day to day is basically just a loose interpretation of the overall trend. So, just focus on how beautifully healthy you are getting and the rest will follow! :yes: Can you tell I did a lot of self-talk in my head about this after my own struggle yesterday? Ha.

SassyAngies: There are healthier options when eating out, so as long as you stick to those, you should be able to fully enjoy going out with yout hubby for your anniversary! I know it's easy to feel chained to the cupboard at home, because of all the healthier things you have there, but you can afford something a little more indulgent as long as you don't overdo it or pick the worst thing on the menu. I'll have to be reminding myself of this tonight too, because I think we're having pizza for dinner, so it will test my ability to stay in check, as well. I wish us both luck tonight...lol. Have fun scrapbooking! It looks so fun, but I think I'd go even crazier at the craft store if I picked it up as a hobby. The scrapbooking section is always one of my favorite sections to go through, and I don't even do it! Haha.

Dragonfly: That's a wonderful drop so far this week! Keep it up, and you'll kick this weekend's butt for sure. Here's to today! :cheers: (<--- pretend those are smoothies, lol.)

Sept2012, I feel your pain about the scale not moving. I ate on plan every day last week, and I sat at 275 for the entire week. It was so frustrating. But this week, it's finally moving (and pretty fast). Weight loss can be so weird sometimes.

272 this morning for me.

Oh man, we just had that pizza I was talking about earlier, and the nutrition facts were eye opening! I was prepared for the calories...I planned my day around them and saved up some storage, lol. Each slice was 280 calories - bad, I know, but manageable - and, I allowed myself two of them for 560 calories total. (I cut them up to make 4 tiny slices to make it feel like more slices, which surprisingly helped.) However, while I sat there and calculated it, I noticed the sodium and was blown away. The carbs were a little high for the amount eaten, but two measly slices was 1,620mg of sodium! :eek: Holy salt mine, Batman!

So, needless to say, I am a little worried about water retention tomorrow, even if I am under calories. However, I am still proud of myself that I was able to eat one of my favorite things and not wildly overstuff my face like a rabid wolverine, so there's that...ha. Slowing down and being mindful of all the flavors was also very helpful to make myself feel satisfied. Especially seeing as how I have single-handedly eaten an entire medium pizza of the same kind before. In one sitting. :o :^: Not often, but more than I'd like to admit. I'm going to stick my head in the sand on that one and try not to imagine what all I was putting into my body on days like that, oi.

Good Morning to you all.

I hope that it is a beautiful day where ever you are. I also hope that the scale is going to give you a happy surprise like it did me this morning. Instead of going up, up, down, up it went more down. :) I am so happy. I just feel thinner today, and that is always very nice. I wish you all a very nice and happy day!

still waiting patiently at 272.4. Tomorrow will be the day I move to 270. I can feel it and then before you know it down to the 260's. I am invisioning what that weight looks like, what it feels like, recalling how my clothes fit and how my overall being feels at a lower weight.

Its been a rough morning at work. Made me very stressed for a while but I walked away and gave myself a breather. Came back and feel less pressure but god sometimes I wish I could walk away from it forever....

My carbs were up yesterday. Ate a bunch of crappy food. I also did weight lifting. I am up 2 pounds today from yesterday (279). This could be recovery, water, or just my dumb *** eating a delicious BK fish sandwich. DAMN YOU BREAD!

I feel like s*** today. I want to eat the whole grocery store. I just feel like the whole world is conspiring to get me to flip my lid today. And when I feel this way I just want to eat non stop. I have been doing so good lately (and I don't want to see the scale go up) so I haven't eaten much at all today... which only makes things worse. I have lunch soon and am going to try to watch a movie while I eat and then to take a walk and see if that helps some. Sorry for the rant... I just knew if I didn't vent I was going to run to the next building and grab some panda express or a jumbo slice of pizza and a cookie (work on a college campus).