One pound totally makes a difference at this weight! Five pounds is a new size. But each pounds takes longer :dizzy:

mayness - :lol: This engineer/statistician appreciates your take on that. I too went down that path of porportions! And I noticed it gets thorny at the end of the weight loss, but it's been so dang long since I was in this range (not to mention I was more of a young adult) that I would have thought I'd remember passing some point on the way up the weight scale where I noticed this change. :shrug: Oh well. Guess I'll just have to celebrate it for what it is and call it a "red line" in preparation for maintenance (may it still be several pounds off in the future!).

I think maybe it's because on the way up we're in denial and on the way down we're paying close attention.

Good Morning Everyone!

Another great day without looking at the scale for me! I'm trying to ignore it & assume that with the right plan, only good things can be happening??? :^:

Good luck everyone! I will do my best to do what I know is right - thanks for the encouragement & have a great healthy day!!! :D

Julie - most definitely a big unhealthy dose of denial! I just have to shake my head because this year of loss has been fantastic and not a story of deprivation or suffering ... not at all! What possessed me to think it was going to be so awful that I put it off for more than 10 years? Bizarre.

Hello ladies :wave:

I've been gone for quite awhile. It's good to see some familiar faces and also lots of new ones too.

I guess I've been kinda maintaining my weight (if you call yo yoing maintaining) but I want to get back to work and get the rest of this weight off for good.

I started logging my food in Fitday this morning and went for a walk. I'll also be hanging out here a lot more. Support is a good thing :yes:

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Hi Abbyin! It's good to see you!

:wave: Abbyin :welcome: back :D

Ok, now I've got some time to sit and think and type.

Abbyin ... almost all the maintainers have yoyo'd and regained. It's part of the learning process. I don't like that I've done it ... but I have and ... talley-ho ... I'll try my best not to do it again. I guess I'll just keep trying until it sticks :D

I like the analogy of the paper towel. It's really accurate.

Another thing I've run into is the wearing in of clothing. Those jeans may have started out a stretch size 6 but I stretched them and wore them long past when I should have bought bigger. On the way down, we're anxious to get into a smaller size so we dump the baggy ones and get new and smaller. We probably are the size we actually were when we bought the pants, we just wore them too long as we grew. Did that make sense?

And we stand up straighter and hold ourselves more proudly ... My waist is 29.5 but I can make it 27 ;)

OK so I'm jumping back on the bandwagon. I calculated that with my new slightly modified goal I can reach it by the time I fly home from school for Christmas break!!! So I am trying to keep that in mind and I've promised myself a new wardrobe that I'm saving up for once I reach that weight.

Sorry about the double post but--
I definitely agree that a few pounds can make a huge difference. I've noticed a difference in how my hip/sides look when the scale only notes a two pound difference. And also the numbers play a huge part in how comfortable I feel... even if my body physically doesn't look that different I feel different if 150 or 149.

Weighed in at exactly 108 this morning, yay!! :D I already notice a difference in my stomach but I think that's only because I am eating just enough to keep me full and not stuffing myself at every meal so my belly is not all bloated out and pregnant looking :o It actually feels nice to be a little hungry. Before I was walking around 24 hours with that constant full belly feeling because I never let myself get hungry. I never realized how miserable that made me feel until now.

Good morning. Weighed in at 144 this morning. Best it's been but I'm still disappointed. I'm doing WW points and I keep going over. I just get so hungry!

Good morning everyone! I just got home from Grand Cayman last night and I have nothing good to report - except all the fun I had. I ate and drank like a glutton and didn't make it to the gym once. Our room was on the 4th floor and we took the stairs 99% of the time and I went on a two-tank scuba dive which is a workout in itself, but that about sums up any "exercise". I know I have gained significant poundage - although I forgot to weigh-in this morning. It's raining like crazy here from the hurricane so I don't know when I'll be able to get out and start running again. I need to desperately!

Welcome back, Amy - sorry you had to come into crummy weather! Would love to see pictures!

abbyin and gnomey - welcome. :wave: I'm pretty new here too.

treighsie - I lost too fast on WW when I tried to stick to the points, but it was probably because it was too low-fat for me. The formula treats all fats equally and I get all itchy, foggy, and ravenous if I cut it back too much. I do love the way it teaches accountability and journaling, though.

Carb - way to go! I had to unlearn the idea that being stuffed was the right sensation after every meal, too.

Hangin' just over the 150 line. I've been keeping tabs on the calories, but didn't make the best nutritional choices yesterday. Focusing on a better today!

Another half pound today :) Probably the last for a couple weeks as TOM is around the corner.

hi everybody, sorry i haven't been on here in so long! i've been going through a really hard time....just leaving for my tropical vacation now!have a good week everybody and i'll be back on here soon.
-jiggles

Hello everyone. I had a good, on plan day yesterday but then I blew it in the middle of the night with some crackers and peanut butter :tantrum:. Not good, I know. I've gotta get over that midnight snacking habit I seem to have picked up :rolleyes:.

I'm doing great today, though (so far). Hope everyone else is too!

Abbyin - maybe try drinking chamomile tea? I usually have a cup if I'm hungry after I've had dinner. It fills you up for a bit and helps you go to sleep.

Jiggles - have a great time on your vacation!

Today is my rest day. I wanted to take a walk around the neighborhood to burn ~150 Cal but it's pouring outside. I think I may do some strength training and try out some yoga instead.

Hi everyone! I love tropical vacations, although any vacation spells disaster for my diet and good intentions. I have to work on that!

I'm off to an awards dinner tonight. DH is getting one from the local University. It is a semiformal event (yikes) so I went out and bought a dress. First one since 1991. It was nice to buy off the rack! Size 10! Forgive me while I do my happy dance, because usually this sort of event was handled in past years with stretchy pants and a blousy top.

Small moment of glee: I weighed myself for the first time in 2 months and found out I lost 12 lbs from becoming a vegetarian (mostly vegan) and cutting out dessert.

Not quite two months to Christmas and only 10 more lbs to go! :D

lackadaisy, that's huge! Congrats :D :carrot:

lackadaisy, way to go :high:

misskimothy, size 10 :bravo: On a 5'7'' frame that's very slim...

abbyin, are you up at midnight when you start eating? or do you get out of bed and to go the kitchen at midnight?... Either way, :coach: STAY OUT OF THE KITCHEN after supper :^:

jiggles, have fun, enjoy the moment and forget about your troubles when you are on vacation :beach:

ICUwishing, I'm like that, in the sense that even if I eat in my calorie range but the wrong foods, I gain weight :faint: so for me it isn't only calories in vs. calories out, it's also about the right kinds of calories...

Amy, welcome back... Vacations are difficult on the waist line, just get back on track and the vacation bloat will be gone in no time...

Treighsie, When I was on WW eons ago, I was always hungry too, I think it's because it was too low fat and not high enough in vegetables. I eat a lot more veggies now than I did back then and it makes all the difference in the world along with better quality fats...

gnomey. you can do this...

CarbCrazy1181, Wow, 108, I think I weighed that when I was 10 :lol: ... I agree that feeling hungry feels good too, and you know I don't think we can really lose weight when we feel full all the time...

Well, today was very good for me, had an awesome 5k run, it's 4 C, 39 F, and I love this type of weather, I wish winter would be like this all the time...Food was excellent today too....Well, gotta go, I'm off to the gym soon...

:wave: TTFN

hi everyone!

last night I had a healthy dinner of roasted vegetables, grilled chicken and minestrone soup... and then I dreamed that in the middle of the night, a friend and I ran out and got some Popeye's fried chicken! I woke up this morning a bit confused as to what really happened.

Usually, food dreams like this mean that I'm depriving myself, and not eating enough, but this time, I don't think it meant anything. First of all, I don't even like fried chicken, and second of all, this is the first time I've been losing weight without feeling hungry/deprived/starved ONCE. I swear. Every time I get hungry, I eat something. Like fruit, or granola w/ milk, or something healthy.

I usually only get hungry between lunch and dinner, so I have a snack. I think it's because my overall diet has been so full of fruits and veggies and other good stuff, like protein, that I just don't get hungry outside of meals.

I think that's why I'm doing so well this time around, because it doesn't FEEL like I'm on a "diet." because I'm not... I'm just eating healthy, but still nourishing myself while not, like others have said, stuffing myself at every meal.

I think I can continue this for a long time! Or at least I'm going to try my gosh darn hardest!

An old, old patient once told me this "Do what's right. If you don't know what's right ... do your best." Good advice huh?

Well I proved to myself last night that my fave pasta salad bacon & ranch is a "no no" food for me. :nono: I will have to completely avoid this to keep on track. I thought I could handle it last night...I was way under my calories for the day at dinner time so I figured I could splurge on a higher calorie item that I haven't had in awhile. Suddenly Salad Bacon & Ranch is one of my all time faves but it's like 300 something calories for a quarter of a cup. I gave myself a full 1 cup portion because I would still come in a little under my calorie goal for the day. Well ha, that did not work!!! I did good while I was at the table. I finished my plate and then got up to start the dishes...as soon as my hubby went out of the room I was shoveling mouthfuls of the leftovers like a hoover vacuum!!!! That stuff is sooooooooooo addicting!!! After about the third mouthful I stopped and was like, WTH :censored: am I doing?! :drill: PUT IT DOWN! Aaaaaaaaaggh!! I immediately dumped the rest in the trash. Whew. I can no longer keep that stuff in my cabinet. On a good note, the scale was at 107.6 this morning, yay!!! :carrot:

Starting to see the exercise/appetite demon peeking around the corner! I just started actively exercising a month ago, after relying on better eating 100% from the beginning of the year. I'm even waking up hungry in the middle of the night - but no dreams of fried chicken, :lol:! I imagine that it's going to be a delicate balancing act to figure out how to support the growing muscles and still move those last pounds off. More high-protein snacks - step 1!

CarbCrazy - great job on tossing the leftovers! I'm the same way with pizza - I shovel it down my throat without thinking and end up eating 3/4 to 1 whole pie. =b This last time I only ate half a small pizza, but it was after my dinner and I really wasn't hungry...I was just craving it.

If you do decide to make the pasta salad again, maybe you should make just enough so that there are no leftovers.

ICUwishing - I'm hungry all the time now, too. Every other week I make a batch of turkey chili and freeze it. I usually eat a cup's worth before heading to the gym and I feel great. Let me know which snacks you go for, I need more variety in my diet!

Good morning ladies!

Sounds like everyone is doing really well. Kudos to all! I just wanted to check in really quick. Yesterday was another good day and no midnight snack for me! I feel really good this morning. I think after 2 days of re-aquainting myself with vegetables and fruits has done me good.

Hope everyone has a great day. I'll check in later as my computer is running like mud this morning due to microsoft trying to update my files.

Hello!

Oh how I missed 3FC and all of you! I think in all the years I've been coming here that's the third time the site has been down like that. Terrible wasn't it!?!

Good exercise, bad food today. We were busy around the house so we ate out ... twice.

Good morning!

Yesterday was much better! Even when I got back out of bed to find something to nibble while I watched TV ... it was fruit and ps cheese ;)

This forum is a good place for me. I am struggling to maintain, now under my desired weight by 2-3 pounds. Ate a blueberry muffin last night - really didn't want it - and didn't feel great after it went down my gullet. Would rather eat fruit.

Hey everyone!

I was looking over my recent weight chart, since I've been eating somewhat consistently and losing steadily, and noticed a pattern. I tend to lose a bit of weight over a few days, maintain a day or two, then bounce back up (but not quite as far as before the loss - usually still under my 30-day weighted average weight on www.physicsdiet.com). It's like two steps forward, a few seconds of standing still, and one step back. :) The cycle lasts 5 to 8 days... it definitely doesn't coincide with the work week (I'm not gaining on weekends, for example)... and I can't attribute it to calories, carbs, sodium, workouts, amount of water I drink, or anything else. Weird!

Yesterday was my "up day" (back to 129.0 - I love that even my high days are under 130 now) and now I'm eager to see a few days of loss.

I skipped exercising all weekend (Saturday on purpose, Sunday because I had debilitating TOM cramps) and didn't count my calories but I estimate I was on track. Today I'm ready to get back to the gym!

Hi Lincoln and welcome!

It's quiet at work, so I volunteered to leave after 4 hrs. I didn't do much food prep over the weekend. I should do a little shopping and get at that.

Wow, down another 1/2 pound this morning, which is really weird considering I think TOM is starting today.

OTOH, aarrrgh, I am still having a lot of problems with 3FC loading.

Julie - 1/2 pound is a big loss - congrats! I'm also having trouble loading, even with Firefox which is typically 100% better than IE.

mayness - I'm sure if you could also do a daily track of all your hormones, you'd find the guilty party! When I follow plan consistently, I see a pretty similar pattern.

civakas - I have my best luck staving off the munchies with cheese sticks, or something like 1/4c of black beans drenched in habanero salsa, or an ounce or two of meat, or a tabasco-dipped hardboiled egg. I recognized that common theme of protein pretty quick. Nuts work for me, too.

abbyin - there's been plenty of mud everywhere! I hope the site gets through the current rough patch soon.

SusanB - have a great afternoon off!

I haven't been acting like somebody who wants to lose weight lately, but I think I'm back on it. It really doesn't make sense to deliberately do the things that don't end up feeling good.

1st swim meet out of the way, and now I have a good base of times to work with. Back to the pool tonight. No more meets until Jan, so plenty of time to get stronger and faster.

Ack, it's so hard to stick with a program when you're sick! All I want is comfort food & to curl up in bed! Does anyone else struggle with this? :hot:

Also, I'm about to throw my scale out the window. I have a range of ~4 lbs that I quickly bounce up & down in. I wish there was an emoticon of an exploding scale!

Anyway, thanks all for posting & sorry about my little rant. It's great to be able to come here when I feel myself slipping off track. You guys are great & good luck today! :goodluck:

Good morning!

Yes Mountainchick! When I had a cold a few weeks ago, I wanted sugar in everything. Tea, coffee ...

Yesterday is a day I'd like to replicate. Good food, good cardio .... I should have taken some time to lift some weights ... however ... all in all, it was a pretty good day.

And Mayness ... that's something like I do. After wobbling around on the scale for a week, I weigh the same today as I did last Monday. I'd like for it to be time for a downward dip day :D

i'm new to this site, i hope it's ok if i add to this thread!

I have been doing really good for the past few days, cooking three meals a day. My work schedule allows me to be home for lunch everyday. my "weekend" starts tonight, so i hope i manage to control myself better this weekend. Last weekend i got a bit lazy and ended up ordering food in twice, not the healthiest choice! I started my "program" at the end of October and have since lost about 6 pounds.

A houseful of sick people is trying to derail me. My children and husband are sick with colds and the flu and I am comfort and quick eating. Getting in exercise besides going up and down the stairs to care for them is difficult. I am just trying to get through this a hope that I am not next. I am woman, I am strong is my motto. ;) Hopefully I will be back in my routine soon.

Amy