No periods here.

Had a stellar checkup at the dr this morning. he was thrilled with the results of the nasty meds, and convinced me to try them at the lowest dose for 2 weeks (after I get back from vacation!) and if that still makes me sick, then he'll change them. AND, I was down 6 lbs from mid-July!!

Yay Pat!
I'm up at the crack of dawn to go running and it's all Jessica's fault for being so dang inspiring. I'll check back in later---after the endorphins have kicked in!

Yay Pat! Have fun on vacation!

Midwife, how was the run?

xty, have fun at ballet! I've considered taking an adult ballet class but they never offer them at convenient times for me.

Silver, Kitty, how's it going?

POP yesterday. Doing a modified workout today since my wrists are screwed up so I'm avoiding any weight lifting involving hands (sticking to legs and core). Tomorrow morning back up early with the dog! Hopefully my legs won't be too sore to run.

I girls I going to jump here.... i star my maintenance on July 5 2010, but like many others still want to lose 5- 10 more pounds .

On July 5, I WI at 131 most of the time , ant today I WI at 128.4, I WI every day , and not have a official WI day , I thinks that is not good , so i going to chose Tuesday as my official WI day for now on.

I run a half marathon on sep 17 , so I took 1 week free of exercise , yesterday was suppose to be my go back exercise day .... to bad it was not like that . Easy to go Off , hard to go back.

I going to make a new ticker for 5 to 10 for December.

Jessica 2

Welcome Jessica #2!

POP yesterday too. Carter and I had a good interval run this morning, although we got hit by the sprinklers. They're sneaky -- it was so dark out I couldn't see them until I was running into them, and I was on a stretch of road where it was too dangerous to go into the street to avoid them. I don't mind getting hit with sprinklers when it's 90 degrees outside, but it was only 40 this morning. Brr!

paperclippy - way to get out for an interval run this am, though boo for sprinklers! does it otherwise get wet there in the winter? im starting to dread the SF winter rains that force my workouts indoors.

wfonseca3017 - welcome and congrats on your half marathon! starting back is always the hardest, im sure you will find your rhythm again asap.

waterrat - yay for an awesome checkup, congrats! and enjoy the vaca!

didnt end up at ballet class my co-worker bailed and she needed to help me sew my ballet shoes but didnt bring her sewing kit. i suck at sewing, but will do it myself and be prepared to go without her if she bails again next week!

had a great session with my trainer yesterday morning, and it hurts a little to exhale deeply today. too many crazy modified plank twist dumbell raise things! today is my official weigh in day and.......131.2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! super mega ulta excited about that

revised my GW up by almost 10lbs (randomly picked 118 before). today's weight is the lowest weight i have ever been and it seems like i am very near goal, so 127-125lbs is my new GW

how is everyone else doing today?

3 days POP under my belt.

xty - normally it rains about once every three days year round, which turns into sleet or snow in the winter. However, we've had a major dry spell the past couple months and it's barely rained at all. I'm a little afraid that since it's been so dry this summer we're in for a really monstrous winter to make up for it! I will be forced indoors for workouts once the temps drop below 25 and/or the sidewalks are icy and snowy. I should have a good month or two left before then though.

I made cabbage soup for dinner last night. It's both a great dinner and a bad dinner at the same time. On the one hand, it's only 150 cals for a gigantic bowl of soup. On the other hand, since it's mostly water and veggies, I can eat two huge bowls of it and still be hungry. But last night two big bowls of cabbage soup and two slices of rye bread made a pretty tasty and filling dinner, and I came in under 1300 cals for the day which is pretty amazing for me.

Did the sprinklers help your intervals go faster, Jessica?

Blah. Ate crappy yesterday, feel crappy today.

If you guys can stand to hear it one more time, I'm committing to eating the right things in the right amounts and moving my body appropriately.

Jessica fonseca

Midwife - you and I have been here since 2004 (and Pat has been here since the late 90s, no matter what her current details say). I am fitter than I was, more muscular and less flabby, and less heavy. I do keep edging along and learning things which work for me.

Please keep going, everyone.

Yesterday was a totalllllll downer for me. I weighed in up over a lb, which wasnt surprising after losing over a lb for 2 days prior which meant I was dehydrated. I then went jean shopping on my lunch break, since I have zero pants. We all know regardless of your size that is rarely a fun event. Found nothing. Had bad enough pain I left work, which never happens.

But, today is a new day! I took my current jeans to my fav tailor who made them fit perfectly while I waited! Weighed in down .4, better than up any more. Worked out last night with my trainer after recovering from that intense pain incident.

This weekend is going to be a big challenge, but Im excited. Tonight I will prep all my meals for 2 days, put them in a cooler and drive down to LA for my bff's wife's 30th bday party. woo! Love using being the DD as a reason not to indulge

midwife, pat and silverbirch I had no idea I was amongst such oldtimers, much be your youthful auras. I did know you were all very wise though, hehe.

Hope everyone has an awesome, OP weekend.

Somewhere in there SB there was a server crash and when the sisters moved to a new server, we all had to reregister....

Leave for vacation tomorrow night! Yay!

xty, yay for tailored jeans!

Pat, have fun on vacation!

1 week POP for me. Not just POP, but even more OP than I intended. Somehow my "cheat" meal for the week never materialized and I stayed under 1400 cals every day. It's probably good since I had two cheat meals the previous week!

Weight is down 4.6lbs from a week ago. Lest you think I have miraculously discovered the key to rapid weight loss, I should mention that a week ago I was up 4lbs of water weight from a couple days before. But still, it looks like I'm posting about a half pound loss for the week, which is pretty good for me.

I'm late to the start of this thread, but would like to jump in as well. In the past few weeks I've weighed as low as 152. I found something that worked for me, and I tried to alter it and just ended up maintaining. So at least I can do that right?

Yesterday I had sugar for the first time in a few weeks and did not drink enough water. I'm at 154.4 today and would like to be 140 by Christmas.

Then there's the side of me that is wondering if I should stop at 145 or even 150 because my body looks average sized now except for my tummy pooch.

I saw someone say on a forum once, "lose weight until your just a bit too thin, then you know what your goal should be and gain back to what you would like to be" it seems almost dangerous to me, as a lot of people have distorted views on weight.

Look at me, I don't even know what to do

Welcome Stephanie! I say lose weight until you are comfortable with your body and think you can maintain that weight.

I'm still OP. Down to 136.6 today. I had an epiphany. Eating for weight loss is easy -- it's doing it for an extended time period that's hard. Same for maintenance. I can easily drop to 1400 cals/day for a week, or two weeks, or three weeks, and lose weight, but I can't handle it for much longer than that. The counting and weighing drives me nuts. Maintenance eating I can (and must) handle for an extended time period, but it takes work.

So, SB, in 6 years I am down 25 lbs, but my fitness and nutrition is scads better than it used to be. That's something!! Yes, yes, it is a journey. You always put things in such lovely perspective for me.

xty, if I'm wise, it's from the school of hardknocks of weight loss. I've learned a thousand ways to NOT do it!!

Hi Pat, Becky, Kitty, Jessica, Jessica 2! Welcome, Stephanie!

So Jessiclippy, I think you are brilliant! I posted some thoughts on your epiphany on your epiphany thread....Hmmmm.....I like the theory and I think it might be what I have been missing or being too hard on myself about.