Weight Loss

I'm looking for a 130/120 club, but I don't see any topics started.

If anyone knows of the proper topic, would you mind letting me know?

Thank you :)

Not sure I'm going to weigh in tomorrow.  I've had a rough day and ended up bingeing all evening.  I feel so discouraged now, especially since I was doing so well, and I know from experience that my weight will be quite high tomorrow because of the excessive carbs and all of the food that I ate.  I'd like to get back on track tomorrow and sometimes seeing a number that's a lot higher just makes me want to give up at the beginning.  Any advice?

irothell -  DONT GIVE UP!!!  we have all been there.  hell, i havent been to the gym in a week and a half.  I feel terrible about myself, and that makes me want to eat everything in sight.  BUT, just because you have one terrible slip up day, doesnt mean you are doomed, right?  Get right back on the wagon and prove to yourself that you can do this.  Losing weight (and keeping it off) is really hard.  I love food and i love to eat, but we have a great support system here.  Im sorry that you had a rough day, but if you give up now, you will just have more rough days b/c you'll be feeling bad about yourself.  So, chin up.  If weighing yourself will be too hard on you today, wait.  no shame in that.  good luck!

now, for my weigh in...

SW  133.4

LW  127.6

CW  127.2

Not huge progress, but progress.  Ladies, have a great wednesday.

Happy Wednesday ladies!

Mrseric17 - Just wanted to say, great post about not giving up! :D

I haven't been to the gym in about a month b/c of my being sick before and still moving into my apt. (being sooo busy!), so it was nice to read!

Plus, it was good to see that you were offering such great support to Ingrid...and the rest of us!

Actually, I want to commend all you ladies! Everyone here is such great inspiration, motivation, lifting spirits and adding encouragement, etc. when needed and even unexpectedly! So, good job everyone!

You all are really doing soo wonderful (even w/ the slip up times!) Keep up the idea of 'lifestyle change' as Simi mentioned b/c that's really what this whole thing about 'losing weight' should be, right? Lifestyle change, not just temporary diet *which I hate using the word diet anyway!* haha.

Ingrid - I hope that you can get back on track soon. :D Though don't beat yourself up for not weighing in today. I'm not weighing in b/c I forgot to this a.m., so I'm just going to do so tomorrow. :D

The 'Wednesday weigh in' is a general day we all decided was a good day to post, but if someone can't post til Thurs. or maybe only on Tues., then so be it. :D Just getting your results on here....whether good or bad...at least once a week is good to help keep you on track and the group here is just so uplifting no matter what you post. We are here for one another! :D YAY!

Okay...well hope that helped and not hindered anyone. :/

Again, I won't be posting today, but I weighed in on Monday and I was 131, which is technically 10 lbs. since I started my challenge in late January. :D So, so far so good. :D

I have a couple more weeks til my 'challenge finale' (24 May), so we'll see if I can meet my 127 lb. goal for then and maintain that for the weigh in! :D I want that $100 prize! haha! *And to really be able to tell my stepdad that 'I AM the Biggest Loser' (weight wise that is..haha).

Okay, I will hush now...I'm sure I've said plenty this a.m. :D

Good luck with your day, ladies!

Chin up to everyone! (hugs!)

Ttyl!

-Margo

 

I second the 'don't give up!' post.  I actually think it's wise not to weigh-in the day after a true binge because the number (which is mostly water weight) can be very discouraging.

I wasn't going to weigh-in because I am feeling really bloated (ttom, haven't been to the gym in 2 days until this morning, ate REALLY badly on Monday...) but stepped on the scale anyway.

SW: 143
LW: 130
Today: 133.5

Next week, I hope to be back to 130.  Exam week is always hectic, and I haven't been working out as much as I should.  Plus, I don't have a car right now and no one has had time to take me to the grocery store, so my food choices have been limited.  But, I'm starting summer school in a week and I will have a car and be back to my routine, so I'm not too worried.

Keep up the good work, girls!

Hi ladies! I'm getting the sense that today is not a good weigh-in day for this group. Wasn't for me either. That's okay...

SW: 144

LW: 130

CW: 131.5

It's rather perplexing, seeing as how I was at 129 for three days straight at the end of last week, and then I just started gaining weight. I had a little more sodium yesterday than usual, but I haven't changed anything else about my diet. I've stayed within my calorie range (1450-1600). I haven't been getting much exercise, but thus is the reality of finals. I wonder what exactly is the story here...and I hope I can get back to 129 for Friday (graduation day). Rats. I was so happy about meeting my goal.  

On the bright side, my pants are finally starting to fit loosely. That was a pleasant discovery yesterday.

Well, it's back to scrambling to finish my paper. It's due in (yikes) three and a half hours, and it's going horribly.

Hope your Wednesdays go well, everyone!

Hello, hello!!!! =)

First, I want to say thank you to everyone for all your postive attitudes and for being such a good support team!

I know this weigh in for me was a bad one, but seeing that makes me want to try harder. We can do this ladies... You guys are all doing so great!

Now for my weight in:

SW: 135

LW: 131

CW: 134

This week I am heading out to buy a new digital scale - looking forward to it, so I have accurate numbers.

=)

Not such a great week for me either. I'm having a very hard time not eating out.  I think i need to make a meal plan, at least for dinners, then maybe i'll have leftovers for lunch! Do any of you do that?

SW=133.5

LW=129

CW= 130

I was so happy to see the 120's:( Hopefully i can get back down there by next wednesday

Goal for this week: Don't eat out!

Thanks everyone, for your encouragement.  I really appreciated that and I'm doing a lot better today.  Thank you!  I decided to weigh in anyway, because I know that the weightloss journey at this point is very up and down.  I tend to lose hope and drop out of groups like this when my weight goes up because I feel like I've failed.  I don't want to do that this time!  The cool thing about this week is that yesterday and the day before I got to see the 120's!  Maybe I'll be back there next week...

LW: 130.8

CW: 132.4

Hope that everyone is having a good day!

I wasn't going to weigh in today either, since Monday didn't bring a nice number on the scale, but reading how positive everyone is, I decided to do it too.....

GW: 125

LW: 130.5

CW: 131.0

I'm going to use the TTOM excuse once again.

Soon, my lovely ladies, I will be part of your club!!

And oh man, I cannot wait for that day to come!!! I'm at 145/146 right now, so I should be in this club in about a month! I so so look forward to posting here and getting to know all of my fellow 130-ers

 

Ooh, looking forward to seeing you in a month then nefertiti, though I'm sure you're more than welcome to post here anyway. I hope to be leaving the 120s soon, but I hope I can still be part of the club. It's the best and most supportive one on the forums :]

LW: 122/123ish

CW: 121

Yay, it stayed off! lol gosh each pound is getting harder and harder. I hope to be looking at 120 by next week. I've been highly stressed out this week, but still keeping to the plan.

Hope you all are having a good week.

Man! when we do well, we all do well (last week).  And when we do bad, we all do bad.   It is funny.

I am no exception.   I went out last night had a burger and then to the movies where I had popcorn.  Very nice and totally bad.  And this whole week I have been really hungry, which I usually am not,  so I have been making bad choices.  (too much peanut butter! and too many carbs including carbs at night).  

So sunday I was the same bf% as I was last week.  Obviously I did not make any progress because because I ate like a piggy (but my workouts were good, I still biked 100+ miles and did all my weightlifting).  But calories in minus calories out yadda yadda.... and if I eat everything back it does not matter what I burned.

The problem is I am not totally grossed out by my body right now and I find that helps to really motivate myself.  But I know I could look better if I lost just 5 more #s of fat, so here I am.

So today I am back on the bandwagon.  I enjoyed my cheats but I know I need to stop now because I do not want to backslide. 

Here is to a new meal, a new day, a new choice and a better lifstyle.   I think everone could benefit from thinking about diet cheating as just that "a cheat" no matter how long it lasted or how big it was.   A cheat is not the begining of a downward spiral, it is merely a break, a minor setback or slower progress but it is not the end all.  So here is to a better next week for everyone! 

Hi everyone, I wasn't going to weigh in either because last night was our 2nd anniversary and went out for Mexican = not good for Wednesday morning weigh-in. but oh well, I'm still 135. I've been craving candy, like skittles and jelly beans lately too. I need to quit that addiction some how.

Next week I will be under 135, no excuses.

I hope everyone has a better weigh in next week. It is great to hear all the motivation on this board, we can't give up!!

 

Hey everyone - I just learned about this website today... and i think I fit in this group!! As far as sugar cravings, you may want to look into gymnema sylvestre, which is an herbal supplement that is supposed to fight the cravings of sweets.  I used to take it to curb a gummy bear addiction, and placebo effect or not, it worked.  Also, whenever you are craving sugar, drink water - they say we tend to crave sweets when we really need hydration.

Good luck, and I look forward to reading what you all have to say!

wow, thanks for the input, I'm going to google that now. I have a severe gummy candy addiction.

So in keeping with what seems to be 120/130 club tradition, I've uploaded bikini pictures from the weekend (protected -I didn't feel like giving the internet free reign over pictures of me practically in my underwear).  Does anyone else ever look in the mirror and think you look okay and then take pictures and wonder why you don't look as okay as you thought you did the first time?  As far as I can tell, I'm all boobs and really big legs.  I like being able to run and I feel strong but I wish I looked more willowy than solid.  I'm healthy though, so I guess I shouldn't complain, right? ;-P 

Pictures are always a rude awakening for me.  But I would not say you have "really big legs"  under any circumstance.  Plus if you have really big legs then I have tree trunks,  so let us not go there.  And as for boobs if that is your your "problem" more power to you.  You look great, healthy, thin and able-bodied.

Yay Ingrid for big boobs!  I'm right there with ya babe!  Only.. I don't have the sexy legs, I have sticks.. which are changing slowly..

So Jen.. you are so totally right about the whole all doing well then all doing poorly because this is my weigh in:

SW: 132

LW: 128

CW: 129

Ok so I'm not back into the 130's from whence I came but gosh darn it why am I not at 128?!  Jen I'm not cutting my calories and I'm eating tons of fruits and veggies but I found out today (I'm so stupid sometimes) that they have carbs in them.  For some reason I only thought carbs were in bread and pasta.  Silly me :)  Sooo much for the lowering my carbs try out.  I'll get there eventually.

I made cookies tonight..

Simi- Cookies!  Yum!  What kind did you make?  Now I'm craving cookies at my desk.  Big chewy oatmeal raisin cookies... Sigh.

Oatmeal Raisin sounds so good!!  I made sugar cookies to bring to work.  We're having a competition of sorts and this month is cookies, it's a good thing because someone else eats all of them for me.  Mostly all of them that is :)