Lose 10 pounds in February? You bet we can!!!!

Screen name: Carcar63
Goal for February 28th: 305
Februrary 1st (SW) 314.6
February 8th 313.6
February 15th 314.6
February 22nd
February 28th

okay went up a pound. I feel like I keep going up and down the same pound or two, it's starting to get fustrating :grumble: , but I will keep trying, I'm not going to give up like I would have in the past. I know I can do this.

So, do you think I can still lose the 10lbs by the end of the month? Maybe at least get close.

Well I know I am way up, I just want to give it one more day for the offical damage done.......:-)

I will catch up later this evening and weigh in tomorrow when hopefully all the high sodim I consume over the weekend and yesterday is gone.

Keep up the good work!


BTW - Please keep in mind -- that the thread is coming to 500 posts and will automatically take you to part 2. Just follow the instructions in the last post. MFP automatically locks a thread at 500 posts.

Nice challenge for this week! 1000 crunches is definitely a lot. I did 100 for today... only 900 more to go this week! Wow, that sounds like a lot :laugh:

got 150 crunches in today

Screen name: Mollie1037
Goal for February 28th:343
February 1st: 353
February 8th: 351
February 15th: 357 :grumble:
February 22nd:
February 28th:

I gained 6 pounds.:grumble: Actually 9 from Friday weigh in. I still believe a few of those pounds are sodium but I did not want to skip a weigh in and I wanted to own the gain. This is a part of the process and lifestyle.

Owning up to the gain is good for us and not beating ourselves up about it. It is what it is and a gain is not a failure. Failure is giving up and not learning from the experience. That is one of the things I have learned over the years of trying to lose weight. Consistency over time is key and not perfection.

Many who try to lose weight fall into the trap of thinking they need to be perfect to succeed. I have seen it with some of you. When you are hot you are full of enthusiasm and words of encouragement, etc. But when you are not doing “good” you are quiet and can’t forgive yourself or brush it off as you are human and not perfect. Some just kind of drop of the scene like they sinned, committed a crime, or they are too ashamed. Shame is useful for reflection, but again dwelling on the negatives will get you nowhere.

It would be good for the group and yourself that when you gain, you talk about it. Not talking about it means you feel you did something bad. There is no bad for relapse and lapses. That is why you rarely hear me say I was bad today or last week. I was not bad when I make poor choices. It was a choice I made and making them does not make me a bad person and the same goes for anyone who has gained weight. It does not pay to make excuses either but it is worse to beat yourself up and withdraw because you have a bad week or 2 or 3. Just keep getting back up and that is success. Never giving up will get you to your 10 pounds lost or to any goal you have in life.

I fell right back into one of my habits of celebrating my success with food. So I finally reached my 40 pound milestone last Friday so what did I do I celebrated the whole weekend and Monday. Had a bunch of jive I knew was bad. I didn't log and I did not step on scale. It is normal for me not to log on the weekends and I usually splurge on weekends also, but within reason. I knew I was off the chain this weekend! I learn from the experience and back on the stick yesterday.

My take away from my 9 pound gain is no more 4 day splurges for Mollie!:laugh: 2nd take away is I will be weighing daily or most days for sure. This works best for me because I know I am a food addict and the one thing that will help me put the brakes on is the scale.

For over 30 years I never weighed myself. We did not even have a scale in the house growing up. I was in weight denial and I never want to go back to those days. The director of my weight loss surgery program made me buy a scale over 6 years ago and he really demands that his patients weigh daily. I learned a lot about my eating by doing this before my WLS. I can honestly say once I get over the normal fluctuations of the scale the scale is my friend.:happy: I don't believe I would have ever gained back the 80 pounds I did after my WLS if I had continued to faithfully weigh myself daily. So back to a good habit for Mollie. Weighing daily does not work for many. But the studies do show and confirm that it does for many of us and this is what helps many keep their lost weight off.

My last take away is I have to find another way to celebrate my weight loss success. It is so automatic for me to celebrate anything with food.

Congrats to all the losers!!!:flowerforyou: I see many of you had an awesome week!!!

Good job maintainers!!:drinker: you did something right to maintain!

Don't give up gainers! You can do it! Just get back on program today or as soon as you can. Today is better than tomorrow. The next meal is better than tomorrow.

Have a good week everyone!! :flowerforyou:


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Sorry couldn't get to the computer yesterday!!

Yesterday I weighed in at 186.5lbs

Screen name: delllis06
Goal for February 28th: 170
February 1st: 180.6 (starting this month)
February 8th: 180.5
February 15th: 181.3 :grumble:
February 22nd:
February 28th:

Screen Name: MissLadyInWaiting
Febuary 1st - 159lbs
Febuary 8th - 158lbs
Febuary 15th - 159lbs

goal for Febuary 22th - 156lbs

Oh yes please...that would bring me to my goal :drinker: