30lb by Halloween

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YAY braille!  ( :

My Wednesday was ok.   Got all my goals done.

How about your today, girls??? 

It's friday, guys! You know what that means! :)

Weigh-ins are tomorrow! :) Hope everyone's doing fabulously.

PS: I'm 100% addicted to the Vivanno Nourishing Blends, esp the mango one with matcha....It does something to my body that literally makes me FULLFULLFULL for the REST of the day. Don't know what....I think it's the protein/fiber powder....but it's AWESOME.

I literally plan on getting one from work (for free, most of the time) once a day, preferably in the mornings....to keep me full for SUPER long!

okay...I know its not weigh in day, but I am back up to 200 from being stuck at 199 the last two weeks!  I hate that number.  Not sure whats going on here, calories are good, ranging from 1400 to 1600, went to the gym 3 times this week and did 45min of strength training and went on 3 walks around 5 miles each time.  My water is good, 80 to 120 ounces a day.  This is so frustrating!!

Hey Ladies how is everyones Friday going?  I am weighing in today because I got to work tomorrow and I am afraid I will forget.

LWW 154

CW 153 today, this is day 3 and holding so I am going with it.  1 lb at a time!

Hey renee sorry about the number this morning but really it could be anything, TOM, water, anything!!!  Don't be down you are still Beautiful and tomorrow is another day!!!

Great success Ladies

 

Well, I successfully made it through Olive Garden training. It was hard, but I did it. But since I've only eaten one huge meal a day every day for three days, it feels weird to wake up today and eat something small. I guess I'll have to though, huh. After all, that's a hell of a lot healthier. Does anybody have plans for this weekend? I'm tabling for planned parenthood on Saturday and volunteering at my museum on Sunday. It should be a good weekend. It'll be nice to have a slower pace, since this week has been so crazy and next week is going to be so crazy too. I'm going out with the man I'm completely smitten over tonight. And I have a feeling he's going to want to go get dinner. Hopefully I'll be able to make healthy choices and resist all of my favorite, greasy, delicious food!!

yesterday could have been a disaster!

my friends and i were going to go out to this buffalo wild wings place, and i was kind of freaking out because, well, i'm a vegan going into a meat establishment. usually my kind are not particularly welcome in places like that! but i went online and tracked down a menu (buffalo wild wings is probably the worst chain restaurant when it comes to advertising nutritional facts. they have the calories for the sauces on the internet and that's about it!). luckily they had a gardenburger option, and i went for that and a side salad.

after that we went to the dark knight midnight showing. i've been trained since i was a little'un that you're supposed to overeat when you go to the movies like mad crazy. candy, butter popcorn, etc. this time though i brought a package of sugar free lifesavers, and even if i would have eaten the whole bag (i didn't) it only would have been around 250 calories! so i was happy for that.

onyl one week left until i get my scale back. i'm anxious and nervous. god what if after three weeks i stayed the same, or worse, went UP?

janeiro,

i'm impressed. i woul dhave had a really hard time being healthy at buffalo wild wings. but then again, i eat meat. i probably wouldve wanted to go crazy over chicken wings.

 

well, since today is weigh-in day, i'll go first. last week i was 219, this week i'm 217. yay for two more pounds!!i've got a lot more to go until my goal, but every little bit helps.

So it sounds like for the most part everyone is doing great, and that in and of itself is great!!

I had a pretty good week this week, I didn't make it to the gym buy I did make it to the track to run.  I made some peer pressure choices about food, but even those weren't that bad I just watched my portions.  I have been having some very weird bloating issues all week, not sure what that is about because I've been drinking my than my usual water (it's really hot here).

LWW: 199

CW: 198, one pound but hey I will totally take it (maybe it was more because I am still retaining some water, my wedding ring is super tight)

Everyone have a great weekend and try to make good choices, keep up the great work!!!

173.6 today. My personal trainer said I should expect to gain 5 to 10 pounds with the weight lifting but this is slightly aggrivating and I think my increase in calorie intake needs to be reigned in slightly.

Wish me luck for next week.

stayed the same this week  ( ; 

me too, olivia. :(

It's sad to hear my belly rumble and feel my muscles aching at the end of the day.....only to see the scale hasn't budged an inch.

Oh well, hopefully it's water weight or something like that.

Ironically enough later Saturday I went down to 171.8 which is where I have been since. I think I had this proble with I finally went from the low 180s to the 170s...took my body a while to say (okay we'll acknowledge the weight loss and let go of more weight). So I am still keeping positive even though I haven't really dropped anything more and haven't really gotten into the proper 160s.

I missed weigh in Saturday

I lost my Grandma to cancer this weekend....... and gained weight actually..... not quite what I was expecting.....

This journey is at a stand still for the moment...have some things to deal with. Hopefully I can get on track here right away.

I looked into getting a personal trainer...should hear from him today...

 

Good job ladies

Have a good week.

169.4. Whaaa? Welp not going to complain one bit if my body wants to say drop another .4 pounds overnight and make my 100 pound weight loss mark a happy happy joy joy moment. Sing everyone sing!!!!

hello. my saturday weight was 200 (and today is 197... here is to losing!)

Oh my gosh, tinka, i'm sorry!

Are you doing ok? Definitely put your mental health first right now!

I personally support you, definitely. Feel bettter!

miss tinka -- prayers and positive vibes to you and yours. 

congrats to LADY --  100 lbs lost????   that's freaking awesome!!!!

I am happy to report that the new scale I received for my oh so romatic 4 year anniversary gift is steadily decreasing the numbers finally.   

question for y'all.

is anyone else struggling with their self esteem even MORE now that they've lost weight. i seem to hate myself more than ever now that i'm not quite as heavy. you would think losing 30 pounds would've made me love myself even more, but i just look in the mirror or in pictures and am sad. i think maybe it's because i didn't realize how far i had to go. i can't see a lot of progress, so i just feel discouraged. like - 30 pounds didn't do anything for me. i'm still fat, i still can't fit into pants in a regular store, i've still got lumps and bumps in places where there shouldn't be any. i feel good knowing that i've lost 30 pounds, but i almost don't believe the scale, because i really can't see it. it just seems like i have so far to go, i can't help but despise my body a little bit (and myself for doing this to my body). am i alone in this?

NOPE.   Not alone......

I was a fat kid.   Who grew into a fat teen  (who always put on a happy face and was the perky, funny one......).   For that reason maybe, I do not remember too many times either as a kid or a teen where I didn;t like myself.....   I was pretty sure I was always going to be fat, so why not be fat and happy?   yes, shopping wasn't so fun, etc, but I was always popular and liked myself too......

It was my first year of college, months after losing 65 lbs for what I SWORE was the last time, that I met my ex, C. an abusive, scary guy who made me not only miserable but positive that I was worthless.   The only thing he liked to do that was social was eat.  SO that;s what we did.   I put on not only the 65 lbs I had just lost, but I ballooned to 275 (that's when I stopped weighing).  Anyway, long story sort of shorter, it's taken me much longer than I would have liked to not only lose the weight, but also to lose the guilt and terrible self-image-feelings-esteem he gave me.

I think when we are finally making a 100% effort on all the right fronts to lose the weight but more importantly, get fit and healthy FOR LIFE, that it is then we see all the bumps and lumps and stuff we block out when we do not care.    CHIN UP< blondie ---   it is worht it, it will feel better soon, and you have all kinds of good support here.   ( :    

Maybe you still do not like pictures, but have you got a running total of inches lost?   those goal pants or outfit that you can try on and see a difference in?   Instead of letting this get you down, find a way to turn it around.   (((HUGS)))

How is everyone? 

Original Post by yourfavoriteblonde:

question for y'all.

is anyone else struggling with their self esteem even MORE now that they've lost weight. i seem to hate myself more than ever now that i'm not quite as heavy. you would think losing 30 pounds would've made me love myself even more, but i just look in the mirror or in pictures and am sad. i think maybe it's because i didn't realize how far i had to go. i can't see a lot of progress, so i just feel discouraged. like - 30 pounds didn't do anything for me. i'm still fat, i still can't fit into pants in a regular store, i've still got lumps and bumps in places where there shouldn't be any. i feel good knowing that i've lost 30 pounds, but i almost don't believe the scale, because i really can't see it. it just seems like i have so far to go, i can't help but despise my body a little bit (and myself for doing this to my body). am i alone in this?

i would not say i am struggling, but, being scrutinized more, noticing my body more, buying new clothes etc. can sometimes definitely be a bit of a stressful thing. i believe it helps one to know themselves better and maybe learn something