"Slow Dancing With A Stranger" #1
 

Save the last dance for me!

LAST? HA :rofl:
You get the first!!!

I'll play.

I feel like I'm trying hard, but when I do lose, I regain the next week?!
I'm exercising but not seeing any changes.
Others around me are losing, and while I'm happy for them, I just get more frusterated! :dizzy:
I keep changing foods and plans because I get bored eating the same thing, so I don't feel consistant.
I'm just tired of trying and trying!:(

Cue the music! Love it, I found myself shaking my head :yes: with each question.

Doesn't it seem that weight loss is NOT an Equal Opportunity Provider! There is completely no rhyme or reason to it!

I have used so many tools to trick myself, and they work for a while but then my body figures it out and says WHOA, PLATEAU AHEAD! :devil:

However, I refuse to quit. Just because it doesn't work this week doesn't mean it will not work next week for me.

You can do it, it's just finding what works today!

:hug:

I think this is my problem also. I've tried some plans where I've been so wrapped up in what to eat, when to eat, how to eat, that I felt like I spent all my time thinking about food, when I felt the opposite should be true. My life shouldn't revolve around food. I feel that's how I got in here in the first place.

Jo, Hi! I remember you from another thread here at Chicks! Good job on the weight you've lost!

Hi PP, yup, I am still here, still at it. Taking the back side winding road to get there, but I am getting there. What you said above is totally me, always thinking and re-thinking things. It gets exhausting. I am always questioning myself and crossing fingers that I am "doing the right thing".

Today I baked 3 loaves of cinnamon bread for my Hubby's Tday potluck at work. The guys requested my bread! Its in the oven now!

I vacummed, mopped the house {tile and hardwood seperately}, and will finish cleaning the bath in a while.

And I did 40min of kickboxing + 11 min of abs.

During rest breaks, I've been knitting a blue baby outfit for Joesph, the new GS of my parents SS teacher. Dad asked me to make for him.

Jo, you are doing very well! I feel like I've tried everything to lose weight but nothing seems to work long term. Hubby and I have both realized that we have regained weight so we are both restarting. I have to admit its easier when I have someone working with me, and I'm not going it alone.

Let's do this.

Oh, this is so my thread. Every thread I go to on these boards seems like its filled with people who drop weight quickly. It seems like I continuously see people who lose 60, even 100 pounds, in like 6 or 9 months. It took me a year to lose 50 pounds. And, what is a whoosh(!)? Every week, 3FCers have whooshes of 4, 5, 10 pounds lost in a week. And, although I am extremely happy for them, I have never, ever experienced this phenomenon and this ticks me off. ****, I'm lucky if I lose even 1 pound a week. Stupid weight loss. Why do you bless others with easy, rapid weight loss and taunt me with a barely moving scale? Damn you. Damn you to ****.

@princessgina00 - i KNOW!. WTH? I convince myself in the beginning that, ok 2 pounds is ok, 2 pounds in a week is alright. and then comes the week where I don't lose ANYTHING, and everything goes to heck. I try to convince myself that - WOW! 52 pounds in year would be GREAT! And that's only 1lb/week! That should be 'easy'... but then when i only DO lose one pound in a week, I get so MAD and say TO HECK WITH IT!.... so, hopefully this thread helps with that. :-P

At least here we are all in the same boat, I feel that will definatly help our morale. Several years ago I lost some weight and it was easy compared to how hard I'm working now just to maintain.

If I were lucky enough to lose 1 lb in a week and KEEP it off, I'd dance to the stars and back!

Oh yes! I was losing right on shedule for the first 14 pounds even before I found 3FC.
This past week nothing. I exercise, I'm always up and about cleaning, and playing with the puppy outside to make up for not being able to take long walks with her in the woods until the hunters are gone. I change up the amount of calories every day (same average each week) Yet the scale doesn't budge. I just had another good cry about it (my fault for weighing myself before schedule next Saturday)
I hate my fat, 8-10 pounds of belly!
I know rationally that I only need to lose 16 lbs to reach goal, but I feel so defeated. I'm not giving up, I just need to be encouraged by the scales, you know?
S/C/G 197/183/167 final for 2012 155

Tues 22

B= 2 c milk, vits, poptart
S= peaches
L= 6 Triscuits, 3 slices summer sausage halved, mustard, 3 slices colbly, halved
D= chicken and veggies, 2 cornbread
S= pumpkin pie
S= 1/2 slice cinn bread
E= 40min kickbox, 11min core, 30min treadmill

K9Owner, I make my own bread once a week from a starter. I usually give one loaf to my parents and then give the other away. I'm trying to make it healthier by adding wheat flour and using a salt sub but I've been getting complaints from my Dad that he doesn't like it this way, LOL.

ForLove, I hear you on the encouragement. I know that every good choice I make is helping my overall fitness, but some little sign of progress would be very motivating.

I'm with you guys here. Last month I lost... nothing. :mad: I did lose some inches so I can't complain too much but it's annoying. This is my second 4 week+ plateau this year (realistically, it'll be at least 6 weeks because of the way I typically lose... those two week just haven't happened yet).

I average somewhere between 2-4 lbs/ month but I've had some months where I lose nothing.

Oh, and am I the only one who loses consistently right up until I am about to hit a major milestone or reach a new decade and then I stall out? Why???

Morning Ladies :wave:
Hi RunningFromFat :) it's great to see your post here, unfortunate--but I'm really so glad I am NOT the only one in this situation.

I love food. I love to eat good food. And, I love finding new food I love to eat!
Even when I had my cals at 1200, I lost slowly. I have them set on 1450 in MFP now & I try to eat back some, most, or all of my cals.
With the recommendation of Jo {on a previous thread}, I increased them b/c I have literally been losing & gaining the same 3-5 lbs :tantrum:

Very busy day for me (for all of you as well, I'm sure).
I'll check back in later tonite.
Have a great Thanksgiving Eve!

I am going back on first phase of South Beach for 2 weeks. It really worked for me. -- I don't count calories on that phase. I am getting maybe 1400-1500 per day. I like it because I can eat all the veggies I want and all lean meat.

I think after Thanksgiving, I will join you Kristiina. Now that I'm not doing as much cardio, I don't need as many carbs!

Krystal :cp::cp::cp::cp: It would be REALLY nice to have a buddy.

runningfromfat You and Jo have the same stats :)

Hi Patch; we met earlier as well at the 40 something thread.

I am not going to focus on skimping on food this week. -- Luckily for me, I can not eat the pies etc.

We are spending thanks giving at home, just the four of us, and two doggies. I am quite happy about it. -- Jo knows about my dysfunctional MIL, and we have finally removed ourselves from her toxic life.... So I am cooking all the favorites kids and DH like. Not all the traditional ones. Well turkey will be served :) Family can not stand stuffing and green bean casserole....

Everyone have a happy turkey day if I don't have time to check back.

My alarm didn't go off this morning so I thought it was 8am and it was actually 930! Fortunatly, I didn't have anywhere to be! I'll be making the side dishes for Tday, and I think I'll do a lower body workout.

Sum, Hi, nice to see you again. Good for you for making what you want for Thanksgiving and having your own celebration!

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

Yep, and it does look like Jo and I have pretty similar stats, nice. :D

I can relate to princessgina00's post too. It seems like everybody gets out of the decade threads quite a bit quicker than I do! Every now and then I'll go through a decade quickly but it's normally do to illness more than anything else. :(

K9Owner - I've never been able to stay at 1200 calories. I've tried every now and then and I just can't. Between lifting, swimming and walking everywhere it never happens. :dizzy: The lowest I ever manage is about 1400 and even then I think I'm probably more at 1600-1800/day. I guess I could try to lose more quickly cutting back more BUT from past experience it's never been sustainable for me and I always end up giving up. I think a big part of why I've been this successful this time around is eating more, keeping a smaller calorie deficit and not depriving myself. It does make for a lot of frustrating at times, though, that's why I'm thankful to see this thread!!!!


Sum38- Thanksgiving is easy for us because we living abroad. ;) I'm planning on making steak, salad, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and I already made some whole wheat, sugar-free apple cinnamon cookies for dessert (that are meant to last the family for the whole week). :D Christmas is also just going to be my family, although the in-laws might come down too. I'll be the one cooking if they do come so they're going to get stuck eating healthy! :lol:

Yeah, it doesn't matter whether I'm eating 1800 cals/day or 1200 cals/day, my weight loss does not go any faster than 1 lb/week, which is simply ridiculous and dumbfounding. Nothing else in my routine has changed besides my daily calorie total, but my weight refuses to respond positively or negatively. It just remains flat.

Unfortunately (perhaps fortunately :shrug:), I will not be having a big Thanksgiving this year since I will be eating alone (have for the past 6 years). Instead, I am going to buy some Popeyes (don't you judge me! :D) today as my Thanksgiving meal and will fill tomorrow with a series of movies. But, come Christmas, I am totally going to pig-out (don't you judge me! :D).

I can TOTALLY relate to this as well! Which is why I am choosing to STOP weighing every day. I can kind of tell when I'm up on the scale anyway, b/c I retain water in my belly.

I have 8 to go. When I hadn't lost over several months in a row, I removed my ticker and just tried to focus on changing the way the fat looks on my abs! Hey, if I can't lose it, I'll try to make it a little more appealing to look at in the shower! ;)

I am TOTALLY having whatever I want tomorrow. The way I see it, I've been pretty much OP every single stinking day since July and have not lost ONE OUNCE. Why should I get all holier than thou on Thanksgiving day???
:rofl:

"No judgements here"

Everyone, Be good to yourselves tomorrow.
Thanks K9Owner and Patchwork
I wrote in another thread that I plan to do a sort of Atkins for Turkey Day (just turkey, veggies and water, no carbs) I'm not a sweets person, I'm not that interested in cake or pie, but the scones/rolls/fresh breads are probably why I have a "breadbasket" tummy. If I slip, I'm going to try not to over indulge nor beat myself up which I usually do do.
Happy Thanksgiving!

I did 40min of LB and 20min of UB.

I made the green bean and sweet pot casseroles. I take the Volumetrics approach and use regular recipes but add almost double the veggies. I've yet to make a pecan pie but can do that this evening. Since its 'his' pie maybe I can get Hubby to help!

If I don't check in tomorrow Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Gina, I think you should eat what you want for you holiday!

K9, when I first started here I had a ticker. It lasted about 3 weeks. I got tired of changing the stupid thing up/down/up/down. I weigh about once a month now.

ForLove, dispite the fact that I actually make my own bread I don't eat very much of it. I"ll have a sandwich or a slice with dinner but never in the same day.

Has anyone tried black water? I bought 4 bottles today. It tastes like water with some dirt in it :)

WTH?

That sounds terrible!!! :D

Bear with me, I am on my iPad and it likes to insert words that I don't intend to write!

PP, Volumetrics is a great idea, I need lots of volume to fill me up!

Forloveofself, good luck with your plan tomorrow and no big deal if some bread finds it's way onto your plate.

K9, enjoy yourself tomorrow! I am rethinking my plan too and may indulge a little more than I thought.

Sum, I feel so much better, we are staying home tomorrow too, just the four of us and I am making what we like. The kids are giving us a little bit of a hard time, but it was what felt right to us this year.

Princess, are you having pot pies? If so, I love those buggers, I still buy them once in a while. If not, please tell me what popeyes are. Like k9 said, no judgements here!

Runningfromfat, I love that we have the same stats. You are a runner I assume? Me too, but I just dabble in it, I run a couple times a week and rarely run more than 3-4 miles. If I do, it is a really good day!

ELBS, I don't lose weight every week either. If I gave up every time that happened, I would have quit a long time ago. I figure I can quit and be fat, or keep going and lose weight or at the least maintain.

I just have to say it is so nice to have some new friends to chat with, old ones too. This is a tough time of year, especially when DH isn't on board until the new year and wants to live it up right now, yikes!
I just have to take it one decision at a time and do the best I can, we all do!

:barf:

:thanks1:
To all of my supportive 3FC friends.
I am truly blessed & thankful to be a small part of each of your lives :)

I've never heard of black water, what in the world is it?

No judgment from me today. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and it makes me said that I'm so far away from my family for it. But I also have to work today and realistically can't plan out a big meal.

Well, i used to be, I'm currently seeing a bunch of doctors to see if that's possible again. :( I just got diagnosed with scoliosis yesterday, actually. The physical therapist was a real idiot (told me basically I'll only ever be able to swim again and nothing else) so we're working on finding a specialist in the hopes that I'll be able to do more than just that.

Aw, I am really sorry about that. I think you are smart to find a specialist to deal with it. I hope you can find something you are able to do that you enjoy just as much. I know lots of PT idiots, don't let it get you down, keep looking until you can find someone that works with you and for you, not against you. :hug: