March Weigh In Thread
 

Hello fantastic feathers!

Welcome to March 2015!!!

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~Wayne Dyer

Set your goals, track your weight, track your exercise, or just post in for daily accountability!


Goal - finish the month at 145 (by 3/29 or sooner and through to the end of the month)

Ultimate goal - 123

3/1/15 - 149.8

First Time In
 

Current weight: 160 (yay! pre-pregnancy weight after 3 years)
Waist: 33 in.
Hips: 42 in.

Goals: Finish South Beach Phase 1 (no cheating), healthier snacking, exercise 3x/week

Hopeful: 155 lbs for April weigh-in

Today: veggies and hummus for snack, plus I have some fresh green beans and zucchini for later in the week

3/1: 133.4
3/2: 134

Boo-- I was doing pretty well and then I let my mother's 2-week visit derail me.

March goal -- waiting to see how much of this is water weight -- maybe 130, maybe <130.

Goal for March- 120 lbs on my higher scale
(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

March Goal: reach 123, so that I can reach the teens in April :)

March 1 126.5
March 2 126.5

Thanks for starting the thread, Alexis. Love the set-up:

Set your goals, track your weight, track your exercise, or just post in for daily accountability!

Goals: Lose two pounds. Exercise each day, starting on Monday, until I lose a half-pound for the week. Get a yoga picture book, and familiarize myself with new poses. Take vitamins five days a week, marking the calendar.

Exercise for today: Jogged/walked for 1 hour, with 1/2 hour warm-up/cool down, and did yoga.

Weight: Official last day of Feb weigh-in: 111.4

3/1/15 - 117; 3/2 - 116.6

Making the goals is half the battle! I just made that up, but it may be true. ;) Good luck and God bless, everybody! :broc:

3/1/15 - 149.8
3/2/15 - 149.2

Goal weight for by the end of March----112

Today's weigh in 116.6

First weigh in was Jan 28th 2015----128.6

I have been following a mainly meat and egg diet with low glycemic carbs such as spinach, cucumbers and lettuce----

drinking water, tea, coffee and diet soda

Got in 25 minutes of running today, plus housework- today is vacuuming the downstairs.
I have plans to make zucchini chips later and last night, I got to eat my fresh green beans (yum!)
Still working to finish SB Phase 1; there's a lot of temptation and it's frustrating because my mother-in-law brought home more cookies last night.

March Goal: reach 123, so that I can reach the teens in April

March 1 126.5
March 2 126.5
March 3 127

Tried Pho for the first time yesterday. It was pretty good!
High calorie day in general with a ton of salt.

CrunchyMama - Way to go! And your plan sounds good. Do you mind sharing what South Beach entails, if you feel like it and have time?

Good going on the exercise! And zucchini chips sound SO good! :T

TheSame7lbs - So good to see you! Your name reminds me of something I shared yesterday - that I've lost the same forty pounds more than once. ;)

Jen - I have the same scale situation - one weighs higher than the other. But the difference between the two is not always consistent. Sometimes they're even the same! :dizzy: Truth be told, on official weigh-in days, I will take the better of the two, if I even bother to check the higher one. :D But they are next to each other, and, IIRC, yours are in two completely different locations...

Kifli - I love your goal, maybe just because I love low goals, in general. Lol, that sounds a little funny, doesn't it? :D But I get more success that way, personally, and success sets one up for more success! Or, as a page from an old Spongebob calendar on my office wall says "I am confident in my abilities to successfully succeed"! :broc:

Alexis - You're on a downward spiral - in a good way! ;)

Wedeburn - You're really lost a lot! Glad to hear you're getting the good stuff - veggies, protein, etc. - in your approach. I think those help us remain level in the face of temptation. :dancer:

I am waxing a little philosophical this morning. :D

It's the day-to-day that makes the difference, imo. :mag: I'm not the first one who noticed this, obviously. But it pops into my mind from time to time.

It's good to look forward, and plan for a positive future. But's it's in the nitty-gritty, slogging-through-the-trenches, "What will I do today? Tonight? Right now?" that our goals are brought to fruition.

Looking toward the future helps a lot when one thinks to "How will I feel tomorrow if I do/eat/say this right now?" How I deal with today/right now has a lot to do with how I will feel tomorrow and on down the line.

In March, I want to try and do right now what's best for myself and others in the long run. How can I be both happy now and in the long run? :woohoo:

3/1: 133.4
3/2: 134
3/3: 132.4

Hungerwerks, this may be my new mantra: How can I be both happy now and in the long run? I struggle with bingeing (binging?) or what I think of as compulsive overeating. This little sentence kind of captures the friction between what I want NOW and what I want in the future.

So glad you like it! I struggle with my "off" switch, too. It kind of reminds me of the situation with, say, alcoholics that just can't ever drink again. But we HAVE to be around food and eat food. Thus the necessity for approaches that can help us know when to say "no."

But it's not always "no." We, or I, at least, get SO hungry, that we need to eat or drink something, even if it's not pre-planned. With the "long run" philosophy, we can choose foods or drinks - or both! - that we can nosh, nibble, or even scarf on that will not "break the bank," as it were.

It's our choice, and I think that's delicious. It's empowering, and that, too, will help us in the long run. ;)

Weight: Official last day of Feb weigh-in: 111.4

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

About to go exercise. Thinking about doing DDR (Dance Dance Revolution). Computer is shutting down for the duration! :carrot:

I'm alive! I've been 119-122 for the past month or so. Smooth operations.

March 1: 120.6
March 2: 119.6
March 3: 119.2

Basic South Beach
 

Hunger, very basic South Beach is that for two weeks, you cut out carbs and sugars. This includes the good for you carbs and natural sugars like in fruit. These two weeks are Phase 1 and it's supposed to re-train your body and your brain. It re-trains your body to use the stored fat as an energy source instead of the immediately available carbs and it re-trains your mind to look for different sources of energy. For me, it turns my thinking from "I want breads and pretzels and snack-y food" to "Hummus and carrots sounds like a good snack." You focus on eating good fat, mostly veggies, nuts, and lean meats.

In Phase 2, you introduce natural sugars like the fruit and good for you carbs, like multi-grain bread and pasta back into your diet. You are still trying to avoid refined sugars and carbs, so say no to cheap white bread. You are also pairing those carbs with good fat food. Have that piece of multi-grain bread with a nut butter spread on it. The idea is to slow down the body's processing of the carbs and sugars.

It's worked for me in the past and I'm using it now more to rebalance my diet. I don't eat a great deal of veggies and I've spent too long eating refined sugars and carbs.

3/1/15 - 149.8
3/2/15 - 149.2
3/3/15 - 149.2

Congrats to all of you ladies for such great success!

I am so excited----my lowest weight so far this morning----115.8! Have not been at this weight for over 3 years. I am starting to feel such confidence in my weight loss journey. I now realize sticking to my diet plan is key. No more cheating and no more avoiding the scale! that is what's working for me!

3/1/15 - 149.8
3/2/15 - 149.2
3/3/15 - 149.2
3/4/15 - 149.4 (uggghhH!!!)

Krampus!!! HIIII!!!!! And welcome back!!!!!

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

March Goal: reach 123, so that I can reach the teens in April

March 1 126.5
March 2 126.5
March 3 127
March 4 126.5

Pardon all of the pink in my Avatar & weight loss ticker. I killed the pink Valentine's Day roses the day after I received them. I'm thinking this has something to do with it.

Hunger - Nice perspective :)

Wedeburn - That's awesome news! Congrats on your new low!!!! Woo hoo! :congrat:

Krampus - Welcome - glad you're here! :)

CrunchyMama - thank you for that concise overview. Love how SB turns the focus away from white sugars and breads, and towards veggies and proteins. And the fact that you're already familiar with the approach will help a lot, no doubt! :carrot:

Alexis - no worries! You are fine-tuning, which is necessary for everyone. There's no other way to do it! :hug:

Wedeburn - Congrats on the 115.8!! You say you haven't been that weight in three years - I'd never been that weight before in my life until (the one time when I was sick, which was different) discovering what you are talking about - no cheating and using the scale as one of the best tools for accountability. We have a system! :broc:

Jen - don't know if you believe in BMI, but yours is fantastic! ;)

Kifli - love the new decor! Congrats on maintaining - so many days I would have given my left arm just to maintain (which, ironically enough, would have resulted in a significant weight loss, lol)!

Weight: Official last day of Feb weigh-in: 111.4

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

3/4 - 113.6. Had a good breakfast (meal of the day) post-weigh in. Three fried eggs, two sausage patties, pomegrate and tart cherry juice, Ezekiel sesame bread with butter, and a bag of baby kale blend with garden veggies, sauteed, then sprayed with vinegar (forgot to put them in with eggs, so had to take emergency measures). Will be jogging/walking in about 45 minutes! :broc:

One thing I've noticed about my weight loss - it seems to be more difficult when I eat grains. This week, I ate couscous, which I love. That was the point four loss (117 to 116.6), which, based on past history, should have been much closer to a pound. The same thing may have happened in the last week of February, with another point four pound loss which, based on keeping records for quite a while, should have been closer to a pound, after eating brown rice.

This is a good reason for me to try to substitute something else, like veggies, for some or all of the grains. I got one of these for Christmas, and it should be helpful along those lines. Can't wait to try it! I just have to find it first...;)

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...a8bcffee46.jpg

Hey HW! I have the vegetti and LOVE it. I use it to turn zucchini into "faux" spaghetti.

I have noticed on my journey, that I stall or lose verrrrry slowly when I eat grains. It stinks bc I truly love couscous and pasta! Oh well, like you, this weight loss is paramount to me right now. I can forgo grains for a bit longer. It really hasn't bothered me for the past month or so.....I have not had any grains since the beginning of January.

When I was younger, I would diet and when something big was coming up like a vacation or a cruise, I would lose a few extra pounds----like for instance, if I liked to be 105, I would get down to 102 before the event, so that I could eat cake or fettucine alfredo or something else delicious while I was celebrating. And it worked out perfectly. I intend to implement that plan in the months to come. I will try to get to goal, and "when!" I do, I will lose a few extra when I want to splurge. Then I don't feel deprived.

LOVE that Veggetti! Nice idea! May have to get one!

Also like that idea of losing a few in order to maintain....thanks for the idea Wedeburn :)

3/1: 133.4
3/2: 134
3/3: 132.4
3/4: 131.4

I got down to 130.5 a few weeks ago, but let it s l o w l y creep back up to 135. I really need to re-focus and just stop dragging my feet right now.

3/4: 135

Kifli - loving the avatar.

HW - not sure on the veggetti... too healthy looking for me haha

v - don't worry about the gain, it's a new day just get back on it! :)

TS7 - great work!!!

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

Starting weight in January - 85kg
Current weight - 81.6kg
End of March goal - 78kg

Feb 23 - 83kg (-2kg)
March 3 - 81.6kg (-1.4kg)


I've been trying really hard to maintain my healthy eating/binge free diet and so far it is working. (I usually give in after a few days)

I really hope I can keep the momentum. I've bought a crosstrainer and having it around has really helped me achieve at least a little bit of fitness everyday.

Goodluck everyone! Lets make this month a good one.

You Can't Fool the Scale - That's Why I Avoided It!
 

Thanks for sharing that about grains. I was wondering if my experience was unusual, but, from what I've read, it's not. I guess the scientific term is "sticky," lol. At least, that's what I call them. Maybe that's why they call these type of foods "stick to your ribs"! Clean foods, like veggies and fruits, are processed more efficiently, perhaps, and don't leave any traces lying around that aren't needed for fuel.

When I read your second paragraph, I thought "She is a naturally skinny person!" At least compared to me. I was 117 in high school, and have fought overweight since then. I definitely never decided to be 105 or 102, until the last three years.

Know why? Because that would have entailed using a scale. Now, the scale is my best tool. Even though sometimes, like this morning, it does NOT give me good news (and one of them was a little wonky - more about all that later).

Happy Thursday! :carrot:

That's a big jump down, from yesterday to today. Congrats! :broc:

Glad you're here! It all starts with a data point... ;)

Amazing workout, Jen! :carrot:

Another fine feathered friend - yay! :broc: You have really lost a lot since January - your dedication paid off. :) And a crosstrainer - I actually had to look that up. Do you mind sharing how that is different from an elliptical, if you feel like it and have time?

O. k., I'm officially dubbing my approach the "Scientific Method Diet." I dont' advise anyone else to adopt my exact regimen, because personalization is key.

The good thing about the Scientific Method Diet (ScMD) is that it is based on cold, hard facts (e. g., scale readings, observations of what works and what doesn't). Conversely, the bad thing about ScMD is that it is based on cold, hard facts!

Bad news for today: I weighed in at 112.6. My goal weight for this week is 111, straight up. So, in order to hit my half-pound loss for the week, and NOT have to do an excessive amount of exercise, either today or tomorrow, I'm going to do another quasi fast today. I say "quasi" because I am going to have a cup of coffee with stevia and one tablespoon heavy cream, and maybe a piece of the old Bubble Yum I found in my desk, lol (found several packages, actually - but when they're gone, they're gone :p).

This is the tail end of my weight loss. At 111 pounds, I will have, at most, 10 pounds left to lose. Hubby has been telling me, oh, so helpfully, "That will be harder to lose than the other weight." Why doesn't he just give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice in it (Princess Bride reference)? But he was right, dagnabit!

Can I deal if I have to quasi fast one day a week? YES. DEFINITELY. The alternative is to be a weight I don't want to be, and that time is over, and I'm SO over that time. We're done. So, day of fasting, here I come. I have a lot to do anyway, and that will free up, ironically, a TON of time! :broc:

hi thread!

3/4: 135
3/5: 135 <- back on moderate/low carb diet