I haven't been to this forum for a long time and here I come and see you in our old post!! Really glad to see you!!
Congratulations on your determination , nice to see these results!
Speaking of me, I had stabilised at 149 for a loooooooong time-since I was on holiday etc. - and since last week I decided I was ready to move on and go on with my diet.
So, here I am at 147,4, counting calories and feeling optimistic about my goal for the end of the year!!
Would you like to support each other through this journey?
Ariadne! Long time no see eh? Glad your back. I really like that fact that we have had the same goals and we are pretty close to meeting them. Let's do this together!
I am still doing the low carb thing but now I have now watch my cholesterol as well. So far so good. this weekend has not been one hundred percent but back on track now.
I look forward to hearing from you soon! Keep up the great work!
Very close to goal--having a hard time with the last few pounds.
I made it to my goal weight at end ofAugust; started a new teaching job and have regained a little bit. Working hard (healthy habits and decent amount of exercise) to get back to the goal and keep it off.
I have been up and down between 145 - 149 for the past few weeks. This week I am determined to stay OP! I have a wedding in two weeks and I have not even gone dress shopping yet because I didn't know what size I would be. Well I don't think that two weeks is going to make much of a difference in dress sizes now, so it's off to the mall for me (could think of worse ways to spend my Sunday)
A friend actually brought me a dress to try on and it was too big!!!! It said size 11 but I am not sure I believe it.
I feel rather bloated these days as I'm expecting TOM and I don't want to see my weight..I think I'll be disappointed..
Yet, I had 1400 cals yesterday, 1000 the day before yesterday and I manage to stay on track more or less..
I changed my program a little... I still stay (or try to) between 1000 and 1200 cals but I try to share them to 5-6 small meals a day and not eat all of them together in 2-3 meals as I used to..I feel this gets my metabolism move a lot better, but as I said I'm not planning on weighing-in these days...so I'll tell you if that works in a week or 2...
ariadne28, I did the same this last TOM. And my TOM is so irregular, and I don't get cramps, that it's hard to know when...except that I gain 2 to 3 pounds days before and don't shed it til a couple days later. However...there was no weight gain this time. Depressing that...there was also no loss as hard as I'd been trying. So when it hit, I understood what had happened. I didn't gain 2 to 3 pounds...I'd actually lost a couple and didn't know it yet.
I went and tried on about ten dresses, didn't get one but it felt great trying on sizes 10 and 12 instead of the 18W that I had to wear last Christmas. Will go again this weekend. I am going to bring my digital camera and take a pitcure of me in it to decide which one I will pick.
The wedding was great and now it's time to focus on getting in shape and loosing some inches. While I don't hate my photos from the wedding I know I could look better. But hey! I have lost 45 pounds and 8 dress sizes so thats not so bad right?
Next week it's all about the exercise. I will do my WATP's 3 mile everyday! and drink that darn water.
Okay I started this thread in March of 2004, having lost 22 pounds and extremely proud of myself, what happend? I thought at the time I would not quit and would reach my goal weight, now almost two years later I still havn't gotten there yet. I am 23 pounds away and I know it's doable. So I have started this again so I can force myself to look for the final results and not just be happy with compliments about how good I have done which made me satisfied with continuing to be over weight. Not any more I tell you. I will reach my goal I will reach my goal....
