Well I managed to drop the two pounds I gained this past weekend! Even after I had sort of a heavy dinner last night! Day 2 of JM's 30 Day Shred is in the books and I am so sore! I'm feeling really good though. I'll probably hold off on weighing myself for a few days after today.

Finally weighed myself today and am pretty happy with the results.
SW: 150.6 (13 Aug)
CW: 145.2
GW:130

*About 3 lbs of that was water weight (my period started on the 13th and I retain a lot of water)*
But, the other 2 lbs I really worked for. My scale does the body fat and muscle % so I'm keeping track of those also.
BF was -1.2%
M was +.06%
I know it's not 100% accurate, but I'm going to pretend like it is -especially if the bf% goes down and the muscle% goes up.

I really think I should buy a tape measure, because I'm starting to think I have scale-related hallucinations. I'm seeing the numbers drop steadily, but I don't feel like it's made any physical difference.

Do you have any sort of tape measure? I don't have the bendy kind for tailoring but I have a regular one from the hardware store and I just use a string to measure myself. It works great. I guess you could probably use a rule too but that would kind of be a pain.

30 lbs in 3 months is awesome dude! I love seeing your progress in my little news ticker thing. It makes me feel like I CAN DO EET!

Hey all. Yesterday was a bit of a flub day, I went out with some friends and had a few drinks, but did order a healthy-ish meal (that was also really yummy!). I realized that if I don't plan out my meals and track them in the am, I will go out for lunch and buy myself something I will regret later. Yesterday I went to Starbucks and got a sandwich and a latte. It isn't horrible, I know, but still- it was 10 bucks, not that satisfying and pretty caloric. I can do better!

Also, 30 pounds in 3 months?! Awesome!

Keep up the great work, all! It is so inspiring and helpful to be able to come here and check in with everyone.

feelgoodnic, try adjusting your intake throughout the day so you have a couple hundred calories left after dinner. You can make some popcorn or buy Special K chips or even just have some veggies & salsa when you're feeling snacky -- all of these are pretty satisfying for boredom eating because they're small, high-volume items that last a while if you're reading a book or watching TV or whatever.

Also, this is the most obvious advice ever, so I apologize if you're sitting there like, "DUH, Sara, I understand how snacks work."

Semi duplicate post from Gomi...
Last night our dinner plans got derailed (the place we intended to go was closed.) so we ended up at a place that was delish but everything was very rich. It was tapas style so I was able to have a much smaller portion that I would normally.
Got home and started to get into the mindset of "well I blew it might as well go whole hog!" and was eyeballing some beer and snacks. My husband snapped me out of it by telling me that if I wanted to snack then snack but he wanted me to be happy and to stick to my eating for the long run so I wouldn't be sad.
I have asked him to give me such nudges in the past and he never has because he has feared me freaking out on him.
When I weighed myself this morning I was down a lbs. So yay!

Weighed myself again and still at about the same weight (I am guessing that I am about 127 because this was half way through the day) I am worried and freaking a bit about plateauing again. My last plateau was at about 135lbs and it was something like 6 weeks before it started to move again.

My brain still doesn't catch up with the whole lost-40lbs-thing so I still feel lumpy and weird although I know I am at the best I have looked in a decade and in UK 8/10 on the top and UK 10/12 on the bottom (was a 10/12, 14 before)

I think this was a bad week (ulcers, other health issues, financial worries, broke mp3 player, only 2 gym visits)

Glad to hear you had a fun couple of days bhnguyen82! And I'd wager a significant amount of that 2lbs is bloat. I can gain 3lbs+ in a day from Indian food, beer and salty stuff very very easily but it usually goes away soon enough.

I've had a good couple of days, I've gotten the crazy snacking slightly more under control thanks to the suggestion of having a designated snack in the evening rather than just trying to tough it out while everyone around me seems to be snacking constantly. I had enough calories left over for a couple of beers last night which made me pretty happy.

And good news on the injury front, as the stationary bike isn't hurting me knee the physiotherapist said I can do whatever I like on it so now I can add in intervals and stuff to make it a bit more interesting. And he's added deep squats to my exercises so my workouts are starting to actually feel like workouts again. Yay! :drinker:

So, I said I would only weigh in on Tuesdays, but I'm starting to obsess over the scale. I broke down and weighed myself this morning. The # was down, but only by .4 lbs. ugh...official weigh in will be Tues. I really want to lose at least 1 lb this wk. Honestly, I'd rather lose more, but I just don't know if it's possible.
I've been here before -145- many times and it's so hard for me to get and stay below this #. I can easily maintain at this weight and eat junk food/whatever I want as long as I work out 5-6 days/wk. I know some people believe in a happy weight or your body wants to stay at a certain weight (idk if I believe that for myself). But, I don't want to weigh 145 (said in a very whining voice). Actually, I don't care about the #. I want to reduce my body fat. So, I really need to stop worrying about the # on the scale. Easier said than done.
I think I'm doing pretty good w eating. Well, I am still skipping breakfast sometimes -need to continue to work on that. I have 1 cheat meal a wk. Last week it was pizza and surprise - this week it was pizza again. I guess I choose that because I eat absolutely no dairy and very little carbs (in the form of bread) the rest of the week.
Still working out consistently, I'm doing more this week than last bc I know the smaller I get - the harder I have to work to lose any weight.
I'm glad that we have this place to check in bc it keeps me motivated. I feel like I have to "answer" to the group. Whether y'all are reading my posts or not. lol For ex. I ran to the gym earlier today -1.3 miles, did 35 mins weights/machines and 7 mins cardio, then ran back w/out stopping which is amazing for me bc I hate running and I was tired and didn't want to do it. 2.6 miles in 24:17.
I knew I was going to post an update once I was done which I think is the only reason I ran the whole way.
Anyway, I just need to stay motivated and keep telling myself it's ok if I only lose 1 lb or so a week. Instead of getting frustrated, falling completely off the wagon -eating all the food and not working out-, quitting and having to start over again.
I'm not too into those motivational/inspiring type quotes, but I do like this one (bc it's exactly what I do):
If you're tired of starting over, stop quitting.

Really great to read up on everyone's progress. I just reported in gomi that I manned up and did 30 day shred this morning. Yeay! And I just started logging my food here so hopefully I'll keep that up. Kind of depressing to see my old status of 11lbs lost. That's pretty much what I need to lose again. But I did have a baby in the meantime so I'll cut myself a little slack.