August Accountability and Weigh-In
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Height - 5' 3"
SW - 127 (Feb 2017)
GW - 110
August SW - 119
August GW - 115
Aug 7: 116.6
Aug 14: 115.8
Aug 21: 116.0
Aug 28: 114.8
This has been an absolutely tumultuous week at work (my boss is having an actual mental breakdown, and I'm the PR person). But, I tried to still stick to my calories as much as possible without giving into emotional eating. Although I won't lie, and more of those calories were wine than normal.
Also, I officially hit my August goal weight! Yay! I am going to keep going until I get to 112 and then finally start recomp ...
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5'11.5
Highest Weight: 220lbs.
Start Weight: 212lbs
Current weight: 140.6lbs.
August Goal: Mini bulk to try and get back up to 142 at least.
Ultimate Goal: 145lbs
Last July weight: 141.8lbs.
August 1st: 140.6lbs.
August 8th: 140.2lbs.
August 15th: 142.6lbs aka Shark Week.
August 22nd: 141lbs
August 29th: 140.6lbs
I guess the best I can say for August is that I maintained above 140lbs, despite seeing 139 a few times, including this week. I've spoken to three doctors now and the best they have for me is that they'll start looking into it at Christmas. I understand that it takes awhile for the body to get back to normal but I went out and had 4 cocktails. Tall *kitten* fruity cocktails and the best my body could do was to push me to 141 for A DAY.
Sometimes I hear myself and my first world problems and I want to punch my own face. Clearly it's time for another coffee.
@bringbackthejoy Was the food good in Italy? I am thinking of planning a trip just for food.
@RMC1995 Congrats on keeping with the losses. That's great! I'm really glad you're healing up well. Being out for the count sucks but it's better to be healthy.
@2tall4thisworld You're on fire, girl! What's the new goal???0 -
New as well. 5'3, 150. Trying to reach 145 forever, weight fluctuates between 152 and 147.
Going on vacation September 22, hoping to be back in the 140's. Lots of eating of great seafood to chow on.
24.5 days. I am hopeful.0 -
The best dish I had was a penne with crumbled sausage in a butter sage sauce. I am drooling just thinking about it. And a ravioli carbonara where the sauce was inside the pocket. It just burst forth when you cut into that delicate pasta. And the wine...oh the wine....3
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Ravioli and carbonara are literally two of my favourite things. Damn. I need an Italian pasta eating holiday for sure. As long as there is also quadrotti I'm pretty much sold.0
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@2tall4thisworld Thank you so much for the encouragement, it means a lot! Your weekend sounds busy but very fun - I'm jealous you are able to go out climbing so often; It's such a thrill. @bringbackthejoy I hope your trip to Italy was fantastic, it's awesome you were able to keep your weight gain to just 3 pounds - I hope you also enjoyed the fantastic cuisine over there!1
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Height 5'10"
SW: 186.4
Aug 8: 177.2
Aug 16: 179.8
Aug 24: 176.4
Aug 30: 173.6
I’m finally in the ‘normal’ range on the BMI Scale! It’s weird how our perceptions can change. I was around 175 for so many years and everyone in my life told me there was no need to lose any weight, that if I was any smaller I’d be too small, things like that, and I was actually in the overweight category the whole time! And I look at myself today and can totally see that I can lose more. There’s still a lot of extra fat on me that I want gone!
Thanks everyone for all the support about the drinking calories. I was having a down day (mainly because I was hungover
). I’m usually fine with moderating my drinking but every now and then the party gets away from me. And you know what, I’m okay with that so long as it stays “every now and then”.
I’m really happy with the progress I’ve made in the last 2 weeks. I really feel like my life is normalizing after the crazy summer we had. I found a workout plan that I really like and have been doing that more regularly and I’ve gotten back into the C210K program. That plus having way more control over my food since we’re not going to events all the time has all added up to have me feeling really great about things and myself. I also just got a Fitbit and having a new toy to play with has got me out more these past few days.
@2tall4thisworld : Congratulations on your great progress and I’m glad to hear you had a great weekend with your mom and your hottie! I’ve wanted to get into climbing for so long but we just can’t seem to make it stick. I think when the weather gets crappy we might be more consistent. The only place to climb around here is inside and I just can’t bring myself to workout indoors during the summer.
@RMC1995 : Great work keeping things up even with an injury. Changes to your routine can be hard to manage with everything. You’re so close to your goal! Keep it up!
@bringbackthejoy : So jealous of your Italy trip! And well done for only gaining 3 pounds! When I was in France I swear I put on 10 in 2 weeks. Totally worth it though!
@brianneangell08 : Sorry to hear your job is going so poorly, but good work not letting that control your eating. There are other ways to deal with stress than eating it. Adding more wine to your calorie count won’t hurt either
@glassofroses: Health problems suck and having to wait on medical care till Christmas double sucks
I guess all you can do for now is just keep at it and see what happens.
Thanks for all the support this month ladies and I'll see you in the September thread!3 -
@KelseyRL Thanks hon. It's just concerning to me because I'm 140 roughly but that's without training. I train high level kickboxing for belts and to compete anywhere from 5 to 9 hours a week at my peak. Obviously I'm not at my peak atm as I'm just coming back from this appendectomy. But if I can't maintain a decent weight while being a couch potato what am I supposed to do about my training? I often get into the ring with the guys and every bit of weight I lose puts me further at a disadvantage in terms of power and being able to absorb contact. My doctors know this and it's still not a priority, which I guess if they really can't do anything about it until 6 months have passed then I'll have to lump it but I'm really not happy about it.
At the end of the day, I'm still a healthy weight, even if it's a low one so I can be grateful for that. Congrats on your strong loss! People's perceptions of our bodies are so weird. It's like my brother every now and again comes up to me and tells me I'm so small. He isn't saying it in the context of anything other than observing me so it makes me laugh. I think it depends on the person, their own weight and their perspective on what is aesthetically pleasing. People who are heavier, not even necessarily overweight, just bigger, tend to 'worry' a lot more. Usually until they see me start eating (I eat everything) and then suddenly they become less 'concerned'. It's your body and your aesthetic, if you want to lose more fat, then do it. Who gives a monkey.0 -
Another lovely 5 day break over with and have only put on 0.4lbs since my last weigh in, so I am not worried. And I have my PT session tonight so should be back to normal soon, probably tomorrow. Goals not met but *kitten* it, I have had a great summer!
Height: 5'10"
HW: 183lbs
SW August: 168lbs (last July weigh in)
Ultimate goal: Currently 160lbs but will revise when I get there.
August goal: 166lbs (adjusted from 163lbs)
Body fat goal for August: Sub 26.9%
26th April: 179.4lbs - Body fat: 29.6%
31st May: 173lbs – Body fat: 28.2%
28th June: 170.6lbs - Body fat 27.6%
5th July: 168.6lbs - Body fat 27.2%
12th July: 167.6lbs - Body fat 26.9%
19th July: 168.2lbs - Body fat 27.1%
26th July: 168lbs - Body fat 26.9%
2nd Aug: 166.8lbs - Body fat 26.8%
9th Aug: 167.2lbs - Body fat 26.8%
16th Aug: 169lbs - Body fat 27.2%
23rd Aug: 168.6lbs - Body fat 27%
31st Aug: 169lbs - Body fat 27.2%
I will read through all your updates later, although I did spot that @2tall4thisworld is now officially lighter than me!
Will go and prep a new September thread.
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@bringbackthejoy Italy sounds lush. Wherabouts in Italy were you?
On another note: Liquid dinner & breakfast and no carb lunch when trying to gain? Didn't expect to read that. How does that work? Forgive my ignorance, but I though carbs were an integral part of gaining/bulking.
@brianneangell08 well done for staying on track despite the stress! Hope your boss will be ok too.
@glassofroses Well done for staying above 140. Surely it shouldn't take that long for your body to adjust again though, especially now that you're exercising again?
Excellent result for August @KelseyRL! You and @2tall4thisworld are on fire!
Welcome @cheryljanine, come and join us on the September thread?0 -
@rianneonamission You'd think that they would have some advice for me at the very least but no. I'm going to do what my mum suggested and get the practice manager involved just because I've been to three separate doctors and not one of them can give me straight answer. At this rate if I keep training it'll only be a couple of months until a stiff breeze can knock me over as I had another run in with 130s again today.
It's all a goddamn joke because how can nothing be wrong if I can eat a whole 900cal pizza and not gain because of it. Or the cookie incident which saw me eat 10 cookies that are roughly 250-300cals a go and only gain 0.6lb for two days. Again, I wasn't exercising at this point when I did any of those things. This is not normal.
TBH I think I'm just going to be moral support for the thread next month. My positivity for my own goals is waning rapidly as I can't seem to make any progress. IDK, maybe I'll feel differently at my next weigh in but for right now I just want to focus on getting my training under control. I'm entirely too sore from DOMS.
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Height - 5' 5"
Starting weight - 168
August Starting weight - 161
Goal weight for month end - 155
Final weight for Aug - 1581 -
Height: 5'5"
HW: 68.8kg
SW: 63.8 kg (last June weigh in)
GW: 63-65 kg
08/01: 63.4 kg
08/08: 63.4 kg
08/15: 64 kg
08/22: 63.7 kg
08/30: ????
So I waited to do my final update hoping I would find a scale to weigh myself but haven't. I have no idea where I am at, I feel like I might be down to 62 kg range but I really don't know.
I've been walking so much more since being on campus so I think that will continue the rest of the year.
My big thing this month has been moving back to university, dealing with a busy training schedule, and trying to get used to eating in a dining hall again.
Hoping to find a better balance of protein to carb ratio in September!
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Height: 5 ft 8
Beginning August weight: 147.6
August goal: 145
September 1 weight: 145.6
I'll take it!
I get a ridiculous "look at my completed 8th grade science project" thrill out of that reporting function on MFP and watching the progression downward. Useful data: I derive an unseemly number of calories from protein bars. A focus for September is to eat "real" food.
School is back in session, and it will be nice not to be surrounded by teen food...which is as many whole grain carbs as a 15 year old can eat!1 -
@glassofroses thank you for the support!!! New goal for September is to get down into the 163 weight area. I hope it happens. Congrats on staying above 140!! And I'm really hoping you start feeling better, and that the practice manager is able to give you some answers!
@KelseyRL girl congrats on your MASSIVE loss! That happened so fast!!! I definitely recommend climbing
Most of my climbing is indoors. It's so fun. Seriously though, keep kicking butt! 1
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