Gained 300 grams this week and I know why. I don’t give a shit. Quite literally. 
Anyone got any fibre tips? I’ve been taking a fibre supplement (some husk thing) for three days now and no action…
I lost 3 lbs last week and it sort of sucks because I haven’t been lifting or hitting the cardio hard, so I’m afraid I’m losing muscle like crazy. I also have been eating low-cal + low-carb because I’m still fucking sick.
Glad the weight is coming off. Just not looking forward to muscle death.
Meant to lift today, even tho I ended up feeling poorly. But a rare babysitting gig went long and I missed it. Tomorrow is tomorrow.
That stuff takes time to work, but it will. Just be prepared for when it does. 
Make sure you drink a lot of water, too; that’ll help a lot.
Sweet blessed relief! Looking forward to getting on the scales tomorrow, i didn’t bother this morning, which is unusual for me.
So…Sunday morning I weighed in at 115.9kg, this morning I weight in at 114.4kg!
That’s a lot of…erm…poop! 
I have no idea how I accomplished this since I was laid up and unable to work out all week, but I managed to lose a pound. Now that I can handle more activity, I can at least walk, but I won’t be able to ride until the incision has healed a little more and I can lift the bike down and up the front steps. So far, that looks like it’ll be sometime in mid- to late April. But at least I can walk and that’s something.
Good job MsRobyn - however it worked 
Here’s to getting back on your feet!
Whatever ‘‘losing weight,’’ means, I’m doing the opposite of that.
Depression always gets me. Always there to sabotage my progress, to say ‘‘What’s it to you? It’s not like you even care about anything. Best thing to do is just shove this cookie in your mouth and get a moment of pleasure.’’
I am still trying to go to the fitness center - I even attempted to go today - I mean I actually got in the car and drove toward the gym for several minutes. But I had a weird reaction to some medication and realized I was unsafe to drive the rest of the way.
I think I’m really close to getting a new job, and once I have that new job, my plan is to hit the fitness center every day after work. I need to figure out some way to create a routine.
I’ve gained a lot of weight in the last couple of years due to various events; my first breakup, entering grad school, failing grad school, moving away from home, etc. I tend to go in cycles of losing weight (making a genuine effort to work out and watch what I eat) and gaining weight (basically saying “fuck it” and sitting at home eating pasta and ice cream every night). I think I’m overdue to start losing weight again, so I recently bought an exercise bike to use at home. I tried making a gym schedule and sticking to it, but it’s very easy to stay and home and avoid exercise when you have to travel to the gym. Having equipment at home means you have no excuse, you can even sit and cycle while watching TV. I’ve been on the bike for at least half an hour every day this week, and avoided big meals/soda/ice cream. Obviously haven’t seen visible improvement yet, but I finally feel like I’m on the right track. Wish me luck and good luck to everyone else here!
Way to be pro-active, Stauderhorse! Looking forward to hearing more of your progress in these threads
Olives just keep going forward and don’t let little missteps like a cookie hold you back forever.
As for the gym, you’ll be better about a routine in the future if you keep a routine now. Even if you don’t feel like doing whatever high-intensity stuff you were doing before, just the act of changing your clothes, driving there, doing something, driving home and taking a shower is fantastic routine-wise. Just to keep you in the mindset.
I was just benched from my activities for a month but I made it to the gym almost completely on schedule (5 days a week after work) even if it was just to walk for 20 minutes and go home because I felt shitty. Regardless of what exercise I did or didn’t get, I am so glad I just kept up the routine. Now that I am back to my regular intense routine (a whole 2 days in a row wow!) I am so glad that I am not having to force myself to do everything else (ie getting up and going). It’s still routine!
Good luck…keep going!
I kinda spoke too soon. I went to the supermarket today, which involved about 45 minutes or so of walking and being on my feet. By the time I was done, I was in a bit of pain. So I’m taking it easy for another few days before I start walking on purpose, and even then, it’ll be to the library, which is about 2/3 of a mile from my house, and back.
http://www.valleystampede.com.au/
This is my push that will make me lose this last 10kg. Need to get in better shape for this - the run’s easy, I need some upper body strength work.
Plus, mud. And a cow level! Yeay!
So far outside my comfort zone here, it’s nervous making. Nearly 135kg me still lives in my head. If I finish this last 10k will be smack in the middle of my BMI (I’m right at the top of it now but still visibly overweight.)
I think training will take care of half of it, and I’ll have to cut back to do the other half. Have been just maintaining since Christmas - mostly to see if I can. Still tracking calories though, or I go off the rails.
So…yeah.
I am finally able to post in this thread. I have been suffering from fairly debilitating depression but my doctor gave me meds which are working and I can finally think about myself and getting healthy again.
I have gained 20 pounds in the last year and I need to see it gone (I DO NOT want to have to invest in a new summer wardrobe…unless it is smaller, of course :)).
So, I am just doing very simple things. No more eating out. No more second dinner (seriously, I was having a normal, healthy dinner and then having some form or takeout/high calorie meal at like 10 pm). Basically, I am just eating the healthy diet I was feeding my kids.
While I am not exercising in the traditional sense yet, I am definitely doing more things that require activity. Cleaning, fixing stuff around the house, teaching my son to ride his bike, painting.
Anyway, I have only been at it for two weeks but I have seen 10 pounds drop off.
I will, however, have to get a little more official about the whole thing. I did some math on yesterday’s food and I only ate 950 calories. Gah! That’s not good at all.
I have sucessfully lost 50 pounds before so I know what I am doing. The most important thing, in fact, is that I make sure to have a ‘big calorie day’ once a week. It seems to confuse my metabolism just enough to keep losing and not plateau.
Depression sucks so hard, doesn’t it? I’m going through a similar thing myself. Feel free to PM me if you want some commiseration.
I agree with the ‘big calorie day’ concept - I’m doing WW and a big meal every now and then seems to give my metabolism a boost.
Double post! Officially weighed in at 114.4kg on Sunday, which makes exactly 15kg lost. Weighed in at 114.1 this morning, so I’m hopeful to hit the 113’s later this week.
How’s everyone else doing?
we still in here or is there to be an April/May thread?
That’s a good question. I don’t see one started for April, and at this point, it seems kinda silly to me to start an entirely new thread every month or two for what is essentially an ongoing discussion.
Perhaps we can ask the mods for a permanent stickied thread. I’m about to ask the question in ATMB to work out some of the possible options. In fact, since there is now a smoking-cessation support thread, it may be time to consider a sub-forum for us “losers and quitters”.
Here’s the link for the ATMB thread. I’m looking for input to figure out how we want to do this in the future.
And, to stay on topic, I had another icky week. I haven’t weighed in yet this week, but I still haven’t been able to get much activity in. The munchies from not smoking are starting to creep in, and while I’m not snacking on crap, fruit has calories, too, even if it has zero points. If I lose tomorrow, it’ll be a miracle.
So, I found out that Cottage Cheese has a great amount of protein and is good for breakfast (especially since I eat breakfast at my desk and cooking is out of the question).
I discovered a fatal problem this morning. Cottage Cheese is gross! I doused it with pepper which made it barely tolerable but eeewww.
I am going to try to stick it out. Maybe I will get used to it?
It certainly is making me feel full (which was the goal). It’s lunch time now and I am still full.