I just worry that everyone who isn't posting is laying around on the sofa eating boxes of Little Debbie snack cakes. Hopefully they're just busy!
Congrats on the scale victories Terapet and Diana!
I borrowed a swimsuit from a friend (since my moldy one has been tossed in the trash! ) so I'm heading out to the park for a swim! Not an exercise swim, but a lazy 'I wanna be in water' swim. And then I'm going to come home and have wheat-free pizza (carefully calculated to be on plan) and a glass of local wine (very much not on plan! ) and watch a movie (I got "Burn After Reading" and "Sylvia" from Netflix today). Chillaxin'!
Rochester-Enjoy your day at the pool. I love your dinner plans. Yum.
Today was step class at the Y. I am also planning to do some housecleaning although that will require I get off the computer in time to complete the tasks before my hair appointment! The scale was down another 1/2 pound today. Awesome. We will see if it is still off tomorrow when I weigh in for the week. I hope so.
My stats are: 232/227/199.5. So far on the challenge I've lost 5 pounds. I have some catching up to do weight wise if I'm going to meet my goal. I had planned on 1.5 pounds per week. My current rate is a little less than 3/4 of a pound a week. About half what I had planned.
Can we modify goals mid challenge? I guess I need to step things up!
It is a gorgeous day here. I am so excited for my trip this week. I think anyway. I know it is going to be killer on the weight loss but I am more than ready to get out of town.
The scale was back up today. Of course. Up, down, up, down. Now I suppose I could weigh less often. Nah! Just have to live with the variations. Anyway, I am going to be good today. I have been fighting a lot of cravings lately but I am in such a good mood I am not going to let them get to me. I am going to enjoy some of the non food things life has to offer. I have not decided what that is yet but I know there are plenty of options. Definitely tonight I am going to a community concert and firework show.
Rochester-Thanks for the compliment. I am in the zone. The actual pounds coming off has slowed to a trickle lately but I am going to hang in there. I have noticed some very positive changes-I have a waist again! Now I just want to keep going. I am wondering-can I really go down another size? That would be so awesome. So I have to keep it up.
Rochester and fcmonroe, I totally know how both of you feel! Right after I signed up for this my weigh decided chilling at 250-252 was the cool thing to do for like... Two weeks. Now I'm sitting here, all of four pounds down from my start weight... Thinking, "I thought I could lose 20 pounds by September?? Was I crazy!?" Guess in the end it's really not a big huge deal. The point is that we're still losing.
As you can see from my signature, I decided that I was going to move my ticker early, because it was just driving me up the wall! My weight stayed at 245 for two days, and today I weighed in at 244(Yay! ), so I figured at least going down to 245 would be accurate for me at this point! I won't update my bottom ticker to my next mini goal until Wednesday though. Wanna enjoy the, "You have met your goal!" for a few days!
Terapet, you go girl!!! Stay in the zone and just keep pushing forward! You're doing SO well!
Well, I'm not losing a lot of pounds, but apparently I'm lose quite a few inches!
This morning I went to church with my mother because my cousin, who is a missionary in Honduras, was doing a presentation. I have an outfit that I bought to wear to a Mother's Day event. I really didn't like the way it fit - I had to wear control top nylons under it or the skirt hung funny and the top was snug and not very flattering - but my mother liked it.
I planned to wear this outfit this morning because it's the only dressy outfit I own and because my mother likes it. Well, I was running late getting ready to go to church, and had just barely enough time. I put on the top and it just hung on me. And the skirt fell right off. It wouldn't stay on for anything. Ack! I had nothing to wear. Well, I put on a pair of capris (that have gotten too baggy in the butt) and dressed it up with heeled sandals and nice jewelry.
I don't know if my scale is broken or if my body is just being weird or what.
After church, we went to a restaurant that has an amazing all-you-can eat brunch buffet. Name a breakfast food, it's on the buffet. And it's so good. I used to eat myself silly at that place. But I was good and ordered off the menu. Just a petite filet mignon (3 oz.), 1 poached egg, and a bowl of mixed melons. It was a hard decision, but so worth it. Victory! And I found I was really able to concentrate on and enjoy the conversation with my cousin when my mind wasn't preoccupied with the next thing I was going to get from the buffet!
About the challenge, you said it best Diana. The progress may be slow but at least "we're still losing"!
Rochester, your ability to have self control at a buffet that sounds amazing may just make you my current hero! I don't think I could have done it! The no-longer-fitting outfit is fantastic, too! Losing pounds, losing inches... I think we're all losing our minds a little trying to make sense of it all! Sometimes our bodies do some weird things... Not much for us to do but sit back and enjoy the ride! (And Excercise. Don't think you get out of that just because your body does what it wants! )
The firework show and concert last night were great. I love being an American and enjoying the 4th of July. This morning was Zumba class. Oh to be twenty-something again. Still fun though. Tonight I am going to another concert at Chastain Amphitheater. This one is Sting. Should be good. Unfortunately this concert does not allow any carry ins. I usually refuse to go to these because hey, it's Chastain! However, my husband really wanted to go. Still staying pretty much on plan. I wish the pounds of belly fat would melt away faster but this is one game that requires patience and persistence. I have to visualize where I want to be in another month or two in order to stay motivated.
ninepaw-I am glad you decided not to chill at 250. Just look at where you are now! I think there are only a few of us left here but it would be cool to finish this challenge and lose some weight together. You're new avatar pic is cute!
Rochester-Great NSV story. Those pounds will have to follow all those inches. Mother's Day seems like it was only yesterday. Great choices at the restaurant too. Congrats! I am going to Nebraska to see my family. I gave the kids a choice of the beach or Nebraska and the kids picked Nebraska! Due to expenses we have to drive and it is a 16 hour trip! My husband's family is really crazy fun though so I understand why they want to go.
mck - Sure - mine is 170/170/160 - I was originally hoping to be at 150 by the end of the summer but I'm scaling back to 160 as I've been gaining and losing the same 2-3 pounds for ages. How's everything going with you?
ninepaw - love the new avatar!
terapet - what do you wear to zumba? I haven't been in a while but am shooting to go weds and sat this week. And congrats on your waist!!
rochester - congrats on your progress - that's great news!
My computer had a bit of a nervous breakdown, and I was without for the last month. Man, those cravings were worse than any sugar craving I have ever had!!!
During my time away, though, I have been staying on plan, staying on target and all that stuff. I still walk my 1.5 hours every day, although I have started to add in running (even though I HATE running). Today I managed to do 10 minutes at a jog. I hope to eventually work up to jogging a full 20..and then eventually turn it all into jogging, and drop the time down to just 35 minutes or so. cant say it will work. Do I need to say again that I hate running?
158.8 on the scale today. Feels so slow some days, but its still dropping steadily, and I can't really complain. Glad to be back, and again, sorry for the absence!!
Welcome back, TornadoSiren! Good job staying on plan in your absence! That's great! Just keep on goin' along, and the pounds will keep coming off - Even if it's slow!
How fun, Terapet! I know how fun family goes. I have some of them up in Washington I'll get to see next month because one of my cousins is getting married! Super excited about that, though I've not had fantastic luck finding something to wear for said wedding yet... The dreadded shopping!!! Made worse by the fact that it isn't like I'm planning on being this size forever. I found something I loved at Ross, but it was too small... And not to a point where I might fit into it in a month, either! And after venturing to about four other rosses, I have found nothing else really... Time to look other places where I'll probably have to spend more. SIGH.
244 on my scale again today! Hoping that by wednesday it goes down to at least 243. That would be fun.... Switch my second ticker to the new mini goal and already be 2 pounds down! Yippeee!
Keep gettin' skinny, girls! We can absolutely do this!
Edit: Thanks for all of the comments about my avatar! I took that picture a couple days ago, and that was the day I realized that my face looks way different in photos! I posted something about it with a comparisson over in the mini goal photo album... But I'll throw it on here too, just for kicks. I'll show off whenever and wherever I can! The first photo was taken before I even started my efforts, and the second one... Well. Was a couple days ago!
Hopefully they're just busy!
) so I'm heading out to the park for a swim! 
Not an exercise swim, but a lazy 'I wanna be in water' swim. And then I'm going to come home and have wheat-free pizza 
(carefully calculated to be on plan) and a glass of local wine (very much not on plan! 
)
A relief after gaining half a pound last week.
Guess in the end it's really not a big huge deal. The point is that we're still losing. 
And I found I was really able to concentrate on and enjoy the conversation with my cousin when my mind wasn't preoccupied with the next thing I was going to get from the buffet! 
I don't think I could have done it! The no-longer-fitting outfit is fantastic, too! Losing pounds, losing inches... I think we're all losing our minds a little trying to make sense of it all! 
Good job staying on plan in your absence! 
