I'm down some this week from 336.4 to 334.8. Almost 2 pounds.
I am so so sorry Hugs to you.I forgot to get on the scales this morning. I don't think I've gained. I feel very hollow anyway. Yesterday we euthanised Ruben. I'm telling you guys because I feel like you are my friends and I know you will all understand how I am feeling. Life goes on but I'm taking a few days out to cope however I can. I wish you all the best of luck with your weigh ins. Ill be back next week.
Congratulations! I didn't realize we are the same age or that my goal is not that far from yours...I just have a LOT further to go to get thereI lost 3 pounds this week!
And, for the first time in a long time? I am 4.4 pounds short of my weight goal!(Now......let's see how I screw it up this time. That's usually what happens. I get really close and then...........boom! It hits the fan.)
My weight goal is 135 pounds (my doctor's weight goal for me is 130 pounds....and preferably 125 pounds). I need to get back down to 135 and then I'll think about going lower. At 58 years of age, I don't think I look healthy at 125; my face tends to look rather gaunt and drawn. I keep telling my doctor that, but she won't listen to me.
Congratulations..awesome! You will be in the 320s soon!I'm down some this week from 336.4 to 334.8. Almost 2 pounds.
18 pounds is great!!! Enjoy your time off.Wow, thank god that's over. My overtime is now finished and l'm officially on a 12 day holiday, woohoo.
l didn't weigh in on Friday, and might not be around much with holidays an' all, so my weight today is 180.6 for a total loss so far of 18lbs.
l celebrated with a half-tub of banana chocolate ice cream
Isn't that the truth!! I have shirts in my closet that range for Medium to XL!2. Bear in mind, when you start losing weight, that you still may take a larger size, even after losing a lot of weight. Clothing sizes, at least for women, are weird sometimes. When I had the mega-weight loss many years ago, I discovered this--and stopped being angry with myself when I needed something that was close to my original fat size, even though I lost many clothing sizes. It's really demoralizing. In fact, this happened today. I bought a belt over the weekend, thinking it surely would be a bit loose. Couldn't fasten it, though I lost 1.5 dress sizes so far!
UGH. The prednisone. I've been there and siiiiiii understand your frustration.Mostly this is to vent. I am now off the latest med cocktail from my gastrointerologist for Ulcerative Colitis. I'm back on the prednisone and Imuran and Uceris. Yuk! It works and it keeps the symptoms in check mostly but long term the prednisone isn't sustainable. I can't be on it forever. I've been on it since January except for the last month while they weaned me off of it and we tried doubling up my Imuran but the double up gave me horrendous joint pain and big sores inside my mouth (yeah not so much fun). For six months we have tried and failed five different cocktail combos. It's discouraging and frustrating. It could be worse, it could be so much worse I know this, but still I just want to not be doubled over with stomach cramps or spend evenings in the bathroom. I just want to be able to stand up long enough to load my dishwasher without the back pain being so bad I have to sit down and rest. It doesn't seem like I'm asking for so much. I want to have just a tiny percentage more energy than I have now, just a small one, like 10 or 20 percent more. I just am so frustrated and want to cry ... I feel like this is holding me back from trying to lose weight. I also know this condition acerbates obesity because it makes it so your body can't absorb some of the nutrients in your food, so you want to eat more to get the nutrients. Arrrggghhhh ...................
Oh Tamela, I'm so, so sorry. You take all the time you need. It's bad enough you have to deal with your own grief, but I'm sure the kids are upset too.I forgot to get on the scales this morning. I don't think I've gained. I feel very hollow anyway. Yesterday we euthanised Ruben. I'm telling you guys because I feel like you are my friends and I know you will all understand how I am feeling. Life goes on but I'm taking a few days out to cope however I can. I wish you all the best of luck with your weigh ins. Ill be back next week.
Congrats, Pam! That's awesome!!! You are going to hit your goal before you know it!I lost 3 pounds this week!
And, for the first time in a long time? I am 4.4 pounds short of my weight goal!
(Now......let's see how I screw it up this time. That's usually what happens. I get really close and then...........boom! It hits the fan.)
My weight goal is 135 pounds (my doctor's weight goal for me is 130 pounds....and preferably 125 pounds). I need to get back down to 135 and then I'll think about going lower. At 58 years of age, I don't think I look healthy at 125; my face tends to look rather gaunt and drawn. I keep telling my doctor that, but she won't listen to me.
That's awesome!I'm down some this week from 336.4 to 334.8. Almost 2 pounds.
Now, as for me. . . I lost .8 lbs., so that's good, but I'm really nervous because I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon. I've been forgetting to check my blood pressure, so I don't know what it is and I'm worried it's going to be high. On the plus side, I'll get an indication of how accurate my scale is.
Pat, that is just fantastic! Congratulations to you. You are an inspiration to us all.I lost 2.48 lbs. this past week, and saw a new low weight this am. As of today (and today only as this isn't an averaged weight), I've lost 110+ lbs.. Woot!
I hear you. I think my body likes to be a higher weight as well. :nod:Up to 281. For some reason my body seems to like that weight trying to convince it that it could like 181 just as much. Have had ALOT of energy lately and doing lots of stuff around house so not being a total blob. Need to walk more for sure.
Yay, Karen! Even though the scales aren't moving, your body is and that's wonderful! Kudos on the smaller size! You've lost a lot during this year!As for me? I am the exact same weight that I was last Friday and I am OK with that.I have had some major family stress since last Friday morning (no emergencies, at least that I know of, just people acting like idiots and making things harder on me) and have definitely not been eating as well this week.
Regardless, I have good weight loss news to share. I've been going through my pants the past week and noticed that the legs are baggier and on a few even the waist is too loose. I went back to the Lee outlet that I bought all these pants at back in June, and I was able to buy pants in a smaller size.Some of the shirts that I bought back at the beginning of the summer are now loose.Mind you, I still look in the mirror and look the same to myself, but apparently there is a difference. I've lost 15 pounds since April and 32 since November. I'm not breaking any speed records, but I'm slowly losing.
So I feel that people aren't as into the challenges lately. Do you think we should discontinue them?
Quinoa was suggested as this week's superfood. Does anyone have tips and suggestions for using quinoa?
Also, I will be away from my scale for the next two Fridays, so won't be reporting weights for a bit.