I think I’m heading into maintenance mode, guys. I weighed 163 this morning and my size 10s are already becoming loose. I really don’t “need” to lose another three pounds right now. I was planning on doing maintenance for a while at 160, thinking that 160=size 10 for me, which it was in the past, but I’m smaller now at this weight from all the strength training. I also can’t afford to buy new pants again right now so I think I’m going to cut my workouts back to 4-5 days a week and enjoy summer a bit. In the fall/winter I plan to increase my workouts again and hope to make it down to 155. Hope it’s okay if I still hang out here and update every now and then. Maintenance scares me to death. I plan to continue tracking everything on Spark, since I’m afraid of what would happen if I quit keeping my food & exercise journal.
Have you tried shopping at a thrift store? While my SIL was losing weight she shopped at a thrift store and was getting jeans for $3.
Me, I’ve bought one pair of shorts in a smaller size. They’re just a wee bit snug, but I figure once I get rid of these last 10 lbs they’ll fit just fine.
I do thrift shop but only come up with good stuff every now and then—it’s easier for tops than pants, because tops don’t get too big as quickly (for me, at least—my broad shoulders and wide rib cage are always going to be there). I often need a tall in pants, though, and they’re not easy to come by. I also sell the stuff I’ve shrunk out of on ebay. Mostly, I think I’m just ready for a little break from the hard core weight loss mindset. I’m definitely not giving up and I’m not going to start overeating or quit exercising. Also, part of the reason I want to go to the gym a little less is so I can ride my bike and get into the garden more, which means I won’t exactly be slacking on my days off either. 
Today I weighed myself. I skipped last week but I made sure to do it today. I got on the scale and weighed 248 lbs. I have officially lost 55 lbs AND have weighed in under 250 lbs for the first time in over 2 years. I think I am going to go buy some new clothes to celebrate!
Congratulations on your hella hard work!
I am officially 165 lbs, which is an official 10 lb weight loss since May 24th. That’s 10lbs in less than two months. Yay! It actually makes me believe someday being a healthy weight is possible. If I get any lighter, that will be the lightest I have been since Jr. High. I have never weighed below 165 as an adult.
I don’t really feel much thinner, but I also know when you lose weight gradually you never really feel thinner, it takes some getting used to. I measured my hips, waist and neck on Saturday so will start taking those measurements from now on, another way to track progress. I am still obese by all meaningful standards 
, but if I lose 5 more lbs I will be out of that category.
I have actually been pretty sick lately, was supposed to set a distance PR of 3.5 miles on Friday but I didn’t make it past 2.8 miles, that derailed my running momentum, fuckin’ PMS. :mad: I’m still in a lot of pain so will probably take today off too.
197, allegedly 6.5 down since last week and 47.5 this year, 91 in total. Lends weight to the supposition that I get bloated by alcohol and buffet food as I’ve lost all of that plus change. That came as a surprise but I’d be lying if I said it was unwelcome. Those 34"-waist jeans are fitting really, really easily now… wonder if it’s time to consider dropping another size? 
169 even this morning. So only .6 down from last week. That’s not really a surprise since my eating hasn’t been great this week and I’ve been slacking on the exercise.
I’m at 93kg - up a bit but I was on holiday last week. I did take all my running gear and great plans to go running round Tewkesbury - but I ended up in holiday mode and I didn’t. At all. <sigh>.
So after a week of good living and no exercise, I put on about half a kilo. Back to work, and back to the gym and running. Until wednesday, when I have a liver biopsy, which will slow me down again for a few days. I am not stressing.
Si
Slightly worried about my weigh in today as I fell off the wagon a bit last week - didn’t track my food for half the week and did virtually no exercise. Hopefully I’ll just have maintained and I can make it up this week.
220 today. I met my first goal; to lose 10 percent of my body weight (25 pounds). It took exactly 4 months. Now, on to the next goal of 22 pounds!
I’m going on vacation next week, camping and hiking. I hope to be active enough to keep my weight steady–I should be! I won’t be weighing my food obsessively those 2 weeks, because it’ll just be too hard while I’m away, but I’ve got an idea about how big portion sizes should be, so I think I’ll be okay.
Had a plus side last night. I weighed in at less then 170 before bed. The under 170 in the morning line was great, but the under 170 at night was even better.
That’s what I was thinking, too, until it turned out that I lost 3.6 of that by Saturday, so I’m now thinking, maybe water weight gain?
I lost a pound at Fat Club last night - not bad going, really. I had gained a pound at my last weigh-in, two weeks ago and had missed last week’s session because I was on holiday in Budapest. Straight after I came back from Hungary, I went for a meal with my language class to celebrate the end of our first year’s study, then on Saturday there was a rather boozy wedding reception. To have lost a pound, under the circumstances, is a major achievement!
Yesterday my daughter and I joined Weight Watchers. So, today is my first day on weight watchers.
I figure what I’ve been doing hasn’t been working so I’ll try something new and different. I’m also doing WW to encourage my daughter who has about 80 lbs to lose. I’d love to see her get her weight under control now, while she’s young instead of battling it her whole life like I have.
I’m doing flex this week and may try core for a week next week just to see how that feels.
Oh, my weight is 172 (naked, first thing in the morning) but my WW weight is 176.6. I weighed myself right before going to the meeting and my scale is about 1 lb lighter than theirs.
Weighed in at 180.4 pounds this week (my new all time low), which is a loss of 4.2 pounds since last week.
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I wonder how much of that was hair… (Got my hair cut on Tuesday. It’s now just about collar length instead of about quarter-way down my back.)
It could be hair…who knows? (Pictures, please.)
Weigh-in today…and another 2 lbs gone!
167 this morning. Down 2 from last week and a total of 13 since june 1.
I’m thinking if I can’t keep up with my cardio I might try yoga. My gym offers yoga classes and I will look into them.
I was at 197 this morning with my clothes on! That’s a 10-pound loss from my all-time peak weight, which was about three weeks ago. Slipped up and had nachos with artichoke dip last night at California Pizza Kitchen, but the bright side is that I did not have any actual pizza, so that was good.
I really want to get inspired to clear off the weight bench and start lifting again this week.
Edited to add, on rereading my earlier post in this thread, I actually saw 197 on the scale about three weeks ago, but I think that was a fluke, because I promptly bounced back up to 199 again. This weight loss is going very, very slowly. But I am sticking with it.
195½, a pound and a half since last week and another threshold - below 14 stone at last! That’s a total of 48 pounds this year, 92½ since I started, and today I was in Tesco for some other supplies and dropped £3 on a pair of 32-waist jeans. They fit. Barely, but they fit.
happy dance