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hello all, I am back. sorry for not posting for a while. I have been eating like crap the whole month. ice cream, chocolate, pizza, fried chicken, you name it. I sure enjoyed them, but not happy about my buddha belly. lol. Rome is not built in one day, I need to get back on track before it's too late. congrats on all your progress. Joe
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May 2nd: 124.7 May 4th: 125.4 May 5th: 124.5 May 8th: 124.5 May 9th: 123.9 May 12th: 123.2 May 17: 123.4 I know I hit target, but the plan was to keep going to give myself some wiggle room, and I've been totally textbook on the eating side, but having a bit of a plateau at the moment. It happened once before (March, also for no reason), but normally I've been really steady with the weight loss. Sort of frustrating, but then again I can't complain :) but then again I will - I don't have any jeans that fit... or trousers, so think i'm still losing size even though the scales aren't complying! Going out to a ball/presentation evening for end of season football awards on Saturday, which isn't super dressy, but I still don't know what to wear (and hate shopping). Hmmm. I'm definitely at that stage in life where I want to be warm enough and comfortable walking around so guessing with all those factors in mind i'll just cobble something low-key together! |
Ange !!!! Yay. Have fun at the Ball
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ange82much: Thank you...I'm happy to be able to see them again! :lol: Have fun at the awards presentation, and congrats on the size-loss NSV! :cheer3:
kfunk: Thank you, and here's to us both hitting our water goals today!!! :cheers: (As always, pretending those are water bottles...you think that would be an option on a health-related forum, lol.) I'm sorry about tomorrow's DietBet -- that's always a very frustrating feeling -- but I bet you'll be able to smash next week's DB weigh-in out of the park! nicoley73: I'm glad the scales are moving in the right direction for you again...nice loss! :yay: momtopands: Thank you! :hug: flower1: Thank you! And, I'm glad the water increase is helping you, as well! :yes: Joe: Hey, Joe...nice to see you again! :wave: Glad you're back here with us and getting back on track! ----------------------------------------- Weigh-in was down to 178.8 today, but I did weigh-in about two hours later than usual due to a physical therapy appointment this afternoon (trying to figure out that numbness in the lower leg still), so it could very easily pop back up a bit tomorrow. Hoping that - with exercise and keeping up with the water - it won't bump up too terribly much. Enjoying the number for today, lol. Hope everyone else is having a great afternoon! :wave: Week Three 15: 179.8 16: 178.8 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: ---------------------------- End of Week Two: 179.4 Total Loss for Week Three: |
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kfunk well done you for still being sensible amidst your off-plan eating. I can start asking you for maintenance tips now! |
Yesterday we had free lunch at work. I loaded up - it was salad with grilled chicken, rolls and cookies - but that was the only meal i ate yesterday. I did eat four cookies. Now I'm really hungry and a little shaky - I biked to work for the first time today. I'll drink some coffee and see but I may be eating breakfast today (I usually don't eat anything until lunch.)
SW:150.4 GW: 144.4 Week One 01: 150.4 02: 151.0 03: 150.2 04: 149.0 05: 148.8 06: 149.0 07: 148.0 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week One: 2.4 lbs Week Two 08: 148.0 09: 148.8 10: 149.4 11: 149.2 12: dnw 13: dnw 14: 148.6 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week TWO: +.6 lbs Week Three 08: 148.6 09: 147.6 10: 146.8 11: 12: 13: 14: ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week Three: |
SW: 98.4kgs GW: 97.4kgs (-1.0 kgs)
1: 98.4 kgs 2: 97.85 ... 8: 98.4 kgs 9: 98.35 10: 98.0 11: 98.3 (stir-fry for supper) 12: 13: 98.55 14: 98.3 15; 98.7 16: 17: 98.25 |
I just got in my 5K walk today, eating have been good so far. I am trying to get my roof replaced, but it's been raining the whole week. Joe
opheliaphoenix, when is your usual weigh in time? |
11: 175.8
12: 175.2 13: 175.0 TOM 14: 175.0 TOM 15: 175.4 TOM 16: 175.0 TOM 17: 175.0 TOM Well, consistency is good I suppose. Ha. I went out to dinner with some friends last night and had a little more sushi and bites of cheesecake that took me over, but it was worth it. Looking forward to some scale movement over the next couple of days. Not sure if TOM is responsible for this stall or the sodium on Sunday. I've been pretty active this week but characteristically terrible about water intake. I'm going to try and get on the treadmill tonight. I love running but haven't been feeling inspired to go lately. Not sure why. I'm hoping to do a 10k at the end of July and marathon in December, but I really need to get with the plan now to be successful. |
nicoley73: Nice drop! I hope you're able to get something to eat so you feel steadier over the course of your day -- I think maybe eating something a little earlier than usual today is probably a good idea! :yes:
Joe: Since the beginning of this month, it has been at 12pm! (It was 1pm before then, but I moved my IF window so I could eat a little earlier in the day and with my husband at his usual lunch hour.) I usually wait to weigh-in until right before my first meal of the day instead of first thing in the morning. And, I hope you're able to get your roof replaced soon! Good work on your food and walks. :) SnowMama: I'd bet all that extra activity is helping keep TOM at bay, as well as the lower water and sodium on Sunday, so maintaining is a good sign! I hope that means you're set to get a post-TOM whoosh for all your efforts! :goodscale: ----------------------------------------- Up just a smidge to 179.0, which is less of a gain than I was expecting. I was a little slower on the water yesterday and didn't end up getting in the full gallon before I was nodding off and had to take myself to bed without finishing it. So, I only got in about 3 liters and weighed in at my normal time today, so only going up 0.2 is a surprise. Hoping that means I will get to move back down again tomorrow after a normal day today! :crossed: Week Three 15: 179.8 16: 178.8 17: 179.0 18: 19: 20: 21: ---------------------------- End of Week Two: 179.4 Total Loss for Week Three: |
nicoley I actually ended up winning it, but it could not have been closer! I hear you on the frugal mindset, I would have been so mad at myself if I lost! I think I will start another one in the next week or so. Nice drop!! Great job biking to work! I hope that the shaky feeling subsided after the coffee.
momtopands- Keeping you and your daughter in my thoughts and prayers. flower- I am glad that your motivation is coming back! I think mine is too!! Nice drop! How much water did you up it to? joe Welcome back!! ange I tend to lose inches when the scale isn't cooperating, maybe that is what is happening to you! I hope that you have a fun time at the ball! Congrats on going down another size! Thank you for your motivation, it means a lot! ophelia nice drop the other day! I bet you are right that you will see a good drop tomorrow!! I have been struggling on the water intake for the past couple days. I am sick and water just doesn't taste good right now. I ended up winning the diet bet by 2/10 of a lb. I got super lucky!! snowmama Your dinner out sounded fantastic!! I bet that the same weight is due to TOM and that you will get a nice whoosh soon! I need to get on the treadmill myself! gardenerjoy nice drop!! ok, so I made it back to where I was last month so now I will track the rest of the way to my goal the way I normally do. GW: 157.8 5/17: 161.6 |
Hey everyone,
I realize that it's pretty late into the month but hopefully it's not too late to join. I'm currently at 136.6 and ideally would like to get down to 125 for my run in July. However, I'll be perfectly happy with a 2.6 lbs goal for the rest of this month :) 5/17: 136.6 |
kfunk congrats for getting back to where you were! Now on to your next monthly goal! And thank you for the continued prayers for my daughter. She's still there and needs to be for now. Good news is that my job has been very proactive and is starting intermittent FMLA so when she gets home if I need to stay with her I can and just use my vacation time. If it's longer than 2 straight weeks I will use my short term disability which is up to 6 months. I'm hoping I won't need to use all that time though.
nicoley Nice whoosh! snowmama consistent is not up so it's a win! ophelia great job on keeping your new decade! chub:welcome: and Joe welcome back! I bumped up slightly but ate very late last night. Week Three 15: 254 16: 255.7 17: 256 18: 19: 20: 21: ---------------------------- End of Week Two: 255.7 Total Loss for Week Three: |
Chub Its not at all too late to join this month! Your goal looks great
momtopands Getting FLMA set up is very smart, its nice to hear you have a supportive employer. You are a great mom, your daughter is lucky to have you! I hope that she continues to get the care that she needs until she is ready to come home :hug: I am not expecting this to stick. I am still sick and haven't had an appetite and haven't been able to drink as much water as I would like. I suspect some of the recent whooshes are due to mild dehydration. GW: 157.8 5/17: 161.6 5/18: 160 |
Welcome, chub!
ange82much: 4 lbs chub: 2.6 lbs Chunkahlunkah: 5 lbs CoolChickie: 7 lbs Jayden: 8 lbs flower1: 3.6 lbs gardenerjoy: 1 kg kelijpa: 4 lbs kfunk6113: 4 lbs momtopands: 8 lbs nicoley73: 6 lbs Nightowlrn: 7.2 lbs opheliaphoenix: 8 lbs PandaCupcake: 6 lbs Slimmer_me: 6 lbs SnowMama: 10 lbs Tesni: 5 lbs wantochange: 5 lbs yangtzer: 6 lbs |
SW: 98.4kgs GW: 97.4kgs (-1.0 kgs)
1: 98.4 kgs 2: 97.85 ... 8: 98.4 kgs 9: 98.35 10: 98.0 11: 98.3 12: 13: 98.55 14: 98.3 15: 98.7 16: 17: 98.25 18: 98.65 |
Good morning everyone - sounds like there is a combo of struggles and wins. I hope everything goes well for everyone. It's tough.
I am starting to get back into the groove now that we are more settled. A lot of expats here and they love to party! Something going on all the time. Also a lot of great bands and there are bands every night / day. We have our fav's that we like to see so we spend a lot of time at bars. Sun afternoon, Mon night, Wed afternoon, Fri and Sat night. Tues and Thurs are the days we have chosen to be people / band free and so I will return to my fasting days on those days. I did learn a very valuable lesson that day drinking and eating a salad only for lunch is not a good idea. Salad does nothing to soak up the alcohol - LOL. But I have gotten myself back into waiting until at least 4 pm and when at the bar eat real food. But some beach bars only serve fried foods .... Tonight it's a pool / pizza party at a friends house. My plan is not to have a drink until pizza is served. I must control this to get a grip on weight loss. My husband has decided to lose weight also so it's nice having someone else doing it also. SW: 150 CW: 150 GW: 145 May everyone have a great week |
TGIF. I found a lot of work out videos on youtube. Now I just excise with those videos while watching TV. Easy and Fun!
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SW - 132.6
May goal: 129 (-3.6) Week 2 13: 132.4 14: 131.2 15: - 16: 130.2 17: - 18: 130.4 19: End of Week 1: 132.2 Total Loss Week 2: |
Thank you for the welcome everyone. Weight was down today but I think it's due to lack of water yesterday. I did quite a bit of cardio yesterday at the gym but forgot my water bottle so I was drinking only when I absolutely had to. At the gym is where I get most of my water in so it was definitely a low day.
17: 136.6 18: 135.6 |
kfunk: That is awesome that you ended up winning the DietBet afterall...yay!!! :yay::carrot: Sorry you're feeling sick, though. Hope you feel better ASAP!
chub: Nice to see you again! :wave: momtopands: Thank you! And, that is so awesome that your work is willing to give the intermittent FMLA to be able to be there for your daughter as needed when she gets home! :) wanttochange: It sounds like you have a very fun/exciting schedule! It's a good thing you have a couple days sectioned off during the week to recover and refocus...and, it's great that your husband has decided to try getting healthier, as well! It's always so much easier when your partner or a friend is on board with you. :yes: Joe: I'm glad that you've found some fun videos to use for exercise! I just tried a Zumba video for the first time in YEARS the other night, and - like I was saying on another thread on here today - I was glad I was alone in my living room, because I looked about as coordinated as a newborn baby giraffe...lol. No one else needs to see that but me! :lol: ----------------------------------------- I got in my gallon of water and hour workout yesterday and went down a little today, as I was hoping, to 178.4. I hope I'm able to keep this downward trend for the remainder of the week! :crossed: Week Three 15: 179.8 16: 178.8 17: 179.0 18: 178.4 19: 20: 21: ---------------------------- End of Week Two: 179.4 Total Loss for Week Three: |
SW: 98.4kgs GW: 97.4kgs (-1.0 kgs)
1: 98.4 kgs 2: 97.85 ... 8: 98.4 kgs 9: 98.35 10: 98.0 11: 98.3 12: 13: 98.55 14: 98.3 15: 98.7 16: 17: 98.25 18: 98.65 19: 98.0 |
My legs are so sore this morning. I think I walked too much yesterday. Lol. My mom was hospitalized one week before her flight to visit me. We haven't seen each other for 6 months. We had to cancel her tickets for now. I was so upset and couldn't go to sleep last night. So guess what I binged again. At least it made my feel better, so I was able to go to sleep. Well, I'll try to do better today. Joe
opheliaphoenix,I was the same when I started Zumba. Trust me, you'll get better in no time, it's so fun. I like the belly dance. What's your favorite dance moves lol? |
SW - 132.6
May goal: 129 (-3.6) Week 2 13: 132.4 14: 131.2 15: - 16: 130.2 17: - 18: 130.4 19: 130.6 End of Week 1: 132.2 End of week 2: 130.6 Total Loss Week 2: -1.6 |
gardenerjoy: Nice loss! :cp:
Joe: I'll have to keep up with it and let you know which move ends up being my favorite! Right now, it's all a hot mess...lol. :lol: Also, I hope today is better for you! ----------------------------------------- Weigh-in was down a bit more to 177.8 today...still keeping my fingers crossed to finish out the week strong! :crossed: Yesterday, I took the kids with me on a 3 mile walk with my 3 year old in a back carrier for extra resistance. It was nice to have their company and all get a little exercise in together as a family at the same time! :yes: I think I'll be taking them with me more often. Still going strong on the gallon of water a day and will be keeping that up, as well. Week Three 15: 179.8 16: 178.8 17: 179.0 18: 178.4 19: 177.8 20: 21: ---------------------------- End of Week Two: 179.4 Total Loss for Week Three: |
Just a quick pop in for me today! I hope everyone is doing well!!
GW: 157.8 5/17: 161.6 5/18: 160 5/19: 159.4 |
OpheliaNice losses these last couple of days. I'll cross my fingers as well that you keep up this downward trend!
Kfunk You got to keep your whoosh. YAY!! Keep doing what you're doing. You're winning the weekend! flower Nice loss for the week! You're so close to your may goal! Joe I love my online boot camp! Check out boot camp hub on youtube. There are some free videos on there! I'm still hanging around the same weight I have been for a couple of weeks. I realized yesterday that I hadn't updated my weight in MFP and when I did my calories dropped. This is the first day I've been on plan with the right number of calories so hopefully i'll make some progress soon. On a positive note my I visited my daughter this evening and we ended up talking about how she's feeling and she asked me a lot of questions. It was the best conversation that we've had in a long time. We talked over an hour! I feel a lot better about her possible discharge on Monday or Tuesday with her finally trying to open up. Keep those prayers going! Week Three 15: 254 16: 255.7 17: 256 18: 257.1 19: 255.7 20: 21: ---------------------------- End of Week Two: 255.7 Total Loss for Week Three: |
momtopands Thank you, hopefully I can string a few of these together! I am so glad that you and your daughter had a good talk and that she will be coming home soon. This must be so difficult, but you are handling it really well.. what did MFP drop your calories to? Nice drop!!
GW: 157.8 5/17: 161.6 5/18: 160 5/19: 159.4 5/20: 159.2 |
Went out drinking last night - and forgot about weighing in. Hoping tomorrow isn't too bad.
SW:150.4 GW: 144.4 Week One 01: 150.4 02: 151.0 03: 150.2 04: 149.0 05: 148.8 06: 149.0 07: 148.0 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week One: 2.4 lbs Week Two 08: 148.0 09: 148.8 10: 149.4 11: 149.2 12: dnw 13: dnw 14: 148.6 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week TWO: +.6 lbs Week Three 15: 148.6 16: 147.6 17: 146.8 18: 146.8 19: 147.2 20: dnw 21: ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week Three: |
Nicoley same - I went out drinking last night too and chose not to stand on the scales this morning! Saturday was good calories-wise, but Friday I also went out for a drink and a meal. I was fed up of the plateau thing happening and definitely not wanting to reduce calories as a way to solve it, so decided that a 'normal persons night out' would be suitable to jump-start things a bit. Unfortunately (possibly no big surprise here) it resulted in me putting on another 1.5lb by Saturday morning. Then after the good day on Saturday, i'd lost half of that again by Sunday morning, but then went out again and haven't weighed since. Anyway it's Monday, and I really want to get UNDER 56kg, still, so happy i've had a good weekend but the plan now is to knuckle down again this week and see what happens. Clothes-wise etc i'm perfectly happy - this is just an illogical-number-on-scale thing, but I have to say i'm very thankful that I didn't have any plateaus like this whilst I was in proper losing-mode. It's pretty unmotivating!!
Hope everyone else has had a good weekend and emerged feeling positive about the coming week. Seems like things are tad quiet at the mo. |
Hope everyone's having a great weekend. I've had really good weather so far this weekend and have been enjoying myself so far. I sustained a tiny muscle injury yesterday so I'll be taking it easy the next few days. That probably means that I'll experience a bump up as well. But I'll make up for it with extra running once I'm good to go.
17: 136.6 18: 135.6 20: 135.6 |
Kfunk I am very glad too that my daughter seems to be making an effort no matter how small. As far as my calories it has me down to 1700, I started at almost 1850 and this is based on losing 1 lb per week, I put in 1.5 lb per week but that would drop me down to 1450 per day and I haven't had too many days like that so I decided to try and stay about halfway between at 1550-1600. So far I have had drops so maybe this is the answer to getting past this point.
Week Three 15: 254 16: 255.7 17: 256 18: 257.1 19: 255.7 20: 254.4 21: ---------------------------- End of Week Two: 255.7 Total Loss for Week Three: |
nicoley Hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised by what the scale shows you!
ange A much deserved "normal" outing! I like the idea of shaking things up myself. I would guess that by later in the week you see your new low! chub I hope that your muscles injury heals very soon!! momtopands I really enjoyed calorie counting and I am sure that is what I will be doing at some point again before I hit my final goal. I'm glad that you found a zone that is working well for you! GW: 157.8 5/17: 161.6 5/18: 160 5/19: 159.4 5/20: 159.2 5/21: 159.8 |
Time to buckle down a little for this last week.
SW:150.4 GW: 144.4 Week One 01: 150.4 02: 151.0 03: 150.2 04: 149.0 05: 148.8 06: 149.0 07: 148.0 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week One: 2.4 lbs Week Two 08: 148.0 09: 148.8 10: 149.4 11: 149.2 12: dnw 13: dnw 14: 148.6 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week TWO: +.6 lbs Week Three 15: 148.6 16: 147.6 17: 146.8 18: 146.8 19: 147.2 20: dnw 21: 147.6 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week Three: 1 lb |
Holding onto my loss for the week and the new calorie range is working. With TOM coming I'm hoping things keep going down!
Week Three 15: 254 16: 255.7 17: 256 18: 257.1 19: 255.7 20: 254.4 21: 254.4 ---------------------------- End of Week Two: 255.7 Total Loss for Week Three:-1.3 |
14: 175.0 TOM
15: 175.4 TOM 16: 175.0 TOM 17: 175.0 TOM 18: 175.0 19: 174.6 20: 174.0 21: 174.4 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week Three: 0.6 I've been staying on plan, and seem to developed a pattern of loss. One week stable with little to no loss and one week 2+ lb. loss. I can definitely live with that. Tried on last season's snowboard pants and I can pull them off without unbuttoning. Last time I wore them was 3/26/18. I'll save trying on my smaller snowboard pants until I hit -20lbs or I need some encouragement. Have a great week everyone, I'll catch up on personals tomorrow. :) |
momtopands: Thank you...and, nice losses! I hope the MFP adjustment helps you keep moving down and fully breaks you through your yoyo'ing phase! What a great thing to hear about your time spent with your daughter, by the way -- that's awesome! :)
kfunk: I'm glad you've been able to stay under that decade line...good job! :cheer3: nicoley73: I'm glad that the damage from your night out didn't actually end up being bad at all! :) ange82much: I hope you were able to get rehydrated after your night out and that your weigh-in goes well today, as well! :crossed: chub: I hope your muscle feels better ASAP! :hug: SnowMama: Good job staying consistent on the scale, even with TOM going on in the first half of the week...and nice clothing NSV, as well! :cp: ----------------------------------------- I held steady at 177.8 yesterday and went down a bit to 176.4 today! Yesterday, I was a little low on the water and only drank a little over one of my bottles -- about 2.5 liters -- so, I'm hoping it's not just a little dehydration at play. We will see tomorrow after having a normal day today. But, for now, that means I am down 3.0 lbs for Week Three and that I get my next dragonfly in my signature! :yay: Just hoping I get to keep it all come tomorrow! Week Three 15: 179.8 16: 178.8 17: 179.0 18: 178.4 19: 177.8 20: 177.8 21: 176.4 ---------------------------- End of Week Two: 179.4 Total Loss for Week Three: 3.0 lbs. |
some good news stories here :)
Well done momtopands, snowmama, Ophelia, chub, kfunk on losing well this week, nicoley you're back to the grindstone too! Ophelia - your new dragonfly is really really impressive. absolutely amazing achievement by you - you're very inspiring and are such a good role model for everyone here. Just me letting the side down at the moment then! Feeling committed (not enthusiastic perhaps), but keen to stick to the plan and see what story the scales decide to tell me this week. Me and the scales are not as close as we used to be right now. I'm prepared to negotiate but they're being a bit over the top and slightly unreasonable if you ask me....... |
Still sticking around - despite peeing out about a gallon of water yesterday. I did eat some very salty food last night. We go out to a BBQ place on Mondays sometimes to play trivia. Last night we won - which very rarely happens! So it was worth not seeing a drop on the scale this morning.
Great job Ophelia - it's so impressive how much weight you have lost! Ange - it's super hard when you get skinny! I would just be patient and consistent if you can. SW:150.4 GW: 144.4 Week One 01: 150.4 02: 151.0 03: 150.2 04: 149.0 05: 148.8 06: 149.0 07: 148.0 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week One: 2.4 lbs Week Two 08: 148.0 09: 148.8 10: 149.4 11: 149.2 12: dnw 13: dnw 14: 148.6 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week TWO: +.6 lbs Week Three 15: 148.6 16: 147.6 17: 146.8 18: 146.8 19: 147.2 20: dnw 21: 147.6 ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week Three: 1 lb Week Four 22: 147.6 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: ---------------------------- Total Loss for Week Four: |
SW: 98.4kgs GW: 97.4kgs (-1.0 kgs)
1: 98.4 kgs 2: 97.85 ... 8: 98.4 kgs 9: 98.35 10: 98.0 11: 98.3 12: 13: 98.55 14: 98.3 15: 98.7 16: 17: 98.25 18: 98.65 19: 98.0 ... 22: 97.8 |
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