Last 5 pounds club! (Closed)

I am hoping to find a small group to check in with while trying to lose those last few pounds.  Let's post SW, CW and GW.  My goal is to lose these last pounds by May 1 - just in time for the warmer weather!  How about a check-in on Monday and Thursday mornings? 

SW 135

CW 126

GW 120/121

3/17/08 126

3/20/08 126

3/24/08 126

4/7/08 124.5

Okay, I need advice for breaking through this plateau!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Ooooh, count me in.  SW - 134/CW - 117/GW - 110-112

3/17 - 117

I am a petite 5'1" 105 lbs and unfortunately out of shape & flabby. Since I lost 30 lbs in 2007 with minimal exercise, I have some looser type skin ... it's nothing major or significant just the tone of the skin in my arms isn't what it used to be when I was heavier.

I could use the motivation, not necessarily to lose weight but rather to tone up. If I don't tone up, I wouldn't mind losing 3-5 lbs to be back where I was a few months ago. FYI, I bought a wedding dress in December when I was 100 lbs after reaching my goal so being that I have gained 5 lbs since the holidays isn't a good thing, LOL! 

In any case, I mainly want to maintain my weight at or around where I am now and tone up, maybe lose a lb or two ...

I'm in: I'm 5'1", 29, SW: 122/ CW: 119-120/ GW: 118

Mostly, I want to tone up for my wedding on May 10th. I tried on my dress this week-end and it fits beautifully(very happy about it)!

When I did my fitness check last week, the trainer told me that I should be at 119 with BF% around 20-22%. I would need to lose 6 lbs of fat and gain 4 pounds of muscle. Would like to do so before April 27th.

Checks in on mondays and thursdays are good for me!

LET'S DO IT!!

 

 

I'd like to join too.

I'm in a similar situation to nycgirl. My "official" goal weight was 135, and I reached it, but I definitely have some loose skin I'd like to get rid of...as well as maybe shedding 2-3 more pounds in the process.

Since reaching my goal weight, I kind of lost my motivation to be active and though I'm eating within my calorie range for maintenance, my choices have been poor as of late (too much sodium).

So, I believe having a goal again will help me get back my motivation. I'm in!

SW: 135
CW: 137 (I think I went up do to switching to maintenance calorie amount)

GW: 132-133 ish and better toned legs (especially above my knees)

 

Edit 3/20/08:
Congrats lfaine for making it into the gym this morning! I made it to the gym myself the past two nights. Yay! It felt great to be doing it full force again. Good luck to everyone!

Edit 4/8/08:
Checking in...I weighed in at 135 on Friday. I was visiting friends this weekend and ate like a pig, so I might have gone up a pound, lol. But my goal this week is to hit the gym Tues, Wed, Thurs. I'm not going to eat back my calories on those days. Hopefully I'll even out by my Friday weigh-in. Maintaining is getting easier! Hope everyone had a good weekend! :)

Great~

5'2" 32 yrs old

SW 180 CW 136 GW 130

03-20-08 : 135

03-24-08 : 136 (water retention lol -been eating out since thursday)

03-27-08 : 136 ate mcdonalds.... yesterday so im up to 137 .. water retention!!

03-31-08 : 136

04-03-08 : 135

04-07-08 : 136 went out friday and saturday .... ate out both days...

04-10-08 : 135

04-14-08 : 135

04-17-08 : 134

Hi! I'd love to join in. I'm 5'9", 26 - SW 165, CW 137, GW 130-135? (really 2" off waist)

Erica

Hi! Great group idea.

I am 29, 5'6", and 133 on a good day. Looking to be 125 on a good day (125-130). I started counting calories (this time around) at 144, and I'm so happy with the loss so far.... and by the way, the eating more rule really applies, even with smaller girls like us!

Hi! Great group idea.

I am 29, 5'6", and 133 on a good day. Looking to be 125 on a good day (125-130). I started counting calories (this time around) at 144, and I'm so happy with the loss so far.... and by the way, the eating more rule really applies, even with smaller girls like us!

Hi! I started counting calories just a little while ago on this site, and whatching what I eat a little before that. 20 and about 5'6"

 

SW 145

CW 131

GW 125 ish (more important to get back my running ability and feel good)

yay perfect for me! these last 5 lbs are difficult. I am 19 and 5'3

SW: 132

CW: 118

GW: 115

Hi all! I'm glad I found this group before 100+ people were on it. I've been having so much trouble losing these last 5 lb and it's driving me crazy! Hopefully this forum keeps me on track, especially since i just got over my totm binge!

22, 5'4",  SW:136 CW:125.8 GW: 117-120

Let's do this!

Good morning everyone!

lfaine, thanks for closing this group, I think it'll be better with a much more intimate setting where there's just enough people to be supportive.

Well it's that time, Thursday morning! I'm doing great, although I haven't weighed myself this week. #1 because I didn't eat very well a couple of days ago and #2 Aunt Flow came to visit for a few days :)

I'm feeling confident about this weight loss though. I've picked up my workout routine and am finally eating my BMR. For the longest time I was eating 1200 because that's what CC recommended and because I had the mentality that the less I eat, the more I lose! Not!

I think the main thing that I'll need support with is not having a cheat day yet. I know that they're not a bad thing, but I promised myself that I won't have a cheat/free day until I reach my goal weight. So you all have to help me with that!

Hi,

Well, I decided today I actually need to lose ten pounds.

With that said, do any of you lose a pound a week? Or is it more like half a pound?? If I lose half a lb a week, I'm lucky, usually.

p.s. I totally binged today. terribly. Then I worked out and got it together. But when I got up today and saw an extra 2 lbs on the scale from yesterday.... I freaked out. I just didn't want to be hungry all day like usual, even when overreaching my cal. limit. Sometimes I just want to be FULL!! :) But back on track now, for reals. :)

Hey mharsch - good for you for working out and not letting it ruin the rest of your day.  Don't let the 2 lbs bother you - as everyone says, it is likely from excess sodium. 

I started really trying to lose a few pounds in January and the weight was coming off about 1-1.5 lbs per week.  However, I have not lost a pound since mid-February.  I'm seriously stuck at 126-127.5 lbs.  I try not to let it get me down because every morning when I put my clothes on to get ready for work, they are loose.  I just won't let myself buy too many new clothes until I get rid of least last few pounds.  We can do this! 

My big problem is I feel like I eat constantly - it is healthy food - fruits, etc. but I am going to try this next week to cut the snacks out so my body doesn't constantly feel like it needs to be fed.  I'll let you know how it goes!

mharsch - I know how you feel! But don't worry, sometimes it helps in the long run (i've heard). If you drink a lot of water, exercise and then sit in a sauna to sweat it all out, it helps lose that extra water weight. That happens to me about 1 a week (or 3 x/ month). In fact, I think I had a mini-binge last night too. I definately ate way more than usual, but not as much as sometimes when I binge. I had a big lunch (planned - went out to eat Mexican food) so I scheduled a light b-fast *did well there* and light dinner, no snack. So, I alotted 300 cal for dinner, and then ate: 2 LARGE bowls cheerios w/ skim milk, yogurt, and a bag of peanut M&Ms. Like 750 calories. So I felt discusted afterwards, but luckily stopped before I really got going (and there was a king size butterfinger in the house). DH asked what I was doing, so I got my head straight. I need to work out extra hard today. And I was too scared to weigh this morning!

Good luck Lfaine! Hey, what are some things you like to snack on? I am getting so bored with my food! Seems like I eat the same stuff over and over (at least for breakfast, lunch & snacks). And thanks for the tip on tagging the thread!

Erica

My normals snacks include bananas, apples, and pears and sometimes I'll bring some raisins, dried cranberries and raw cashews from home.  The dried fruits and nuts are the problem but I love them so much!

Anyone else have healthy snack ideas?

I've done okay on my no snacking today - just 1/2 banana around 3pm.

My favorite is no fat yogurt with hemp seed granola mixed in. Sometimes with blueberries on top. So good...

Are we weighing in this morning, or did everyone eat too much Easter candy??

Hi everyone,

so I have no idea what happened to me this past week. My healthy eating habits seriously went down the drain minus about three days when I actually ate healthy.

I have no idea how much I weigh right now and I don't even want to know. Yesterday I finally got back on track, but I feel bloated and disgusting now, even though I've been eating good these past couple of days. I weighed in at 125 and I seriously feel like I'm at 130 now, but I won't weigh myself!

So I feel all you out there who have binged lately, why do we do this? I wish I never had this problem, but what can I do now except to move on and eat right. So my progress is I feel crappy because of the binging, but I will change it from today on. I'll give you a weigh in in a week :)