Aw so many tears everyone!!! I can feel I am ready to start my period and I am eating Nutella and rice cakes.

Originally Posted by JossFit:
Speaking of which, I weigh in tomorrow and I'm super curious to see what it says. I definitely had a "visual whoosh" after my unplanned indulgences on the 4th so I'm wondering if I actually had one weight-wise or what. I like how I'm looking right now and my clothes fit great, so that's what matters.

Yeah, I'm quoting myself. :)

116.2lbs this morning... down another .8lbs this week. Perfecto! :carrot:

Go Joss! On a Nutella and rice cake diet....

Mmm Nutella.

I am hanging in there, not really changing much. Friday after work my bf and I went swimming in a creek and later some friends joined us and went out dancing at goth night (yessss), where I had a few Malibu & Diet Cokes. Weighed in at 127.6 yesterday, went to Salvation Army and bought a couple new bottoms (an old pre-vanity-sizing Levi Strauss jean skirt in size 4, and Unionbay juniors' jean shorts in a size 5!!!!!) and a slew of fitted tops, and spent my evening watching mice run around Walmart. Ewwww!

Off to the gym now. I'm still sore as heck after using kettlebells for the first time on Thursday. I think I will force myself to use them again today and see how I feel.

I am literally two pounds from 125 which is kind of a goal number for me, if arbitrary - it sounds nice and round. Why am I too lazy to knock the last couple pounds off? I know exactly what I would have to do - I'm just too lazy to do it.

Originally Posted by krampus:
Off to the gym now. I'm still sore as heck after using kettlebells for the first time on Thursday. I think I will force myself to use them again today and see how I feel.

I love love love kettlebells! Let me know if you need any ideas for circuits or exercises to use them with.

Originally Posted by krampus:
I am literally two pounds from 125 which is kind of a goal number for me, if arbitrary - it sounds nice and round. Why am I too lazy to knock the last couple pounds off? I know exactly what I would have to do - I'm just too lazy to do it.

Because you know that at your size it actually takes a LOT of work to knock off just a couple of pounds. You're happy going out with your friends and enjoying some cocktails and treats on the weekends, and know you'd probably have to cut those out for a week or two to lose those two pounds. Also, like you said, it's an arbitrary number. Will you really feel any different or look any different at 125? Maybe, but again, is that worth the sacrifice it will take to get there right now?

JossFit Oh gosh yes GIVE ME ALL YOUR KETTLEBELL TIPS! :D PM me if you want or post it in Feather weight-lifters or whatever. I would be so grateful! And as for 125, I'd honestly prefer 110 or 115 (my frame size suggests I wouldn't look gaunt at that weight) but you're right - life already feels like a game of Frogger to keep under 128. :P I think I'll keep my goals clothing- and not scale-centric.

Originally Posted by krampus:
JossFit Oh gosh yes GIVE ME ALL YOUR KETTLEBELL TIPS! :D PM me if you want or post it in Feather weight-lifters or whatever. I would be so grateful!

Word, I'll put a few things together for you and drop them in one of those two places. :)

Uuugh, I'm nervous chickies. :( I don't know who saw my story on Friday about the whole dress fiasco, but now that it's all fitted and in the mail it's a done deal.

I am in a weird place now - for the next two weeks I have to maintain my physique like, EXACTLY the way it is now because that dress is satin and fits like a glove. Up until now I had been in a deficit trying to lose the couple of pounds that I had gained on my last trip, but if I continue to eat that way I run the risk of losing more weight, in which case my dress won't fit... so I'm bumping up my calories just a tad.

My concern is bumping them up too much and going the other direction in terms of weight.

I am becoming that person I hate! haha normally I'm the one to tell people not to stress exact calories and blah blah blah, but I have never been in a situation where a particular article of clothing dictated anything. I totally get why brides get all stressed out now!

Just have to take it a day at a time and do my best to eat clean and not switch things up too much. I never thought that would be so hard.

Originally Posted by JossFit:
Uuugh, I'm nervous chickies. :( I don't know who saw my story on Friday about the whole dress fiasco, but now that it's all fitted and in the mail it's a done deal.

I am in a weird place now - for the next two weeks I have to maintain my physique like, EXACTLY the way it is now because that dress is satin and fits like a glove. Up until now I had been in a deficit trying to lose the couple of pounds that I had gained on my last trip, but if I continue to eat that way I run the risk of losing more weight, in which case my dress won't fit... so I'm bumping up my calories just a tad.

My concern is bumping them up too much and going the other direction in terms of weight.

I am becoming that person I hate! haha normally I'm the one to tell people not to stress exact calories and blah blah blah, but I have never been in a situation where a particular article of clothing dictated anything. I totally get why brides get all stressed out now!

Just have to take it a day at a time and do my best to eat clean and not switch things up too much. I never thought that would be so hard.

You CAN do this. Just relax, keep calm, sleep well, drink water, and hang in here when you feel it's becoming too much. you CAN do this. :)

You'll be TOTALLY fine JossFit! What were you doing before the trip? Do that ;)

I'm up to 139 AGAIN after eating my life away in hotdogs, smores, beers, wine and chips in camping. I need to get rid of this cycle ''do super good during the week and than screw up during the weekend''!

Krampus - There you go making perfectly good sense again. :dizzy: I've just realized that I have never really "maintained" before! With the exception of when I am deployed (in which case I'm usually losing a ton of weight because I just can't stop moving) It seems like I'm always coming back from some big vacation and am trying to lose a couple of pounds. When your fiance, best friend, and all of your family live out of the state, that happens a lot...

I like to hang on to my hard earned muscle and actually lose FAT, so my preference is to lose it slowly rather than on some crash diet. Generally by that time I am ready to go on another vacation and start the process all over again. :) Aside from those instances, I generally just check my weight to see where I am, and if I'm losing too much I have a couple of massive cheats and gain a bit so that it evens out... haha.

Actively trying to stay the same weight for a couple of weeks isn't something I've ever really done. It's weird!

Turbo - I know it Chica... I just need to keep doing what I'm doing and not overanalyze things.

Really, all things considered, I'm doing a lot better in terms of stress than a lot of brides seem to be at this point. I'm a little stressed about maintaining my size due to my horrible choice of wedding gowns (Um, satin with a zip closure was a bad idea - It actually looks like my avatar with a halter top, so you can imagine how unforgiving it is!). Thank goodness for the Feather's Chat so I have some place supportive to vent all my neruosis! :D

But enough about me... did you have fun camping?! I know it's a broken record, but you KNOW that some of that (probably most of it) is water weight and will come off in a day or two. Is your goal weight still 140 or has that changed? I mean really, if you are generally happy where you are at, isn't that the best part of maintaining? You can afford to go out and have a few days of indulgences and know that you are only a few days on plan away from being back at goal weight/shape. It's a much needed mental (and a lot of the time physical as well) break from the rigors of daily maintenance.

I say, if it's working for you, there is no reason to change!

Great weekend, way too much food.. especially too much bread. Really want to poop, IT'S NOT HAPPENING. Was 149 this morning, did ok today then had pizza and pasta for dinner. OOOPS. Rearranging furniture and it's 10.30 at night. We just got home a few hours ago, y'know I must be having some sort of carbohydrate induced madness. The house looks funny though.

Catch up soon!

Originally Posted by JossFit:
Turbo - I know it Chica... I just need to keep doing what I'm doing and not overanalyze things.

Really, all things considered, I'm doing a lot better in terms of stress than a lot of brides seem to be at this point. I'm a little stressed about maintaining my size due to my horrible choice of wedding gowns (Um, satin with a zip closure was a bad idea - It actually looks like my avatar with a halter top, so you can imagine how unforgiving it is!). Thank goodness for the Feather's Chat so I have some place supportive to vent all my neruosis! :D

But enough about me... did you have fun camping?! I know it's a broken record, but you KNOW that some of that (probably most of it) is water weight and will come off in a day or two. Is your goal weight still 140 or has that changed? I mean really, if you are generally happy where you are at, isn't that the best part of maintaining? You can afford to go out and have a few days of indulgences and know that you are only a few days on plan away from being back at goal weight/shape. It's a much needed mental (and a lot of the time physical as well) break from the rigors of daily maintenance.

I say, if it's working for you, there is no reason to change!

I do agree that you seem not as stress as the typical bride to be! ;) You are truly handling every situations (food related or not!) like a champ... it's important that you know this right now, because, first : well, it's true! and second : in a important moment of your life, I think it's good that people tells each other ''hey man, you're doing great, I'm proud of you!''

On another subject, camping was AWESOME! Except for friday night, weather was perfect and we went for a terrific hike (I'll try to post some picture tomorrow!). I know there's probably some water weight going on here, so that why I'm not freacking out that much LOL. My initial goal was 140, but around 140, my body isn't exactly what I would like it to be... I felt much more confident around 132-133 lbs, but I did not maintain my weight that long there, it was shortly after I fainted and when I increased my food intake. It's like... I know I need to put more efforts into this if I want to go back under 135, because in a swimsuit, I'm like blehhh when I look at myself, but I don't make the right choices nevertheless. ...wow, sorry, rambling here!!

Leilajey : Glad you had a great weekend, girl!! :)

Jossfit – congrats on the progress! Do you have a color theme for the wedding? I figure if Kate Middleton lost weight pre-wedding any bride of any size can feel self conscious no matter how slim/toned she is.
Crazygurl61 – I was always a Nutella and bread girl – as much as I love the jar, its kinda just OK by itself. I try the overpriced hazelnut chocolate spreads and its nothing like Nutella.
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Krampus – I feel like the desire to get to 125 is sorta like the desire to get from a B+ to an A -, the difference is so tiny but to from a letter grade difference (or in this case to get to the middle of the 120s) can be very tempting
Turbo – I know what you mean about getting into bad cycles. I’ve had so much diet soda that I’m not going near it. Still trying to wean off of diet Snapples.
LeilaJay – I know what you mean about waiting to poo! I usually find that when I finally give up and think “ugh whatever its just not gonna happen” the next day I can go! Haha maybe overthinking it stresses the body and causes constipation.