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  • ChrysalisCove
    ChrysalisCove Posts: 975 Member
    melaniedscott wrote: »
    Maybe check the surface it is on. If there is any instability, scales can read weird. on concrete or tile or really solid wood flooring is best.

    It’s on smooth wood laminate & hasn’t been moved (until today, with the battery change to troubleshoot). It’s 3 years old & made an international move with us, so it may just be time.
  • Beka3695
    Beka3695 Posts: 4,126 Member
    SATURDAY WEIGH IN
    LAST WEEK 203
    TODAY 202.6

    Not gonna lie, I was expecting a larger loss. My calories were low, my exercise was high... the nerd report predicted 2.4 lbs.

    Well... not gonna stress! My body does not sync with my excel spreadsheet!!! It is what it is.

    Now for coffee!!
  • mc62412
    mc62412 Posts: 195 Member
    Beka3695 wrote: »
    SATURDAY WEIGH IN
    LAST WEEK 203
    TODAY 202.6

    Not gonna lie, I was expecting a larger loss. My calories were low, my exercise was high... the nerd report predicted 2.4 lbs.

    Well... not gonna stress! My body does not sync with my excel spreadsheet!!! It is what it is.

    Now for coffee!!

    My weigh in is tomorrow. I get that way sometimes. But then I just tell myself I’d rather had a smaller loss then expected then a gain ! You got this
  • abuford4
    abuford4 Posts: 7 Member
    OK, I made my weight goal for the week - a weight loss of 1 pound. I didn't do everything I said I was going to do to get there, but apparently I did enough. We have ourselves a strange little problem that has become an unfortunate cycle. I have a cat and a dog. They sleep in my room - always have. Unless there are fireworks or thunderstorms, they are on their own beds and it's no big deal. Well, there have been fireworks in the evenings for WEEKS, with of course no sign of letting up before the 4th. (Yes, it's illegal.....) So I have this ginormous dog and a sweet little cat trying to sleep on top of me, right up next to me, under me..... So I don't sleep well. Then when they are hungry/need to potty/etc, and it's time to get up in the morning, I am too exhausted to walk with the dog - and I just let him in the yard. Which isn't great for him OR me. And then I'm tired all day, make less-wise food choices, and then go to bed early and the cycle starts again. Who knew the cat and the dog were in charge of my weight loss/fitness????? Not me. So this week's plan is to take the dog to daycare a few times - haven't been doing that because of working from home. Maybe if he's super-tired, he won't be so annoying throughout the night. The cat can sleep in another room. Truly. He's not as scared of the noise as the dog is; it's not cruel.

    Weight loss goal - 65 pounds
    Weight loss to-date - 1 pound. On schedule
    Next goal - 171
    This week's tasks - take the dog to daycare, close my bedroom door at night, take oatmeal and fixin's to work so that I have an emergency breakfast, find the Nutrition Shake place that just opened up in my town. That might be a good commuting breakfast on days when I don't get a breakfast together at home.
  • mc62412
    mc62412 Posts: 195 Member
    Weigh in day.

    Last week 270
    Today 266.6

    I’ll take it !
  • thelastnightingale
    thelastnightingale Posts: 725 Member
    This hasn't been a good week weight-wise - my weigh in day is Wednesday and I'm expecting no change. Bit annoying given I've been eating within my goal etc.

    On the plus side, I discovered a new veggie burger I really like, and have been thinking about how I can adjust my plan to fit in more fruit and veg. Up until now, it's mostly been about calorie restriction for me, but I'm now starting to think about how get healthier, rather than just thinner (which isn't the same thing).

    Maybe I should just take the better attitude as the win.

    @mc62412 Great loss, well done. :)

    @abuford4 Knowledge is power. Doesn't matter how random it seems to someone else, if you've identified something that's been holding you back and you make changes, you really are winning at this.

    @Beka3695 Frustrating. But hey, it's in the right direction! :)
  • RaeWats
    RaeWats Posts: 57 Member
    Any repeat losers here? Meaning I got to my goal weight before (3 years ago), and now I’m trying to get back there again.
    Is it harder the second (or third) time around?

    I’ve added strength training to my workouts a whole lot sooner than I did the first time. Could this be a reason for the scale not moving very much?

    I didn’t take measurements before I started, but I’m feeling like I’m loosing inches (ok maybe centimetres) in my trouble areas, but scale has only went down 3 pounds in the month.
  • Beka3695
    Beka3695 Posts: 4,126 Member
    edited June 2020
    I’m a repeater. I was almost at goal 3 years ago. Last time before that was 2004...
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    White dress was 242ish in 2016
    RBF (lol) was July 2017
    Recreation of RBF was May, 2020.

    I regained all but 6 pounds of what I lost in 16/17.

    I’m not sure it is harder, but you definitely know what you are in for, the battle I mean.
    I do think the weight came off a little bit quicker last time. Quick math - I’m about 3 weeks behind my timeline from last go round.
  • Beka3695
    Beka3695 Posts: 4,126 Member
    Ok... the above post won’t let me edit... glad that is not a nude!

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    This is what I was trying to post
  • Leezy55
    Leezy55 Posts: 339 Member
    Leezy55 wrote: »
    Leezy55 wrote: »
    Leezy55 wrote: »
    Please add me! Have to lose 40-50.
    Before MFP all time high 192, last summer made it down to 159, back up to 175 this year.

    SW 168
    GW 125 ?
    MG 9/22 end of summer 148

    6/1/2020 168

    6/8 165.8

    6/15/ 166.0

    6/22 164.3
  • woofus
    woofus Posts: 17 Member
    Thanks for the add! My goal is to lose 65 pounds. Shooting for at least 1/2 by the end of the year. My knees hurt now all the time and I’m just tired of carrying all this extra baggage around, not wearing shirts, and knowing what I SHOULD look like.
  • jenifergotti
    jenifergotti Posts: 325 Member
    thelastnightingale wrote: »
    Yeah, this isn't my first rodeo either.

    I would say it's harder in the sense that I'm older, therefore my body doesn't react in quite the same way. But in some respects, it's easier because I know what went wrong, and I know what does and doesn't work for me.

    I think a lot of us who lost a lot of weight and now trying to re-lose it, are people who understood the mechanics of losing weight, but didn't address the emotional issues around food at the time.

    This is me..... it seems so much harder now that I am older. I don't have the drive I did to lose that I had when my kiddos were little. I know what I need to do, doing it is the hard part.
  • thelastnightingale
    thelastnightingale Posts: 725 Member
    jenifergotti wrote: »
    This is me..... it seems so much harder now that I am older. I don't have the drive I did to lose that I had when my kiddos were little. I know what I need to do, doing it is the hard part.

    I can't tell you how resentful I am that my BMR is lower now I'm older - I mean, it was always on the low side due to being female and short, but now it feels like age is stealing all my calories. Mainly because it is! ;)

    I've started to acknowledge why I've ended up here again. No blame, no excuses, just facts. I mean, sometimes it might sound like excuses, but the key thing is to understand, no matter how dumb the reasons might or might not seem.

    This time, I'm losing weight because I finally acknowledge it will make a difference to my health, and I've finally made that a priority. Some of the other, trivial reasons are still there - who doesn't want to look good? - but I've found a better reason to keep going, and something I can better hold onto in all the dark moments that lie ahead. There are always dark moments - weight is such an emotive thing.

    I wish I could lose weight faster, I wish I could find it easier - I don't. All I can do is keep going, and as much support as I might find in other people, and as much as I might want to do this for other people - everything I do has got to be for me. I want to do this for me, and I'm going to persevere for me.

    The scales have been really cruel this week. I've eaten my tiny allowance, or just under, and the fluctuations all seem to net out to no movement. But I know I'm doing everything right - I've had a bad week before - and I just need to keep on doing all the right things. It'll all catch up with me eventually, and the scales will keep moving again.
  • LeeAnneIAm
    LeeAnneIAm Posts: 22 Member
    @bl3ss3dmfp Welcome! Newcomers are always welcome because it's never too late to make a change. Five kids are a handful for sure! Congrats on getting under 200!! And I'm doing pretty good today :)
  • thelastnightingale
    thelastnightingale Posts: 725 Member
    Not quite the result I wanted, but a couple of last minute fluctuations towards the end of my weigh-in week have pushed me into a 1.1lb weight loss. I'll take it - I thought I was going to end in a net zero, so that's a victory. :)

    That means I'm now 41lb exactly away from my goal of healthy weight and 11.8lb away from my interim goal of "just overweight."

    @bl3ss3dmfp Congratulations on getting below 200lb! It's a great feeling, isn't it? :) Well done on your progress so far, keep it up!
  • GetHealth247
    GetHealth247 Posts: 14 Member
    I'm in need to drop 50 myself need all the help I can get.
  • Beka3695
    Beka3695 Posts: 4,126 Member
    GetHealth247 wrote: »
    I'm in need to drop 50 myself need all the help I can get.

    Welcome!!!
  • signing_megs
    signing_megs Posts: 35 Member
    Whoops I forgot to check in here for a few weeks. I’ve been pretty good on tracking,even on days I go a little or waaaaay over. I’m nervous because I am able to workout a lot right now, and am loosing a little. Come fall when I start back to teaching, I won’t be able to workout as much. I’m trying to focus on the now and worry about August when it gets here.

    SW: 204.6 in May
    CW: 199.2
    Short term goal: 185 by the end of summer
    GW: 150
    CWL: -5.4
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,460 Member
    Beka3695 wrote: »
    Ok... the above post won’t let me edit... glad that is not a nude!

    I was glad too! I had a new friend on here three years or so ago who posted a nearly nude on her feed. I open mfp at work! Yikes! Did not expect that. I think she deleted it after a few hours but vry disturbing...

    You may have put some back on...but look at the difference between now an '04!
  • ChrysalisCove
    ChrysalisCove Posts: 975 Member
    Week 1: -4.2
    Week 2: -1.8
    Week 3: -1.8

    Trucking right along. Stalled for half of one week & all of a second week until the very last day - then, whoosh! All caught up. So glad to have experience, the MFP community, & apps like HappyScale to keep reminding me that losses aren’t linear!
  • Beka3695
    Beka3695 Posts: 4,126 Member
    @chrysaliscove - congrats on the WHOOSH!!! I love those!! I have been considering using happy scale to log daily. I have been using it for weekly for a long time. IDK if it would add to anxiety tho…

    @carriestrine - YAY UNDERE 215!!!!!!!! WOO HOOO!!! I found an accountability partner at work who encourages me to walk a lap of the building each our. We have been doing this for 2 weeks. My steps have increased by about 4k per day. The most awesome side effect is that it clears our head and we are more productive! Take 3 minutes for your mental health!!

    Tomorrow is my official weigh in. I am 201.6 this am. I would REALLY like to be in the 100s!!! SO CLOSE!
    I am growing out my silver hair. I stopped coloring it 16 months ago. I have said for a couple months that when I hit 199 I will have the big chop and cut off all the brown. Well, that appointment is tonight!!!!! I will be traveling some next week and decided to go ahead on faith and determination that it will be gone in a day or so. I have never had short hair - always ponytail length or close. I am excited for something new! AND - if I don't like it, it can grow out... RIGHT??
  • ChrysalisCove
    ChrysalisCove Posts: 975 Member
    Beka3695 wrote: »
    @chrysaliscove - congrats on the WHOOSH!!! I love those!! I have been considering using happy scale to log daily. I have been using it for weekly for a long time. IDK if it would add to anxiety tho…

    My personal experience is that it does the opposite - it lets me take stalls / plateaus in stride, because I can see that I’m still on a downward trend overall.
  • mc62412
    mc62412 Posts: 195 Member
    Tomorrow is weigh in day. I’m annoyed with this week. It’s been the same up and down point this and that.
    Has anyone else has rough weeks like that where the scale just bounces back and fourth between the same 2 - 3 different weights.
    How did you break it. I mean I’ve cut out all junk. No fast food making meals at home. ALWAYS under or at my calories.
    What gives.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,460 Member
    mc62412 wrote: »
    Tomorrow is weigh in day. I’m annoyed with this week. It’s been the same up and down point this and that.
    Has anyone else has rough weeks like that where the scale just bounces back and fourth between the same 2 - 3 different weights.
    How did you break it. I mean I’ve cut out all junk. No fast food making meals at home. ALWAYS under or at my calories.
    What gives.

    Well this week the scale claimed I gained five pounds and has reluctantly removed one every day since. Stupid lying cow...

    I don't have a solution, other than give it time. Drink a lot of water. Watch the sodium.(I watch the sodium and then...LEAP! DEVOUR!!! Don't do that...)
  • mc62412
    mc62412 Posts: 195 Member
    melaniedscott wrote: »
    mc62412 wrote: »
    Tomorrow is weigh in day. I’m annoyed with this week. It’s been the same up and down point this and that.
    Has anyone else has rough weeks like that where the scale just bounces back and fourth between the same 2 - 3 different weights.
    How did you break it. I mean I’ve cut out all junk. No fast food making meals at home. ALWAYS under or at my calories.
    What gives.

    Well this week the scale claimed I gained five pounds and has reluctantly removed one every day since. Stupid lying cow...

    I don't have a solution, other than give it time. Drink a lot of water. Watch the sodium.(I watch the sodium and then...LEAP! DEVOUR!!! Don't do that...)

    These scales ! One day I weighed myself twice Cause it didn’t weigh....and then I proceeded to weigh another SEVEN times ! And I got a different number every time ! Stupid.

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