Weigh-In Week: February 27 - March 4

_Khaleesi_

16+ WEEKS UNTIL SUMMER!!

How did you do this week?

Biggest Weekly Loss (determined by %): sIIm1 with 2.9 lbs lost!! (1.87%!!)
Biggest Challenge Loss (Starting September 26, 2011 - determined by %): callie07623 having lost 4.2 lbs! (3.38%!!)

Weekly Chart:
Italicized means Starting Weight
Bold means Current Weight
Underlined means Weekly Loss
If you don't check in I will stop charting your results. But fear not! If you want to come back just let me know and you'll be charted again!

SpecialK_Flett: 154.8 lbs | 155.2 lbs | +1.4 lbs
Jersey3025: 165 lbs | 161.8 lbs | 2.2 lbs
callie07623: 124.2 lbs | 120 lbs | 1.8 lbs
Jazzminx: 190 lbs | 191.4 lbs | +1.5 lbs
MommyRobin: 155 lbs | 154 lbs | 1 lbs
zenthebird: 146 lbs | 146 lbs | 0 lbs
sllm1: 154.8 lbs | 150.3 lbs | 2.9 lbs
321blueeyes: 139 lbs | 139 lbs | 0 lbs
danicamper: 133 lbs | 135 lbs | +2 lbs


Weekly Challenge: Do 30 minutes of activity at least 3 times this week!!

You can post your weights for this week in this topic. Weigh in's must be posted by midnight on Sunday to be counted! The new chart will be up next Monday, March 5!

sllm1

Yay for being the biggest loser this week! Bracing myself for no loss next week (everything balances out), but I'm still working hard!

_Khaleesi_

That's exactly how I feel this week SIIm! Not to mention that I have a medical proceedure thing on Friday that a couple of people have told me I will want to take the weekend off of exercising. Qarol (MFP awesome person) even demanded it that it be a calorie free weekend. LOL! I don't know if I can agree to that!!

Right now I need to get rid of this water retention. It has me up 1.2 lbs and my usually loose fitting ring is getting snugger. Time to gulp back the water!!

NovemberJune

I didn't post my weigh in last week (because i was angry about it. lol) but this week I am 164.8. :-)

2/16 = 167.2
2/23 = 167.8 (TOM)
3/1 = 164.8

_Khaleesi_

Wow that's an incredible loss Stef! Great work!

I'm continuing to struggle with self-doubt and negative self talk. I've been under calories every day this week but I am not hitting my macros. I continue to gain the weight back that I lost last week and I am getting incredibly upset about it. It honestly cannot be fat gain as I have been under my calories (and I have been exercising), so it must be water retention. I need to stop beating myself up and just drink a ton of water and not freak out about it all.

I think what makes matters worse is that my stress level is through the roof. I have a medical proceedure tomorrow that is stressing me out to the 9's and it will take a day of working out from me for sure (and maybe more... like... the entire weekend more). This type of thing is not acceptable at this stage in my weight loss.

So in order to feel more positive, I am going to state three good things about where I am in my journey.
1. I have a BMI of 23.9 which is a whole point into the healthy range. This is many people's END GOAL. I should be proud of this.
2. I have the beginnings of a flat stomach. Oh and those "under boobs" aka "fat bumps" on my torso? Those aren't fat. Those are the two humps of my rib cage pushing through my skin.
3. I have energy. I can run longer and farther. I jiggle less when I jump around, and I ENJOY getting moving.

sllm1

That's exactly how I feel this week SIIm! Not to mention that I have a medical proceedure thing on Friday that a couple of people have told me I will want to take the weekend off of exercising. Qarol (MFP awesome person) even demanded it that it be a calorie free weekend. LOL! I don't know if I can agree to that!!

Right now I need to get rid of this water retention. It has me up 1.2 lbs and my usually loose fitting ring is getting snugger. Time to gulp back the water!!

I had to take a week off from exercise following a procedure. Half of it was this past week, when I lost the 2.9 pounds. Sometimes a break is good!

sllm1

Wow that's an incredible loss Stef! Great work!

I'm continuing to struggle with self-doubt and negative self talk. I've been under calories every day this week but I am not hitting my macros. I continue to gain the weight back that I lost last week and I am getting incredibly upset about it. It honestly cannot be fat gain as I have been under my calories (and I have been exercising), so it must be water retention. I need to stop beating myself up and just drink a ton of water and not freak out about it all.

I think what makes matters worse is that my stress level is through the roof. I have a medical proceedure tomorrow that is stressing me out to the 9's and it will take a day of working out from me for sure (and maybe more... like... the entire weekend more). This type of thing is not acceptable at this stage in my weight loss.

So in order to feel more positive, I am going to state three good things about where I am in my journey.
1. I have a BMI of 23.9 which is a whole point into the healthy range. This is many people's END GOAL. I should be proud of this.
2. I have the beginnings of a flat stomach. Oh and those "under boobs" aka "fat bumps" on my torso? Those aren't fat. Those are the two humps of my rib cage pushing through my skin.
3. I have energy. I can run longer and farther. I jiggle less when I jump around, and I ENJOY getting moving.

As many times as I've been successful at this (and there have been many times), I still get those negative feelings at times. I've learned some coping skills. I keep a calendar by my bed and record my deficit calories and exercise every day. I can see how long I've been doing this and remind myself to keep going - just record one more day.

I also have this quote that has always helped me: "Do what you know is right and the numbers on the scale will follow." We have no control over when they will follow (it can be extremely frustrating), but they always do follow. Just stick with it. Say this over and over whenever you have a bad "scale" day.

ETA: The calendar also helps me see patterns with my weight loss. I have one week per month that my weight won't budge. It's interestingly enough not my TOM. But it happens every month. It's frustrating, but once I recognize the pattern it helps to know that it's just hormonal. I know that the following week I will always have a bigger drop (because the numbers on the scale will follow).

NovemberJune

Thanks. And I know it's hard not to stress about water weight. Like I said, I was angry last week that my weight was up. I had seen as low as 166.6 and then I went back to 168! GRRRR. But then it went away fast. Good luck!

Wow that's an incredible loss Stef! Great work!

I'm continuing to struggle with self-doubt and negative self talk. I've been under calories every day this week but I am not hitting my macros. I continue to gain the weight back that I lost last week and I am getting incredibly upset about it. It honestly cannot be fat gain as I have been under my calories (and I have been exercising), so it must be water retention. I need to stop beating myself up and just drink a ton of water and not freak out about it all.

I think what makes matters worse is that my stress level is through the roof. I have a medical proceedure tomorrow that is stressing me out to the 9's and it will take a day of working out from me for sure (and maybe more... like... the entire weekend more). This type of thing is not acceptable at this stage in my weight loss.

So in order to feel more positive, I am going to state three good things about where I am in my journey.
1. I have a BMI of 23.9 which is a whole point into the healthy range. This is many people's END GOAL. I should be proud of this.
2. I have the beginnings of a flat stomach. Oh and those "under boobs" aka "fat bumps" on my torso? Those aren't fat. Those are the two humps of my rib cage pushing through my skin.
3. I have energy. I can run longer and farther. I jiggle less when I jump around, and I ENJOY getting moving.

JetzGurl

Starting Weight: 154.8
Week 1: 153.8
Week 2: 155.2
Week 3: 152.6
Total Challenge Loss: 2.2

End of challenge goal weight: 145 lbs
Weight loss remaining to goal: 7.6 lbs

Biggest success: staying within my calorie limits. This wasn't hard because I didn't have much of an appetite this week.
Biggest struggle: motivation to exercise. This is beginning to sound like a broken record. I'm going to start working my abdominal muscles with my husband on Saturday. I'm so close to my goal weight and a healthy BMI that it's time I started toning. Hopefully I can rock a bikini by summer, instead of just looking good in one!

MommyRobin

Starting Weight: 155
Week 1: 155
Week 2: 154
Week 3: 151
Loss this Week:3
Total Challenge Loss:4

End of challenge goal weight: 135 lbs
Weight loss remaining to goal: 16

Biggest success: 3 lbs.!!!!
Biggest struggle: Fighting the urge to eat all the left over junk food from my 15 yr. old's bday last weekend. But I only ate a few pretzels! lol

Goals: 1. Work out every day! Elliptical every day, 30 day shred every day with a rest day on Sundays. Walking/jogging with hubby when he can.

2. Push hard the next 2 weeks to meet my birthday goal of 148 for a healthy BMI!
3. Drink lots of water to fight off water retention during TOM this next week!

jazzminx

Starting Weight: 190.0
Week 1: 189.9
Week 2: 191.4
Week 3: 191.4
Total Challenge Loss: +1.4

End of challenge goal weight: 170 lbs
Weight loss remaining to goal: 21.4 lbs

Biggest success: Well, it didn't go up :indifferent:
Biggest struggle: Juggling everything and stressing out. Oh, and usual motivation to exercise.

Man, part of me is really scared you guys are going to think I'm not trying and kick me out of the group

_Khaleesi_

Man, part of me is really scared you guys are going to think I'm not trying and kick me out of the group

You have NOTHING to worry about. We SUPPORT not ABORT. Besides, looks like I'll be posting a 3 lb mystery gain this week. I've decided that instead of getting pissed and hating myself, I am just going to trust the process. I'm doing pretty damn good either way.

We got this Jazz. This is the start of a new week

sllm1

Starting Weight: 154.8
Week 1: 153.2
Week 2: 150.3
Week 3: 150.5 (told ya!)
Loss this Week: +0.2
Total Challenge Loss: -4.3

End of challenge goal weight: 135 lbs
Weight loss remaining to goal: 15.5 lbs

_Khaleesi_

Don't forget to get your weights in by midnight guys!!

I am magically up to 164.6 lbs today. Not a stitch of me is worried. I didn't have a rough eating or exercise week. This is Likely a stress gain. Not sure how it's possible, but I am positive it will all pop back off.

My Weekly Check In:

Starting Weight: 165 lbs
Challenge Goal Weight: 155 lbs

First Week: 164 lbs
Second Week: 161.8 lbs
Third Week: 164.6 lbs
Total Challenge Loss: 0.4 lbs

Weight Loss Remaining to Goal: 9.6 lbs

This gain comes with a big question mark... and it keeps coming. Today I was even higher, 165.8 lbs. IN ONE NIGHT. I guess the upside of it is that my scale is saying its an increase in muscle not fat... not that you can trust a crummy scale for any accuracy with that. This is all confusing and frustrating.

Weekly Success: Under calories, exercise
Weekly Struggle: Negative thoughts
This Week’s Personal Challenge: Figure *kitten* out

321blueeyes

Hugs Jersey! I hope your procedure went OK I'm right there with you on the negative thoughts... rough week for me too!

SW - 2/14/12 - 139 lbs
Week 1 - 02/18/12 - 139
Week 2 - 02/25/12 - 139
Week 3 - 03/03/12 - 141 :grumble:

Challenge Goal Weight: 133 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight: 130 lbs

Measurements:
02/14/12 -- chest: 37.5 . arm: L11.5. . / R12 . . . .waist: 29 . . belly: 33 . . hip: 39 . . . thigh: L23 . . / R23.75

Group challenge - I failed miserably, 0 exercise this week :sad: it was a pretty busy week and I just didn't make time. But then again, it needed to be a busy week just to survive, this is the first "missed" anniversary after leaving my ex :brokenheart: , and there was just no way that this week could have been about anything other than just *getting thru it*. At least it's finally over & hopefully I can turn things back in a positive direction now.

Weekly Success: that I survived this week!
Weekly Struggle: everything! this was an incredibly tough week to gather any sort of motivation - just going thru the daily motions was torture, all I really wanted to do was crawl into a dark hole & wait for the time to pass.

My personal goal for the coming week: log my food diary M-F, even if I go over on calories (this will be incredibly tough but very necessary!) and run every-other day.