Posts by nehajain

Sammalone,

You are so not alone. The holiday season, the scale not moving, work being bad..this is not quite the best time for weight loss, is it?

I did wonder, though, if part of your gain might be due to gaining muscle. Can you tell a difference in your measurements?

Thank you for the motivation- I was off CC for a couple of weeks, and now I'm back! Can't think of a better reason than fatherhood for committing to stay healthy. I just turned 30 this past week, and that made me sit down and recount my reasons for doing this.  My parents are both obese (and my mother is diabetic.) I like being physically active, and used to be so embarrassed when I'd get out of breath going up the stairs in the hospital with my much older colleagues. Now I don't get out of breath anymore. I had made the shift to the plus size section at clothing stores, now I'm back into regular sizes.

I used to almost touch 200lbs, and this morning I weighed 162.4. I can't let go at this stage- I have to move towards 150. Back to my 1300 calorie diet plan, eating at home and exercising.

How about a mini-challenge? We all do what we're doing and try to achieve a set goal (individualized by us) by New Years? It doesn't have to be weight loss- exercising, calorie-counting, not eating junk, whatever our biggest challenge is. Mine is going below 160.

Hi guys..

Tuesday weigh in: 162 lbs.

Not really doing much of anything- the holiday season is turning out worst than I thought! Any ideas for motivating ourselves to stay on target?

Desultorily yours..

Hi annschmech,

I saw the CC blog post and was all, 'How did they know?!' lol..relapses are par for the course, aren't they? I'm back down to 161.2 today, and got rid of all the halloween candy. THAT felt better. :)

I hope your distraction technique worked. :)

Argh..don't you hate it when that happens, Sammalone? It happens all too often..

Tuesday weigh in:

162.4 (+1.4)

Damn. And its probably real weight I've gained. This has been the problem all along- the moment I stop the obsessive calorie counting and eating out of a plan, the pounds start coming back. Slowly but surely. I've fallen off the wagon rather spectacularly- the mornings start off well, healthy cereal and so on, followed by stressful day at work followed by dinner (healthy) followed by a free-for-all eat-what-you-can. I'm probably scarfing down 500 calories worth of mini-chocolate desserts in each of these binges. Need.to.stop.

Tuesday weigh in: 161.4 lbs.

Relieved- I was out all week and ate at all my fave restaurants in NYC. Just glad I did not gained weight.

Sammalone,

I have been very curious about P90X, thinking the same thing- need to be in better shape. Now you're inspiring me again. :)

Thats a great idea! I log my intake quite religiously, but usually don't check the analysis except to look at protein. This might teach me something new. Thanks!

lilith3519,

Congratulations!! I deem you officially off the plateau forever, and with such a bang! I bet it feels awesome.

I would increase calories, but gaining/barely maintaining makes me so scared to go up any further- and certainly there are days when I overeat (still never more than 1800-2000 cals), but I'd imagine they'd bring my body out of any starvation mode it might be in. Dunno..I plan on staying on maintenance for another week and seeing how I do, before going back to 1200 Cals.

Sammalone,

Congratulations- you are moving further down the decade!

I did the same thing with my weight a week ago..disappointed until I went back and looked. That's why I love the weekly weigh-in, it really brings things in perspective. Lets keep it going!!

Friday weigh-in! (A day late)

START Sept 3-5: 163.6 lbs

Week 1. Sept 10-12: 162.8 lbs

Week 2. Sept 17-19: 160.4 lbs! (2.4 lbs!!!)

Week 3. Sept 24-26: 160 lbs! (0.4 lbs)

Slow and steady she goes. And goes. :)

Sammalone,

Woohoo! Congratulations- breaking into a new decade is awesome! You are right about feeling more excited about others' outcomes, maybe because the result seems more concrete. Lets keep it going!

Skinybum,

Don't feel disheartened. Keep going, counting calories and exercising. Remember, the plateau Always ends, even when it seems like it won't. Good luck!

Friday weigh-in! (A day late)

START     Sept 3-5: 163.6 lbs
Week 1.   Sept 10-12: 162.8 lbs

Week 2.   Sept 17-19: 160.4 lbs! (2.4 lbs!!!)

Completely stoked. Good luck to all of us- lets keep this going!

Week 2- I, nehajain , do solemnly swear that, for a period of S&L III, I will get some kind of exercise 6 days a week. Walking/swimming/biking, it does not matter- 30 minutes each day.

Sammalone,

You always say it so much better than I do. :) I feel more motivated myself!

Original Post by lilygirl1970:

WHY ARE YOU HERE? What is your motivation to lose weight? Your health? Your kids? Your wedding dress? What made you finally decide that enough was enough and that it was time for you to regain control of your life? What do you think of to get yourself back on track when you find yourself slipping a little? We all have a reason for being here...what's yours??

I've counted calories all my life. I've hated shopping because my size is always changing and no matter how good a dress looks, it will either be too tight or too loose in a year. I've eaten to compensate for boredom, for anger, for sadness.

Its time to change. A year ago I made a commitment not to my weight, but to my health. The goals are simple but tough- I am learning to eat for hunger and for pleasure, but not to fill an emotional hole. I am trying to get one or another form of exercise in every day, how much, what kind, does not matter. I am going to beat the family history of weight problems and diabetes.

Thankfully, I have been successful so far! The pounds have been coming off, fast and slow. I walk to work (makes me feel So good about myself..lol), go swimming sometimes, or just take a long walk with my husband. There is room in my diet for icecream, for home made bread, for a fancy dinner at a restaurant. There is less room for binging mindlessly, for eating because there is nothing else to do, for feeling sorry for myself.

Its hard, but I can do it, with a little help from CC and my friends. Coming here regularly, reading posts in different forums and entering into conversations with people who struggle like I do has been the most helpful thing. :)

Hi, lilith3519! Welcome to the club!

It is so hard to keep up when you don't see progress..I don't know what to tell you, but we all started like this, and have definitely lost weight over time! (Of course, we are now on a newer, lower plateau, but whatever. lol)

Plateaus are usually where your body plays catch up with newer, lighter you..you've lost almost 25 lbs! This one too will pass..give yourself time. Its great that you are tracking your calories..thats the first thing to go when I get discouraged! I find that looking at each healthy meal as a building block for my health helps take the focus off the weighing scale. Some people also find measuring themselves more helpful than the numbers on the scale.

We are doing Tuesday weigh-ins..you are welcome to join in if you like. :)

Congratulations! That is still a good loss.

I ate reasonably well yesterday, and got back on my stationary bike for 20 minutes. Yay for small successes!

Tuesday weigh in: 164 lb.

Every time I start feeling discouraged, I have to shake myself and think of how far I've come..this is the least I've weighed in 4 years!

Hello everyone! Here are mine.

START     Sept 3-5: 163.6 lbs
Week 1.   Sept 10-12:
Week 2.   Sept 17-19:
Week 3.   Sept 24-26:
Week 4.   Oct 1-3:
Week 5.   Oct 8-10    
Week 6.   Oct 15-17:
Week 7.   Oct 22-24:
Week 8.   Oct 29-31:
Week 9.   Nov 5-7:
FINISH.   Nov 12-14: