New Getting out of the 160's Part 2
 

Welcome to the New Getting out of the 160s
A new thread!! The old one was over 500 post
Let's get out of this decade together :carrot:

160.4 today! My period is almost over, so I'm hoping I'll ditch some of this bloating over the next few days and get myself into the next thread. :)

Thanks for creating the new thread love2b.

wolfchan - you are doing great! My weight loss has slowed dramatically and it may take another month for me.

I am waiting on my folding recumbent bike. FedEx has it, they just can't make it to my door with all the snow in our subdivision. After I get it, I may be able to burn some calories to help. I think right now, I am almost eating at a maintenance level of calories and I really don't want to drop any lower.

163.4 :) I'm getting there and it feels great!! It's my time of the month so I usually fluctuate. Maybe tmi but I noticed I'm much less moody/pms since I'm losing weight.

I like this support group! I think we are all doing amazing. Hang in there everyone!

Everyone seems so close! This is very exciting. :D

Thank you for the new thread.

161.6. Blah! I've been here a week.

Thanks for the new thread Loveb!!

162.0 this morning. Seems to be a reoccurring theme...lol But I am 2 days into aunt flow so I am hoping to cross over to the new thread SOON!
At work and im the only one here in my department so I will do personals later...everyone is doing so good!! WEVE GOT THIS LADIES!!!

160.2 this morning! I treated myself to some baklava at work and wound up going over my daily points target, so no surprise that it isn't more...

Yesterday was a full day at the hospital with DH getting knee surgery. Thankfully they had a bagel shop. Did not eat again until I got home at 5 and had a steak and cheese wrap with lettuce & tomato. This morning's weigh in was 167.4. So, I am coasting along with you girls!

160.4 Wednesday morning.

159.8 This morning!! YES!!!

I'm going to update my stats to 160 today. This is motivation to do really well for the next two days!

167.8
I'm down 0.6 after sweating to some Zumba last night. The plans are to return again tonight. I need to eat fewer cals. Hopefully that will begin to happen when and IF I can get obtain a day job!!

159.6 this morning! I'm moving over, I'll see everyone on the next thread!

Hi ladies! Excited to finally be in the 160's at 168.0. Any advice for a girl who is trying to cut back on sugar?

jemini and wolfchan - congratulations! :woohoo::broc:

Sunshine99 - Welcome to the thread! I quit cold turkey. I have not had anything made with sugar for 8 1/2 months and I am so glad I broke free from craving it. This is one lady that used to eat pies, cakes and packages of candy everyday.

No advice here :cry: I gave in to carrot cake yesterday. NO WAY I'm weighing today!
That is AWESOME you were able to quit cold turkey Katiam.

I've been dipping in and out of the 160s for half a year. I'd love to be out of them for good. I gain before and during TOM but have trouble losing it afterwards, and by the time I do I'm regaining again. Lather, rinse, repeat. The last time I lost weight was November but I've more or less plateaued for even longer.

You could try weening yourself off of sugar. This is what helped me. For drinks I quit soda cold turkey and cut back on juice almost completely. I started adding less and less sugar to my tea until eventually I could drink it plain and drink lemon water instead of lemonade.

For solid foods just try to have that one reasonably portioned sweet thing for the day if you absolutely have to have something sweet, but as a compromise you should drop some other high carb food. Like if you must eat a candy bar then you can't have bread later and vice versa, that sort of thing. Try to eat a sweet fruit over a processed food though.

You don't have to have your sugar all in one sitting. You can take that one thing and split it up to have throughout the day. You can also make your own treats instead of buying them pre-made and cut back on the amount of sugar in the recipe. When I bake I cut the sugar by half. After a while you'll start to prefer things less sweet in general. I started to notice a hint of sweetness in things like vegetables, and sugary things are so overly sweet that they don't taste as good.

Thanks, K9. South Beach Diet phase 1 is 2 weeks of eliminating all sugars, grains, starchy vegetables and fruits. The reason for this phase is to eliminate your cravings. It takes a lot of determination, but, boy, did I enjoy my first piece of fruit after the first 2 weeks!

Welcome circa83! Hope you can move down and out of the 160's this time!

Inching down slowly. Hit 167.0 this morning.

158.8 this morning. I'm going to call it and move over to the 150s thread.

Thank you ladies!!

161.6 :) I'm starting to get comments at work about my weight loss and it feels good to have some positive feedback.

I'm adding in 160.8 because a few hours later after I went back to sleep, that's what it was:)

Congrats everyone and see you soon in the 150s thread!

Wow great job on quitting sugar,Im a huge sugar addict.
168.8 Friday ,didn't weigh today because of eating ice cream and oreos yesterday. downhill skiing today and will stick to calories so hopefully scale will be down tomorrow.
have a great day everyone

Congrats to everyone working so hard to get out of the 160s, and to those who have gotten into the 150's!

I just made my mini goal of getting into the 150's by March, a month early! This morning the scale said 159.2. Moving on over to the 150's thread.

Good luck to all!

I've had 3 days of poor choices and the scale reflects it for sure! I'm up 3 lbs--basically back to where I started (170.6).
Weight loss is NOT linear!

rachelinala - wow! so close!

merowi2 - hope you had fun skiing yesterday! That's got to have burned lots of calories!

midnight12 - congrats on moving down to the 150s! :woohoo:

K9 - hope you kick that sugar monster soon and start seeing the scale move down!

165.8 this morning! I dipped down this low about a week ago, but it didn't stick. Maybe this time it will!

well, I was awol for three weeks after a car accident. I broke my wrist and was pretty banged up and I'm feeling well enough to get back on the wagon. I'm up a bit, to 167, but have decided Feb is the month that I finish with the 160s!

OMG leopard! I wondered why I had not seen your posts in a while. So sorry to hear about your car accident, but glad to know it was not a really, really bad one. Hope you mend quickly! Glad to have you back :hug:

I'm waiting until tomorrow to weigh myself. Fingers crossed. I am thinking it'll be 160 point something and hopefully by the end of the week I can cross over into the 150s. But I'd love to wake up and be 159 tomorrow morning.

161.6 this morning. Sigh. I ate a lot at work today too, such a stressful day.

Joining this thread- I've gained so much in the past year and a half I'm so ready for change! I'm just in the 160s this week- 169.8... Hoping to move through here quickly :)

rachelinala - sorry to hear you had a stressful day. Hopefully, today will be better!

Samantha Daisy - Welcome to the group! Hope the 160's go quickly for you, too!

Today, I hit 165.6. 5.8 lbs to the 150's!

I am still 170.6 from last weekend's sabotage! Not doing it this weekend!!

leopardspots sorry to hear about your accident, glad you are on the mend :hug:

Sugar and salt cravings are the worse ... I can never satisfy them and when I attempt to I ALWAYS over indulge :(

:congrat: to ALL of you that are moving over to the next decade. I hope to join you by next month :crossed: Keep up the great work :)

I'm back again. I haven't seen the 160's since January 15th. My low was 166.9 on January 14th and after that the scale just kept going up and up :( Yesterday was 169.9, today 169.1 ... hope to keep it moving in this downward direction :crossed:

I'm still hovering around 161.6 for almost a week now. Trying to remain positive and patient. 2 pounds away from 150s.

161.0
better.

Heading back to the 170s thread since I gained weight.. Boo. Be back soon!

K9 - How did your weekend go? Hope you were able to stay away from the sabotage monster!

love2b - hooray for making it back down to the 160's! Good job!

rachelinala - so close! hope the scale was good to you today!

Samantha - you can stay here if you want! I always seem to bounce up and down when I hit a new decade, but I know it will finally stay after a few days eating well!


164.6 this morning. Definately need to jump on the recumbent bike. I think I ate more than one serving of peanuts! I went grocery shopping Saturday and the Rotary was selling them for a scholarship program. They are from Wakefield and good and fresh. Didn't realize how many I had eaten until too late. :devil:

Rachel you will be in the 150's very soon, good job :)

Samantha, I bounce back and forth so often it's crazy :dizzy: Hope it's just a little water and you're not over there long :crossed:

Thanks Kat :) It's easy to overeat anything that has a serving size of 1/4 of a cup. I always do unless I measure it ;)

yesterday 167.1 today 168.4 sodium sodium sodium, smh. I so want to get below 165 :crossed:

Katiam: :tantrum: I blew it!! :tantrum: I'm plenty motivated. I am just not disciplined. When I don't have a decent prep day, I will eat whatever is lying around!!

Had a bad day with the food intake today. I was hungry all day and made some poor choices including a binge session on some cookies and crackers in the break room at work. I was still hungry afterward!

Oh well it happens and it could have been a lot worse. But must get back on track tomorrow.

Krystal ... your post is so me, smh. :(

Rachel, you're right it happens and it has happened to me today also ... :(

I was up this morning I think it was 162.6 :(