January 2nd Weigh-In: 297
Month Goal Weight: 289
January 31st Weigh-In:
Total Month Weight Loss:
Week One
01: Did not weigh as I was traveling
02: 297
03: 296.8
04: 298.8 (what?!)
05: 296.4
06:
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Total Loss for Week One:
Week Two
08:
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14:
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End of Week One:
Total Loss for Week Two:
Week Three
15:
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21:
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End of Week Two:
Total Loss for Week Three:
Week Four
22:
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28:
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End of Week Three:
Total Loss for Week Four:
Final Days
29:
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End of Week Four:
Total Loss for Final Days:
Week One
01: 294.6
02: NWI.
03: 294.4
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07:
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I actually remembered to weigh-in today, and I'm a little surprised at what I saw. We had our last spaghetti night yesterday after my NWI, so - even though it is barely down at all - I was actually expecting to see a gain. So, even at only 0.2 lbs down for 2 days, I will take it! That means whatever gain I had is already starting to flush back out. Whew. Hope everyone is having a good day!
Well, my love affair with holiday treats is over, so my steady loss should come back. Yesterday I helped my hubby finish off some of the leftover goodies, and put the rest of them away where I can't see them. This will be so helpful in so many ways. Even after the last 2 days of endless snacking, I finally got all my water in yesterday, and saw a .4 drop on the scale this morning. Hoping the scale keeps dropping now.
I posted this on my MFP last night: *Note to self: Food is fuel. Eating is not evil. Being hungry is not a physical defect. Stop being mean to yourself because you want to eat. And stop being mean to yourself because you ate something that's not considered healthy. A couple cookies, a cup of coffee with the fancy creamer, or a dinner out are not going to result in gaining back 50 pounds. Going over your calorie limit by a little is not the end of the world. Going over by a lot every now and then is not the end of the world, either. Learn to eat normally. People without weight issues do not stress a bad food day. Learn to eat like you would eat at maintenance because one day you WILL be there.
I need to remember this, every single day, and stop mentally beating myself up if I have a little treat every now and then.
I posted this on my MFP last night: *Note to self: Food is fuel. Eating is not evil. Being hungry is not a physical defect. Stop being mean to yourself because you want to eat. And stop being mean to yourself because you ate something that's not considered healthy. A couple cookies, a cup of coffee with the fancy creamer, or a dinner out are not going to result in gaining back 50 pounds. Going over your calorie limit by a little is not the end of the world. Going over by a lot every now and then is not the end of the world, either. Learn to eat normally. People without weight issues do not stress a bad food day. Learn to eat like you would eat at maintenance because one day you WILL be there.
FeraFilia: Those are definitely wise words to live by! I think so many people, myself included, tend to get so stressed out and anxious at the beginning of their journey into new lifestyles because they are so afraid of failing after putting in hard work and effort. Keeping this in mind (and really trying to take it to heart!) could help take a little of that stress off, so the person could just focus on each day as a singular challenge all its own instead of feeling like they're going to lose the whole "big" race, just because of one bad turn.
I am at the start of a new beginning myself -- after going completely off the wagon for the last 2.5 years and gaining everything back and then some -- so, this was helpful to read today.
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FeraFilia: Those are definitely wise words to live by! I think so many people, myself included, tend to get so stressed out and anxious at the beginning of their journey into new lifestyles because they are so afraid of failing after putting in hard work and effort. Keeping this in mind (and really trying to take it to heart!) could help take a little of that stress off, so the person could just focus on each day as a singular challenge all its own instead of feeling like they're going to lose the whole "big" race, just because of one bad turn.
I am at the start of a new beginning myself -- after going completely off the wagon for the last 2.5 years and gaining everything back and then some -- so, this was helpful to read today.
I liked it so much that I printed it out, and rearranged all the junk on my fridge so it would fit. I need to see it every day, and that was the best way I could think of to do it! I'm glad it helped you, too.
futurehealthyme - thank you!
ferafilia - Just wanted to say thank you for posting that whole quote about eating not being such an evil thing. That's something I definitely need to remember now and then.
So, weighed in today and my weight's the same, despite the grueling workout I completed yesterday. I had a small splurge today--which I allow myself to have every other day. I ate healthy throughout the rest of the day, so hopefully it goes down a bit tomorrow.
ferafilia - Just wanted to say thank you for posting that whole quote about eating not being such an evil thing. That's something I definitely need to remember now and then.
I'm glad it helped you. Sometimes I say smart things. Sometimes. :P
So I am a few days late to the party but I am here. I have been on and off here for many years. My goal is to participate so that I will not drift away again. I have always gotten so much motivation and positive encouragement from this site in the past. This time my head is in a different place and I am not thinking of this as a diet so much as a journey to improve myself over the next 12 months.
I am only going to log my weight weekly, I see lots of people are doing it daily and sometimes I weigh daily as well. One of my goals is to actually stop weighing daily so I will only be posting a weekly weigh in even though I will check in much more often. I am going to weigh each Sunday and count that as my weigh in.
Starting weight
12/29/16 ~263.4
Good morning everyone! Had another positive day yesterday, except I didn't drink as much water as I hoped. It feels so much better eating healthy and staying away from junk. Have a fantastic day everyone!
Emsikins...sounds like you still had a fruitful day if you got a hard workout in! I need to crack down on myself and start exercising again. Hopefully the scale will reflect your efforts more today.
Martine and futurehealthyme - Congrats on the nice losses!
Yesterday was my first fully on-plan day, both food and water wise, so I am super happy about that...it was the first time in 2.5 years where I actually paid attention to what was on my plate and didn't just grab what happened to sound good at the time, haha. I've been a little hungrier than usual this morning, but I imagine I will have to give myself some time to adjust to not eating super late at night and right before bed like I was in the bad habit of doing. Drinking more water is helping take the edge off the extra hunger, so that's a win-win...especially since I think it is helping start some water weight flushing, because my weigh-in for today was down to 292! I know it's not "real" weight, but I'm still thrilled to see that number starting to move down, lol.
Week One
01: 294.6
02: NWI.
03: 294.4
04: 292.0
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Last edited by opheliaphoenix; 01-04-2017 at 12:19 PM.
I stayed within my calories yesterday. But I'm going to assume this is still water because my rings were super tight this morning. Probably because of the handful of peanuts (roasted/salted/in shell) I had last night before bed. SUPER salty, which of course was my favorite part.
Today is Wednesday, meaning my "light" day that I throw in once a week to counter any calorie overages due to miss-measuring, inaccurate logging, or just eating too much. So it's my oats for breakfast, a couple protein-y snacks (string cheese, greek yogurt) and then a protein shake for dinner. My calories work out to about 1250 (I normally eat about 1600). My new goal is to stop snacking after the baby goes to bed. I manage to stay within my calories, but snacking after baby goes to bed (9:30ish) means I'm putting snacky junk in my system right before I go to bed (around midnight), and it's probably why I'm seeing no change on the scale the last few days even though I've stayed within my calorie limits.
Lots of water, light on the cals today, and a "walk" downstairs. I will get myself back on track!
FeraFilia - The scale will become unstuck, I know it is frustrating but keep at it! You are being conscious of your eating and it will move.
So yesterday was pretty good, I actually hit the gym twice, once for cardio and once for weights. A little bit overkill but I'm still working on my schedule. Food wasn't as good, but I drank over 70 oz of water so I'm ok with that. Took my vitamins as well. Baby steps.
January 1st Weigh-In: 277.2
Month Goal Weight: 262.2
January 31st Weigh-In:
Total Month Weight Loss:
Week One
01: 277.2
02: 277.2
03: 274.4
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Total Loss for Week One:
Week Two
08:
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End of Week One:
Total Loss for Week Two:
Week Three
15:
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21:
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End of Week Two:
Total Loss for Week Three:
Week Four
22:
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End of Week Three:
Total Loss for Week Four:
Final Days
29:
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End of Week Four:
Total Loss for Final Days:
Woohoo! Just spent $10.37 (tax) and ordered my FitBit Charge 2. So grateful for people who actually listen when I say "AMAZON GIFT CARD" as the response to "What do you want for your birthday/Christmas/other?" I don't like asking for gifts that cost so much money, but I'm totally okay asking for gift cards to cover chunks of it and stashing them until I can use them all on the thing I want! I love that there are people that understand that. Christmas put my Amazon gift card totals to $150 so I ordered it! YAY! EXCITED!
January 31 Goal Weigh In...: 290.0 January 01, 2017 Weigh In: 300.0
January 31, 2017 Weigh In:
Total January Weight Loss=: I do not weigh on weekends I have no scale access. ~ TOM:
Christmas put my Amazon gift card totals to $150 so I ordered it! YAY! EXCITED!
