Hi there,

How is everybody doing in June? I am a little upset with my weight at the moment, but trying to stay positive and keep going.

I lost from 140-132lb by counting calories, then decided to try intuitive eating to lose last pounds…didn’t happened for me, thought I maintained with zero effort.

Then I decided to switch to low carb to lose last few pounds. Great success! In 1 month from 132-129 lb…left to cottage with hubby for long weekend, eat some bread, 1 ice cream, 1 fish and chips and came back home after 4 days with 135 lb and realization that I can’t low carbing my whole life as I married to Italian man who cooks, so it is basically road to divorce if I will skip all his pastas and bread….

I tried different diet plans because calculating calories takes too much time, but here I am back on truck with 1,200 cal /day and run for 30 min on Saturday and daily walks for an hour….no easy way out for me.

Any ways, welcome to June and good luck with weight loss to all of you!

Happy June!

Good luck with those last few, onthedietagain! I'm sure it will come off eventually. I could never do low-carb. I love bread too much! Then again, I'm here because I loved everything too much... :P

I'm still hanging out at 138ish. I'm hoping to get myself out of the 130's this month... It's so hard to believe I'm just 18 lbs from my goal weight... still.

Those last few are for sure hard, but persistence will pay off. I had to get creative, too, to get off the last few pounds. I also could never do low-carb (like atkins or SB) but I do try to keep my carbs to under 100g/day. Not always easy, but does allow for bread if I want it.

I'm back under 120 (119.6 this morning) so I guess my week-long crash diet worked. But I can't run on oatcakes and pina colada forever, lol.

Just popping in to say to all of you who did well in May... and that I HOPE June is a better month for me than May!

I have to figure out what is going wrong for me. I am in maintenance/slow re-gain mode. I am 6 lbs up from my low at the end of March - at around 145. Ugh. Actually, most of what is going on is pure laziness. I plan and I don't follow through. I let myself get too hungry then eat whatever is quick, NOT whatever I had planned that requires some preparation. I say I'm going to go running "later" and then I'm too hungry/it's too hot/I'm too tired, etc. etc.

The main problem for me is that I know what I should be doing, but I'm not doing it. <sigh>

I'm working on meal-planning (by the week) and an exercise schedule that is hard to weasel out of.

Extra motivation: I am going on a hiking vacation in July and I need to be able to keep up with my (all younger and more fit) travel companions!!

I hope June is fantastic for all us feathers! I'm not even setting a goal except to follow through with all my great plans .

Did you all hear that? That loud BOUNCE sound? It was my scale -- getting down to 126.6 yesterday just to BOUNCE back up to 128 today. Grrrr!

Might have had something to do with that big shrimp boil on Monday night.

Today was a rest day so tomorrow I will hit the road to get rid of that pound... and maybe a few more so I don't keep BOUNCING over my goal weight.

Danni, at the end of the last thread you said you were hanging on by a thread. You can do it! You know what to do... you've taken a bit of a break... now you can take a deep breath and re-commit! We're rooting for you!

And good luck to all you feather out there. Let's make June our month!

the same - that's a good name for this moring. we are at the same number - 128. I did hear a strange sound - good luck on bouncing back down the scale. I did hit 126 a month ago - but that is when I bounced back and got stuck on 128. Yesterday was my low day. I have been fighting that scale going back up. Like Emma I know I am doing it to myself.
But after I posted I felt better and pulled the stepper out of the corner and worked all day to get 10,000 steps. I did it and feel much better today.

So I am going to try for another good day. I have accepted staying at 128 for the summer. I bought size 8 capris for my vacation and they are not tight at all - even a little loose in the waist. I gave away all my 6's about 2 years ago. So some toning up and a few more pounds and I'm good to go.

I am so glad for all the friends I have met on this website. Posting everyday - happy, sad, or mad, is what is going to keep me on this lifelong plan to be and stay healthy.

I got a when I needed one --- so I'm sending you one too --- I know you're there --- come on join in!

hello girls, so sorry I am MIA from you wonderful Feathers... I read the thread every day but don't always have time to post... You are all an inspiration, I did not do well in May only myself to blame though...

Here's to June and Summer ...

Went to see Sex in the City 2 last night with DD we liked it... I love the fashions, not that I would ever, ever wear those types of outfits, but they sure are fun to watch...

Hello all, it's Joan, slinking back after an unsuccessful May. No, I did not reach my Memorial Day goal. I attended my special event squeezed into a Spanx as usual, looked chubby in new dress I had to carefully shop for. Hate the way I look in the photos. Bleh! I'm so sick of this.

Funny thing is, I do feel I've cut back significantly on the eating and bingeing since spring. In my youth, that would have been enough for me to drop ten pounds in a month. Now, at 50? All it does is prevent me from gaining MORE weight. Oh well, got that going for me at least.

Back on the horse, let's ride!

Hello everyone.

the same7lbs - ha that made me chuckle out loud. Embarrassing for me. Don't worry you know that you can reach your goal now. And soon 'the bounce' will settle down to around 127.

I feel like I'm sabotaging myself. I am so close and yesterday I went out drank loads and to top it all got a 2am burger and fries!

I want this, so why am I being so stupid? The burger was good though. The scales was kind to me this morning, I only put on .2 lbs. Maybe it's a fan of burgers too? That or all the dancing paid off.

Boo. The 12th is plenty of time to lose 2.2lbs.

Hopefully we won't be featherweights in July we'll be maintainers!

Good Morning,
127.5
2 days of being reasonable about eating - working my way back to being better and shooting for good and then on to great!!!

Much improvement in mood this morning.
This is my last day of babysitting the grandsons - school is out.
Leave for 2 week Texas vacation on Sunday.

Joan - I hear you about the "harder to lose when your older" part - so true!

Hope we all have a good day!

Danni, we must be on the same path... I'm at 127.6 this morning! Glad to see the scale moving in the right direction again.

I find myself spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about this pound here or that pound there. When the scale goes down, I wonder, am I dehydrated? When it goes up, I think, was it that salty meal, or did that bread make me bloat, or too many diet sodas (I read this whole article about things that can make you bloat -- I had them all on Monday), or did I just not really lose that pound in the first place? I know I'm not eating enough calories to gain, so it drives me a little bonkers -- even though I know that the body is so complex, weight loss (or even gain, for that matter) is not a simple equation or a straight line.

Decided to start working some ground flaxseed into my diet. Omega-3s and all that. Had some on my cereal and it didn't affect the taste, or maybe it was even better. I'm going to bake some banana bread later and will mix some in.

Also broke down and ordered a food scale last night. Lurking on the maintainers forum, I faced the fact that this is not a project with a start date and an end date. A start date, yes (April 9, 2010!) but it really never ends. While I hope to be able to loosen up on the calorie-counting eventually, I know I will need to be strict, especially December-February. Hopefully next winter will be our last cold one (ever!) as we are seriously thinking of moving to San Diego next summer. Yea!

Hi girls .... i will join you all this time around.

Well I am 5 pounds away from my goal, I do not know yet were I will like to maintain , can either way 129 - 125 or 125 - 120 , but before i make my decision i have to be at my goal.

I star this week chalean extreme , i want to lose 2 more inch on my waist lol.

Bye

Haven't posted in a while--I'm doing okay. Didn't have a super great loss for May--right around 6 lbs. I know I'm doing it to myself--I've upped my average daily calories to about 1700-1750. I'm just getting so tired of being in weight loss range, and I'm working out so much I feel like my body is genuinely hungry. I want to be eating to fuel my body so I can enjoy all of this awesome health and fitness I've earned, and not be cold and tired and having to turn down outings with friends that an extra 300 calories would let me enjoy. My body is looking awesome--I'm in a size 8 and wearing a bikini, and getting compliments all the time. I just want this last little bit off of my belly.

It's hard because it seems like you ladies are all soooo close, less than 10 lbs. away, and I still have a good 10 lbs. to go. The temptation to stop and just let my exercising shape my body is so strong! That being said, congrats on those of you that are doing so well I can't imagine being ONE POUND away from goal! What a rush!

I'm hoping to get back on track during June. I can't say for certain how much I weigh at the moment because I'm actually too scared to get on my scales and find out! I've gained so much over the past couple of weeks (whilst I had no access to my scales to warn me as soon as I started gaining) I want to be down to 130 lbs by the end of the month, and I think I'm a maximum of about 140 at the moment. I'm not one for crash diets but I'm hoping to get pretty intense this month. If I can get down to 130 lbs I'm only 10 lbs away from my goal weight, and that would be great!