The weekly weight loss check-in and encouragement

[Sarah Louise]

I wish I could lose weight, I have weighed +/- 4 pounds for the last 5 years.

I've tried dieting, riding an exercise bike, no luck.

I'm sure age and diabetes doesn't help the issue.

[veritatemfurto]

down to 204.2

I should note that I do the weighing after removing anything that can be taken off (clothes) or expelled (wash your hands after!) when I get up... IOW my true empty weight.

found that the clothing adds about 1-5 more pounds on the scale...

[JenJen2011]

Okay guys. I'm going to join in.

Before my FFS on January 7th, I weighed 179. Today I weighed in at 168.8. I will be posting an update every Thursday. My goal weight is between 140-130. I am 5'5" tall.

Best of luck to everyone!

[michelle666]

down to 204.2

I should note that I do the weighing after removing anything that can be taken off (clothes) or expelled (wash your hands after!) when I get up... IOW my true empty weight.

found that the clothing adds about 1-5 more pounds on the scale...

I need to buy a scale, I've been putting it off for the longest time now. I want to to know my true weight but that might be a little weird in the scale section of Target.

[Sarah Louise]

There is nothing weird about getting on a scale in a store.  I have done it for fun and to test the accuracy of the scale before buying.  I bought one that agreed within ounces of the doctors scale that I had just been on.

[michelle666]

There is nothing weird about getting on a scale in a store.  I have done it for fun and to test the accuracy of the scale before buying.  I bought one that agreed within ounces of the doctors scale that I had just been on.

Oh, I weigh myself in the store now, but to get my true weight like mentioned earlier ( without clothes) would be weird in Target.

[Sarah Louise]

Grrrr, I'm never weighing myself again, I can't take it.

[Artemis]

Today: 129.6 kg  Yeah!

[Jeneva]

Ugh, missed yesterday morning, but I did remember today.  Another 3 pounds I lost.  I'm still not sure why I'm loosing so much each week since just the 1600 calorie diet doesn't account for it, but I'm definitely not complaining.  I do eat around 2x the fiber recommendations and very high protein and low fats.  And it may be that some of the farm work is actually vigorous enough to get my metabolism keyed up.

220.4.  Still a long way to go, but I've not been this low since before our daughter was born.

[Maja.V]

Checking in after a while!

I've managed to drop down from 168 to 164 in a month after switching from Spiro. My goal is 150 pounds (I'm 5'11"), meaning I 'only' need to lose 14 more and I'm good. I've been doing lots of cardio cycling on my stationary bike and have a "somewhat" controlled my diet. Being a slight bit more careful of my intake, I should reach it before summer.

I'm feeling awesome and confident that I'll be able to do it. Gooo weight loss!

Though I'll probably need a tummy tuck with all the loose skin. Sigh. Moar money spending. *Wants FFS*

[veritatemfurto]

ugh my scale is broke... one of those digital ones... get up do my normal routine and it says 204, redo it to verify it a minute later and it goes up to 209, retry another minute later and its up to 224! WTF! either it needs a new battery or I have somehow acquired the power to spatially shift my weight and its going the wrong way! :s

although I can still fit back into a size 16... comfortably now, so yea the damn thing is broken

[JenJen2011]

Last week: 168.8
This week: 168.2
Goal:          130-140

Okay. Last Thursday I was 168.8. This morning I weighed in at 168.2. So I've lost .6 pounds which is probably just fluctuation in water. I was scared to weigh myself this morning because I did terrible this week. I ate fast food every day and didn't do much exercise. But I have the ball rolling again. We'll see next week.

[niamh]

I wish I could lose weight, I have weighed +/- 4 pounds for the last 5 years.

I've tried dieting, riding an exercise bike, no luck.

I'm sure age and diabetes doesn't help the issue.

Dieting is a waste of time. Deprivation just causes one to jo-jo and leads to weight gain in the long term. What one needs to lose weight is a combination of a long-term change in diet and moderate and regular amount of exercise. Then it's just a matter of the numbers. More energy out than in and you'll lose over an extended period.

Don't give up. Make small changes each week that build on each other. Trying to do everything at the start is just not going to work. Pick a change and do it, stick with it and when it's become natural pick another change. After a few months you'll notice a big change.

But again. No to dieting.

As for my journey. I've lost 3.5kg (7.5lbs) in the last 7 weeks. It's hardly something to write home about but I do feel much better about my self-image as I can see that I do look slimmer. I would have lost more weigh only I think I've added muscle and as muscle weighs more than fat it's lead to be becoming slimmer without causing a major change in the figures on the scales.

[Jeneva]

Still losing more than magic numbers say I should, but again no complains.  I did have a big splurge on Friday night.  We took our son out to Texas Roadhouse for getting 1st place in his grade for their science fair.  I still managed to stay under 2100 that day, but it meant that my weekly average was 1640.

218.4 now down from 220.4.  I will have a rough couple of weeks since our son's birthday party and dinner out is this week and Shannon's will be next week.  I'm hopeful that I can still lose some, but I won't be able to stick with my diet as tightly as before.

I also changed my ticker to target 165 just to give myself some room to bounce around and get stabilized at a maintainable weight.  I'm big framed and 5'11", but the 175 target I had doesn't leave much room for gain.

[JenJen2011]

Last week: 168.2
This week: 171.5
Goal weight: 130-140 lbs

Okay. I'm going backwards. No point in me really posting this.

[Jeneva]

JenJen2011 don't give up.  We're all going to have bad weeks.  I'm expecting I'll end up backward this week too.  We ended up at a chinese buffet last night because it was our son's birthday and he ended up sick so we thought it would be a good way for him to graze.  Unfortunately I ate entirely too much and when I checked myself this morning I was up two pounds already.  And we still have his actual party and an outback trip when he feels better.

Just this week as a learning experience.

I've also seen some people use a monthly measurement so bad weeks aren't so depressing.

[JenJen2011]

Thanks for the encouragement Jeneva. It's really hard. I love food and now you got me thinking about chinese, lol. But we CAN do this! And we WILL do this!

[Jeneva]

Ok, just as I suspected I've a bit behind this week.  Today is my wife's birthday and Wednesday was our oldest son's.  He ended up with hand, foot, and mouth and has been fairly freaked out about the blisters so we've tried to cheer him up with a lot more eating out that usual.  After the chinese buffet earlier this week, we had japanese last night.  Needless to say I over ate both times.  We'll still end up going out to a steak house for him eventually, and Shannon wants to hit Mellow Mushroom sometime next week.  So I'm not too hopeful for next week either, but I'm not giving up, just realizing that next few weeks are going to be a see-saw.

218.4 last week
218.8 this week

+0.4 lbs, still even with a bad week I'm lower than I've been in 8 years.

[michelle666]

I still have no clue what my weight is, but I went to Macy's over lunch and tried some pants on. When I started dieting in August, I wore a size 42/30 Levis. I fit in a 34/30 today!

[JenJen2011]

That's important Jen, that you don't give up. It'll all be okay. Just continue afterwards. And congrats Michelle.

I started a new eating and exercise routine today. I don't know how much of a difference it will make by the time Thursday comes around but we'll see.