I was quite concerned today that I was going to bump back up over 200, so while I was not happy to see the increase, I was glad to still see a 1. I've said before that when I'm sick, I either have no appetite at all and don't eat ANYTHING or else I go crazy and eat EVERYTHING. Well, hubby has had the flu for 2 days and now I'm coming down with it and I think that is why I'm eating EVERYTHING right now. I overate at dinner Friday and then Yesterday, I just couldn't curb my eating. I had 2 handfuls of peanuts, an entire bag of popcorn, about 5 times as much chocolate as I normally have, pasta, (all that on top of my 3 meals) and absolutely no fruits or vegetables the entire day. And I was still looking for more. I did manage to talk myself out of the frozen fudge bar I wanted at bedtime. WOW! First time I've gone over my TDEE in a long time, and I still wanted more. They do say "feed a fever" so maybe eating more is a good thing, but blah!
Thanks sgregg, you had an amazing month this month.
Lacerta, I feel your pain on the snacking! I was that way last week, but I am pretty sure it was because my TOM was coming. How do you feel now? Do you know for sure that you have the flu? It's starting up around my area. One of my friends said they saw 109 patients today in their little pediatric office! Hopefully, you will get through it quickly and painlessly.
sgregg: I haven't fully come down with it. My hubby had it for sure. So far, I've had a few days of feeling "off", but I've been fighting it off. I'm crediting my healthy eating for boosting my immune system.
My goal weight for 2019 is 150 lbs. I was on vacation for most of January so I didn't get started until the end of the month. I was 215 when I got back from vacation but most of it was water weight. I need to lose around 6 lbs a month to get to my goal by the end of the year. I think that sounds doable.
Monthly Loss: +0.4
July Goal: 179 Total Loss: -23 lbs
AUGUST
8/1: DNW
8/5: 188.8 lbs (-3.6)
8/12: 189.9 lbs (+1.1)
8/19: 191.4 lbs (+1.5) - County fair on Saturday. Ate mini donuts, cheese curds, deep fried peanut butter cups, cotton candy and fudge. On Sunday, I was still in the binge mode - ate an entire box of Little Debbie Swiss Rolls between me and my mom and we had pizza for supper with chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Back on plan as of today. Hopefully I can lose this small gain quickly.
8/26:
Monthly Loss:
August Goal: 173 Total Loss:
SEPTEMBER
9/1:
9/2:
9/9:
9/16:
9/23:
Monthly Loss:
September Goal: 167 Total Loss:
OCTOBER
10/1:
10/7:
10/14:
10/21:
10/28:
Monthly Loss:
October Goal: 161 Total Loss:
NOVEMBER
11/1:
11/4:
11/11:
11/18:
11/25:
Monthly Loss:
November Goal: 155 Total Loss:
DECEMBER
12/1:
12/2:
12/9:
12/16:
12/23:
12/30:
Monthly Loss:
December Goal: 150!! Total Loss:
TOTALWEIGHTLOSSFOR2019: 0
I don't know what happened. I clearly stopped weighing in towards the end of August. I have no idea why. Pretty much the entire month of October, I was on vacation (Boston then a cruise to Bermuda) so I ate a ton of junk I probably shouldn't have. November was finishing off the left over Halloween candy and then Thanksgiving. The entire month of December was Christmas cookies and candy. I didn't weigh myself again until the beginning of January and I had gained almost 20 pounds and was back where I started at the beginning of 2019. It's crazy how it took almost the entire year of 2019 to lose 20 lbs (while spending every waking hour working on sticking to a diet and exercising), yet it took only a few short months to gain it all back. Anyways, back on the horse. I need to re-lose this 20 lbs and more for 2020.
Hello all...... yes..... I have been missing in action......why........ not sure. Started out.....then caught the krud from these kiddies at work...... so ate as I pleased... now feel even worse but trying to get back to right.... of course I gained.... Just not a great time of it. Of course I can still make it work this year.... if I get off my big butt.
1/17/2019 - 224
1/24:
1/31 Total Loss: Total Loss Overall:
FEBRUARY
2/7:
2/14:
2/21: 230
2/28 Total Loss: Total Loss Overall:
MARCH
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APRIL
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8/1:
8/8:
8/15:
8/22:
8/29: Total Loss: Total Loss Overall:
SEPTEMBER
9/5:
9/12:
9/19:
9/26: Total Loss: Total Loss Overall:
OCTOBER
10/3:
10/10:
10/17:
10/24:
10/31: Total Loss: Total Loss Overall:
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11/7:
11/14:
11/21:
11/28: Total Loss: Total Loss Overall:
DECEMBER
12/5:
12/12:
12/19:
12/26: Total Loss:
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Last edited by sweetpoison; 02-25-2019 at 10:08 AM.
I basically maintained my weight for February. I gained + .2 LBS. I started lifitng weights again after over 2 months and started doing a walking dvd. Good Luck, Everyone!
I've now been in this new lifestyle for a full year (tomorrow). It was a good year overall, lost over 70 pounds, which is awesome, but it didn't end very well. This week marks the first time in that year that I've had two up weeks in a row. Hopefully, that means this next week, I will have a significant whoosh, because I've been as much as nearly 4 pounds lower than today's weigh in. I've had a couple of meals that weren't what I planned for the day, because of Jury Duty this week, but I never went over on calories, so I have to assume this is mostly just water. Hoping for a 4 pound loss this week to get back to my low (which was this week, so I'm possibly retaining 4+ pounds of water)
Thankyou Lacerta! Plateaus are so frustrating! I also struggled with my loss slowing down and I was about to lose my mind, I ended up missing my goal for the month and getting behind by 2 lbs for my trip goal. I did find this article though (now IDK how factual it might be, but I thought I'd share anyway) and it's helped me a lot in terms of how I see my progress. I'll leave the link in case you want to check it out.
Thanks Daydreamer. I've actually read that article before (I'm big on research, so I swear I've read every article on the internet this year about weight loss). I'm not sure whether I agree with the explanation of the why, because from everything I have read, there is no scientific proof that our cells replace fat with water and then whoosh it away later, but while I may not agree with the explanation, I absolutely agree that the phenomenon is real. And my whoosh has finally arrived. I'm down almost 4 pounds in 4 days, so my March fat loss is finally showing on the scale, which is fabulous. It happened last time I plateaued also. The week I broke the plateau, I had one of my best weeks ever and lost over 4 pounds. I'm hoping to do that again this week.
Looking back at my history, even with the 6 week plateau, I've still averaged about a pound a week since the beginning of the year. There have been just over 13 weeks this year so far and I'm now down just over 13 pounds. So that I why I can handle the plateaus when they hit. I know I'm still doing the work and making progress, even if it isn't showing up right now.
I'm pretty much back to my SW for this challenge. I started at 202 LBS. I weighed in at 201.8 on Friday April 26, 2019. I need to get remotivated and start losing again. I can still reach my GW this year. Good Luck, Everyone!
So my goal for 2019 is 37.8 pounds. Half of that is 18.9. So far this year, I'm down 21.8. So very slightly ahead of schedule. I've had some pretty slow months, and some better months, but overall, I'm doing about what I'd hoped to average. I have 16 pounds to go in the next 6 months to get to my goal for the year, and around 35-40ish to get to my ultimate goal weight. I've been failing on the weight lifting front, though. I need to try to step that up the second half the year.
Hope everyone is having a good year so far. And if not, today is a new day.
I'm late to the party as usual, but hopefully will reach goal by New Years Eve!
Started March 1 at my heaviest ever 234.6
April 16 219.4 (-15.2)
May 21 217 (-2)
June 11 204.5 (-12.5)
June 18 201.5 (-3)
July 15 195 (-6.5)
Aug 1 189.8 (-5.2)
Healthy BMI says 154 lbs, but I'll evaluate as I get closer.
Last edited by etherbunny; 08-03-2019 at 12:04 AM.
Reason: updated stats