Why ARE the 140's so tough? I sped to the bottom of them (going from 152 to 143 in about a month) and then just stalled...the next 3 pounds took almost 2 months and I hit 139 right before Christmas. But as I said, I keep bouncing back up. I was 140.2 this morning.
My body loves certain weights and one is 142...I stayed at 142 for several years despite eating whatever I wanted to eat...every time I weighed I was exactly 142. I even started doing loads of exercise and went down a pants size and still stayed at 142. It was akward because everyone was commenting on my "weightloss" when there wasn't any!!!
I did break out to about 135 by upping my exercise again and going vegan. But I quickly shot back up to 150 (my heavy weight) when i stopped the exercise due to gradschool and not having any time for it all.
I haven't been anything less than the 130's since I don't know when. Maybe 2004. In college it was easy for me to stay at 115, but I was eating a pretty small / limited diet due to having no time or money for food (lots of skipped meals, lots of salad, a granola bar was a meal for me, stuff like that) I don't know that it will ever be that easy for me again.
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Why ARE the 140's so tough? I sped to the bottom of them (going from 152 to 143 in about a month) and then just stalled...the next 3 pounds took almost 2 months and I hit 139 right before Christmas. But as I said, I keep bouncing back up. I was 140.2 this morning.
My body loves certain weights and one is 142...I stayed at 142 for several years despite eating whatever I wanted to eat...every time I weighed I was exactly 142. I even started doing loads of exercise and went down a pants size and still stayed at 142. It was akward because everyone was commenting on my "weightloss" when there wasn't any!!!
I did break out to about 135 by upping my exercise again and going vegan. But I quickly shot back up to 150 (my heavy weight) when i stopped the exercise due to gradschool and not having any time for it all.
I haven't been anything less than the 130's since I don't know when. Maybe 2004. In college it was easy for me to stay at 115, but I was eating a pretty small / limited diet due to having no time or money for food (lots of skipped meals, lots of salad, a granola bar was a meal for me, stuff like that) I don't know that it will ever be that easy for me again.
I swear, I can't understand it either.. I know a have plenty of fat left on these thighs that my body could take from but it insists on holding on until it cant anymore. I have been eating mostly vegetables because I just dont have a taste for meat. I still eat fish and crab every so often.. and mostly because I feel guilty about maybe not having enough protein. But turkey, chicken, etc just makes me not feel so great afterward. Bleh! So I have been trying to do what my body wants instead of forcuing myself to eat something because "XYX"...
In a few weeks I plan to try Amy's Kitchen Diet and see if that helps me. Portion controlled..and takes the guess work out of thinking about what to eat for a couple of weeks. There are a couple of different plans, so maybe I can take a stab at the vegan plan and see how I like that. I am all for sshaking things up. I have pretty much had to do that during MY WHOLE weightloss journey just to get where I am now!
That's why I constantly log on here and search through to see what has worked for others. I understand everyone is different, but to me... if I stay that the same weight for far too long, then I feel like a CHANGE is needed..
I have been bouncing between 144.5 and 145.5 daily and it is making me crazy. I just want to never see 145 again and every time I think it's gone, it rears its ugly head.
I have been bouncing between 144.5 and 145.5 daily and it is making me crazy. I just want to never see 145 again and every time I think it's gone, it rears its ugly head.
Me too! The last few weighins I have been at 145-146 and its killing me! The old me would have found a quick fad diet to lose a few pounds quick but I try my best not to do that and just stick to my plan... but sheeessh! The 140's really tests a girl's patience!
It looks like we have the almost same stats. I am almost 5'6" and I weighed 154lbs at my heaviest. For the past 4 years, I would come close to 140 but have never been able to go past it. I am really determined to get to the 130's this time around.
Hi nina125!
About numbers that our bodies love... mine is 142.6. I think I've seen that number most frequently over the last 5 years. I wanted to give up and make it my new comfortable weight for my 30s (I'm 31) but my younger brother (still in his early 20s) gave me a loving scolding for being lazy. So here I am, at it again, trying to huff back to 135 and hopefully stay there until we decide to have kids in the next year or two. I'm already scared of the weight gain that comes from being pregnant. I think I can share that on here. I dare not mention this fear front of my friends because they will think I'm nuts.
The number I want to see is 134.5 but I don't know why the scale refuses to agree with me.
I was down to 136, but yesterday at the doc's I weighed 142. Now granted, it was at the end of the day, clothes, TOM, post vacation-pig outs and lots of sodium..... So, I'm thinking I'm probably right around 140. Grrrrr..... I'm not weighing myself at home until next weekend. My doctor called me petite. I said to her "I don't really think you can call someone who's 5'7" and 142 lbs petite." She said "Ok, maybe not petite, but you're skinny." If she was a guy, I would have professed my love. Lol! Anyway, I've undone 2/3rds of what I've done in the last 3 months. I feel like it's going to take me until the end of the summer to get under 135. So frustrating.
Don't trust the doctor's scales, they're all screwed up. I've always been told to stick to the one scale. 5'7" and 142 is a pretty good weight. Of course, 135 is better but if you've been there before, you can do it again. And it's not going to take you till the summer.
i need to say I belong in this group too. About 5 years ago, I was my heaviest at 173 (I am only 5"2"). Last February 09 I got to my lowest in a long time, that being 148. I was really fairly happy there (at age 61). Well Christmas and the holidays came and went and low and behold I went back up to 156. For the past month, I have been working really hard exercising and calorie counting/ carb avoiding and am down to 152 (as of yesterday). I am working on getting down to 139 by this summer (hopefully before). So I will definitely be watching and participating in this thread. (I love all of your tickers-I cound not figure out how to make one for myself). Good luck to all of us.
About numbers that our bodies love... mine is 142.6. I think I've seen that number most frequently over the last 5 years. I wanted to give up and make it my new comfortable weight for my 30s (I'm 31) but my younger brother (still in his early 20s) gave me a loving scolding for being lazy. So here I am, at it again, trying to huff back to 135 and hopefully stay there until we decide to have kids in the next year or two. I'm already scared of the weight gain that comes from being pregnant. I think I can share that on here. I dare not mention this fear front of my friends because they will think I'm nuts.
The number I want to see is 134.5 but I don't know why the scale refuses to agree with me.
Orthodiva, I'm with you on the weight gain during pregnancy. I am struggling to lose for my wedding, and we plan to start trying to get pregnant in the next 2 years (I am also 31). I feel like as soon as I get to my wedding goal, within the next year or two I'll be pregnant and up to 200...
I've never been much over 150 no matter how little I exercise/how much I eat, yet I think pregnancy will change that. Don't think I'm crazy, but it's one reason I want to be below my goal, so when/if I do get preggo I have some more wiggle room to gain.
You sound like me! I dont know what I will do when I see 13X.. but I definitely think it deserves a National Holiday! It just seems such a HUGE accomplishment for me that its hard to even think that I coud get there!
What have you been doing to get yourself down to 144? Calorie counting and exercise?
Just calorie counting and eating mostly healthy foods (whole grains, lean meats, fish, lots of veggies, fruit when I crave sugar, all water). I'd like to say that I'm exercising often, but I'd be lying. I must have some amazing metabolism, because I'm losing a lot of weight whether or not I exercise.
****, I even had a three month period where I got complacent and started eating unhealthy again- out to eat with friends, coke every few days, ice cream, etc, and I was still losing weight, albeit much, much slower.
Hopefully I won't get caught up around the 140-145 mark, though, because that seems to be where most women start to plateau. I just want to be in the 130's... I don't even care if it's 139, it makes all the difference in the world to me! :P
The thing with pregnancy weight is a lot of it is psychological.
I found out I was pregnant in March 2007, after I had gone from 213 to 144 - ALMOST at my then goal weight of 140.
My brain went "Yay - I don't have to diet any more and I don't have to look thin!!" So I went stupid, blamed all my weekly weight gain on being pregnant and by the end of the first three months, instead of the recommended 4 lb gain, I had gained 25 lb!
After that, I ate far more sensibly and gained pretty much the recommended amount for the rest of my pregnancy, but that was on top of the stupid gain, so at the end I had to lose it again!
If you can keep on top of it for the first three months, eat at your maintenance level, as a pea sized baby does not need twice your daily amount of calories, then you should manage to gain a sensible amount.
I have had two pregnancies and pigged my way through both of them so it's easy for me to SAY, not so easy to do.
It took me nine months to lose my pregnancy weight after my second pregnancy - nine months on and nine months off. If I ever do get pregnant again I will be VERY careful not to put that much on again.
yay! back down to 145 this morning after TOM finally left. unfortunately, 5 more pounds til im out of the 140's and i work all weekend so no time to go to the gym.
I agree that the 140's are a pain in the butt. I was thinking back on this time last year, when was pretty much in the same spot as i am now, and it seems like once i got into the 130's they went by really fast, but the 140's werent like that.
so i guess we just gotta keep going. i feel like my body wants to let go of the extra weight, i just need to get more strict about my eating, cuz thats where i seem to always sabotage myself.
Hope you ladies are doing good, im off to work
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hey everyone! i've been gone from from this board for the last few weeks but I'm definitely stuck in the 140s..every few days its one step forward and two steps back for me. I feel like I always sabotage myself. Yesterday I was freaking jumping for joy. I was 138.8..today 140.00 but I ate a bunch of candy and brownies so I know it did it to myself. Everytime I hit 138-139 I end up backing up to 140-141. I'm stuck in a horrible cycle. I wanted to be 137 this month so that I could confidently feel out of the 140s but now today on the last day of the month I end up at 140. This is my body's comfortable weight and its a struggle to get out of here. :-/ I don't know...just feeling down today.
Well, it seems like my bouncing has moved to 142.5-144. I haven't seen 145 for a few days (knock on wood). Hopefully this is a good downward slide to stay and not the scale messing with me.
I can totally relate to you. For the past 4 years I have been stuck at 142-141 but have never been able to break past it. All I have to do is to smell a chinese takeout and gain all the weight overnight, and then I spend the next month working my butt off to get back to 142. It is so fustrating.
My husband & I have been talking about having kids in the next year or so. And I am determined to break past the 140's because I am scared that I will gain a ton of weight during pregnancy and never be able to lose it. I guess this is kinda like a trial run to show myself that I can lose all this weight. When I tell my family or friends this, they look at me like I belong in a straight jacket! sigh
