1st day of the new group!

AliceNov2011
AliceNov2011 Posts: 471 Member
Thanks so much for joining!

What would you like us to discuss on Day 2?

Please help this group to become the go-to group for other women like us. Recommend it on your profile, and be sure to post your thoughts!

Cheers,
Alice

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  • Hi everyone feeling good today bought a dress at the weekend the 1st I have bought for years and feel great in it no bulges.
  • Larisonlj
    Larisonlj Posts: 426 Member
    Hi everyone feeling good today bought a dress at the weekend the 1st I have bought for years and feel great in it no bulges.
    Congratulations to you!
    It is a wonderful feeling isn't it? I did a little shopping myself and it was fun!
  • AliceNov2011
    AliceNov2011 Posts: 471 Member
    That is SOOO great! Congratulations!!!
  • murphette2
    murphette2 Posts: 75 Member
    That is Fantastic Sandra 152!! Yay for you!!!
  • mamaomefo
    mamaomefo Posts: 418 Member
    Hi everyone,
    I'm new to this group and having thought about the question, "What should we discuss on day two?", I am wondering how many of you weigh daily, and what type of scales you all use?

    And, thanks for inviting me into your group. I hope I can contribute after I've been here a few days and have learned the "flavor" of the group!

    Elaine
  • mamaomefo
    mamaomefo Posts: 418 Member
    And, congratulations Sandra, on your new dress purchase!
  • 4thoseiluv
    4thoseiluv Posts: 96 Member
    Hi everyone,
    I'm new to this group and having thought about the question, "What should we discuss on day two?", I am wondering how many of you weigh daily, and what type of scales you all use?

    And, thanks for inviting me into your group. I hope I can contribute after I've been here a few days and have learned the "flavor" of the group!

    Elaine

    Elaine, due to a heart condition I have to weigh daily to keep my sodium levels in check. Do I want to do this and do I like it? Nope, too much fluid fluctuation from day to day ~ if I took the scale number to heart (pardon the pun) I would feel down a lot of the time. So I just mark the number down and carry on ... :ohwell: :drinker:

    Deborah:flowerforyou:
  • I can see where this group is going to be a bonus to my MFP community. I just got back on after being away on my honeymoon. Now that I am no longer alone it is going to be a new challenge to maintain my loss and continue to my goal. I think the addition of this group will help keep me on the road to continued success! Thank you for the invitation! I accept! :smile:
  • Gohomebay
    Gohomebay Posts: 116 Member
    I weight a few times a week to keep me on track.
  • mem50
    mem50 Posts: 1,384 Member
    Just got the invite and joined.

    As for weighing in.....

    When I started out it was an everyday thing. Sometimes twice. Once in the morning and when I got home from work.

    Now that I have reached goal I do it once a week just to keep on track. Sometimes I check during the week....force of habit. :bigsmile:

    On Friday I went to the Food&Wine and All That Jazz festival they have here in GR twice a year. I tossed caution and the "diet" to the wind for the night. I weighed before I left....I ate what I felt like and tried all the wines that sounded good and a few just because the labels where really cool looking. I just did my normal weigh-in and found a .5 loss. I was thinking to see a gain but I guess I did not do as bad as I thought with the food. Plus with all the walking and doing the stairs I figured that helped. Tons of people were using the elevators. It was a three floor building.

    I have a problem with fluid retention also. I have lymphomia in the legs so need to keep track of sodium levels also.

    Thanks for the invite and glad to be here!

    Mary
  • ryansgram
    ryansgram Posts: 693 Member
    I weigh myself every day. I'm on maintenance and I'm afraid of gaining like I have done so many times before.
  • RILEYRED
    RILEYRED Posts: 647 Member
    CONGRATULATIONS, FITATFIFTYFIVE, I hope you have years of bliss in your new marriage. I weigh myself on fridays, it's about all I can handle, lol
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,517 Member
    I take the body test on the Wii daily, but I do find that weight fluctuations are great from day to day. I do a weekly weigh in on the scale in my bathroom and for the past few years I've been maintaining in approximately the 130 range, one week up a pound, the next down. So I use the weekly weigh in as my "official" weight.

    Michele
  • mamaomefo
    mamaomefo Posts: 418 Member
    exermom, what is a "body measurement" on the WII? Is that a special program you use sorta like "just dance"?
  • stl_nana
    stl_nana Posts: 99 Member
    I used to weigh daily but not as frequent now as the scale has not been my friend. :cry:

    I'm hoping to make peace with it again real soon.
  • Fitwam
    Fitwam Posts: 275 Member
    Yep! I weigh daily! I am more fascinated by the fluctuations than frustrated. Of course..when I am on a 3 month or longer plateau...then heck yea! I get frustrated!
    I guess I had a friend tell me about her dad weighing daily...when the scale fluctuated a great deal (say 5lbs or higher), he knew to cut out the late night ice cream runs and add a little more exercise. He never let it get away from him that way.

    I am about 7 to 9 lbs away from my UGW. :tongue:
    I just remember when I use to weigh every once in awhile and the weight "crept" up..I would look in the mirror and tell myself it wasn't that bad...then BAM! you're up 20 lbs.:explode: Weighing daily just helps me monitor progress as well as keeps me honest! I also lilke trying to figure out if a 3 lbs gain over a weekend is caused by what sodium monster I ate!! :laugh: :laugh:

    It works for me..and I think that is what is key here....
    :flowerforyou: We got this ladies!!
  • lucht
    lucht Posts: 11 Member
    I weigh daily and pretend not to (meaning I only record twice weekly weigh in's). I use a digital scale.