Hey everyone! I'm so sorry I've been sooo... Absent. I've actually been around lurking even though I haven't really posted.
I hope everyone is doing well and everything is going awesome.
Hotchild: great job bouncing back so quickly from last weeks weigh in. I hope you're feeling better and had a great week this week!
Princess: congrats on having your mom join you. I'm sort of helping my mom out with her journey too and it IS great to have the support but I always feel bad cracking the whip with her because I worry about turning into like her food police. It makes it easier to have a partner though, I definitely agree on that. As for the clothes sizes, it took me like 40lbs to actually feel the need to change clothes. I mean obviously clothes fit looser and were baggier but it didn't get ridiculous till like 40-50lbs. But since then I definitely see bigger changes in clothes sizes with 5-10lb changes.
Amylou: what diet are you now doing in addition to calorie counting. Well done on the progress with that so far! That's amazing!
IrishRose: I think your feelings are definitely valid. I've gotten to that point several times in this journey (have been on this weightloss journey for 2years now-only about 11months total of that time actually focused on weightloss) where I can't just bare to think about it anymore so I definitely understand. I think you've identified what your game plan is re: being healthier and that sounds good. Although I never managed to lose weight when I wasn't as focused on diet and exercise, I never gained any weight either by just eyeballing things... And I didn't even have the commitment of eating cleaner that you do. I'm sure you're going to do excellently.
re: the life stress you're going through right now. I hope everything gets better soon for you!
Rainbowstripe: you're doing awesome so consistently with weigh INS! Congrats on this week! Have an awesome time at the festival!
Weigh In went ok today. After 3weeks bouncing between 199 and 209 but mostly in the 202s, in spite of being on plan with workouts and weighing and measuring every bite, I'm finally 200. I have seen Onederland a couple of times but can't claim it because 1.) it wasn't on an official weigh in day, amd 2.) it hasn't stuck
I'm so emotionally exhausted by the scale over the last 3 weeks that although I'm pleased with the loss this week, I don't really have it in me to be that psyched or anything anymore. I'll just keep plugging away. Everything else is what it is!
Here's hoping everyone has excellent weigh INS and amazing weeks! Go Team Red Lace!!!