yesterday was another great day until i ate 6 little cookies...what was i thinking??? woke up angry at myself, weighed myself and i am back at 125. i didn't think i blew it that bad yesterday. I realized that i haven't gone to the bathroom in 2 days, so that might have something to do with it. sort of feel bloated and what not. need to drink alot of water! going to wait until sunday to weigh in again.

[QUOTE=shasha12;3106030]awesome article posted in another forum! for those of us who step on the scale daily (guilty)...


Thanks so much for posting that link! I can't post links yet or I'd quote it. I'm guilty of getting discouraged by checking the scale all the time and seeing my weight bounce around like a rubber ball. :o I will probably still weigh myself too frequently, however now I will take the number with a grain of salt (Or perhaps salt is what I should be cutting back on...)

OK by my rules I have to change my ticker today...the wrong way, but its really not as bad as I feared. I had about a 10 day bingefest that ended earlier this week so only up 0.8 isnt as bad as I thought.

I'm giving another stab at intuitive eating kind of. When I am mentally on board I dont need to calorie count, when I am not mentally on board calorie counting hasnt been helping much. I would need calorie counting to do something like actually make the valentine challenge, but I need to work on breaking the binge cycle more.

MTA: ticker factory appears to be down...need to change ticker to 150.6

Hi everyone,
I didn't realize the featherweights had their own Valentine's Day challenge thread. I signed up on another thread but forgot which one. I want to lose 6 lbs by Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, I can only move the ticker down 1 lb. It would have been 2, but I didn't resist dessert last night.:( On the up side, I do feel more committed for the 2nd half of this challenge and had a great workout today, but I need some accountability.:yes:

This morning i weighed in, 124 sucks. we have a snow day today from school which is nice, but also means i will be around the house all day and there is some good junk food around here right now!

Tough to be home with junk food, maenad! Try to stay strong.

Welcome, I am worth it!

ennay, .8 is not bad at all. your "bingefest" couldn't have been too bad. I like the idea of intuitive eating, but right now I need stricter controls.

My calories have been about 1500/day for the last 2 days. I did an 8AM spin class yesterday, and it felt much easier than last time. Spent most of the day in the car and ate two granola bars and a cookie, but had a healthy breakfast of egg whites, spinach, and veggie sausage, and dinner of salmon and salad.

Down to 143.5 this morning, so it does seem like 145 was a plateau and the scale is finally moving now.

Eh, I had a so so week. Only lost 1.1lbs and that's over almost a week and a half. I wasn't able to weigh in on my usual day (Friday) so I weighed today (Sunday). 1.1lbs over 9 days. Not terrible, but last week I dropped 2.6lbs which was actually too much. I guess I can average the two and be happy, lol.

Starting: 163.6
Current: 158.3
Remaining: 4.7

I couldn't wait till monday, so I weighed in today. 166. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME??? Ok, I know I ate a lot of sodium yesterday, but really?!? That puts me back to were I started jan 2!! Argggghhhh!!!

This is when I usually quit. I've been at this 3 weeks but I don't feel like I look any different (apart from stuff fitting a little better), and I don't see the scale changing at all.

Guess I'll go drink all the water in the world today and report back. :stress:

That' s how I felt this morning too! I had worked out for 2 hours and had been really good with what I ate but was only down .2. Which is a total of .6 from where I started Jan. 1st. But clothes fitting better does matter more than what the scale says. :yes:

I guess I'm in too.

mkendrick, you're doing so great against your goal! congrats! btw, how do you get the decimal points to show on your tickers? mine always round. for you

shasha, totally understand how you're feeling with the scale. even though you know it's not a real gain, seeing that number can be so discouraging. you are working so hard - the number will get there.

did pretty well yesterday - 1428 calories and 81 carbs. did 40 minutes on the elliptical, burning about 250 calories. didn't get enough water though - only 5 glasses. also did not cook or plan - too much going on with the family. i am working from home and will get soemthing going in the crockpot.

scale still at 143.5 this morning.

omg thank goodness the scale was back down to 162.8 this morning. Still not my low, but I'll take it! 166 was mortifying. thanks for the support ladies!! i think my calories might be too low, i was starving yesterday, and ended up eating 1450 instead of 1200. I've started work outs, so it seems like 1200 just isn't cutting it for me anymore. And, all the online calorie deficit calculators that i've come across put me around 1500-1600 cals. Does that make sense to anyone?

thehealthform, welcome!!

natamars, so stoked for u that your broke ur plateau, hopefully you'll drop again much sooner :carrot:

I am worth it, stick with it, girl!! I've heard those last 10 pounds are the hardest to lose, and hey, a loss is a loss!

Hey ladies... I don't think I've posted much since I joined the challenge. :o

I started on Jan 4th and I'm halfway to the 10 lbs goal... which actually puts me right on track. Although the first few pounds were easy to lose holiday food weight, so I'm gonna have to try really hard these next few weeks.

Classes start again today, and I'm taking a few classes and teaching a lab (10 hours a week! :dizzy:) which means more structure and less time sitting around thinking about food. Hopefully that helps, rather than just making me stressed so I want to run out and buy chocolate. :p

Hello again!

Here I am, back from being super busy! The good news is I'm really changing my eating habits. Gone are the white foods and the cheese. I just don't love them enough to keep them, except for a special treat.

Good news is I am slowly loosing pounds! Hooray!

I'm at 160.4. This is where I've been plateaued as of late. We'll just have to see about that!

Thanks!

last night was a total wreck. all these snow days leave me with not much to do but cook and eat. I have tried to avoid food, but it always seems to find me. Today i feel like i have my head on straight. I am happy that the snow is melting and i'm going back to work this evening.

124 yesterday, but i know i am up from last night. will weigh again once i pull myself together.