Had my official weigh-in at my doctor’s office yesterday. I’ve lost another 3.5lbs. for a total so far of 135. I’d be satisfied with another 20.
Congratulations norinew! Big hugs from us here!
I’ve never eaten breakfast. In the last ten years I could count the times on one hand. I’m never hungry in the morning and eating just makes me feel sick.
It’s the movement - and non movement. Walking, sitting, standing, it all hurts.
I’ve been through physio and have weekly massages (which help). I’ve seeing a specialist now and I’m having a bone scan Monday. From there we’ll figure out more treatments I might need.
For now, I’m just looking to get back to where I was before and burn some of those calories I haven’t been burning.
I haven’t managed to lose more pounds this week. I was a little too sore to move around much. The heat didn’t help either. The good news is I didn’t gain any weight. 220lbs… 20 more to go.
My weekly weigh-in number is 169.5 - I get down and then bounce up a bit for a week or so. Frustrating. My body hates me.
Helping Bibliocat move today, that oughta burn some calories.
Congrats norinew and Ginger of the North. Ginger, I hope the scale stays down for you!
I weighed in this a.m. at 170.5 so I’m staying on my downward trend.
Weekends are tough for me so I’m going to eat salad with grilled chicken breast for dinners both Sat. and Sun. I alwayd do better with a light dinner.
Off to the gym now…
Well! One week on the Flex Plan and I lost 6.4 pounds. I’m not at my lowest yet (I’m actually 412 and change), but I should be next week if I lose even 1/3 of that…
You’ll get there babe. I am very proud of you for what you have done.
As for me, I maintained my weight this week. Considering my big loss last week, I am very happy with the results. It evens things out a bit, and I did not regain any, as I would have in the past. 
Well as I said, I was undisciplined this week starting with Wed. It would have been a workout day, but my boss asked me to stay late for a conference call which got delayed and delayed and it was rather late when I got home. So no workout then.
Thursday I went to the Art’s Fest and drank and ate too much.
I must now get back on it! It was a fun week, but I can’t let myself break the good habits that I have had for months. Today is supposed to be a startup day, but I have been dozing most of the day.
On a plus: I got *a lot *of comments on how good/thin I look.
Hopefully, at Gettysdope, I’ll be able to collect on those live and in person! 
Wheee! Good for you!
As for me, I’m going to try hard to break my scale addiction! I’ve been weighing myself a couple of times a day, and it’s making me nuts. We got the scale 3 weeks ago. When we first got it, I weighed in at 206.4. A week later, it was 204.4, a but then a couple of days ago, it was 206.6. This morning, however, a new low of 202.4! So I’m this close to being below 200lbs. which has never happened before in my adult life! But I’m going to try hard to stay off the scale until at least next Saturday!
Hey all. Been reasonably good with sticking to my plan (walking often for exercise, small portions, healthier foods,) lately, and went down to the mall to use the “Super-accurate” pay scale in front of the GNC again.
June 30th: 314 pounds and 12 ounces.
Today, July 15th: 311 pounds and 1 ounce.
So that’s more than 3 and a half pounds lost in a bit over two weeks! Yay! (I was shooting for 4 pounds or more, but at least it’s significant progress.)
WTG!
Thank you, yay! Now to keep it up or do better in the second half of July!
I just got back from my Doctor’s (surgeon) appt. Both his nurse and he remarked at how thin I am getting. When it was pointed out that the scale hasn’t moved, my doc told me not to worry, it was very clear to him that my BMI had changed. As he pointed out to me: he does bariatric surgery for a living. It is his job to notice these things. Since I both opinions were offered up upon seeing me (I wasn’t hinting around for compliments) I have to think that I am indeed losing fat.
Other good news: The doc has released me for visits “as needed.” This means that I can go back if I have a problem, but I have no scheduled appointment.
Just realized I forgot to post after I weighed in on Saturday. I was down 4.4 pounds! Most of that was probably fluid, but still…
So, I’m at 170.2 currently. I would really like to get back (and stay) in the 160’s.
Congrats Khadaji and Katiecats, for different kinds of good news!
Way to go on making those benchmarks people. And for those of us (yeah, I’m in that boat too) that slipped a little, or had a week or so of not so good…well…just get back to it. Sure it feels like one step back for every two steps forward, but ya know what? You still end up one step ahead of where you were.
Surprisingly, I didn’t do so bad for being gone a week and a half. Didn’t run at all, so all the good the shoes did me was to add 2 lbs to my bags. But we walked all over NYC which helped burn off the crap I was eating. I didn’t do so good in Buffalo, but the food poisoning helped keep me from eating for an entire day. So I’m going to choose to forget all the hours calling Ralf on the big white phone, and just look at it as an opportunity to keep my weight down during travel.
I did notice a differnce in my running yesterday. That two weeks off really set me back. So I’m going to have to ease back up to where I was…sigh…oh well…I still have a couple of months before the 5K I want to run.
Someone up thread mentioned that in the evenings the snack urge was hard to resist. That’s one of the benifits of doing my running in the evening. I’m all hot and sweaty, and really really don’t feel like eating anything. By the time I shower and change, it’s late enough that I don’t have a problem holding off those last hours. Maybe you can try that?
It’s taking me a bit to recover from my vacation…but I seem to be back on track.
For me, no matter how hungry I am at 12:30 am after the gig (or 2:00 am or 10:00 pm depending on the gig) eating another full meal in the middle of the night and then going right to bed is a bad idea. I’ve always known it but, dammit, I get hungry!
So, after spending two weekd hovering around 174, last night after the gig I just came home and went to bed without eating a midnight snack.
This morning I’m back down to 171.
I think if I can keep that up along with the walking schedule I’ll be in good shape.
We’re having a party for my daughter’s 21st birthday at the end of August. A combined party with all of her dad’s family and all of my family (we’ve been divorced about 14 years). I’d love to go to that party carrying about 10 lbs less than I am now. That would make me feel good.
I just want to catch back up with KatieCats and Ginger
You have, as of this morning. My body hates me and I’ve gained 3 pounds.
Your body may hate you Ginger but we all love you if that’s any consolation. 
Hang in there.
Sorry to hear that, Ginger, but you will push it off again.
I have been doing pretty good this time around. Only missed one day on the bike out of 14 (was out of town) and last week was at 266.6. Today, Friday, being weigh in day, the number is 263.4. Hard work always pays off early. Sustaining it is hard.
So, everybody keep it up!
280/263.4/175