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So 173.8 today (between 173.6 and 173.4 yesterday, the scales couldn't make up their mind), 174.6 last week and 175.5 the week before. This after three weeks of really unexpectedly large losses (4, 2.5, 2.5 pounds) with no major changes to my calorie intake, eating well, going cross-country skiing, and no large meals out.…
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My goals are to be healthy and to gradually become more athletic. So what does this mean? - Becoming more athletic, well, that's something you can do at any weight. Many activities become easier the lighter I am, so yeah, it goes along with weight/fat loss, but I wager this goal will continue to translate into a series of…
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OK, it wasn't my intention to be unhelpful, and clearly I must have appeared unsympathetic, for which I apologize. It's actually not that eating an entire pack of cookies or tablet of chocolate or bag of gummi worms (!!) or a huge portion of just about anything I like isn't or wasn't a problem for me. I used to eat mostly…
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Not sure why it has to be a problem. We've first had two boxes of thin mints, then another one, and now I bought two more. If I want some, I take out and log 2. One day (when I'd been really active), I had 4. Never more. It's a lifestyle, and it includes the occasional (small!) cookie.
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Thank you, that's gracious. And I believe you're fundamentally right, mind you -- I myself don't understand the drive to do this in extremes, and it's surely counterproductive. I've been losing very steadily with a goal set to 1500.
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A woman who'd have posted the same would also have kinda overlooked the obvious -- it's about the behaviour, not the gender. But at least she wouldn't have been quite as condescending. Plus, there have been any number of men here who have overdone dieting and hit plateaus -- they tend to not quite suffer as much for it,…
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This is not necessarily true, as the numerous reasoned and measured objections attest. If you had read them, you'd know this.
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Well, you can be right (which for the record I think you are) and still come across as a condescending, preachy, self-important and self-appointed, er, not-very-nice person. I don't know you from Adam, and your writing is all I have to go by for forming an opinion. If I feel the desire to educate a group I don't belong to…
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I'm weighing myself & charting my progress daily, but only update MPF once a week (Friday).
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Let me chime in with another vote for long tops -- with large breasts and a naturally long upper body (for my short height) I've always had issues with tops that ride up. Short enough bottoms, too -- short-length workout pants in large sizes. Cut so that they don't slip down over thighs that are wide in the top. Strong,…
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OK, I'd think about it like this: What do you have to gain from giving up on your mini-goal? Nothing! So just plug away, troubleshoot your eating and exercise, DON'T FORCE IT, and on the goal day, just assess whether you've reached or missed it, by how much, why, and what your next mini-goal should be.
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This is a very healthy rate for you to lose weight -- don't get sucked into a desire to compete now that you know you can be successful! Good luck & good losing!
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Everyone's pictures look great -- I hope you're *all* proud of yourselves! I'll try to get mine done somehow soon and find the one I took on Jan 1...
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We used to drink Peet's, but now are ordering from Café Britt online. Lovely coffee. I drink mine no-sugar with a bit of low-fat milk and my partner drinks it black with multiple teaspoonfuls of sugar.
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Everyone seems to be so focussed, which is great! Now for me... LW: 175.5 CW: 174.6 Well, just about a pound or so this time -- I've been bouncing around that 175 lbs mark for more than a week now. Given how much I've looked forward to reaching that weight (the line between "obese" and "overweight"), I don't mind hanging…
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First of all, congratulations for being 2/3 ways to your goal. You should be proud of your achievement! Second, you're not the only one who writes about these kinds of feelings and fears. Here's a consideration: Once you've reached your goal, how much do you expect to eat to maintain? Can you anticipate moving into…
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I think you're exactly right with this. It's pushing and forging ahead once you're in the right groove. It might take a while to find it. Sometimes I feel very lucky on how's it been going for me (knock on wood), but that's after being obese for the largest part of my adult life. But there's a very clear lifestyle change.…
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As you lose weight, you will require less energy to go about your daily activities. A 300 pound person can lose weight fast at a calorie intake that would make a 125 pound person gain, if both have the same (low) activity level. So at one point, you'll want to slightly reduce your calorie goal to keep losing at the same…
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I started out weighing myself once a week "for real" and a few times in-between at the gym, but I didn't own a bathroom scale then. Since Dec 30 I've been weighing myself every day and recording the result in a spreadsheet, with a target curve. This works for me for the time being. I find watching the fluctuations quite…
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Better put them in a folder without spaces. Right now, the correct URLs are, for example: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v33/xzotic_fairy_27/Weightloss%20full%20body/frontprogress.jpg Chris
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Well, they DO come in different sizes. I cook small red potatoes a lot -- we eat them for dinner with either fish or a chicken sausage -- and our usual portion size is three "large" ones, or two mid-sized and 2 small ones, which comes out to 5 oz and about 105 cal. My partner puts a nice slab of butter on them, but I don't.
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Seriously, in order to visually learn food amounts and portion sizes, I can't see how you'd do it with any precision without kitchen scales. I see the cheapest run for under $10, and even if they aren't precise, they'd be a good step forward) You can learn to see correct quantities for the cutlery and food you usually have…
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Wow, that's great! Be proud of yourself!
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Congratulations, great work!
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Love this idea!
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Soups, especially blended vegetable soups Fish, fish cakes, fish pie (varieties that don't require much chewing) Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes (yams), squash, peas Oatmeal Casserole dishes (without very chewy ingredients) Some ideas...
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LW: 178 CW: 175.5 Everything's going swimmingly! Yesterday I was 1/2 lb lower, but that doesn't matter. Also, this is a very important achievement right here and now -- depending on whether I plug in my height the way I give it in feet & inches (5'4") or cm (163), I'm JUST at the cusp of being simply overweight: my BMI…
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LW: 180.5 CW: 178 One month in Alaska to the day, moved from London (UK). Big changes etc -- and I couldn't be happier about the weight loss having gone on just nicely. Today marks: - 10 pounds down from the day I arrived in Alaska - 20 pounds down from the start of the year (and the challenge) - a pound shy of 50 pounds…
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Plateaus are hard to troubleshoot. You may be eating too much or too little, or need to review balances of what you eat. You may be working out too hard or need to be more patient. A good older article from one of the long-standing MFP-ers, which I really like, is…
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Thanks to both you and Krystle for doing this!
