It’s already the 11th and no weight loss thread? Does this mean everyone is falling off, no one cares…?
Well, I’m doing great. Down 42 pounds.
Down a total of 83 pounds since the end of February. Just calorie counting. Not falling off; it’s just sort of regular life now. The last week’s been slower, which is annoying me, but the week before was four pounds, so I can’t complain too much.
I’m still doing the carb-free diet, and it’s been wonderfull so far. I can still eat tons of great food, and the cravings are a distant memory at this point. I allowed myself two mouthfulls of rice on monday (as part of a sushi meal) - dang, it felt like eating candy. I fell of the wagon in the exercize department, because life has been really hectic lately. Hoping to get back on this week.
I’m down 7,5 kilos as of this morning. Almost 1/5 of the way towards ny goal now.
Still on Weight Watchers, and still doing just fine. Down 70 since January.
Also following Weight Watchers. I’ve been roaming between 101-103 pounds lost. Hit a bit of a maintaining patch the past 2 months.
I know why, extra food going in the mouth, like to eat out on vacation too much.
At least I’m maintaining, not seriously gaining.
Sure need to have a good patch before Thanksgiving. 50 pounds to go.
I’ve been on a weight plateau since July, but I’ve been losing inches fine. I went and got my resting metabolic rate and body composition tested again. Since April, I’m down 15 pounds, but all but 1.2 pounds of it was from fat, not lean muscle. So that explains why I am losing so slowly–I’m burning almost entirely fat, even without exercising much (physical therapy for my back is essentially push ups, but that’s all I’ve been doing). I need to start tracking calories to make sure I’m eating enough–my last plateau was due to not getting enough calories, and my metabolic rate remained the same since April. It’s hard to eat 2,000 calories on a low-carb diet!
I’ve been holding steady at about 40lbs lost, although I’ve been finally creeping back down in the last week or two (162.8 this morning, which is 42.2 down from February–53.2 from my heaviest “official” weight (216) in 2009). There are myriad reasons for the stall, including being too busy to concentrate on weight loss and no longer having regular physical training sessions (my paid sessions ran out), but the primary reason is, I think, simply that I’m close to being done. I still have a little bit of subcutaneous belly fat (the hardest stuff to lose), but I can’t imagine that I have much more than 10 pounds to go.
Size-wise, I’ve gone from 35 inch pants to 29, large shirts to small, and from a 44 suit jacket to a 38. I’ve gone from being unambiguously fat to pretty skinny.
I’d still like to lose that last little roll, though.
I fell off the low-carb wagon last month. I didn’t revert entirely to my old eating habits, but I did have the occasional (i.e., several times a week) sugary dessert or serving of pasta. I tried to keep my cheats small (for example, one pre-measured serving of pasta for under 30g carbs) rather than go whole-hog, but the damage has been done. 
Right now I’m 10 pounds heavier than my lightest weight. I’m also pretty dang sure I’m going to have my period in the next few days – it should have come on Saturday, but I’m not clockwork-like regular anyway – so I’m hoping that at least 3-5 pounds of this is just water.
But in happier news, I started the Couch to 5k program on Monday! I was really proud of myself when I discovered that I can run for about 3 minutes at a time (whooo! :)). I have never been in shape in my life, and I was expecting that I wouldn’t last 30 seconds, so it was a nice boost to learn I wasn’t as awful at running as I’d feared. I’m still going to do the weekly stages as prescribed, though. And, my GOD, am I sore today. Calves, outer thighs, and inner thighs are killing me, but I’ve been feeling better when I walk around for awhile, so I’m actually looking forward to tonight’s run!
I’ve never posted in one of these threads before but since I’ve finally started making a real effort to lose some weight (and get in shape generally) I’m happy to see the October post pop up!
I’m not doing any particular diet, but I did make some lifestyles changes. Starting in August, I broke my diet soda habit, which just makes me feel more healthy (although I don’t think it contributed to weight loss.) It’s definitely better for my teeth, though! (And my wallet.) I also started trying to exercise every day. I don’t always succeed, but I find that it works better than making deals with myself–if I just keep it to 3x per week it’s too easy to start slipping. I usually manage to do some kind of exercise around 5 times a week these days.
I also started trying to track my calorie in-take with an app called ‘MyFitnessPal.’ It’s been a huge help! It made me aware of how many calories are in alcohol, for example, and had the side benefit of making me drink less. I’m not making any huge changes though, like cutting out alcohol or sugar all together. I’m trying to stick to an approximately 1500 calorie per day intake, and if at all possible closer to 1200.
My weight loss has been slow but fairly steady. I’ve lost about 7 pounds since late August. I sometimes wish it would go faster but I figure slow and steady wins the race! I’m only aiming to lose about 20-30 pounds from my current weight. I’m amazed to hear some of the other posters success stories! Really amazing.
Where do you go to get that tested? Just curious.
There’s a gym about five minutes from my house that does it. The body composition is done through something called a Bod Pod–try googling that with your city name for a start.
Haven’t posted in any weight loss threads, as I was not sure I was going to stick with it. But my last physical back in about Mar/Apr revealed high A1c numbers and my weight was up in the 255 lb range. That flipped a switch in my brain, since it’s the first time my diabetes has not been controlled well. So I just started eating. . .less, basically. Cutting portion sizes and eliminating potato chips and excessive carbs, which is difficult as I love rice and bread, and walking more. Anyhow, my goal at the start was just to lose weight - any weight at all. As the weeks progressed, I was steadily losing at about a pound per week, so my initial goal changed: to get under 230.
I’m now at 226 and my recent A1c test was within range, although still near the top of it. Doctor happy, wife happy, me happy. I’d really like to trim down to about 200, but that’s going to take some dedicated exercise, which I’m working up to now that the weight is off. Time to get active at the gym again, I guess. In the meantime, I’d like to hit 220 by Thanksgiving.
I don’t count calories or even particularly regulate my meals. But I stopped cold turkey snacking between meals. Yeah I know you are supposed to eat lots of light meals. Hah! Anyway, since the beginning of last October, I have lost over 30 lb. Actually, more like 35 but the first five were just from unloading salt and water. My BMI has gone from 33 to about 27.5. I am now lighter than anytime since I passed 200 in tenth or eleventh grade, nearly 60 years ago. When I pass 200 on the way down (maybe by the end of the year) I will be very happy. After a year, I think I can say this is a new lifestyle.
Woohoo! 10 kilos lost as of this morning (22 pounds or so).
I’m so happy and had to share with someone. I’m confident I can be halfway to my goal weight by Christmas at this rate.
I saw a friend last night who I hadn’t seen in a year or so. He did a double take and said at first he wasn’t sure it was me! That felt good.
I done fell off the wagon. But I’m back on, by God. It’s shocking how eating crap food just starts an awful cycle and all you want is crap food. Today I planned my eating and ate my plan 
and I actually feel better today than I have in awhile. I hope tomorrow (when I weigh myself) that I have at least not gained any weight this week. I want to lose at least another 30 lbs, so I realize I’m going to have to work at building muscle.
No, it probably means that everyone is being pretty successful. If you lose weight and keep it off, then there’s not much point in posting to a weight loss thread except to be supportive or share advice on what worked for you. Once you reach your target weight and enter maintenance, the only time you need to keep posting to a weight loss thread is if you gain fat back and have to lose it again. These things tend to be self-limiting.
I’d like to join this thread. I need some motivation. I mean besides feeling better, having more energy, fitting in my clothes, etc.
This Halloween weekend has been a complete write-off for me - pigging out at the party on Saturday, being tired and not feeling like doing much Sunday, more candy today with all the trick-or-treaters - time for a realllllly long walk tomorrow, and put the crap away, to be doled out in small doses.
Welcome! Well, we’ll probably be moving to a November Weight Loss thread tomorrow, but you’re welcome there, too!