Just a quick question - other than posting on here, how else do you guys keep a note of your progress?

I have just made myself up a wee spreadsheet which tracks on a weekly basis calories consumed, exercise taken, intended reward, starting weight, end weight etc. I have put a motivational quote next to each week as a wee pick-me-up. It's working quite well for me - just wondering if anyone does anything like this?

My reward for this week is some nice flowers.

Hello Team,, I just weigh in, I was up 1 pound,, (TOM right now).. Sorry..
Otherwise the week has been good, more exercising than I used to do. So I know I'll have a loss next week :)

I weigh every day and write the umber on my calendar so I can look at the end of the month to see a sort of pattern. It's helpful especially since I have been doing it for months and I can sort of guess how much weight I am able to lose per month. I also measure my body every week or two and write that in a small journal. I've had that since I started so I can see how far I have come. I log my mileage for running/swimming/biking on my calendar and also on the exercise thread that this site has each month.

Sounds like you are doing great logging your info and keeping yourself motivated!

Thanks Cakses - you have just given me an idea! I haven't been recording body measurements so will add that in. was thinking chest, waist and hips - do you measure anywhere else like upper arms, thighs?

I measure in 10 places!

Bust - across the nipples
Chest - under the breasts
Waist - smallest part of the abdomen
Belly - largest part of the abdomen
Hips - widest part of hip region
Thighs - widest part of thigh
Knees - about an inch about knee caps
Calves - widest part of the calf
Upper arm - widest part of the upper arm
Forearm - largest part of arm below the elbow

In 3.5 months I've lost 10 inches. It's been really slow losing, around Thanksgiving I was down 9 so not much as come off in almost two months. My calf, upper & forearm hardly change at all.

I started a challenge for losing inches called The Biggest Shrinker. People can post their results whenever they want but I post mine every week and tally the latest results every week. Some people lose more in a week than I've lost since I started!

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So I changed things up! My calories were only 1150-ish today and I worked out 50 minutes instead of 60.. I also shortened my bike ride and did some stairclimbing. All in the name of convincing my body to let go of some lbs & inches!! Since I started tracking calories, I don't think I've ever had them so low but I'm just not that hungry today and tomorrow I am eating out so even keeping them below 1500 will be a challenge. We'll see what that :censor: scale tells me tomorrow!

Oh yeah and this water challenge is good! I'm realizing my water intake is much lower than I imagined. I got through the day and realized I was at about 50 oz... had to keep sipping to get in 80!

Joyra - that's a lot of places to measure - will do that though and hopefully see some shrinkage! Be careful not to eat too few calories, will you? I've been warned about that before - apparently your body goes into starvation mode and holds on to the fat! Well done with the water! I drink tons of the stuff and apart from helping weight loss, it makes my skin glow!

Despite my binge of Saturday, and generally eating more and exercising less throughout the week, I still have a loss of 1.4lbs! I'm thinking that maybe the regime I had going just wasn't right for my body, so I'm easying back down to just 60 mins of exercise a day, and shooting for 1500 calories. I'll see how this does for a couple of weeks.

Well, I think today is the day I stay on the wagon as I am no longer in emotional distress. Now I'm only dealing with the curse of the habit of eating low-water content foods. I COMMIT to breaking the cycle NOW! I dragged my butt out of bed for a 6 AM workout; I brought Daisy (my shih tzu) for a walk and she had me trudging through snow up to my thighs at times. It is crazy funny how she bounds through snow that is deeper then she is tall! I have finished my first bottle of water and finally I have a food plan for the day. My WI this morning has me up 1.5 pounds. No surprise. I'll turn it around this week. 150's here I come. LET'S DO IT, LADIES!!!

Well I had a good weekend. This is day 21 of being on plan. Must stick with it. I am going to post my loss now, I think I did pretty good this week. I was 196.2 today, looking for that 195. Haven't seen that yet.

Ladies- keep it up, be strong. You are all capable and good things will happen.

Hi all,,,
just a quick check-in. Stuck on a plateau right now at 240. Going to change up my exercise this week and see what happens. This weight has got to start moving!

In addition to using FitDay to track calories in, calories burned, daily weight and monthly measurements I take weekly pictures (same clothes/same positions). I love running a slide show and seeing the progress.

This week I started using a new scale that I know weighs heavier than my old one; however, I do trust this one over the piece of junk Taylor I had. I could stand on it three times in a minute and get three different readings. I am now using a Health-o-Meter like you find at the doctors office. Anyway, I'm still down another 1.2 lbs for the week.

sorry I didn't do my weigh in on saturday. We didn't have internet for 3 days. :(

MissVitality - I measure a lot of spots as well. Here's my list.

Chest (around bust)
Band - right under breasts, like when you measure for a bra
Small Waist - the smallest part of my waist, which is a few inches above my belly button
Natural Waist - right around the belly button
Ponch - the excess fat I have that hangs over - I like to see this number go down
Hips
Upper Thigh - fullest part of my thighs
Above knee
Calf
Arm - around fullest part
Neck

It's a lot but it's good to see what is getting smaller, especially if the scale isn't budging too much.

Woo Hoo Mindy - 21 days OP!! You rock Girlie!!

Congrats to all the losers this week. And for those of us that went the other direction - let's keep our noses to the grindstone and really pull off an astounding number next week!!

I'll be back later. Be good to yourselves.

It's going to be a close week between us and Blue Team. Everyone remember to put your weights in ASAP!

QOTD: What is a new healthy food you have added to your diet?

I definitely buy more fruits and vegetables now that I am being health conscious. Edamame is my new favorite!