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#101
04-02-2012, 11:53 AM
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Just got back from my lunchtime Fat Club meeting. I'm down a pound and a half this week, which is a major accomplishment for me. My average is about a half pound loss over the time I've been going, and the actual plot of my losses is quite chaotic.
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#102
04-02-2012, 01:52 PM
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I am pleased to announce that, after being off my feet for two weeks, I was able to get a good walk in! I took it in shorter hops with a break for lunch, so I didn't overdo it. I feel so much better. No more cabin fever, and no more cranky Robin!
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#103
04-08-2012, 07:16 AM
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Official weigh-in today. Stayed the same as last week (114.4kg), which I'm quite pleased with, given my easter egg consumption on Good Friday (hubby is out of town for Eastercon so we had our eggs early whilst we were still together).
I feel like I need to shake things up a bit. I've gotten into a bit of a holding pattern, eating the same meals day after day. I guess the change of season will help.
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#104
04-08-2012, 11:16 AM
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Well, it appears that the most recent plateau is over. I lost 0.6 last week and expect to lose again this week. I just had a good breakfast to ensure that I don't pick at the candy and other goodies that await at my mother-in-law's this afternoon. She is making lasagna for Easter dinner, but I'm prepared for that so I know not to eat a lot of junk food before that, and I know Airman's aunt usually brings some very, very rich desserts, so I know to stay away from that. (In fact, now that I think about it, I'm going to swing by the supermarket to get some fresh fruit or some sugar-free treat to bring. Zero points and I won't get a tummyache.)
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#105
04-08-2012, 01:10 PM
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Not much to report here, last time I weighed myself I'd gone back up a pound or two, but then that could have been the time of month.
I've signed up for the local 5K in July, so once Easter is out the way, I'll follow the 6 week Couch to 5K plan my dad found in the weekend Times for me, and see how things go!
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#106
04-10-2012, 10:08 AM
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Congrats on the un-plateau-ing, Robyn! Looks like I may've gotten past mine as well. As of this morning, I'm down 59 pounds, which surprised me... Although in retrospect, while I did eat more on Passover, I really -did- watch what I ate. I've also added some weight-work to my exercise routine.
Either later today or tomorrow I go out shopping for new pants!
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#107
04-10-2012, 10:19 AM
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had a sucky 3 weeks or so through work travel and family visits etc, strayed upwards a few pounds, but nothing too serious.
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#108
04-10-2012, 11:34 AM
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I had 2 weekends of Easter. The first weekend (with Family A) I gained 5 lbs and had to work the entire week to get rid of it. For the second weekend (Family B) I watched what I ate pretty closely and didn't gain.
So I need to hit it hard this week (and I am) to get some downward motion. Until my birthday at the end of the month where I end up gaining 5 lbs back. Oops!
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#109
04-10-2012, 02:16 PM
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::whine:: Why are all the holidays about food and CANDY?
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#110
04-10-2012, 02:53 PM
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Bonus to my people: Matzah isn't exactly binge food.
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#111
04-10-2012, 03:49 PM
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#114
04-11-2012, 04:51 AM
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weighed in at 103kg this am, so just 0.6 over my previous low a month or so ago. Going to have to reduce the intensity of my running a little. Had been doing lots of intervals, but this is leaving me in difficulty when it comes to stairs, so going to cut that back a lot to see if that helps.
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#116
04-16-2012, 01:57 AM
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Back up 2lb
 I have been doing a lot of partying though - food, drink and lack of sleep will do that to you!
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#117
04-16-2012, 02:14 AM
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Expecting a good weigh in on Wed. Been a little ill over the weekend, and would you know, a much reduced appetite whilst doing your best impression of a radiator will do wonders for pounds lost.
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#118
04-16-2012, 08:44 AM
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I got my ass in gear last week and cut out all sweets and starches from my diet. (Actually, I officially started doing that last Wednesday, since I had some leftover Easter coconut pie I had to finish.) So in less than a week, I've already lost 5 pounds of water weight. I have only 5 more pounds to lose to put me at the weight I was this summer, and 7 pounds to lose to put me back at what was my lowest weight in over 10 years.
I am so motivated! I've been walking/jogging every day, and I'm going to take up body-weight exercise to build some muscle in my arms and legs (legs already have a decent amount, but my arms are embarrassingly weak). Once I lose those 7 pounds, I'll only have 10 more pounds to lose to reach the high limit of my healthy BMI range. It's so close I can feel it... Last edited by gallows fodder; 04-16-2012 at 08:44 AM.
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#119
04-16-2012, 01:52 PM
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So spiky now that I've lost more. No movement for two weeks, but I know it's that time when I retain water like I'm expecting the price to spike. It's so freaking frustrating, but I know I just have to keep my faith in thermodynamics.
The frustrating thing is, my jeans fit better. I mean, objectively so. But the scale still won't budge.
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#120
04-16-2012, 02:20 PM
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Damn gallows fodder - that's all great news!
AotL - being at the "low end" of your goals is weird. On one hand you've come so far and done so well. On the other hand everything is more "delicate" and harder to lose now. Ugh! Glad you are hanging in there. Easter I and Easter II came and went and I lost 4 lbs in 3 weeks, so that's not bad. My workout schedule keeps being interrupted by other stuff but I am at least doing some sort of exercise every day. I'm also keeping my calories super low because I've lost my appetite with my stomach issues. Well "very low" like 1600-1800 (which is not much for a 300# person who exercises). I am scared to death of becoming weak, so I try to shove in calories the days I work out the hardest. Anyway it's going well. Gotta hunker down between now and Friday the 27th when I have 2 days off for my birthday. I think I will still go to the gym that day, tho 
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#121
04-18-2012, 02:12 AM
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Great weigh in
3.1 pounds down for the week, 18.5 is the running total. Also neck down 0.5 inch(1 in total), waist down a full inch(3.5 in total) & hips down 0.5 of an inch (2 in total) motivation levels returning......
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#122
04-18-2012, 06:18 AM
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My weigh-in yesterday was not good. I had cake two days in a row, frozen yogurt (sugar- and fat-free, but still) on Sunday, and very little exercise. I gained 1.6 lbs. Of course, I stepped on the scale this morning and my weight was where it should be. Damn scumbag body!
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#123
04-23-2012, 11:34 AM
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HEY GUYS!
I had an awesome week. My food diary looks good, I did my full workout schedule (elliptical, elliptical/weights, elliptical, elliptical/weights, swim) plus on Saturday and Sunday (and Thursday) I moved boxes up and down stairs for 30 mins a day. I didn't lose this week, though, which is a bummer. Because next Saturday is my birthday and I'm going "off" and I hoped to hit 40 lbs gone by then. Not sure if it's going to happen though. I have some theories on lack of weight loss this week: 1. I'm not used to stairs at all, and my thighs are humongously huge muscles. They were awakened by the stair work and are retaining fluid for the moment. (science) 2. I still have my period every day (gonna call the doc next week, switch my BCP) and it seems extra heavy right now so maybe retaining water from that. 3. I didn't drink enough water this week. Way too little. Oh I also got lab work results. My cholesterol didn't go down and my good cholesterol didn't go up. My blood pressure is still slightly high (like 140/90). So fucking pissed. I lost 35 lbs, take a statin, take fish oil, eat flax meal, quit smoking a year ago, exercising daily. FUCK THAT NOISE. The doctor is not worried (the numbers aren't too super high) but she is a bit flummoxed. Hrumph. Also got an official diagnosis on my tummy. GERD and gastroparesis. My stomach doesn't digest as fast as it should. Turns out that's painful. No real cure for it. It could be much worse. Treatment would be worse too. So take $190/mo Nexium and hope you grow out of it. Ok rambling over. How is everyone else?
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#124
04-23-2012, 03:22 PM
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Talk about bad timing. I went to my weekly Fat Club weigh in, and I was up a half pound for the week.
 About a half hour after the meeting was over, I felt a rumbling in the works, and made a dash to the men's room. I don't want to be too graphic, but I swear when I was done, I would have been down a half pound at weigh in. Last edited by VunderBob; 04-23-2012 at 03:23 PM.
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#125
04-23-2012, 04:02 PM
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Yeah, that happened to me last week. I usually allow myself a piece of cake when my book club goes for dessert after the formal meeting on Friday, and I'm pretty good about avoiding most processed sugar the rest of the week. But between my usual piece of cake and more dessert on Saturday night's potluck, my system was confused. After I had breakfast Tuesday morning (AFTER weigh-in, naturally), that was it. When I stepped on the scale Wednesday morning, it was right where it was supposed to be. I haz a
Last week's weather was gorgeous and perfect for a nice, long bike ride. And I do mean "long". Then we had that stupid nor'easter blow through. I haz another I'll let you know how I do tomorrow.
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#126
04-23-2012, 10:27 PM
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Back on the damn plateau. My total rose to 59 pounds lost, and I got all excited... Then back to 57. And staying there. For days.
So, today I took a lot of the pent up energy I've been having and walked. 12.5 minutes. Yeah, I know it's not a lot, but my usual amount is zero minutes, so I think this is a step (ha!) in the right direction. I also added more weight to the free weights I've been using. No idea if that actually helps, but it made me feel like I was progressing in some nebulous way. Also went 200 calories shy of my normal budget today. I gotta break through this plateau. It's driving me nuts.
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#127
04-25-2012, 12:25 PM
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I gained again last week. I went back and figured out that I was snacking on fruit too much. Fruit has zero points, but it still has calories and sugar -- enough to make me gain weight.
So this week, I'm doing a lot of heavy planning. I've got most of my food for today, tomorrow, and Friday already worked out. (Breakfasts and dinners are planned, but lunch isn't. I have to work that out.) If it's not planned for, it doesn't get eaten. Period. So far today, I've had 1/2 cup of Egg Beaters with onion, broccoli, and fat-free cheese with a slice of toast and a banana for breakfast, and leftover shrimp fried rice (homemade, not take-out) and carrots for lunch. Dinner will be six ounces of steak (again, cooked at home, not at a restaurant), a grilled Vidalia onion (cooked on the grill, not in butter), some grilled beets, and a small (150-gram) baked potato. I do have some room for a snack if I want one, but I'm on the fence. I'll see how I feel in an hour or so. The point is that I need to exercise some discipline about what I eat and not go crazy just because something's "free".
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#128
04-26-2012, 09:28 AM
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I am losing very slowly (about half a pound a week) which is exactly what I was going for. Even with my PMS cravings I am still down that half pound.
The cottage cheese (seriously, the best protein food I can find) doesn't taste good yet but it is above tolerable (with lots of black pepper mixed in). It seems to really be helping me not to be starving by lunch and is making my morning tummy problems less problematic. I am treating it like medicine. I am eating it because it is good for me, dammit! I am keeping it to small changes. I have eliminated second supper and replaced it with a small bedtime snack. I am keeping my goals small. I want to lost about 10 pounds by November. Slow and steady is the order of the day.
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#129
04-26-2012, 10:28 AM
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Slow and steady is a good approach!
I started in September 2011 at 129.4kg and weighed in at 113.7kg this morning. I expected to be heavier thanks to a celebratory steak dinner on Tuesday night, but I balanced it with a light fish dinner last night, and I do think the occassional splurge helps keep the metabolism chugging along.
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#130
04-26-2012, 11:22 AM
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After a bit of yo-yoing, my weight has settled down again and I'm down another pound overall - so for those who have lost track (i.e. future me) that's 6lbs gone since I joined the January thread, with another 22lbs ideally to go. To be honest, as soon as I've passed the halfway mark, I'll be a happy girl, anything beyond 14lbs lost overall is a bonus
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#131
04-30-2012, 10:56 PM
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Okay, problem / question.
For the past few weeks, I've really been struggling to get over a plateau. It seems like no matter how carefully I watch it, I'm just not losing anything. I've even significantly ramped up my exercise. Now, when I started all this, I chose an arbitrary calorie number for my daily intake, and slowly worked down to that level, where I've been for a while. Realizing that I just sort-of chose a number out of the blue (1800), I did some research tonight and found that it's far below what the mayo clinic (via their website) says I should be having (around 2500). I'd read elseweb that dropping one's calories too low can make the metabolism go all screwy, and prevent weight loss. That seems... Counter-intuitive to me. I also don't want to -add- more calories if I don't need to, as this, too, seems counter-intuitive. So, anyone have any non-anecdotal evidence to help me out? Should I be raising my caloric intake?
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#132
05-01-2012, 12:07 AM
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I'd been plateauing for a while, went out for a steak dinner and had dropped 300g two days later. My biggest losses always seem to come when I eat my weekly points as well as my dailies. I do think there's something about 'stoking the engine'!
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#133
05-01-2012, 05:44 AM
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Well, I'm actually looking forward to weighing in this morning. I was very careful this week to track everything in advance. This really seemed to help keep me on track, as opposed to "Meh, I'll figure it out later." I also think that some exercise on a daily basis, as opposed to less, but more intense, exercise, helped.
I stepped on the scale this morning in heavy sweatpants and a T-shirt and I was not displeased with the number. It's not as low as I would have liked, but it's down by a good bit from last week, and since I don't weigh in heavy sweatpants and a T-shirt (I'm in a modest sports bra and shorts), I feel pretty good.
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#134
05-01-2012, 02:55 PM
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And all this stuff worked! I was down 2.4 this morning, for a total of 85.4! I've already got my week mostly planned out, including a trip to the drive-in this weekend. So I'm in pretty good shape.
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#135
05-01-2012, 04:02 PM
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Yaknow, this is the February/March weight loss thread. My watch, cell phone, and PC all say today is 1 May. Maybe we should move on, or ask for a rename to the ongoing weight loss thread...
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05-02-2012, 01:05 AM
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#138
05-02-2012, 07:41 AM
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up 1.5 pounds, but measurements not changed so not too fussed. Onwards!
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#139
05-02-2012, 08:09 AM
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I have a regular MD appointment today so I will be interested in what they say I've lost, even though I can still count all the pounds on my fingers without resorting to binary. A 3 month wiegh span will filter out the weekly Fat Club yo-yo effect.
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05-02-2012, 08:15 AM
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05-02-2012, 10:43 AM
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Thank you thank you EC!
And I bring up my question again, this time in digest format: I've begun to see all manner of numbers for 'how many calories you should ingest in a day'. I know that I'm quite below what the Mayo Clinic website suggests, and I'm wondering if that's actually going to -hurt- my loss chances, although that seems counter-intuitive.
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#144
05-02-2012, 12:02 PM
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Now, you don't want to eat so few calories that you are experiencing extreme hunger and therefore risking a binge or something, but if what you have been doing works for you, then keep doing it.
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#146
05-02-2012, 09:16 PM
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You know, ArrMatey!, if you're not losing then what will a week of 2500 calories hurt? I would totally do it if it were me. If you start going UP after 3 days, then stop. That's not your answer.
My progress is ok...I had 3 days "off plan" for my birthday and it went pretty well. I ate only super delicious stuff. I gained 3 lbs but I knew that'd happen so I'm not worried. I am a little bit bummed because my stomach (GERD and gastroparesis) felt really good on those days I was eating carbs, even though I was eating more grease and spice (pepperoni) than usual. I suspect I have a much easier time digesting carbs. So my stomach does well with carbs and my liver does poorly with them. My body is at odds with itself. I also think I have some sort of egg allergy, or rather eggs by themselves (not cooked in to other foods) make my stomach hurt pretty bad. I've felt sick the past 3 days and I've been eating deviled eggs. This whole stomach thing started when I was eating eggs every day. I'm still sick for real, regardless of eggs, but they just...hurt. So to recap: simple carbs make me fat, I don't like most meats, eggs make my stomach hurt a lot. Ain't life grand? Oh well. I hope to come out at the end of this week 1 lb less than last Thursday. Let's do it!
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#147
05-03-2012, 07:10 AM
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Also, I should have mentioned when I posted before that I lurk on this thread a lot as I am constantly in a battle with the last 10 pounds---it's not like I just barged in and gave advice, although that's likely what it looked like. Sorry!
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#148
05-03-2012, 10:22 AM
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Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one who has a carb conundrum!
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#149
05-07-2012, 07:25 PM
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Monday! I'm proud to report that even though I gained 3 lbs last weekend for my birthday (oh so much pizza and cake...) I kicked it in to high gear during the week and lost the 3 lbs plus 2 more. Now I'm down 40 total!
Hope this week is as good but I don't have as much time for exercise. Last week I was able to do my full routines plus move boxes up and down stairs every day. This week my routines will be cut short and I think we're done with the boxes. ArrMatey, how's the plateau? Did you tweak anything?
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#150
05-08-2012, 04:27 PM
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Grr... I gained 0.8 lbs back this week. Of course my scumbag body had to wait until after weigh-in to have to go the bathroom.
However... I think I've actually bottomed out. I don't think I can lose much more just with diet and exercise alone. As I reminded myself this morning, I've lost more than my Weight Watchers record says. So I requested my medical records from when I was at my fattest and made a doctor's appointment to see what she thinks. I may be looking at maintenance sooner rather than later.
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