My weight fluctuates like hell, but I seem to be at about 182, down from 205 in February (when I started this round) and from 216 from my heaviest two years ago. I still have a thick layer of subcutaneous fat on my belly, but I think I’ve burned through a good portion of my visceral fat, which is the real danger bit as far as health.
Still have probably 20-30 pounds to go. Hard to say exactly.
Diet Coke has no carbs. Have as many as you want!
I started Weight Watchers in April 2009, at 220 pounds. I reached my goal of 150 in May 2010 and made Lifetime 6 weeks later. Ran my first half marathon last fall, and my second half marathon last Saturday.
Unfortunately my right knee has started acting up when I run, which dismays me as I’m supposed to start training for my first marathon (to take place this fall) in a few weeks! So I’m calling my doctor tomorrow to get a referral to a sports doc. I saw one briefly in the medical tent after the 5K I ran yesterday, and he said I shuld definitely get an assessment. I don’t want to give up running, and I definitely want to get at least one marathon under my belt!
Oh, and I’ve been hanging about 5 pounds over my goal weight since Christmas; that’s about 10 pounds above my lowest weight (145) which is where I really want to be. Between trying to wrap my brain and body around the new WW program, and now this possible hitch in my running (after finally getting back in the groove after a hard winter), it’s a struggle. But at least I’ve been holding steady. Getting on that scale every day is important. And for the most part I’ve been staying pretty well on plan and not falling back into bad habits. Just eating a little too much.
Thank you all for this thread. I was very disheartened by my stop and go weight loss until I read April’s thread and found this is a common problem. Yes, I am a long time lurker, but I am down from 205 to 179 since January and seem to have stalled. It is so discouraging. The last 4 pound loss showed up all at once after 3 weeks of no scale movement so I am telling my self that will repeat again. I am tracking everything and faithfully eating between 1100 and 1300 calories/day with 100 net carbs max. I have significantly increased my daily activity but not added major cardio workouts. Can anyone give me suggestions on how to get the scale moving down again or at least do something to see a steady downward movement?
Good god, who told you to eat so little? At 179, you’re probably burning more than that just to keep your heart beating, lungs pumping, and cells going about their business! Go to the doctor or a nutritionist and get a reasonable recommendation for daily calories that will give your body enough to function, but just a little less than you need for all your activity, so you’re set up to burn 3,500 calories of fat each week or so.
So Monday I sort of had it all click in my brain. It dawned on me that the changes that I need to make are not small changes but big changes. I don’t like change but if I don’t want to be overweight anymore, I have to set up my life to be conducive to weight loss and that means making huge changes.
So I just have to do two easy things: Change everything I eat and everything I do!
I tried really hard to think outside the box and I tried some new foods and I realized that some changes can be good. I’ve also discovered walking. I’ve pretty much always lived in rural areas and walking anywhere would be an all-day excursion but since moving to a city and living right down town, I’ve taken to walking everywhere and I’m actually enjoying it.
So with walking everywhere, and one day of staying within my points and eating properly, I was down 1 pound at the weigh-in today. I’m looking sort of forward to the rest of the week to see how I do.
Good luck everyone and thank you for the success stories. I love them!
Good for you. A lot of people fail to make substantial progress because they’re unwilling to make such changes. These are the same kind of people who keep complaining about how difficult it is to lose weight, even as they’re at a restaurant, eating a greasy meal. Of the kind who keep saying, “Oh, I really shouldn’t have this dessert, but … what the heck! I need to give myself an occasional treat.” It wouldn’t be so bad if such treats were truly occasional; however, I hear these things so often that I’ve come to believe that they’re a regular part of life for many of these folks.
Good for you, recognizing that you need to make some major changes. You don’t hear people admit such things very often.
I joined WW a few weeks ago too. It’s really hard for me to get to meetings, but I managed to get there twice, two weeks apart.
I lost 6.2 pounds. Yay! I’m pretty excited. I like the new WW plan…I am a huge snacker and have a hard time saying no when I want something salty or savory. So the extra points and the ability to make choices is really helpful. I’m also an emotional eater, especially when I’m frustrated or bored. But again, I can find better choices with the points system.
I’ve been on Atkins induction for 21 days. I don’t own a scale, just a measuring tape. I’ve lost six inches around my waist in three weeks, so I’m pretty happy. I’m feeling a lot of energy and beat that “carb withdrawal flu” in the first two days no problem. I have a lot to lose, and with no health insurance I feel like it’s time to do something about it before I end up with a heart problem or diabetes or like my mother, both my grandparents and two aunts, both. My mom was just 49 when she died from congestive heart failure. She was sick a long time before that, and morbidly obese most of her adult life. So I need to get my ass in gear before it’s too late.
One of my main goals is working out a way to beat binging. It’s not any official diagnosis, but I binge. The real-sometimes 10k calories worth in an evening-binge. I’ve been talking to someone and I’ve noticed I only binged once in the past 21 days. It was about five days in and something really set me off.
Anyway, I like the Atkins way of eating. I feel more stable emotionally. But I’m so worried I will let this binging take over my life. Still, 21 days for me with only one binge is amazing. I don’t know if it’s because I’m planning everything out and sticking to simple meals or if there’s just something in high carb foods that trigger me emotionally but I feel in control for now. Fingers crossed.
This is one of the major things I’ve decided to change, not everything can be an excuse to eat (not saying that’s what you do, but that’s what I do).
I keep saying to myself “Big change requires big change”.
Isn’t there a binge eating support group on Sparkpeople? That might be useful for you.
Lost another pound this week. I am supposed to wait until Sunday for the official weigh-in, but I didn’t have the discipline. A pound a week is a good rate. Intellectually I know this. Emotionally, I hate that it will be another 18 weeks until I hit my target (and that is only if I don’t hit a peak, and we all know that peaks happen.)
I’m still pleased though.
Good job Khadaji.
My weigh-in isn’t till Tuesday. But I’ve discovered that two coworkers just started weight watchers the same time I did and were going to the Tuesday lunch meeting. I’ve been going to the Tuesday evening meeting. So now the three of us are going to go together to the lunch meeting so we can all help and support each other.
Weekends are tough, good luck everyone. Be strong!
-9 for the past month or so, down to 213-212. Hopefully will be at 200 by the time I see my fitness freak birthmother in July (I was at 240 2 years ago).
2.7kg from goal. The cold weather is here and the cravings for comfort food at starting to hit. 
Le sigh. Back from Milwaukee. Irritated I worked in a visit to local weight watchers meeting BEFORE I started indulging in food and beer events. Was up 4 pounds, didn’t see that coming, I thought I was being so careful up to that point. Probably salt.
Up 2 today, and I guess that’s pretty good. Feel like I gained 10 pounds while there.
Ok nofloyd, time to get back on the wagon. Here’s something that I heard a long time ago:
When we drop a dish, we don’t think “well I broke one dish, might as well break all of them” and then start trashing all the dishes.
When we stub a toe, we don’t think “well I stubbed my toe, might as well smash the rest of me up” then chuck ourselves down the stairs.
But when we fall off our diet we always say “well I’ve fallen off the diet and had a slice of pie, might as well go ahead and eat the whole thing”.
So pick yourself up, brush yourself off and get back to doing what you know you can do!
Today was weigh-in day and I was down 2.5 lbs.
Well done!
I’ve done something to my shoulder and so I have stopped lifting. I was really keeping it light this time, really just trying to keep the form good and maybe keep the muscles lean.
I’m off to soak in water and epsom salts.
It’s been a month as of today and I’ve still only had the one binge. There have been days where I’ve felt more hungry than usual but I am still sticking to 20-25 carb grams a day coming from vegetables and a few almonds every day. I’ve had a few bad days emotionally but binging didn’t really occur to me, so that’s cool. I am still at a six inch loss around my waist but it’s TOM so maybe after that’s over it’ll go down a bit. I don’t care if it doesn’t. I feel great! It makes me wonder if I’m not allergic to something I’m no longer eating because I feel so much energy, and that’s with a sharp drop in caffeine consumption over the past few weeks.