The English mnemonic, by the way, is “A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter”.
OK, thanks for the clarification. Instead of “it’s actually true”, I should have written “beverages will make you weigh more than you did before you drank them.”
In the UK, maybe. Around here, “water” and “quarter” don’t rhyme…
Edited: :smack: Sorry! “English” as in “England”, not “English” as in language…
I often wonder what life would be life with the metric system. I wonder if I’d just spend my time converting in my head.
Today I weighed in at 169 but the average for the past week is 170.
I do weigh myself twice in the morning. First weigh in is just out of bed after I empty my bladder. Second weigh in is after I workout right before I jump in the shower. I don’t drink anything on my walk and I usually break a nice sweat so I’m usually lighter on the second morning weigh in than the first. I usually use the lower of the two weights as my “official” weight of the day. Overly focused on the number? Not me. 
I’ve been doing really well with walking which always helps in the weight loss department. I do want to try and create some kind of weight training routine but am having trouble fitting it into the schedule.
Here’s wishing a speedy recovery to the sick and/or injured.
Clearly, you don’t get into WV often enough. 
I lost another pound since I’ve started weaning myself off of my steroid, which is cool. I got an elliptical cross-trainer for Chanukkah, which is awesome. (Schwinn 418, $650 with free shipping from amazon.com–it weighs 176 pounds, and I’m heavier than it is :(). We have it almost all together. We’d have finished it last night, but they neglected to ship two washers, so we have to wait for them to arrive to put the arms on. I’m very psyched. I’ve been working out at the gym, but it’s costing me serious money–the membership per year costs more than the machine. I can’t wait to start using the machine–Consumer Reports rated it the best elliptical under $1,000 and it got good reviews all over the net. It’s very solid and stable. Woohoo!
244, down 3 from last week and 44 from eleven weeks ago. This in spite of the teeming rain and assorted commitments that have interfered with my exercise the last few days. But I did notice one thing… At the brother-in-law’s over the weekend, I was in his odd-shaped bathroom, which has a mirrored wall behind the bath that is not quite parallel to the shaving mirror over the washbasin. I happened to catch a glimpse of my naked behind in about three-quarter view and I was taken aback at how it has shrunk 
My weight is holding steady at around 170 (weekly avg. 169.8).
I’m just starting to really work on not putting too much food on my plate and stopping when I’m satisfied. It’s surprising how little I want to eat if I really listen to my body.
I may not make my goal of losing 10 by new years but at least I won’t gain 10 like last year.
I update you on this only because I have been mentioning it and not because it has anything to do with weight loss:
Tomorrow I *finally *see a neurologist about my vertigo and other symptoms. Hopefully he will have some information for me.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you, Khadaji.
Way to go, Malacandra!
Still hanging in there at 145, though I was up near two pounds last week.
Oh, the newest thing I’ve discovered about being skinnier is that I can now cross my legs like a real lady. I’ve never been able to do that before. I kind of like how relaxing it feels. I can pull knee-high socks all the way up to my knees now, too.
Yesterday I had a test done on my ears to see if I have an inner ear problem. Though I have to await the official results, seems like I do.
It was a fascinating test. They shot water into my ears and recorded my eyes to see if they twitch (they did.) If you are having a dizzy spell, the eyes will twitch involuntarily. It can’t be stopped or faked.
Today I had an MRI to see if I have any lesions on the brain.
Now I have to wait an agonizing 4 weeks for the follow-up with the doc. Dunno the cause or the treatment yet. It is killing me! But at least we now can definitely say I have a physical problem!
Popping in to update:
Since July I’ve shed 31 pounds. Halfway to goal of 150! Cholesterol is way down to healthy levels, blood pressure ditto. No longer short of breath with exertion. Already I feel so much better.
I’m keeping my finger crossed for you, Kadhaji. Wish you didn’t have to wait so long for the results.
EddyTeddyFreddy, isn’t it cool? Little things like walking up a whole flight of steps without feeling exhausted still have the capacity to amaze me.
Fingers crossed here too.
Amazing, yeh. The other day I was toting a box of cat litter up the stairs, grumbling to myself about how heavy it was. Then I realized it was less than half the amount of weight I’ve shed. :eek:
No Official Weight today, as we had no meeting, but I weighed myself before work and my scale said 197.8! There’s usually about a 2 pound difference between my scale before work and the WW scale at 11:30 (it’s probably less that that, because of the clothing difference as well).
Holy crap, this is a stressful time of year. If only I could convert fat to money and time. Anyone want to buy my fat? At two bucks a pound, it’s a bargain. You won’t find prices like that in any supermarket. I’ll even throw in some free strss.
At least I’m no longer stuck. My weight is changing, and rapidly. Five pounds in that last week. Woohoo!
Yep. I’ve GAINED five pounds in a week. I thought maybe it was a fluke, so I weighed myself on my way into a meeting just now. It’s confirmed. I’m now up to 224.4, from last week’s 219.9. My meeting was with a bariatric surgeon and a nurse. Their first comments were that I look like I’m wasting away. I expressed my concern with them, and they concluded that it must be muscle, or possibly water weight. Five pounds of muscle in a week? That seems really unlikely to me. I should look like Charles freaking Atlas right now. Trust me, I don’t.
I don’t want your fat at $2.00/lb and I sure as hell don’t want more stress, free or not! But if you find a market niche for the extra fat, lemme know; I’ll contact them and see how much they’re willing to pay for excess skin!
My weight holds steady around 189lbs and that may be as low as I’m going to get without plastics. That’s okay. I feel good. I look okay, too. I bought a dress for Christmas that’s a size 16. I’m going to have to have a pic done that I can add to my picturetrail album.
In a total NSV, my hubby just picked me right up off the floor last week, and put me down on the bed!! :eek:
When was the last time I was light enough to just be picked up like that?? Never in my adult life, I can tell you! 
Woohoo, Norine! Can’t wait to see your pic!
:smack: I was alternating between picturing trying to cross one finger and trying not to picture trying to cross my middle finger. Then, going back through the posts, I discovered the typo wasn’t mine.
About what you mentioned about carrying the box of kitty litter: I tried to pick up a 37 pound box at work one day and couldn’t. Granted, it was a large box and at an awkward height for me, but, gee, I used to carry a *lot * more than that on my frame every day. Sure makes me glad I’ve gotten rid of it (and got someone else to move that box.)
A few weeks ago, I decided to just maintain my weight through the holidays but last week I thought, to heck with this! I want to keep on losing! I’m down to 142.6 today. Yay!
WTG, Tikki!
Kat, that’s what we call ONEderland (if we’re idiots, which we totally are).