Hi, ladies! Y'all are showing some amazing progress! This morning I was 169.8. I went "yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssss!!!" I was so happy!



But I don't get my hopes up. I still have four more days till my official weight in. Apparently when I stop eating early in the evening my numbers are much better the next morning.

170.0 this morning (I was happy about the 169.8 but I knew it was just a sneak peak). It's still a great number--one lb lower than last Monday. If I weight this next Monday I'll be content.

Well done Paulitens!! How is the little one? Any kicking or cravings?

Two more weigh-ins until the "official" one. And then (no offense) I will be out of this thread for good and on to the next one. :-)

6/1: 171
6/2: 170.6
6/3: 167.8
6/4: 167
6/5: 167
6/6:
*6/7:

forkeeps, yes! I can't wait to see you in the 160's group...same to everyone else here.

No kicks jennybuttler, I'm only on week 9. I don't usually have crazy cravings anyway other than carbs, which I'm managing by having a whole wheat pancake in the morning. I kind of really want a big charbroiled chicken sandwich from Carl's and a milkshake. Does that count as a craving? LOL.

Forkeeps -- it would be silly for anyone to take offense on you wanting to leave the group! We all want to leave the group! Hopefully next week for me. Gotta lose weight while I can.

Well, I was 171.2 this morning. I should pay a visit to the loo. If only I could! LOL

Paulitens: I knew nobody would be offended, it just sounded mean for me to say "Can't wait til I'm outta THIS thread!" But you're right, we ALL want out of this thread! And the next one, too! lol By the way, congrats on the new little one. I didn't have many cravings either; the first one, I craved chocolate milk and olives. The second one, I craved everything and gained 60 pounds.

Still hanging in there. Tomorrow's the big day and things are looking good. :-)

6/1: 171
6/2: 170.6
6/3: 167.8
6/4: 167
6/5: 167
6/6: 167.2
*6/7:

I bought a scale and checked this morning. I've been slacking on serious diet and exercise focus, but my appetite's been low, so I thought, let's see if I'm staying out of the 180s. The scale said 176.6 (don't you just love those tenths of a pound . . . there's a time and a place for accuracy if you're an air-traffic controller, I say). But hey. I'm glad. I had several "stuck points" on the journey upward which did reach 200 at one time. 173 was over a decade ago. So if I lose another 3 lbs. I'm there. The next one down was 165. The others I'll remember later. It's nice to think of them as plateaus or stepping stones on the downward direction!

And I am going to get more serious about it - if I can do okay when not really trying, a little trying should help. I do want to stay relaxed about it, though - I have this way of stressing over dieting that I think has actually been counterproductive in the past. Mellow, mellow, mellow, that's the way to go from here on out. Mellow as a state of mind. I can be active, but just be playful about it or make a game out of it. Keep that cortisol out of the picture and focus on the endorphins.

Oh, and by the way, this morning right before I woke up I dreamed that I weighted in and I was 156 and I was like "whaaaaaaaaaaaa!?" But it felt awesome. And I wondered what the heck I had done right that I had lost so much weight in one week. Needless to say, that made the 171.2 this morning a bit disappointing.

Forkeeps -- I was the other way around, for my first one I gained 80 lbs, kept 20 (I had a VERY bad case of water retention; I was very close to preeclampsia). With the second one I didn't have that many cravings and worked full time throughout the pregnancy (I'm a teacher), so I was very active and moving the whole time; I only gained 7 lbs or so. With this one... we don't know. Hopefully I'm in control of the situation.

Skinnyminnie -- you'll find that having a scale at home will be great, but it can also become an obsession. Keep your weight ins to 1 a week, and if you weight daily (which I do, just out of curiosity), don't let those numbers bug you because they'll be all over the place between weekly weight ins.

Skinnyminnie: I love your attitude! Yes, being relaxed helps a whole lot. It can be challenging, especially when the scale lets you know about that water you're holding on to, but just relax knowing you are heading in the right direction overall, despite the small ups and downs. It helps me to have a line graph that shows the overall big picture.

Paulitens: It's funny what our bodies do during pregnancy. It's good to listen to them though, they know best! I may be one of those rare people who loved pregnancy though. I had zero problems (except a little heartburn towards the end). And when it's all over, nothing is better than snuggling with a baby!

Well folks, I'M OUTTA HERE!!!

6/1: 171
6/2: 170.6
6/3: 167.8
6/4: 167
6/5: 167
6/6: 167.2
*6/7: 167

Well, I'm heading on over to the 160s thread. Hope to see you all there soon!!!

Wow! Everyone is flying out of here! I'm going to be here all by myself lol. I weighed in today at 174.50 lbs which is 1.75 lbs up from my low early this week. Just gonna take a bit longer to get out of here but I WILL get out of here

Weighed in yesterday at 169.4! First time I've seen the 160s in months. But weighed in today at 172.4. Not sure why the gain...was OP yesterday and I don't think I had any more sodium or sugar than usual. Hopefully just water weight. Didn't get much sleep tonight and it's also very warm here, both of which could be making me retain a little water, so hopefully tomorrow it's be gone.

Forkeeps -- It's true. My first pregnancy wasn't the best (mostly because I didn't know better and gained a lot of weight, and with that I got all the other problems: water retention, acid reflux, insomnia, snoring, etc.) but my second was a total dream I didn't even want it to end! and this one looks like it's going in the same direction.

Novus -- see you next week! (or maybe later, I still need to do a proper weight in).

Olivia -- I think I might be staying one more week. Yesterday I weighted in 169.8 again but this morning I weighted 170.4. I know it is because I had a midnight snack so I'm waiting to weight myself in a little later today again, and give my body a proper 8-hour fast. We'll see if the scale budges or if it decides I'll stick around on the 170s for one more week.

GordonGirl -- our weight fluctuates a lot from day to day. It would be so nice if it didn't, wouldn't it?

So the craziest thing happened to me -- last Thursday night I dreamed that I weighted myself in and I was 153, and then 160, and a series of other low and exciting numbers. That is EXACTLY what happened to me on Saturday! I hopped on the scale and it said 152. I was like "what the heck!? am I dreaming this?" so I turned on the light, and then it was 161, and a whole bunch of other low numbers. It was awesome to see those tiny little numbers (especially 152, since 154 is my main goal at this point; that was my pre-pregnancy weight with my first baby 8 years ago). My husband weighted himself and it was ok, then I weighted myself again and it was ok, yesterday was ok too and so was it today. I still think I need to change the batteries. But the whole dream thing was crazy; don't you all get crazy dreams when you're pregnant?