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.

I fell way off the wagon Saturday -- perfect storm of friends inviting me out to a nice restaurant, plentiful booze flowing, an unexpected second trip to the fair, etc. Sunday I was so hungover I didn't bother to log but rather grazed willy-nilly on whatever seemed least likely to make me vomit/most likely to appease the Headache Gods in the moment. I'm kind of embarrassed at myself; I can't remember the last time I had an actual hangover.

Anyway, back at it today. I've pre-logged my whole day, I'm not going to have my usual after-work beers (because: embarrassed), and while the scale was up by .6 today I think most of it is sodium bloat. My plan is just to ride out the embarrassment and bloat, see where I'm at tomorrow or Wednesday, and try not to kick myself too hard.

After being really good all week (low carb, no alcohol, staying under calorie goal), I spent the weekend pigging out on Chinese take out and drinking booze. I'm sure the salt alone has made me gain weight. I feel like I can recover though, I'm ready to go back to being good.

I didn't log my calories from the weekend. I don't even know how much I ate. Do you guys think I should put in estimates just to record it or should I skip those days and keep going? I don't want to only record when I'm being "good" but frankly if I'm going to eat Chinese then I'm not going to bust out the food scale and measure it. I'm happy if I put it on a plate instead of eating straight out of the carton haha. Get in my face, yummy lo mein!

I think I've successfully transitioned to black coffee (from coffee with lots of half & half), so yay! It wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

So sorry to hear about your pup, threatsofpizza! I am going through something similar, except my dog is just 9 years old and is in chronic kidney failure. He's not in pain but is dying a slow death It's so damn hard to watch and I am dreading the moment I find him laying dead somewhere. I spent Friday night cuddling with him and bawling my eyes out.

Just remember, don't take your emotions out on food or eating.. in the end, bingeing or junk food won't make you feel any better!

Sending good thoughts your way!

I just signed up today and was under my calories, including wine (not franzia, not sorry), and I worked out for the first time in 2 weeks! I've never done any kind of calorie counting in my life, so this is all kinds of exciting. How can you tell how many calories you burn? I just guesstimated... I'm doing T25.

I used to just go with whatever came up when I pulled the exercise from the MFP database but now I have a heart rate monitor! I got a little cheapie one with a chest strap and a watch but my friend just bought a Polar chest strap that syncs with her phone and is supposed to be super accurate. Now I kind of want one haha. MFP overestimates calorie burn, usually.

I'm up two pounds today. Two! Overnight! I know it's water weight -- weekend full of sodium & booze, blah blah blah -- but mother****er, I was really excited to be able to solidly say I'd lost 30 pounds.

Guzzling water like a fool today is my entire plan. If I don't pee every hour I will be sorely disappointed.

Week 2 Weigh In:

SW: 150.6 (13 Aug)
CW: 144
GW:130

I lost 1.2 lbs this week. I guess I have to be happy with that, but in my mind it's not enough. This is why I haven't been under 140 in years bc I just give up and go back to eating all the food and maintaining (around 145ish) through a lot of exercise. But, I'm not going to quit this time and will continue to work on accepting the fact that realistically I'm going to lose only 1-2 lbs/wk from now on.

My scale does the body fat and muscle % so I'm keeping track of those also.
BF was - 0.5%
M was + 0.2%

*I like how they rounded my number of lbs lost up to 7. lol It's really 6.6, but I'll take the 7.*

Thanks eraweir. It sounds as if you're really busy and it really is hard to always make the best food choices or get in the exercise in those situations. That's great though to bring your weights w/ you and workout in your hotel room.

I think I have an "advantage" in that I don't work right now and therefore have much more time to work out/cook healthy food and all that. I do go to school full time, but am only spending about 6 hrs on Mon-Wed in school right now.
If I actually had to go to work full time, like most of y'all on here do, I'm sure I wouldn't be doing so great. I know I would use every excuse in the book for why I couldn't eat right or exercise.

I know several people have mentioned measurements. I should do that too, but would probably forget exactly where/how I measured and my #s would be not very accurate.
My gym just got one of those Biopod? things to measure body fat and whatever else they do. I hope to be able to do that sometime soon because I really want to see those #s instead of just obsessing over the # on the scale.

I'm so sorry threatsofpizza!!! That is just the worst. I wish I could say something to make it better but that just hurts.

If you console yourself with food, it's ok. There is plenty of time to focus on healthy eating and weight loss, you won't ruin anything if you take a break from thinking about it for a bit.

I'm just so sorry about your dog

I am so, so sorry for your loss threatsofpizza. *hugs* I still get teary when I think about my dog and he passed away 9 years ago. It's a devastating blow, and it's perfectly okay to let diet and weightloss take a back seat for a while; do whatever you need for yourself right now.