just wanted to join in and give my progress.... i am still at 144 but have done nothing lately to change that. yesterday i was on the treadmill for 20 mins and today for 20 plus some weight lifting. cant wait to post my update next week!
Holding steady at 150 lb...considering that it's TOM and I'm all puffed up, I hope that means I've actually gone into the 140's. Guess we'll see next week.
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! It's nice to have had some good news to report.
I understand the reasoning to not record gains on one's ticker. One can logicaly look at it as a record of one's weight loss journey, and gains are just temporary setbacks. Lord knows I hate it when I adjust it upwards.
But I do it if I have to, every Friday (well, Thursday night, really). I spent so many years being in denial about how much I really weighed. This was a big factor in my allowing myself to get as fat as I did. If I'm not brutally honest with myself, and now whatever part of the world that pays attention to my sig/postings/website, then I know I will begin the slide back upwards to where I was when I was miserable.
I think either approach is reasonable. One just has to decide which one is best for them.
Last edited by Tealeaf; 08-26-2007 at 04:55 AM.
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Well I weighed myself this morning. I am at 138 so just a 1lb loss this week. Which I am happy with considering I made some not so good food choices this week.
I would change my ticker if those pounds were stuck for more than 2-3 weeks, because then it would mean that I am really struggling. But it's too early for me right now to do that. Besides, this morning I was back to 131.5 (I know, I know, I shouldn't weight every day, but I'm just curious), so I'm probably already on the right track.
Now's to focus on my delicious vegetables mix... After that I'm supposed to meet friends at McDonald's (THEY want to eat there, I promise!), I hope I'll be able to hold good and not give in. Must think of the veggies. And of the banana I'll eat when I'm back. And of not ruining a good day with trans fats!
I weighed in two days late for a few reasons. I was sick this weekend, but I did try to stay around 1000 calories each day.. which should make this weight actual since I ate too many calories a few days out of last week. This is BIG for me!!
179.5 (scale said 179 first but 179.5 twice after that.. I'll take it though!)
That's down 3 pounds into the 170's, below my September 1st goal AND no longer OBESE with a new BMI of 29.9!!
I made my September 1st goal on 6/02/07, so I think it's taken 12 weeks to lose 19.5 pounds.
Last edited by MAMA2CHUNKEYMONKEY; 08-27-2007 at 09:04 AM.
WOW! MAMA2CHUNKYMONKEY...that's incredible! Congrats! And congrats to all that have lost weight this week. To those who haven't, hang in there, we can do it!
As for myself, I actually weighed in this morning at 229 lbs but I'm not counting that since my official weigh-in day was yesterday and I was at 227.4 lbs yesterday and the day before. So, that is a whopping 4 lb weight loss since 8/21...a total of 6.6 lbs since May 5th (slow and steady wins the race?).
So, that is a whopping 4 lb weight loss since 8/21...a total of 6.6 lbs since May 5th (slow and steady wins the race?).
