First weigh in and 9 pounds down

pewtie

Good Morning everyone! :happy:

I just weighed. I joined a couple of weeks ago but just got the nerve to weigh in after Christmas etc. (Those truffles don't look nearly as good when they reside on your hips). Shocked myself. Down 9 pounds. Just wanted to tell someone.

pewtie


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pewtie

Good Morning everyone! :happy:

I just weighed. I joined a couple of weeks ago but just got the nerve to weigh in after Christmas etc. (Those truffles don't look nearly as good when they reside on your hips). Shocked myself. Down 9 pounds. Just wanted to tell someone.

pewtie


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cheermom11

Congratulations :drinker: What a way to start the new year!

lessertess

Congrats! If you can loose nine pounds over the holidays....you can do anything!

Leigh14

I agree with lessertess!! That is a huge feat. Good job! :flowerforyou: Congrats!

micmek

That's awesome and very inspiring to me. I'm struggling through this holiday season and you've just given me the little kick I needed. Congratulations and keep it up!

iftcheiaf

Awesome. That is amazing!!! Celebrate with a relaxing pedicure or manicure or something. You've earned it.

dareric

Congratulations pewtie! You should be extremely proud of yourself - especially during the most difficult time of the year. It is showing that you worked hard - very hard. Any secrets you want to share

I sure hope I can be so lucky. While I have recorded every ounce of food that has gone into my mouth for the past 4 days and worked out every day, I'm not seeing much on the scale yet. Even though I'm staying within my calorie requirements and busting my behind in cardio work plus doing extra on my new Wii Fit balance board (xmas gift - thanks hubby!) I know I need to be patient. This is so hard. I'm dedicated to keeping it up though and just see the 1st 5 pounds go bye bye to give me the extra enthusiasm I need to shed all of the unwanted pounds. Happy New Year everyone and thanks a ton for your support.

Families_R_Forever

AWESOME!

Nonibug

Way to go!! Im very proud of you!! Keep on keepin on!!:drinker: :drinker:

LuckyLeprechaun

Hi guys- My first post-

I started on Saturday, and I weighed myself at the gym, and on my new at-home scale. It said 237. (Awful)
I have been faithfully staying within the calorie amounts, and have done about 30 min. of exercise each day.
I know we're supposed to weigh only once a week, but I hopped on that scale this morning and it said 230. I thought NO WAY. So i took measurements as well. 1 inch missing in waist, 1.5 inches missing in hips.
Can this be real? Is it because I measured on day 1 in the afternoon, and measured today first thing in the morning? I don't want to get all excited over nothing. I set the parameters so that I'd lose 2 lbs/week (since my BMI is 36), intending to get less aggressive as my BMI goes down.

I want to get happy over this, but my husband tells me that time of day is crucial and what I'm seeing is probably not totally genuine. He says because of gravity working on you all day that your measurements will be smaller in the morning, and also points out that I was clothed (and wearing shoes) the first time I weighed, and not clothed the second. I know the scale thing is probably not a true 7 lb loss, but what about the inches? What do you guys think?

schoonmp

:mad: Don't listen to your hubby. You should be happy. He should be happy for you not bring you down. I'm happy for ya. Pam

kellch

WTG!!! That is awesome! Congrats!! :flowerforyou: :drinker:

LuckyLeprechaun

Don't get me wrong-He's not saying it to be mean, or bring me down, he is being the voice of reason about the weight- I know there is no real way that i lost seven pounds in two days. I'm just wondering if you guys know anything about the measurements, and if time of day really fluctuates them like weight does.

Lyndal

Good for you:happy: Well done:flowerforyou:

kdanderson05

I so agree. When I lost almost 5lbs over the holidays I knew that I can continue on this journey and conquer anything!

pewtie

Well, I am not going overboard with the counting and worrying about every little morsel going in my mouth. What I decided to do was just eat more vegetables and train my stomach to be happy with less food in general. I am eating portions rather than platefuls. That helps. And staying out of the snacking.

Fitness_Chick

Don't get me wrong-He's not saying it to be mean, or bring me down, he is being the voice of reason about the weight- I know there is no real way that i lost seven pounds in two days. I'm just wondering if you guys know anything about the measurements, and if time of day really fluctuates them like weight does.

LuckyLeprechaun Oh you certainly could of...water weight does count as WEIGHT!! Water weight can really do a number on us! Be Proud for being faithful and stickin to the excercie and getting off the lbs and inches!

Weighing the same time each day with the same type of clothing does keep it a bit more in tune, but sometimes we all just jump on for motivation so what the heck!!:bigsmile: :laugh:

Just a thought:flowerforyou: I may have missed it but if you haven't posted an intro under the MFP 'introduction' section you might jump over and do that so many more folks can give you a shout out and you can share your victory with them as well...:drinker: :bigsmile:

Fitness_Chick

Pewtie...way to go over the Holidays...that food just wasn't worth it to me this year either!!:laugh: :blushing: :bigsmile: Good for you

mom22kiddies2

Good For you!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

hibbler22

Woohoo! Congrats on your weigh loss! Keep up the good work! :drinker: