The 2-5 pounds to go and stuck thread ... Join me to lose the last few pounds!

This is the all-new "Join me to lose the last 2-5 lbs club"!

This type of thread helped me famously as I was on my weight loss journey in 2007. Now I am back looking for more, support, friends and few pounds to lose ... I am still thin but feeling down in the dumps with poor eating and a lack of motivation.

Who wants to join me to lose the last 3-5lbs and stay healthy! Post goals, rants, diaries of your day if you like, we can lose those last few together!

YES WE CAN!

I feel like I'm making progress since my doctor's visit 2 days ago. I've kept within my daily calorie goal for November every day now without messing up. It's actually getting easier day by day. Today I resisted birthday cake despite multiple offers (my favorite kind too...chocolate with raspberry filling, with whipped cream topping instead of frosting). This is the kind of progress I am really looking for. I'm living at home for a few months but soon I will be out on my own, where it will be MUCH harder to avoid temptations. I need this willpower!

May I join?? I just saw the forum and I could definitely use some motivation trying to lose the last five pounds. I'm currently 5'3", 18 years old, and 125 pounds. My goal is 120 by Christmas day. It's definitely possible, it's just a matter of staying strong because it's easy to get comfortable when you are so close and the worst would be to not make it once you get so close. I do eventually want to get down to 110 lbs. but not by any date really... just eventually.

good morning ladies! I did atrocious yesterday... Did not make homemade bread.. way high in calories and both my sis and I are trying to lose a few pounds.. so we made chocolate chip cookies instead (I only had 4.. lol.. plus cookie dough ) and we made baked chicken wings which came out quite well! I overate to the tune of about 3000 cals total.. but I did do 90 minutes of working out so I don't feel too bad... *sigh* but most of it was emotional eating and that makes me sad b/c I thought I had that under control.. ah well.. new day.. that was just one bad day all week so I'm back on track today... the scale was okay though.. 136.2 today.. I think that's a new low.. :)

nycgirl- sorry about Friday :( I hate emotional eating.. as you can tell I don't do well with that either.. it's like once I think I'm good I do it again... we can do this together :)

ashley- nice job planning the dinner! your day looks awesome!

elen- welcome! I just had a high intake day yesterday... oops.. hopefully it will move the scale in my favor!!

warbler- wtg on resisting temptation! you can do it :)

ledouxgl - welcome to you too! I agree.. it's so much harder to try and lose weight when you're so close.. I'm having a crappy time b/c I'm getting a little lazy also... but we can do it!!

Awesome about the all-new low weight, krrpt08! :D I bet that high-calorie day was just the kick-in-the-butt your metabolism needed!

Thanks for the welcome!

alb2642--I hear you about healthy food! I never used to check calorie counts because I figured things like whole grain bread were super-healthy -- and of course they are, but the quantity does matter.

Lots of luck getting back on track!!

Original Post by alb2642:

so this weekend wasn't very successful for me either. I told myself I was going to be very strict about keeping my cals at 1500, but that certainly did not happen. Yesterday, I ended up eating an entire bag of dried cranberries in one sitting. When I looked at the nutritional information I knew I was in trouble. Healthy foods can be so deceiving sometimes. Must get back on track today. i'm not going to weight myself until Tuesday i think...

Dried fruit in general is a bummer...all of it is calorie-dense: dates, prunes, raisins, cranberries, dried apples/apricots/mango, etc.

hey guys, how's it going? this weekend has been pretty good to me.. no binging and slowly getting my weight back to normal after a week of bloat. BUT i think i'm pmsing (tmi sorry) and retaining water, and moody and craving peanut butter a lot.. ughhhhh  tomorrow is monday and a fresh start! i'm gonna focus on exercising eveyday.. or atleast every other day, because right now i'm pretty much a couch potato haha. and i don't wanna be skinny fat you know!? so yeah, i'm also gonna really get into strict calorie cycling.. starting this monday too. i always kinda naturally calorie cycle but i want to be able to plan my meals ahead of time and stick to them. yea, motivation!

anyways, i know i'm rambling.. but i hope you all have a nice week! don't worry we only have a couple of pounds left :) and lets be serious.. they're just vanity pounds haha

oooh, I'd like to join too!  My weight loss has totally slowed down, although it may have something to do with my partying on the weekends.  Actually, I know that's the reason!

I'm 5 ft 4 and 130.5 pounds.. basically I would like to be anywhere in the 120's.. At this point 129.9 would be great! 

Goal for this week is to eat cleanly until Saturday at least!

Are there any official weigh-ins for this thread?

Welcome elen0sila & ledouxgl! No such thing as being late in this group, you are most welcome here

firebrand, welcome to you too! We don't have official weigh-ins but please feel free to weigh in as little or as much as you like! We are here for support!

krrpt08, thanks for the words of support! And congrats on the new low, gotta LOVE that!! How do you make your own chicken wings?? I am intrigued!

alb2642, those dried crannies had to have a lot of fiber right? I like to put positive spins on my dark food moments! At least it was cranberries not rice, which I used to think was a low cal health food before I joined CC! LOL!

I am feeling much better after my dark moments on Friday night. Had a relatively healthy-ish weekend.  Ok so not really healthy per se but not off the rails. Had a rgeat weigh-in this AM at 103.8! And though I didn't officially count calories today I know I didn't go over 1500 (yet!). So tomorrow is bound to be ok as well (although I will be eating after midnight tonight since I am not yet home from work for dinner!).

I am actually psyched for the week ahead.

good morning! I think my overeating from Satruday caught up to me today.. weight is up to 138 but that's okay.. I usually have a high weight on Mondays. My goal this week is 135. I know I can do it! I'm so close! Lowest weight so far is 136.2 so I know I'm close! I have to focus! :D

Ashley - thanks! I hope it shows tomorrow as a good thing! today I'm really regretting it! lol!

alb2642 - yeah, health food can be decieving! things like dried fruit and nuts need to be eaten in small quantities.. they pack quite the caloric punch!!

mari - sorry you're pms'ing.. that's never fun :( cravings through that are always torture!

jen - weekends ruin me too... it sucks! food and booze.. ugh.. terrible combination..

nycgirl - how do I enter the html website things? I can attach the recipe here for you :) just don't be scared of the calories b/c that's for 1 lb of wings and a high-fat blue cheese dressing... I didn't have any dressing.. but my b/f said it was awesome!! nice job on the weigh-in!!!!

would anyone be interested in a no-drinking challenge? I'm not sure if I'm the only drinker in these parts but I need to stay away from the booze this weekend so I can see a drop on the scale... but I need some motivation and support

bah.. I can't figure it out...

krrpt08.. i would normally be totally down for a no-drinking challenge!  actually cutting way back on the booze was a huge reason for why i've lost over 30 pounds.. however, i'm in korea now, and only have about a month left before i leave for good and want to enjoy it as much as i can before i go.. which means indulging in some booze.. i don't want to look back and have any regrets about not living to the fullest! 

i bet if you and anyone else does it though you'll drop pounds like nobody's business!  on friday i weighed in at 59.3 kg (130.46) and after a weekend away in a cabin with nothing but booze, bbq and junk when i came back i was up to 61.6 (135.52)  i know most of it was water/food weight but that's still quite the jump!

man, let us know how that goes!

Hey everyone. Hope your weekends went well and you are each having a good Monday. I was really stressed out this weekend with a paper and presentation due today, but thankfully I didn't mess up. My pledge not to go over 1x00 calories on any day this month is still not broken! So I'm happy about that. For some reason I'm not losing any weight though

I think a no-drinking challenge is a great idea. I haven't had a drink since...hmm...April, I think. I've never felt better! Not sure when I will start up again, I just haven't felt like drinking yet. Maybe I will join the challenge with you krrpt! I'm happy to support you.

Unfortunately while I also quit smoking in April, I have started that again. Oh well. Trying to keep it as infrequent as possible because I am enjoying my healthy, alcohol/tobacco-free skin and weight.

krrpt08, sorry but I don't know what you mean by html website things ... maybe you can just cut and paste it or send it in a Forum Mail? I am stoked (especially b/c I don't like blue cheese so I won't be tempted!).

I am alos up a couple lbs this morn but I am not surprised I had dinner at 1am last night (and a bad dinner at that of chips/salsa, frozen corn in butter sauce, Product 19 cereal,  half a hard-boiled egg and a small bag of Funyuns. Pretty gross combination of brown/yellow foods actually!!)

here's the website...

http://www.cooking.com/Recipes-And-More/RecDe tail.aspx?rid=2307

if it doesn't work, maybe try copying and pasting? :)

Agreed that normally I would be up for a no-drinking challenge--I'm actually not a big drinker at all. Every three weeks or so I'll have maybe one/two shots worth of alcohol. The last time I drank heavily was in the middle of August. So normally it wouldn't be a big deal...

BUT I'm studying abroad in Ireland in the spring, and my housemates are throwing me a going away party on December 5th, which also happens to be the last day of classes. Soooo needless to say, the alcohol will be flowing freely that night. ;-)

nycgirl, i know how you feel about the extra couple of pounds.. they say you shouldn't weigh  yourself everyday for just that reason but i just can't help it.. it's hard to see even when you know it's not 'real'.. just keep pluggin!

minerva, uh, that's AWESOME you're studying abroad.. i love traveling too, and though i should find a way to do so without drinking, i really don't want to.. i was strict at the beginning of my weight loss but now that i'm pretty content, i totally think a few drinks are worth it.. and you definitely deserve it!  congrats!  december 5th is the day before my birthday so i'll be indulging right along with you!

minerva_moon: I live in Ireland!! You will have a blast, but ya be prepared for alcohol to play a huge part socially, sad but a lot of the cliches are true, social activites are quite centered around alcohol here, but you will have so much fun! are you in Dublin? if you need any info re. best healthy cafes/food shops etc. Just let me know!

So I attempted to add a few more calories these last couple of days as I've recently realised Id been eating below my Basal Meta. Rate, 1400, I had been eating 1200, anyway I'm up a 1.5 lb, which may be down to eating more carbs than usual. I aim for less than 120g per day, so I must admit I'm having a hard time getting myself to eat more but I am just maintaining so long on so few cals something has to change, I'm bummed! i really can't stand to gain though, it freaks me out way too much, seeing all the weeks of work slip away.

Weldone to everyone else this week though!! Keep up the motivation & rub a little off on me please!

Well, I took the advice of many of you and upted (is that a word?) my calories by 200 to 400 for 3 days in a row.  On purpose, and because I was at an awesome house party over the weekend and had lots of good appitizers. This am I weighed 129.5, down 1/2 pound. I was stuck at 130 for months.  So I am pretty happy and I think I will pick on or two days a week to eat more and see if that helps.  I am still exercising about 30 to 40 mins 3 or 4 times a week.

I can never give up my wine!  Ugh, I will not participate in that challenge, no way, no way, please don't make me. LOL!  It keeps me sane and I look forward to cooking healthy with my hubby every night and I enjoy a glass or 2.  (I do count it in my calorie intake.)

Keep up the good work everyone, and remember not to worry about a few extra calories or being up a pound or two.  It's what you feel inside, how you treat others, how well you love your family and friends.  Love your animals and your children, and SMILE!