Saturday Weigh in

[LoriB]

I am going to do my weigh ins on Saturday mornings.

Last week, on Sunday, I started at 188, but that was after the *big* dinner out the night before.

Since we never go out on Friday night, I figured this would be more realistic of a weight check.

My starting weight must have been inflated due to that meal.

Anyway:

Sunday 1/14/07: 188
Saturday 1/20/07: 181

So, I will probably start a *normal* amount of weight loss from here on out, LOL!


I'll post every Saturday morning, good or bad. Measurements every month, and photos when a difference is apparent.

[DorothyB]

Awesome!! My "official" weigh-in will be on Tuesday mornings.

[Chrisnstar]

217 down a pound since last weigh in! wahoooo!

[Sheryl]

Awesome progress reports!!!

[KarenN]

Well, I use Monday mornings, probably not the best for me, since weekends are hard! But I lost 1lb - down to 162. I need to get motivated. This being ice-bound in the house was VERY bad - the boys think I should bake and cook for them the whole time

Thinking I'll got to a Friday morning weigh-in.

[DorothyB]

This morning was my official weigh-in. With my party on Saturday, I goal for the week was to lose 1/2 pound. My scale only weighs whole pounds and I don't remember how "firm" the 199 was last week. This morning I still weigh 199. I think I lost a teeny bit. I almost threw away a small baked beans that I had bought for the 2005 hurricane - then realized it is 8 oz packed in a styrofoam microwaveable dish. I now keep it by the scale. When I gold it, I still weigh 199, so I'm guessing I'm on the "lower side" of 199.

I am disappointed. Last time I really dieted and lost a LOT of weight, it came off very easily the first several months. I was really expecting to lose at least a pound. Of course, I also totally blew last night. I had eaten at 3PM and couldn't decide if I was hungry enough to eat anything before my riding lesson, thought maybe a banana?, then the horses were total idiots about behaving for dinner and I got totally frustrated. I left for my riding lesson and remembered I forgot my boots. I wasn't far from home, but had to go back. I had planned all week to stop at the tack store in Tomball to look for the right girth for my LJ. I even had my LJ in the car. About halfway to Tomball I remembered that I planned to do that EARLY since they close at 6PM - there was no way I was going to make it. I was still struggling a bit with the emotions resulting from the horses' behavior - the old "not good enough", "can't do anything right" garbage. I do have one evening per month when I am very emotional, etc - and I'm thinking that was last night. So, I went to Taco Bell and ate too much (2 tacos & a bean burrito) and drank too much Dr Pepper.

Then when I got home I had one piece of cake left. (Carrot cake - first ever cake I made from scratch with the help of a friend - yummy!!) I didn't figure out the exact exchanges for the cake, so I decided to eat the last piece last night so I wouldn't have to guess the exchanges today. (not really a great idea, but it sure did taste good)

This week's weight loss goal is at home - but I think it is 1 1/2 pounds. I really need to do more exercise! I did walk down the stairs from the parking garage today.

[Mary Ann]

Mmmm, homemade carrot cake!

Dorothy, I wonder if hindsight is 20/20. You know what I'm doing? I'm sitting here hoping I have the flu. Or at least some sort of virus. I don't feel well this morning and right now I'm not sure if it's that I'm getting sick or that my blood sugar is falling too low. I feel horrid, and like both flu and falling blood sugar, food sounds horrible. I've been eating right and doing what I need to do.

I wonder if, when I remember when I used to drop weight in the past, I forget about the bumps along the way and just remember it as being sorta hard, but doable. Maybe that's how I can think of doing it again. But when I hit bumps, I wonder if I'm doing it wrong or something. Or if it's all useless because I'll never find a balance between my weight and blood sugar.

But then I think of how I never see any fat people in the nursing homes--- only little birdlike old ladies and men. All the fat people are dead. And there they are with their aches and pains and different disabilities, and they're still keepin' on keepin' on. Makes me feel stoopid about a little nausea.

I figure I have to keep at it. If I do keep at it, there's a reasonable chance I might succeed. If I don't keep at it, there's no chance I'll succeed. So let's both get back on our horses and ride our ride.

Oh, and I don't think there's a one of us who doesn't have days of blowing things and feeling inadequate. Welcome to the human condition. It's not what happens to us that really matters; it's what we do with it that counts.

And as an observer of your life, may I tell you that it's plain that you do far more right than you do wrong? You are an example to me, and there are times I ask myself, what would Dorothy do?

[Sheryl]

Dorothy,

I don't really feel qualified to give advice to others on this subject, but I will anyway. I have now lost 71 pounds on Weight Watchers. People always ask me "how" as though there is a magic answer, a special food, a certain exercise, a carb trick etc. For me, there isn't. The only trick is that everyday, and throughout the day, I make the best choices I can. I do that regardless of if I gained or lost, regardless of a previous bad choice, regardless of how crappy I feel. Overtime, that cumulation of better choices then I used to make adds up. Whether you weighed 199 or another number on that particular moment of time is not your success story. Your success story is turning that around, learning from it, and moving on. You didn't do anything bad, you just didn't eat according to your plan.

BTW, Taco Bell is the best place to get low cal/reasonable nutrition fast food. Get their nutrition guide, either online or from the store. If you order the food "fresco style" you can have: STEAK soft taco for 3 points, regular ground beef taco for 3 points and most of the chicken ones are around 3-4 points. For people not doing WW, that means these dishes are around 150-220 calories!!! I order two for a normal meal, and if I am starved, I splurge and have 3 items!!! It feels like a feast, and I am still on program. Fresco style means no cheese or sour cream, but they put a yummy seasoned tomato mixture on top - I love it better then regular style.

[Mary Ann]

Sheryl, I am just so freaking proud of you! And great post, girlfriend. ;0

[snaffle]

LoriB..you are doing great!