Carly, is your TOM coming soon? Weight likes to stick around at that time I find... Thanks for trying to get your weight in early...Hopefully we'll all be here to weigh in tomorrow. Have a good night, ladies!

Nope, I started last sunday but i'm still on it (weird?!) so I don't know, my body is messed up right now, boo!

Do you guys want to try an On Plan challenge for our team? I saw a thread where they do it for 5 days straight- I thought about joining but I'd rather do it within our team, I think I'd feel more motivated, lol!

Anyway- if you want to do it let me know-
basically for 5 days we'd just report how we did each day at reaching our goals for that specific day. So mine would be like:
30 DS each day
1300-1500 calories each day
Tons of water each day
Fruits & veggies each day
And we'd just go in and edit that specific post to report how we'd done. Anyway - let me know!

hey ladies! yeah the thread does die down on weekends i guess. heh i know im not here either.

anyway, my weigh-in for this week then is 144.8. it's from this morning. just take that one, b/c i know i wont be able to post by 8am.

catrocks that sucks bout your bf. try and stay up. but congrats on not suppressing feelings with food. that's a big accomplishment.

and carcar, dont get discouraged. try not to weigh yourself everyday. i did that for a while and it drove me insane. now i only weigh once a week. and even that i try not to let rule my sanity.

my weekend went really well. i had a few beers, but was well within my calories the whole time. also, i didn't overeat at all. especially tonight. sunday nights are the worst time for me. i think because i come home after spending the weekend with my bf, and i get kinda lonely, so i usually end up eating alot.

but not this time. i told myself all weekend that i wasn't going to do it. and instead when i got home, i immediately did my workout. and afterwards, i ate, bc i was physically hungry. but i ate a good healthy normal sized meal. no bingeing. i'm so proud of myself right now.

oh yeah, and i was feeling kind of "thin" this weekend for some reason. and i was curious, so i measured my waist tonight after i got home. apparently it's gone down a few inches since i started losing weight. kind of took me by surprise. so i guess i'm doing something right.

Well, okay, this is seriously the most frustrating thing because EVERY SINGLE TIME I start to lose weight, I go solid for a few weeks and then start to gain on again, even though I'm still working really hard to lose!

EVERY TIME! I really can't handle it you know what I mean? I'm pretty positive I'll have gained tomorrow, regardless of how hard I worked this week I just FEEL bigger, and the scale shows it too. I just seriously do not get it.

I have gone through all the basic questions- drinking enough water? working out? eating right? am I lying to myself about any of that?

Everything looks good- so why am I never losing more than a fraction of a pound a week? I seriously am SO jealous of people who are losing a pound a week or more, how do you do it?!

I'm confused and frustrated and pissed. And I want to eat a ton, but guess what? I'm drinking water instead! Hopefully I blow through these pounds and get the **** out of the 170's, doesn't it seem like once you break through that number it'll somehow get better?! It's like 170 is just daunting, it makes my ultimate goal seem so far away, but 168? Now that sounds doable... I know that's crazy but I really really need to get out of these freaking 170's! GRR. Sorry. I just seriously needed a rant.

ahh carcar i feel you girl. really i do. i decided that i was going to lose weight and be thin on sept 11 of this year. and honestly, it took until about 3 days ago to notice a difference. i lost about 10 pounds the first week, and then only a few more pounds over the last 2 months. sometimes i wouldn't lose anything in a week, and sometimes i would even gain something back. but stick with it, it just takes time and patience.

also, really take a hard look at your plan. i've tweaked my plan about 10 times these past few months. i started out eating certain foods, then i cut out other foods, then i added others back in. first i wasn't really keeping track of portions or even calories. then i started cutting portions. then i really started tracking calories. and now just recently, i've really tightened up portion control. i have a big time problem with binge eating, eating in front of the refrigerator. eating when i'm not actually hungry. eating for other reasons. overeating, in general.

anyway, so take a look and see what areas you have that may need tweaking. and be honest with yourself.

also, i started reading alot of material. right now i'm reading Shrink Yourself. it's all about overcoming emotional eating. it's been amazing for me. maybe there's some books out there that can help you too.

stay positive. believe you can do it.

Hi guys, Im really sorry to let you down but due to me and my bf breaking up and the stress of trying to find a new flatmate, i really didnt do well this week and my weight hasnt changed Infact im so bloated from PMS i look pregnant and cant stop eating. so my weight today is still 127.
I promise to get my *** into gear this week. Im not going to drink or eat rubbish. I need to remember im a single girl now...got to look hot for all those sexy men out there!!
Im totally up for this 5 days on plan thing. Let me know if everyone else is up for it and we can sort something out!
Man i hate the lead up to TOM. My new size 10's dont fit right now coz my tummy is SO DAMN BIG!! It is actually hanging over the top of my jeans. Yuck. Im off to do some sit ups!!
Cat
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OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN: 202.5lbs. No loss over the weekend. No gain, either, though. I'll take it.

As far as a week OP goes, I guess it depends on how we define on-plan. Just on-plan to your own plan? My week of being on plan would be 30DS/exercise every day my schedule allows (sometimes, even 30 minutes just doesn't fit in before or after work especially as I'm going to start working a 2nd job for the holidays), eating good-portioned meals every day, and not eating when I'm not hungry....

Wow, my plan sounds so incredibly lazy compared to everyone else! It's working for me, though...

Hey ladies, I'm also struggling with this last bit of weight. It's so annoying how it likes to stay on. My official weigh in is 139lbs. 1lbs loss. Psh.

Carly, I thought about going for the 5 days on plan thread too, but I thought I would be committing to too much with that and this to post in haha. I'm definitely down. My OP would be:
- 1200 - 1500 calories
- 2L + of water
- remember to take my vitamins and iron (I'm anemic) everyday
- some form of cardio EVERYDAY
- do 30DS on days that I don't work 12 hrs
- no mindless eating
- Log EVER food

whew.

Ok ladies, I'll get this thang updated.

Also (I think I might try this too) in regards to your hardly shifting though doing everything right, Carly....have you ever tried calorie cycling? You basically eat 1300-1500 calories (or whatever your low point is) 5 or so days a week and every couple days or so eat 1700-1800 so your body doesn't store anything because of your low calorie amount. I've been thinking about making a conscious effort with it because I did it a few years ago and it worked really well.

i've thought about calorie cycling as well. i think i've kinda been transitioning into it loosely. for a while there, i was doing really strict calorie counting and planning, read: x amount of calories at x time. but lately, i've been consuming a bit higher calories sometimes and i think it's really working to my advantage. keeps my body guessing i suppose.

well, i hope that everyone is feeling great and motivated despite overall numerical losses for weigh-ins. keep in mind, we are all doing an amazing job. we need to be proud of ourselves for all the hard work we are doing. it'll happen, we just need to be patient. failure is not an option.

So I'm probably too late with my weigh in but I'm 172.0 today.
Like a .6 loss from last monday? Hopefully I'll still get down to 171 this week, it was like Wednesday last week so I didn't count it for my official weigh-in weight but I was so excited that i changed my ticker, lol... I'm dumb sometimes

Anyway- Yes I have really been thinking about calorie cycling, so I'm going to try a bit harder this week at it. Also looking back there were 2 days this week where I definitely did not get enough to eat, probably around 1000-1200 calories and that could be my problem. I need to eat MORE most days haha


I read a thread on the Calorie Counting section about a lady who was losing .5-1 lb per week and upped her calories by like 300 a day and started losing 3-4 pounds a week!! I know that is the case with my body, when I don't eat enough I do not lose, and I am pretty sure that's why I've been over 170 for so long because ,all though I love food, I rarely ate a full meal until recently (since I started this site!). So... here's to a healthier happier future and like stellart said- failure is not an option!



EDIT: ACK! Ladies! I had the feeling to go weigh myself again, for some reason. So I went in and this time stripped down (first thing in the morning I'm a little groggy and forget that my clothing weighs a bit). I had to go pee so I did that and then hopped on the scale. Guess what?!! It said 171.2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did it over and over and over. SO I'm totally going with that for my weigh in weight, is that okay?!! It better be, lol! That's my weight... 171.2 ... woo hoo!

Ive had a good day today ladies.
After my disgusting binge yesterday where i definitely consumed around 3000 cals, i started my day today with a slice of wholemeal toast and tea.
I had a small chocolate bar in my break at college, my only treat for the day!
For lunch i had spicy parsnip soup and a small bag WW cookies (only 100 cals!)
For dinner a had homemade prawn stirfry with blackbean sauce and noodles, it was gorgeous and i dont think it was too bad for me...
It's now 5.30 and im going to try so hard not to eat anything else this evening, maybe an apple or something light.
I want to be down to at least 126 by next monday!
Cat
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i had a really good day yesterday and am hoping to make it two in a row. that would even be on target for being 5 days op. wow wouldnt that be something lately for me

congrats on 171.2!! i could change the weigh in if you want but i mean, you'll still be shrinkin next week when we weigh in.

good luck cat!

Carey- No worries! I'll just make sure I lose more this week and then I'll have a bigger loss next week! WOO HOO!

CatRocks- congrats on your good day!! Keep it up!




Ladies... soo soo not motivated. So much for 5 days OP, eh?

I have been under a ridiculous amount of stress this week, already! I have taken a couple of breaks to check 3FC and my email, but that's all the fun I've had since Saturday evening when all this stress began! And I am probably just making excuses, but I have been so busy that I really haven't had time to do the 30DS, I didnt' do it Sunday, Monday and I haven't done it yet today. I feel like such a slob and a slacker.

I know it's all my fault, though, and if I want to see results still, I have to work out! I just wish I had more motivation lately, these last few days have been rough!

Thanksgiving week- I need it more now than ever!!!

Anyway... just thought I'd check in and say HI and let you all know that I'm a bit of a failure, but I will make sure tomorrow is a better day. It's up to me, after all... I'm starting my 5 days OP tomorrow.