The Weekly Weigh-in Thread.

[ultimate_nerdslut]

Damn be the sodium... Tis a foe...

 

[Cherrysweetdeal]

Alright... so I haven't lost any weight really but I'm hitting a more consisent 159 on the scale whenever I weigh in. Which is better then nothing

 

[Etoile]

Ladies and gentlemen...I have learned something important. Bear with me, I know I'm having revelations and realizations all the time. But I have been eating more than usual - and I have lost weight. Seriously, I was eating 1300-1600 calories a day for a couple of weeks, instead of my usual 1200 a day...and I lost 1.4 pounds. I don't know, maybe it was a fluke, but I think 1200 was not enough and that's why I stayed the same weight for six months. And to think I was going to try cutting back to 800! So in addition to eating smart but not minding if I'm craving a piece of bread, I am going to try eating a little more than I am used to, and we'll see where it takes me.

But mostly I don't care a whole lot - I just got a cool new one-piece swimsuit and I'm starting water exercise classes on Tuesday. I have had bikinis for years because that's the only way anybody ever sees my big back tattoo, but I never wore them because I was embarrassed about having a tummy. Now I don't mind as much, I think the one-piece will look good, and anyway...I'm just me!

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

My brother joined the army last month and he called me today. I almost cried but since he and I so close I decided not to cause I didn't want him to start crying. But he told me that he has lost 19 lbs... in like three weeks. I laughed and since I have been so afraid to weigh myself cause I have been unable to get out and walk for the last four days... I told him about my 2.5 in one week. He was so proud of me I really did start crying. I am about to start crying again. I am going to go and weigh myself...

My little brother inspires me so much...

 

[Moonlit]

Ladies and gentlemen...I have learned something important. Bear with me, I know I'm having revelations and realizations all the time. But I have been eating more than usual - and I have lost weight. Seriously, I was eating 1300-1600 calories a day for a couple of weeks, instead of my usual 1200 a day...and I lost 1.4 pounds. I don't know, maybe it was a fluke, but I think 1200 was not enough and that's why I stayed the same weight for six months. And to think I was going to try cutting back to 800! So in addition to eating smart but not minding if I'm craving a piece of bread, I am going to try eating a little more than I am used to, and we'll see where it takes me.

But mostly I don't care a whole lot - I just got a cool new one-piece swimsuit and I'm starting water exercise classes on Tuesday. I have had bikinis for years because that's the only way anybody ever sees my big back tattoo, but I never wore them because I was embarrassed about having a tummy. Now I don't mind as much, I think the one-piece will look good, and anyway...I'm just me!

Hello... I have been a member here for some time but have not posted much... I hope you do not mind me chiming in here... if you do, my apologies but I wanted to say a couple of things.

First, it may well not have been a fluke Etoile... Sometimes when we restrict the number of calories going into our bodies, we put our bodies into starvation mode. Basically the body thinks, 'Oh no, I'm not getting enough fuel so I am going to hold on to every bit that I get' and we end up not losing weight. Changing the type of fuel (eating better foods) and upping the calories can make the engine burn hotter (so to speak) and make it so that we actually lose weight while consuming more calories.

The other thing is, please be careful of diet drinks. Chemical sweetners can do nasty things to a body (many are carcinogens). I violently react to them no matter what form they are in. For me, at best, a stick of gum with a chemical sweetner in it makes me very brain fuzzy... unable to think clearly... at worst... it's not good. I have also heard (and do not know how factual this is) of many people cutting out the diet drinks totally and losing weight just by doing that.


I guess this is where I should come up with some witty statement to close my post ... too bad I do not have one.

 

[Etoile]

Hello... I have been a member here for some time but have not posted much... I hope you do not mind me chiming in here... if you do, my apologies but I wanted to say a couple of things.

First, it may well not have been a fluke Etoile... Sometimes when we restrict the number of calories going into our bodies, we put our bodies into starvation mode. Basically the body thinks, 'Oh no, I'm not getting enough fuel so I am going to hold on to every bit that I get' and we end up not losing weight. Changing the type of fuel (eating better foods) and upping the calories can make the engine burn hotter (so to speak) and make it so that we actually lose weight while consuming more calories.

The other thing is, please be careful of diet drinks. Chemical sweetners can do nasty things to a body (many are carcinogens). I violently react to them no matter what form they are in. For me, at best, a stick of gum with a chemical sweetner in it makes me very brain fuzzy... unable to think clearly... at worst... it's not good. I have also heard (and do not know how factual this is) of many people cutting out the diet drinks totally and losing weight just by doing that.


I guess this is where I should come up with some witty statement to close my post ... too bad I do not have one.

Of course I don't mind you responding! We're all here to share with each other.

Unfortunately I think you will never pry me away from my beloved diet soda. I have been trying to cut down a lot, most days I am having one with caffeine in the morning and switching to Crystal Light for the rest of the day. Of course that's probably not much better...but it's the only way water is palatable for me. I will have to try the oft-recommended mix of a little fruit juice in my water...just a bit of lemon isn't enough but maybe a little OJ would be helpful.

As for the body machine burning faster...we shall see! I am also really looking forward to swimming, that will be good exercise for me.

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

I lost a half pound... but I am just getting over my period... so maybe it will all start to fall into place soon. My new job is forcing me to really work out... YAY!

 

[Etoile]

Oh. My. God.

I am SO sore.

I went swimming for 45 minutes on Tuesday - mostly just getting comfortable in the water, with probably about 10 minutes of hard cardio - and for 30 minutes today - with pretty much all of it hard cardio. The class was a bust, it wasn't what I wanted, but I can get my money back for it. I'm just going to go 2x/wk and swim on my own, with my own bad form and at my own pace.

SO sore. But proud of myself!

 

[Cherrysweetdeal]

It's always nice to know that not even dense chocolate cake will make a major difference rarely.

I am still about the same with clothes I am at 158 which is good in my head.

 

[Etoile]

It's always nice to know that not even dense chocolate cake will make a major difference rarely.

I am still about the same with clothes I am at 158 which is good in my head.

It's true! You can't eat chocolate cake every day, but a special treat isn't going to ruin everything for you. This is a lesson I am still working on learning myself.

This weekend I went totally crazy, LOL! I had that celebratory dinner and ice cream Friday night, and then on Saturday one of my dear friends came to town and we went out and had a big dinner that involved lots of beer! Last night my wife and I went for a four-mile walk and we didn't feel like cooking after, so we went out again, and got dessert too. But so what if I gained 3-5 lbs...it's not the end of the world! But I am going to be on track much better this week, I hope.

 

[WriterDom]

I haven't been very good since the camping trip. I weighed for the first time in weeks today and was surprised to see I had lost 3 pounds or so. I just need to get my exercise level back up. Cutting out carbs really seems to work for me. Low glycaemic veggies are fine too.

 

[Cherrysweetdeal]

It's true! You can't eat chocolate cake every day, but a special treat isn't going to ruin everything for you. This is a lesson I am still working on learning myself.

This weekend I went totally crazy, LOL! I had that celebratory dinner and ice cream Friday night, and then on Saturday one of my dear friends came to town and we went out and had a big dinner that involved lots of beer! Last night my wife and I went for a four-mile walk and we didn't feel like cooking after, so we went out again, and got dessert too. But so what if I gained 3-5 lbs...it's not the end of the world! But I am going to be on track much better this week, I hope.

I find if you atleast exercise or go for a walk or something once in awhile it usually works out ok. Considering I go to the gym 4 days a week usually I don't feel so bad doing that.

 

[WriterDom]

I'm going to weigh every morning for a while. If I know my body, it won't take long to lose the next 10.

 

[Chicklet]

I'm irritated 'cause I lost 10 pounds between december and february, and then started birth control pills and gained it back in a couple weeks >< and now I can't seem to drop even one pound from one morning to the next. ugh.

 

[Etoile]

I'm going to weigh every morning for a while. If I know my body, it won't take long to lose the next 10.

That goes against what I've learned in ~5 yrs of dieting, but let us know how it goes for you day to day?

 

[WriterDom]

That goes against what I've learned in ~5 yrs of dieting, but let us know how it goes for you day to day?

http://www.prevention.com/article/0,5778,s-6-57-190-6712-1,00.html

There is research that I've seen that suggests otherwise.

I'm pretty confident I can lose 10 pounds in 5 weeks. It's not bad to weigh every day if you can keep an even keel about yourself and not get emotional about daily fluctuations.

I'm about 15 pounds away from where I'll be lucky to lose 2 pounds in month. To weigh everyday then would be kinda insane. Or compulsive at the least. But there are people who do it.

There wouldn't be a new diet book on the bestseller list every couple of months if someone had answers that worked for everyone.

 

[Etoile]

Interesting link, WD - thanks for sharing that.

I just ate a piece of chocolate. That's the second one I've had today. The first was of my own accord, though I didn't really NEED it...and I really should only eat candy when I NEED it. (That is, when it's consuming my thoughts and driving me mad, rather than because I'm bored.)

The second piece, though, was because my wife took out this fabulous 70% cacao bar she has. She will never see this, so I am going to say: Damn that woman for always having candy in the house. Yes, I should have some of my own personal willpower, but it would also be really beneficial to not have the food in the house in the first place. I wish I could demand that she just eat that stuff at work, etc. I don't want to see it!!

But...tomorrow is another day.

 

[WriterDom]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061012185110.htm

Another article. I like the Green, Yellow, and Red weight-monitoring system for the people who have reached their goal. For me, it's more about keeping off once I lose it.

 

[Etoile]

I talked about that some with my therapist yesterday. She asked, what's the worst that could happen if you ignore what you eat? The answer is, I'd gained back the 20-25 lbs I lost last year. I don't want to do that.

I'm going to try weighing every day for a while. We'll see. This morning was 166.4. I'm too afraid to record this on SparkPeople, because the start weight I gave them was 165. But perhaps I will try it just to see what the system does.

 

[WriterDom]

There is probably some way she could lock her candy up so you wouldn't be tempted. And if she's eating it in front of you, well, that's just wrong.

 

[Kierae]

Etoile,

Record your weight at Calorie Counter DB . I weigh myself every day because I am compulsive and it does keep me on task. I can see shifts in the weight when I do a boost in calories followed by a drop in them.

I am not a chocolate fiend but I had a hankering for some yesterday and picked up a box of CocoaVia bars. They are small bars (ie about the size of one twix - from what I remember of the size of those..lol) and 100 calories but it did the trick. Of course now I have to hide the rest of the box so that my household doesn't graze thru them in 5 minutes.

I went to the hospital for my monthly iv med bit and I was down 2 pounds from last month so I need to quit "panicking" on the slow loss (slow and steady wins this battle).

~kierae

 

[WriterDom]

That's a good idea with the site, Kierea.

I started something yesterday that I did last year. Take a few sheets of 8 x 11 paper and tear them into quarters. Write your current weight on the first sheet, and then the next pound down on the next sheet. Keep going until you have about 12 different weights on 12 sheets. Then when I get below a weight for 2 days in a row, I take the paper outside and burn it. Sometimes they go fast, and sometimes it takes 5 days to burn one. But when that happens I just try harder.

 

[Etoile]

There is probably some way she could lock her candy up so you wouldn't be tempted. And if she's eating it in front of you, well, that's just wrong.

Yeah, she does eat it in front of me. It's not fair, but I'm not sure how to approach her about it, because I think I have mentioned it before and she has forgotten again and again.

 

[Etoile]

Etoile,

Record your weight at Calorie Counter DB . I weigh myself every day because I am compulsive and it does keep me on task. I can see shifts in the weight when I do a boost in calories followed by a drop in them.

I am not a chocolate fiend but I had a hankering for some yesterday and picked up a box of CocoaVia bars. They are small bars (ie about the size of one twix - from what I remember of the size of those..lol) and 100 calories but it did the trick. Of course now I have to hide the rest of the box so that my household doesn't graze thru them in 5 minutes.

I went to the hospital for my monthly iv med bit and I was down 2 pounds from last month so I need to quit "panicking" on the slow loss (slow and steady wins this battle).

~kierae

I have done a million of those calorie counter websites, LOL. Not sure if I have tried that one but I tried to use FitDay (same thing) for a long time. I've tried doing it on Calorie King too. Right now I am recording everything I eat on SparkPeople.com which is pretty cool because it is keeping about records PLUS support through reminder e-mails every day, informative article, and discussion boards.

And I love the CocoaVia bars! I think I mentioned them several pages back, I know I mentioned them on my diet blog a while ago. Which kind did you get? I like the plain dark chocolate ones the best, I eat them verrrry slowly and they are really good, the bitterness and sweetness are just at the right level. Yum!

 

[Kierae]

I use the sparks for recording food and such but I have been keeping track of my daily weights on the calorie counter db since my weight goes up and down a pound constantly. I have been doing biweekly recordings of weight on sparks. I ended up getting the bars with almonds and blueberries in it. Very yummy!