SW: 175.4
CW: 172.4 (-3)
GW: 169.9 (-5.5)

This is happening faster than I thought and I'm having mixed feelings and this is why I wasn't sure if I should join in on a weight loss challenge :-)

I know there's a lot of water weight in that and come Christmas and I eat regularly (or actually probably overfeeding myself...let's call it a three day "Leptin reset" :-P) I'll probably be back in the high 170's. Then I'm not sure how I'll feel.

I just hope I'll not feel stressed to drop all the water weight in the few days I have left of December just to reach my goal. I am going to eat during Christmas anything I want, it's my firm decision, though I will still do IF and I try not to eat all the time even during my eating window.

Scales are stupid... The ones that measure weight that is. Not the nature's sequin dresses. Those are actually kind of cool :-)

Thanks for all the encouragement!! :D :D :D

My goal is to lose 8lbs in the month of December and start 2014 in the 150's!!!

December 10th - 166.8lbs
December 11th - 166.0lbs (-0.8lbs)
December 12th - 166.0lbs
December 13th - 165.6lbs (-1.2lbs)

Well the scale moved!! It's never as much as I would like but I will take it and celebrate the loss!!! :goodscale

Samm :D

11/30: 155.6
12/01: 155.6
12/02: 155.4
12/03: 155.4
12/04: 155.2
12/05: 155.2
12/06: 155.8
12/07: 156.2
12/08: 155.2
12/09: 155.8
12/10: 155
12/11: 156
12/12: No W/I
12/13: No W/I (TOM)

12/1 - 159
12/2 - 161
12/3 - 160
12/4 - 157.5
12/5 - 158
12/9 - 159
12/10 - 158
12/11 - 156.5
12/12 - 156.5
12/13 - 155.5 Uh huh! Uh huh!...doing the weight loss dance!!!:carrot::cb::broc: Come on...join me!!!
GW - 154
Happy Friday everyone!!!

Well it was nice for a day...

SW (Nov 30) 150
GW 145

Dec 1: 150.6
Dec 2: 150.4
Dec 3: 151.2
Dec 4: 152.0
Dec 5: 152.8
Dec 6: 151.0
Dec 7: 151.6
Dec 8: 152.0
Dec 9: 150.6
Dec 10: 151.0
Dec 11: 150.8
Dec 12: 149.4
Dec 13: 151.0

Ha, 183, the same thing happened to me! I've been eating lots of weird stuff lately, not exactly all the way off plan, but not great. And every time I'm dreading the worst, the scale goes down more than I ever expected.

I actually weighed in at my December goal today, but I'm so suspicious I'm not posting it.

It must be a Christmas miracle!

SW: 76 kgs
CW: 75.7 kgs (-0.15 kgs)
GW: 75 kgs

Rsadler: celebrating a nice whoosh on your weekly weigh-in day!

Wow, darius! You got a nice whoosh for your weigh-in, too.

183StGB: good for you for stopping with the chocolate truffle incident. Scales are weird. Great job making a plan for today!

SparklyBunny: don't worry -- we're very supportive through scale ups and downs. You might consider Jacqui_D's method of cheat days -- she eats what she wants but only until she's no longer hungry. That kind of puts a lid on things for her. I don't trust my sense of hunger enough to try that, so my method is to plan my treats -- if I wrote them down on my plan, then it doesn't feel like cheating and I can keep in control that way.
Thanks for the visual of mermaid dresses!

Those of you hitting goal, already, let me know when you want to make it official! I'm totally owning it if I see goal at any point in the next couple of weeks.

Congrats boating!!!!

I am up another .4 this morning! stupid scale going the wrong way :( that'll teach me to eat cookies lol I ate OP yesterday and doing good today so far so hopefully tomorrow it'll go back the right way again.

12/01 - 248.0
12/02 - 246.3
12/03 - 246.3
12/04 - 246.3
12/05 - 245.2
12/09 - 244.7
12/10 - 244.5
12/11 - 245.0
12/12 - 245.5
12/13 - 245.9

Thanks everyone for the positive vibes and encouragement I really appreciate it!

Happy December!
My goal is to lose 6.8 pounds and get solidly into the 150s!

Dec 1 - 163.8
Dec 2 - 162.6
Dec 3 - 161.6
Dec 4 - 159.8
Dec 5 - 159.1
Dec 6 - 159.0 weekly WI
Dec 7 - 158.8
Dec 8 - 157.6
Dec 9 - 158.1
Dec 10 - 158.5
Dec 11 - 158.7
Dec 12 - 158.6 (TOM)
Dec 13 - 157.6 Weekly WI - getting close again :D

Dec 31 - 157

Feeling blown away by your progress chicks ! Amazing job 183, Radler and boatingmommy for your slip down the scales .

I had a whoosh today but have undone hard work this evening eating two mince pies, two slices of Yule log and a large selection of cheese. I turned up with my trusty salad but ate everything else too. I did that earlier in the week. Need a mantra for tomorrow. 'Salad for lunch, champagne for dinner'! I'm letting myself have the evening off tomorrow to celebrate my mums birthday :-)

Start weight 138
Goal weight 132

Dec 1 138
Dec 2 138
Dec 3 137
Dec 4 136
Dec 5 DNW
Dec 6 DNW
Dec 7 DNW
Dec 8 139
Dec 9 138
Dec 10 DNW
Dec 11 137
Dec 12 DNW
Dec 13 135

I'm on really late tonight. I see it just went past midnight, so "yesterday" on 12/13, I weighed 174.5! :woohoo: Thank you Whoosh Fairy!

SW: 177
GW: 171
CW: 174.5

Week 19: High-179, Low 174.5
12/7: 177 Cheat Day
12/8: 179
12/9: 178
12/10: 178
12/11: 176.5
12/12: 175
12/13: 174.5

Pixikat, you'll take the weight back off and then some. Don't worry! :yes:

Wow, Darius! That's some drop! Great job! :carrot:

Minneey, yay on the drop! I'm glad you had fun at your Christmas party, even if it may cause you to hold some water temporarily! :xcheer:

Night Angel, holding steady is good! :cp:

Envelope, nice drop! Keep it going! :broc:

Boatingmommy, woohoo! :dancer: So close to goal!

183, yay! Great job on the big loss! :cb: Sometimes you just need to shake up your metabolism!

SparklyBunny, for the challenge, once you reach your goal for the month, you've reached it! You don't have to feel pressured to lose the water weight that you may gain during Christmas before the end of the month. Everyone knows that it's water weight and that when it falls back off, which you can't control but just have to wait out, you'll be back at your goal weight! :)

Samm, good job and good attitude! :flow2:

Sum, hopefully TOM will come through with a whoosh! :crossed:

Turtle, water weight doesn't count, lol! :D

Rsadler, yay!!! I hope the Christmas miracle sticks! :rudolph:

Joy, good job on the drop! :flow1:

Kelijpa, look at you! You are about to reach your second goal! Great going! You are on fire! :flame:

Lyn, aw, that was so nice of you to say!:hug: I hope if you try my method, it works for you! (And tabasco is great for your metabolism!)

Had an ok week. Down 1.6 pounds. A few slip ups but I am not going to beat myself up about it though. Its the holiday season and there is SOO much great food around that I don't think its possible for me to hold back all of the way. I have been making sure that I don't sit down with the bowl/plate of goodies in my lap and go to town though;) Keep up the great work the rest of you though!!

SW:232.7
CW:228.8(-3.9)
GW:226

yesterday's weigh-in: 75,8kg (167.1lbs)
yesterday's calories: don't know
yesterday's exercise: --
today's weigh-in: 76,3kg (168.2lbs)
change: +0,5kg (+1.1lbs)

good morning :)

Well, my cookie plan didn't work out as I planned -- I didn't taste while making them, but I had couple after they were done. SO GOOD! Best part though: the friend I was baking with is Muslim so she never made Christmas cookies before - she enjoyed the cut out cookies with sprinkles like a little kid :) it was really funny.
Anyways, I have a friend visiting for the night I haven't seen in a year. She never saw me smaller, so we'll see what she says ;) I will be making conscious choices at the Christmas fair tonight, but I won't count. yay Glühwein :xcheer:

SparklyBunny yep, scales are stupid.

samm14 every loss is a victory - well done :)

boatingmommy :carrot::cb::broc:

Rsadler126 yay for Christmas miracle!! Yeah, the body is really weird about when it decides to weigh less.

gardenerjoy I think I only want to call goal on the 31st this month -- way too many 'off plan' occasions in the next 2 weeks. I hope to still be at 168 or below that by then!

Minneey Have a good time at the party!

Jacqui_D nice drop!

SouthernBell02 During the holiday season every loss is pretty amazing. congrats on the 1.6!

Take care everyone :belly:

Thank you, gardenerjoy, Lyn77, Jacqui_D (good point about reaching the goal and not worrying about the "Christmas aftermath") and 183StGB. I'm not actually that worried about the reality of what's happening in my body any given day. I'm quite good pals with my body these days, so we understand each other :-) I'm also fine with being strict now and then eating liberally during Christmas (because I've planned it, it's still sort of strict) and I'm fine with how my body reacts to it. I worry, because I'm afraid that I slip into obsessing about the numbers. Tracking progress is great and gives good information on what's happening over a longer period of time, but obsessing about it becomes a stressor and I try to avoid that.

So I guess my other goal for this December challenge is to try to get through the challenge itself with cheerful enthusiasm and genuine interest, and not get too caught up with the numbers game :-)

I hope everyone is having a pleasant start for the weekend! Or if you're in the land of the hobbits, you are already enjoying your weekend! :-)

Still around 155. I added step aerobic to my exercise mix, let's see if that makes any difference.

11/30: 155.6
12/01: 155.6
12/02: 155.4
12/03: 155.4
12/04: 155.2
12/05: 155.2
12/06: 155.8
12/07: 156.2
12/08: 155.2
12/09: 155.8
12/10: 155
12/11: 156
12/12: No W/I
12/13: No W/I (TOM)
12/14: 155.4