Weight Loss

Hey everyone,

I'm 5'0" and I currently weigh 175. I know there is another short girls thread, but most of them seem to already weigh 120.

So anyway, I need some big time motivation. Weekly weigh ins, advice, encouragement, etc....and I'm betting that some of you out there could do the same.

So how about it?

Wow! Everyone is doing so well =)

Last week - 197 This week - 196

Back to work next week after summer holidays so I am hoping that it will be easier to automize part of my eating (I'm thinking breakfast and lunch) which will help with the calorie count. It's going to be hard to build in exercise though as I have a crazy schedule this year. So my mini-goal this week is to look at my schedules/routines and build in 30 min of exercise at least every other day. It's a start....

Happy humpday everyone or new day called weight in day :)

Last week : 218

This Week : 215.2

 

Haven't been using the elliptical as much as I should be, and did weights once this past week.  Take the dog for 2 walks a day a 50min walk in the mid morning and a 20min walk 9pm at night.  Still working on the mini goal of 210 :)

Counting down the days till the kids go to school in September so I can have some peace at last.  My oldest son moved out on the weekend boy did I  want to binge eat but I thought of my weight in this week and did not :)

 

Keep up the good work everyone

Good morning everyone!

It's exciting to see such good progress! for those who didn't see the scale go down - persevere! this is a slow but steady process and it will pay off in the end!

Last week - 167.6
This week - 165

that's a 2.6 lbs loss! I have been going back and forth from 166 - 167 lbs for almost 3 weeks, so 165 is a welcome change..

I have been trying to stick with eating 1350kcal a day but so far this month, I have only been able to do it three days.. Last week I had an indulgence day where I had just over 2400 kcal (ALL super healthy stuff by the way) and after that day the scale started showing lower numbers... Am I onto something? =)

I have not been very good with my mini exercise goal.. in fact I haven't walked in ages! I just can't motivate myself enough to walk in this heat! I still keep busy around the house/home office and try to get out as much as possible and hit the beach a couple of times a week but I need to get some real exercise in!! I'm thinking of going back to swimming.. I LOVE swimming and the last time I lost weight (a good 30lbs) I did so by swimming an hour 5 days a week... and that would also allow me to safely increase my kcal intake and still lose weight... gotta love that, right?

Good luck to everyone else who is yet to post and I hope you have a fab rest of your week!

Not a great week since I gained weight but got back on track half way through the week so I am back to last weeks weight.

LAst Week: 199

This Week: 199

Hoping to exercise more this week.

Have a great week everyone

Lili

I'd like to join over here.  I am a member of the other short girls thread but I weigh much more than they do and am tired of looking at the 115 pound stuff.  LOL!!

I am 31, 5'1 and 166.2 pounds at my last weigh in.  I joined CC in July but officially begin to use the eat and burn meter along with activity meter on 8/5.  I am down 2.8 pounds since I begin this weight loss journey afresh on 7/7/08.  I need to lose 30 pounds to be at my goal weight of 136.  Losing weight has been quite the challenge but I have figured a few things out recently and plan to see how they work for me.

I eat about 1750 calories per day and want to get that down to 1600.  I work out daily and do calisthenics every other day (upper and lower body).  I love to walk and wear a pedometer every day.  My goal is to have a 500-700 calorie deficit, but right now it seems to be more around 400.

My short term goal is 1 pound per week at first then 1.5 as I fine tune things.  I want to be around 150 on my b-day in 4 months.

Everyone is having a great week! Congrats!!!!

Last week 252.4

This morning 250.8

I'll take a 1.6 lb loss.

Oh, and as a side note...I don't think I agree with all those people who say to have a cheat day. I had one on Saturday (my best friend invited me over for a celebration lunch/dinner)....we had baguette and ciabatta and flat bread, 5 kinds of cheese, salami, kielbasa, wine, wine, more wine, and some limoncello...oh and we had a salad with grilled chicken and some fruit for dessert. LOL (go figure, fruit for dessert after all that!!!) The day (as best as I could measure it) was around 3200 calories. GROSS!!!!!! And the sodium was well over 5000 grams.

Guess you're not suppose to cheat that bad. :-)

Anyway, the only thing that saved me was spending two days ripping down a stucco wall and a couple great workouts at the gym.

By golly.....next week I better see a 249.8. I'm ready to move that chub down the scale!

Have a great week everyone!!!!

I just want to congratulate everyone on sticking with it and staying dedicated and accountable.  We are all making such great changes in our lives, and even if the scales don't reflect it at the moment, we have the tools, we have the awareness, and we WILL see change in our lives!  I don't think I could do this without you gals.  You keep me strong.

Props to my peeps.  

LW 170.0

TW 168.6

A bit disappointed though. I was at 167.4 on Friday the 8th, weighed in at 171.8 on Monday, the 11th. Soo...I am up from Friday, but down from Monday.

1.4 lbs from last Wed. I don't think I've been in the 160's since 1995, over all, I am very pleased. These little set backs are so frustrating, I guess it all has to do with water retention. Anywhose, that's what I'm chalking it up to.

Looks like everyone has had a loss this week, or at least maintaining. That's great!   

Keep up the good work, everyone.

 

CW 166.8

I will start from here and do my Wednesday weigh in's from this #.  I just finished the mid August 10lb weight loss challenge and I loss about 3-4 pounds.  I have not seen a weight reduction in a very long time and am pleased at this accomplishment, but now I want to kick it into high gear to see a 1lb loss per week.  We'll see!

I'm so pleased with myself today! Usually when I don't eat every three hours or so I get a killer headache and just feel generally like garbage. But today, I didn't! I ate healthily, and even had enough calories saved up at the end of the day to go out and have a beer with my ball team (and have 5 chips!).

In total I've lost close to ten pounds (I had lost 5 prior to joining CC), and I've really noticed a difference in my energy level. I'm playing fantastic at ball, and I love it.

I'm in love love love with losing weight. Haha. :)

Had to share my "yipee!" moment today. I went clothes shopping for fall today (never a good activity for me) and I am a size smaller than I was in May =) Yipee! I automatically took the normal size I would be and was surprised when they didn't fit. In one pair of pants I had to go down 2 sizes! yipee yipee yipee... I know it isn't much but hey - it's progress.

It is so wonderful to read this! I am 5'4 and way in at 168 lbs. My weight has been creeping up for a while now and I have finally decided enough is enough!

I am currently separated with a 3 year old and 1 year old living with me. Today is my first day back on CC since before I was pregnant with my 1 year old, so its been a while. I weighed 194 lbs the day I had him, but I had lost down to 155 lbs until January. Some mild depression and terrible eating habits with no exercise has landed me here!

My goal weight is 140 lbs by my birthday...December 25. At that weight, I can comfortably wear a size 6 without that bulge I am sporting in my size 10's and 12's now.

Keep up the motivation guys! You have kicked my butt in gear! Thanks!

Oi, I wish I could fit a size 6 when I was 140 pounds! When I was at my smallest of 127, I was still a size 9 (how's that for medium/big boned)! I'm aiming for 135, so a size 10 would be nice.

Hey all....just a Friday note!

So yesterday I went for my campus visit at the law school. I'll be commuting via the train and walking about a mile to the campus (slight uphill on the way there). My mom went with me yesterday and as we were walking, she kept having to stop and was panting pretty bad (and mind you, she weighs 75 lbs LESS than me)!. I was able to carry on a full conversation as we walked. Even though I've been working out for a few months now (steadily), I still have the "fat" mindset that something like that walk would be difficult for me. I still get excited when I can jam up the hill with no problem. ;-)

Then today I went shopping to buy a few new shirts for school (I'm sort of in-between my biggest clothes and the smaller ones I have...but am trying to only buy enough to get by with). I got a size smaller and everything fit....I was stoked! Oh, and my old jeans (I've still been wearing them) have gotten to the point where they are almost ridiculous. I even tried washing and drying them in hot water...but they didn't shrink enough. What a great problem to have!

But yesterday I ate like crap. I had a shepherds pie in the freezer (that I made before my CC days) but I decided to cook it for dinner. And of course, you can't have shepherds pie without bread so I sent my mom out for some sourdough... Therein lies the problem. I started with just one piece for dinner....(and all I'd eaten that day was a salad with some chicken on it for lunch)....but then came the downfall. One of my favorite things in the world is fresh sourdouhg bread with butter and apricot all-fruit on it. So since I had cut two extra pieces...I ended up eating them (with the fruit). Crappola. :-)

Then today I made fresh salsa. The problem with this is that I LOVE IT. However, my trick it to eat it with salted cucumber slices (mimicking the crunch and saltiness of chips). But today I pulled out the bag of flax tortilla chips....all the while telling myself that if I started I wouldn't stop...and the next thing you know I've eaten 20 chips (and a serving is only 7). CRAPPOLA. Why do I sabatoge myself like that? Especially when I have a dinner party tomorrow, and another one on Sunday....I should be eating especially good these few days!!!! Argh. And....I've had hardly any water for the last couple days.

But I did just go to the farmers market and load up on produce so that should help (we haven't had any fresh veggies in the house for over a week which has made life difficult!!!). Anyway, I'll get an extra good workout in tomorrow, and chug 100 oz of water each day and hope it gets me back on track before school starts. If I'm not on a routine already, I'm terrified that I won't be able to maintain any kind of healthy habits while in school! And I'll be DARNED if I am going to undo all this work!

Okay, well that's my rant for the day. :-)  Thanks for reading! I hope you guys are all having an awesome weekend!

Happy Friday everyone! I've been doing really well (not going to say how well, I don't want to jinx it!), and I'm hoping I can hang on to that for the rest of the weekend. Working more hours has definitely helped with how much I'm eating. It's fantastic.

jesusgirl1- Don't sweat it! We all have those days/weekends. Enjoy yourself at your dinner parties this weekend, but just keep in mind how guilty/over full you will feel if you over indulge. This really helps me to keep my appetite in check.

I am still looking for 172 on the scale :(  This week is being a real bugger.  I missed another day of exercise yesterday due to allergy testing.  The allergist told me no cardio for 24 hours and I didn't have the spirit to do anything else.  Making matters worse is I found out I am most allergic to dogs!  I have such a cute dog and it was within a few months of having him that my allergy symptoms started.  I never had allergies before so this is all still a bit unbelievable, but with the test results in hand how much denial can I continue to cling to!   AHhhhhhh

Today I got in a great morning walk, just under 2 hours at 3.5 miles per hour.  I got blisters on my feet to prove I was there and I hope I have a new low number on the scale soon to back that up.

Thanks for being here to vent with. 

Jesusgirl you need to get back to business so you don't slip too far.  You will feel great once you gain control.  If you can't start today do it Monday after the weekend parties.  :P~

Good luck Lynn, inspire us this week!  :D

Welcome aboard Kjdry!

 

I'm sticking to the program pretty well, but it's not showing.
Wed - 180.6
Thu - 180.6
Fri - 181.4
Sat - 182.4 (what the heck?!)

I just do not understand what happened here, and it's really bumming me out.  I guess I shouldn't weigh every day.  Might be water/sodium because I did have a 700-calorie pasta dish Friday night, but it's discouraging!  I was so happy to see 180.6 on weigh-in day and the following day, but it looks like it was a fluke, which I was afraid of.  The "trend" line is going down again (it had kind of leveled off when I joined), so I guess that's something to be happy about, but I just feel like I'll NEVER get out of the 180s, grrr!  Giving up does not even register as an option to me any more, but it's times like these that I get really down and start thinking that I'll always be fat no matter what I do. 

I've been really stressed out because my boyfriend's moving in (his lease is up August 31), and we have to consolidate 2 apartments' worth of stuff into one.  Also, my job is about to be chaos because I work at a university and the students start back on Thursday.  I wonder if the stress is a factor in my weight. 

Whoa, sorry for all the whining!  *sigh*  I guess the best thing is to just keep plugging along and take it one day at a time, eh?

Hey beckabooey:  Don't get too discouraged.    It probably is water retention and also stress.  I've heard stress can do weird things with weight.  Have you been able to get your exercise in?  That could also help the stress factor.  Keep the faith, you'll get past this.

Good luck Lynn, inspire us this week!  :D

 We'll see about that. I went over my goal of 1500 calories today by close to 200. I feel like absolute garbage.

I didn't eat enough during the day while I was at work (by the time I was home at 6:30, I had only eaten 600 calories). I ate something, but it wasn't satisfying. So I kept eating.

Anyway, hopefully tomorrow will be better. It's my day off so I will be able to control when and how much I'm eating even better than when I'm at work. Even writing this out I'm starting to feel better; I know it's not the end of the world. I saw a really good number on the scale this morning, and I know that one day of not so good isn't going to ruin weigh in day for me.

Okay, all better. :)

lynners:  Don't feel too bad, I bet you'll be fine. 

I just had to tell everyone that this AM I weighed 197.4!! Thank you all for being here and giving me the support and motivation I need.  This site(and all of you) has really helped me alot. 

Have a great day!