Most definitely! Our office Christmas party is next Friday. I found a website that shows how to wrap a scarf so it looks like a crown (I usually tie the ends in the back, like a do-rag) but my new dress is backless, and I don’t want anything hanging down my back.
Cute top, btw!
Everyone’s doing really well - yay us!
I lost a half pound last week. That’s good enough for me. As long as the number is going down, I’m happy!
9.5 pounds to go to get to my 10% loss goal
Right now I’m struggling with finding an opportunity to work out. Just when I got my shit together enough to get to the gym, the baby hit the age for stranger/separation anxiety, and I can’t even get to the door of the nursery before she explodes. Of course, my 5yo has been out of school for a month (!) so that has been an added difficulty. When she goes back to school tomorrow, I at least should be able to use the treadmill at home while the baby naps.
OK, my Monday report!
No change in weight this week though during the week it veered up and down wildly so not sure what was going on there. Period began today so maybe this week will be more stable.
So, no change at 72.2kg but a total of 7.4kg down in nine weeks.
This week my measurements did go down t though, which is REAL progress I feel. Bust down 2cm for a total of 5 (I wish this would stay the same and the rest of me shrink, thin, I’m a titless wonder, sigh…) Underbust down 1cm for a total of 5 down; waist down 1 cm for a total of 8 down; circumference at belly button up one for a total of 7 down; hip up one for a total of 5 down and thigh down 2cm for a total of 4cm down. I only began measuring at the end of week five because I was too embarassed before to get the tape measure out.
I’ve made a mini goal. My main goal is to get to between 55 and 57kg but looking at the charts, getting to 65kg will put me in the “healthy but lumpy” category so that’s what I’m aiming for first.
Four weeks at my parent’s house in England starts next week, it’s going to be a challenge keeping up momentum there.
As I mentioned in my previous post, Sundays have been my downfall lately when it comes to staying on plan. I usually end up going out to eat 1-2 times with people from church every Sunday, and some weeks I really shape it up after that, and some weeks… I don’t.
So yesterday I flat out ignored the invitation to Spring Creek Barbeque for lunch, and then grudgingly tagged along at Braum’s for dinner and had a grilled chicken sandwich.
This morning’s weigh-in: 204.4 lbs! That’s a net loss over the weekend! A significant one! (I was at 207.something on Friday.)
I won! I kicked Sunday temptations right there in the butt!
I weighed in at 203 today, that’s 2 pounds down from last week. Of course, I gained 3 pounds over Thanksgiving, so I’m still a pound heavier than I was before Thanksgiving. But at least the numbers are moving the right way.
I was up and exercising too, for the first time in a week. Go me!
Weighed in - no change from last week. Curse the Haagen Daaz cafe! Guess if I’m good this week the weight will come off again, and I’m set to work out three times and not go out for food at all so that shouldn’t be an issue.
I weighed in today and was down 2.5 pounds from a week ago. I’d managed to lose half a pound the week of Thanksgiving, so I’m pretty happy with how things are going.
The snow and cold has hit Chicago so I’m having trouble getting out for my daily 4-5 mile walks, but I got some new cold weather gear and managed to do 4 miles both last night and again this morning (just got back a half hour ago or so).
I’m doing an internal Biggest Loser type game on SparkPeople so that’s helping me stay motivated right now. I’m still on track for my goal of 265 by New Years, though it’ll take some serious discipline between now and then.
Start: 291
Current: 272.5
First goal: 265 by 12/31/08
Yay December!
I have successfully navigated two potlucks in the teacher’s lounge in the past 5 days. I took some fresh pineapple from the first, and today, fresh apple wedges to supplement my usual Lean Cuisine entree.
I’m more than halfway to my ultimate goal, but I’m so relaxed about it all. I know what I’ve been doing works, and I know to just keep doing that. Count the calories, log the food, log the exercise, create a significant calorie deficit each week!
These size 10 jeans are fantastic, and getting a bit loose in the waist and thighs, so I may be ready for and 8 by the holiday!
Like** ivylass**, I credit my success to SparkPeople. It’s been a great tool, and very motivational. My husband even joined and lost 35 lbs. All my RL friends have joined, too.
Yay! I’m back to being a 1/2 pound under my goal weight again. I might be able to lose one more in the next 10 days so I start out with a ‘free’ pound and a half to use up during Christmas.
Gosh, I hope you guys have stayed on the wagon better than I. I haven’t run in over a month and I have pretty much resumed my old eating habits. I felt certain this must be causing me to get fatter. Og knows I’ve felt unhealthy. I’ve had health problems over the last year and totally using it as an excuse not to exercise. Being ridiculously busy hasn’t helped.
But I weighed myself yesterday, and oddly enough I have lost 7 pounds since I last weighed myself about a month ago. I don’t know how it happened. I worked my ass off for months before that and only managed 10-15 lbs over several months.
Maybe it is because 30 minutes of my daily commute is walking?
At any rate, it is too cold to run. I ran last week at 6am and I derived no joy from it whatsoever because of the cold. I will resume running in the spring. Now that I am starting to recover from my long-term illness over the last year, I am going to start strength training this week. And purchase a chin-up bar. And yes, it is time to start eating better again. I guess realizing I had lost weight has re-motivated me to keep plugging.
So yeah, feeling pretty positive, and at my lowest weight in adult memory – 158 lbs.
Things sure are quiet in this thread… Must be the season…
I had another decent week last week, dropping another couple of pounds and putting myself at 21 pounds lost since mid-October.
With the Chicago weather being what it is, I’ve had a hard time getting outside for my walks that I’d been doing every day…usually four or five miles at a time. I managed to eat pretty well the last few weeks though so I’m still on track.
My goal was 265 by 12/31 and I’m now only 5 pounds away from that mark with two weeks to go. It’s going to be tough w/ the holiday coming up, but I think I can get close.
How’s everybody else doing?
Start: 291
Current: 270 (down 2.5 since last week)
First goal: 265 by 12/31/08
I weigh myself again tomorrow but I’m not too worried this time. I may not show a loss but at least I lost half a pound even with Thanksgiving.
I don’t think that my goal weight is low enough so I’m going to aim for 5 more pounds after Christmas. It will probably take most of the winter if not longer but that’s OK.
I’ve had a small reversal - I’ve been sick for a week and a half, so no gym, no running, and feeling crap. I’ve probably gone up by a kilo and half. I went for a lunchtime run today and felt ok (as opposed to the run I tried last wednesday), and I will get to the gym tonight.
I think that it is fair to say that with the level of working out I do, I probably dehydrate somewhat, even though I do drink plenty. So some of that weight increase is water retention. It’ll go soon enough, but I won’t hit my years goal.
On the other hand, my wife is happy about where I have got to, and I am informed that a couple of mysterious female third parties have commented on my physical attractiveness (actually, the word that was used was hot). I don’t quite see it myself, but I’ll take it as a win.
So, I’ll just keep on at it next year for more improvements.
Si
Last weigh in put me 2.5 pounds down, at 168.5.
With time being short for me this month, I decided to give it a rest on strength training until the new year and focus on high-intensity, short cardio sessions. I’ve been doing HIIT on the elliptical and had actually gotten pretty close to 160 late last week, down from about 162-163. But of course it’s going to be that time of the month this week so I’m back up to 163 this a.m. My main goal this month is just to maintain, if nothing else.
I forgot to weigh myself before dumping a bottle of hair dye on my head yesterday. Since I had a little extra water weight on me, and the number on the scale was flickering, I’m calling it a half pound loss, down to 222.
I haven’t been working out, but I have been doing more housework. I haven’t been dieting, but I’ve been watching what I eat to avoid too much fat or too much volume at any one meal. And as much of a pain as it is, I think getting up in the night and nursing the baby is helping me lose too!
Friday’s weigh-in had me at 205.4, down from 207.6 (I think). A couple of days before that I had reached as low as 203. I have gone completely off plan this weekend, so this morning I was at 207 or so. But I just finished off all the cookies that were given to me at a cookie exchange on Saturday, so I’m back on plan starting… now.
I won’t be heartbroken if I don’t reach 200 by the end of the year - it’d be a stretch - but it’d be super cool if I did.
Oh, I ran a 5K race on Saturday! I’m thinking about trying to do this running thing for real and actually making a habit of it. And I have an appointment this afternoon with a new trainer at the gym - I haven’t done weights in over a month, because I got sick of my old trainer and stopped working with him. So that’s another wagon I’m getting back on.
250/205.2/150
Lost 1.5lb at my weigh in today which probably would have been better if I hadn’t had a huge japanese meal yesterday (where’s the ashamed smiley when you need it?). Still working out hard and being pretty strict on WW but my trainer has advised me that I may start gaining weight from muscle growth soon so one to watch for. I definitely look thinner and a little more defined than I did a few months ago, though.
188.5/161/150
(I’ve just revised my target down slightly, it was originally 154 but have brought it down by 4lb.)
I am coming to the grim realization that cardio isn’t going to be enough for my long term health. Strength training is also necessary to maintain strong bones.
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grumble grumble grumble*
I’ll start adding the weights in January.
Measured yesterday. I’ve lost another inch. 
Oh come on Ivylass, we can see who can bench press the most. 