I’m coming off nearly 2 weeks of being sick and not exercising, so I was expecting the worst this morning.
But I’m down 3 lbs! I thought I was eating normally, but I guess not. Now I just have to leverage this, right? Three pounds to go (five in my dreams)!
[Before you laugh at me, remember that I’m 5’ tall and it takes me ages to lose weight.]
134/120.6/118.
I’m in your boat! I’m 5’2". Not only does it take forever to lose weight, but even a couple of pounds shows like you wouldn’t believe!
125/112/105
My goal is to weigh on New Year’s Day, exactly what I weighed last year at that time. 7 pounds is a pretty aggressive goal, especially during the holidays. But I am doing a lot better than I did during that “Let’s lose 15 pounds by Thanksgiving!” fiasco that I attempted.
Yay! After a month of barely losing anything I was down 4 pounds from last week this morning. I’m reconsidering my goal weight again. I was aiming to be 5 pounds below my goal by Christmas and now I’m almost there and I think I still need to lose a bit more. It might just be that I can’t notice the small changes but I’m going to see what my doctor says. My jeans are loose enough that I have to put them in the dryer and shrink them a bit even if I only wear them for an hour, but the last time that I got thinner than this I was starving myself and looked terrible. I’m being really healthy about it this time and going slower so maybe I wouldn’t look as tired and haggard.
But first I’m going to eat all of the Christmas cookies that I want to : )
Post -Thanksgiving and the hella cold I always get when I fly cross country at holidays and a conference, I’ve kicked back in the plan and exercise this week.
That said, with all that, I’m still under 240 (not a LOT, but a little under still), and feel better now that I’ve been able to kick the exercise back in.
On top of that, I can tell that I’ve lost size in my legs (my waist, no, my legs, yes) based on how my pants are fitting. And I can feel muscles in my arms and butt again, so I know I’m making a difference (note to self, buy tape measure).
So:
243.8/239.4/155 (ultimate goal)
I’ve been wondering about this. I don’t know if guys have this issue at all but we can fluctuate all over the place over the course of a month because of water retention. It’s not hard to know that it’s a false high weight when you gain 3 pounds in 2 days, but short of dehydration is there anything that can produce a false low? I can’t think of anything else that would cause you to show a lower weight than you really are.
If I’ve had lots to drink the night before, I can easily show a “false” loss of 1 or 2 pounds. I guess it’s because of dehydration. Uh, duh, you just said that! That’s all I can think of that would produce the “false” low.
Rats, up 2 pounds since Sunday. Still going for -4 pounds by Christmas eve.
It’s just water ; )
Oh, it will be you, sunshine. I don’t like weightlifting, and I hate weightlifting on my arms.
I don’t suppose one can just strength train legs and that will be sufficient?
You could always go for the ‘less weight, more reps’ thing. Would that be better?
That’s what Ivylad told me to do. The problem is, I just don’t like doing it. Maybe it’s because you can’t read and do strength training like you can read and do cardio.
He’s such a smart Lad! 
We can get you one of those thingys like we used in marching band - you wear it around your neck and it holds the book up in front of you. 
Do you have an MP3 player? If you do, find some music that makes you feel like a bad ass, then lift weights to that. Works for me. 
Is anyone else having a hard time with not starting Christmas baking and eating early? I can feel my resolve weakening with every recipe that I read here and I have that niggling voice saying 'Oh, what the hell. You’re going to gain a ton of weight next week anyway so why even try". I even put the grocery shopping off until tomorrow so that I’d have one more day without temptation because willpower isn’t going to do it.
I’m not sure if I’m being neurotic and it’s time to relax and eat what I want to for a week or if I’m just making excuses.
I hear you! Last night, I made 4 dozen sugar cookies. I’m pretty sure that my husband ate a dozen. I did not eat a one! I found that if I just take a couple of minutes and weigh whether or not I’ll be able to stop after one, I can get over that initial hump. Also, husband was taking them to work next day, so, as soon as they cooled, I packed them up as fast as I could so that I wouldn’t be tempted.
Does this always, work? Of course not.
I don’t know if this will work for you guys, but I’ve found I can pass up most goodies by just chanting my new weight in my head. It keeps me focused.
I have not hit the gym at ALL this week. Much craziness at work. But, I’m off work next week and I plan to hit the gym every day after my radiation treatment. It’s right across the street, so I’d be silly not to.
I’m pretty sure that I’ll never be able to stop after just one cookie but I’m hoping that I won’t be able to eat as many as I want to without feeling a bit sick. That’s what usually happens. I don’t exactly chant my new weight in my head but I’m happy to have made my goal and want to keep feeling positive about it it for as long as I can. I’m going to try saying the number in my head every time I see or think of food. I’ll wait until Saturday to bake and then I’m going to let myself eat whatever I want in reasonable amounts. I can always lose it again as long as I don’t let it become a habit. Not working helps a lot because I’m not constantly walking past bowls of candy and cookies.
Start Date: 203
Start Date: 10/15/08
Current: 192.4
Goal Weight: 185
Goal Date: 12/31/08
I’m clearly not going to make my initial goal. I’m a bit disappointed that in 2 months I’ve only lost just over 10 pounds. However, I have noticed very positive changes in my body shape even though there are still too many pounds hanging around.
Last 2-3 weeks has been tough with Thanksgiving and other big events going on impacting my gym schedule. I think I’ll be back to 3x’s this week, even with the holiday, and hopefully at 4x a week starting next week.
MeanJoe
Changing my workout routine this month seems to be just what the doctor ordered. I’ve been on a plateau since, oh, July or so, but have lost close to three pounds this month. All week I’ve been hovering just above 160, and yesterday after work it was even a bit under 160. This morning I was 160 on the dot. If I can hang on to that, I’m just five pounds from my goal!
Lost another pound on Monday taking me to a grand total of 28.5lb for the year. I think that’s something to be pleased about for a year’s worth of progress. I’m hoping to hit my target of 11 stone either in January or by February. Hooray!
Congrats, that is something to be proud of!