New and back at MFP and looking for support / accountability. I know the month is almost over, but hoping to "catch" up on posts and get to know you all....and hopefully carry over to an October group. Love the inspiration so far. I battle the same "last" 10 lbs forever and am ready to turn the struggle into loving the process and result.

HI
So this is my first check in... and I've really been off the gym for a few weeks (trip and then nasty cold with loss of energy). Hope to hit the gym again tomorrow because I cancelled my trainer twice already.

I'm 5'10"
Sept 20 - 156
Goal - 140

Hope you are all doing great!

I am feeling so drained, stressed and down lately I am afraid of spiraling. I just found out that due to some clerical errors at my office extra money will be taken out of my paycheck for the rest of the year for my Health Care Plan to make up for the almost 3 months that payroll failed to do so. I will also be losing money to additional taxes as they have just determined that my part-time grad school being 95% off is considered taxable income. This means that I will lose 51%-60% of my take-home pay for EVERY PAYCHECK until January. Of course, I still have the 5% of unpaid tuition to handle (about $500 due in mid-October). I was already on a tight budget, but still able to put away about $150-$200 a month - but now I know I will need to dip into my savings in order to pay for groceries, mortgage, student loans, gas, etc. This is absolutely crushing me as I was saving every nickel, penny and dime I had to go towards my wedding next year. With grad school, work, and this added stress I find that I am incapable of sleeping - but still tired all of the time! I feel like all I want to do is wrap up in a blanket burrito, cry and eat actual burritos. SOS

HW:148
SW: 113.4
Sept Goal weight: 112-115

Start of Jan: 148 lbs
Start of Feb: 139 lbs
Start of March: 133
Start of Apr-127.2
Start of May: 122.6
Start of June-115.0-GOAL
start of July- average of 115 as I had a crazy 4th of July trip
Start of august-115
Start of sept 112
Sept 4-112.2
Sept 11-113
Sept 18-113.6
Sept 22-111.6
Sept 25-

Struggles: No real struggles this week. Just trying to keep thinks reasonable and tight.
Successes: I had a great run yesterday and hit. A PR for pace. It's amazing what taking an unscheduled rest day will do for your stamina.
Upcoming week plan: First Friday weigh-in. I will keep on keeping on. I am traveling next week so I have written a gym plan and am trying to make my mileage goals but I think I will have to move my long run a day out. Will plan accordingly.

Hey I'm on 1200 calories atm.. 5ft 2" and 125lbs. I have 8lbs to goal

HW- 186.4 lbs
SW August- 177.4 lbs

September 1st - 173.2 lbs
September 6th - 175.4 lbs
September 8th - 174.4 lbs
September 12th - 171.8 lbs
September 15th - 171.4 lbs
September 19th – 169.0 lbs – September Goal Met!!!
September 22nd – 169.6 lbs
September 26th -
September 29th -

September Goal- 169.9 lbs! (I'd be really happy to get out of the 170s)

Lol, I might have cheated a little bit on today’s weight in. I got up, went to the bathroom, weighed in, came up with 170.0. “Come on” I think, “can’t I get 0.1 lbs less?!”. Then I went about my morning, brushed my teeth, started the kettle, that kind of stuff, and then had to pee again. It was the smallest pee ever but I was still in my underwear and hadn’t eaten or drank anything yet, so I jumped back on the scale – 169.6!! Yay me for peeing 0.4 lbs to keep in the 160’s!

All of that aside, things are going well. My husband and I had a little cocktail party for the two of us on Tuesday. A couple times a year, we end up getting drunk together on cocktails in our kitchen and dancing around all night. I had a bit of water weight from those shenanigans and due to my TOM, but it’s dissipating.

We leave tomorrow for a 6 hour road trip to my university city as I have a conference for the week. Bring on the eating and drinking! I am bringing my food scale and my bathroom scale with me at least. I don’t want to miss weigh ins, and we rented a condo through AirBnB so we could do some cooking on our own (I doubt we will though). I feel like having those items there will help keep me mentally in the game a bit, but I’m giving myself a lot of leeway with things. I’ll keep you all posted on how things go.

@rianneonamission – Good work on keeping your head in the game and not making PMS-based eating choices! Exercise is such a great way to help deal with the those crappy times instead of eating.

@glassofroses – Thanks for the congratulations! Sorry to hear you’re nursing a cold still. Your fluctuations sound so strange, I can’t think of why that could be happening unless you’re simply burning so high that nothing you eat can catch up to you.

@wallyamadeus – You only get one birthday a year and you have 364 other days to worry about that 1.5 lbs. I’m sure it was worth it!

@RMC1995 – That all sounds awful! Financial stress is the worst. I manage my money way more diligently than I manage my calories, as I hate feeling strapped for cash. I’m so sorry that all came down on you like that. If I was you, I’d try to put the wedding finances off my plate until next year and just focus on your living expenses for now. I know it sucks to not get ahead the way you want, but I think you’ll find the mental weight it will relieve by letting yourself post-pone wedding cash will be a huge relief. Putting that aside might also lift enough stress for you to try to get some sleep, and once you’re rested things should seem a little better. It all sounds pretty *kitten* overall though. Just do your best and take it a day at a time. *hugs*

@FreshBrew92 – Water weight is bound to happen. I weight myself daily and put it in Happy Scale. It then gives me a moving average and a trend line which helps me navigate all the fluctuations. I really like how it’s helped me. Maybe something like that would be good for you.

@bringbackthejoy – good luck on managing everything while traveling. I’m in the same boat but you sound like you’ve a got a better plan than me!

@mrssunshine78 – Good job on the strong loss! Keep up the good work girl!

And I’m happy to see so many new girls! Looking forward to hearing your stories!

Have a good weekend girls! Try to have just enough fun to stay out of the red bar!!

2tall4thisworld wrote: »

Height 5'10"

HW- 183.1 lbs
SW June- 180 lbs
SW July-177.9 lbs
SW August- 174.2 lbs

September 1st- 168 lbs
September 4th- 172 lbs
September 8th- 169.1 lbs
September 11th- 169.8 lbs
September 15th- 166.4 lbs
September 18th- 165.6 lbs
September 22nd- 164.5 lbs
September 25th-
September 29th-

End of September goal weight 164 lbs

Hi Everyone! I am in the middle of my move right now, with one week to go until I'm officially in my new place. I'm still having "bathroom troubles" Overall I'm being very conscious of the portions I eat, and trying to fit in cardio or climbing when I can. I want to go back and read more of your posts in detail in a few days.

Welcome to all the new ladies!!
@mrssunshine78 congratulations! I'm glad we both survived our funk from a couple of weeks ago.
@RMC1995 I hope things start looking up for you. I can TOTALLY relate to the financial struggles you are describing. I'm about to have the same work/school budgeting struggle when school starts for me next week.
@KelseyRL you are a super woman!! Literally you've been knocking those pounds down. Congratulations!!!!!!
@bringbackthejoy nice work! Thats smart of you to do a gym plan.

Nice loss

@KelseyRL thanks! I downloaded HappyScale it is gives me hope that I am still losing. I have kept my diet the same, but I hold water certain times of the month. Plus it's my Birthday and I am eating a few things that are higher calorie this weekend. Hopefully by next week I will read my goal of 150.

@RMC1995 way to pull out. And you maintained. Sometimes that is a bigger win.

Hello,

I was a little stagnant for a couple of weeks. Starting to make progress again.

HW: 150. GW 130-135. Height 5'6." Age 47

Sept 2: 139
Sept 9: 137
Sept 16: 137
Sept 23: 136
Sept 30:

Good morning,
I fell off the wagon way hard!

Apparently not...
I guess my phone won't let me post more then one sentence at the time, let's hope that I can complete my post on the PC.

Age: 40
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 122 lbs.
Goal weight: 110 lbs.

September 25: 122
October 2:

Good luck to all!

@RMC1995 Damn that's rough, hon. But you got through it! Well, the feeling the worst about it part. As terrible as somethings are, they don't last forever. You'll deal with it and you'll be okay, I have faith in you.

There's so many of us now it's a bit overwhelming. for everyone participating. You got this. I believe in you.

Now, not to toot my own horn here, but I haven't gone under 141 in a week. That's right people, I have gained a pound! It only took two months but whatever.

@FreshBrew92 End of the day your goal weight is where you feel best. I'm a few inches taller than you but I like being 145-7 and even though I'm 141 (side effect of surgery in June) right now I don't feel like I look sick or frail, I just don't feel strong. And I refuse to buy new clothes so I had better get back into the ones I've got. So you might get to 146, feel amazing and you won't need to lose another pound or maybe you'll get to 145 and feel like it's still not exactly right yet and lose another pound. There's no hard or fast rule that says you have to commit to one weight forever. I was sure that 154 was my goal when I started but I got there and my body still didn't work for me, visually, so I lost a bit more.

Hidey HO!
SW: 167 (stopped losing preggers weight)
CW: 153
GW: 140

Need to kick the sugar habit sumpin' awful.
Goal for This week: eat healthy snack when I get home from work and am starrrrrrrvvvinnnggg--stay away from the cookies.