MDC Weight-loss Club: Monday weigh-in (March 1st) - Page 2

[Valerie.Qc]

Hey! Good work fellows!


Hum Mamasoleil... how weighting 187 last week and weighting 183 this week equals loosing 1 pound :

[Melissa S]

Welcome, all who are new to this thread!

Melissa

[comet]

Last week: 197.5
This week: 194.5
First goal: 185
Longrange goal: 155

Not sure how I lost anything. Glad to see it, anyway.

[its_our_family]

Ok, i was on these threads whenthey originally started but i got pg soon after that

Anyway, it'll take me awhile to get familiar with everyone and their stories and such. But I'm ready to jump right in. (If you want a detailed description of my struggles it is in the thread titled "My own eating disorder".)

Here we go.....I am almost 5 weeks post partum ( MamaOui)

Starting weight 212 (hehe I was at the end of my pg but I count it as my start)

My Height: 5' 0"
Starting weight (1/29/04): 212
Weight when I decided it was time (2/23): 186
Current weight: (3/1/04):183
Last weeks loss: 3 pounds (water weight I'm sure)
Total loss post baby: 29 (13 pounds to go of baby weight!!)

Mini goal: 165
Long Range goal: 130 (or whenever I feel best )
Clothing Goal: around an 8 (I'm currently a 16)

My goals for this week: More water, Less pop, More exercise, Better Dinners, Less Takeout, No caffeine, Limit refined sugar & dairy (we are fighting thrush)

Oh, and I odn't think I will weigh myself every week. I'm thinking of only weighing myself once a month. Then hopefully I won't notice little weight fluxes.

[Peppamint]

Originally posted by its_our_family
Oh, and I odn't think I will weigh myself every week. I'm thinking of only weighing myself once a month. Then hopefully I won't notice little weight fluxes.

Hey Megan!

I'm thinking of only weighing once/month myself. The couple of times I've weighed in one week (ex. on Monday and again on Friday) sometimes it looks like I'm the same or gained, but when I weigh again on the one week mark I've lost weight. Weird, huh?

[Quirky]

Originally posted by Mama Bee
I feel like it's going so slowly.... I love that I'm losing weight but I hate that it takes so long. I mean, it took about a nanosecond to gain it all.... Anyway, I also hate that I feel so bad when I lost two pounds last week and there is an obvious, over time, downward trend.

A pound or two a week is GREAT progress. There have been weeks where I've been stuck at a particular weight, but eventually the scale starts moving downward again. Just think, if you lost 2 pounds a week you'd lose 104 pounds in a year and that would probably be too much!

I started an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of my weight. I have the date in the first column, my weight in the second, my body mass index in the third (set it up as a calculation), my weekly change in the fourth, and my overall weight loss in the fifth. It's amazing how the little numbers in the fourth column add up to the big numbers in the fifth column. I can graph my weightloss over time and see that downward trend really clearly.

There's also research that shows that slow and steady weight loss is more likely to be permanent than fast weight loss!

All that said, this is one of those plateau weeks....I'm stuck at 152. I'd really like to make my mini-goal of 150 by March 15 when we head out to the West Coast and warm weather for a week, but if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen.

[MamaSoleil]

Val~OMG, I'm such a spaz!!! I weighed in at 184lbs last week!!!!
But my clothes are all so lose, I'm still motivated!!!!

[Valerie.Qc]

DS began doing gym twice a week for 3 hours each time... have to eat high carb high protein diet... hmmm that doesn't help my weight-loss plan :LOL I'm stuggling with his menu right now... (the schedule overlap regular meal time - have to be creative) Once I have this set up, I will think about lowering the carb content for my serving ild

I will take advantage of this time (the 3 hours) to do some errands but I'll also take at least one hour to walk around the block (well, if the weither is OK... or I'll end up walking at the mall... ) I know one of the mom is running... I'm not that fit yet and have an history of sprain ankle that doesn't encourage me to start running :

I hope this added activity will help me achieve my goal of sliming my tights

Have a nice week-end and see you monday for another weigh-in

[abbylotus]

I'm a newbie...

Hola. I was looking for some sort of weight loss thread/support system....TA DA!!

I have been either pregnant or nursing or both since 2001.....90 pounds and two bebes later HERE I am!!!!! My youngest is just about 5mos and I have been trying to lose for about three months with out much success. I was recently diagnosed with hypo-thyroidism and that had been throwing a wrench in the weight loss works...I am now medicated and feeling better than ever and have started losing a little.

Anyway, here are my stats:

5'3"
The day I delivered: 244 (YIKES!)
pp: 225
current: 215
mini goal: 190
ultimate goal: 135

Gotta scoot.......baby crying.........

[NotQuiteJuneCleaver]

Jumping in here!

Good morning all! I have peeked in on this thread before but I think I am ready to fess up! Here you go!

Age:44
Married 26 years
Mom to 6 ages 25-8, yetta to 1
My Height: 5' 0"
Weight the day I married 98#
Weight when I started my new lifestyle 189 (January 16, 2004)
Weight today: 169 AND I have lost 17.25"
Mini goal: 139
Long Range goal: 125 (or whenever I feel best )
Clothing Goal: around an 8 (I'm currently a 14) and I don't have the body of an 18 year old (DUH) so I don't think I will ever see a size 5 again.

How do I plan on doing it? Somethings are really helping. Here is my list of NO's:

No refined sugars
NO take out! Period!
NO bread except one day a week and then only one piece.
NO sweets. Period. Only fruit.
NO making excuses not to go to the gym. I feel so much better mentally and physically now than I did 7 weeks ago.
NOthing Fried. Period.
NO going overboard on the dairy. My daily yogurt is it.
NO meat at every supper. Salad, green beans and tea are plenty!
NO, I will not reward myself with a bag of M&M's because if I do I will want a 5# bag. I am off sweets, I am off sweets, I am off sweets.
NO, I will not complain because my grocery bill has grown. Eating well costs more.
NO, I will not live to eat, I will not crave, I will not cheat, I will not sabotage myself.
NO, I don't think double chins are attractive. Not even on me!!! :LOL
And NO, I will NOT gain back my weight. NO matter what happens in my life, I will never use food as a comfort again.

Now for my YES'

YES, I will have a salad today
YES, I will drink my water today
YES, I will keep a positive attitude even when I get on the scales and nothing has changed. (I know this will get harder)
YES, I want to wear pretty clothes again. Or look good in my everyday clothes.
YES, my poor feet feel better!!
YES, my father had a heart attack at 42 and I want to live to be 100! And be healthy until then.
YES, my mother and one brother are diabetic - do I need any more incentive???
YES, I live in the South where people eat like there is no tomorrow. And sometimes there isn't. Where people have been known to deep fry Twinkies and put powdered sugar on them.
YES, I am going to keep drinking my coffee. I know, I know the caffeine. But that is a battle for another day. I used to drink 1-2 pots of coffee, 6-7 Cokes (not diet) a day...add a barbeque sandwich for lunch (white bun of course), fried something for supper...OH don't forget the King sized bag of M & M's AND half a bag of the crunchy Cheetoes.
YES, I fed my kids right. They aren't allowed and never have been. So I knew it was wrong but...In fact I fed my family rather "crunchy" - not wanting them to grow up with the habits I had.
YES, I will meditate everyday. I will tune into what I am feeling physically and emotionally.
YES, I will exercise my body as well as my brain.
YES, I will be happy when I finally have control of this area of my life.
YES, I am taking responsibility for this battle. I could blame it on any number of things but the facts are 1) I am an adult and know better than to abuse my body 2) I want to live to be a old healthy woman like my granny was 3) I hate people who blame their state of being on something. Everything in life is a challenge. How else do we grow as human beings?
YES, I will eat to live.

[Peppamint]

Susan

And abbylotus!