Weight Loss

      A NEW JAN 2009 - JAN 2010 THREAD     
  It will be open to current members and new ones
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~ THE 300+ COUNTDOWN CLUB ~
      Counting down to JAN 1, 2009!
 1. Post your 1st of month weigh in.
 2. Check your updated number below.
 3. Let me know of any corrections.

.......................... GROUP WEIGHT LOSS ..........................
SW: 406.0        OCT 1st 214.0     Lost  192.0  aovermy
SW: 320.0     NOV 1st 185.0     Lost  135.0  bigbrett22
SW: 350.0        OCT 1st 309.0     Lost    41.0  BuffaloMatt
SW: 340.0  DEC 1st 175.0     Lost  165.0  danielle_20077
SW: 343.0     NOV 1st 266.0     Lost    77.0  denise07
SW: 326.0  DEC 1st 290.0     Lost    36.0  freethrowtommy
SW: 354.0     NOV 1st 327.0     Lost    27.0  humorpam
SW: 329.0     NOV 1st 294.0     Lost    35.0  korali
SW: 329.0     NOV 1st 229.0     Lost  100.0  laurabow
SW: 370.0     NOV 1st 293.0     Lost    77.0  mnic
SW: 442.2     NOV 1st 388.4     Lost    53.4  mwiowa
SW: 325.0        OCT 1st 276.5     Lost    48.5  punkrockriot
SW: 315.0     NOV 1st 219.0     Lost    96.0  renaer14
SW: 317.0     NOV 1st 312.0     Lost      5.0  shnitzel (tracy)
SW: 465.0  DEC 1st 239.0     Lost  226.0  sun123
SW: 385.0     NOV 1st 331.2     Lost    53.8  sunnyone24
SW: 305.0        OCT 1st 225.5     Lost    79.5  Tina_4792
SW: 367.0     NOV 1st 300.2     Lost    66.8  topeze
SW: 576.0        OCT 1st 449.0     Lost   127.0 velvetkiss
SW: 325.0        OCT 1st 250.5     Lost     74.5 watchmeshine82
SW: 350.0  DEC 1st 294.0     Lost     56.0 wobbley
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We share a long journey
January 1, 2009 is coming! 
What progress we'll make!    

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Hey all!

Once again time got away from me and I just caught myself up on the blog. 

Mark me down at 378 for my August 1st weigh in.  Hoping for a bigger number for 9/1 as I'm back on it faithfully.

Have a good Thursday all!

 

Ouch! I discovered a nasty side effect from losing my weight last night. I can process alcohol at about 1/4 the rate I once could. I drank a bottle of wine last night and got nastily, badly ill! At my starting weight, that would have made me tipsy, not passing out drunk! I apparently must learn my new limits!

Wow - itd never occur to me about the alcohol and getting sick more easily.  Tough way to learn this though. 

Ive had the weirdest weight experience since Feb this year when I gained 15 lbs on a week binge and than lost it the following week.  This is weirder! 

Last Thursday I weighed in at 284.7, which I registered as August update.  Over the weekend I was ranging 3-5 lbs down which is what I'd have hoped for today but there it was this weekend.  Realized it may last until today but early week I was ranging 5-7 lbs so though huge week!  Than today, I hit the home scale shocked and the clinic - same, 275.5 almost 10 lbs. 

I work almost a month for that and with my goals listed for each Thursday of 2008, this bumps me to my Sept 4th goal.  Im not complaining but seriously confused.  As well, Im mentally preparing  because I dont have a normal great week without a followup thats low but this is shocking loss so wondering if Im facing a plateau.  I'd prefer to think maybe previously Id lost more weight than showed and its popping up now but suspecting a plateau in my pending future (like next week, and the next?). 

With my weekend trip pending, the timing is a boost even if its misleading.  Yes it was a thrill but weird not knowing what to expect this month. 

Sun123 -  That is a great loss and I can understand how it may seem weird, but as you know I have water retention issues so maybe you were just retaining some water the week before and got rid of it which would make that total higher then normal.  I can easly retain 10 - 13 lbs of water and so the when it is gone I show a big drop, it is just a thought.

 

Hey

I hope everyone is doing alright. I'm quite chipper having reached 240- 11lbs until my 100 pound mark...

I am however in agony, I had a 2 hour session with a personal trainer at my gym and EVERY muscle in my body still hurts 3 days later. Whats more is I am going there with a friend tonight, but I think I will stick to a swim.

Take care

Hey everyone, I missed you guys so much!

Sun, that is incredible I agree with velvet is sounds like water, in which celebrate a great loss!

aovermy, I know the feeling alcohol has such a different affect on you after you lose allot of weight. Wine really will do a number on you.

mwiowa, you are awesome! What a great weigh in!

tina, I'm in the same boat! Food has become to much of a friend lately, but we both can jump back on track. The forum really is a great motivator and girl look how far you have come. You look GREAT!

 

I have been nothing, but an eating machine! I have had the worst time staying away from crap. I keep going out with friends, hitting fast food AGAIN and just grabbing whatever at home. I am sticking to my walks really well I moved to my new apt, which I love. So I have been walking to and from work every day about 40 min round trip and doing three flights of stairs 3-4 times a day. I think because my exercise has not decreased I am maintaining for the most part. I hit 239 this Saturday which I am thrilled about, but am now 6lbs behind my goal and now have hit 244 this morning, so yeah I am freaking out just a bit. I have to get back on track I am not going to let myself slide. I think it's really made a difference that I haven't been faithful to the forum. This forum really has helped me stay on track and focused. So here I am back and with bells on:) I want the 230's so bad....

Good luck everyone!

Angie 

August 1: Back up to 308. That is all.

Tracy - thanks for checking in!

Star Trek convention was amazing plus I met a guy who I fell in love with! Got photos of us too LINK LINK. 

Unfortunately, Leonard is happily married but the chance to stand so close will sustain me LOL.  Besides, I will always have Spock.  Amazing time - not fair to put in words.  Somehow came home to 270 lbs - must have been the constant steady walking.

Laura, Im feeling for you.  Ive been badly limping since Monday morning but thinking I'll be fine tomorrow.  Sure you had a much tougher workout without a trainer. Congrats on the 240!

Velvet - you might have something about the water.  Wishing you continued success dropping the water weight.  Ang, often the quick gains drop just as quickly so stay focused - those 230s are right there for you!  That walking will help so hang in with your good efforts.

Wow sun, you look great!  Don't think I'd seen any of the more recent photos.

Angie, I know it seems so easy to fall back on old habits.  But, you'll get through it.  Allow some of the stuff some of the time.  Dunno, but it seems to help when I know I can cheat later that week.

I've actually had a bad cold the past week.  For some reason, I find myself so much hungrier than usual.  I don't know if it's part of the change in eating patterns (less veggies/fruits/water, more soup and soft food) or because I'm sick and need more.  Feels like a bit of both.  And I've completely slacked on the working out.  That's ok.  I'll get back in the swing of things when I'm feeling back to normal.  I wheeze so much worse when I have a cold and have tried to work out.  Stupid asthma.

Liza, I wonder if it has to do with how draining a cold can be, reducing one's energy/ strength and that your experiencing a pickup from the 'fuel'. Good luck with the cold passing but take care of yourself in the meantime. 

Still enjoying some of the cortisone knee effect, especially with the Vegas walking soreness pretty much gone.  Its wont be a treatment option for me because it wears off to quickly but cool to use these walking legs while I have them and not question physically going from here to there.

sun- you look great I love the new pictures. Your face is just lit up.

liza- I allow myself one free day a week to not count calories I don't always eat just whatever, but if some friends wana go out to eat than I go and don't worry about counting everything.  Hope you feel better soon. I agree with sun just take care of yourself.

 

So I let Monday be my free day and it all snowballed from there. I have been horrible all week. I thought a big part of it was because I haven't been very faithful with posting on here, it helps keep me focused. I did a post Tuesday I believe it was and Wendsday omg I did the gamut I'm not going to elaborate on the evil food I consumed, but It was bad, and Thursday was really close to the same thing as Wednesday. I don't know what happened I've been doing so good constant losses and sticking to how many calories I have set for myself and leaving the evil food for my free days. I just feel as though I couldn't and am starting to feel at the moment like I can't control myself. I'm writing about how bad I have been and how bad the stuff I have eatin has been and here I am thinking about going out and getting more of it, even though I have been really good today. I don't even wana know what my weigh in on Saturday is going to be, or my weigh in for September 1st. Anyway sorry to vent you guys are the only ones that understand these issues.

Ang

Thanks Ang - thats what I tell myself, at least I look happy (not a fan of my extreme smile face LOL). 

I can so relate to snowballing - thats why cheats scare me so, a day always seems to become a week although at least being active at CC prevents escalation into months/years.  My last was February and prior I think December.  During bad eating times, I become a CC lurker or if I post, its not about my eating until Ive gotten things under control.  Guess thats my dealing with the guilt. 

We're just at the halfway point though Ang so thinking if you face a gain today, its so recent should be more willing to come off  for Sept 1st.  Maybe it will help to think about some goals for other monthly weigh ins coming up.  Ive a goal schedule that goes through the year which helps.  I just readjusted it due to that crazy recent loss so for our threads final countdown day, New Years Day Im shooting for 230.  That includes an adjusted weekly loss expectation after crossing 250, knowing the lower I get the less comes off weekly.  Good luck with the scale and getting back on track!

So how is mid month treating everyone?

With my crazy early month luck, not to upset to follow a restaurant dinner Saturday with a 2 lb gain.  It was crab legs (salty - water retention) plus a salt crusted plain potatoe.  The food seemed innocent though.  Besides, my second month half is always slow and with such a loss early month, no big expectations between now and the 1st. 

I was at 271, now almost 273 but thats about average for an entire month for me from 284 so anything else I get will just be a perk but staying faithful because DONT want a justified gain (thinking this water will drop - just not good at tracking how long that takes but thinking days).

Hope you guys are taking advantage of the two weeks left!

Hi

Now I know that BMI is not an accurate measurement by any means, but I checked my BMI on CC and it is now 31.7! So it puts me into the 'moderately overweight' category for my height. Which seems like another little goal achieved.

Mid-month isnt going too well though, only 4 pounds so far this month. I am going to a big music festival this weekend, so there will be a LOT of walking, and jumping up and down to many rock bands (I cant wait!!!). So I anticipate a few pounds loss there. I will keep you posted... :)

I wasn't too bad in San Diego. I went out walking on Sunday morning, the day after we got there and found a great route that took me on a cliff over the beach then wound it's way down. So I did that for a couple hours, then returned, and needed to go out shopping for wedding gifts etc.

I hadn't eaten anything at that point, and it was near 3pm and we stopped by the food court and I started to panic as I realized I had no idea what any of the food was or an estimate of calories. So, I just had a 90 calorie pack of dried fruit I had in my purse and the next order of business was to hit the grocers! I got a pack of sugar free pudding, a bunch of bananas, some small apples, a couple bags of turkey jerkey, a bag of baby carrots, a bag of radishes, a crate of grape tomatoes,  a bag of mission figs, a bag of assorted raisins and a tin of mixed nuts as well as a box of ziploc snack bags. I then packaged the dried fruits & nuts into the snack packs (6 nuts, 1/8 c raisins and 1 fig (torn up into 5 sections) makes a pretty good snack).  I also repacked the jerkey into the snack bags. Then wherever I went, I made sure I had some snacks on hand.

When I went to Disneyland I took in a banana, and 2 packs of the dried fruit & nut mix as well as a snack pack of jerkey and some veggies. Same with when we went to California Adventure. This kept me on track to a great degree! Although I will admit there were meals that were excessive, it was vacation after all! I just insist now that if I'm going to spend calories, it be on the best tasting food, not average or mall food court quality!

During the week I did wind up eating all the pudding, all the bananas, most of the carrots & radishes, all the tomatoes, I had a little jerkey left for the plane.

I'm still up above where I was when I left, but it was worth it. Last week was a getting used to the routine again, so only ran twice and at worse than usual. The weekend was my and my partner's 11th anniversary, so we celebrated that, of course. with a good meal and wine and such. An anniversary only happens once a year, and I feel lucky to have such a wonderful partner!

Anyway, I'm on track for this week so far. And with less than 100 lb left to lose and no health problems, if I lose it a little slower, I'm not gonna stress over it!

 

Yes, Molly, you did it once and you can do it again. I had the same experience when I broke my foot last year. Not only did I not exercise (which I had an excuse for) but my eating got sloppy too. Once I got the cast off and weighed myself (biggest mistake for me, not continuing to weigh!), I determined to lose those lbs again for good. I did it too as you will.

I figure it's training for the future. After we hit maintenance, we will have times in our lives of stress, injury, illness, celebration... that will cause weight gains. From what I understand, the previously overweight are more likely to gain weight faster than others. Our mission will be to recognize it, buckle down and work it back off, and get on with our maintenance.

UPDATES ON THE DIET FRONT

The scale today was much kinder -- then again, it was so very dreadful yesterday that the only way it COULD move had to be an improvement, right? Anyway, I was at 283 -- down 92 pounds from when this all began, 8-22-08. I will weigh daily through Friday (my one-year mark), because I want to know that number, then I will resume my Official Weigh-in Days (OWIDS) on Saturdays. I must admit I am looking forward to re-entering the 270s (which had been my lowest weight to date.)

• Starting Weight: 375
• Current Weight: 283
• Total Weight Loss: 92 pounds

Breakfast this morning was one cup of Fiber One cereal (120), one half cup of unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze (20), one Western Bagel Perfect 10 high fiber/low carb/high protein bagel (140), and one slice of Kraft fat free cheese (31).And I logged them. I would've had my usual eggplant hummus, but need to get some at the store, first. I have definitely been neglecting my fiber intake, and I've had only passing flirtations with vegetables. We're nicely stocked at home with some things, but I definitely need to hit at least 3 stores today.... which will get me out of the house, right? (I am still adjusting to the fact that it is 40-50 degrees warmer here than in Alaska!)

 

Wow Molly - a diet anniversary! Knowing those 270s will soon be upon you.   Dont be hard on yourself about staying on track - youve had very major things to deal with, good and celebratory.  You remain an inspiration and look how the days are better (karma?).

I did the same with food on my recent trips and think they help balance out serious damage risks.  Had a great time it sounds without the normal vacation gains that are so typical and you sound like youre back, happier and on solid ground going forward.  I also am preparing for the adjusted lower losses and hoping to ease into them.

When we were higher, sure was easy to claim those losses and though I realize I still am 'up there' compared to average dieters, just appreciating those loss memories while staying realistic going forward.  Im currently on goofy week with my home scale bouncing all over the place so feeling like tomorrow at the clinic weigh in will be a throw of the dice chance.

Hey everyone !

Just wanted to let everyone know that i wont be around on the 1st of september .. as My hubby to be and I are leaving this saturday for 2 weeks in PARIS !

We return on the 6th ! So i will be late posting my weight .. which im sure will be horrible !! Since you know France .. the land of wonderous Breads and cheeses ( my weaknesses) So we will see what happens =)

Anyway enjoy the rest of the month ladies =) and I will post when i get back !

~K