The last 10 pounds challenge (closed group)

bprague, do you tend to do the same workouts every week? I noticed that when I ran every day last year, I managed to gain weight. I had great legs, but my waist and chest seemed as uncomfortable as ever. One day someone got me out on a bike ride for an hour or two and my body responded. Try doing something your body hates doing every once in a while. It might be poor advice, since you seem to work out hard anyway, but it's all I have.

Same as last week. 127.5, Inches also the same.

Exercised everday and met water goal everyday which was a first.

Well... I too just got back from a weekend of food. Weighed myself last night and the damage wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. A gain of only 2.2 Ib which may have been due to weighing in the evening rather than the morning. Next Friday when I do my official weigh in, it should be better (I hope! Fingers crossed!) I'll do my measurements then too.

So... the weekend of food with the inlaws started with a massive feed of chinese food on Friday followed by no thanks for a big breaky fry-up on Saturday morning (opted for weet-bix instead). Lunch consisted of BBQ meat, chicken, pork, salad, bread, bread, bread (did I say bread?) and two serves of pavlova. Dinner was a small steak and salad. I am totally breaded out. Sunday, me and the hubby escaped and had fish with salad followed by a shared caramel slice and Chai for afternoon tea. As we were getting ready to head to the airport the mother-in-law surprised us with a farewell dinner of lasagne and marinated chicken breast with bread (no salad) at 5.30pm. I'd barely eaten my afternoon tea! I almost lost it! Made my own salad, passed on the bread, halfed my lasagne slice and took a tiny quarter piece of a chicken breast. Afterwards the desert was immediately pulled out! No joke. I had barely cleared the dinner plates. For goodness sake!! I politely said "no thanks" and was asked another 5 times. My partner too. Until I said "look please don't force us". She lost it at me. Saying "they're only small, I bought small custard tarts with cream on top and muffins and strawberry tarts so you could have one of each. They're not so bad because they are small". To which I replied "actually there is at least 150 calories in the custard tart, 100 in the mini muffin and 100 in the strawberry. Thats over 300 together before adding the cream".

I know I may seem a little rude they know we are trying to eat healthy. They constantly try and make us fall off the wagon. I ate everything I was given all weekend to please them until that final dinner on the third night. Enough was enough! I may have crossed the line but I just hated that we were constantly told to just eat it, eat it, how nice it was, how we were missing out etc etc. It annoyed me how she almost forced hubby to eat and justifed it by saying; it's small, it's only one, it's the weekend, it's fat free etc etc. Argh. I've put my foot down. I'm not going to let other people ruin my hard work and pull me into THEIR eating habits.

On another more positive note...over the weekend I ended up doing a run which I was pleased about because I thought it wouldn't happen.

And...

NSV today! After eating all weekend, I had two people comment from work about how much weight I have lost :happy:

Plus, shopping was pretty cool. Mostly bought xsmallsizes in tops and trousers/shorts and even one xxsmal top and trouser pants. I have NEVER been a small. Not. Ever. I also got properly fitted for a bra and have gone down a strab size but not cup size, got to be pleased with that!

Hope everyone's happy with their measurements... and don't let anyone else dictate what you eat!!

Valerie, I found that if you drink more water than you can imagine having, it makes a big difference the next day. It might not make up all the weight, but it will take a part of it.

Hey all! Someone please explain to me this friggen fat reorganization. I feel like I didn't actually lose any fat, it just moved around. >.< Anyone have any insights?!

Waist: 25
lower abs:31
Hips: 39
thighs: 23
Arm: 10

It just seems like it moved to your legs. Do you have muscular legs? You have been exercising a lot, maybe it is all muscle bulk??

I do have quite muscular legs. I hope your right!

Back at school! Eating right is easy until dinner time but everyone is so willing to give me goodies and it all goes to heck! lol. I specifically didn't buy any snacks except for fruit and veggies so I wouldn't snack... but last night I went glutton over cheese. Ah, well, picking myself back up.

Way to go everyone!!

No worries Val. We knew you'd been on vacation. And school starting throws everyone off for the first week or 2.

Thanks for all your tracking!!

Oh yeah - Happy Friday!!!