5'5" Club anyone?? Similar YCC-ers working together!! (Sorry, but we're now closed.)

I saw this in the Weight Loss forum and thought it'd be great for the YCC forum (I hope that's alright) :]

I know that there have been/are posts similar to this, but I haven't seen one where we actually work together to reach our goals.  We all need motivation no matter what shape, size, weight, etc. we are, and I think that if we all work together here, have an optional weigh-in day (Sunday), and tell each other about our goals and accomplishments, we'll feel even more motivated to get these pounds off than before!

If you're 5'5" (or within 1-2 inches of it), you're welcome to talk here!! Get acquainted with the other members here with similar stats and goals, and motivate each other!

Tell who you are, your stats, what you eat, your goal weight, your story, and talk to other people about all of it!!  Come here if you need to vent, need support, advice, or whatever. 

I weighed this morning...

Start Weight:  139

Last Week:  143.2

Current Weight:  142.2

Goal Weight:  115-120

My weight has been doing this since it went up from 139.  It will go up, then go down...go up, then go down...so on and so forth.  It's driving me crazy.  But, maybe it's for real this time.  You never know.  I've actually hardly worked out this week, and I'll only be able to go walking this week because of my gym being closed for the week.  Even if I did start losing right now, I'd be a-okay with that, even though it's two months later than expected.

Ugh, I was soooo bad this weekend, you guys >_< After being so darned close, too! My little sister's birthday was Friday, so there was cake and dining out and all kinds of bad stuff around...

I had been eating around 1400 all of last week to try and get myself a little closer to what I'll be maintaining on. Well, jumped the gun on that one. I had to get a wart taken off of my foot (TMI, sorry >_<) on Thursday too and I was told not to exercise for a few days so that the cauderization wound would heal faster.

Sooo... On Friday, I knew my sister would be going to outback steakhouse for her birthday dinner. I only ate about 400cal all day so that I wouldn't blow it completely that night. I stayed away from the cheese fries (which I love) and only had 1 slice of the bread. No salad. I had a shrimp and scallop outback griller with no rice and extra vegetables. I put that somewhere around 750cal. So that gets me tooo... 1150? I was doing so well!! Then, *dun dun dunnnn* the dairy queen ice cream cake came out. I looked it up on CC... 360cal for an 8th of a 10" cake? Sweet! So I had a small piece, one I thought was more like 1/10th of the cake. Day's total? Around 1500cal - not too shabby right?

Until... Enter Saturday. I am pretty good on Saturday... at right at 1200cal. And then... the cake returned, in its ice creamy goodness. Sooo... I had another piece >_< And convinced myself that this was wayyyy to good to be only 360cal! So I checked DQ's site. Their approximate value, pre-decorating for 1/10th of the cake? 500 calories. Poo. So now I'm up to 1700, over my burn! I felt so bad about it, I ended up going to work out, despite the foot thing, which thankfully, didn't aggrevate it all. I burned 450 in the workout, so that was less horrible, I s'pose.

Sunday, I was much better. I paced myself and was back down to my 1200cal. My only defeat was in Cracker Barrel's fried okra. I had marinated chicken tenders (4), green beans, and... fried okra. Oh well, at least I stayed in my caloric limit, right? And i'm going to be extra good this week..

Still, my weight was WAY up yesterday. 129.0lbs. Yikes. I didn't even have the courage to weigh myself today. I'm trying to get it all out of my system so that I don't get discouraged so close to my goal! I know it takes 3500cal to gain one pound, and I'd be surprised if I did that even, so I know its only water weight and that it'll go back down... still, kind of a kick in the pants to be a pound away from your goal and to do that to yourself!

So here's to being REALLY good all week and getting back down to my 126.0 - I know I can do it! and then, on to my goal! :D Hope you're all doing well, sorry for the crazy rant! hehe :)

Yes, here's to a GREAT week of eating fruits, veggies and whole grains!

Exercising!

Resisting temptation!

Looking great!

Don't worry about it too much, Hharris9.  You're right, it's probably mostly water weight.  We all slip up occasionally:D

Just be good this week, and you'll be even closer to your goal.

I hate weighing myself during TTOM I'm hoping that if I do really well while I'm on it, there will be a sudden weight drop after.

Because I've been working out and eating well (was too busy to eat enough actually, I had a deficit of 1200 yesterday- whoops!)

But I still have trouble grasping the "starvation mode" concept. I've never been successful on a diet unless my tummy was grumbly when I went to sleep.

But maybe that's why I haven't kept much weight off.

To all: What do your deficits look like on average?

My deficit varies....  Some days it will be 300, some 400, then 700, 800, 1000...but most days it will be around 500.  See, it all depends.  On the days I work out, I try to eat the same as I do on regular days, but I don't fret if I go a bit over. 

Thanks, hanni and lauren. I used my bodyfat% and water retention% scale last night. I was up a good 3% from what my water percentage usually is, so I felt a lot better... and I was down to 128.0 (after a HARD workout). I'm thinking of going again tonight and to keep trying to flush out that fat! I don't want to overdo it, but I get nauseated at the idea of losing a whole month's progress over one lousy weekend when I wasn't even THAT bad.

Lol, anywho..

CC says that I burn 1670 per day. I think it lies since I gain when I eat over about 1500... but for the sake of argument... I try to eat 1200cal per day during the week, which would give me a 470cal deficit, plus 3 workouts a week each burning approx. 450cal. On the weekends, I eat 1500, so I'd have a 170cal deficit those 2 days. Hypothetically, I should have a 4040cal deficit for the whole week, which means about 575cal deficit per day on average.

Ugh, bad news guys.

yesterday we had a BBQ. I didnt know about it until like an hour before and I had already eaten 1200 calories, but was still hungry. i was thinking i'd eat just a LITTLE bit. A tiny bite.

so i ate

and ate

and ate

prolly ate like and extra 1000 calories. Booooo. I am scared to step on the scale today. I know its not enough to make me gain a pound, but its not good for my body to consume that many calories in one sitting.

but it more so destroyed my confidence level, and my comfort level with my diet. Also i had like a 1600 calorie deficit two days ago (i just realized it as I was looking over my stats, total accident) so it kind of makes up for it. But i just ate so much, way beyond the point of being regularly full. i dont know what made me do it. ugh.

and even though its 12pm right now, I am still not really hungry. I ate a small breakfast and lunch (around 450) but my appetite is almost nonexistant.

sigh.

however, this just makes me stronger. i really want to break this bad habit, and i feel so crappy about it this time that i think its really gonna prevent my from doing it again. .

in general, lauren, my deficit is around 700-1000. I like to work out a lot, so that's why its kinda high.

Ok I'm officially worried.

I'm planning a bachelorette party this weekend and we're taking the train to Reno.

The point of the weekend is to drink and drink and drink.

I know I will be fine just having vodka tonic or something, but I'm nervous that I'll drink more than I should and end up binging. I'm so close to 139 and I don't want to ruin my progress!

Plus I hate telling my friends "i'm dieting" or "i'm watching my calories" especially when we're drinking. They tell me I don't need to diet, bla bla bla- of course they're all size 3s- and it's more annoying than it is helpful. I'm trying to get healthy, darnit!

Blech, I know what you mean (not about the drinking, but about telling your friends you're dieting).  But, I would say to just try to not be around the foods that would trigger you to binge.  I wouldn't know about drinking and binging, but when I was binging after my ed, controling what foods were around me really helped.  So, just don't have too much junk in the hotel room.  I know that it's probably going to be extremely hard to do since there is going to be more than just you there, but just try :]

But, even if you do binge, most of your weight will most likely be water retention.  So, don't worry about it too much if it happens. 

Best wishes :]

Hannikate:

I just looked at your profile. You're only 15?

Gosh it makes me so sad that you've already been through ED hell at such a young age : ( And you are just so sweet and beautiful, it makes me even more sad.

But I"m glad you're strong and are going at weight loss the healthy way.

Congratulations on overcoming that.

I have faith in you!

The swiss miss - Thats a good goal :) and good job with your weigh in. Sorry such a late response. 

Hannikate - I bet your gaining some muscle and thats why. Really measure yourself.

Heather - It was just one weekend, and you'll be back down to your goal in no time. I looooove dairy queen cakes; dont put one of those in front of me I will eat the whole things. I looooove ice cream its like my drug, and then those cakes are like amazing times 5! I use to work at dairy queen hahaha. HOW BAD. I know for a fact if I drink regular starbucks frap and eat there breakfast sandwich i will gain weight in no time.

Lauren - UGH. I know what you mean I was just thinking about how bad I ate today, and tomorrow I am going out for ice cream with my friends before a movie, and I like want to ask for fat free, or sugar free but I bet they will be like wtf. I just hate hearing "your so skinny" BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, its like "I am skinny because I have worked my ass of to get here and am not going to ruin it THAT is why I am eating healthy THAT is why I am calorie counting and THAT is why I look the way I do" Its a true thing though, I mean I am like a pound or two maybe 5 away from my goal and I am skinny, and if anyone wants to tell me anything they can just suck it because I have worked my ASS off to get where I am. I am not lazy, and I am NOT unhealthy. 

I think I usually have a 700 a day deficit.  

woohoo go heather!

That is exactly what I told my friend the other day. She made fun of me for ordering a salad at a restaurant (we went to a freakin steak and beef and potatoes type place). She kept poking fun of me the whole time, and saying that I was already skinny blahhh blahhh blahhh. I turned around and I told her that I have worked my butt off at the gym, counted every single calorie and avoided plenty of ice cream socials. THUS if i want to order a salad to keep with my diet, I will order a salad.

It so awkward sometimes, I hate hate hate it when people ask me why I order a salad, or skip dessert, or don't want ice cream. The thing is I've worked too hard to get to this point to just give it up.

Today, I did so well girls. I was meeting up with a college friend for dinner, and we went to this Italian place (dun dun dunnnnnn!) I was dreading what was on the menu, but then I ordered the chicken basilico and asked them to put the sauce on the side.

They gave me a HUGE piece of grilled chicken with a side of brocolli and baked potatoes. I ate half the chicken, and all of the brocolli, but skipped the potatoes and the sauce. AND I didnt touch the free bread. Everything was within my cal. limit

I must say I am proud of myself. I didn't binge, overindulge, but yet, I was so happy with my food.

I think I am learning how to eat properly all over again :)

On the other side, I weighed myself today - 121.6 Hmmm. I wonder whats going on (maybe water weight? maybe a plateau?)

Lauren - just have a drink. be social, but if you don't want to drink for whatever reason, don't do it. It might be a little bit disappointing (it sounds like a big party weekend) but its probably worth it in the long run. Would you feel guilty about the calories afterwards? If the answer is yes, then I would say steer clear. I heard somewhere on CC that alcohol completely destroys muscle cells (in addition to being high calorie)

Original Post by heatherx33:

Lauren - UGH. I know what you mean I was just thinking about how bad I ate today, and tomorrow I am going out for ice cream with my friends before a movie, and I like want to ask for fat free, or sugar free but I bet they will be like wtf. I just hate hearing "your so skinny" BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, its like "I am skinny because I have worked my ass of to get here and am not going to ruin it THAT is why I am eating healthy THAT is why I am calorie counting and THAT is why I look the way I do" Its a true thing though, I mean I am like a pound or two maybe 5 away from my goal and I am skinny, and if anyone wants to tell me anything they can just suck it because I have worked my ASS off to get where I am. I am not lazy, and I am NOT unhealthy.

 WOOT! Go Heather! I usually let it slide, saying that I'm dieting and leave it at that, but I like your approach 10x better ;]

Thank you, Lauren.  I'm just determined to get this weight off that I put on after my ED from binging, and I'm also determined to do it healthily and safely :D

-Hannah

Haha.

 Alright I have two scales on is digital and one is spring (I went by the spring one forever I was like 126, and then gained up to 137) and on that scale I am now 117/118. Well I bought a digital scale when I wanted to lose weight because it was high tech (water, body fat, bmi, bone) well it weighs 2-3 pounds higher. Like this morning it said 120.4 BUT i weighed again and got 117.0 twice. So wtf? Haha. The thing about the spring scale is it never changes weight (only day to day or like morning to night) BUT my spring scale can go from 117-121 within like 5 minutes its like WTF? Its sooooo annoying.

My goal for this wednesday is 119. (but who knows because i get a million different numbers off these scales baaaaaah!)

Heather - Oh man, I hate it when that happens. I bought a digital scale by Taylor like a month ago, and this morning, pre-shower (no clothes) post-potty, I was 127.5. Then after my shower, hair soaked (I have long hair - 1/2 way down my back or so), and clothed, it gave me the same reading. So one way or another, it's lying to me. I think I'm to the point where i'd shave my head bald to see that 125.0 :P Not really, lol - that wouldn't count! I generally just accept whatever it tells me, first thing in the morning. It just comes with a grain of salt because I know that my scale also likes to skip numbers. When I went from 129.0 to 128.5 to 127.5 to 127.0 to 126.0 last time (pre-weekend gain), I realized that it likes to jump down a whole pound sometimes. I can only assume its missing that middle ground... still, it's so frustrating!

Laurensking - you know, as far as alcohol goes, I'm thinking that this year, I'm going to try to go with frozen screwdrivers. I know that sounds weird... but I figure it has to have SOME nutritional value from the juice, and as long as the liquor isn't way high cal, it won't be too bad. Plus, then it'll feel like I'm having a frozen cocktail, which'll fit better into the setting that I typically drink in and they'll take me longer to finish. (I'm an upcoming college junior.) Good luck, though - just take it verrrry slow on drinking them, and then, when they're too drunk to notice, start just ordering diet soda and let them think that its jack and coke or something. And stay away from the bar snacks! If you think you'll get munchy, see if you can put something in your purse before you go.

BTW - I found this the other day. You guys may already know about it but I thought that it was really nifty, so I'm going to post it here :) It just shows you how to order healthy in a lot of popular restaurants and to find healthier alternatives at the grocery store/movies/ball games/etc.

http://www.menshealth.com/eatthis/index.php

Urgggg...I don't have the scale at home again!! I'll have to do that tomorrow, I guess.  I think I might ask my mom to buy a scale to acually stay at home...yeah, that sounds like a good idea. 

lol, good idea hanni :)

Okie, so I'll do weigh in today, 'cause i am quite proud of myself: Officially 120lbs. Stayed stable :) Despite a fluke this week, but its ok, I included it in my calorie count.

Okie here goes:

SW: 126lbs

HW: 132lbs

GW: 117lbs

CW: 120lbs (3 from goal awww yea! :) !! )

This week is overall pretty good - I've noticed that my appetite has really decreased though, sometimes I can only manage around 900 calories (by accident obviously) so I treat myself to some frozen yogurt or peanut butter or something to get up my calories.

BTW I didn't know what thinspo was until I saw it in a thread and looked it up. It really scared me and made me feel so sad for those girls.

How was everyone else's week?

Hey. Weigh in.

SW: 140

Last Week: 120.0

CW: 119.0

GW: 115/117 and/or 16% body fat.

Yeah I have seen those thinspos on youtube, they have like videos of them its digusting.

Nice job heather :)

Did you, by any chance, notice that the closer you got to your goal the slower you were losing? I think thats happening to me...also I think I look smaller, but I haven't lost a considerable amount of weight. I know muscle weighs more, but it would be nice if the scale reflected it :p