I have a bit of good news to report! I weighed in this morning and have hit 187.0lbs. That's a new low for me, and it's about time! The lowest I've been in the last 3 weeks is 188.8, and then bounced back up to 190 and have just been hanging around in that 188-190 range for three weeks. It feels good to finally have broken through that area to a new low. I've been good at tracking my calories the last few weeks, and even got a little exercise. So I was disappointed it took me so long to break through, but I finally did.

Hopefully the next few weeks I'll keep losing a pound or two a week.

Here's my progress so far:



Look at that huge spike right around the New Year! 

Hey how is everyone doing? I've popped back up a little in the last couple days, but still am below 190 which is good.

I want to let everybody know that I will be posting a weight loss check-in in 2 weeks, because I perfer to use the gym's scales to the electronic one at the place that I am staying at.

I am gaining weight

Hey Lance,

Your plan sounds great. I totally agree that sometimes it's not about the numbers, you have to find what works for you. This isn't the wekly "Weigh in" after all, it's just the "check in" PLEASE feel free to post here what is working for you and provide encouragement for others in their journey too.

Personally I think your epiphany is really insightful. I hope you keep sharing here and checking in every once and a while.

Hi Everyone,

Nice graph Madelyn, I have a handwritten one on my wall. And I agree, it's not just about the numbers, there are many ways to measure progress, like looking and feeling better. For those of you who have gained a little, just look at Madelyn's graph. Just like life there are ups and downs, so don't give up trying.

I am proud to report that I lost about 4 tenths of a pound this week. A gently sloping plateau I guess. From 188 down to 175.2 in about three months. I seem to have developed some healthier habits and I feel so good about that! 

Stay motivated everyone.

Jennifer

Hitting another "bump" right now actually. 188.6 again after getting down to 187 last week

Hanging in there though!

Haven't posted lately because my weight has been about the same. I'm up 1 lb from my last post. I've been sick but the fact that I have only gained a lb without working out and still eating unhealthy is encouragement for the weight I will loose when I start working out again which will be tomorrow

Got a new job that requires a ton of walking, being outside, and constant standing so I have a feeling it will be helping me shed some lbs.

Current weight- 209

I'm at 173-ish, again.  But I've lost fat and gained muscle so my weight is being stubborn about going down, but I'm cool with that.  As long as I look tone, I don't care.

Well, it's been a rough week. I've dealt with a little depression and that has made it harder for me to stay motivated to exercise and stay under my calories. I've been still tracking (even when I go over), but at one point I had gone from 187 up to 191

I've been better the last few days in drinking water and watching my calories and have come down to 188. Just 1lb over my lowest so far. I am feeling better and a little more energetic the last few days. Spent 30 minutes on the rebounder this morning and am going to try and be careful with my calories going forward.

I'm going to try and exercise for 30m each day on the rebounder. I think that will help me pick up the weight loss pace a bit. So far I'm averaging less than 1lb per week, would like to get closer to 2lbs per week.

Hang in there everyone!

I weighed in today, I'm now back at 312.  Damned Vacation having such great tasting food!

Anyways, I'll more than likely lose more weight, because my low testosterone levels are being taken care of starting St. Patricks day when I start getting T-Shots through the doctor every month or so.  Maybe that will help out with the weight loss.

Quote from: Lance M. on February 18, 2011, 03:03:51 PM
btw andrew, i like your new avatar.

Thanks Lance My friend took that one of me the other night after I had like 30 failed attempts at trying to get a decent 1 of myself. 

As for your question I've heard of that happening and apparently once your body adjusts and thinks that you will continue to drink the right amount of water it will slow down a little bit. I know when I was sick I was drinking a ton of water which I never drink and had to go every half hour to hour. After a week of drinking 200 oz or more a day I stopped having to go as often and things went back to normal. I don't know about long term because as soon as I wasn't sick I went back to my caffeine addiction and stopped drinking water.

Hey Lance,

If your pee is clear and it doesn't smell bad you are probably fine and your body just adjusting to your new intake. I think someone would need to drink a LOT more water for the water to cause a problem.

I drink 2-3L of water daily and it's normal for me. I don't have any troubles. I do usually have to use the restroom about 45m after drinking a lot of water, but I've never had any problem as a result.

If I were to start to get headaches, and/or pain, and or feel thirsty even though I was drinking a ton of water etc then I might be more concerned. But if I felt otherwise normal, and my only symptom is that I was drinking more water and going pee more I wouldn't worry.

Good news is that this morning I got a nice surprise and weighed 186.2lb!

down to 217.4!  Yea for stomach bugs

I'm down to 168!  13 lbs to go! X3

I don't own a scale. But I've been on the "I can't afford to eat" diet for about 2 weeks now, and it's working wonders, lost an inch and a half off my hips and an inch off my waist. If I can stay broke for another couple months, I may get to see muscle definition.

Hi. It sounds like most of you are having success, that's awesome. Keep trying and working hard and good things will happen. On that same note, I am doing good also. I lost another half pound or so and my body fat percentage went down too. I now weigh in at 174.6, a number I haven't seen in many years. Thanks everyone for the encouragement and good luck to all of you.

Jenny

I'm late joining this thread but yeah i'm trying to loose weight too.

I'm 15 stone now, according to google thats 210 pounds. I've lost a stone so far due to exercise, I go to the gym at least 3 times a week but i'm not doing great when it comes to food.

Quote from: Nathan. on February 20, 2011, 07:13:40 PM
i'm not doing great when it comes to food.

Why?

Welcome new thread members!

I have some good news to report! I made it down to 185.2lbs over the weekend! I'm very happy to be down to this weight, and only 15.2lbs away from my short term goal of 170lbs.

Keep the faith, you can do it!