Apparently I can!

Tonight we have a birthday party. I can resist cake from the grocery story, but I do love a Costco cake, so we will see how my willpower goes.

May 31st Weigh-In: 147.2
Month Goal Weight: 142.2



Week One
01: 148.2
02: 146.8
03: DNW
04: 149.4
05: 149.4
06:148.6
07: 146.8
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Total Loss for Week One: .4 lbs

Lacerta- I love your alternate goal, NSVs are my favorite!!! You are doing everything perfectly and your hard work will show soon!! Congrats on your new measurements!!

Snowmama- Congrats on your NSV that is awesome!!!! Even better that you have a stash of smaller bras so that you don’t have to run out and shop for new ones –yuck!

Joe- Great job on all of your walking! I find that making time based goals is very difficult because I very rarely make it on time and then feel bad about it. You should totally be happy for the progress that you are making right now!!

Ange- Glad that bra shopping went well! It sounds like a lovely, relaxing mid-week day!

Ophelia- I am interested to see if they end up finding a cause. She said that if they don’t find anything with the scope we will start looking into food allergies. She prescribed me some heartburn medicine to see if that helps (it doesn’t feel like heartburn) but I am taking it like she told me to. I also have been taking probiotics. I got a mild stomach ache the other day, but it wasn’t terrible thank goodness! This pain is in the middle of my upper stomach, just under where the middle of my bra sits… not sure if that is the diaphragm or would be considered right below my rib cage? YAY on keeping your whoosh!! I hope that the scale is still down for you today!

Momtopands- I love that you are experimenting with your calorie levels to find out which range works the best for your body! Nice drop!!!!

Cattails- Wow, nice going!!!

Kim- YAY on staying in the same decade and nice loss for week 1!!

Nicoley- Nice whoosh!!!!



SW: 161.4
GW: 156

6/1: 161.4
6/2: 161.4
6/3: 160.4
6/4: 159.8
6/5: 159.6
6/6: 159.2
6/7: 159

SW for June: 246.6
GW for June: 239.6
ALTERNATE GOAL: Button my size 18 regular jeans.

Week One
01: 247.0
02: 247.4
03: 248.2
04: 248.4
05: 248.2
06: 248.0
07: 248.4
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Total Loss for Week One: +1.8

sigh. So not my best week I've ever had. I stayed on target all week, and got my 4 miles in almost every day and did at least 2 miles every day. The only thing I can think is that this is my busy time at work, so maybe work stress is making me hang on to the weight?? I don't actually feel stressed, more annoyed by work right now, and I'm not stress eating, but maybe somehow related. Just not sure. If that is the case, I should see a whoosh after the 11th, which is when my work time gets easier each month.

Congrats to everyone, some great numbers this week.

Ange82much What’s a lieu day? I think I need one of those. When I find a bra I like I buy multiples, and I get stuck on brands because they fit pretty close to the same across the brand.

Kfunk6113 You’re doing pretty darn well this week, happy dance for you.

Nicoley73 You never know…stranger things have happened!

Yangtzer Sounds like a nice morning, walking is good. I always set my birthday as my goal too, but it wasn’t reasonable, so I just abandoned the effort. You might not make goal by this birthday, but I bet you could make some progress!

Ophelia Hello my height/weight twin, hope your week is going well! You have an awesome track record with your losses to date, I’m just a short timer coming in for the finish line. Glad the pool is finally open! One of my favorite things to do is read in the pool (with the kindle out of the pool) and do vertical kicks in the deep end while holding myself up in the water. I get to feel like I’m relaxing while still getting some low resistance exercise in. Might be a little harder to pull off in a public pool though…hooray for summer!

Lacerta I have a hard time with measuring, I always feel like I’m changing the exact place I’m measuring, so it’s never accurate. My clothes are 100% my measuring tape. Good luck on your pants goal! Walking twice daily will definitely get you where you need to be.

Toomanydimples Hi! Congrats on a new decade and amazing job so far. How are you feeling?

My goal has been to stay between 800 and 900 cal/day, and I’ve been slightly above over the past three days (938, 944, 937). This week has been pretty high stress at work, and that’s always been my weakness. I survived a hard day? Sure, have that ice cream bar. Boss wants to buy you lunch because you’re killing it? Sure, tacos sound great. Resetting today. I was pretty active 6/5 and 6/6, so my net calories were probably lower, but it’s more about mindset than anything else. I also need to get my exercise on a more consistent schedule. I’m active, but I need to be working on my fitness.

Week One
01: 170.6
02: 169.8
03: 169.0
04: 168.8
05: 169.0
06: 168.7
07: 169.0
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Total Loss for Week One: 2.2

I was having a little cold symptoms earlier today, but feeling better now. Rest day for me.

Lacerta- That sounds like an amazing week!! Don’t let the scale dictate your success, there are too many variables that make it go wonky.

Snowmama- why thank you!! You had a nice loss this week as well, way to go!! What do you normally eat to stay in that calorie range? Do you feel hungry? I also need to work on my fitness!!

Ophelia- Hopefully you will get a nice whoosh when TOM starts to wind down!!

Joe- glad that you are feeling better!

Kim- nice drop!!!! I am also in the “enjoying it” stage and not looking forward to the “patience” stage!

SW: 161.4
GW: 156

6/1: 161.4
6/2: 161.4
6/3: 160.4
6/4: 159.8
6/5: 159.6
6/6: 159.2
6/7: 159
6/8: 157.6

Kfunk - you are killing it this month!

Ange and Snowmama - what do you guys typically eat in a day? I think you both have done/are doing fairly low calorie diets - just curious how you manage that.

I did eat a cupcake, but not the icing. Was not worth it. We are going to ArtWalk tonight - my daughter has been in rock band camp all week and now they will perform in public. I'm excited to see her - but this means dinner is up in the air. Lots of good restaurants...I'm eating a light lunch and as long as I can eat dinner early enough I should be ok.

May 31st Weigh-In: 147.2
Month Goal Weight: 142.2



Week One
01: 148.2
02: 146.8
03: DNW
04: 149.4
05: 149.4
06:148.6
07: 146.8
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Total Loss for Week One: .4 lbs

Week Two
08: 147.0
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Total Loss for Week two:

May 2nd: 119.0
May 3rd: 118.6
May 5th: 119.24
May 6th: 119.24
May 7th: 118.4
May 9th: 119.6

Up a smidge, and paying for my big night out on Thursday probably. And I didn't weigh everything yesterday, but stuck to plan. Not really motivated to weigh everything today either as i'm going away for work tomorrow for a week, so won't be able to weigh anything for a week then anyway. Will wing it and see where i'm at when I get back.

Nicoley Yep, I've spend the year at about 850 cal per day. I have oats (31g!) and greek yogurt (50g) with strawberries/raspberies/blueberries for breakfast usually, and a tea with milk (20 cal). Then lunch and dinner is usually a big plate of veg (steamed or salad) with a small amount of protein. Actually I normally eat out of a dish, and fill it up with veg, which is realistically only going to be about 70cal, then add the 'goodies' on top. Had lots of fish, a bit of chicken, tofu, cheese, but red meat only about 1-2x per week (it's too calorific!) usually each dish would be about 250-300 cal range. I also include some fats every meal so i'm not hungry (avocado or salmon or olive oil or olives or feta cheese or sauces/dressings etc) Favourite volume-for-not-any-calories items have been zucchini and mushrooms. Eaten heaps of cabbage, Asian greens, broccoli, pumpkin, spinach, cauliflower, etc. Fond of squirting lemon juice and pepper on quite a lot to rev it up! And no snacking at all between meals, but I don't wait for a time to eat a meal either - if I've decided i'm hungry then I eat a full meal (or it's bedtime!) the clock doesn't come in to it. Really my success has been from the consistency though as I've stuck to this all year, and not had anything sweet, or fried, or processed, or stodgy etc, whereas in previous dieting attempts i'd tend to go off track a bit at the weekend then spend the rest of the week making up for it, which is a much more frustrating way to go!

kfunk Nice whoosh! This has been a great month for you so far! Congrats on keeping your new decade!

TooManyDimples Congrats on you new decade sticking! Keep up what you're doing!

Nicoley Great job ending your week down!

Ophelia Glad to hear your husband is back home. TOM is just a bump in the road and you'll be over that hill and going down soon!

Well, I didn't post yesterday but my bipolar weight was up again but then down to my lowest yet today. I'll not get too happy yet and see if I get to keep this whoosh.

Week Two
08: 250.2
09:
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14:
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End of Week One: 253.1
Total Loss for Week Two:

Slight bump up but i'm sticking to my plan and my workout today will be pulling weeds in the garden and cleaning out the garage! Before renting this house I never had any idea how much stuff you have to do to maintain one. Ugh! And I hate spiders!

Week Two
08: 250.2
09: 250.7
10:
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14:
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End of Week One: 253.1