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Name: Alissa Age: 63 Height: 5'2" Start Weight (April 1): 157.4 Goal Weight (May 1):150 Weigh-ins (week of...): April 1:157.4 April 8: 154.4 April 15: April 22: April 29: Weight -/+ this week: -3 Weight -/+ this month: Successes/struggles this week: Not eating after dinner is a continual struggle. But I succeeded with it…

Sticking to no large portions and seeing results...so far. Personally, sugar isn't my thing but I have a good friend (British) who has been consistently losing her battle with a serious sugar addiction even though her doctor told her she's "pre-diabetic" and needs to cut way down. So I know it's a tough addiction to beat.…

Wow! That's a lot going on! Are you (they?) nervous/worried about the pregnancy/baby or does it seem like it's under control and everything will be fine? I actually gained almost 3 pounds by pretending that I can eat whatever I like and still be at 154. I went up to 157.6 but couldn't bring myself to list that in here. I'm…

SW:(Starting weight) 157.2 CW:(Current weight) 157.2 GW:(Goal weight for this month)152.0 Weigh in dates: Start of the month(04/01 Friday): 04/02 Sat: 04/09 Sat: 04/16 Sat: 04/23 Sat: End of the month(04/30 Saturday): Total weight lost:

Starting late but starting. Large portions are what I'm trying to give up.

Hi Deb, I'm 5'2" and my highest weight was around 180. Today I weigh 154 and am trying to get down to 135...and stay there. I remember being 10 or 15 pounds overweight when I was about 14 and my mother telling me that watching my calorie intake would be a lifelong project for me, I freaked. Here I am, almost 50 years later…

Hey everybody, I haven't been posting. You can usually figure that's a sign that I'm eating all sorts of stuff I shouldn't and in way too big portions. I have this thing sometimes where I get to a weight that makes me happy (yet still far from my goal) and stop eating well. That's where I've been. 154 was quite nice. But…

Hi there. I've been in India for 6 weeks so I haven't posted but I'm back and hoping to revive this group. I'm a yoga instructor, btw, and though it's great for flexibility, stability, awareness and feeling good, yoga's not actually the kind of activity that helps most people lose weight. Before my India trip I'd been…

Off to India!!

I try to keep my wine intake to 2 glasses over the weekend (sometimes 3) and only in the middle of the week if we're out somewhere special for dinner. Popcorn is my "go to" munchie food. Sometimes nothing will do but crunchy and salty. Two meals out yesterday. OMG! Two desserts to die for. I ate 1/4 of one and almost 1/2…

Had a binge night last night. Haven't had one of those in a very long time. Gained 2 lbs. from it. Yep. 2 lbs. in one binge night. And it wasn't even as bad a binge as it might have been. Sigh. Did well today, though, even though it was a struggle. How are you guys doing?

Two days of being really strict and sticking to the program and I'm down to 155.2. That's with an hour on the elliptical machine at a pretty high level (250 calories as opposed to my usual 200) and at least half an hour of energetic yoga every day. Think I can lose 3.2 pounds in two weeks? Then I'll be down (before I leave…

You're so right! And just the message I needed. Thanks. Yesterday and today were much better.

Bad eating day yesterday. I've been building up to it with mildly bad eating days off and on for weeks. Went out to dinner last night and got an Asian rice dish with way too much rice. I started feeling a little queasy in the middle and just kept on eating. Shared a piece of apple pie with my husband after having a few…

Hey, Maria, glad you're back. Sry to hear that you haven't been well, though. When I give in to eating fried foods (and let's face it - EVERYTHING tastes better fried, right?), I generally get a queasy stomach. It's enough to get me back on track even though that fried food tastes so good. Haven't had fried chicken in…

My weekend (which started out with lemon pound cake and popcorn) went downhill from there. I did get in an hour on the elliptical machine last night to try to recoup. Today I hope to be back on track. The past couple of weeks have been a struggle, as I mentioned. I renew my commitment and promptly cast it aside. Sigh. No…

Had a piece of lemon pound cake and some popcorn for lunch. Ay yai yai.

Wow! I hear way too many stories of doctor error. I once read an article about some ridiculously huge number of medical personnel error related deaths in the United States. Very scary. Glad that, even though you've had a rough time, you're alive to tell the tale! I'm 63 and no longer have a clue what it even means to feel…

Happy birthday, Joanne! Sounds like you're going to be doing some fun celebrating! What kind of health problems do you have? You may have mentioned it, but I've forgotten. Going to a wedding tonight of one of my best friends' son. I only have 685 calories left and what's the chance that I'm not going to go over? I'll try…

Oops, didn't answer my own question... So, I'd say that the biggest surprise is how little I crave unhealthy food. How bout you?

I can't even imagine living in such cold weather again. I remember mornings so cold in Wisconsin that we'd hear on the radio that any exposed skin would get frostbite and to COVER UP! ARGH! Not for me. We went to Patagonia and I loved standing and gazing at those huge icebergs. I've been to the very tip of Peru at an…

Have a great time! Btw, what's disc golf?

After over 3 months of super diligence, I went from struggling to...crashing. Thursday wasn't so great. Friday was much worse. Woke up this morning having gained one pound of the 11 pounds I'd lost and re-committed to diligence. :| One of my best friends lives in Toronto, too. We're not great at communicating other than…

Hi Joanne and welcome aboard! Good for you for coming back to the basics - healthy eating and exercise - and just in general for making a commitment to get healthier. Sounds like you've had great success so far. Wow! Over 100 pounds gone! Amazing. Truly! Congrats on the upcoming wedding. You didn't mention how tall you are…

Glad to see you, Maria! Sounds like you had a great holiday season! Where did you travel to? I've been struggling for the last week. Somehow seeing 156.2 on the scale made it harder to stick to my healthy eating plan. I've been sticking to it by the skin of my teeth and, as a result probably, not losing anything more.…

I'm guessing you're a definite Medium in yoga pants. Hard to figure in the height thing (I WISH!) since I'm a short person but I've worn a Medium for ages and ages and often buy Small these days. The saleswomen always make fun of how I start off trying on large sizes and work my way down. Going to send you some links now.…

I always start with Sun Salutation (and add in an extended child's pose after the cobra and before the downward dog because I view it as a warm up flow). You can find tons of great clips of Sun Salutation on youtube. One of my personal favorite teachers is Yoga with Adrienne. I often go from that to a Warrior vinyasa flow.…

Back in my size 10 jeans...barely...yay! B)

I think the thing about going off track isn't the going off track itself. Why not? Every now and then for special occasions. The thing is that it can be so hard to get back ON track. If you do that, what the heck! After all that baking and cooking for everyone else - I can't even imagine not tasting from all the goodies!!…

Merry Christmas Everybody! :)