Lacerta & VickieLou, on your losses!!

Here's to February!

I was quite concerned today that I was going to bump back up over 200, so while I was not happy to see the increase, I was glad to still see a 1. I've said before that when I'm sick, I either have no appetite at all and don't eat ANYTHING or else I go crazy and eat EVERYTHING. Well, hubby has had the flu for 2 days and now I'm coming down with it and I think that is why I'm eating EVERYTHING right now. I overate at dinner Friday and then Yesterday, I just couldn't curb my eating. I had 2 handfuls of peanuts, an entire bag of popcorn, about 5 times as much chocolate as I normally have, pasta, (all that on top of my 3 meals) and absolutely no fruits or vegetables the entire day. And I was still looking for more. I did manage to talk myself out of the frozen fudge bar I wanted at bedtime. WOW! First time I've gone over my TDEE in a long time, and I still wanted more. They do say "feed a fever" so maybe eating more is a good thing, but blah!

Thanks sgregg, you had an amazing month this month.

Lacerta, I feel your pain on the snacking! I was that way last week, but I am pretty sure it was because my TOM was coming. How do you feel now? Do you know for sure that you have the flu? It's starting up around my area. One of my friends said they saw 109 patients today in their little pediatric office! Hopefully, you will get through it quickly and painlessly.

sgregg: I haven't fully come down with it. My hubby had it for sure. So far, I've had a few days of feeling "off", but I've been fighting it off. I'm crediting my healthy eating for boosting my immune system.

I had a really good fall...was down to 167 which is about 3- to 5- lbs from "goal".

But, I indulged A LOT over the Holidays....and seem to not be able to reduce with any ease. I am back up to 175.0 lbs.

So, officially I have 10 lbs to lose. Again. I swear I have lost these 10 lbs (and gained them, again...) about 4,582 times at this point.

My goal weight for 2019 is 150 lbs. I was on vacation for most of January so I didn't get started until the end of the month. I was 215 when I got back from vacation but most of it was water weight. I need to lose around 6 lbs a month to get to my goal by the end of the year. I think that sounds doable.

SW: 215.0
GW for 2019: 150.0 (-65)
UGW: ???

JANUARY

1/28: 215.0

End of Month: 215.0

FEBRUARY

2/1: 210.2
2/4: 209.2 (-5.8)
2/11: 208.2 (-1.0)
2/18: 205.0 (-3.2)
2/25: 204.2 (-0.8)

Monthly Loss: -8.8 lbs
February Goal: 209 - Crushed it!
Total Loss: -13.6 lbs

MARCH

3/1: 201.4
3/4: 202.0 (-2.2)
3/11: 199.6 (-2.4)
3/18: 201.4 (+1.8)
3/24: 197.4 (-4.0)

Monthly Loss: -5.8 lbs
March Goal: 203
Total Loss: -19.4 lbs

APRIL

4/1: 195.6 (-1.8)
4/8: 197.0 (+1.4)
4/15: 194.0 (-3.0)
4/22: 194.2 (+0.2)
4/29: 196.0 (+1.8)

Monthly Loss: -1.6 lbs
April Goal: 197
Total Loss: -21 lbs

MAY

5/1: 194.0
5/6: 194.2 (-1.8)
5/13: 195.6 (+1.4)
5/20: 193.6 (-2.0)
5/27: DNW

Monthly Loss:
May Goal: 191
Total Loss:

JUNE

6/1: DNW
6/3: 195.8
6/10: 194.6 (-1.2)
6/17: 194.6 (0)
6/24: 192.4 (-2.2)

Monthly Loss: -3.8 lbs
June Goal: 185
Total Loss: -23 lbs

JULY

7/1: 192.0 (-0.4)
7/8: 188.4 (-3.6)
7/15: DNW
7/22: 189.0 (+0.6)
7/29: 192.4 (+3.4)

Monthly Loss: +0.4
July Goal: 179
Total Loss: -23 lbs

AUGUST

8/1: DNW
8/5: 188.8 lbs (-3.6)
8/12: 189.9 lbs (+1.1)
8/19: 191.4 lbs (+1.5) - County fair on Saturday. Ate mini donuts, cheese curds, deep fried peanut butter cups, cotton candy and fudge. On Sunday, I was still in the binge mode - ate an entire box of Little Debbie Swiss Rolls between me and my mom and we had pizza for supper with chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Back on plan as of today. Hopefully I can lose this small gain quickly.
8/26:

Monthly Loss:
August Goal: 173
Total Loss:

SEPTEMBER

9/1:
9/2:
9/9:
9/16:
9/23:

Monthly Loss:
September Goal: 167
Total Loss:

OCTOBER

10/1:
10/7:
10/14:
10/21:
10/28:

Monthly Loss:
October Goal: 161
Total Loss:

NOVEMBER

11/1:
11/4:
11/11:
11/18:
11/25:

Monthly Loss:
November Goal: 155
Total Loss:

DECEMBER

12/1:
12/2:
12/9:
12/16:
12/23:
12/30:

Monthly Loss:
December Goal: 150!!
Total Loss:

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR 2019: 0

I don't know what happened. I clearly stopped weighing in towards the end of August. I have no idea why. Pretty much the entire month of October, I was on vacation (Boston then a cruise to Bermuda) so I ate a ton of junk I probably shouldn't have. November was finishing off the left over Halloween candy and then Thanksgiving. The entire month of December was Christmas cookies and candy. I didn't weigh myself again until the beginning of January and I had gained almost 20 pounds and was back where I started at the beginning of 2019. It's crazy how it took almost the entire year of 2019 to lose 20 lbs (while spending every waking hour working on sticking to a diet and exercising), yet it took only a few short months to gain it all back. Anyways, back on the horse. I need to re-lose this 20 lbs and more for 2020.

Hello all...... yes..... I have been missing in action......why........ not sure. Started out.....then caught the krud from these kiddies at work...... so ate as I pleased... now feel even worse but trying to get back to right.... of course I gained.... Just not a great time of it. Of course I can still make it work this year.... if I get off my big butt.

1/17/2019 - 224
1/24:
1/31
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

FEBRUARY
2/7:
2/14:
2/21: 230
2/28
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

MARCH
3/7:
3/14:
3/21:
3/28:
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

APRIL
4/4:
4/11:
4/18:
4/25:
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

MAY
5/2:
5/9:
5/16:
5/23:
5/30:
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

JUNE
6/6:
6/13:
6/20:
6/27:
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

JULY
7/4:
7/11:
7/18:
7/25:
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

AUGUST
8/1:
8/8:
8/15:
8/22:
8/29:
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

SEPTEMBER
9/5:
9/12:
9/19:
9/26:
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

OCTOBER
10/3:
10/10:
10/17:
10/24:
10/31:
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

NOVEMBER
11/7:
11/14:
11/21:
11/28:
Total Loss:
Total Loss Overall:

DECEMBER
12/5:
12/12:
12/19:
12/26:
Total Loss:

TOTAL LOSS FOR 2019:

I basically maintained my weight for February. I gained + .2 LBS. I started lifitng weights again after over 2 months and started doing a walking dvd. Good Luck, Everyone!

SW: 197.8 2/1/19.
CW: 198 (+ .2)

I've now been in this new lifestyle for a full year (tomorrow). It was a good year overall, lost over 70 pounds, which is awesome, but it didn't end very well. This week marks the first time in that year that I've had two up weeks in a row. Hopefully, that means this next week, I will have a significant whoosh, because I've been as much as nearly 4 pounds lower than today's weigh in. I've had a couple of meals that weren't what I planned for the day, because of Jury Duty this week, but I never went over on calories, so I have to assume this is mostly just water. Hoping for a 4 pound loss this week to get back to my low (which was this week, so I'm possibly retaining 4+ pounds of water)

to Daydreamer and AllyG for breaking into Onederland this month.

I've been in a massive plateau, and lost a whopping 0.6 pounds in March. But that is always better than gaining.

Thanks Daydreamer. I've actually read that article before (I'm big on research, so I swear I've read every article on the internet this year about weight loss). I'm not sure whether I agree with the explanation of the why, because from everything I have read, there is no scientific proof that our cells replace fat with water and then whoosh it away later, but while I may not agree with the explanation, I absolutely agree that the phenomenon is real. And my whoosh has finally arrived. I'm down almost 4 pounds in 4 days, so my March fat loss is finally showing on the scale, which is fabulous. It happened last time I plateaued also. The week I broke the plateau, I had one of my best weeks ever and lost over 4 pounds. I'm hoping to do that again this week.

Looking back at my history, even with the 6 week plateau, I've still averaged about a pound a week since the beginning of the year. There have been just over 13 weeks this year so far and I'm now down just over 13 pounds. So that I why I can handle the plateaus when they hit. I know I'm still doing the work and making progress, even if it isn't showing up right now.

Halfway point today.

So my goal for 2019 is 37.8 pounds. Half of that is 18.9. So far this year, I'm down 21.8. So very slightly ahead of schedule. I've had some pretty slow months, and some better months, but overall, I'm doing about what I'd hoped to average. I have 16 pounds to go in the next 6 months to get to my goal for the year, and around 35-40ish to get to my ultimate goal weight. I've been failing on the weight lifting front, though. I need to try to step that up the second half the year.

Hope everyone is having a good year so far. And if not, today is a new day.

I'm late to the party as usual, but hopefully will reach goal by New Years Eve!
Started March 1 at my heaviest ever 234.6
April 16 219.4 (-15.2)
May 21 217 (-2)
June 11 204.5 (-12.5)
June 18 201.5 (-3)
July 15 195 (-6.5)
Aug 1 189.8 (-5.2)

Healthy BMI says 154 lbs, but I'll evaluate as I get closer.