[Alexistrophic]

HW - Looking at your signature, you've come so far! Here's hoping for your .5 lb loss. (lol at the Richard Simmons tape... Hey, whatever works!)

3/1/15 - 149.8
3/2/15 - 149.2
3/3/15 - 149.2
3/4/15 - 149.4
3/5/15 - 149.4
5/6/15 - 147.4
5/7/15 - 149.2
5/8/15 - xxx.x
5/9/15 - xxx.x
5/10/15 - xxx.x
5/11/15 - 149.2
5/12/15 - 149.4

[crunchymama]

3/5: 158.5
3/12 (Thursday is an OFFICIAL weigh-in day): 157

Oh my gosh, I remember Richard Simmons videos. Not to make you feel old or anything Hunger, but I remember my mom doing these when I was around 10.

When I look at my weight loss week to week, I feel a lot better. The scale hasn't moved a lot since Monday, but I have to remind myself that in phase 2, I will go back to 1-2 lbs a week instead of 4-5lbs. At Phase 1 got me past that plateau of 166/165

[HungerWerks]

Originally Posted by Alexistrophic

HW - Looking at your signature, you've come so far! Here's hoping for your .5 lb loss. (lol at the Richard Simmons tape... Hey, whatever works!)

3/1/15 - 149.8
3/2/15 - 149.2
3/3/15 - 149.2
3/4/15 - 149.4
3/5/15 - 149.4
5/6/15 - 147.4
5/7/15 - 149.2
5/8/15 - xxx.x
5/9/15 - xxx.x
5/10/15 - xxx.x
5/11/15 - 149.2
5/12/15 - 149.4

Thanks so much! I'm so hungry now, but I'm telling myself "This is what skinny feels like."

I ended up not doing the Richard Simmons workout because it seemed too mild. Instead, I did the Jillian Michaels' "Fitness Ultimatum 2010" AND Kathy Smith's "Fat Burning Breakthrough"! Here's hoping that I don't have to exercise at all in the morning. Not sure I can after all that!

[HungerWerks]

Originally Posted by crunchymama

3/5: 158.5
3/12 (Thursday is an OFFICIAL weigh-in day): 157

Oh my gosh, I remember Richard Simmons videos. Not to make you feel old or anything Hunger, but I remember my mom doing these when I was around 10.

When I look at my weight loss week to week, I feel a lot better. The scale hasn't moved a lot since Monday, but I have to remind myself that in phase 2, I will go back to 1-2 lbs a week instead of 4-5lbs. At Phase 1 got me past that plateau of 166/165

What makes me feel old is the fact that it's a VCR tape, lol! But I probably bought it in the last 10 years or so.

Week-to-week is how I look at my losses, too. It would be an emotional rollercoaster if I paid too much attention to the daily gains and losses. My gains can be, erm, pretty high!

Congrats on the weigh-in!

[JenFZ09]

Goal for March- 120 lbs on my higher scale/20-25 miles per week
(118-122 lb)
Lower Scale- 1 lb less

3/1/15 121.2 lbs (LS)
3/2/15 121.8 lbs ran 4 miles, walked 1
3/3/15 121.7 lbs
3/4/15 121.8 lbs ran 5 miles, walked 1
3/5/15 120.5 lbs shoveled snow
3/6/15 119.8 lbs ?? I have no idea why my weight is going down
3/7/15 120.8 lbs (LS) ran 4 miles
3/8/15 121.4 lbs (LS) ran 4 miles
3/9/15 122.4 lbs
3/10/15 122.4 lbs
3/11/15 121.7 lbs
3/12/15 121.7 lbs
3/13/15 121.5 lbs
3/14/15 121.2 lbs (LS)
3/15/15 120.6 lbs (LS) ran 5.5 miles
3/16/15 122.1 lbs
3/17/15 121.6 lbs TENURE!! Whoo!!
3/18/15 120.9 lbs
3/19/15 121.2 lbs

[vabs]

3/4: 135
3/5: 135 <- back on moderate/low carb diet
3/6: 134.25
3/7: 134
3/8: 134.25 <- I should maybe watch my salt intake a bit more lol
3/9: 133.75
3/10: 133.5
3/11: 133.5
3/12: 133.25

[Alexistrophic]

3/1/15 - 149.8
3/2/15 - 149.2
3/3/15 - 149.2
3/4/15 - 149.4
3/5/15 - 149.4
5/6/15 - 147.4
5/7/15 - 149.2
5/8/15 - xxx.x
5/9/15 - xxx.x
5/10/15 - xxx.x
5/11/15 - 149.2
5/12/15 - 149.4
5/13/15 - 149.8

[thesame7lbs]

3/1: 133.4
3/2: 134
3/3: 132.4
3/4: 131.4
3/5: 131.4
3/6: 131
3/7: 131
3/8: 131.8 well that's a bummer
3/9: 132.2 not enjoying this trend
3/10: 132
3/11: 133.8
3/12: 132.2
3/13: 131.8
3/14: 134

Lots of stress eating this week. Yesterday was the worst binge I've had in a while. I need to make it through the next 2 weeks without letting that happen again.

On the upside, I've been going to barre classes for the past 2 weeks and can already see changes in my legs. As a runner I always assume my legs are strong, but barre has targeted muscles I didn't even know I had!

[thesame7lbs]

3/1: 133.4
3/2: 134
3/3: 132.4
3/4: 131.4
3/5: 131.4
3/6: 131
3/7: 131
3/8: 131.8 well that's a bummer
3/9: 132.2 not enjoying this trend
3/10: 132
3/11: 133.8
3/12: 132.2
3/13: 131.8
3/14: 134
3/15: 132
3/16: 133.2 bleh

[HungerWerks]

Weight: Official last Feb weigh-in: Friday, 2/27/15 - 111.4

3/01/15 - 117; 3/02 - 116.6; 3/03 - 114.3

3/4 - 113.6; 3/5 - 112.6

Official Weigh Day - Friday, March 6: 110.8

3/8 - 118.1 (over a pound above last Sunday's post Up Days weight); 3/9 - 115.9; 3/10 - 114.8 (half a pound above last Tuesday's weight). 3/11 - 113 (point six pounds down from the same time last week); 3/12 - 112.6 (same as same time last week).

Official weigh-in: Friday, March 13 - 110.6!

So, for the first time (not including 2015 Christmas/birthday holiday season), I did not make my half-pound loss goal. The reason is because I was going on a trip that day, and did not have time to work out more than once, so I settled for a point four pound loss (from the true goal the week before, which was 111.0).

But it's not really a viable weight-loss plan if I have to work out for two or three hours to hit my goal. So...

I am going to stop having "free" calories. I will still get all the calories I'm supposed to in a week - 7700 calories - but the down days before reaching goal will be strictly 500 calories a day. My "free" calories were adding up - to up to 330 calories a day, in addition to the 500.

The party is over, and I've instituted a "calorie doc" on the front of Word, so I can record calories quickly and easily. And, besides, it doesn't take that long to document 500 calories!

Great news, though: I'm three pounds down today from this time last week! That's because of a very busy weekend with the Grandbaby. AND...when you're at someone else's home, you tend to not stuff your face like you usually might.

Thanks so much to everyone for your support!

[vabs]

sorry I've been mia for a few days here! but there's nothing much to report. I tend to lose nothing for a long time, then a few pounds all at once. so here's hoping I'll break out of the 130s soonish.

3/4: 135
3/5: 135 <- back on moderate/low carb diet
3/6: 134.25
3/7: 134
3/8: 134.25 <- I should maybe watch my salt intake a bit more lol
3/9: 133.75
3/10: 133.5
3/11: 133.5
3/12: 133.25
3/13: 133
3/14: 133 <-started lifting weights again
3/15: 133.25
3/16: 133
3/17: 133
3/18: 132.75

[thesame7lbs]

3/1: 133.4
3/2: 134
3/3: 132.4
3/4: 131.4
3/5: 131.4
3/6: 131
3/7: 131
3/8: 131.8 well that's a bummer
3/9: 132.2 not enjoying this trend
3/10: 132
3/11: 133.8
3/12: 132.2
3/13: 131.8
3/14: 134
3/15: 132
3/16: 133.2 bleh
3/17: 133?
3/18: 131.4

[HungerWerks]

Lots of downward trends here - yay!

I'm freaking out because my goal for tomorrow is 110 straight up, and I was 112.4 this morning, and 112 after an hour of scrubbing my car and hauling recycleables. Now off to gym, where I'm going to a yoga class for the first time - exciting! - and then will probably hit the elliptical/cross trainer until I drop of sheer exhaustion.

Wish me luck!

[crunchymama]

Oh, bleh
Today's weigh-in came in at 159.5, which is 2 lbs over last week. And I've been good (except for one cookie), so I'm hoping that the gain is because of that time of the month. I'm due in 3 days. Either that or stress; my job officially starts on Monday and it's really going to shake out our family in terms of time together and what-not. Being part of a pastor's family also means that a great deal of our free time is already committed elsewhere and the coming weeks are looking very hectic.
Trying to take it one day at a time and not lash out at people just because they don't do things my way.

[omnomgirl]

Originally Posted by HungerWerks

Lots of downward trends here - yay!

I'm freaking out because my goal for tomorrow is 110 straight up, and I was 112.4 this morning, and 112 after an hour of scrubbing my car and hauling recycleables. Now off to gym, where I'm going to a yoga class for the first time - exciting! - and then will probably hit the elliptical/cross trainer until I drop of sheer exhaustion.

Wish me luck!

HungerWerks, it's great that you're trying yoga! I love yoga. Not sure how much it really helps me lose weight in terms of calories burned (probably not much), but I love all the other benefits it brings. I don't lift weights, so that's how I tone and build muscle. And the calming, soothing effects and mindfulness practice stay with me the rest of the day.

I roped my mom and my sister into doing a 30 day yoga challenge with me. Every day, we call each other at 8pm, and if we haven't fit in our daily yoga video yet, we have to drop everything and do it. It's been pretty effective so far.

First classes can be challenging because you don't know what's going on, but stick with it!