Whoo, boy, I had started my exercise regimen but then came down with this prolonged virus that put a quick stop to that. I’m hovering in the low 160s now with my “diet” and I think the only way I’ll hit my target (158ish) is to resume the workouts.
Now that I’m feeling better–This Weekend It Begins! :crosses fingers:
And according to Alton Brown, if the oil’s hot enough, very little will soak in, true.
Tonight, I did a Neena and Veena bellydance workout for the first time–the “arms and abs” part. I was really disappointed to find out that the 30 minute workout only counted for 1 activity point (boo!), but on the other hand, I didn’t break a sweat and it provides some muscle-sculpting exercise that my workout was sorely missing.
So I’m feeling pretty good. My weigh-in really got me happy and re-motivated, and I finally made it to the gym again yesterday (boyfriend in town, heavy workload prevented me from going for the past two weeks) and did 28 minutes on the elliptical and weight machines. According to my home scale, I’m still going down.
Just got back from our meeting. I lost 0.6 pounds, which is better than I thought I was going to do. I’ve been feeling unwell this week (nothing serious, just rundown…like a flu without the dripping or the dumping), and didn’t really expect much.
I am down another 4.6 pounds this week for a total of 54.8 pounds since the end of November.
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I have another 30 pounds to go before I can order the leather bomber jacket that I want to get.
Pinch me, I’m dreaming. This morning was weigh-in, and I’m down TWO pounds this week.
What on earth is happening?
I credit the loss to having had salads for lunch every day this week, and also eating a significant volume of vegetables with dinner. Actually, I’ve eaten two of those gigantic plastic-wrapped cucumbers this week, sometimes cut up on Greek salads, sometimes in tzatziki or Palestinian salad. I don’t know what the heck weird kind of spirit has possessed me that I’m craving cucumbers, but I sure hope it’s comfortable and will stick around.
The next two weeks will be tough. I’m on a business trip that straddles them, to New York, and restaurants will feature prominently. I plan on having Fiber One in my hotel room for breakfast, salads for lunch, and whatever I want for dinner.
180/176/150
After making it into the 120s (129.5), I went up a pound, dropped half a pound, then dropped another pound, so I’m at 129. I’m 4 pounds over the weight I was the day I got married 13 years ago. Since I exercise quite a bit now, I’m probably about the same size.
I question the wisdom of this question, but perhaps my assumptions are faulty. How fast does weight loss happen? I was under the impression that if one eats like a rabbit and exercises like Hercules, one won’t see a loss of poundage for a few weeks. Am I wrong?
I’m at 176 this morning. That’s only a half-pound higher than my lowest ever. Hopefully I will return to the exercise this week - I tried to start up again on Saturday, then realized that not only was my yoga mat in my car, but also my gym shoes. My car is at the mechanic 50 miles away from here.
You could always walk to the mechanic. 
I don’t know… I’m not really eating like a rabbit or exercising like Hercules. Foodwise I’m following the Weight Watchers Core plan, exercisewise, I did one or two 30-minute bellydance videos on most days.
This was my fifth week on Core. I didn’t really post a loss until the third week.
Yes and no. My experience is that weight loss should happen gradually and regularly. At WW they tell us that 2 pounds a week is good, and that any loss is good, no matter how small it is. Most people lose more at the beginning, as their bodies adjust to their new regimen. I have been lucky so far, and have been losing steadily.
The real trick is to simply eat better and move more.
Now you’re just talking crazy.
When people ask how I lost weight, they expect some sort of miracle answer. I just tell them ‘eating less and exercising more’. They’re usually unimpressed. :smack:
March break is coming up, and I’ll be going home. I have a terrible time tracking in Montreal, since I eat at home even less than I do here, and when I’m just visiting, a lot of my social activities involve food. I think my goal will be to stay the same/gain little that week, and I probably won’t count points although I’ll try to be aware.
It also got me thinking about the summer. I think, especially if my weight loss goes well this semester, my goal will be to maintain over the summer. I’m going to be writing and defending my thesis, and I need to recognize that weight loss won’t be foremost in my mind and not set myself up for disappointment. I am going to buy some DDR pads and try to keep active, though!
Well, I’ve finally broken into the 170s again. I weighed 179 Saturday afternoon but didn’t do my “official” weigh-in until this morning. It seemed like I was going to be at 180 forever. I stalled out at 185 too and then suddenly I was 180, like, overnight. Hopefully 175 won’t be too far away now that I’ve hit 179! I was really hoping to be at 175 by the time we go to our annual pool tournament the second weekend in April, but I don’t know how realistic that’s looking now. I’d love to be at 170 by July 4.
On my March 1st weigh in, I recorded 209.8, which was up 2 pounds from my beginning of the week weigh in Feb 26th. I try my best to keep properly hydrated, but I still experience one or two pound swings between daily weigh ins. My weight vs. time graph looks like saw teeth, but on the average it’s going in the right direction.
On my March 5th beginning of the week weigh in, I recorded 206.8. Clearly I was still dehydrated from the previous day. I completed the Tour of the Unknown Valley Century ride. I rode 102.8 miles in about 6 hours and 30 minutes “on the bike”, just under 7 hours if you include rest and refueling stops. It was a really great experience, and I’m looking forward to my next century in about a month.
I think my water debt has been paid, as this morning I weighed in at 210.0. Since we are a week into March and I’m pretty much where I started, I don’t think this is going to be another 10 pound month. That’s OK, maybe my body needs some time to adapt to what I’ve put it through the last two.
Report Card:
May: 295? -> 279 (-16)
June: 279 -> 260 (-19)
July: 260 -> 248 (-12)
August: 248 -> 233 (-15)
September: 233 -> 227 (-6)
October: 227 -> 221 (-6)
November: 221 -> 218 (-3)
December: 218 -> 230 (+12)
January: 230 -> 220 (-10)
February: 220 -> 209.8 (-10.2)
I’ve been better about my walking routine and made 12K+ steps 5 days last week.
But my weight, well, that doesn’t seem to change. I’m hanging in there at 174.5 today but bouncing up to 177 some days and down to 173.5 some days.
I’m a bit frustrated this week but in all areas of my life, not just the weight loss.
One good thing is that I’ve finally purchased new walking shoes and they do feel nice. Huge difference. My new goal is to make 10K steps on my morning walk. This morning I made it to 9572 which took 1:15. I’m going to have to get up earlier if I extend it anymore.
The latest pedometer/walking challenge with my company starts tomorrow and I’ve been appointed a team leader. I’ll get a prize of some sort if I’m in the top 150. The biggest/best prizes are reserved for the top 4 finishers. So I’m shooting for 20k+ steps a day for the duration of the challenge which is one month. Could happen.
I did it! I made 10000+ steps on my morning walk. Took me an hour and a half.
Unfortunately, my weight is holding steady at 174. Today is the first day of the walking/pedometer challenge here at work and I’m currently in first place I don’t expect to stay there for long and I’m not sure if my middle aged feet are up for 10000 steps every morning but it feels good to have that many steps already clocked for the day and it’s early!
I could be eating better. I haven’t been keeping track really and I’m sure that’s affecting my results but my clothes are feeling just a tad looser so I’m happy about that.
Today’s scale reading: 299.
245.9 for me. 
That’s what I was 2 weeks ago. I went down by .2, then back up. I was doing so well, too. What I’m hoping is that I’m teetering on the cliff just prior to my next fall.