I'm still here - sorry to not be around much. Work has been consuming my life this past week.
Jen...Congrats on your positive IF day yesterday! I hope you start seeing the results you sooo deserve. You've been working so hard - keep at it and your body will start to respond!!
MissSea...Congrats on that beautiful step into ONEderland!! Even if it's just a toe in, it must have felt amazing!
My body is being so strange. After working through a couple of weeks of slow weight loss, it kicked into high gear once I hit 199.5 last Wednesday. In the last six days I've moved from 199.5 down to 196.2 this morning!?!? 3.3 pounds in 6 days...weird. I'm certainly not complaining but it has me wondering because I have done nothing different - if anything, I ate too much and didn't exercise as much over the weekend.
dogdays, I'm so with you! I cheated like crazy over the weekend -- bread, fruit, mashed potatoes -- but the scale on Sunday said 199.9. I wasn't even drinking very much water! Strange ...
wow ladies, my scale still is stubbornly reading 201. So you both are pretty much in onederland, and I'm still sitting on the county line.
I think you are both experiencing the phenomenon of refeeding. Where a cheat day actually drives the body to let go of excess water and toxins.
You would think with the workout of pushing a tandem stroller 2 miles up and down hills and huffing and puffing most of the way, I would be seeing some WEIGHT change. not. however, i am seeing lots of definition happening. Alas, I would LIKE to see weight change and definition, but with the definition I know the weight change will come. I just need to keep up with it and be patient with the scale. Still I wanted to kick it up and down the bathroom this morning.
my day yesterday was good except for the cookies. DARNED SOFT BATCH. I usually only like chocolate sweets, but these cookies were chocolate chip AND softbatch. I love a greasy cookie. it's ok, because the scale was still lower this morning. and my calories were 2535 for yesterday. the day before they were 1600, so i am calorie cycling..which also helps me lose weight.
i have to remember July 9th my scale said 203 lbs. And today it said 201 lbs. so something is going on. I just hope it isn't scale bounce. I went from 199 to 203 back down to 201. it makes you think WTH????
I hear you, jen. As soon as I could, I started working out with my daughter (Stroller Strides, if any are curious). My scale stubbornly stayed put, but I was out of my maternity clothes within three weeks. I was pumping at the time, so that may be why my body refused to let go of the pounds. But I saw an overall change in my body, so I was content, if not totally excited.
I think cheat days are good overall. Nothing can exist in a vacuum -- and diets are essentially vacuums. Until your body "relearns" what it can or cannot live on, you have to stay consistent with the diet, and I think cheat days help that. My two cents ...
Ahh, soft batch cookies -- they're like crack, I tell you! jen, can you avoid the cookies altogether? Personally, I've stopped buying things I shouldn't eat or things that are triggers for me. For example, I make my hubby run to the quickie mart for an individual-sized bag of Doritos if he feels the urge, rather than keep a jumbo bag in our house. Mmmm, Doritos ... :::shakes head::: I need to go eat lunch now.
Jen...I was going to suggest that you're probably losing fat & gaining muscle at the same time. The muscle being heavier wins the battle on the scale. Makes total sense. Like you said - keep it up and the scale will start to move.
I agree with MissSea, I have to keep the house stocked with minimal temptations. When I'm craving a sweet treat, I eat a Skinny Cow fudge bar. It takes long enough to eat it that I'm satisfied when it's done.
thanks ladies. MissSea, that is a good idea and I usually do not have soft batch cookies in the house because like you said they are like crack. And there is no way eating the smaller ones helps--NOT ONE BIT. I was at a friend's house and found them in a cabinet when i was hunting for fare to break my fast with. should have never touched them, but it is ok. I bought him some more...and just having the things in my house has brought illicit thoughts to mind of sitting in a corner with 10 cookies in each of my cheeks...ugh evil.
dogdays, there are some on here that totally don't believe in that, but I think I do...and I think my pictures of losing just 5 lbs show the real deal. Still it drives me crazy when i see "i dropped 4 lbs in one week" or worse 12 lbs weight loss in one week. jeesh. it takes me months to see a 12 lb weight loss, but as long as I am LOOKING better. I am happy. Feeling better is a plus too. oh yeah this morning I woke up to my breasts leaking. actually i leaked all over SO all night because i was getting so much milk built up...that has to weigh something right?
well, my friend walking with me fell through and so I swam my 2 miles. I got these bands that let you swim against the resistance and basically swim in place, but i also decided to walk against the water. workout completed.
i broke my fast at 4 pm today...and I made sure i had good food on hand. much better day and very very close to goal both ways. Was shooting for 1800 and 200 carbs. I got 1836 and 252 carbs.
Some how I've put on weight and I cannot for the life of me see how. I thought I might finally be getting TOM after 8mos breast feeding, I got a bit of spotting so I was like ok TOM... man I hope that is what it is because otherwise I hate my scale. 3lbs gain in three days.
Jen...I was going to suggest that you're probably losing fat & gaining muscle at the same time. The muscle being heavier wins the battle on the scale. Makes total sense. Like you said - keep it up and the scale will start to move.
I agree with MissSea, I have to keep the house stocked with minimal temptations. When I'm craving a sweet treat, I eat a Skinny Cow fudge bar. It takes long enough to eat it that I'm satisfied when it's done.
Sorry, have to nitpick here, muscle does not weigh more than fat, but it is more compact. 1 lb of fat = 1 lb of muscle but muscle looks a lot better!!!
yeah, i try not to nit pick on that. I think i am gaining lean muscle...and it looks better--as well as I am burning fat. I have a pair of jeans that are my goal jeans and I am looking better and better in them.
so I guess it is possible since one lb of lumpy fat takes up more space than nice lean muscle.
Sorry, have to nitpick here, muscle does not weigh more than fat, but it is more compact. 1 lb of fat = 1 lb of muscle but muscle looks a lot better!!!
Thanks...but I very well understand that 1lb=1lb. By saying "the muscle being heavier", I didn't mean to imply that muscle weighs more than fat - just that perhaps she was adding muscle faster than she was losing the fat.
Sorry to make you feel compelled to "nitpick" my post. I think you read too far into it.
yeah, i try not to nit pick on that. I think i am gaining lean muscle...and it looks better--as well as I am burning fat. I have a pair of jeans that are my goal jeans and I am looking better and better in them.
so I guess it is possible since one lb of lumpy fat takes up more space than nice lean muscle.
Yes! Lumpy fat definitely looks worse than muscle. If you're seeing more muscle definition, you're doing GREAT!
My closest girlfriend is a personal trainer and thinks I'm crazy for weighing myself everyday. She refuses because she thinks the scale can be deceiving if you're working toward muscle definition. Then again, she's crazy fit so I doubt the scale moves much for her, LOL!
thanks dogdays. wow that is so cool you have a PT for a best friend.
Well, another day done. I do weigh myself every day, I try not to drive myself crazy and i put notes in my journal about things that might affect my weight. I also do a graph of the average weights.
I walked my 2 miles. I also did a little bit of abs today.
198.9lbs today, one foot over the line. I'll be happy when I can stay under that 200!
I just found out that my weekend lunch is 1000cal, omg. Amazing how calories can hide where you don't expect them.
Jen I love how goal clothes can be so motivating. I was so psyched to get into my goal jeans! Now I need a new pair of goal pants! I just wish I could lose weight around my stomach, damn Mummy tummy. I have cute tops from before but I can't fit them coz I my bulging belly.
ok finally. scale gave me 199.2. Back into onederland. funny thing is i ate a huge dinner last night. it felt good to be full and yummy. i ate at 11pm, and I went to bed at 3 am. my calories were 1965 and my carbs were 261 g. I didn't think i'd see a lower number after that--so definitely making a note of it.
jitter that lunch sounds yummy. I always do better with a huge dinner.
hmmm tummy fat. I think intermittent fasting would help. I will post my tummy pics to show you what i mean.
this is 5 weeks postpartum to 8 weeks postpartum. i should have just framed the belly area, sorry for everything showing in the pics. my computer is stupid and i'm having a hard time editing pics. plus my time is short.
I'm still here! Was outta town for 3 weeks... the first week I did awesome, the 2nd week pretty good, then last week not as well. I am showing it on the scale, so now BACK TO WORK! My goal is 199 by Sept 13th. I was 226.8 this morning (which sucks 'cos a coupla weeks ago I had gotten down to 224)... Time to kick it back into gear!
jen, can you avoid the cookies altogether? Personally, I've stopped buying things I shouldn't eat or things that are triggers for me. For example, I make my hubby run to the quickie mart for an individual-sized bag of Doritos if he feels the urge, rather than keep a jumbo bag in our house. Mmmm, Doritos ... :::shakes head::: I need to go eat lunch now. 
