Weigh-in Day (August 15)
MicheleStitches
Posts: 306 Member
Is today official weigh-in day, or is it tomorrow, August 15? Whichever it is, shall we post our progress report here?
Edited to add: Well, I answered my own question by looking it up in our Google Doc. I guess this is my official "DUH!" moment for the day!
Oh well, consider this a reminder that tomorrow is weigh-in day!
Edited to add: Well, I answered my own question by looking it up in our Google Doc. I guess this is my official "DUH!" moment for the day!
Oh well, consider this a reminder that tomorrow is weigh-in day!
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Meh, I'm fed up. At the four week wall but will climb over it tomorrow with a good sweat at the gym. Will check in with the weight after that, when I'll be feeling good regardless of what the numbers are. On the plus side, my scales are telling me I've been losing body fat this week.0
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I'll weigh in tomorrow, but my weight loss has been sooooo slowwww. Up a pound, down a pound, up a pound down 1.5lb. it's like pulling teeth. I feel like I'm at the "up a pound" time right now.0
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WicklowWanderer wrote: »Meh, I'm fed up. At the four week wall but will climb over it tomorrow with a good sweat at the gym. Will check in with the weight after that, when I'll be feeling good regardless of what the numbers are. On the plus side, my scales are telling me I've been losing body fat this week.
Oh god, I'm totally doing that four week wall too! Is that an actual thing?! Lol. Oh well, I think I lost like half a pound or so.0 -
I weigh in on Fridays, so I'll be the first to report happy news: I'm down 2.6 pounds this week to 173.8. My August goal was to be at 173-175, so hooray! Im going to enjoy the end of my maternity leave, and stay active and hydrated.0
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I'm living in Japan, so it's already 15 Aug for me. Last week I went up 4.2 lbs in 4-5 days and was hoping it was water weight from eating out a lot. I'm glad to report that this week, not only did I lose the water weight but I'm down 2 lbs from my August starting weight! Yay - I was on track the whole time, just had too much salt or something so my water weight was up
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SarahJurina wrote: »I'll weigh in tomorrow, but my weight loss has been sooooo slowwww. Up a pound, down a pound, up a pound down 1.5lb. it's like pulling teeth. I feel like I'm at the "up a pound" time right now.
This happening to me the last couple of weeks as well and I'm finding it very frustrating. Just drop already!
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Down 2.2 last week was stagnant (scale wise, cause I did lose inches) but this week paid off on the scales 0
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Down 2 pounds which is above goal,(1lb.) and makes me very happy, yippie! But I increase my calorie goal for each day at the end of the week so I am very nervous about next week. After reading all the info on MFP about eating to little calories I realized my fatigue was likely coming from loosing too fast for me. Which sucks because i liked loosing weight faster duh.0
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WicklowWanderer wrote: »SarahJurina wrote: »I'll weigh in tomorrow, but my weight loss has been sooooo slowwww. Up a pound, down a pound, up a pound down 1.5lb. it's like pulling teeth. I feel like I'm at the "up a pound" time right now.
This happening to me the last couple of weeks as well and I'm finding it very frustrating. Just drop already!
It seems like it happens every two weeks or so. My body holds onto the weight until I am super annoyed, then finally lets go of 1lb. or so. I don't have much left to lose, so it's probably stubborn padding that my body wants to keep.0 -
Well, there are now two weigh-in threads, so I guess I'll post in both
August starting weight: 146 lbs
Week 1: 144 lbs
Week 2: 143.2 lbs
August goal: 142 lbs
Overall goal: 125 lbs
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WicklowWanderer wrote: »Meh, I'm fed up. At the four week wall but will climb over it tomorrow with a good sweat at the gym. Will check in with the weight after that, when I'll be feeling good regardless of what the numbers are. On the plus side, my scales are telling me I've been losing body fat this week.
Just curious, cause it sounds like great info to have, what kind of scale can tell if you are losing body fat?0 -
Weighed in at 254.8 today. Dropping slowly but I'm under a lot of stress right now. Plexus is helping with the cravings so I would normally be eating way more in this situation so it's good I'm not gaining at this point. Hoping for a better week this week. Goal is to stay under 1300 calories everyday.0
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mmebouchon wrote: »Just curious, cause it sounds like great info to have, what kind of scale can tell if you are losing body fat?
You can find them in any department store or on Amazon. They are not very accurate. Here's more information from an article on Livestrong's website:
Body fat scales use a technology called bioelectrical impedance analysis to measure body fat. A small, unnoticeable electrical current is sent from one foot, up one leg and down the other leg. Fat is a poor conductor of electricity compared to other components of the body such as muscle. The more resistance the electrical current experiences, the higher the fat.
A "Consumer Reports" study of body fat scales supports what many health and fitness experts say: that these scales are not as accurate as other body fat measurement methods. One issue is that the current runs from foot to foot and therefore is only measuring fat content in the lower body. The Consumer Report study found that the best scales were accurate up to 80 percent of the time. Further, there was no consistency as to whether or not scales reported a higher or lower body fat content. Because of these widespread inaccuracies, "Consumer Reports" no longer tests body-fat scales. Although the scales aren't always accurate, they can still be a tool to measure progress if you test your fat percentage under the same conditions each time.
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mmebouchon wrote: »WicklowWanderer wrote: »Meh, I'm fed up. At the four week wall but will climb over it tomorrow with a good sweat at the gym. Will check in with the weight after that, when I'll be feeling good regardless of what the numbers are. On the plus side, my scales are telling me I've been losing body fat this week.
Just curious, cause it sounds like great info to have, what kind of scale can tell if you are losing body fat?
I have a Fibit Aria scales, it's quite good. Even better now as it tells me I'm down a couple of pounds along with the lard! I find its accurate enough for my purposes and compares favourably with the measurements I have taken by my gym.
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original Start weight 260.5 July 31
August Start weight 250.4
Current weight 245.6
August goal 240
total goal is to lose 120lbs 15 lbs lost so far.0 -
Start Weight 175
Week one - 173.5
Week two - 172.0
I really like this support group, your information is so supportive and helpful. Longing in on the spreadsheet every week sure keeps me focused on the goal. So far, so good.0 -
WicklowWanderer wrote: »mmebouchon wrote: »WicklowWanderer wrote: »Meh, I'm fed up. At the four week wall but will climb over it tomorrow with a good sweat at the gym. Will check in with the weight after that, when I'll be feeling good regardless of what the numbers are. On the plus side, my scales are telling me I've been losing body fat this week.
Just curious, cause it sounds like great info to have, what kind of scale can tell if you are losing body fat?
I have a Fibit Aria scales, it's quite good. Even better now as it tells me I'm down a couple of pounds along with the lard! I find its accurate enough for my purposes and compares favourably with the measurements I have taken by my gym.
I have a Fitbit Aria scale too and I like it. I figure even if the number isn't exactly correct, if it keeps going in the downward direction I'm probably doing something right. It can be something to hold on to if my pounds stay the same, but body fat percent goes down.0 -
Lost 0.8 pounds this week. Better down than up, but is slow going. I'm sticking to my calorie count of 1100 and trying to not be below that, and so far my weight loss over the past 7 weeks has been very slow and steady (6 pounds). In the past my weight was up and down by 2-3 pounds at a time, not counting right after a work out, so I feel that this is a much more stable weight loss and I'm not doing a 3 day crash diet with a 3 day binge type of eating pattern.0
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So I logged my weight in the spreadsheet a few days ago, it was a loss. I dunno about today, I have this strict rule of only weighing every week at most or two weeks at least. I have the habit of going over obsessed with the scale. Anyway currently on a semi great start, I hope this will last!0
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WicklowWanderer wrote: »mmebouchon wrote: »WicklowWanderer wrote: »Meh, I'm fed up. At the four week wall but will climb over it tomorrow with a good sweat at the gym. Will check in with the weight after that, when I'll be feeling good regardless of what the numbers are. On the plus side, my scales are telling me I've been losing body fat this week.
Just curious, cause it sounds like great info to have, what kind of scale can tell if you are losing body fat?
I have a Fibit Aria scales, it's quite good. Even better now as it tells me I'm down a couple of pounds along with the lard! I find its accurate enough for my purposes and compares favourably with the measurements I have taken by my gym.
Thanks
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MicheleStitches wrote: »mmebouchon wrote: »Just curious, cause it sounds like great info to have, what kind of scale can tell if you are losing body fat?
You can find them in any department store or on Amazon. They are not very accurate. Here's more information from an article on Livestrong's website:
Body fat scales use a technology called bioelectrical impedance analysis to measure body fat. A small, unnoticeable electrical current is sent from one foot, up one leg and down the other leg. Fat is a poor conductor of electricity compared to other components of the body such as muscle. The more resistance the electrical current experiences, the higher the fat.
A "Consumer Reports" study of body fat scales supports what many health and fitness experts say: that these scales are not as accurate as other body fat measurement methods. One issue is that the current runs from foot to foot and therefore is only measuring fat content in the lower body. The Consumer Report study found that the best scales were accurate up to 80 percent of the time. Further, there was no consistency as to whether or not scales reported a higher or lower body fat content. Because of these widespread inaccuracies, "Consumer Reports" no longer tests body-fat scales. Although the scales aren't always accurate, they can still be a tool to measure progress if you test your fat percentage under the same conditions each time.
Interesting. Thanks.0
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