chickie - I am having trouble getting back on track. I also was enjoying the pounds slowly melt away. But after I hit 125 I was not able to stay there and now I bounce back and fourth around 127 and 128.
The only thing I can do now is decide to accept where I am and make sure I do not go any higher. I'm not saying this will happen to you - just saying I understand.
I am still going to come here and check-in everyday. I am still going to get up everyday and do the best I can. I'm OK with where I am in my life and being healthy is still my goal. Good Luck to all Feathers today.

Thanks for your kind words everyone.

Sometimes I think I keep binge eating because I can get away with it. I lose all binge weight gain in 2-3 days. It is a very strange thing that my body rids itself of extra calories so fast. It may have been my body's survival mechanism when my binges were so extreme that I would binge 5,000 - 7,000 calories in a 4-6 hour time period.

I enjoy being on 3FC in part because you don't have eating disorders and are focused on healthy eating and exercise. I'm trying to learn that. For me, the scale is not the struggle, it is keeping the self-destructive urge to binge in check.

I truly don't want to be 125 pounds & still having periodic out-of-control binges. I want to live a moderate life of healthy eating and exercise.

I have been on plan for 3 days and my body feels so much better. Must be careful today though. I have a social event where people order food to share & that was what triggered last week's 5 day binge fest. I think I'll eat dinner before I go so I don't start scarfing the fries & deep fried tortilla chips.

Bad lunch . . . BAD BAD LUNCH :tantrum:

Wow, abbyin - - what on earth did that lunch do to you??? :lol:

chickie - sounds like you have a good frame of mind today. Nice job making a plan for those stressful situations! It really helps.

kellost - so impressed with your 5k time!! :woohoo: Nicely done!! I'm working my way up to 5k on the treadmill, but I am oh so slow. Doesn't matter much, really. I've NEVER run in my life, so to start at 39 (and counting), I feel pretty good about being able to make it over 2 miles at this point!! :D

ange - I get measured as part of my program, which is really helpful. In April, I lost very little by way of pounds, but the inches were flying off. It is REALLY helpful, and something I've never done before.


I must admit that I am SOOOOOOOOOOO down today. After kicking my exercise into high gear, the scale popped up 3 pounds on Monday. I'm back 1/2-way to where I was as of this AM, but still. I have basically been gaining & losing the same 5 pounds over & over again for weeks now. I've checked my food diaries (I'm faithful AND honest) and can see that I haven't followed my plan to the "t". I'm cutting out the "extras" now, and will keep my fingers crossed. The problem for me is this: even if I do make my goal (HUGE "if", by the way), can I maintain this for the long haul? I don't want to be permanently deprived of every yummy thing out there. All I want is to be able to eat in moderation, get exercise 5-6x/week, and BE HEALTHY. Why won't my body come into line with this program? I'm trying to get to 145 at 5'6" - - hardly aiming for the bottom of the range, here. In fact, after looking at several of your goals, I am sheepish about quitting there! :rolleyes:

Need to rid myself of the negative self-talk. It is really getting in my head & bringing me down! Jillian Michael's apparently didn't kick it out of me this morning (:lol:)!!


Thanks for allowing me to vent here. I am really trying to stay upbeat, but after WEEKS, it is getting old... Maybe I'm not supposed to be in the 140s???

Originally Posted by danni:
chickie - I am having trouble getting back on track. I also was enjoying the pounds slowly melt away. But after I hit 125 I was not able to stay there and now I bounce back and fourth around 127 and 128.
The only thing I can do now is decide to accept where I am and make sure I do not go any higher. I'm not saying this will happen to you - just saying I understand.
I am still going to come here and check-in everyday. I am still going to get up everyday and do the best I can. I'm OK with where I am in my life and being healthy is still my goal. Good Luck to all Feathers today.

Danni, this is SO my story! I hit 125, then bounce up to 128. Then 127. Over and over again these past few months. So I guess I'm maintaining! I, too, do not want to hit the 130 mark again. I keep toying with the thought of getting down to 119, just so 125 can become my "high" weight. But the pounds are going to be stubborn, and I don't know if I really "need" to get down any more. The Wii Fit tells me that 119 is my ideal weight, but who knows???? I love your healthy attitude about it all, and I am trying to focus less on numbers and more on health. But I don't want the numbers to climb too high......that has happened to me many times before, and then the weight all comes back. Not this time!

Hi Feathers..

I'm at 125 today! WOO HOO! I've hit it before, but it was nice to see my goal number on the scale this morning. Maybe running the 5K did it, who knows???

Stella...just wanted to say congrats to you! I love positivity, and find it so contagious! Enjoy the victories!

Ange...I don't know what my next race goal should be, and that's the problem. Today, I ran again, and just ran a 5K. A friend told me that I should try building up to a 5 or 6 mile run, so maybe I'll work on that. The main thing is, I want to maintain this ability to run 3.1 miles. I don't want to lose it. So I need to figure out how to incorporate it into my overall exercise plan. Also, congrats on the 122!!!!!!!

Same7......sounds like you have quite the exercise plan going on! You rock, girl! I hear you on the desserts, though. Running makes me hungrier, and I have to be careful with that! It's not a license to eat what I want without consequence!

Motivated Chickie....hugs to you. Binge eating is also something I've had to deal with. It helps me sometimes to read on the boards about others' experiences with this. When it happens to me, it's like I consume TONS of food in a very short period of time and almost like I'm in rebellion-mode. It's almost always stress-triggered. I always go for foods like chips and candy at these times. I'm always disappointed in myself afterward. I also have noticed that if I haven't consumed enough calories earlier in the day, I'm more likely to binge. Something that helps me is telling myself that I will NOT be powerless or a slave to something as stupid as food. HUGS to you!

Abby....it's just a lunch! It does happen, and my opinion is that it's okay. Just turn it around ASAP and you'll be fine!

Cheryl.....2 miles is awesome!!!! There were times in the not so distant past where running more than a minute or so seemed impossible to me. You might think about the Couch 2 5K program. That is what I used, and it truly worked for me.

Hi, ladies! I'm new to this section of the forums-- the decided lack of people in my weight bracket in the 20-somethings section brought me here. I guess we shorties tend to fall into lower weights even when we're not quite at goal. :)

I've lost 20 pounds so far, and I'm going for another 20. I'm so freaking ready to get out of the 130's.. but I have about 9.4 pounds before I get there. It's crazy. I never thought I would belong in this section!

Hello to all, I am new 2 your web site but love it so far!!!
So far, May has been an amazing month for me. I am 5'2 and currently weight 122lbs. My goal is 115. After being stuck at 125lbs for more than 3 weeks, all of the sudden I lost 3 pounds within a 5 day period. This has happened 2 me in the past (I'm sure that I'm not alone here!), after breaking a plateau, my weight loss seems to accelerate and I see a few pounds melt away prett quickly, which as you can imagine, gives me an amazing boost and keeps me motivated to finish my goal!!

Welcome, bama girl and carribeangirl!

Kellost, if you can run a 5K in 29 minutes, you could totally run a 10k! My experience is that when push comes to shove, we can run a whole lot farther than we think. There's lots of great 10k training plans out there... and congrats on the 125! I can't wait to see that (some day...)

Cheryl, don't get down! My scale bounces all around. I had a 3-pound swing last week, too. There was an old Cathy cartoon that said, "If you gain 5 pounds, it's water. If you lose 5 pounds, it's weight." :D

Abby, now it's time for a good, good dinner! Though I'm not one to talk... my parents are here and I'm making fondue for dessert.... :devil:

Hi feather-girls

I'm still newish here so i'm still being amazed by how many of your stories are just exactly like reading about myself!

Like Cherylmn - those plateaus that go forever are just so dull. I had one for about a year!!!!! But really that was because i was pretty strict during the week then slacked off at weekends i think. As i keep harping on about though, i'd ditch the scales and go with the measuring tape if you're exercising lots.

Caribbeangirl - welcome! Yes, your story sounds hugely familiar too! Great you've had the recent losses.

Kellost - big congratulations at getting to your goal weight (even more congrats if it's not your first time and you've done it before!!!) You're not going to ditch us just to hang out in 'Maintainers' section are you?!?

For your next running challenge i'd say have a look at your local race calendar for the next few months, and see what's coming up that you fancy. If it's anything like here there are a few wierd distances kicking around, so it's good to pick out a particular race, rather than training for a particular distance and then trying to find a race to match. Sigh..... Wish my foot would get better so i can get back to running again.

Bamagirl - welcome to you too - you're definitely in the right place. Well done on the 20lb already dumped!

abbyin - well, tell us what you had for lunch then? We want an uncensored version of all the graphic details.

danni - wise words. It's easy to forget how important it is to stop and appreciate that you're actually pretty good where you already are sometimes and that things are fine.

TS7 - would that have been a chocolate fondue last night?? (can hardly bear to read the answer....)

MC - hope things are still good today. How did you go at your social event?

Well 8hrs of driving was my days work today! Drove out to a goldmine, picked up a load of samples to work on in the next few weeks (samples of waste slurry, not gold, unfortunately....) and drove back.

I was grumpy this morning because the scales showed my weight had suddenly gone up 1lb for absolutely no reason. And i was grumpy because i ate a 6" sausage/egg subway that i know was very unhealthy, but i've since got home and looked up the nutritional info and in actual fact i'm pretty much still on target for the day after all. Amazingly. Not only that, i don't feel hungry! So i've perked up a bit, and will try spin class tonight. Or Pump?

Some things are best left unsaid, ange :o

Well yesterday was a disaster (food wise) so I'm moving on today. The sun is out (finally) so maybe I can go for a walk by the lake after work.

Have a great day everyone! :wave:

Oh, Ange, it was chocolate fondue... and it was my undoing. I ate so carefully all day so I would have some calories left. I carefully prepped strawberries and bananas... and a little pound cake for everyone else... and then proceeded to eat, well, way too much pound cake.

Ah, me. :(

Lesson learned. Next time I make fondue (and I make it about once every 8 years) I am only doing fruit.

I don't know if anyone here watches The Biggest Loser, but Daris had me in tears last night. Watching him struggle with binge eating was just heart wrenching. I understand that tendency to self sabotage.

Anyway, I have a day of clean eating ahead of me, and am about to head out on a run. Still sore from either Jillian's butt-kicking on Sunday or the exercise bike on Monday, but sometimes a slow run helps to work that out.

EDITED TO ADD: I shouldn't say I "understand" Daris' tendency to self-sabotage, only that I am familiar with it. :-( Why did he do it? Why do I do it?

Hello, ladies! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

thesame7lbs- I watched that, too, and I was feeling pretty emotional myself. I've been through eating disorders, and sometimes it is easy to forget that binge eating is just as much of an issue as starving or purging.

I'm so glad other people do Jillian's workouts. I love love love the 30DS. I'm currently alternating days with that and Couch to 5k on the treadmill, with a day of light toning and stretching on a Balance Ball on Saturdays. I just got past week one in c25k and am still on level 1 of the 30DS, but it feels so good to finally be getting in shape! I have to say, as long as it isn't excruciating, the soreness is a "good hurt." :)

:goodscale
128, the scales did say.
Same old number,
day after day.
It could be better,
but it could be worse.
However we must agree,
That it sures beats 143.

:coffee: Good Morning Feathers! Having my first cup!

Originally Posted by danni:
:goodscale
128, the scales did say.
Same old number,
day after day.
It could be better,
but it could be worse.
However we must agree,
That it sures beats 143.

:coffee: Good Morning Feathers! Having my first cup!

:bravo: my goodness danni you are poetic for only having your first coffee :lol: