Holy weight loss, Batman! Congratulations, Lampare! I think that’s the largest opening-week loss I’ve ever heard.
You go with your bad self!
norinew, I bought an elliptical machine a few months ago. It really does give you a good workout, but you adjust to it after a few weeks. I don’t get sore anymore but I still work up a good sweat every time.
I haven’t checked in much because I seem to be stuck after losing 8 pounds. I lost 8, gained 2, and now I lost the 2 again so I’m back to where I was. I want to lose about 10-15 more. I can feel that I’m more toned, but the weight loss is verrryyy slow. (about 1/2 pound a week is my average). Sometimes it’s hard to stay motivated.
Now that spring is here it’s a little easier, there’s more to do outside. I have my eye on a new swimsuit, too.
Good job everyone!
Yeah, I am, godammit! 
You gonna give me a big ol’ hug when I lose the 40, or what? God knows I could use one… 
Just kidding. Love you little heathens, and continue to to lose that tonnage! Quasi’s on your side!
Q
Weigh-In Day: 147.2!
Why is this good?
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1.6 pounds down this week.
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10 pounds to 10% goal
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It is possible that next week, I will weigh the least I have this century. (I weighed 145.8 on 11/28/2000.)
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Only 3.4 pounds to go to a total weight loss of 30 pounds.
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16.2 pounds to ultimate weight goal!
IcandoitIcandoitIcandoitIcandoit!
And I also just remembered…
- 3.2 pounds to go to the top of my healthy weight range for my height and age. (144 pounds)
I’m gonna be lookin’ fine as Hell in that sundress next year on the cruise. I’m gonna be lookin’ sexy as a mutha in the various bathing suits I purchase between now and then. My clothes already fit comfortably, but they’ll be even better then.
Life is good!
Quasi, let me know when you hit the 40 pound mark, and I’ll give you a big hug!
Gazelle, way to go!
We all are kicking some serious butt!
Yay! I lost 3 lbs this week at WW. I swear if I’d gone #2 beforehand it’d be at least 5lbs.
Thanks for that image, Anahita 
I have to confess, I’ve thought the same thing myself before getting on the scale–including wondering how much to deduct for shoes, jeans, t-shirt and underwire bra. I mean, the wire must add to the overall weight of that thing!
Looks like I’m holding steady at ~185. Right now, this is a good thing, because last weekend, we got together with friends, and didn’t at all watch what we ate. Big Italian dinner, no-holds-barred IHOP breakfast…can’t do that and lose weight.
But I did get in bike rides on Wednesday and Sunday, and the Splenda-enabled removal of calories from everything I drink keeps helping out. (I use the Splenda packets to sweeten my coffee, and I use the pourable kind to make sweet tea.) Now if I can be good between now and when we go visit the in-laws next weekend, maybe I can knock a pound or two off before they throw incalculable quantities of food at me.
Well, I had to go to the student health center today - they don’t weigh you unless you ask (and I still don’t want to do this by a scale, but by general health), but they do always take your blood pressure.
My BP was well in the normal range for the first time in a while. We’ve been working on it, and had gotten it down to a high normal, but I have still been struggling with it. The doc told me that it was looking excellent, and that I was doing a great job controlling it without medication.
That alone is worth continuing this exercise/eating right thing.
[Captain Kirk Voice ON]
Plateau Log, Day 25
…weight not changing… frustration growing… all attempts to break plateau have ended in failure… 188 one day… Dog won’t stop staring at me… 187 the next… latest effort of increased physical activity to break free has been unsuccessful… teasing drops to 184 then back up… gravitational pull too strong… must… try… new… plan… perhaps increasing my daily caloric intake will kick… start… my tired… metabolism… must begin downward movement soon… my ship & crew (to hell with them) for 180!
[/Captain Kirk Voice OFF]
Yea, I’m getting kind of disturbed. 
No kidding, Lsura! Congratulations!
I’ve been holding steady at 221 for the past week but that’s okay with me especially with the amount of chocolate I’ve been eating lately. ('punhagot me a box of Godiva and a Cabury bunny for Easter. Bad 'punha!) I also missed several days at the gym so that probably hasn’t helped matters any either. But I went back yesterday and I’m back on track so maybe I’ll break out of the 220’s soon.
I’m doing my best not to get discouraged too. I keep giving myself little pep talks telling myself I can do this. It’s not easy but I’m not gonna give up. Not this time.
That is exactly the attitude that will get us where we wanna go!
Hey Mean Joe, I can sympathize man. When I hit 210, I didn’t think I’d ever get below it. Lost 30lbs. in like 5 months, stayed at that weight for another 7 months without being able to really go down. Sure I’d flucuate a bit now and then, but staying consistantly below that was hard. I know I’ve pushed this before, but keep that running going. Up your milage more. I know you were talking about moving the distance between your “running” pace, and “recovery” pace closer together. How is that working for you? Also, try eating snacks through the day. I found that both makes me less hungry, and give my body energy for exercise. I usually have a bowl of oatmeal at 9am, an apple at 11am, eat a lean cuisean (never more than 300 calories) at 1pm, then run at 4pm, with dinner around 6 or so. I’m holding steady now at 197 or so, which is 7lbs above where I want to be, but is actually within the range for my height (6’2). Keep it up everyone. While there may be stumps and bumps along the way, the end result is well worth it. I have people now telling me I’ve lost too much, and that’s a real nice feeling.
Eh, they’re just jealous!
I’m taking a break…just trying to maintain what I’ve lost. I lost that forty pounds quick, and now I’m suffering some hair loss and depression. I don’t know if it’s related to the diet or rapid weight loss or other Very Bad stress lately.
I’m still gonna check in though. You guys are all so inspiring.
Everyone is doing so great here!
Somehow I didn’t discover this thread until a week or two ago, and it’s taken me that long to read through it a little at a time.
I too am on the (long, twisted, badly paved, uphill) road to a healthier and happier lifestyle. I’ve been heavy all my life and during my pregnancy my weight skyrocketed. The bundle of joy was born almost a year and a half ago! I’ve lost some of the weight since then, but not much. Currently I stand at 5’5" and weigh around 205.
Awhile ago I started new with my commitments and went slowly from 209 to 204. I’ve been slacking off recently and gained back a pound, and probably even more, but I haven’t weighed myself in a little while.
Yesterday I picked up some new books: Workouts for Dummies to help me out with pointers and give me some little exercises, a calorie counting book so I can try to stay under a certain goal which I haven’t figured out yet, and a journal to write my progress and daily calorie counts in. I also got some hand weights (set of 2, 3, and 4 lbs) to work with in attempts to transform the hams that have become my upper arms and the slab of fat on my back into muscle.
Time for a reinforcement of commitment!
I don’t think my eating habits are that bad (okay, they’re pretty bad, but much better than they used to be!), but my exercising habits are worse. I’ve always hated exercising. Mainly what I’m doing now is video aerobics and some indoor cycling.
My first goal is to get down as much as I can by August 1st, when I’ll be attending a reunion with Mr. Kezermezer for all my old friends from my hometown, but my long term goal is to get down to around 130lbs (75 pounds to go! gulp!) but I’ll have to see how my body feels when I get down around there since I’ve never really known what it’s like to be a good weight for my height and build.
Hopefully being active in this thread will help out with my extremely wimpy willpower! Which reminds me-- props to you Quasifor being such a source of motivation!
Weigh in time. 24 lbs down for me. That’s another 3 since I weighed in 17 days ago. Hubby has lost 30 now. Go him!
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