Feral, yeah - it is more of a trial-and-error type thing.. I've tried so many different calorie levels and such! It kinda goes along with what you said in your previous post..

"I had a bad week last week (had Chinese food 2 days in a row) and drank 2 glasses of wine. I had been stuck going back and forth between 195.5-197.5 all week and then dropped down to 195 even and now 194.5. I think every now and then your body needs a little junk in order for it to start working again."

Upping calorie intake for a couple of days seems like it re-vamped your body! congrats on that loss!

I'm another one that seemed to be revamped by junk, lol.

I have been pretty much on plan for the last few weeks, and I was seeing 1lb losses. Which is awesome, don't get me wrong, slow stead and healthy. But this weekend I had about 5 Jager bombs (lol...), a Hardees sausage biscut (590cal!) and some other junk. I was not looking forward to weigh in. I was really surprised when I had a 3.1lb loss.

Your body WANTS to maintain. That's why I stayed right around 183-185 for months of eating 3000-4000 cal/day. My body was used to the routine and had adjusted itself to burn that much. If I ate 1100cal for months, I would eventually start maintaining. Our bodies are complex and they want to be in equilibrium and maintain. When we mix the system up, that's when we start seeing changes.

I'm glad some of you ladies are doing so well!! Last week was bad for me because of Valentine's day. I didn't lose, but I didn't gain either. So this week I need a good weigh in!!

I'm down 2lbs so far.

Ooohh! I'll join in! By March 20th I think I can do 11lbs!

SW-210
CW-210
GW-199

Awh! thanks for the encouragement! ; D I think I might experiment with weighing myself daily for a while, just so I can get a feel of all the different weight fluctuations my body goes through. I can't quit now...I feel too healthy and much better about myself anyways now that I care about my body.

Oh and I bought a spaghetti squash that I'm going to make for dinner. yay!!

I'm fluctuating so much right now, it's a different weight every morning, but it doesn't seem to go down. Did a week of slightly less than 1300cals per day...and nothing :( So this week should average at 1500 per day, but every day has been very different as I'm trying to keep my body guessing. I'll do an hour at the gym later and go for a longer walk than usual, maybe that'll help. Really hope there'll be a loss on Sunday! :)

How is everyone doing?

Ok today I am 186 lbs! A lb down from 187. 2 lbs down from 188. ; D My spaghetti squash last night was really great.

This week I have started to cut out all added sugar to my diet, but didn't start until Wednesday. I have also started tracking every calorie and taking a picture of everything I eat. I worked out every day except yesterday. I lost 3 pounds!

SW: 223
CW: 220
GW: 213

Good job utgirl09, I wish I had that kind of discipline and motivation to clean up my diet like that. I just kind of wing it, lol. But that's awesome on the 3lb loss!

I know it's a little late but I'd like to join! :)

SW: 166.2
CW: 166.2
GW: 156.0

Plan:
1,500 cals/day
30 min workout 5x a week
Lots of water and little to no alcohol

I just got back from vacation and am way up (hoping at least some of it is water weight). I was 162 before I left so I'm hoping I can get back to that pretty quickly and hit my 4th mini goal by Spring!

Thanks. Cutting out the sugar is hard, but right now it is what I need. It is only day 3, and I am sure it will get harder before it gets easier to resist. A blanket NO to all sweets is the best way for me to stay in check with my calorie goal. I just don't want to let myself down.

Congrats on your 3 lb loss too! Our bodies are crazy sometimes, aren't they?

Everyone's doing so well. I'm glad to have joined this group. My weigh-in is Sunday so I don't know how I've done yet. I feel very good though!

This week I've decided I'm going to really reduce the amount of red meat I eat from now on to at most twice per week and 0 times per week if I can do it. Also, I'm giving up refined sugars slowly. I still have one or two pieces of candy every now and again, but it's much better than how I used to be.

I've also been very good with writing in my fitness journal. I find that I do much better when I'm writing regularly. I think it comes from reflecting on the changes I'm making and keeping my commitment fresh.

I've used about every ounce of self control I have this weekend. I'm proud to say that despite all the temptations - people eating mcdonalds, whataburger, sonic, etc - that surrounded me, I have been perfectly on plan! Today, when I went with my boyfriend to get sonic, I was planning on getting just a few :rolleyes: things that would be within my calories... but I gave myself a stern talking to and got only a medium sweet tea instead (180 cals). Rather than sneaking bites of his reese's blast, I'm having a 40 cal valentines sucker.

Tomorrow is weigh day and I'm excited/nervous. Hope everyone is doing well & that you're all having a great weekend! :)

Stargzr, thanks!:hug: You're doing really well, you must be thrilled to nearly be at goal! :spin:

Kuhrisuh, yay for all that self-discipline! Hope you have a great weigh-in!

I've had a bad weigh-in this morning, 182.8.... I was not happy at all, but I think it's to do with TOM that's a week early for some reason. So I'll just carry on with my calorie experiment and track even more carefully in case the problem is to do with lack of accuracy. Got a really cute angled measuring cup yesterday, so not even a tiny amount of skim milk will go unmeasured in my tea anymore.