Overlyverbose, try eating more. Eat your activity points, at the very least. I find that when I’m stuck, eating all of my AP and most of my flex helps. Eat more for a few days and then stick close to your target a day or two; repeat a couple of times.
I have one week until I really start working towards the weight loss again. All the crap going on in my household will be over June 1st and then I am refocusing on getting healthy. I am going to weigh myself tomorrow and I am kind of frightened. I am afraid my scale will not show a number, it will just say, “WHOA!” or “EAT LESS” or something. Wish me luck!
Good luck, pbbth. During this time, try to do healthy stuff for yourself when you can…you may surprise yourself June 1.
And the final May weigh-in for me…drum roll please…another TWO POUNDS GONE!
Go me! And go the Nutrition Tracker at SparkPeople!
On another note, how come the good hearty breads are so high in calories? I’m trying to eat the heartier, healthy grains, (rye, pumpernickel, etc) and one slice of nasty tasteless white bread is 60 calories, but one slice of oatmeal bread is 110!
No peanut butter on my toast this morning. 
I’m always afraid mine is going to say, “Will one of you please get off.” 
It took me most of the week to get back to where I was after last weekend’s misbehaving. By Thursday I was back down to 168. Then yesterday afternoon I weighed 166. :eek: I stood there for a while just to look at it. I figured it wasn’t going to last but that’s what the scale still says this morning. That should help my average out quite a bit.
Great job, ivylass! I had to give up peanut butter on my toast, too. I love to have peanut butter and banana toast on the weekend, but it’s just too many calories. I’ve started eating just toast and jelly, no butter. It’s still really good.
On the other hand, I’m glad I have this information. Before I would have just slathered on the peanut butter. Now, I know. So I can figure out what to eat (if I have a little less pasta, I can have a dessert, or if I have this fruit cup, I’ll still be within the calorie range.)
Yep. Last night I even got to have a little ice cream because I was under my calorie budget for the day.
Well, to be fair, the healthier breads have fiber in them, whereas junky white bread (as my father-in-law calls it) generally does not.
I’ve been slacking on my SparkPeople journaling. Off to do it now…
The thing is, I’m afraid to go much over the low end of my calorie range. I am smack in the middle today, but I still feel like I ate “too much.”
I guess I’m worried I might screw up this weight loss if I continue to eat toward the high limit of my calorie range.
204 pounds, 1 pound down from last week, 39½ this year. That’s a full 6 stone since the start back in September. I’d like to think about losing another 29 pounds, which at the rate I’m settling down to will probably take another four months. It’s come as a relief to have lost at all last week as I’ve done less walking than usual, but that’s good news in a way as it’s partly because Mrs M has stepped up the dog-walking, even yesterday when it was raining, so she may be a little more serious about losing some weight herself. As for me, after a larg-ish curry on Saturday night I’m happy to have lost another pound. 
Can you walk the dog together?
Someone has to mind the kids, and the 4yo sure can’t walk that far.
Can you put them in a stroller?
I’ve lost 17 pounds since mid-March. I’m 8 pounds from my first short-term goal (losing 10 percent of my body weight). Woohoo! I hope to get there by the end of June, but by June 19th (my birthday) would be better.
Then I get to set my next goal (10 percent less). Slowly, but surely. I want to lose about 100 pounds all together, but I’d be happy with 80. I feel better already–exercising 6 days a week, and not feeling stuffed and bloated. My acid reflux is better too. And yesterday, I ran around in the sprinkler with my kids and we had a blast. I was exhausted last night, but hey, that’s what sleep is for.
Yay! I lost another 1.5lbs last night, that means I’ve now reached my first mini-goal and lost 10% of my starting weight.
I need to join the club. I’m 50 years old, 5’5" and as of this afternoon 170.4 pounds. Which is strange because 3 days ago, I was 167. I’ve done Weight Watchers for years, but I did not rejoin last go round. I will track my calories and exercise on paper (I’ve tried the online stuff and it’s just too much work for me!). My ultimate goal is to lose 35 pounds, with a short term goal of 5 pounds by June 24th. My daily caloric intake will be 1200 cals, give or take, with 5 servings of fruit and veg. My weekly exercise plan is 2 sessions of heavy cardio (30 minutes), 60 minutes of yoga, 50 minutes of NIA, and 3 weights sessions.
Thanks for listening. It really helps to set all of this in writing.
Hi peedin. Welcome to the club. 1200 calories seems kind of low. I’m aiming between 1600-1700. Why are you aiming so low?
You have quite an ambitious exercise routine too. Are you already working out regularly? I’m just worrying that you might be trying to do too much too soon, which would discourage me, I know.
Good luck to you and welcome aboard!
SP has set my calorie range at 1200-1550 a day.
I do have to agree about the exercise, peedin, unless you’re used to it, you’ll get sore and give up. Take it slow. This isn’t a diet…this is a lifestyle change, and you have to do it gradually.
The 4yo is way too big to ride in a stroller (as is the 9yo, for that matter). I’m sure I’ll work something out though. Things are getting to the point where I am seriously considering 34"-waist trousers, and I have never bought a pair in that size - last time I had a 34" waist I was getting clothes bought for me.
According to physicsdiet.com, where I enter my weight every day, my BMI is officially in the “normal” range. I weighed 167 this morning, bringing my average to 168.8. Woo hoo! Let’s celebrate. Who wants ice cream?
Thanks for the concern, but I’ve been doing this level of exercise for about 3 months. It sounds more intense than it is. I do the weights after my cardio and I alternate between arms one session, legs the next. And yoga and NIA, while movement, aren’t heavy duty cardio–I don’t get sweaty and my heart rate doesn’t increase much. But it’s all around movement.
The 1200 calories comes from my WW days–that’s about the caloric equivalent of points I would get. I’m flexible though–if I do 1600 one day I don’t get mental.
My biggest problem is evening snacking, specifically buttered popcorn.