thanks!

I seem to be going in the wrong direction!!! I stepped on the scale, and it was fluctuating on 179/178 so I stepped off before it would set on a number...
We went for a movie and pizza, and I ended up having about 1720 calories, but I did burn over 300 in my workout.

This is hard. I really don't want to go back to the 180 thread!

Turtle dont be too hard on yourself...I always gain a pound or 2 when I eat pizza. It has alot of carbs and salt which makes me (at least) gain some water weight. Stay the course...

Yesterday ladies I hit 175...so I'd like to lose 1 pound before my time of the month (TOM) comes... I usually have crazy food cravings during this time so I am just focusing on eating clean and weight lifting/cardio is on point this upcoming week.

IF I hit 174, I'll celebrate with a single serving of Ben and Jerry's choc fudge ice cream.

Keep up the good work ladies

So my Weight watchers weigh in was today, and I was 180.0 which is up 2.2 lbs from last week. I was at a wedding last night, didn't indulge too much. I stayed totally away from the hors d'oeuvres, had half of dinner, no bread, but went a little crazy at the cookie tray at the very end of the night. I even stuck with soda and lime instead of alcohol. Oh well… I’m gonna stay strong, and I think I’ll be slightly devious and stay with the 170s for a couple days to see what happens.
Hope everyone is doing well !!

Back in Feb of THIS YEAR, I was about 152 lbs, still losing weight /gaining muscle. Then I had an oops with my bf in April, and took Next Step (morning after pill).
Biggest mistake EVER.
MY WEIGHT JUMPED 25 lbs IN 6 WKS!!!
Now i'm having a **** of a time getting back to where I was then (bf is no help; he thinks I "look fine". Whatever, I really don't.), and am consumed with worry about what this is doing to my health. I'm miserable at this weight, nothing fits, the bathing suit I bought for my 35th birthday will go unworn this year and I'm depressed all the time. :'(

Help, this really sucks.

Hey everyone, so I went back down to 178.2 this morning! I'm pretty sure it has to do with my body retaining water after I workout. (I didn't Saturday or Sunday). I'd rather be healthy so I guess I'm going to have to deal with the fluctuations.
Hey Sirius, welcome! I joined weight watchers, and it has been motivating me. I also binned up all my smaller clothes that don't fit anymore. My closet is only full of things that look good on me.

25 in 6 weeks is crazy, I bet it comes off quickly though, your body probably isn't used to that kind of weight, and mentally it will be easy for you to go back to your past eating/exercising habits! GL, great group of people here.

Sirius Amadeus - sorry to hear about your weight jump. I would take it one day at a time and stick to a plan - set mini goals to celebrate along the way.

Turtle happy to see you went down

Im officially at 174 so Im content this week. Not trying to lose any weight and enjoy the holidays - I just want to stay at 174 during the weekend.

Congrats cosmic! 174 is amazing. I went down to 177.6 this morning, So the three day spike seems to have subsided, and this was after having a few people over last night. What a rollercoaster!

I'm going away Wednesday thru Saturday to a cabin for the 4th, so tracking is going to be much more diffficult. I'm going to want to maintain during these days too. There are always so many goodies up there! I'll be happy if in my WW weigh in Sunday I am at 177/178 from the past two days.

Turtle and Cosmic-thanks for the encouragement

I'd not been exercising like I had been before due to a knee injury, but now that that's sorted, I can go back to burning 700+ cal per workout.
I would love to box up the clothes that don't fit, but alas; I'd be suck with elastic waist everything and t-shirts. Idk, I think it's really hard to find fun / unique clothes in "larger"sizes. I'm not buying any bigger clothing because I refuse to reward myself for the weight gain.

But i'm hoping to be able to fit my new suit by my birthday (July 26). Glad it's an XL lol

Weighed in this morning at 177. I think I'm getting scale obsessed, kind-of glad there won't be one at the cabin. I've had a few days off from intense working out, but I have been at least walking.

My closet looks really sparse, and I've only bought a few things, just enough that I'm comfortable, so I don't restrict moving around. I figure if I were at goal weight, I'd be buying clothes too, so now I'm buying less expensive versions and saving the difference for some mini goal progress. I just couldn't look at the cute summer things that I wouldn't fit in (I would get sad) so they got binned

I'm sure you'll fit into the suit by July 26! What a great B-day present
700 cal in a workout is a lot!

I know! But that puts me at about one lb off per week IF I work out daily; I'm doing a but of strength training 3x/wk, plus walking everywhere (or biking) and have gone back to my 1100 cal/day diet. Once I have a tiny bit more muscle I can go up to 1300\day

I weighed in at 173 on Monday! Yaaaaay!

Finally back after moving and getting settled in. I'm sad to say I'm back up to 174, but happy that I didn't let it get too far before I snapped back.
My goal date has been pushed back to dec to be more realistic.
I actually think my new job may be helpful with not overeating since I'll be a busy bee!

175.8 this morning!!! I give up trying to figure out why. I was 178.2 yesterday afternoon after getting home from camping. I didn't really exercise last week too much and I was off-plan on Thursday - Saturday. Back on plan Sunday, and will start my workout again today.

Congrats Sirius, thats a big jump!

Moving is so hard Angie, I bet you probably even gained some muscle from hauling around boxes

I'm gonna wait a few days before claiming first mini goal victory. The scale has been so jumpy for me.

angiemama - happy to see you survied the move without too much damage I am hoping to reach my goal weight in Dec as well.

Turtle congrats!! Sometimes our bodies do strange things.

Im at 173 now...hoping to be in the 160's in the next couple of weeks.

Great job ladies!!