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I weigh daily, cos I'm a data freak and I like to have graphs and charts and all :) but I only compare it to the previous week. So if I weigh on Tuesday and I'm up from the day before, I don't pay any attention to that cos it's probably just a fluctuation. I look at what I weighed the last Tuesday and compare it to that. I…

Oh yeah, forgot my alltime favourite go-to snack of a banana with some peanut butter...it's about 230 calories I think (for 20g of unsweetened peanut butter and a whole banana) and a mix of fat, protein and carbs, and it tastes so good...and I find it to be really filling as well...

Yay for everyone who's making progress, great work guys! I'm so excited for you somigliana, out of the 70s!!! Keep up the good work, I hope to join you soon :) SW (29 Apr): 70.7kgs Last week: 70.45kgs This week: 71.05kgs Have been sitting between 70.45 and 71.7 for about 4 weeks now, it's so frustrating...I was SO CLOSE to…

Off topic a little bit but I miss girl scout cookies SO MUCH! Used to live in the States but moved to NZ when I was 14...oh the thin mints! And the peanut butter ones! Drool... We have Girl Guide biscuits here but you can get 2 kinds: - Plain (just a plain cookie, like a wine biscuit (don't know if you get them over…

Hey all At a glance seems like everyone's been pretty successful, either dropping or staying the same! Me this week - 1.4 inches lost total. So slow but steady loss, I've lost a total of just over 4 inches since we started tracking, I'm pretty stoked with that! chest (under bust): 31.7" waist: 31.1" hips: 34.4" butt: 38.2"…

Hey Ha I don't think you need to feel bad about one day at 1000 calories. Weeks in a row, maybe, but if you're anything like me there's not a chance that would happen! Lol I don't think I've ever been under 1200 calories, I just like food WAY too much. I know what you mean about thinking about food. If I'm having a busy…

Congratulations! In my opinion, the way to weight loss success (as defined by losing and keeping it gone) is to allow yourself to indulge in what you want in small amounts so you never feel badly restricted! Nice work!

Hi all Here's my update this week...looking a bit better than last week! SW for the kiwi weighins (29 Apr) 70.7kgs CW 70.45kgs A loss from last week of .6kgs so I have hopefully recovered from my random upwards fluctuations :) This is the lowest I've been in about 4 years (but it's not the first time I've been at this…

I am currently allotted 1760 calories a day without exercise (am set on 1/2 pound a week loss) and I will eat those over about 16 hours of being awake. Since without exercise, I do pretty similar stuff all day, I figure I should eat them more or less evenly throughout the day. Which means about 110 calories an hour...so…

Hi guys, Checking in again with a more successful week this time around - total of 1.4" lost this week so: chest: 31.5" waist: 31.3" hips: 34.4" butt: 38.2" thighs: L:24" R:23.4" calves: L:15.7" R:15.6" arms: L: 11.2" R:11.6 Good luck everyone!

So pretty much a fail week for me. I didn't go for any runs this week, but to be fair I have 2 excuses - first of all I went backpacking in the weekend so was lugging a pack round for 3 days for about 4 hours a day, so it's not that I'm not getting exercise :) Second, some silly girl fell asleep while driving down my…

Yeah I think it sounds messed up ay. I like the dumbells idea. Can you put something of a confirmed weight on it (like a dumbell) then add something else of a confirmed weight and see if the change is accurate? Otherwise I guess drinking water really is the key to losing weight! Lol. Are you still seeing the bigger…

SW 80.3kgs CW - 71.05kgs A gain from last week of .35kgs. Really frustrating as I've had a great week - logged everything, did lots of exercise, drank lots of water...I went tramping in the weekend and thought surely, 11 or so hours of exercise over 3 days has got to mean weight loss! But from Friday morning to Monday…

Hi all Bit of a disappointment posting today as I'm up 1.2 pounds from last Monday. The tragedy is that I've been so good this week! Under on my total calories every day, but I've made sure to eat my BMR at a minimum. Tuesday I ran to work and back then had a dance class and went climbing, and over the weekend I went…

Hey all No loss for me this week but stayed the same at least :s How's everyone else going?

Hey all Here's my Friday update! 1. Lose 8 pounds taking me from 157.3 to 149.3 - lost and then gained this week so I'm still sitting on 155.5 at the moment, still 6 pounds to go! 2. Have gone for 3 runs this week including 1 long run :) 3. Ran from my house to the bottom of the hill of my 15k goal run (so 10k done) - it…

Wow, as a non-American, living in a country where tipping is really unusual and our waiters, barstaff, etc etc are all paid a living wage from the company they work for, I have to wonder whether tipping is a flawed system. Here, I go out for a meal and pay $x for a meal, and that's it. I don't have to pay more than the…

Haha snap! betzyrama, I'm an American too (well, half - Mum's a kiwi and dad's an american) and have been in NZ for 11 years :)

Hey I'm happy with whatever day, Wednesday sounds good being mid-week (and not immediately after the weekend!). I may as well post my yesterday weight since I weighed myself... It was 70.7 kgs (yay, does this mean I don't have to convert my weight to pounds for this group?)... I'm still aiming for 4.7kgs lost by 10th June…

I'm keen - will be nice to be posting my Monday weigh-in the same time as other people instead of way before :)

Hey all Weigh-in time, or actually I guess past weigh in time now - how'd everyone go? I'm now sitting on 155 exactly, which is a loss from last Monday of 2.3 pounds. That takes me to actually within 10 pounds of my lowest goal (I have 2 - 149.5 but probably going all the way to 145). Yay!

My Sunday update: Lost 1.5" this week! A little from each of: waist, hips, butt, one thigh, both calves and both arms! Though the arms might be just sorting out a consistent place to measure them cos I haven't measured them before. Good luck everyone for your Sunday!

Hey everyone, it's Friday here already so here's my update on progress: 1. Lose 8 pounds - this morning I weighed in at a loss of 1.75 pounds! 2. Have run 3x this week including one 8k run so, check! 3. Haven't tried the 15k run yet but I think I will aim for a first try either the 9th May or the 15th May. How did everyone…

Hey You sound similar to me, I dropped 7kgs in 3 months and then spent a month sitting on the same weight...What worked for me is instead of only eating 1200, I ate my BMR (1500) plus some of my exercise calories.. I think if your BMR is much more than 1200 then your body gets freaked and goes into starvation mode...and…

Hi Can I jump on board? Here's my goals: 1. Lose 8 pounds taking me from 157.3 on Monday to out of the 150s at 149.3! 2. Run 3 x a week including at least one long run. 3. Successfully run from my house to my parents house (15k and the last 4k are uphill)...some walking on the hill would be okay so long as I run the 11…

Interesting topic :) I'm 5'7" and was 182.5 at my heaviest, am now 157, and am currently aiming for 145. I think it depends hugely on frame size, amount of muscle, and how you carry it as well. Just did the 'happy weight' assessment and it tells me for my frame size (small, apparently, based on wrist circumference!) I…

Hi all Gaby, I just discovered this yesterday, you might already know it but if you want to jump straight to the most recent post in a long thread, instead of clicking on the thread name in the 'My Topics' area, on the far right is a 'view' link that goes straight to the last post...then you only have to scroll up any…

Congrats, dino_morgan! Gaby, I've heard that measurements often take a while to show up ( I guess because of minor fluctuations plus the difficulty of measuring in the exact same place with the exact same method) so I'm sure you'll see some progress maybe next week! Oh and welcome to the group, kath!

Almost forgot weigh-in day! My Monday weight this week = 157.3 pounds which is a 2 pound loss! Yay. How's everyone else going?

Hey guys Sunday here already for me, let me know if you'd prefer I measured up on Monday mornings here so I'm not posting ahead of the pack? chest: 36.2" waist: 32.3" hips: 35" butt: 38.8" thighs: L:24.2" R:24" calves: L:15.9" R:15" arms: L: 11.4" R:11.4" So I guess those are my starting measurements...are we gonna post in…