Anyone else obsessed with losing a few extra LBS before Xmas

keiraev
keiraev Posts: 695 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
My original goal was 126lb and I have now managed to lose 20lbs and get to 124, I am kind of happy and still can't quite get my head around how much I have managed to lose, as I still don't feel that different (apart from my clothes - of course!).

For some reason I now have this magic number of 120 in my head and I keep thinking that I "need" to have spare lbs to play with over Xmas as I always seem to gain 5lbs at Xmas without fail.

My rate of loss has slowed down massively now and it will prob take me another 5/6 weeks to lose the last 4lbs- I am actually getting sick of eating so few calories now and just want to go to maintenance but I at the same time I am just dying to lose the last few lbs before the party season starts!

Does anyone else feel like this?

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    going to maintenance might actually help. when i was upping my cals, i lost a bit more...
  • CARNAT22
    CARNAT22 Posts: 764 Member
    My GW has changed from 117, to 115 to 112 to 110. Each time I reached a goal I gave myself a new one.

    I am shorter than you are (5ft 1) but I know that it is time for me to maintain.

    My maintenance cals are only 200 more than what I have now anyway!

    I also plan to weigh fortnightly to keep myself in check.

    It is inevitable that I will be off plan for a few days over Xmas so if need be I'll get back to it (setting my goals back to losing 0.5lbs per week as opposed to maintaining)

    it's scary though - since Feb I have been 'losing' so I am kind of in that mindset.
  • fitaliciag
    fitaliciag Posts: 373 Member
    how many cals are you eating? upping mine sure helped when i stopped losing. try increasing cals by 200-300 a day for a week and see what happens. i was eating 1200 a day and stopped losing....then increased to 1400 and started losing again!
  • SlimSadieG
    SlimSadieG Posts: 323 Member
    Christmas is my ultimate goal!

    I've decided that I NEED to be in the dress that I wore for my 21st (3 years ago) for my Christmas party this year.

    I've only worn it once and couldn't even get it up past my bum at the start of my weightloss.

    I WILL be in it for my party on December 15th!!
  • countrygirl_717
    countrygirl_717 Posts: 204 Member
    going to maintenance might actually help. when i was upping my cals, i lost a bit more...

    I agree.
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
    I upped my cals to 1400 (0.5 a week) a couple of weeks ago and I lost nothing because I kept thinking I could eat more and kept going over lol

    I think this is going to be my last week of eating under 1300 a day- I can't take it any more!:explode: :bigsmile:
  • skarr28
    skarr28 Posts: 98 Member
    Christmas is the goal date for me, mainly because it hit me that last Christmas, I was about 200 lbs (my last weigh in in Sept was 215)! I want an obvious difference this year, and a better lighter healthier start to the new year! :happy:
  • vanessaclarkgbr
    vanessaclarkgbr Posts: 731 Member
    I had size 12 in goal for Christmas, but unless I can get the time out of work to go all out on the exercise I'm going to miss - so just going to try my best and go to maintenance cals for the Christmas week I think :-)
  • SouLThinking
    SouLThinking Posts: 308 Member
    obsessed?? did I hear someone call my name?? LOL I am 10.4 lbs to goal! I need to reach this by 11/11/11 for my son's wedding. So yea you can say I'm a little obsessed but in a good way I think.

    I agree with the previous poster that you may need to speed up your metabolism a little by eating more. Especially if your active and have more muscle now. How about adding more calories in the form of pure protein for a few days to a week to see what happens.

    good luck and congrats on doing so well!

    Nichole
  • meeperoon
    meeperoon Posts: 270 Member
    Not obsessed.... But i WILL be 170 by xmas hehehe :laugh: :devil:
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
    Christmas is the goal date for me, mainly because it hit me that last Christmas, I was about 200 lbs (my last weigh in in Sept was 215)! I want an obvious difference this year, and a better lighter healthier start to the new year! :happy:

    I completely agree!

    Each New Year's eve for the past few years I've ended up wearing a black dress with leggings and Spanx because I end up troughing so much over Xmas! I then carry on like it's Xmas every day throughout January- and then by the end of Jan (which just happens to be my birthday) I have usually gained even more weight and am utterly miserable!

    This year I am determined to eat what I like for a couple of days MAXIUMUM and then get back on the healthy eating straight away.
  • shakybabe
    shakybabe Posts: 1,573 Member
    I'd' like to be 11st (154lbs) for xmas.. currently 11st 7.. so 7lbs to drop.. I put extra pound back on by introducing potato again when everyone was saying I need to eat more.. so wasted few days getting that back off when I could have been further down.

    I daren't eat any more so trying to think of other ways to lose like sweating and upping exercise.. trying different diet pills or something.
  • carebear7951
    carebear7951 Posts: 404 Member
    I think it's such a good goal because so many people are saying "after Christmas...." In other words they will eat whatever from October til December and then do the "New Year's Resolution" thing and we all know how effective New Year's Resolutions are :laugh: I think I've had one every year for a long time....that I forgot by like, ummm, January 3rd.
    You can do it, can you up your cardio a little? (Not knowing what you are doing already....) Or what about trading a carb-y food for a protein-y one!? :)
  • countrygirl_717
    countrygirl_717 Posts: 204 Member
    I had size 12 in goal for Christmas, but unless I can get the time out of work to go all out on the exercise I'm going to miss - so just going to try my best and go to maintenance cals for the Christmas week I think :-)

    It's really mostly in your nutrition. Eat clean - very clean and do your normal workouts. No reason to go all out. Nutrition is the key!
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    obsessed? nah. but I won't lie, I'd be happy to hit my goal of 300 or less before X-Mas.
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