Official Thursday Weigh-In

Dear Internet,

I am a loser and not in a good way.  If it weren't for you, I'd pretend this week never happened and use my "get out of jail free" card . . . wait, would that work to skip a weigh-in?  Anyway, I promised to Diet Naked and so here I am, all 171 pounds of me.

I'd like to believe I'm retaining water and that the alignment of the planets has caused gravity to increase, thus causing my scale to reflect a larger number.  Otherwise, I'll just have to pick myself up, brush off the muffin crumbs and carry on.

(And now, just because I'm lucky, I'm cleaning out my twin teenager's dusty, messy room in preparation for another year of school-at-home.  They're gone, so I can do this without fighting the urge to yell things like, "HOW CAN YOU LIVE LIKE THIS?!" to them.)

Okay, time to weigh in!

Comments

[Cindy K]

Last week I was gone and ended up UP...(to 219, ahem).... I got my butt moving again and keeping a close(r) watch over the intake and I'm back down 4, still up from my last "official" weigh in, but still... So, I was 215 this morning.

I started taking morning walks this week. My daughter (12) is coming with me, but grudgingly, and I would much like to walk further/longer as it is so nice in the morning (though it is on the shoulder of a 55 mph rural road...darnit.)

[JanB]

I am pretty pumped up. I am at 192 today, that is exactly 80 lbs down from where I started. I remember the post that you wrote about reaching 210 lbs. I was so thrilled when I finally made it to that point and now I have passed it downward!!

[Karen]

I am at 191.5, down from 194. Total loss of 27 lbs.

[Carol]

I gained .4 lb my last weigh in. how can such a small gain be so discouraging. I have struggled all week to stop "treating" myself in consolation. I know persistance is more important than perfection but I am having trouble perserving this week. Hang in there.

[LeeAnn]

Yay, doing great here!! 169! I was 168 yesterday, but I ate too much ravioli last night!!!!!! Anyway, I have a goal again and I am excited about that. I plan on being 150 by the new year. I do better when I have a goal!!! So, bye bye 170's hello 160's!!!!!

[SaraB]

I feel your pain. You're in a new week - keep at it! I am experiencing a PMS gain - but also combined with my gym being closed for a week, I didn't exercise as much as usual. 249 today. I'll be down next week, I'm sure of it!

[Jill]

Thanks so much for the fitday link. I just started using it this week, and I think it will really help me. Sadly, I got sick yesterday, and after a couple of days of logging my food, I have lived on tostitos. But I appreciate the charts telling me what vitamins I am missing, which turns out to be a lot.

[Tess]

I'm with you this week but I've been that way last week and the week before and the week before... Someone suggested that I buy dh a lock box to keep the treats in that he insists on bringing home and I'm on the verge of doing it. I so want to fit into my smaller clothes.

[Melissa]

In the immortal words of my WW leader, I'm "holding my own." Maintaining the 1.5 lbs. I gained last week.

Like you, my problem is planetary alignment. And not the two large bags of fresh baked peanut butter cookies brought home by my husband two days ago.

[Patti Justice]

I'm still at 224.3 but hopefully that will go away soon. I made the mistake of grocery shopping hungry this afternoon. I got all the good stuff but also managed to find room in my cart for a box of cinnamin sugar donut holes, a lunchbox cherry pie, two half gallons of bryers ice cream, that will make this week go faster.

[Desia]

175.2 today, same as last week, same as the week before. At least I’m not gaining, but I have 43.2 more to go.
Time to hop on the treadmill, or do the Pilates DVD, to fulfill the promise I made to my family of exercising at least 5 days a week.

[Cindi]

Well I lost the pound I gained last week so things are looking good. 192.

[B]

137.5

Since we are dieting naked here I will tell you that when I got home from vacation last week I was 136.5. So really, I'm up a pound. Sometimes I want to blame the fluctuation on breastfeeding. You know, if that baby hasn't nursed in the AM yet, then MAYBE the chest weighs a full pound more! Ha ha. The lies I try to tell myself. Thanks for keeping us honest!

[Keri]

I was 172 this week, down one pound. Had a serious run in with some tater tots. I can leave the sweets alone forever, but man - crispy AND salty? Sigh. So I'm dusting my tot crumbs off this week. Thanks for keeping it in perspective, Mel.

Joined the Y this week. HATE exercising, but weight loss seems to have slowed and so I need to do that to get to the next level. Too hot to walk outdoors here in the south (100 today), plus the Y has free childcare so I don't have to work around my husband's unpredictable schedule.

Off topic - does anyone else love scrolling through the column of names and weights on the left to find your name and see your weight loss up in black and white? Kinda make it more real? I'm still early enough in the this journey (and this is the first time I've successfully lost more than 3 pounds) so it still feels a bit unreal. Like any moment I'm going to gain it all back - boom!

[siouxjoe]

181

Still holding steady, so to speak. But I gotta say, I feel successful in just not gaining any weight over the summer. Ya know? You are doing awesome, who knew that 171 would ever be disappointing? That's a good feeling, no?

[Cherlyn V]

You rock! God has blessed you with an awesome sense of humor. Best of luck with the continued weight loss. YOU CAN DO IT!

[Leigh anne]

Great job facing the scale. After all, it's not who you are, it's only a number. I'm not technically a member of the team but I weighed in on Thursday at 187.2, down 3.2 from the Saturday before (my start date)

[She-Ra]

All right... I'll come clean and admit I'm up to 177. All time high since starting to diet naked. Yikes.

In other news, I think I am finally going to face my yeastie beasties and go sugar free (Starting next week - 1st day of school equals 1st day sugar free for me.) I have to get my nerve up to take the leap again. Hopefully this will also lead to a decrease on the scale.

[Brianne]

moving forward, 229!
Bad news: upcoming vacation to Florida for 2 weeks, betting it'll be back upwards when I get back ... but I won't be distressed over it unless it happens.