I lost another 2.5lbs last week which was very good considering the fact that I’d been on holiday and eaten all the wrong things! I also got my Club 10 award which means I’ve lost 10% of my starting weight so that’s looking good too. And I bought a pair of skinny jeans a size smaller than usual, and I can get into them without any problems.
Congrats to the losers. I’m still stuck at 94kg-ish. But on Sunday I ran 6 miles in 1hr03 - just need to add .4 miles and trim off a few minutes and I hit my fitness goal of 10km in an hour. Well happy 
I’ll just keep on keeping on - my fat percentage has to be going down, I am slimmer and I feel really good (well, except for my legs. They ache and have some chafing).
Si
Lost another pound this week (now at 155), I seem to be down to 1lb a week which isn’t great but nor is it unwelcome. It means I’ll hit target by about September.
I recently bought summer clothes and they are all a size smaller than my summer clothes from last year and are even a bit big on me! I am staying level at 50 lbs total weight lost lately but I will be working towards getting past that plateau after my birthday this coming Saturday (I will be indulging in chocolate cake and do not expect to be on the losing end of anything because of that. Cake is the best part of having a birthday though so I am fine with that for just one week!)
Eeek, a little behind, aren’t I?
Dropped four pounds in the last two weeks (yay!). I have an all new momentum pushing me as well. A very close friend of mine is getting married and she asked me to be a bridesmaid. I’m hoping to drop enough weight between now and the wedding (unsure of the date, but I know it’s definitely not within the next few months) to fit into a size 18 comfortably. Seems like a long way from the size 24 I’m at now…
It was rather long ago that I last posted in this thread- I’d had great success with exercise and diet and lost 40 lbs. Then my body hit a plateau at about 155 lbs, I got sick of working hard with no results, started to slack off thinking it was time to be in maintenance mode, did that successfully for about a year, but then slowly but surely fell off the wagon and fell into old negative eating habits, and now, 10 lbs heavier (I’m guessing, because past a certain point I have not been able to handle the idea of getting back on a scale), I have recommitted to health. And now I feel like I can post here again and not pretend like I don’t see this thread every month!
This time I’m doing it a little differently. I’m working with a personal trainer again (I cannot do this without help!), but his methods are a little different than my previous (and first) experience with a trainer. He comes from a Michael Thurmond school of thought, but is training me outside of that program (I told him I am NOT interested in buying anything other than his services as a trainer. To be fair, I have no idea if this Michael Thurmond system is good or bad or neither, but I’ve just never been a “weight-loss program” kind of person. I’m sure he’ll be bringing some of his learning from that program into our work together, but hopefully it will be a successful relationship regardless)
He’s got me on a 2 week thing where I cut out sugar, salt, simple carbs, and dairy (I told him I refuse to give up my daily 1.5 cup coffee habit- I figure it’s not THAT bad). I eat 7 very small meals of mixed lean protein and complex carb/lean protein and vegetable servings, with a little bit of fruit in there too. Plus multi-vitamin, calcium, and iron. I do low-impact/lower-heart rate (but longer time) cardio 4-5 times per week, and weight training with him 3 days per week. After 2 weeks, I presume the diet is not going to be quite so strict (unless I lose zero inches!) but the concept of smaller portions/healthier ingredients is going to stay, which is what I need most anyway. I should probably stop kidding myself and accept that I am probably on this Michael Thurmond system, just without actually having been told so, but I guess the proof will be in the pudding. I’ll either start losing again or I won’t. One weird thing is that he’s measuring me and not weighing me. Thoughts on this?)
So far I have discovered that I have a MAJOR affinity for salt. It’s what I miss the most. I presume the first week is the hardest. I’m also not used to feeling filled constantly (not full, just filled)- it makes me wig out and think I’m eating too much, but my meals consist of 2 oz. of protein and a serving of veggies or carbs (or a little of both) and I have 6 of those little meals per day.
Anyway- so far, so good. Preparing all of these little meals is kind of a pain in the ass. I love to cook, and so far this diet is plain and boring (although to be fair I’m overwhelmed by just having started and also by worrying about doing it right, so I haven’t attempted to get creative with it yet). My biggest problem in the world is portion control, so hopefully these little meals with train me to change my overeating ways.
Le sigh- I will probably feel better and more encouraged after a week or so. If you read this far, thanks for hanging in here with me!
I think once you realize this isn’t a diet, but a lifestyle change, you’re getting the idea. It’s not like you can eat right, lose the weight, then just go back to your old habits. Eating right and regular exercise are part of your life now.
I read a quote on SP, about how it’s not about willpower. People are either ready to change, or they’re not. Today, I cut off the fat and the bone of a pork chop and made sure it was 3 oz (3.75 oz, to be exact.) This isn’t something I’m going to do for a while…this is what I’m going to do from now on. And I’m okay with that.
Yeah- it’s definitely a struggle for me. By nature I tend to be a little lazy (I’m a nester), I struggle with cravings and overeating, and to seal up the trifecta, I’m a huge foodie/cook. It’s such a recipe for fitness disaster, my life, but I’m hoping that it was just a stall-out last time and this time I can keep the momentum going even if I hit a plateau.
And about the being ready or not quote- so true. I have been ruminating on the need to get back to this for a few months, but I just couldn’t do it until now.
I’m down to 176.4, a loss of 47.6 pounds(21.59 kilos) Even family is noticing now, they’re usually the last because they see you so often that there’s a particular body image stuck in their heads.
I only managed to lose half a pound last week, but I’m happy with that because it wasn’t the best of weeks for me one way or another. That puts my current weight at 153lbs so that means it’s just another 20lbs to go!
I wanted to let everyone know that Faeriebeth is now on SP. She let her Dope subscription lapse and has been lurking…but feel free to friend her!
I went out again over the weekend. As a result, I was a puffy 169 Monday, 168 Tuesday, and 167 yesterday. Today I’m back to 165. Phew. I promise not to drink again until the Fourth of July. I did get a lot of compliments again over the weekend. People were coming up to me to tell me how good I looked. I have a love/hate relationship with those moments. It just makes you wonder how bad you looked before, you know?
Don’t look at it like that. Look at it that you’re making a positive difference and people are noticing. Would you rather be losing all this weight and no one notices? That’s the little Attagirl moment for me…all my hard work is paying off!
Yeah, you’re right of course. Damn you. 
I think part of the problem is that I have some mirror/body distortion going on. I honestly don’t feel or look that much smaller/better to myself. I know that I’m smaller, because the scale says I weigh 25 pounds less than I did a year-and-a-half ago, my measurements are smaller, and my pants are two sizes smaller. And every time I step on the scale and it says that low number or I slip into those smaller pants, it still surprises me.
One thing I do like is that it gives me a chance to let people know that I haven’t just gotten thinner by dieting—it’s a fitness thing for me. I love it when people ask me what I’ve been doing and I get to respond with, “Busting my ass at the gym with six days of cardio, three days of weight lifting every week!”
I know the feeling. I know objectively that I’m losing and getting healthier but when I look in the mirror I still see a gut. I know that my clothes are fitting better. (I bought pants a month ago and they were rather tight, I wore them yesterday and they were quite comfy!) But like you, when I look in the mirror I still see that guy that has let himself go. Sounds like something for both of us to work on. 
It also could be that you see yourself every day, so you don’t notice the difference. But trust the scale, the loose clothes, and the measuring tape!
That’s very true - it’s only recently that I’ve started to acknowledge that I look different now. Of course this was helped by my discovering a photo of myself at xmas time last year. :eek:
Seriously, I looked like THAT??? I look in the mirror now and it’s almost like seeing a different person, and that’s just from losing 19lb. Just think what I’ll look like when I’ve lost the final 11lb and hit my target
I’ve been up and down a bit the last couple of weeks, but today I weighed in at 182.6 again, which was my low point.
I cracked 93kg for the first time - 92.9kg this morning. That means a BMI of 30 - the cusp between Obese and Overweight. Planning to drop into the lower category this weekend <fingers crossed>.
This has been on the back of some serious increase in exercise - I am running between 4 - 6 miles 6 days a week. I don’t like the increase in exercise time, but I like the effects - and as I get faster it will get quicker and easier (I hope).
Si
And another pound bites the dust! I’m am officially more than halfway there! I only got rid of one pound in two weeks, but I’ve been a bit too busy recovering from surgery to hit the gym. I plan to today.