Hello! I'm new to this site and this is my first time posting.

My name is Jules and I'm looking for a much needed weight loss! For the past five years I have been yo yo-ing in between 165-190. I am fed up and ready to make a change for good.

I'm so happy to have found this site and thread. I think a challenge is just what I needed.

I started October 1st so I will update with this information.

Good luck to all. We got this! :jig:

SW: 183.92
CW: 179.9
GW: 160

Welcome Jules. Good luck and :dust: to you

Jules - Googlesheets doesn't calculate correctly with commas, so I went ahead and changed your two weigh ins to decimals instead so it will calculate lost pounds and percentages properly. Way to go on being over 4 pounds down already and reaching the 170s

Whoops! I didn't notice I used commas. I was wondering why the calculation wasn't working. Thanks for fixing that!

So I was wondering what is everyone doing for weight loss? Diets or workouts?

I'm counting calories and exercising every other day at home.

Jules: Weight loss happens in the kitchen, getting fit happens from working out. So it depends exactly what your goals are. Studies have shown that working out is not a big help to losing weight, but it is a huge sign whether or not you will keep the weight off, and also helps you look better after you lose the weight. So both is optimal, but don't expect the workouts to make you drop huge amounts of weight. I watch calories, go for a walk most days and do bodyweight/dumbbell workouts around 3 times a week. I also recently implemented a stretching regimen most evenings, which I've really been enjoying.



So, after an absolutely abysmal September, I've had an amazing month so far in October. I actually reached my October goal this morning. I'm currently only about 2 pounds from my goal I originally set for this entire season. I'd really like to hit the 100 pounds down mark, which is 167.4, so I'm going to change my goal to that. I thought about setting it there in the first place, but September was so terrible that I was concerned 8 pounds was too much to hope for. But since I'm already over halfway there at the 3rd week, I don't think that is a crazy goal for me. Goal updated.

I cheated again this week and it shows. I had to celebrate again friday night and went drinking. I dropped my daily calories 25 more today and I'm going to get back in the gym this week so hopefully I turn things around!

Wow Lacerta!! That is amazing congratulations! Once summer is gone I always find it easier to lose the lbs and get back on track. I think it's great that you update your goal it will only push you more!! Congrats on the progress.

I agree with what you say. The best way I've lost weight is counting calories and it's amazing how much we don't realize how many calories we are consuming. I try to work out to give me a push because I find it quite hard to only consume 1400 calories which is the goal I set. I'm also vegetarian so I must eat legumes daily and they really add up calorie wise.

I'm down two lbs this week so I'm super happy!! My b'day is coming up and my mini goal for then (Nov 10) is 173lbs I'm currently at 180.

@somedaysunny
Don't worry about the cheating!! It's in the past now work on making this week your best one yet!! You can do it. Alcohol is tough to give up but it's empty calories and not worth it. If you must drink steer away from beer. Maybe have a gin and tonic or vodka and soda. At least try to limit the calories as much as you can.

I'm a big beer drinker and let me tell you this summer was my worst yet. Anytime I drink it's also followed by chips or fries and in the end on one outing I would consume like 2000 calories or more!! This month I decided to stop drinking and I am feeling so much better not to mention the bloating has gone down significantly. But I do understand that if your out with friends it's almost impossible to not fall into the temptation of just saying screw it and enjoying yourself.

Let us know how you get on this week!!!

Welcome!! Jules I pretty much just cut back on my food intake and exercise.. I struggled with overeating for the most which is what caused my weight gain. So now, I work on not eating so much/smaller portions of food!

Lacerta Congrats on reaching your October goal hun!!

etherbunny WTG on your numbers moving down hun!! Progress is progress!!

somedaysunny There is nothing wrong with you having a cheat day/meal. Just don't let it suck you back in and consume you that's all!! We all cheat sometimes, well I know I do!! lmao I just pick back up and keep it pushing! You got this girl!

Denise: WAY TO GO on Onederland. Huge congrats.

Thanks Kstrong and Jules.

And congrats to everyone who has stuck with it this far. We are 1/3 of the way through fall already.

I'm not sure where this month has come from. I've had the best month I've had in 2019 so far, and it's only the 20th today. I had another whoosh this morning, to move me down to 169.8. I'm 41 years old and I now weigh what I did in high school. I'm not admitting anything, but I may or may not have freaked my husband and cats out by dancing around the house yelling this morning. Today's weight is actually the goal I first set for the entire fall season. I did NOT expect this.

Wow! Big congrats! To think that you weigh what you did in high school, that is amazing!!!

Any tips or tricks to "push a whoosh". I haven't had one yet, just slow and pretty steady for which I am grateful. But a "whoosh" would be so so wonderful.

No tips. It's just the way I lose weight. I'll go weeks with no change at all, then lose a bunch at once. I've had several plateaus of up to 6 weeks, despite eating at a deficit. So the whooshes are nice because they often are the only weight I lose in a month. I ate exactly the same in September as I did in October, and yet, I lost less than 1 pound in September and over 5 pounds so far in October. My weight loss is very NOT linear.