Ate over my calories..thought I worked out enough to bring it down. Clearly I didn't. Move on from this day and hopefully drop it tomorrow. Hoping everyone has a great day!

SW for March: 148.4
GW for March: 138.0

03/01/17 - 148.4
03/02/17 - 146.4
03/03/17 - 146.2
03/04/17 - 146.6 **Bad Cheat Day**
03/05/17 - 146.6
03/06/17 - 144.8 **Super Happy About this**
03/07/17 - 145.8 - I knew yesterday was too good to be true.
03/08/17 - 145.6
03/09/17 - 145.8 *Unexplained weight gain...*
03/10/17 - 147.0 *1600+ calories yesterday..but a ton of working out*

3 more weeks to go! Yes I know, shoot me or love me! lol Working hard here, that plateu last month was frustrating, just doing what I can! We will see what happens ladies but in the meantime, seriously, 3 weeks is good time to counter anything or just get the ball rolling. I can't wait to see what happens and yes, you can bet I will be here whining (exercise aside) if things don't move for me again. Ah well, we are getting healthier and stronger and must remember that we are moving forward!

Good luck to everyone and happy weekend! I will catch you all soon. THis weekend I am skipping any outings, it is very busy and next weekend I have a few social events so I have to try and go straight through! Wish me luck!

Onward we go and for those of you changing the clocks ahead, don't forget it is tomorrow night!

Saturday, March 4: 180.1
Saturday, March 11: 181.4

DANGIT. Up a pound since last week. Here's the thing though: this is definitely one of those "the scale isn't the whole story" things. Except for one party where I ate a modest amount of dessert brought by friends, I've been super good this week. I've lost circumference around my hips and chest since my last weigh-in, something which I suspected because my work pants and my sweatpants are slipping like no one's business. I know I've actually lost fat, but looking at my weight loss chart, I can see that I am also almost exactly one month out from when I ovulated in February. I had a plateau and a slight gain then, too. I'm just hoping that I'm right, and that next week is like what happened last month, when it all whooshed away.

At my lowest early this week, I was all the way down at 179. T_T

opheliaphoenix Congrats on the new dragonfly!! Milestones are so wonderful to experience and incredibly motivating too.

kfunk6113 Buttoning jeans that wouldn't before is so satisfying. It really confirms you're in the right direction. And thanks for the support with the anxiety. Last night and today are definitely better!

darius I hope your sleep study goes well.

Ronja Holding steady isn't too bad. I always have to translate kg to lbs for your posts so I'm able to keep up with personals. It's actually kind of fun!

takingcontrol Your week sounds awful! I hope you get to enjoy your day off. Do you like cooking/batch cooking or do you find it to be a chore? I kind of alternate between how I feel about it. Sometimes I have so much fun doing it and other times I find it tedious and annoying. I think I would also have a really hard time with seeing my weight jump up. As much as I like to try and keep things in perspective it doesn't really make the present moment feel that great. But don't worry. You will get there soon enough.

Weekend Boater Good luck with your hectic weekends!! Oh, and thanks for the time change heads up. I really didn't realize it was this soon. I always forget it's the middle of March.

Keika You are absolutely right that the scale doesn't show the whole picture. After I had a rather long (or at least it felt long) plateau last month I decided to start measuring myself each week. Seeing that has definitely helped me get over scale frustrations. And congrats on the slipping pants! I know they can feeling annoying but it definitely means progress!
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I was surprised to see I was back under 200 after 2 days of binges. I always do a mentally prep before standing on the scale after days like that. It'll probably be 3 lbs higher than where you were. It's okay, it'll blow over soon and you'll be back where you were. I always try to overestimate the gain so I don't feel as bad when it's above where I originally was. Today completely shocked me. But I am getting passed my sorta TOM so that may have made a difference too. That probably also explains where the binges came in the first place.

SW: 202.6
GW: 198
3/1 - 202.6
3/2 - 201.6
3/3 - 201.4
3/4 - 200.2
3/5 - 200
3/6 - 200.6
3/7 - 199.4
3/8 - 199.8
3/9 - 200.6
3/10 - 199.4

I will join in with goal of 5lbs. I am almost at the end of my weight loss journey so lbs dont go down as fast anymore. So 5lbs it is for this month

Starting: 157.4
Goal: 152.4 <=== lowest i have been since I remember in 13 years!

March 5: 157.4
March 8: 156.0
March 10: 155.6
March 12: 154.8

Well girls I love my new scale...poof on weight lights up off done

SW 161.4
GW 153.4

Week 2
08-160.2
09-159.6 wonder if it will stay...didn't last week
10-160.2
11-159.6 new scale
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Total for the Week

opheliaphoenix I think you found your new training partner! *meow*
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I might be going out to eat with my mother-in-law later. I don't know yet but I think we'll be getting together.

SW: 202.6
GW: 198
3/1 - 202.6
3/2 - 201.6
3/3 - 201.4
3/4 - 200.2
3/5 - 200
3/6 - 200.6
3/7 - 199.4
3/8 - 199.8
3/9 - 200.6
3/10 - 199.4
3/11 - 199.8

ronja and nicholsfamily sounds like you guys are in for a loss soon!! Hang in there. Last week I ended up gaining a bit even though I was on plan. This week has been much better, hope the same is true for the both of you.

Glad that you like your new scale Nancy! Congrats on getting back to the 150's!

Good luck busting through your plateau weekendboater!

Keika- That is awesome that your measurements are going down and that your pants are too big! I also stay the same or slightly gain when I ovulate and then again around my TOM. I hope you get your whoosh soon!

Yay on getting back in the 190's lovelyleah and EXCELLENT job getting back on track.

opheliaphoenix I am glad that I am not the only one who has similar thoughts. I am really excited for the weather to warm up so we can take family walks! I have heard great things about New rules for lifting for women, so I am going to follow that plan. The reason that I chose the 190's until I start is because 2 summers ago I weighed that much and for the first time in years I felt comfortable about my body and could wear clothes that wouldn't make me feel sweaty and gross in the heat! I only wish I would have started earlier so I that I had a shot at wearing shorts this summer. Maybe by Labor Day!! That is too funny about the cat!!

Good jobunwanted37lbs!!




CW: 223
GW: 217

3/1: 223
3/2: 222.8
3/3: 223
3/4: 223.8
3/5: 223.4
3/6: 223.8
3/7: 223.2

Total loss week 1: +.2

3/8: 222.4
3/9: 221.2
3/10: 220.2
3/11: 219.8

I hope everyone has a nice weekend!!

sw: 102.7
gw: 99.9

01 102.7
02 103.1 Fast day
03 102.3
04 102.5
05 102.3
06 101.9 Fast day
07 100.8
08 101.6 Either TOM or all the crap food I ate yesterday
09 101.5 Fast day
10 101.5 Hey, look, the maintanance phase of my cycle is here!
11 101.4

LovelyLeah I thought it uncommonly kind of you to convert my kgs to pounds! I have tried using pounds on here for the simplicity but it just doesn't come naturally to me so I gave up and returned back to good old metrics... one great thing about pounds is how fast the weightloss goes

Keika you're definitely right about scales sometimes now being a correct measure of our progress. Especially if you weight-in daily and record progress every week. Sometimes you work hard and lose nothing and then the following weeks the weight just drops very quickly. I always remind myself to look at the bigger picture. If I get frustrated by not losing as fast as I would like to, or even gaining when I should not be gaining, I remind myself how far I have come and that I just need to keep going.

Although I've complained about a minor plateau, the truth is my weight loss with IF is significantly faster than I expected. I intedned to reach 95 kgs by my birthday (June 18) but I'm now hoping to be there by the beginning of May. That 95 kgs landmark is mentally really important for me, it's the weight I used to be for years (that is, my "fat weight") before I had kids. So just getting back there will feel like restoring some sort of normality, and every additional pound I lose will be like FINALLY losing to go under what's used to be my regular weight. I hope I make sense here. I'm so tired.

sw: 102.7
gw: 99.9

01 102.7
02 103.1 Fast day
03 102.3
04 102.5
05 102.3
06 101.9 Fast day
07 100.8
08 101.6 Either TOM or all the crap food I ate yesterday
09 101.5 Fast day
10 101.5 Hey, look, the maintanance phase of my cycle is here!
11 101.4
12 101.0 I will believe it when I see it tommorow!

Back on the downward trend. Come on 143!!


SW for March: 148.4
GW for March: 138.0

03/01/17 - 148.4
03/02/17 - 146.4
03/03/17 - 146.2
03/04/17 - 146.6 **Bad Cheat Day**
03/05/17 - 146.6
03/06/17 - 144.8 **Super Happy About this**
03/07/17 - 145.8 - I knew yesterday was too good to be true.
03/08/17 - 145.6
03/09/17 - 145.8 *Unexplained weight gain...*
03/10/17 - 147.0 *1600+ calories yesterday..but a ton of working out*
03/11/17 - 145.0 *the drop I was waiting for*
03/12/17 - 144.8