Wedding blues

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  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    Thank you!! I hope my arms have gotten smaller too, I think they have a little ☺️
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited August 2015
    I can certainly see it in your stomach and arms! Keep up the great work! Thanks for the update.

    Edit: Haha, I didn't see there was a page 2. So I'm not just saying that! :smile:
  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    Haha thank you!!!!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    zebrablueyes wrote: »
    Just an update I personally wanted to say thank you for all your support!!! Since I started exactly one month a go I have lost exactly ten pounds!!!! In addition, before that my weight fluctuated 6 pounds so I've actually lost 16! But ten in a month! I'm hoping to keep losing more before the wedding especially ten more. I need to remain positive- I can do it!!!

    Cool beans! Congratulations!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    zebrablueyes wrote: »
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    Not sure if you can tell, it's harder for me to see.

    It is always harder for us to see our successes. Yes, I can see a difference. Just keep up your hard work and don't lose it too fast either.
  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    Here's a better pic I took today, it's right but hoping it will fit better next month. I haven't been losing too fast I don't believe. Just eating my daily calories, etc. I hope I don't plateau soon. I was told I shouldn't as long as I keep my CI<CO

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  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    Bump^

    Someone please answer about the plateau question
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    zebrablueyes wrote: »
    I hope I don't plateau soon. I was told I shouldn't as long as I keep my CI<CO

    Weight loss is not linear. Some weeks you do everything right but maintain—or even gain. Others you lose a whole lot in a "whoosh."

    A safe, sustainable loss is .5 lb. per week for every 25 lbs. you're overweight. You were 30 lbs. overweight and lost 10 lbs. in one month (2.5 lb. per week). I would not expect to keep losing at that rate much longer.

    And I would be concerned that you're losing lean body mass.
  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    I'm not losing lean muscle mass as I'm in PT and using my muscles. Please quit being negative! I feel as though a lot of people can't be happy for anyone on here and show support.

    As I reiterated before, please stop calling me "overweight" I am aware of it and it's not polite to keep pointing it out in a new thread. Thank you.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    edited August 2015
    I was thinking that it might pay to think of the other great positives you are getting from the wedding, first and foremost, a fiancee who obviously loves you unconditionally and has stuck by you through all this. It's a big deal to come back from a major injury like you have.

    Consider any further losses and toning in the coming month to be a bonus, and please, please, please stand tall and own your dress no matter what size you end up on the big day.
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    zebrablueyes wrote: »
    I'm not losing lean muscle mass as I'm in PT and using my muscles. Please quit being negative! I feel as though a lot of people can't be happy for anyone on here and show support.

    As I reiterated before, please stop calling me "overweight" I am aware of it and it's not polite to keep pointing it out in a new thread. Thank you.

    I haven't seen a single negative response. Slow your roll.

    Everyone loses muscle mass as you lose weight. Everyone. It's part of the science. And losing too aggressively causes more loss of muscle mass, which is why it's not recommended to lose more than the weekly rates that were posted earlier.
  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    That's so awesome and sweet! Thank you!!!!
  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    Slow your roll? Not negative at all.
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    zebrablueyes wrote: »
    Slow your roll? Not negative at all.

    It means slow down and process a little bit. You're jumping all over everything when no one has been anything but supportive of you in this thread.

    I'm saying take a breath and reread what people are writing before posting. You're misinterpreting everything.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    zebrablueyes wrote: »
    Thank you!! I hope my arms have gotten smaller too, I think they have a little ☺️

    I think your arms look fine :)

  • dmt4641
    dmt4641 Posts: 409 Member
    Great job! I can tell the difference in your waist and hips. I'm sorry you were injured in a accident, but it looks like you have figured out the weight loss part. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    edited August 2015
    zebrablueyes wrote: »
    I'm not losing lean muscle mass as I'm in PT and using my muscles. Please quit being negative! I feel as though a lot of people can't be happy for anyone on here and show support.

    As I reiterated before, please stop calling me "overweight" I am aware of it and it's not polite to keep pointing it out in a new thread. Thank you.

    The poster you keep asking to stop using the word "overweight" is not referring to your specific weight (in fact she isn't referring to you at all - she is stating a weight loss guideline that is frequently recommended here on MFP). She still means "over the weight one has as one's goal" - that's a lot of words to type out each time.. She isn't implying you're fat or over your BMI. She simply means "for every 25 lbs that you wish to lose, it is recommended to plan to lose 0.5lbs of weight a week". So if you've lost 10/30 lbs, you have 20 left. Which means she is suggesting that to keep healthy and a healthy rate of weight loss you should plan to lose roughly (20/25)*0.5=0.4 lbs per week. This doesn't mean you're going to plateau. Just that as you lose weight your deficit shrinks and she doesn't want you eating too little and getting sick.

    On another note, good work on your weight loss, I can see the difference. You've lost weight pretty much everywhere, even your neck and chest (not boobs lol, I mean around the collar bone) look smaller.
  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    I've officially lost 16 pounds!!! Hoping I can lose ten more before the wedding! Thanks for all the support! qcdhmi4zlcp9.jpg
  • Kimegatron
    Kimegatron Posts: 772 Member
    Hey,

    Editorgirl is not calling you overweight. She is putting a period at the end of "lbs." as is correct in punctuating after a shortened word. So you are reading, "you are overweight." But what she is saying is ".5 pounds for ever 25 pounds you are overweight."
  • daniwilford
    daniwilford Posts: 1,030 Member
    16 lbs in less than six weeks is an unusually fast rate. 10 more pounds in a little over 6 weeks is a very aggressive goal for most people weighing less than 175 pounds. I was under the most stress in the last 6 weeks before my wedding. Remember to be kind to yourself. Focus on staying healthy and happy no matter what the scale says.
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    Editorgirl is trying to explain that your weight loss will slow down as you lose.
    The less you have to lose, the slower it will as well as should come off. This is important so that you lose in a sustainable and healthy way.
    Editorgirl is not being disrespectful at all and you should pay attention to what she is saying-she really knows her stuff!!
    Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials!
    You will make a lovely bride!
  • Kimegatron
    Kimegatron Posts: 772 Member
    I mean, technically, any pounds over weight would be overweight. I'm like 50 pounds overweight... I would still be 5 pounds overweight, if I had 5 pounds only more to go. It's nothing to be upset about, it just is what it is, but I don't think she was being rude.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    You are looking really good, lady. You are going to rock that aisle. If you stopped losing weight at this point would you still look good for your big day?

  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    zebrablueyes wrote: »
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    Not sure if you can tell, it's harder for me to see.

    Fantastic progress!!! Well done you!
  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    Just to clarify, I haven't lost 16 pounds in a month LOL. I have fluctuated with my weight! In the past 3 months that's how much I've lost :smile:
    Thank you for your kind words, Jgnatca to answer I feel OK, much better than before! Ideally, I would feel 100 times better if I reached my goal before the wedding!!!
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    zebrablueyes wrote: »
    Just to clarify, I haven't lost 16 pounds in a month LOL. I have fluctuated with my weight! In the past 3 months that's how much I've lost :smile:
    Thank you for your kind words, Jgnatca to answer I feel OK, much better than before! Ideally, I would feel 100 times better if I reached my goal before the wedding!!!

    Better have a good alterations specialist on standby if you're losing all this weight so close to your wedding!!

    #fitgirlproblems :bigsmile:

  • zebrablueyes
    zebrablueyes Posts: 22 Member
    Oh girl, trust me it's a mess!!!!! I pray they can get it done!!!!
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