25 TO LIFE month 2

buckeyebabe

Ok, so talk about being upset!....This week I know I shouldn't even bother weighing in because the weight gain is inevitable and there is nothing I can do about it but geez! I am so bloated and have so much water retention! I have actually gained 4 lbs. this time. To top it off, my treadmill broke this weekend and I have only been able to run 1 time in the past 3 days. I may be up a pound due to that but the other 3 pounds are because of the wonders of being a woman! HA! I get so frustrated every month during my cycle. Anyone else feel the same way or have the same problem?

If I don't get someone in here soon to fix my treadmill I will go crazy. Unfortunately I can't run outside 2 days during the week due to having a young child home; kindergarten here is only 2 1/2 days. The other problem is that it's supposed to rain from Wednesday on! UGH!!! I feel so frustrated!!!

jenbar

I'm also expecting what I call "Alice" (a term that caught on during college) and day now. Well, I got on the scale this morning before the workout and suppose it won't go down anymore after that so my scale said 169. Which is great! Since my scale hasn't budged since Easter. And I'm down into another number! Yipee! Hopefully it will stay there!

proudmama0118

I'm also expecting what I call "Alice" (a term that caught on during college) and day now. Well, I got on the scale this morning before the workout and suppose it won't go down anymore after that so my scale said 169. Which is great! Since my scale hasn't budged since Easter. And I'm down into another number! Yipee! Hopefully it will stay there!

See!!! Maybe you body just wanted a splurge for all the hard work you've been doing. You got to have all the yummy snacks and still lost! Great job!!!!!!

jenbar

Okay all, it's that time of the week again.
Send in your weights and let's see what we've got!

Me personally, down 1
169

Julie1984

Hey, I'm new and this looks like a good challenge for me.

Weight last monday: 182.6
Weight today: 180.6
Goals: 175 by May 17 (my college graduation ceremony), 150 by September 1st. I may be happy at 150, may want to lose a bit more- I'll see when I get there.

I'm pretty sure some of that is water weight, but I'll take it :happy:

I've been doing pilates based workouts for the past few weeks and I'm seeing some nice improvements in my stomach area, but I wish I could force my body to lose from the legs instead, haha. This week my goal is to do at least 3 45-min cardio sessions and work on my arm and leg muscles more.

sindyb9

Hi I am new to this too. Last week weight 212lbs Today 210 lost 2lbs.

buckeyebabe

Ok...OK...I wasn't going to get on the scale due to that witch "alice" but I like torture myself. I am up 3lbs. 178. I hope that when Alice leaves she takes all of them with her but for now.....+3. :sad:

Bummed Buckeye

buckeyebabe

Hi I am new to this too. Last week weight 212lbs Today 210 lost 2lbs.

Way to go!! Nice weight loss for the week. Welcome to the website and to our group!

Buckeye

sindyb9

Hi I am new to this too. Last week weight 212lbs Today 210 lost 2lbs.

Way to go!! Nice weight loss for the week. Welcome to the website and to our group!

Buckeye

Thank you I cant wait until I loose as much as you. Sometimes stress puts on a few. Dont worry it will come right off after she leaves. :flowerforyou:

iluvsparkles

Today is a weigh in day for me at the gym. Im a little scared because at the end of last week i was down three...but now its time for Alice and I dont want to know!!

buckeyebabe

welll good luck to you sparkles...I feel your pain. Just keep thinking it's only temporary, it's only temporary. That has become my mantra for the week!!!

Buckeye

buckeyebabe

Thank you I cant wait until I loose as much as you. Sometimes stress puts on a few. Dont worry it will come right off after she leaves. :flowerforyou:
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From your lips to God's Ears!! Thanks for the support!

weightlossinprogress

hi there Everyone!!! -- I am officially 25lbs lighter today and feelling GREEAAATTT!!!!!!!!!!

It's been crazy busy this week with work and family - haven't been on the site very much at all!!!

Did manage to lose quite a bit of weight though - (not sure how, but I'll take it)!

Last week - 189.4
This week - 186
Total weight lose this week is 3.4lbs --- ya yayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayay

My goal this week is to lose 2lbs - and I am sooo looking forward to getting into the 170's!!

Good luck everyone!!!

motheroftwoboys

I can't believe it two weeks in a row and still at 174. I hope that next week will be better. :sad:

jenbar

We haven't heard from some people who started with us on March 16th, so I removed them from the list. I hope they are still going or find another thread to keep motivated!

This week, let's do legs! How about squats and lunges. Try and add 20-30 squats, and 10 lunges each leg into your daily workouts.

I think Patricia is the biggest loser this week! 3 pounds gone, and since 3/16 8.6 pounds gone!
Way to Go!!:flowerforyou: :drinker:

jenbar

Okay, here are the stats...
Since March 16

jbaranello 174 170 170 169
patricia 194.6 191.4 189 186
Kerridwen 185 182 ____ ____
proudmama 197.25 195 194
appleseeley 204 202 202 ___
motheroftwoboys 176.6 174 174
buckeyebabe 180 ____
iluvsparkles 170 167
brownieeyes 182
jlauren6 176
Julie1984 182.6 180
sindyb9 212 210
If I have forgotten anyone, I'm sorry, I have a sheet that I wrote down everything and am also going back through the threads to catch up on anything. Phew, this is exhausting! How many calories do you think I'm burning trying to keep up with all you guys losing weight!:laugh:

lines mean we're missing weeks, but that's perfectly ok. I just logged in when you started on this thread.

Way to go!
Don't forget to log in!
We all want to know how well (or not so well) we're all doing!
We're here for support!

weightlossinprogress

Jennifer - thanks so much for the quick overview and putting in so much time to this challenge!

sindyb9

ok so here is a good laugh for everyone. going back through the threads I realized what Alice is. LOL Thought it was mother in law or something. :laugh: :laugh:

twin2

Well, tomorrow is my weigh in day at the gym. A litte scared after last week :sad: , but I am proud to say that I have not had a Coke, my major hangup, in one full week!!! :bigsmile: That is the one thing that I have struggled with during "my whole weight loss life". If I don't loss, I will still have the satisfaction of knowing, that is at least 2400 calories this week that I haven't had. We will see and post tomorrow.
Rhonda

Ok, I have weighed and measured, my weight was 181 last week and this week I was 180 lb, I have lost an inch in my waist, hips and thighs. So all in all I have made progress this week. I have no clue where the 3 extra pounds came from last week but at least one of them are gone!:flowerforyou:
Rhonda

twin2

Okay, here are the stats...
Since March 16

jbaranello 174 170 170 169
patricia 194.6 191.4 189 186
Kerridwen 185 182 ____ ____
proudmama 197.25 195 194
appleseeley 204 202 202 ___
motheroftwoboys 176.6 174 174
buckeyebabe 180 ____
iluvsparkles 170 167
brownieeyes 182
jlauren6 176
Julie1984 182.6 180
sindyb9 212 210
If I have forgotten anyone, I'm sorry, I have a sheet that I wrote down everything and am also going back through the threads to catch up on anything. Phew, this is exhausting! How many calories do you think I'm burning trying to keep up with all you guys losing weight!:laugh:

lines mean we're missing weeks, but that's perfectly ok. I just logged in when you started on this thread.

Way to go!
Don't forget to log in!
We all want to know how well (or not so well) we're all doing!
We're here for support!

twin2- 180, 178, 181, 180 - back where I started

iluvsparkles

How quickly we got to our four pages for this thread!!

I just wanted to jot down a note to all of you.
I had no idea that this site would help me in the emotional (and of course physical) ways that it has.

Back in October i decided to start tackling the weight i had put on since college (About 30 lbs since 05) And still I was waking up dreading the closet because I could no longer fit in to more than half of my wardrobe. I cried about 25 percent of those morning to my fiancees dismay. (thank you high school anorexia for screwing up my whole perception on food!)

Lo and behold! Mfp came up while i was searching calories in certain foods, and i decided right there to join up. I have been addicted since day one...and in the last week and a half i have lost close to 4 pounds, more than i ever saw before i stumbled across this site.

On that very first day, 2 thursdays ago, I joined this group, and check in with it daily to keep myself motivated and aware that I can do it, if i just pay attention!! The biggest plus is that it helps me do it in healthy ways , because now I know that i had trained my body to loose weight the wrong way by starving it.. and it feels so much better just to eat and loose weight too!

Anyway
Thank you guys so much for being a virtual ear..its PRICELESS

jenbar

Okay, here are the stats...
Since March 16

jbaranello 174 170 170 169
patricia 194.6 191.4 189 186
Kerridwen 185 182 ____ ____
proudmama 197.25 195 194
appleseeley 204 202 202 ___
motheroftwoboys 176.6 174 174
buckeyebabe 180 ____
iluvsparkles 170 167
brownieeyes 182
jlauren6 176
Julie1984 182.6 180
sindyb9 212 210
twin2- 180, 178, 181, 180

If I have forgotten anyone, I'm sorry, I have a sheet that I wrote down everything and am also going back through the threads to catch up on anything. Phew, this is exhausting! How many calories do you think I'm burning trying to keep up with all you guys losing weight!:laugh:

lines mean we're missing weeks, but that's perfectly ok. I just logged in when you started on this thread.

proudmama0118

Ran 5.4 miles today, it was finally a really nice day, hope we get some more of those.

Last week: 192
This week: 191.2 (afternoon weigh)

My mini goals:
189 - April 14
185 - April 25 -- End of BL contest at work
175 - June 15
165 - Aug 1
159 - Sept 20 -- AF 1/2 Marathon

dulceluva

ooops. I need to pay attention

I forgot to weigh-in this morning. Which doesn't surprise me because I have been telling everyone at work that it doesn't feel like a (you see, I was going to type Wednesday) Monday to me.

As of 9:22pm...(even though I weigh in in the mornings) I am 172.3 - which is broken even to when I started this thing back in December.

I should measure my toushy... but I gave my mom the measuring tape thing and I got another one for free somewhere but I think I gave it to someone. crapola.

buckeyebabe

Buckeyebabe is 178...

180 175 178.

Alice gave me 3 back, at least I hope it's because of Alice.

jenbar

Okay, here are the stats...
Since March 16

jbaranello 174 170 170 169
patricia 194.6 191.4 189 186
Kerridwen 185 182 ____ ____
proudmama 197 195 192 191
appleseeley 204 202 202 ___
motheroftwoboys 176.6 174 174
buckeyebabe 180 175 178
iluvsparkles 170 167
brownieeyes 182
jlauren6 176
Julie1984 182.6 180
sindyb9 212 210
twin2- 180, 178, 181, 180
ducleluva 172
If I have forgotten anyone, I'm sorry, I have a sheet that I wrote down everything and am also going back through the threads to catch up on anything. Phew, this is exhausting! How many calories do you think I'm burning trying to keep up with all you guys losing weight!:laugh:

lines mean we're missing weeks, but that's perfectly ok. I just logged in when you started on this thread.

jenbar

Goals?
But I would love to see the "40's" by June 28th!

April 14 166
May 5 160
May 26 157
June 28 150

kerridwen

Okay, here are the stats...
Since March 16

jbaranello 174 170 170 169
patricia 194.6 191.4 189 186
Kerridwen 185 182 ____ ____
proudmama 197.25 195 194
appleseeley 204 202 202 ___
motheroftwoboys 176.6 174 174
buckeyebabe 180 ____
iluvsparkles 170 167
brownieeyes 182
jlauren6 176
Julie1984 182.6 180
sindyb9 212 210
twin2- 180, 178, 181, 180

If I have forgotten anyone, I'm sorry, I have a sheet that I wrote down everything and am also going back through the threads to catch up on anything. Phew, this is exhausting! How many calories do you think I'm burning trying to keep up with all you guys losing weight!:laugh:

lines mean we're missing weeks, but that's perfectly ok. I just logged in when you started on this thread.

I was down a pound a week or so to the 185 (: I just couldn't get near a scale in the middle!

kerridwen

My goal is to get back down to 150, unless I start being able to work out, in which case 165 or so was a great weight for me. (I carry a lot of muscle lol)

jlauren6

I know when my Granny, yeah I am from Georgia, passed away in September, it was very hard to stay focused, but lost it over the holidays, her birthday was Christmas day, so there it went and a very very short month later, I had gained the 20 pounds I had worked so hard to loose. You will be in my prayers for God to comfort you and your family in your time of grieving. Hand in there, time does numb the pain (some) and you will get back on track but until you do, we are here for you!:flowerforyou:

Thank you so much! I have a Granny also, in South Carolina, how funny!

I weighed in this morning at 175...so I did lose 1lb despite all the crazy eating habits this past week!