Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Good going on the shirt Smeds. Well I had dental surgery on Wednesday, so I am not eating much. But I also am not exercising much either, I hurt too much. I have now lost 20 lbs since I started on September 11th and some of my clothes are really loose. But it is starting to plateau now (as I knew it would). Now it is going to get really hard. We are going on a theme park break to Legoland and Chessington, so it will be interesting to see what happens weight wise while we are away.
Originally Posted By mele WTG, Dave! I have lost 99 lbs. I haven't been able to exercise as regularly as I was before, just been so dang busy, but am hoping to get back on track next week. I drove down to Portland last night with a friend and caught a show. Also caught about 6 shots of Jack Daniels. ;-) Didn't get to bed until 4:30 am and didn't really get to sleep much before waking up at 6:45 to head into work. I am SHOT. And I'm going to see The Gossip play in Seattle tonight, and then meeting friends at 5 pm for drinks and seeing BCB play later on Saturday. I am so exhausted. LOL I am so close to breaking 100 lbs lost, I just cannot believe it! This "having a life" thing is great but, boy, I need to start taking more vitamins.
Originally Posted By smedley Wow mele I am exhausted just reading about what you're doing I have every faith that you'll be back here in no time at all telling us that you've broken the 100lb mark I am still at 46lb lost, I am hoping that in the next 2 weeks I will be here telling you that I have broken 50lb lost, fingers crossed, and that elusive normal zone is just taunting me, hopefully it won't be too long before I am in there too lol!
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD mele - I need a nap after just reading your post. Wow, 99 lbs. That is awesome and I am sure you will break that 100 mark soon. Smed - Now that you are able to get off of just the maintenance program, I am sure you will hit your 50 lb mark soon.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I am so proud of us all. I have been having a rough time of it since summer. My work environment is awful and I have been turning to comfort food to get through the day. I have been hovering at 60 pounds lost for what seem like forever. I can't seem to get past 62 pounds! I'll lose a pound or 2 and then gain it right back until I lose it again. ARGH!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Not to negate your frustration, cause that *is* frustrating, but. . . 60 pounds lost is AWESOME!! And maintaining it even during stressful times is equally awesome. Hang in there, girlie. You'll soon be on the way down again.
Originally Posted By smedley Candice, as Pixie has said, as much as it is super frustrating, maintaining at 60lb lost and not putting it all back is amazing work, and I am sure that you will soon be able to get back to losing weight I am still going strong, firmly in the zone, hopefully the scales will agree with me on Thursday
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I'm back and back on track. There was this little bump in my road called a vacation to Disneyland and Hollywood, oh yeah, with Solvang thrown in to make SURE that I got all my bad food groups in. I won't weigh until Friday but both DH and I are amazed that our clothes still feel fine I think we did more walking and smaller meals than we did in the past. Some of our kids were with us so I think that kept us moving more. Less time for people watching and lingering over meals. You guys are doing awesome!!!!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Wow! Solvang! That's the pastry capital of North America. If you aren't splitting seams and bursting zippers after a trip there (especially after a Disney trip) you are doing *great*!
Originally Posted By smedley Welcome back amazed! The clothes still feeling good has got to be a great sign I am a bit worried been hopping on the scales (I know I know) and they don't seem to be moving!! I have been 100% on plan though Hopefully if I'm not losing lb's I am losing inches, and the lb's will fall off next week, weigh in on Thursday will tell I suppose lol!
Originally Posted By smedley Still been 100% on plan here. Weigh myself on the Wii Fit tomorrow, fingers crossed it agrees I've been a good girl
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 XX fingers crossed for smedley Autopia Deb In Solvang we went ahead and had the smorgasbord for dinner and had a big breakfast including aebleskiver (my mom's are better but purposefully didn't bring any goodies home. I did buy my mom some pasteries though The fish mongers at Whole Foods are becoming my new best friends I'm learning to step outside my box of salmon on the George Forman and shrimp salad. I never liked cooking fish because of the smell, smoke or dealing with making my kids eat it. Now that it's just the 2 of us if something doesn't work, oh well Have a great day everyone! There's plenty of time before the holidays to keep on track. Even if we fall off the wagon, we can always jump right back on. There is no failure here just bumps in the road
Originally Posted By smedley I gained a lb, I have no idea why, my diet has been spot on. I am going to stick with it and hope it's just a freak blip and I will lose lots next week. Please cross everything lol
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Sometimes there is just a stupid blip, but if you stick to it, it will work out in the end. Crossing my fingers for ya.
Originally Posted By smedley I know but if you knew how good I'd been you'd understand the frustration lol
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I HATE it when that happens smeds! No rhyme or reason for a gain. Not losing is one thing but seeing a gain is a "you've got to be bleeping kidding" moment. TX is right and we'll all be waiting for a loss for you next week
Originally Posted By mele Ugh, I hate it when I weigh more when I did everything I was supposed to do. Frustrating. Hang in there, smeds. I just got back from an 80 minute walk. I walked that much yesterday, too. I'm glad to be back on track. I haven't been getting enough exercise lately and have been cheating a lot. Nothing major but the two combined mean that I am still at 99 lbs lost. I'm hoping tomorrow is the day. I've hardly eaten anything today and ordered a meatball sub from Subway. Nice. Maybe tomorrow won't be the day. LOL I'm kind of struggling right now. I'm fighting a cold so am pretty tired. I'm also just incredibly busy and seem to be finding myself snacking more than I should be. I have so many social things going on and I always like to have a couple of drinks while I'm out. It adds up so quickly. I'm not eating enough veggies, either. Or sleeping much which makes all of the other things harder to do. I'm not complaining, I feel pretty good about my life right now. I just want to keep myself on track. I've come so far and I don't want to go back to my old ways. I don't think I will but feel the need to be cautious. I got the NICEST message from someone I hang out with at shows. She hasn't seen me in months and told me how inspired she is to try weight loss. I was so touched that I started to tear up. So amazing how doing something for myself could have such a positive affect on others. Life can be so cool. Except when you diet all the time and lose no weight! ;-)
Originally Posted By smedley Pffftt you're telling me... That's a great thing to hear though mele I am still 100% on track despite all temptation to the contrary. You probably know exactly how hard it was not to wallow in the company of the largest chocolate bar possible yesterday But I didn't do it, onwards and downwards. It was just a blip, it was just a blip, say it with me people
