Weigh in day 03/16/15

cherylmellan

Starting weight 166.8
Last weight 156.0
Today's weight 154.2
Loss: -1.8
Total loss so far: 12.6 pounds
Goal weight: 153 (boat weight - just 1.2 more to go!) 143 (ending goal; 11.2 lbs)

slow but steady. slooooooow but steady.
Have a great day ladies!!

Lastchancelj

W: 238
LW: 184.0
TW 182.8

OK...I had to get on the scale this morning to see what my travel damage was going to be. i completely went off program and enjoyed some of the Filipino foods that I love and just in general not my normal intake. So, needless to say - I AM HAPPY!!!

And I got into work and my new hydration pack had arrived and my humongous iPhone 6 Plus fits perfectly in the side hip pockets!!! Hoping to hit the trail tomorrow and give it a try!

AWESOME focus Cheryl....Watch the intake and keep MOVING!!!! that lazyboy doesn't love you as much as we do!!!

GaGasheesh

Wow! Great losses for you Cheryl and Lois!! Congratulations . . my weigh in is tomorrow. Better get moving.

Lastchancelj

Sheesh - I normally weigh on Tues and Friday...I just had to see what my battle was after the weekend....so Monday for this week only for me!

SarahMaxx

Hi, everyone. We had neighbors bring dinner last night, so I wasn't able to go walking and dinner was their choice, not mine. But today, I hope to start on a fresh path. So I'm moving my weigh-in day back to Tuesday. I had changed to Wednesday back when a friend who is studying nutrition was weighing me on Wednesday's because I was volunteering as a client for one of her projects.

My weight pretty much stayed steady (up a little) despite the travel, stress, irregular eating, etc. This whole experience has me thinking about the fact that I need to embrace change instead of resist it so much. I'm hoping to take that fresh perspective forward and make some good changes. Here my starting point:

LW: 144.2
TW: 144.8
GW: 130

GaGasheesh

Sarah, I'm so glad to see you back here. You're strong, and I know you'll handle your new challenges fine. Family troubles are so stressful and draining. If you can remember to take a little time for yourself (even just 45 minutes) it will ease some of the stress. We are all here to support you in any way we can.

My weigh in:

SW: 156
LW: 134.5
TW: 133.5
(Loss of 1 lb)

I was surprised to see that loss, honestly. It has to be from all the exercise. (Thanks step challenges!) I had kind of a bad week as far as logging food, so I'm happy with it.

SarahMaxx

Thanks, Sheesh. I remember back on the Bodybugg message board that you were still dealing with things related to your Mom's passing. It feels odd not to have a parent. There's a void, even though we didn't see her often, and when I talked to her by phone, the conversations were short and superficial. But she was there. It will take some adjusting. Selling the home my Dad built will be an emotional challenge, too, particularly since the economy is so bad in that are that we may have to sell to an investor rather than a family who will fix it up and love it. Life. Not always what we'd prefer.

On a happier note, your loss was great. I love those one-pound weeks.

lightinfl

Sarah, one day at a time... ((()))

Looks like everyone is doing well this week (including you, Sarah as with stress and meals provided by others, it could easily have resulted in more of a weight gain). My weigh in is Saturday and I'm hoping to continue with the trend

SarahMaxx

Sometimes things just don't work as we plan! I knew that this past week would be affected some by needing to catch up from being away from work for a full week. I had not factored in needing to do things at night related to Mom's passing and I did not anticipate having a health thing come up. I say "health thing" because I have no idea what to call it. I feel much better this morning, but I had some pretty serious pain very low in my belly yesterday. It hit me suddenly yesterday afternoon. No fever and no vomiting and it's going away, so maybe it was something I ate or some viral thing. I am going to have to stay aware and get it checked if any symptoms hang around. It did put my plans for long walk last night on ice. We're going to an early dinner with friends tonight and then doing some volunteer work, if all goes well. But I think I'm going to end the week with a surplus of calories overall. Things just aren't back to normal yet.

The board has been quiet the past few days, which I hope means that everyone is busy doing things they enjoy.

GaGasheesh

Sarah, that doesn't sound good at all. I hope you'll get it checked out as soon a you get a chance. When it rains it pours, huh?! You're really going through a lot right now.

SarahMaxx

I'm feeling much better today and was able to walk with my mall walking friend this afternoon. I just uploaded and I got in more than 14,000 steps today. Oh yeah!

Talked to an old friend tonight who lost her mother last year, and I felt some of the sadness that I think all of the activity during the last two weeks had kept at bay. I know I have many sad moments to come, but I'm staying grateful for all the good stuff.

Yesterday's snow is gone and the sun came out today. Hope everyone had a nice first day of spring.

lightinfl

wow, awesome steps, Sarah... and glad you are feeling better Focus on the positives, accept the negatives and just keep going forward towards where you want to be. The bad/sad things in our lives do not need to define us... we have to deal with them, yes, but they do not need to identify us. (((hugs)))

I am either a day late or a day early, depending on how you consider my Saturday weigh in, LOL. I am sad to say I didn't lose a thing this week. Nada. Zilch. But didn't gain any either Slacked off on steps and exercise this week a bit and had some lean corned beef on Thurs/Fri, which certainly didn't help with my weigh in :P But I will own it. Food is made ahead for this coming week- we'll see how it goes.

SarahMaxx

Thanks, Light, for the cyber hugs. I found myself feeling much sadder the past two days than right after Mom died. I think the finality is setting in. I had a couple of difficult moments yesterday while grocery shopping of all things.

I did get out to walk yesterday despite being a bit down. I made my deficit goal for sure for the first time in two weeks (I didn't try to log food in NC.)

The abdominal pain that I ran into on Friday continues to resolve. I still had a little tenderness yesterday when I walked up and down steps and such. I didn't notice it so much this morning.

This is the beginning of another really busy period at work. We have a news conference on Thursday and launch a new ad campaign next Monday. So I will need to borrow from what I've learned from Light and Lois about planning and prepping food until things settle down some, and I'll need to work smart so I can take breaks to move.

Happy Monday, everyone.