Posts by beaglated

Last challenge: lost  5 of 8 pounds (too much traveling in Sept!)
This  challenge: modest 4.5 pounds (to 165)

Start CC 2/9/09 @ 196 lb., 5'9" (age=52) w/ goal of 165 by 12/31/09 - CLOSE!!!
Challenge start: 170.5

1. 10/11  - 169.8
2. 10/18 - 170.8
3. 10/25 - 169.6 
4. 11/01 -168.3  Happiness! Biggest loss in a while. I've been a good little do-bee: cooking veggies, tracking all my cals, AND increasing exercise modestly.I let myself splurge on my birthday too and metabolism took it in stride.

Looked at my BMI and for first time in about 5 years, it has hit the healthy range! Woo Hoo!

Total loss for challenge = 2.2 of 4.5.

Last challenge: lost  5 of 8 pounds (too much traveling in Sept!)
This  challenge: modest 4.5 pounds (to 165)

Start CC 2/9/09 @ 196 lb., 5'9" (age=52) w/ goal of 165 by 12/31/09 - CLOSE!!!
Challenge start: 170.5

1. 10/11  - 169.8
2. 10/18 - 170.8
3. 10/25 - 169.6  - Been bad about tracking and posting, but weight hasn't gone haywire at least. I do behave myself better when I track - only way not to cave into the afternoon Snicker's craving!

Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196, 5'9"
Challenge Goal Weight: 168 (just inside normal BMI)

Starting weight (on July 1st): 175.5

July 5:   175.8
July 12: 175.8
July 19: 173.6
July 26: 172.5
Aug 02: 171.6
Aug 09: 172.6
Aug 16: 170.7
Aug 23: 170.3
Aug 30: 170.3
Sept 06: Travel (09/11 - just checking in to see how well folks are progressing or hanging tough. CONGRATS to all. Just spent a week in Germany, so no weigh-ins. Although I'm comforting myself that at most I've picked up 1.5 pounds (whoo hoo!). German beer must be a miracle drink considering the quantity I consumed, ha ha! Of course, all the walking around may have helped, and I did make some intelligent food choices (how strange!) but it's more fun to pretend that beer and pretzels has dietetic qualities.)
Sept 13: 170.3 - Way-A-OK after a couple weeks of on and off the road. Time to get back to tracking!

Loss (gain) on challenge: 0+0.3-2.2-1.1-0.7+0.9-1.9-0.4-0-0= -5.2

Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196, 5'9"
Challenge Goal Weight: 168 (just inside normal BMI)

Starting weight (on July 1st): 175.5

July 5: 175.8
July 12: 175.8
July 19: 173.6
July 26: 172.5
Aug 02: 171.6
Aug 09: 172.6
Aug 16: 170.7
Aug 23: 170.3
Aug 30: 170.3 - STILL trying to break the 170 line - But getting kiddo off to college and 18 hours in the car...bad week for CC accountability.
Sept 06: Travel (09/11 - just checking in to see how well folks are progressing or hanging tough. CONGRATS to all. Just spent a week in Germany, so no weigh-ins. Although I'm comforting myself that at most I've picked up 1.5 pounds (whoo hoo!). German beer must be a miracle drink considering the quantity I consumed, ha ha! Of course, all the walking around may have helped, and I did make some intelligent food choices (how strange!) but it's more fun to pretend that beer and pretzels has dietetic qualities.)

Loss (gain) on challenge: 0+0.3-2.2-1.1-0.7+0.9-1.9-0.4-0= -5.2

Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196, 5'9"
Challenge Goal Weight: 168 (just inside normal BMI)

Starting weight (on July 1st): 175.5

July 5: 175.8
July 12: 175.8
July 19: 173.6
July 26: 172.5
Aug 02: 171.6
Aug 09: 172.6
Aug 16: 170.7
Aug 23: 170.3  -  Sill waiting to break the 170 average, but had one day in 169s!  and hit 5# loss in challenge (small celebrations)

Loss (gain) on challenge: 0+0.3-2.2-1.1-0.7+0.9-1.9-0.4= -5.2

Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196, 5'9"
Challenge Goal Weight: 168 (just inside normal BMI)

Starting weight (on July 1st): 175.5

July 5: 175.8 - After yucky virus (and hot dogs!), happy to maintain!
July 12: 175.8 - Been pretty much, kinda, sorta behaving, but not keeping my CC log (and not eating my veggies). So goal for week is log cals and eat greens!!
July 19: 173.6 -  Woo Hoo! Did my logging, recalc-ed by daily allowance, and ate my veggies (though I could do better-mostly fruit this week). Biggest weekly loss in a long while. Weekly goal is to increase veggies, not just fruit. But, oh, the blueberries!
July 26: 172.5 - Yay! Very happy with a pound a week.
Aug 02: 171.6 - Still heading in right direction; almost half-way to mini goal. But after an un-weighed weekend at Gram's, probably in for a 'bad' week.
Aug 11: 172.6 - Oh well, self-fulfilling prophesies...at least weight headed down all week tho the average isn't great.

Heavenly - Best wishes for you and spouse in your current challenge.

Loss (gain) on challenge: 0+0.3-2.2-1.1-0.7+0.9= -2.6

Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196, 5'9"
Challenge Goal Weight: 168 (just inside normal BMI)

Starting weight (on July 1st): 175.5

July 5: 175.8 - After yucky virus (and hot dogs!), happy to maintain!
July 12: 175.8 - Been pretty much, kinda, sorta behaving, but not keeping my CC log (and not eating my veggies). So goal for week is log cals and eat greens!!
July 19: 173.6 -  Woo Hoo! Did my logging, recalc-ed by daily allowance, and ate my veggies (though I could do better-mostly fruit this week). Biggest weekly loss in a long while. Weekly goal is to increase veggies, not just fruit. But, oh, the blueberries!
July 26: 172.5 - Yay! Very happy with a pound a week.

Loss (gain) on challenge: 0-0-2-1= -3

Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196, 5'9"
Challenge Goal Weight: 168 (just inside normal BMI)

Starting weight (on July 1st): 175.5

July 5: 175.8 - After yucky virus (and hot dogs!), happy to maintain!
July 12: 175.8 - Been pretty much, kinda, sorta behaving, but not keeping my CC log (and not eating my veggies). So goal for week is log cals and eat greens!!

Loss (gain) on challenge: 0

Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196, 5'9"
Challenge Goal Weight: 168 (just inside normal BMI)

Starting weight (on July 1st): 175.5

Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196
Starting weight (on May 1st): 180.3
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd): 171.0 (1 pound/week over 9 weeks)

May 1: 180.3
May 8: 179.3
May 15: 180.7 (yikes, traveling!)
May 22: 179.9
May 29: 177.7
June 5: 176.7
June 12: 177.5
June 19: 176.3
June 26: 175.6 - Well, I won't make this challenge goal, but it's 20 lbs in 20 weeks!! Yay!
July 3rd:

Begin CC 2/9/09 @ 196
Starting weight (on May 1st):  180.3
Goal Weight (on Jul 3rd):  171.0  (1 pound/week over 9 weeks) 

May 1:    180.3
May 8:    179.3
May 15:  180.7 (yikes, traveling!)
May 22:  179.9
May 29:  177.7
June 5:   176.7
June 12:  177.5 (Ummm, it's the scale's fault! That's the ticket! Actually, did have to replace the battery . Better in last couple days, but goal definitely looking shaky)

June 19:
June 26:
July 3rd:

I had/have the same problem with cereal and bread (comfort/easy food!). I kicked off in Feb with Carbohydrate Addicts for a couple weeks to get the binges under control. Over the last 4 months I've averaged a pound off a week--slow but sure!  I've gone through lots of experimenting with my recipes and food choices and had a lot of bouncing around. Exercise has been so-so (start small). It really is a step at a time no matter how trite it may sound.

Back problems. I did Pilates with a careful instructor and never had a back problem again. Kness I hope will improve with weight loss! (trying Tai Chi with them is current challege)

I tend to eat more in the PM too, but I've managed to come up with a standard, satisfying breakfast and lunch that leaves me enough of a calorie budget to--well, not indulge, but--eat well. Actually, I sometimes need a bed-time snack to not run too much of a deficit! (Kinda unbelievable when I think of it)

I guess I'm saying I eat my low-fat, low cal earlier rather than later. Works for me as I'm less food-focused in the AM and lunch than I am after a stressful day (munchies!!!! chocolate!!!!).

BTW - Althoughmy diet history only streches back to Feb, I  raeley skip a meal.

Sunday Weigh In (on Wednesday) (#4) !

> 5/15 Goal = 180. Some progress: Lost 0.5 lbs week avg from 181.4 to 180.9. Still no daily weights below 180 which is kind of a mental line for me.

> Week's goal: move my carb/protein/fat ratios. Did well by adding complex carbs to my regular Protein/Fat breakfast and lunch: changes from C40/P26/F34 to 45/24/31 to 49/29/22 over last 2 weeks. But now I'm paranoid about the carbs since weight loss has really slowed without obvious reason (no binges, no TOTM, some water retention I think tho).

> This week's goal - Try to keep the Fat's number around 25, but get below 180.0!!!!