What is up with that? Of course I think for me that nailing the weight loss was because for a long time it was the ONLY thing in my life that I could control. Or maybe I'm just trying to see the positive side of the rest of it. I dunno. ;)

Ok. So for ALL OF US ... 2009 is going to be the year we nail it all. No more of this weird out-of-balance s**t. :)

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maintained.

Congrats on everyone maintaining weight! I know it's a hard week for a lot of us - family's around, drinks abound, and restaurants are calling... I guess i got "lucky" this year - my family's all in MD and VA this year, and my friends all left, so we're neither eating in nor going out. That said:

SW 318.2
CW 316.6 (-1.6) :D
GW 313.2

Thanks! I've been doing just basically calorie counting and exercising - I aim for around 1800 calories a day and do my exercising with my Wii - I use the Wii Fit, as well as DDR and the Active Life Outdoor Challenge game. I'm kind of addicted to the games and I play them a lot, it's not really like exercising to me. Sometimes I'll turn on the DDR game and do a thousand calories without realizing it - on those days I tend to have an extra snack. I also drink a lot of water, sometimes nearly a gallon a day, but I tend to be a pretty thirsty person.

I started losing in the beginning of December, so the first 12 pounds have gone pretty quickly. I had been wanting to lose some weight for a while, but hadn't really been motivated to. I had several dental issues in November with abcesses and infections and the like, and after a few surgeries I was on my third course of antibiotics in the beginning of December. The combination of my other medications, the antibiotic, and the pain pills I was still on made me not want to eat ANYTHING. There were literally a few times that because of the medicine and the nausea I went over 36 hours without eating anything. Anyhow, I lost about 2 pounds from that, and for some reason, I decided that I didn't want to gain them back, and that was the start of my weight loss.

I weigh myself every morning, first thing after a trip to the bathroom. I know lots of folks prefer to weigh themselves weekly or every other week, but I think that every day keeps me on track. I also take a blood pressure reading with a home monitor every morning - I do this mostly because I have low blood pressure and have to take high blood pressure medication for another condition, so I want to know I'm low so that I can incorporate a little more sodium into my diet. (My doctor actually told me to eat more salt!) I record my weight and blood pressure, along with everything that I eat and the amount of exercise I do in a small pocket notebook.

As my challenge weight, holding steady today:
SW: 169.2
CW: 168.8
GW: 164.2

I'm in! I'll start tomorrow with tomorrows weigh in.

Hi All
SW 164.6 (weighed in on 12.27)
CW 162.6 (-2)
GW 159.6 (ohh that sounds good)

sw: 167.5
cw: 166.6
gw: 162.5

Gained 1 pound
it was movie night ....had 2 big handfuls of cashews ...ugh
I know where I went wrong
now it's New years and we are doing Chinese oh no
I need will power dust ...
Happy New Year Everybody !!

Same! I'll look on the bright side and consider it maintenance practice. It's a bit of a salt thing too, I craved anchovies last night. Isn't that the oddest? Anchovies on crackers. Ew.

On the balance thing - I agree. I smoked my weight loss in 2008, but other areas were, sadly - lacking. It seemed impossible that I could devote any more attention than the barest of minimums to other areas in order to accomplish what I did with weight. In retrospect I wouldn't change a darn thing but 2009 will hopefully be the year of balance and refinement for me - make more room in my life/mind.

SW: 153.4
CW: 153.6
GW: 148.4

caolrie counters
 

movie night last night (Burn after reading)...2 handfuls of cashews
I am up a pound
it was an ok movie nothing great

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY !!!
now where did I put that will power dust ????

I am going to have hubby take some pictures of me tonight and post them soon

Are ya serious? Just because I didn't workout yesterday I go up .8 of a pound??? WTH?? I was on plan with my eating to the tee.

SW-201
CW-201 (right back up there)
GW-196

Have a great New Year's Eve and be safe!!!

Melinda :dust: :carrot: I am SO glad I'm not a New Year's party kind of person. I am still feeling weighed down by the holiday food.

FB, are you feeling better yet? I'm still quite cold-y, but I did actually run 1 1/2 miles this morning. I felt all nice and dedicated for jogging with clean tissue in one hand and dirty tissues in the other ;) Mostly I'm really afraid of the deconditioning!

I agree I needed to focus on the weight loss and cooking and exercise and even neglect some other things. But what's nice is there are so many lessons learned that will transfer to other areas of life. How to reach a far away goal one day at a time. How to pick yourself up when you go off track. How to do it when you don't feel like it. How to plan to make it easier.

SW: 144
CW: 143
GW: 139

One of these days my body HAS to notice that I've quit the sweets and started exercising (even if just a little :o) again!

Heya Julie - My cold is gone, thank goodness. The back is still killing me though. Against my better judgment I'm going to the crazy weights class in a few minutes. I'm going stir crazy. The chiro I just started seeing this week says weights are fine if I don't use them :lol: I'll just do body weight movements today, adapt it to me.

Glad you got your run in! Outdoors or treadmill?

SW: 140.2
CW:140.2
GW: 135.2

Oh that would be nice, that is the top of what I think works for me.

I was up this morning! I had BK last night so no duh!

157.4
158.8
152.4

Happy New Year everyone! Everyone be very careful out on the roads tonight NO DRINKING/EATING WHILE DRIVING!

Cute.

Outdoors. It's cool out, but not as cold as it was, so that's nice.

The scale actually went down today. Let's hope it keeps going. I think I need a change of cardio. My usual jog just doesn't seem to be doing it these days. I also can see that the 184 numbers are for reals (as FB would say), and can't be blamed on TOM or water weight at this point. Christmas was SO not worth it. Next year: turkey breast and steamed veggies are sounding like good holiday food to me!

SW:185.4
CW:184.0 (-1.4)
GW:180.4

SW: 168.8
CW: 169.8
GW: 163.8

I keep staying in the 169-171 range. I guess not exercising isn't going to help matters, I haven't worked out in 6 days.

SW 166
CW 165
GW 161

same again! Tonight we are finally staying in and I'm making all kinds of yummy healthy things to eat, but not low cal, just lots of veggies. Already home with groceries unpacked drinking the champagne I bought in October and saved for tonight.

Happy last day of 2008! We are not doing anything out of the ordinary to celebrate tonight but I'm having my own little "me" celebration today....I had a kick butt workout with my trainer this morning, then went to get a pedicure (ahhh...), now I am off to do a little shopping....I am going to buy a few smaller things to get me through work until the next size. I don't even know what size I really am now. I know it's much smaller than this time last year and that rocks! I was down a touch more today. I can't wait to get to the new decade!!!

SW: 261.4
CW: 260.4
GW: 256.4

Hey all ~EVERYONE BE CAREFUL TONIGHT.
Sw 237.0
Cw 234.2(-2.8 LOSS 2.2 TO GO)
Gw 232.0
DIZZY YOU ARE DOING GREAT! YOU ARE ALMOST THERE.

Happy Shopping Barb!!!!

sw 152
cw 148.2
gw 147

Exactly the same as yesterday, since I made and sampled chocolate chip cookies yesterday, I'll take that as a victory. We are going to dinner with friends tonight, should be fun. I am going to choose well, maybe fish and veggies, Happy New Year everyone!!

Still moving, just moving slowly:
SW: 169.2
CW: 168.4 (- 0.4 lbs today, -0.8 lbs overall)
GW: 164.2

Go figure, the day after I say none of my friends are around, dh and i get invited out for dinner tonight! It's a homemade meal, from a guy who's on atkins, so hopefully there will be a bunch of tasty tasty protein available. The real kicker is i'm going to provide the bubbly~! I love wine shopping, but if it's sweet, I can only have one glass of it... and i only like sweet wines.

Anyway, onto the weigh in:

SW 318.2
CW 315.8 (-2.4)
GW 313.2

Good evening ladies. I have not had a lot of time to post this week so sorry I have not made it till now. I started my exercise routine today and I weighed this morning so I think I am on track so far.

SW 240
CW 237.2 (-2.8) :carrot:
GW 235

Hi I'd like to join in this group. I am a very very slow loser- so a small goal is logical for me. I'm journaling since Monday and just need to get back into to exercising. I did a 5 day 400 km bike ride in Nov, so I had alot of training for that. But since then I haven't been motivated. Look forward to being around on this challenge.

Newbie here :)

SW 165
CW 165
GW 160

Happy 2009 all, I hope its a good one for all. I started it with a small loss which is always welcome.

SW: 216
CW: 213.5 (-0.5)
GW: 211

SW: 164.6
CW: 162.4 (-2.2)
GW: 159.6

Happy New Year 2009 Ladies!

A very happy and prosperous New Year to everyone!

SW: 144
CW: 143
GW: 139

Boy, I'm kinda stuck on 143 :p I guess it's my just desserts, so to speak :o

Happy New Year!!! I hope everyone's 2009 is off to a FANTASTIC start!

I was hoping to hit my 80 pound loss today...nailed it exactly. :carrot:

SW: 261.4
CW: 260
GW: 256.4

Enjoy your day!!! I'm celebrating the new year by heading to the gym and doing some cleaning/organizing.

;)

Wow, that is FANTASTIC!!!! Congratulations!!!

Hells yeah! Oh my gosh, I am so smiling at the monitor for you (which probably looks silly from my husband's vantage point, but who cares! That rocks!).

Happy New Year!
 

Hi Everyone!

I started on WW this past Monday and I'm excited about what this year has to bring in my weight loss journey. This morning I got on the treadmill (I have one at home) for 15 minutes and lifted weights. It felt good doing this much. I can tell I don't get exercise because my legs hurt and my butt hurts!

SW: 244.6
CW: 243.4
GW: 140

GAH!!!!

SW : 199.8
CW : 199.4 (+4.2)
GW : 194.8

T_T I was so close but two days of no exercise and constant drinking is not good.

I'm not changing my ticker till after I detox.

Afternoon, ladies. :wave: Another little drop today.

SW:185.4
CW:183.4 (-2.0)
GW:180.4

Arg, so sad, but I have to drop out of this challenge for 6 weeks as i'm on the "love the skin you're in" challenge for G2009. My final weight is the same as my starting weight, but at least I didn't gain any more after a night of booze, friends, and fantastic food!

I did NOT weigh today, I need the sodium retention and the alcohol dehydration to settle out first. :p