Really 14? Yeah, some of that has to be water from salty food. It will come off!

I'm back again. Trying to heal up a busted ankle. (moving furniture in my nice church dress and shoes was a terrible idea) But I found some stretches and strenghtening rehab type exercises for it. It's 80% recovered, I think.

I'm shifting my goals to not falling off the wagon and going to the gym twice a week. Planet Fitness just came to town. It's really close to my house. I think I'm gonna join this week. Also, working off the weight I gained over Christmas and New Years would also be great. (5.8lbs!) Long term ambitious goal? Losing back fat so it doesn't poof out over the top of my nice new wedding dress. >__<;

Good luck everyone!

Wow, you're so close! Those goals are pretty achievable. You can do it!

Hi ladies! Hope you don't mind if I stay in the group now that I'm a Mrs, and all
So I had the most perfect wedding ever! I felt great, love the pictures I've seen so far, and I woke up the morning of my wedding at my goal weight...125 on the dot! That was a great feeling. I took the days since the wedding off and ate to my heart's content! So nice to eat whatever without worrying about fitting into my dress after a year of watching my weight.

I can't let myself go now just because I'm married, so my goal for January is to be at 125 on the day I leave for our honeymoon cruise (Jan 22). I joined a little facebook challenge with some of my friends and am going to avoid junk for 21 days (no cookies, cakes, etc., which should be ok since i def got my fill this weekend!), so that should help

Hope everyone's year is off to a great start! xoxo

Jill, so glad you're staying with us!
Jools, that is a HUGE amount of protein. Good luck! Has the trainer made recommendations other than guzzling protein shakes? I agree the eating whatever was fun, but can't go on forever.

I'm off to an good start. 60 minutes Monday and Tuesday so 120/1200 minutes. No soda since Monday except for a quick swig of Coke when I pulled out a bottle to heat my steak in. May not be going to work party since I found out my fiance has a work conflict and don't really want to go by myself; I'm a little disappointed, but definitely would be better for the waistline.

I reset my profile to MFP default rather than the custom I've been using and doing pretty well staying under calories and logging. Still a few snacks that probably have gone unlogged, but seems like at least the first 5 lbs of gain from the break are probably gone (still up about 9 from where I was before the holidays ) . I'll do a real weigh-in tomorrow morning.

Hi there, yes he has given a menu guide, but basically advocates clean eating and hit type exercises with kettle bells. He always does the best classes in the gym so I trust his judgement.

I'm managing it with eggs, prawns, turkey slices, chicken, bean sprouts and peanut butter, and trying to stay under 1500 calls, although he hasn't given a calorie target this week. And one protein bar a day, they are my one flaw but I can't give them up, I love the chocolatey hit . I've lost 4 of the Christmas 14 so far since Monday so not bad.

Yay goalsetting! I've gotten into the habit of only focusing on my monthly goals, and it has really helped.

This January, my goals are to walk/jog 85 miles (deliberate exercise - can't just be walking around at work), take 217,000 steps (an average of 7k per day), and lose 8 pounds. Here's my progress so far:

♦ 17.46/85 exercise miles walked/ran
♦ 67,936/217,000 steps taken
♦ 1.4/8 pounds lost

brisingr86 wrote: »

OK. Facing the music: last weigh in of 2015 was December 17 at 154.8
Week 1, January 7: 162.0 +7.2 over the holidays.

Base goal is to be under 159 by January 28 (avg 1 lb/week loss). Aggressive goal is to be back under 155 by the end of the month.

At least your damage took more than a week haha! At least some is still gonna be water weight, so I'm sure after a few days of eating well and lots of water we'll both be feeling better!

I'm down 6 of the 14 xmas pounds, feeling good! 8 more to go. Glugging cans of tuna and prawns right now trying to get the protein up and the calories down!

Sw 170
W1 163

Biggest thing I've learned here, there's a lot of water weight, all is not lost!

Jill-It happens to the best (and you're one of the best!). You are tiny and like you said, a good chunk of that will be water weight. I'm sure you will look fabulous on your honeymoon. Ease back into it and get back on track. You know what you have to do and you've done it before. It's always discouraging when you fall back, but you get up and keep pushing forward. Hang in there lady!

Jools-congrats on the AMAZING loss. Even with it being lots of water (hopefully), that's still amazing progress. Glad to see the extra holiday pounds are coming off quickly for you.

Since I'm here: 215/1200 minutes. Haven't gotten as long of workouts as I would have liked, but it's something. Now the trick is to keep it going for the rest of the week.

SW 125.0
W1 133.8
W2 141.0

Yep. For real. I am REALLY struggling and am feeling so ashamed and embarrassed about this. I am scared if I don't get it under control soon, people are going to notice this rapid gain.

brisingr86 wrote: »

Base goal is to be under 159 by January 28 (avg 1 lb/week loss). Aggressive goal is to be back under 155 by the end of the month.

Week 1, January 7: 162.0
Week 2, January 14: 160.8 -1.2

May not meet my exercise goal (lazy last night so still at 215/1200), but looking promising for scale goal.

You can do this Jill. Forgive yourself and start fresh. Maybe quit thinking of it as regain and try to approach it brand new. This is your weight. You want to weigh less, so take the steps you need to accomplish that. You have done it before and you can do it again. Learn from it to remind yourself that while we're all kind of focused on looking our best for the big day, it is a lifetime we're trying to change. After the big day, we still want to look our best and so we keep fighting to attain/maintain that. You're human, you can't be perfect all the time and you needed the break. Now you are ready to get back to work. It's tough to get back into those habits after not thinking about it for a couple weeks, but YOU CAN DO IT! Good luck.

I feel you guys about the water weight. My weight is yo-yoing. I'm back up to 153 this morning after being 149 two days ago. I'm not gonna log it until it settles down. I started a new fitness routine, got a membership with Planet Fitness. The elliptical has been great. But working out is making me hungry and I'm eating more. I'm sore from muscles that haven't worked much in a long time. I also tried out the tanning beds...I burnt myself to a crisp first time! Haha, now it hurts to move. The last time I used one was in 2000 for my prom. I guess these beds are a lot more powerful than they were 16 years ago! Ten minutes was way too much! (Fiance thinks I'm hilarious.) Once my routine settles down, I know my weight will start moving in the right direction again. I just gotta make myself go to the gym and be consistent.

Good luck with the second half of the month, everyone!

Sw 170
W1 163
w2 161 getting there!