How's everybody doing so far? I started a new calorie counting regime and have managed to get to 122 already, so I may readjust my goal downward a little bit.
I'm so close to my final goal (115) and only a couple of pounds away from what I'm going to set as my "red line weight" (118)!!! 3FC has totally made this possible, folks. I want to thank you all for your support and how kindly everyone in the feathers group interacts with each other. You guys are the best.
Wow, I have no idea why I was so optimistic when I first posted in here. 123.8 by SPD? Really Chelsey? My goal is to be at 126 by then. Is that doable?? I am currently 130.4. What do you all think?
Wow, I have no idea why I was so optimistic when I first posted in here. 123.8 by SPD? Really Chelsey? My goal is to be at 126 by then. Is that doable?? I am currently 130.4. What do you all think?
I think you can set your goal to whatever you want and just remember not to beat yourself up if you don't meet it. I have been making my goals extremely modest so that I can adjust down rather than feeling sad if I don't meet them. I've been a VERY slow loser (it's taken me about eight months to go from the high 140s to the low 120s), so any scale movement is a victory.
If you want to get to 123, that's about 7 lbs in about 4 weeks, which is just under 2 lbs. per week. Doable? Sure! But you might feel less deprived if you aimed for the 126 at least at first, because that's a much slower rate of loss. You could always compromise and go with about 124.5 or so.
Thanks Kat!! I like your philosophy. I really hope I can stay on plan do it. I cant really tell what my true weight is since I never got TOM and dont know if I have water weight from when I was supposed to have it. Its strange!
I just CANT WAIT for the day that I start noticing it in my legs. I have never stuck with a weight loss plan long enough for it to lose in my legs. I always end up giving up around 128 and that gets rid of face, stomach and a very little from my arms and legs. I am hoping once i start losing past 128, ill really start to see it come off my bottom half!! Fingers crossed
I'm going to go for 124.4 so 3 ish # to go. I'm going to really restrict calories its so hard to lose the last few pounds. I'd love to have a red line of 125 and end up at 120 ish. But I doubt I can get 7 or 8 more off. I was loosing at least 2 # a weeek until I hit 134....
So 124.4 for SPD
I just CANT WAIT for the day that I start noticing it in my legs. I have never stuck with a weight loss plan long enough for it to lose in my legs. I always end up giving up around 128 and that gets rid of face, stomach and a very little from my arms and legs.
Are we the same person? Ha! That's totally me. My face and upper body look markedly different, but my legs seem the same. I know they can't be; my pants don't fit anymore, but in terms of fat composition, it's everything from the keister to the knees that just will NOT let go!
haha omg yes!! I hate it, my thighs, hips and knees!!! I can see the muscle underneath tryiiiiiiinggg to peek out, lol but it just cant without the fat gone!!!
haha omg yes!! I hate it, my thighs, hips and knees!!! I can see the muscle underneath tryiiiiiiinggg to peek out, lol but it just cant without the fat gone!!!
Those poor muscles, all trapped! *hee hee*
I don't know if this helps, but check out your calves. I do notice some nice toning there before I ever notice it in the upper leg. Maybe that'll comfort you until your thighs figure out what's going on.
I'm back to 139 the past few days...it's TOM, so might be why. But I was sad to see no loss but a gain from 138-139 from last Sat-Sat. I was hoping to see 137 to be on track with my SPD goal.
I am starting to think I am doing something wrong. I am definitely staying under 1500 calories and shooting for 1300 now. I was so happy to finally see 138 and it lasted all but a week. I don't get it.
I'm bigger on the bottom half too. I think unless I starve myself into impossible realms of unsustainable skinniness I'll always be "meaty" as far as my legs are concerned. At 126 my thighs still touch when I put my ankles together, even if I'm running quite a bit.
I measured my wrist for the first time today. 5.1 inches. That's a really small frame. No wonder everything is still flopping around and I have so many inches to pinch around the middle.
I'm bigger on the bottom half too. I think unless I starve myself into impossible realms of unsustainable skinniness I'll always be "meaty" as far as my legs are concerned. At 126 my thighs still touch when I put my ankles together, even if I'm running quite a bit.
I measured my wrist for the first time today. 5.1 inches. That's a really small frame. No wonder everything is still flopping around and I have so many inches to pinch around the middle.
Maybe it's less about losing too much more weight and more about just toning what's there? Even when I was down in the low 100s (too small for me, mind you) I still had "flab" in various places. If only I'd just tried to do toning/sculpting exercises back then and tried to get myself to a reasonable weight, I wouldn't be in this yo-yo mode these days. :/
You guys are the best.
