Starting Weight - 216.0
Goal Weight - 209.8

11/1 - 216.0
11/2 - 216.4 (stupid preTOM)
11/3 - 216.2
11/4 - 216.2
11/5 - 215.4 (0.6lb lost, 5.6lb to go)
11/6 - 215.8
11/7 - 215.6
11/8 - 216.0 (ugh!)
11/9 - 215.4
11/10 - 217.2 (what?!?)
11/11 - 215.4 (phew!)
11/12 - 215.2 (0.8lb lost, 5.4lb to go)
11/13 - 214.6 (1.4lb loss, 4.8lb to go)
11/14 - 214.8

Thanks, stronggal and rebelle!

I'm almost to my original goal of 280, so I think I'm going to shoot for 275 now.

SW: 290.6
GW: 275.0

11/1: 290.6
11/2: 290.2
11/3: 289.8
11/4: 289.0
11/5: 290.0
11/6: 290.6
11/7: 289.4
11/8: 289.4
11/9: 287.8
11/10: 285.2
11/11: 284.6
11/12: 284.1
11/13: 282.6
11/14: 282.4

Friday I was at 139, thus weekend I really stuck to my diet. I mostly ate one bowl of dry oats with cinnamon and rice milk for each meal... I was busy so that's fast and heathy whole food to eat. And now I'm down to 135.

Hello all, happy November!

Going to challenge myself...a little scared I want to shoot for 175...

November goal 5 pounds

11/1-179.8
11/2-177.8 it was water weight yay! (10/31 I was 182)
11/3-178.8 (WW180.2) my birthday
11/4-178.6
11/5-182.2
11/6-182.5
11/7-180.4 birthday shenanigans are over
11/8-178.9
11/9-178.2
11/10-179.1 sodium in soup yeesh, I knew it
11/11-178.0
11/12-181.5
11/-13-183.3
11/14-182.2
11/15-179.8 halfway through the month and same as day one, at least I'm not over
11/16-179.5

Best to all

Starting Weight - 216.0
Goal Weight - 209.8

11/1 - 216.0
11/2 - 216.4 (stupid preTOM)
11/3 - 216.2
11/4 - 216.2
11/5 - 215.4 (0.6lb lost, 5.6lb to go)
11/6 - 215.8
11/7 - 215.6
11/8 - 216.0 (ugh!)
11/9 - 215.4
11/10 - 217.2 (what?!?)
11/11 - 215.4 (phew!)
11/12 - 215.2 (0.8lb lost, 5.4lb to go)
11/13 - 214.6 (1.4lb loss, 4.8lb to go)
11/14 - 214.8
11/15 - 214.2 (1.8lb loss, 4.4lb to go)

I messed up this weekend, went to my mom's and had dinner, cheesecake, had cookie dough and chocolate chip ice cream on Friday... Then my weigh-in on Monday left me really bummed, even though it might have been water weight, and then yesterday I messed up even more, went to Mcd's with my kids and had 3 cheeseburgers because I was feeling so down and tired ... Mondays suck. But today is a new day, and I plan to start over.

I decided not to weigh in if I am feeling bloated, specially after a bad weekend, it really messed up with my mind yesterday.

Let's go everyone!!! Never ever ever give up!!!

After watching the scale go up(thanks post Halloween sugar cravings), I have been careful not to over eat. I went to a pizza party and didn't eat any pizza this weekend. My mother in law brought a bag of candy for our family.. I haven't had even one piece. Now I'm at 134.

Hi everyone - I'm signing up a bit late for this month - hope that's okay Gardnerjoy. My goal is to lose 1.2 lb.

SW: 121.2
GW: 120

Starting Weight - 216.0
Goal Weight - 209.8

11/1 - 216.0
11/2 - 216.4 (stupid preTOM)
11/3 - 216.2
11/4 - 216.2
11/5 - 215.4 (0.6lb lost, 5.6lb to go)
11/6 - 215.8
11/7 - 215.6
11/8 - 216.0 (ugh!)
11/9 - 215.4
11/10 - 217.2 (what?!?)
11/11 - 215.4 (phew!)
11/12 - 215.2 (0.8lb lost, 5.4lb to go)
11/13 - 214.6 (1.4lb loss, 4.8lb to go)
11/14 - 214.8
11/15 - 214.2 (1.8lb loss, 4.4lb to go)
11/16 - 215.4 ()
11/17 - 215.2

30 minute workout today. Yesterday ate 2 eggs for breakfast, lunch salad, dinner homemade moose chili, with chips, dark chocolate. When I eat basic whole foods, no dairy, limit snacking, no seconds on dinner stuff like that I see results. At 132 today.

Rebelle - A 2000cal/day deficit? How in the world are you managing that? I'm only working with a 500-750 deficit, and that is hard enough. I will say, that when I've been really good for a long time (2+weeks) and then I have a cheat like pizza, I usually get a whoosh. I'm not trying to encourage you do fall off the wagon, but sometimes our bodies need a little bit of extra food once in a while so they can relax and drop the weight. It could also be your inches catching up with the great loss you had the week before. Don't get discouraged! Again, from my own experience, I tend to lose either inches or pounds, not both at once.

ETA - Just saw your workout log...so that's where you are getting that deficit! lol That is a lot of running...your TDEE must be like 3000/cals a day...

Hey guys I'm still here, but still didn't have the guts to weight myself it.

I think if you have a huge deficit in calories, your body will lose muscle, or not gain any muscle. So if you are losing too quickly, without the proper workout or protein, you are definitely not building muscle.

I know after a hard workout of weight lifting, like I did this weekend, sometimes my body just get exhausted, so if I overeat, it's actually good for my body. My muscles love it.

That's why I shouldn't feel bad if I eat too much sometimes, as long as I don't make a habit of it.

I am gaining muscle, probably less than half a pound a month, but it's still a gain. I know I have gained fat as well in the last months but I gained some muscle too, and that's good.

Good morning everyone. It's a beautiful morning, and it's supposed to get up to 74 today in Southern Ohio can you believe this weather???

They already have bagels and brownies setup at a table at work. Then they will be bringing a huge Thanksgiving lunch with turkey and ham. I am going to stay away from it, and go workout during lunch, maybe have a little bit of the meat and the veggies...

Wishing everyone a happy weekend... Thanksgiving is coming... Keep fighting, don't give up!!!

Stronggal - You are so right about having the proper fuel. My weight is actually a secondary goal to being fit and strong, so even though I whine from time to time about how slow my weight loss is, I'm really okay with it, because I want to be strong more than I want to be thin, and I know that will take longer. What kind of lifting program are you running? You look great in your picture. I did SL5x5 for about 6 months, and I just recently switched over to 5/3/1 BBB. I'm really loving it right now.

Starting Weight - 216.0
Goal Weight - 209.8

11/1 - 216.0
11/2 - 216.4 (stupid preTOM)
11/3 - 216.2
11/4 - 216.2
11/5 - 215.4 (0.6lb lost, 5.6lb to go)
11/6 - 215.8
11/7 - 215.6
11/8 - 216.0 (ugh!)
11/9 - 215.4
11/10 - 217.2 (what?!?)
11/11 - 215.4 (phew!)
11/12 - 215.2 (0.8lb lost, 5.4lb to go)
11/13 - 214.6 (1.4lb loss, 4.8lb to go)
11/14 - 214.8
11/15 - 214.2 (1.8lb loss, 4.4lb to go)
11/16 - 215.4 ()
11/17 - 215.2
11/18 - 215.0

I have exercised all my life but the weight lifting thing... I started one year ago (in my forties... early mid life crisis? dunno... I got injured in tennis back then, tore my achilles tendon, and couldn't walk, all I could do was exercise my upper body, so that's how I got into it... I also wanted to have the kind of toned arms that most women don't have but it's hard to get).

They told me I was going to get addicted to it, I didn't believe it... The rest is history!

Anyway, I have accomplished my goal, but the hardest part is cutting fat. It's hard to maintain a low body fat percentage. And that's why I am on this journey with you guys...

I believe we are all on the same boat, but only with different starting weights. We all have a food problem, we all have to control our eating, and exercise to maintain, no matter what we weight.

I train with a personal trainer once a week, and on my own the rest of the week. On a good week, I lift about 4 times a week, run 3 times a week and play tennis 4/5 times a week.

I don't have a regular program, I just do what my trainer tells me to, and pretty much what everyone does at the gym, with free weights or machines: squats, leg presses, pull ups, chest presses, etc.

My favorite exercise is pull ups.

I know everyone has their story, how did you get into weight lifting MonteCristo, I am curious!