Official Thursday Weigh-In

I weighed in today at 169.4.  I was rather pleased with this, especially in light of this weeks' dalliance with French fries and homemade chocolate chip cookie dough.  (At least I had the good sense to freeze the cookies once they were baked.)

Now, time for you to check in, too.  Do you have any particular goals for the upcoming week?  I'm going out of town for a day and a half to visit some old friends . . . uh, some middle-aged friends . . . I mean, some friends I've known since junior high.  I intend to stay on my eating plan unless confronted with a slab of cheesecake.

Comments

[B]

137 and I don't want to talk about it. Just one goal of back to 135 again next week.

[SaraB]

Congrats on your loss! I've a loss this week too, amazingly enough! 245.6. My goal is to get through my cycle without eating myself out of house and home. What is my deal? Have fun with your friends!

[Cindy K]

Oh, if only weigh in were yesterday when the scale showed me 210! Alas, today it says 212. Again.

My goal for the upcoming week is to get on my exercise bike for 20-40 minutes every day. (I sprained my ankle last week and have the go ahead for biking now, not walking :( ). Good luck & have fun with your friends!

[Kimberly]

I'm up a pound to 185.6. Neil and I sat down and had a good talk about sabotage this week. He's now going to keep his junk food in the trunk of his car. Temptation is being removed, and I'm feeling better already.

[Justin]

This morning in at 187.2.

[Jeanne]

I weighed 220 today! That is a four-pound drop from last week for a total loss of 40 pounds.

I'm back on track after neglecting myself for awhile. A few months ago, the scale read 214 (from my highest weight of 260 on 8/1/06) but then I gained back 19 pounds. 19 POUNDS! How did that happen? (Actually I know how it happened -- I frankly just didn't care about what I ate.)

A few weeks ago, I decided to focus again on eating in a healthy manner one day at a time. This brief relapse has made me realize that eating right has to remain forever on the top of my "to do" list. Nothing is more important.

[Steph.]

188.8 (a gain of .1 thanks to eating a burger when I shouldn't have on a forced late dinner where I was famished--argh!)

By the way, you can put my name as
Steph. D. if you'd like to distinguish. What's up with all of these Stephanie's? That's crazy! HA!

Next week--focus on logging, drinking more water, and NO honkin' big burgers!

[Jennifer]

I was 199.2 this morning. My goal for the week is to weigh a little bit more at the end of it. :-) I'm going away for my 20th anniversary for 5 days next week, so it will be interesting to see where I am after that.

[Angel]

I'm at 286--I lost a pound this week :)

My goal is to get back to a regular gym schedule. Things have been so crazy this month, what with our elderly dog passing away, and adding a puppy to our family.

I'm glad to say I've been to the gym twice this week, and walked 1.5 miles both days. I intend on going tomorrow as well. My pain levels have been bad lately (what with the stress and all) so it can be hard to convince myself how much I need to go.

Enjoy seeing your friends!

[JanB]

I am 184 this week. I have been back up to 185, but the way my weight works is that I lose a chunk and then the scale see-saws back and forth for a week or so and then settles down, so I have been at 184 for several days now, I think I will be seeing 182 on Sunday. It's funny, my body is so completely predictable.

My goal is just to keep on keeping on. I was trying to cut back on meds and stuff, but I have been so sick with a cold, that I just have to go with it and trudge through this cold. I am hoping to feel better soon. At least I can't smell food. That makes temptation so much easier to deal with.

Thanks for doing this Melodee, I know it must be a lot of work updating us every week, I appreciate it and I know the other do too. You are wonderful encouragement to me!

[angela marie]

Yes, it is appreciated - all your work to keep us in line. :)

I am at 155.8 today. I'm worried about this weekend, since we are going camping and I don't have a lot of time to prepare, but I will stick to my eggs and chicken breasts while the rest are eating hotdogs and s'mores!

[Leigh anne]

181.6 for me. Down 1/2 a pound. Goal for next week 180.x And to not sabotage my whole weekend as I have the last 2 weekends.

[Melissa]

Yay for you! Maybe you "tricked" your metabolism or something!

I'm the same as last week, 158, just one pound shy of that elusive 80 pound mark. I've been trying to get there for three months now!

[Patti Justice]

i'm down to 220 which is 1.3 pounds less than last week not a big loss but better than a gain. mel have a nice time with your friends and have a bite of cheesecake for me. Thanks.

[Lynda]

170! Gah!!! (Although on the plus side, a work colleague who is based in a different office and whom I have not seen in the flesh for about a year DIDN'T RECOGNISE ME IN THE HALL YESTERDAY! She phoned later to apologise for ignoring me but she didn't know it was me because I'd lost so much weight! Whoo-hoo!)

[Laundry & Children]

I was about to give up. Seriously. I was going to just throw up my hands and say, "Well, I guess that God wants me to be a fat person." But I lost 2.5 pounds after weeks of counting every calorie, working out every day and pretty much only thinking about losing weight and yet not losing any.

[Cindi Mansell]

Apparently peanut M&M's are not one of the major food groups. Fortunately they didn't hurt me too badly but I did gain. Up to 189.4 I will do better this week. the key for me is planning. I have been really busy the past two weeks and my eating plan just went into the tank.

[B]

BTW, I noticed many of us are up. Do you think the whole routine shift of back-to-school throws us for a loop that we eat what's available instead of what is good for us? That's part of my problem. That and eating in front of the TV, which I'm going to give up for a week and see how I do.

[Tanya]

ok i am still at 195, i am actually happy about this, as long as i am not going up and i know i need to start excercising, i dont have any energy, any body know how i can build that up, my kids are in school and i am home alone so i sleep, i feel so tired, anybody know why???????

[Kelli]

I'm at 214.2 - a bit lower than last week but still not where I want to be. I'm reading "Water with Lemon" - a great book, a great inspiration. I recommend it highly.

[Sandy McCann]

Well, I am 175.8 which is still running 2.3 pounds over the minus 60 mark. It is also about 4.5 pounds over my all time low in the 171 range, though when I hit that mark I only saw it for about 3 days so it was not a fully acheived low I think.

Wierd how I see myself as fat as much or more now when I evaluate my shape....but then I had stopped looking cause I knew I was fat.

[LeeAnn]

174. ugh!!!!!!!!!!
Started back on track this week. Hope to be closer to 170 next week.
Congrats to you!!

[She-Ra]

Oh thank you Laundry and Children... I am getting discouraged because I am at 172 again. Still. I have been exercising more and eating less and having nothing to show for it. Argh! Your note gives me hope.

As for the cheesecake, I'm sure I'll be encountering a slice. We're headed there tonight for DD's birthday.

[Stephanie Painter]

Glad to say I'm down to 220.0. I started Nutrisystem, and am generally a bit hungrier than usual, but that's because I'm eating proper portions! Lost almost 2 pounds this week, which is a good, healthy (annoyingly slow) amount. I'm trying to focus on the good, healthy part of that sentence. Need to do more exercise...trying to get a routine going at home, as my constantly shifting schedule makes going to the gym harder (and because I haven't done it in, oh, 2 months or so.) But I'm motivated, and I will weigh in next week at something under 220.0.