Gosh Hamlette, you are going to leave this thread before I get here! 191.6 this morning. Trying to catch up with Hamlette...chasing her from thread to thread since the 230's!!! It's kind of weight loss stalking but it helps keep me motivated!
Ive decided to take a scale break... For the next two weeks I wont weigh myself... I will just come here and discuss or report how my day has been... My main target till then is to eat on plan and focus on exercise.... Phewwwwww
I'm switching to weekly weigh ins tomorrow. I've been making myself crazy doing it every day. I am still losing weight, I feel and look fantastic, I have so much energy at the gym, but I get on the scale and if the number isn't where I want it I freak out.
What's the point? As long as I'm getting healthier, there's no reason to try to push it. I'll get where I need to be eventually.
190.4 this morning. Just reporting into this thread because hopefully I will soon be here for a while. The weight is coming off so much slower now.
That sounds like a solid plan Hamlette. It's easy to freak out over the scales if they don't move. I get obsessed and anxious over it too. Right now the thought of holiday weight gain has me freaking out. I don't think I've ever made it through the holidays without gaining weight! I'd like to get to 188-189 and then maintain from Thanksgiving through New Years.
I lost over 40 pounds not writing anything down but eventually I realized there was no getting around it. A lot of people say it is the best thing a person can do.
I'm using My Fitness Pal and I'm loving it ... so many foods I can just scan the barcode.
Tomorrow is my weigh in at last ... can't wait to find out what happened this week!
When things are working you don't need to change them...but when they aren't it's time to look for other tools and it's not an excuse to give up! Good luck to you Tefrey!
Congrats on the awesome numbers cincorn and tefrey!!!!
im really struggling with food, girls!!! i need a swift kick in the butt,, the worst is happening, my fears are coming true,,, like i said the late 170's and early 180's range is where ive always quit in the past,,,, i cant let this happen im ok all day, on plan and all,,, yesterday we went out to get sum stuff for the kitchen at arnd 9 pm and i suggested we go to the cafe next to the store, i had alfredo pasta and a fudge cake slice with ice cream ,,, today we went clothes shopping for my husband again at arnd 9:30 pm,, and on our way back (on my suggestion again) we went to a persian restaurant and i had buttered rice and kebabs,,,,, i usually have dinner at 6:30-7:00 and dont eat after that,,, i dont understand whats going on,, its like my resolve and will power are weakening and im getting too comfortable.... sorry for all the whining and drama ,,, i dont know what i weigh either :S
shr1nk1ngme good to have you here,,, let us 'shrink' together!!!!
Day 2 of being back on plan and exercising,, i feel much better,, weigh in on 1st Dec,,, i really dont know what tht scale is going to say,,, *nervous giggle*
Hang in there hamlette! I'm struggling too, and it's like you said, the last two times I dieted I did great until I got right around 175-185 where I get done in. The first time I stalled out after losing 30 pounds, the second after 40, this time after 50 ... but the same weight. It's like my body knows I'm on the verge of getting out of obese and it decides to fight me.
This cannot happen this time!
I've been reading about taking a controlled break from dieting ... where you eat at maintenance for a set length of time (something like 10 days to 4 weeks). Supposedly this helps reset the metabolism and gives a person's body time to adjust ... and then when the diet starts up again, weight loss is back to normal. One thing I read suggested two weeks of maintenance after every 12 weeks of dieting. I've been eating 1200 calories a day for five months now and although I'm used to it, maybe it's time to rest.
I'll be traveling out of the country in a few weeks and I've been stressing because I won't know the calories in anything and diet products like skim milk don't really exist. If I give myself permission to go over with calories for that time, it might make things easier.
Of course, other times I've gone off my diet and found it impossible to get back on ... but those were never controlled breaks. But I find the idea of a short maintenance period really attractive right now.
going to be my last post in the 180s as today's weigh in was 180.3 
im ok all day, on plan and all,,, yesterday we went out to get sum stuff for the kitchen at arnd 9 pm and i suggested we go to the cafe next to the store, i had alfredo pasta and a fudge cake slice with ice cream 
shr1nk1ngme 
