:faint: Hillarious!! Shè's not a very busy person at work is she? She has time to count bottles!!

Yesterday I did get in the running 5k, biking 21k , but not gym ... Today ran 5k this morning, tonight definitely the gym UBWO :strong:

:rofl: - I'm with Ilene on this - hilarious!

I had a great week until Friday when I ate everything I could find. Redeemed myself on Saturday only to repeat Friday's behaviour on Sunday. There was no need for it and I'm very cross with myself. Consequently I avoided the scales this morning - cos that should help :rolleyes:

spanky -- can't believe no water but champagne at the office? I want to come work there LOL! Glad to hear you are finding ways to circumvent the Feeder.

So Tuesday is my weigh in day -- hate it! Lost 0.5 lb so that is OK but just back to where I was two weeks ago. Losing only 2.5 lbs in four weeks seems really little progress to me, but I'm trying to be positive because I don't think it would be healthy for me to cut calories further or to work out more. This week I'm cutting out wine :( -- my last remaining vice -- to try to speed things up.

Still, again trying to be positive, it looks like my waist and hips are each down 1 inch. On the other hand my bust is up 1 inch but this leads me to believe I'm holding water/bloated, so hoping a few pounds of water weight will go away soon.

Hi everyone. I'm new. I started at 136/7, then quickly dropped 7/8 pounds (at one point the scale was clearly below 129). But now it's getting harder b/c the first 7 pounds, I could still eat "healthy" chocolate chip cookies (from recipe from superfoods RX--w/dark choc, walnuts & oatmeal, but a butter/sugar/flour base--so still very yummy). I actually think I was eating much more when I was losing (following whole foods diet). Then I started eating smaller portions and this week I GAINED 1.5 pounds--even though I was exercising like crazy and still eating very healthy. The only addition was Newman's Own Light Balsamic Vinaigrette to my salads (when I started, I was eating veggies steamed in chicken broth instead).

So I'm pretty bummed about the weight gain but still really hoping to lose 10 (or, now 11) pounds.

I was eating watermelon and strawberries for dessert for a week or two, but I *really* crave my evening cookies. Otherwise I don't have much trouble sticking to the eating plan, even on weekends. It's just those darn dat-blasted cookies that kill me!! (Oh, yeah, and the dressing, but THAT I can live without).

Hi,

On plan so far today. Also walked the Skywalk for 25 min at lunch. Trying to avoid the 12" x 12" x 2" chunky brownie that has appeared on the kitchen counter here at work.

Gritting my teeth until quittin' time!

Welcome Determined!

spanks

Determined, :welcome2:

I'm really struggling today but I know it's only head hunger so I'm trying to ignore it. Had a 12 hour work day am too tired (mentally more than physically) to do any exercise. This is when it's dangerous :(

Thanks for the welcomes!
 

Spanky and Doughnut,

Thank you very much for the welcomes.

I don't know what happened, but I got on the scale today and my weight was down 3 pounds!!

Also, I discovered a great substitute for salad dressing. I used to eat 2 TBSP of light newman's own balsamic and I thought that might have caused my weight gain. So I switched to lots of lemon juice, salt, pepper, and just 1/2 TBSP of the dressing. It tastes really yummy and lots less fat calories.

Doughnut--please get some sleep. Too hard to ignore food when too tired.

Yay that's great! Gosh it's been a long while since I saw a drop like that.


Yep, it's gone 10pm here now but it feels a lot later. I've somehow stayed on calories today. Dead chuffed :D Anyway, I could sleep on a pin so I'm off. Night all.

Hi featherweights!

Doughnut -- hope you got some sleep and congrats for staying on calories!

Determined Woman -- welcome! I'm a newbie myself. Congrats on the 3 lbs loss that's huge!

Ilene -- you sound amazingly fit, very inspiring!

spanky -- you must have great will power, brownies are so tempting for me!

I'm finally making some progress with water weight/bloating going away. This is going to be a long haul but I'm sticking with it.

I'm down to a Normal BMI vs Overweight the last few days. Unfortunately my body fat % is still 35.5% which I've seen described as Obese. I'm really small boned and I've calculated my lean body mass at only 88-89 lbs. My target is to get my body fat down to 25% which would put me at 118.

Have a great weekend everyone!

JayJay,

I'm definitely not a weight loss expert, but I just cannot imagine that 140 pds is obese--no matter what your body composition. And how are you measuring your body fat? I've heard those scales that distinguish aren't always reliable--that the only reliable method is being weighed in water (which I've never done).

I wouldn't worry about labels. Just eat healthy and exercise, the rest will follow.

One time I gained a LOT of weight for me (my weight was about 150). This was about 15 years ago now. It was caused by anti-depressant meds (which thankfully I do not need at this point in my life). But, anyway, I stopped taking the meds, yet I still had the weight and couldn't lose. I didn't focus much on the number, labels, or anything. I just reverted back to my formerly healthy lifestyle (exercise, eating healthy). I just figured that was the lifestyle for me no matter what my weight. I didn't even really check the scale.

I'm not even sure when I dropped the weight, but it seems like it was not too long before I weighed 120 again using that mindset. Labels are depressing. :(

Good luck.

:wave: I'm new here and I'm trying to get back on track with eating healthy and after a recent 10 pound gain I'm trying to lose 20 pounds. Looking forward to chatting with ya'll!!

Good morning girls :wave:

On the subject of BMI... Sometimes BMI can be misleading if you are a very fit or athletic person... My BMI is very high also, 27, but I wear a size 8... I don't feel that's overweight ... So we have to be careful... According to the calculator I should weigh 140 lbs to be a healthy weight...well I would be very petite at that weight and quite muscular which wouldn't be a bad thing :lol: but I have the darndest time getting there... I haven't been at that weigth in 19 years, since DD was born :rolleyes: ... but one could only hope...

Here's a calculator

Now I've got to get back to work...:comp:

Per the calculator my current BMI is 23.4

Once I get to my goal weight it will be 20.4

Both fall into the Normal weight category. My current one is just a little bit close to overweight for me.

At my current weight I wear a 8/10 and at my goal weight I wear a 6/8 which is exactly what I want. :)

Melly83 -- welcome!

Determined Woman -- yes you are so right...I should forget about labels or categories but sometimes I find it motivating too! I'm using a Tanita scale to measure body fat but I'm sure it's not very reliable. I would love to do the water measurement someday to get a reality check.

Ilene -- thanks for the calculator! I agree that these things can be misleading depending on individual build and muscle tone. Just makes it much more confusing for me to really figure out what is a healthy weight for me...I guess I will just play it by ear and see when i feel "right."

Yep, I think I read somewhere that BMI is definitely not accurate for athletic people. I think it said that waist to hip ratio (or some other ratio I can't remember) was a much better indicator of fitness/health.

But whatever motivates you is great. For me, it was the number on the scale--that simple. Someone convinced me to stop weighing myself a couple of years ago (said it was too obsessive). Then I got injured from running and had a couple of very stressful life years to boot. When I finally decided to step on a scale, I was honestly mortified. I thought of myself as a thin healthy runner, but the number simply was not consistent with my thought.

For anyone reading, I would definitely vow to never, ever stop weighing yourself--at least once a week.

One really easy thing to do if you just can't break from unhealthy foods is to eat healthy all day, then skip dinner and eat a relatively healthy dessert (only) instead of dinner. Might be crazy but has helped me, I think.