147.0 this morning!
Granted, I weighed myself later and I was 147.4... but.. whatever. I'm clinging to the 147. ;)

Jelbb- Nice! You are barreling through this decade. I weigh in on Monday.

Forestroad:
Can't wait to see how you're doing, honey!
I weighed in at 146.6 this morning. But it MUST be a fluke. There's just no way I'm doing that well, haha. So I'm gonna leave my ticker where it is, and pretend the scale said 147, and we'll see what happens tomorrow. :)

Oooh, even worse than befooooore..... I was OP yesterday calories-wise, but I did eat garbage at a birthday party.....

148.0 this morning. Dear god.
Supah OP today, gonna get the number moving back down!

Don't you hate those days where theoretically you were within your calorie budget, but you know the crap you ate just *can't* be good? I had bbq last night, and had a high-calorie day but nothing budget busting (~1800), but I feel like 200-300 extra calories of ribs is a lot worse than 200-300 extra calories of plants.

Anyway, Jelbb, I wouldn't worry about the 148; a) it's a great number :) and b) weight-loss is non-linear (it's cliche, you know it, but it's true).

I have a healthy lunch with me and then spin class, at which time I will get on the scale. I feel bloated and heavy today so unless the diuretic effects of my morning coffee really start to kick in, it probably won't be pretty either.

149 today at the gym...I'm am suffering from some serious bloat though, so I'm not too worried.

Thanks for the pep-talk, I really needed it. :) I'm feeling really sluggish and heavy, despite having only had like 1,100-1,250 calories today (some of it was guesstimation)... and... yep, you know what... my ring is feeling reaaally squishy tight on my finger. Can't get it off without inflicting some serious pain, I'm so bloated. I think TOM is on the verge of rearing its ugly head, or I've unknowingly ingested a crap tonne of sodium that I didn't account for.
One way or the other... I don't think tomorrow morning's number is gonna be pleasant.

Kudos on not stressing over the number. I'll try to take a page from your book tomorrow morning and just RELAX and not stress about the bloat weight. :)

Jelbb-Definitely relax, and look forward to end of TOM when it all comes whooshing off :)

I am inching back down; 147.5 at the gym this morning, and--TMI ALERT-- I have now eaten 5 meals since I had a bm....is it messed up that I'm counting? I don't know when TOM is coming bc I went off the pill in the middle of my cycle, but bloat and...irregularity...are a good indication that it's coming...

Want to make a pledge to stay off the scale till...Friday?

Yup, the TOM started in FULL-FORCE this morning. Cramps and pain, cramps and pain. :)

That's not TMI, really. It takes a lot to make me throw down a, "Whoaaa, TMI. :o" And it's not weird at all that you're counting...! I think when we're working so steadily at trying to lose weight, we pay a lot more attention to our bodies in general.

And I did the same thing... went off the pill in the middle of a cycle, and ran out of new packs... and am between schools, so I don't have a drug plan right now, so I don't wanna start up again before I've got a new prescription and a new drug plan...

I am definitely down for that pledge. I'm a bit worried... I have insane food cravings right now, and I don't want to let my TOM give me the "excuse" to overeat. I just ate a chocolate-covered granola bar... 160 calories I really didn't need. Hopefully I can keep myself more or less on track, and will see a loss by Friday!

I, Jessica, pledge not to weigh in until Friday. ;)

We can be forgiving of ourselves if we really want 160 calories of salt and chocolate during TOM...I doused my popcorn in salt last night, and, oh well. Don't feel bad. I think about the extra reward of staying OP during TOM since my metabolism is up and I get a whoosh at the end if I do, and weigh that against the reese's peanut butter cup, and sometimes the peanut butter cup wins, and I'm okay with that :)

I, Elise, pledge not to weigh till Friday

good luck, you brave ladies! can't wait to hear how it turns out! (see, i'm already lurking in the 140s thread....i consider it optimistic of me :D)

Not optimistic, Skinny. Simply, unavoidable. ;) We'll see you in a few lbs. :D

*loud whiny voice*

Eliiiiiise.
I feel fat and gross.



...that's all. :(



;)

Aaww, you are neither fat nor gross! TOM will be over soon enough and won't that feel amazing :hug:

p.s. don't get on the scale! it will only annoy you!

p.p.s. Rather than TOM being near for me, I think I'm ovulating...man, my system is so screwed up, not only from going off the pill--I also live with 2 females.