Hillarious!! Shè's not a very busy person at work is she? She has time to count bottles!!

Yesterday I did get in the running 5k, biking 21k , but not gym ... Today ran 5k this morning, tonight definitely the gym UBWO

- I'm with Ilene on this - hilarious!

I had a great week until Friday when I ate everything I could find. Redeemed myself on Saturday only to repeat Friday's behaviour on Sunday. There was no need for it and I'm very cross with myself. Consequently I avoided the scales this morning - cos that should help

spanky -- can't believe no water but champagne at the office? I want to come work there LOL! Glad to hear you are finding ways to circumvent the Feeder.

So Tuesday is my weigh in day -- hate it! Lost 0.5 lb so that is OK but just back to where I was two weeks ago. Losing only 2.5 lbs in four weeks seems really little progress to me, but I'm trying to be positive because I don't think it would be healthy for me to cut calories further or to work out more. This week I'm cutting out wine -- my last remaining vice -- to try to speed things up.

Still, again trying to be positive, it looks like my waist and hips are each down 1 inch. On the other hand my bust is up 1 inch but this leads me to believe I'm holding water/bloated, so hoping a few pounds of water weight will go away soon.

Hi everyone. I'm new. I started at 136/7, then quickly dropped 7/8 pounds (at one point the scale was clearly below 129). But now it's getting harder b/c the first 7 pounds, I could still eat "healthy" chocolate chip cookies (from recipe from superfoods RX--w/dark choc, walnuts & oatmeal, but a butter/sugar/flour base--so still very yummy). I actually think I was eating much more when I was losing (following whole foods diet). Then I started eating smaller portions and this week I GAINED 1.5 pounds--even though I was exercising like crazy and still eating very healthy. The only addition was Newman's Own Light Balsamic Vinaigrette to my salads (when I started, I was eating veggies steamed in chicken broth instead).

So I'm pretty bummed about the weight gain but still really hoping to lose 10 (or, now 11) pounds.

I was eating watermelon and strawberries for dessert for a week or two, but I *really* crave my evening cookies. Otherwise I don't have much trouble sticking to the eating plan, even on weekends. It's just those darn dat-blasted cookies that kill me!! (Oh, yeah, and the dressing, but THAT I can live without).

Hi,

On plan so far today. Also walked the Skywalk for 25 min at lunch. Trying to avoid the 12" x 12" x 2" chunky brownie that has appeared on the kitchen counter here at work.

Gritting my teeth until quittin' time!

Welcome Determined!

spanks

Determined,

I'm really struggling today but I know it's only head hunger so I'm trying to ignore it. Had a 12 hour work day am too tired (mentally more than physically) to do any exercise. This is when it's dangerous

Spanky and Doughnut,

Thank you very much for the welcomes.

I don't know what happened, but I got on the scale today and my weight was down 3 pounds!!

Also, I discovered a great substitute for salad dressing. I used to eat 2 TBSP of light newman's own balsamic and I thought that might have caused my weight gain. So I switched to lots of lemon juice, salt, pepper, and just 1/2 TBSP of the dressing. It tastes really yummy and lots less fat calories.

Doughnut--please get some sleep. Too hard to ignore food when too tired.

Yay that's great! Gosh it's been a long while since I saw a drop like that.


Yep, it's gone 10pm here now but it feels a lot later. I've somehow stayed on calories today. Dead chuffed Anyway, I could sleep on a pin so I'm off. Night all.

Hi featherweights!

Doughnut -- hope you got some sleep and congrats for staying on calories!

Determined Woman -- welcome! I'm a newbie myself. Congrats on the 3 lbs loss that's huge!

Ilene -- you sound amazingly fit, very inspiring!

spanky -- you must have great will power, brownies are so tempting for me!

I'm finally making some progress with water weight/bloating going away. This is going to be a long haul but I'm sticking with it.

I'm down to a Normal BMI vs Overweight the last few days. Unfortunately my body fat % is still 35.5% which I've seen described as Obese. I'm really small boned and I've calculated my lean body mass at only 88-89 lbs. My target is to get my body fat down to 25% which would put me at 118.

Have a great weekend everyone!

JayJay,

I'm definitely not a weight loss expert, but I just cannot imagine that 140 pds is obese--no matter what your body composition. And how are you measuring your body fat? I've heard those scales that distinguish aren't always reliable--that the only reliable method is being weighed in water (which I've never done).

I wouldn't worry about labels. Just eat healthy and exercise, the rest will follow.

One time I gained a LOT of weight for me (my weight was about 150). This was about 15 years ago now. It was caused by anti-depressant meds (which thankfully I do not need at this point in my life). But, anyway, I stopped taking the meds, yet I still had the weight and couldn't lose. I didn't focus much on the number, labels, or anything. I just reverted back to my formerly healthy lifestyle (exercise, eating healthy). I just figured that was the lifestyle for me no matter what my weight. I didn't even really check the scale.

I'm not even sure when I dropped the weight, but it seems like it was not too long before I weighed 120 again using that mindset. Labels are depressing.

Good luck.

I'm new here and I'm trying to get back on track with eating healthy and after a recent 10 pound gain I'm trying to lose 20 pounds. Looking forward to chatting with ya'll!!

Good morning girls

On the subject of BMI... Sometimes BMI can be misleading if you are a very fit or athletic person... My BMI is very high also, 27, but I wear a size 8... I don't feel that's overweight ... So we have to be careful... According to the calculator I should weigh 140 lbs to be a healthy weight...well I would be very petite at that weight and quite muscular which wouldn't be a bad thing but I have the darndest time getting there... I haven't been at that weigth in 19 years, since DD was born ... but one could only hope...

Here's a calculator

Now I've got to get back to work...

Per the calculator my current BMI is 23.4

Once I get to my goal weight it will be 20.4

Both fall into the Normal weight category. My current one is just a little bit close to overweight for me.

At my current weight I wear a 8/10 and at my goal weight I wear a 6/8 which is exactly what I want.

Melly83 -- welcome!

Determined Woman -- yes you are so right...I should forget about labels or categories but sometimes I find it motivating too! I'm using a Tanita scale to measure body fat but I'm sure it's not very reliable. I would love to do the water measurement someday to get a reality check.

Ilene -- thanks for the calculator! I agree that these things can be misleading depending on individual build and muscle tone. Just makes it much more confusing for me to really figure out what is a healthy weight for me...I guess I will just play it by ear and see when i feel "right."

Yep, I think I read somewhere that BMI is definitely not accurate for athletic people. I think it said that waist to hip ratio (or some other ratio I can't remember) was a much better indicator of fitness/health.

But whatever motivates you is great. For me, it was the number on the scale--that simple. Someone convinced me to stop weighing myself a couple of years ago (said it was too obsessive). Then I got injured from running and had a couple of very stressful life years to boot. When I finally decided to step on a scale, I was honestly mortified. I thought of myself as a thin healthy runner, but the number simply was not consistent with my thought.

For anyone reading, I would definitely vow to never, ever stop weighing yourself--at least once a week.

One really easy thing to do if you just can't break from unhealthy foods is to eat healthy all day, then skip dinner and eat a relatively healthy dessert (only) instead of dinner. Might be crazy but has helped me, I think.