Lose 5 Pounds in February 2014 Open Group

SW 191.8
CW 179.4
GW 150.0


Weight in dates:
2/1- 181.4
2/8- 179.4
2/15- 179.0
2/22-
2/28-

Still doing the South Beach Diet Phase 2 and will be on this until I reach my goal. :bigsmile:

SW: 271
CW: 225
GW: 220

Weigh in Dates:
2/1....225.4
2/8....222.4
2/15...221.2( I weighed in a day early because I'm going over friends house and don't want to weigh myself on different scale)
2/22
2/28
End of Month (or whatever weigh in days you use)

Total weight lost: 4.2lbs

WOO!! I'm excited! Let's do this :-)

I forgot to post last week, so here is my 2/8 post. I seem to be on again, off again with the weight loss. I do really well for a few days, then pretty poorly for a few days. I will weigh tomorrow morning. Hopefully I haven't back tracked too much this week. It was a kinda bad week for me.

SW: 220
CW: 212.5
GW: 210

Weigh in Dates:
2/1: 215.1
2/8 212.5
2/15
2/22
2/28

ONE MORE DAY till the half way!
WE CAN DO IT ! ! !

SW = 170
GW - 145
2/1 167.5
2/7 166.8
2/14 166.3

SW: 172.8
CW: 172.8 (1/29/2014)
GW: 165

Weigh in Dates:
2/1 : 170.2
2/8 : 167.2
2/15 : 168.0
2/22
2/28
End of Month

Total weight lost: 4.8 lbs.

SW: 321
CW: 244
GW: 239

Weigh in Dates:
2/1 - 243
2/8 - 243
2/15 - 242 - down 2 pounds so far :-)
2/22
2/28

SW: 142.2 (5/2012)
CW: 145.4 (1/30/2014)
GW: (Goal weight for the month) 141

Weigh in Dates:
2/1 145.4
2/8 146.4
2/14 142.2
2/22
2/28
End of Month (or whatever weigh in days you use)

Total weight lost: 3.2

^great job! you are almost at 5 pounds!!

SW: 160
CW: 147
GW: 142 by end of Feb. but eventually 130

Weigh in Dates:
2/1 --> 146
2/8 --> 145.4
2/15 --> 146.4 (a little disappointed that I went up, but I indulged last night and my weight was fluctuating around 144-145 this past week so I am hoping to get back there this week)
2/22
2/28

Total weight lost:

*other goals for Feb: to reduce alcohol and run two miles in 16:30

SW: 185 (1/1/14)
CW: 167.4 (2/1/14)
GW: 159.4 (2/28/14)

Weigh in Dates:
2/1: 167.4
2/8: 165.8
2/15: 164.6 (I'm noticing that my body fat is going down and my muscle is going up. So I actually lost almost two pounds of fat and gained a bit of muscle. yay!!)
2/22
2/28
End of Month

Total weight lost in February: 2.8 lbs.

I've been gentle with myself. I typically eat back all but 500 of my exercise calories each day. This week, I allowed myself to dip under that threshold when I felt like it. My goal is to develop sustainable habits, and being completely rigid with myself all the time isn't exactly sustainable. It typically leads to wild extremes for me between excess and restriction. So I'm just trying to find balance. Being patient and being satisfied with my progress.

Since my weight loss has slowed (was consistently losing 2 pounds weekly), I've started measuring inches so I can see what's really happening. Combined with the body fat and body muscle measurement, it gives a much clearer picture.

I'll be traveling next Saturday and haven't figured out what I'll do about my weigh in. I'm tempted to take my scale, but don't want to risk damaging it and not really wanting to lug it around. We'll see. While I'm traveling is typically the hardest time I have staying on track, and this is my first trip since I started my program January 1. I'm giving lots of thought on how to keep myself on track. I think tracking my calories is key. I expect the exercise to remain manageable, I think I already have that figured out. It's the food. We'll see what next week's weight in brings.