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Weekend Boater I know how you feel. I'm really struggling too. I was just coming on to post a reply to my own post about another post on something that I needed reminding of. I got super frustrated and angry at the scale this morning. It definitely wasn't going the way I wanted! But then I remembered that I'm still on track. Below is a link to how I'm trying to keep things in perspective.
For Everyone A perspective reminder and perhaps a tip that might help you. |
Just a quick check-in today, so saying hello to everyone all at once. :wave: Congrats to those who have made progress and hugs to those who are continue to battle the scales. :grouphug:
Weigh-in was 260.0 on the nose this afternoon. Almost got in my water yesterday, but was just shy at 18. I guess I should have just chugged those last two cups really quick, but I was too tired...lol. Also got in my steps yesterday. The rain never let up, so I just found my umbrella and sucked it up and went out for the 4 mile route. My shoes have a lot more "breathable" mesh than I realized, so now I'm regretting it a little bit, because they were basically water buckets by the time I got back home. I had them drying in front of my fan overnight, so hopefully they will be dry before I'm supposed to do it again tonight! Haha. Week Four 22: 260.0 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: ---------------------------- End of Week Three: 260.4 Total Loss for Week Four: |
Weekendboater and LovelyLeah, hugs. It's horrible when it gets hard and plays with our emotions but if you keep on at it, those numbers WILL start doing what we want them too, just in their own sweet time!
OK, March is my month for onederland. To get in it and be confident I will stay in it during my Easter break. I am joining the marathon not a sprint mantra to allow myself still to live but also to be real about lifelong changes. 1: 208.2 2: Official weigh in = 206.8 3: 206.8 4: 206.0 5: 205.6 6: 205.2 7: 205.2 8: 205.6 9: Official Weigh in 205.0 10: 205.8 11: 205.8 12: 205.6 13 205.2 14: 204.0 15: 203.0 16: Official Weigh in 202.4 17: no weigh in 18: no weigh in 19: no weigh in 20: 207.2 21: 208.8 22: 205.6 - PHEW on the way back down again! 23:Official weigh in 204.8 - up 2.6 on last week's official weigh in, but I will take it! 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: |
opheliaphoenix Wow! That's commitment to go for such a hike in the rain. Bummer about your shoes but I know exactly what that's like!
takingcontrol Great drops!! Your weekend is definitely starting to shed itself. I'm with you about March being my onederland month. I think I've been making monthly goals too high. I want to ease back next month. Even though I'd like to see 195 I'm going to aim for just being stable in onederland. _______________________________________________ I guess the scale was teasing me yesterday?!?! I'll take it though! I'm definitely happy to see movement. I wasn't even hoping for that much of a drop, just movement. SW: 209.6 GW: 199 2/1 - 209.6 2/2 - 208.2 2/3 - 208.2 2/4 - 208 2/5 - 207.4 2/6 - 207.2 2/7 - 206.2 2/8 - 205.6 2/9 - 204.6 2/10 - 204.5 2/11 - 205.4 2/12 - 204.6 2/13 - 204.4 2/14 - 205.2 2/15 - 205.0 2/16 - 204.4 2/17 - 204.4 2/18 - 205.0 2/19 - 204.4 2/20 - 204.6 2/21 - 203.8 2/22 - 204.4 2/23 - 202.8 |
Congrats, kelijpa! Did I miss anyone?
boatingmommy: 5 lbs chouku: 13 lbs econ_nerd: 10 lbs flower1: 2 lbs Francesca017: 12 lbs IslandJD: 10 lbs kelijpa: 2.6 lbs ladyinweighting: 4 lbs LovelyLeah: 10.6 lbs MonteCristo: 9.4 lbs NightSnacker: 20 lbs opheliaphoenix: 10 lbs Ronja: 3.7 kgs Bonus goal: 1.5 more kgs Sperrigo: reach 145 lbs stronggal: hit 20.5% body fat takingcontrol: 10.2 lbs TWINCA: 10 lbs unwanted37lbs: 7 lbs VickieLou: 7 lbs Weekend_Boater: 6.7 lbs wefrogy: 10 lbs |
LovelyLeah: I just got a chance to check out the link you shared with your graph about keeping the weight loss journey in perspective. I like that, and it's definitely a great reminder! :) (Also, I'm happy to report that my shoes recovered quickly and dried back up before last night...lol.) -- And, congrats on breaking back through the plateau! Hopefully it will continue moving down now that it had its chance to tease you one last time, haha.
takingcontrol: I still haven't added anyone to my FitBit friends list yet, but I bet that makes it even more fun. :yes: Also, good job on flushing that weekend fun bloat out of your system...that was fast! Haha. gardernerjoy: I totally forgot about hitting a goal for this thread....d'oh! :lol: I hit goal back on the 18th! I didn't even realize, lol. Thank you for the check-in and reminder. That was a nice realization to have today, haha. :hug: ________________________________ Weigh-in was 259.8 today. I got my walk/steps in, but only got 15 on my water instead of 20. Going to keep working on both tonight! Not much else to report for now. Hope everyone is having a lovely day this afternoon. Week Four 22: 260.0 23: 259.8 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: ---------------------------- End of Week Three: 260.4 Total Loss for Week Four: |
Crazy day starting early today, just got my workout done now late afternoon, torture after lunch out. Still ate pretty good for restaurant, luckily there was a salad bar so even cheating wasn't really really cheating. Still running, happy Thursday all, have a healthy day!
Start Feb 1 265.9 Week one monthly loss 1.1 lbs Week two monthly loss 2.5 lbs Week three loss 1.6 lbs Monthly loss so far 5.2(miles from goal but ok) Started measuring 2/14 4 inches lost at 2/22 20: 261.6 21: 260.8 Mini goal, out of the 260s by the weekend, watch me go I'm going to do it! 22: 260.2 |
Back later with personals :)
1: 208.2 2: Official weigh in = 206.8 3: 206.8 4: 206.0 5: 205.6 6: 205.2 7: 205.2 8: 205.6 9: Official Weigh in 205.0 10: 205.8 11: 205.8 12: 205.6 13 205.2 14: 204.0 15: 203.0 16: Official Weigh in 202.4 17: no weigh in 18: no weigh in 19: no weigh in 20: 207.2 21: 208.8 22: 205.6 - PHEW on the way back down again! 23:Official weigh in 204.8 - up 2.6 on last week's official weigh in, but I will take it! 24: 203.8 25: 26: 27: 28: |
Way to go, opheliaphoenix!
boatingmommy: 5 lbs chouku: 13 lbs econ_nerd: 10 lbs flower1: 2 lbs Francesca017: 12 lbs IslandJD: 10 lbs kelijpa: 2.6 lbs ladyinweighting: 4 lbs LovelyLeah: 10.6 lbs MonteCristo: 9.4 lbs NightSnacker: 20 lbs opheliaphoenix: 10 lbs Ronja: 3.7 kgs Bonus goal: 1.5 more kgs Sperrigo: reach 145 lbs stronggal: hit 20.5% body fat takingcontrol: 10.2 lbs TWINCA: 10 lbs unwanted37lbs: 7 lbs VickieLou: 7 lbs Weekend_Boater: 6.7 lbs wefrogy: 10 lbs |
Feb SW: 120
Feb Goal: 118 (lose 2 lbs) - Done Feb-22 Feb-01: 120 Feb-04: 119.6 Feb-06: 119.4 Feb-10: 119.0 Feb-12: 118.8 Feb-16: 118.2 Feb-22: 118.0 (made goal) Feb-24: 117.8 |
NightSnacker: I'm glad they at least had a salad bar for you! Haha. And, getting closer to that weekend goal...keep it up! :)
takingcontrol: You're having an awesome comeback! ;) gardenerjoy: Thank you! :) flower1: Congrats on hitting goal yesterday! :yay: I missed it when doing personals yesterday. ________________________________ Weigh-in was 259.0 today. Yesterday ended up being a lot busier than I expected, and I didn't get done with everything and back home until almost 10:30 at night! Needless to say, I didn't get my walk in at all, so my steps were just a little over 8k, and I did horribly on the water as well, only getting in 9. Other than our middle child having a school dance tonight, there should be nothing else out of the ordinary...so getting back to my walk and water is the goal for this evening! Week Four 22: 260.0 23: 259.8 24: 259.0 25: 26: 27: 28: ---------------------------- End of Week Three: 260.4 Total Loss for Week Four: |
I had bigger drop but I think it's because of being dehydrated. Which also explains what feels like the start of a UTI. Definitely not the best 24 hours. At least I have of Trader Joe's orange cranberries.
SW: 209.6 GW: 199 2/1 - 209.6 2/2 - 208.2 2/3 - 208.2 2/4 - 208 2/5 - 207.4 2/6 - 207.2 2/7 - 206.2 2/8 - 205.6 2/9 - 204.6 2/10 - 204.5 2/11 - 205.4 2/12 - 204.6 2/13 - 204.4 2/14 - 205.2 2/15 - 205.0 2/16 - 204.4 2/17 - 204.4 2/18 - 205.0 2/19 - 204.4 2/20 - 204.6 2/21 - 203.8 2/22 - 204.4 2/23 - 202.8 2/24 - 201.8 |
gardenerjoy - I met my goal this month - thx.
opheliaphoenix: - thanks. Congrats on hitting you goal too! Your progress since the beginning of the year is amazing! |
LovelyLeah really happy for you that the scale is once again moving, I hope it's going to be a move that sticks for you. Hope your UTI fears come to nothing, hugs.
I have also just read your graph post and it is along the lines of something I have been thinking about too...... Thank you for bringing it to the forefront of my mind..... I know that I'm not going to be 'skinny' for the weddings I am attending in April, so.... I am taking my focus off them and instead putting it on the long term. This has to be a lifestyle change that will stick. So far, I feel like walking to work and getting decent sleep can stick, I feel like cutting out at home processed food can stick, I feel like homemade soup for lunch at work can stick, drinking more water and only having alcohol 1-2 evenings a week can ALL stick! On a good week, sweet treats one day can stick, on tough or hormonal weeks maybe they cant.... that's okay. Everything else, can't stick, so I am not doing it any more. I am not depriving myself of the foods I enjoy. I am not turning down invites to go out and be social. The first month of this diet has actually seen me isolate myself, that is going to stop! If it takes me to this time next year to be where I want to be, GREAT! My plan from here on in is to stop depriving and start retraining for real. I have a great App that has a graph much like yours and gives you an orange line for target process and a green line for actual progress over time and then a blue plotted line for daily ups and downs. Even on Tuesday when I was back up to 208lb I was STILL under my orange line, so actually still on target. I am jumping out of the race. I am stopping being impulsive. I am joining the long gain. I am going to succeed! Opheila your progress is fantastic, well done for pulling those numbers day in, day out, week in, week out :D Flower congrats on your goal, whoop! Nightsnacker I love a restaurant success story! This is my next challenge, being able to be more mindful, while eating out etc. Gardenerjoy No chance of meeting gal for me, but thanks for this lovely place to share the journey, be it a success or otherwise! Ronja I hope all is okay Happy weekend everyone! 1: 208.2 2: Official weigh in = 206.8 3: 206.8 4: 206.0 5: 205.6 6: 205.2 7: 205.2 8: 205.6 9: Official Weigh in 205.0 10: 205.8 11: 205.8 12: 205.6 13 205.2 14: 204.0 15: 203.0 16: Official Weigh in 202.4 17: no weigh in 18: no weigh in 19: no weigh in 20: 207.2 21: 208.8 22: 205.6 - PHEW on the way back down again! 23:Official weigh in 204.8 - up 2.6 on last week's official weigh in, but I will take it! 24: 203.8 25: 203.2 - I can smell onederland again, so, giving myself a little break today in terms of depriving foods, focusing on water and exercise 26: 27: 28: |
takingcontrol I'm so glad to hear that. I'm definitely a race to the finish kind of girl. But then I never make it to the finish line. My biggest focus is on portion control. The last time I went out to eat I divided my plate into thirds and only ate a third of what they brought me. The restaurant's slogan was huge servings for low prices. They weren't kidding about the huge servings!! In the past, if I was dieting that would terrify me and if I wasn't dieting I would eat almost the whole thing until I felt like crying. Now I ordered what I wanted and ate only what was reasonable. I agree with how getting wrapped up in dieting can result in isolation. And deprivation, for me, only leads to binges. For example, earlier this month I had a craving for this cookies and cream cupcake from a local cupcake place. The craving lasted 3 days so I knew it wasn't just one of those passing, emotional cravings. So I went and got it. I stuck it in the fridge for awhile and then once it had firmed up I cut it in half. I ate one half that night and the other half the next night. It was extremely satisfying! I also knew that if I continued to deprive myself I would have gotten a 4-pack at that store and ate them all in one night, hardly able to enjoy them.
I'm also working on thinking about averages. If the majority of days are OP then a few days off aren't a big deal. In the end the average will still be much closer to being OP. It usually never feels like that the day after a huge slip up or binge! But it's still a good reminder. It gives you the freedom to enjoy holidays and parties and dinners with friends and family. I'm not going to spend hours ahead of time searching for the restaurants nutrition facts to see what I'm "allowed" to have. I'm going to eat what I want and not always settle for salad because that's the safer option. Most days I'll eat healthy but on days such as that I'm going to enjoy myself! Also I think the UTI thing has passed. After I felt that pain I drank a little over a gallon of water and ate about half a bag of TJs orange cranberries. The sugar content was probably extremely high but definitely worth it! __________________________________________________ I'm not surprised by the little bounce back up. I predicted it yesterday so I'm okay with it. Today's focus is definitely water. I've really been neglecting it until last night out of desperation drank a little over a gallon in a 4 hour span. I need to spread that out through the day better. SW: 209.6 GW: 199 2/1 - 209.6 2/2 - 208.2 2/3 - 208.2 2/4 - 208 2/5 - 207.4 2/6 - 207.2 2/7 - 206.2 2/8 - 205.6 2/9 - 204.6 2/10 - 204.5 2/11 - 205.4 2/12 - 204.6 2/13 - 204.4 2/14 - 205.2 2/15 - 205.0 2/16 - 204.4 2/17 - 204.4 2/18 - 205.0 2/19 - 204.4 2/20 - 204.6 2/21 - 203.8 2/22 - 204.4 2/23 - 202.8 2/24 - 201.8 2/25 - 202.4 |
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