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!

good morning :) my weight is not where I want it to be but I think it's because I've been eating cough drops all weekend... and since I'm sick I could be retaining water.. I wanted to get to 135 by Thanksgiving (actually 134.. but I'll take what I can get) but it seems kind of far.. ah well. I'll get there eventually! Planning for a good weekend coming up.. Thanksgiving is going to be a maintenance day for me :)

vesnar- yeah, sleeping too little will definitely cause you to eat too much! there is all kinds of research showing if you sleep more you're less likely to overeat.. why can't you get enough sleep? :( and sorry for all the creeps you have to deal with.. that sucks :( we have the problem here in Ohio.. lol..

jen - nice job on the run! at least you made it out on a jog! that's great!

Hello everyone! Today is a new day, right?

I haven't made it otuside for a run yet ... daily runs on the treadmill, but nothing outdoors. Congrats to you, Firebrand! That's terrific. 5 K is awesome.

After almost a week of being SO good and sticking to 1500 cals/day plus a run, I've had 4 days of crazy over-eating, especially sweets. I'm thinking part of the problem is that on 1500 cals/day I was losing weight a little too quickly ... a pound or more a week, and since I'm 5'2" I should probably up the calories a little and lose more slowly. I don't mind losing more slowly (it scared me to see my weight go from 109 to 107 in a week! now I'm at 108) but it's been hard for me to figure out my caloric needs. Supposedly I should be eating 1300 cals/day to maintain, so with my daily run and 1500 cals/day I SHOULD be just maintaining, but that's obviously not the case. I think I'm going to up it to 1600 cals/day for the rest of the week and try really hard to stick to that ... see where that leaves me after this week.

 

"Minerva - Can I just say WHY do we do that? I can literally be so full to the point of wanting to be sick and if there's something chocolate cake or cornbread or whatever sitting in front of me I'll STILL eat it and I'll feel HORRIBLE afterwards! I don't get why I would want to put myself through that but for some reason I always do?"

My feelings exactyl! Last night my roommate made cake and offered everyone drinks. I drank way more than I usually do and ate three and a half slices of cake. I felt terrible but I kept eating. Silly, silly.

Does anyone else have a problem with overeating in group settings? I took the diet profile quiz here on CC and it said that my biggest issue with sticking to health habits is social eating ... so true.

elen- YES. If I was a hermit I would be so fit!  My problem is that everything social involves deliciously unhealthy food and drinks.  I have gone and not drank, or eaten but that feels silly to me.  I'm also not going to convince other people to not do that.  I just try to do it less and watch portions.  I also try to make sure that those social occasions fall on my cheat day for the week.  Like it will on Friday.  I'm not too strict with myself these days because I've made so much progress and am pretty happy at 130, I would just like to see that 2!  I also just want to look as good as I can as in December I'll be seeing friends and family for the first time in anywhere from 1.5-3.5 years, depending on the person.  I want that shock factor!

Hi All

Im sorry I disappeared for a bit there. I am also sick krrpt08! I spent the whole weeekend in bed pretty much and didnt even make it to work yesterday. Today im at work but im feeling like i may have to take off early. I am with you on the eating though...cough drops have become my staple. I think i was probably below my calories for the weeekend and probably just at yesterday.. but i havnt even been logging.

As for the run i really wish i could have made it out this weekend it was so nice here (at least not rainy)! I cant really run on weekdays because when i get home from work its already dark-- and it doesn't seem like the safest thing either.

Social eating is also where i collapse....grrr. I have a work christmas party this sat which i think will be my free day....

I am hoping to get better asap and then get back on the workout wagon! I miss it!

I hope you are all doing fantastic! Keep up the good work!

Elen--I am *sure* you need more than 1300 to maintain. 1300 is probably your BMR. 1300X1.2 is 1560, which is your sedentary burn, which is probably what you'd need to maintain with no exercise. (That sounds about right, as I'm 5'2 as well, 121lbs, and my sedentary burn is about 1670).

Been doing okay this week--enough that I've mostly undone the damage from the potluck on Friday. Back down to 121.6 this morning, but that's with my period, so I'm hoping there's some water retention in there. Undid the damage just in time for Thanksgiving! :-D

Another new joiner here, though I have been following this thread for a couple of weeks now and have been riding on your motivation:)

I started at a peak weight of 139 lbs (an evening weight after eating all day), which was a result of baking a batch of cookies at home and basically eating them all in a week! Which was the point when I joined this site about a month ago.

I'm 5'5", 24 years old, and have reached a low weight of 133.4 (early morning weigh-in) last week, since joining (though I have been lower in my late teens/early 20s). My goal is 126 lbs, which has been my goal for 2 years now and seem to always get stuck at 131 lbs, so I need some serious motivation to reach this goal by my 25th birthday in mid-Jan. I want to feel great heading into my mid-20s. And this seems like the perfect forum.

Thanks!!

Hey all,

How's everyone doing?  Maybe noone is posting because of Thanksgiving in the States! 

Doing well over here, got m weight down yesterday but went out last night.  I may be heading to a battle of the bands tonight with all you can drink liquor!  I indulged in a piece of pizza yesterday (boo!) but have run twice this week and as soon as I drag myself out of bed will go again today.

Is anyone any closer to their goal?

Welcome cbridge!  When you're young that's the best time to make the change.  Being healthy is the best feeling ever.  Good luck!

hey firebrand, thanks for checking in. i don't celebrate thanksgiving but i didn't post this week because it was my birthday and my boyfriend's birthday and i was planning to indulge. but somehow i managed to exceed my daily calorie goal only once this week (and that was the only time all month!)

however, i'm no closer to my goal than I was on Halloween. i guess i'm not eating enough. i'm sad about it, I wanted to lose 3 lbs between Halloween and Xmas and now i only have 3-4 more weeks to accomplish something toward that goal.

i guess the solution is to raise my calorie goal. but as you all probably can understand, it's hard to convince yourself to do that, mentally.

Hi!  I'd say I did pretty well Thanksgiving day.  I didn't deprive myself of anything but I didn't overeat either.  All moderation.  Yesterday was my day to get back into calorie watch and moderation mode!  Did pretty well except we have those butter cookies!  And those are soooo hard to resist for me!  But I usually have 2 and I'm good.  I ended up working out Thanksgiving morning and paid for it later in the day.  I did the Biggest loser cardio program that is free on On Demand.  And wow!  I've been consistant with my running but realize there are many more legand bun muscles I am missing!  So I didn't do anything yesterday.  Today I'm still sore but am gonna try it again.  Tomorrow I am supposed to run 4 miles with a "mommy run group" I have out here so we will see how that goes.  I spent all of yesterday putting up our xmas tree and decoratiing so not much time to snack all day. Plus I didn't bring any leftovers home.  If I did I'd be in Thanksgiving mode for about 3 or 4 days!  So that is the update with me, how is everyone else?

I was doing really well the first few weeks I started, but then I think I got too comfortable with how well I was doing and ended up gaining a pound.

I worked really hard this week to stay at my calorie goal (which still meant I went over by 100 or 200 some days). Although, celebrating Thanksgiving yesterday (strange I know, but I'm living in Australia) I did really well. I did spinning class in the morning, ate a healthy breakfast, and then by the time we were having dinner I was starving! I loaded my plate, but made sure to take plenty of the veggie options, but then on desert I completely indulged. I still came out well weighing in this morning, down from the day before at 133.6, but I haven't been able to get below 133.4.

I'm going to work really hard again this week and hopefully get down one more.

 

Warbler02, I've always found if I'm on a low calorie diet, the best thing to boost losing more is one day in the week, or one day every 10 days, letting myself induldge. I don't mean on pizza and icecream, but plenty of healthy carbs, like a big pasta dinner. I think having one day every once and awhile helps your body know that you're not in 'starving' mode, so the following next 10 days your body will let you drop. I suggest this oppose to just adding an extra 100 or 200 calories a day, because you're body will get used to that intake as well.

I think that's why Thanksgiving dinner was good for me yesterday.

Just my thoughts, any one else?

Yikes well I went out last night and I don't even want to think about my calorie intake.  I did well and ran, and didn't end up gaining from Friday night but last night leaves me feeling nervous!  Went to Indian Buffet with my boyfriend and though I didn't eat to the point of feel sick I still ate A LOT.  Then we went out for drinks and I had vodka cranberries all night.  It was all you can drink!  I had to get my money's worth!  Then we ate street food after including schwarmas.  YUM!  Needless to say I'm feeling quite sluggish today.  I'm still going to go for a run and then some shopping. I'm also going to steer away from the hangover greasy food and eat veggies all day and whole grains.

The good thing is, is that I went shopping yesterday and fit into some clothes that I totally didn't think that I would. I also got hit on a lot at the bar.  It was kind of annoying but good for the ego.  Boyfriend didn't like it that much, though!

Warbler, I think you should totally up your calories or lower your excercise.  After a few weeks of not losing anything but I knew I was eating great and excercising a lot, I decided to cut out running for a week and a few extra pounds just melted off with me doing NOTHING.  I was loving it!  It was the no excercise diet.  I think I was burning too much and taking in too little.  Give it a try, and even if you do gain, it won't be real weight because I'm sure you'll still have a deficit.  Good luck!

Hello everyone,

So i am finally getting over what I found out was Bronchitis after plenty of rest, antibiotics and pretty much becoming sedentary. I was already feeling much better on friday and have been feeling good throughout the weekend so hopefully thats the end of it! I still have a nasty cough though so i havn't exercised yet because i am worried about the cough. May try tonight or tomorrow.

Now I did end up loosing quite a bit of weight and when i weighed on friday i was about 7lbs lighter (!!). Although it wasnt on the scale i usually use so my guess is there is some error there. Also attributing the rest to the fact that i was so sick and not really eating much. Nonetheless i am really close to my goal now (or at according to this scale!) so i am hoping to not gain too much back. For now im just going to wait for my weight to stabilize and work from there.

Congratulations to all of you who did so well over Thanksgiving!! I find holidays so hard!!

Firebrand-- don't worry about the overindulgence! It sounds like it was delicious and a lot of fun!!

Also welcome to everyone who's just started posting!

Good luck this week everyone!

Well, it's practically mid-week and I'm not doing very well. I find it so difficult to only eat 1400 cal a day, when I want to eat hearty meals of carbs, but to stay low on cals I feel like I have to eat a lot of salad, but just not finding it satisfying. I'm stuck at 134. Although, I do generally feel better, because I have been eating much healthier, just lots of healthy food.

What are people eating to meet at 1400/1500 calorie/day goal? Are you finding it satisfying?

Well, it's practically mid-week and I'm not doing very well. I find it so difficult to only eat 1400 cal a day, when I want to eat hearty meals of carbs, but to stay low on cals I feel like I have to eat a lot of salad, but just not finding it satisfying. I'm stuck at 134. Although, I do generally feel better, because I have been eating much healthier, just lots of healthy food.

What are people eating to meet at 1400/1500 calorie/day goal? Are you finding it satisfying?

Hey guys,

I'm doing alright over here.  I've managed to go running for the past 5 days and feel great because of it.  I'm supplimenting it with level 3 of Jillian.  It is my birthday on Saturday so I'm not going to even pretend I'm going to behave.  I will eat every brownie I see and drink every long island ice tea in the room! 

vnaloo- glad you're finally getting over the sickness.  7 pounds does sound like a lot!  i hope you weren't THAT sick.  don't restrict to keep those pounds off, please take care of yourself!  i say take a couple of days of rest and see how you feel after that.  it will be better in the long run.

cbridge - i eat around 1300-1600 on days when i'm not cheating (most weekends!).  i am not a big meat eater (just chicken and fish) so i don't find it hard to stay within that range as a lot of veggies have just a few calories.  do you like sweet potatoes?  i find they help with my carb craving but are also really healthy.  i also stopped trying to restrict carbs so much.  i allow myself a sandwich everyday and the bread hasn't negatively affected anything.  i think you just have to really plan your meals.  i cook my meals a day in advance, and though i know not everyone has the time for it, i find that i'm less likely to cheat that way and go for what's easiest and usually less healthy.

i'm glad people are still posting here!  i was getting worried :)

Hi Everyone!

I am glad this thread is still alive too-- i was also getting worried. So i didnt make it out to the gym last night to weigh myself because i ended up locked out of my apartment for about an hour after work! Not fun! I forgot my keys at work and ended up waiting in the rain until someone finally let me into the lobby.

cbridge- I agree that cutting out some meat makes it a lot easier to keep the calories down. I am a terrible cheater though but generally manage to stay in the 1500 ball park if im not. I have found that i find V8 very satisfying. Also i usually try to have something warm with my meals otherwise if i eat only veg at lunch i am not as satisfied. Also eating many times throughout the day helps me out.

firebrand- thanks for your concern. I am really glad that i am finally feeling  better I hate being sick! I havn't been restricting calories at all since i got sick, I just (monday) started logging again. Just listening to my body and eating if im hungry-- also frequently over eating forsure 1600+ calories through the weekend and this week so far! I think the weight loss was mostly related to the different scale i used (I likely lost less than that while i was sick)... i will confirm tonight when i weigh on my usual scale. Also congrats on the running! i am missing it, i am going to try on the treadmill tonight and see if my cough will allow.

Keep up the good work ladies!

 

Minerva: Turns out the 1300 figure was the CC reccomendation in order to lose 1-2 lbs a week -- which is a much faster weight loss than I want! Guess those settings just confused me.

I'm eating 1600 cals/day and slowing losing; I'm at 107.5 now, down from 109 when I joined this thread several weeks ago. As far as eating well with fewer calories goes ... I found that personally I could not stick to even 1500 cals/day, and kept cheating really badly. Now that I've upped my intake to 1600 I've been doing better at sticking to my goal, so I'm a lot happier about that. I guess that doesn't really help anyone who really wants to stick to 1400 cals/day, but anyway, that's my two cents!

Thanksgiving was great! I enjoyed the food, took a free day but it wasn't too crazy, and I'm looking forward to Christmas. Hoping that my new eating habits will stick and that I'll get a great deal of enjoyment out of small portions of sweets, rather than pigging out on everything in sight (which is ultimately very unsatisfying). But social eating... :-/

A new low today, 133.2! It's not much more, but progress. i'm still on track to lose 6-7lbs by end of Jan, which is good.

fibrebrand- thanks for the tip/reminder on sweet potatoes. i love them, they are filling, and very healthy. i'll have to make sure to prepare them ahead of time. also, agreed, i've been eating a lot less meat lately. first is was because of sustainability/environment reasons, but now it's helping to keep calories down as well.

elen0sila- i think you're right, I think shooting for 1300/1400 is too low for me. when i started i was consistently eating 1600 and loss on that, so that will be my new goal.

i've been doing spinning classes lately and that's been fantastic, because i can't run because of my knee. a hard work out keeps me motivated and sometimes i need a class to be pushed hard.

congrats cbridge! any progress is progress.. and sometimes you just need to see ANYTHING lower.. even .1 pounds sometimes :)

I've had quite the binge day.  I had 2 lattes at starbucks before work.  After work I had bibimbap (basically tons of rice and veggies) and then a BIG BAG of chips.  The chips were almost 600 calories.  I really don't know what got into me.  It is TTOTM and my birthday is coming up.  I'm also stressed about leaving Korea.  In my mind I rationalized it that I won't be able to enjoy any of this stuff in two weeks so I should indulge now.  That's true, and even after the food I do agree but now I'm left with a tummy ache.  I guess I indulged too much.  Perhaps I've been restricting too much?

To top it all off, I couldn't go running today because of the icy rain.  Tomorrow is supposed to be -8 and my boyfriend is cooking me sodium filled pho for my birthday.  THEN Saturday we're going out for Bulgarian food and drinks with friends.  I feel like I can't even try to make up for tonight. 

Sorry for the rant.  I know that some things are more important than dieting, and I'm not really trying to lose much more I'm just having a hard time staying motivated.  Should I just give up trying and go back at it when I'm in Canada in 3 weeks?

Hi everyone

Things are going pretty well here. I made it out for a small workout yesterday which i was really pleased about. I am just trying to ease back into it after taking almost two weeks off.

I a little more at ease about my sickness related weight fluctuations today. I weighed on my usual scale and i am at 116.1 lbs. Which means I lost some weight (2 lbs ish) but nothing as dramatic as the other scale. Nonetheless i am hoping to stabilize around 115 for when i leave on Vacation the 16th... as i am going to be spending a lot of time in my swimsuit.

Firebrand- I totally agree that some things are more important than the diet. Enjoy yourself and where you can limit your portions a little and don't get too out of control (obviously much easier said than done!). But don't be to hard on yourself! And Happy early birthday!

cbridge Congrats!! It's always so encouraging to see the scale move even if numbers arent the biggest thing! I have wanted to try spinning for a while but i find every time i get on the stationary bike at the gym i last about 20 min max so i think i may die in a spin class! How long is your class? Maybe i will work up the courage...

Elen0sila- oh social eating... I wish it wasnt so much fun! I found the CC recommendation too low for me as well. I aim for 1500 and it recommended something in the high 1200s.  This would be  very difficult to maintain for me!

Enjoy your day ladies!