Weight Loss Thread

[PrincessFiona]

So proud of you and so happy for the visible measurable weight loss in clothing sizes change! Yay!! Isn't that fun. And satisfying!

As for me, I am making my excuses now. I went to make peanut butter cookies today, and ate dough. Dough is my downfall, cooked cookies I can resist. So, I'm pessimistic about my weigh this week.

Thank you! Sometimes, life calls for cookie dough.

I only lost .8 pounds this week. It was a milestone for me though. I started at 263 and have been hovering around 220. I finally broke the barrier though and got to 219.2. Bye bye 220’s!

Kris


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[MrsK]

Amazingly, MILK can even ruin weight loss.

My in-laws are in town. The first 20 minutes after their arrival, MILK followed me around marveling at my weight loss. But rather than telling me I look good, she told me repeatedly how “huge” I looked the last time she saw me and how I’d gotten “so fat.” Then she says that she gained 12 lbs and she feels so bloated and “of course you know how that feels.” After a while listening to her tell me that I was an absolute whale the last time she saw me, I mumbled something like I hadn’t gained that much weight. So she insists that she has “photographic evidence” and that every single time she shows someone my picture they are surprised at how fat I am, even after she concedes that it’s not an especially flattering picture. W.T.F. Why is she sharing unflattering pictures of me? Why does she have to tell me that “everyone” thinks I look like a planet? I finally asked her if her statements were intended to make me feel good because they do not. If you want to give a compliment, you say something nice and then stop talking. You don’t go on and on for 20 minutes about how awful someone looked before.

And, by the way, she was last here 2 months ago, after I had lost about 25 lbs. I have literally gained and lost the same 5 lbs about 3 times since then. Surely, I did not look “like a whale” the last time she was here.

She also worked DrK over for being both fat and bald. She looked at his picture on the magazine cover and said, “It’s a good picture. You don’t look too bald in it.” W.T.F.


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[PrincessFiona]

That’s terrible, Emily. I’m about to see mil who always greets me with “you’re still fat”

Down 3 pounds today.

Kris


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[Bluejay]

I'm up 0.6 today. And just delighted that it's not more. I may not lose again until after Christmas. Realistically, if I don't gain too much, I will be delighted.

[PrincessFiona]

I'm up 0.6 today. And just delighted that it's not more. I may not lose again until after Christmas. Realistically, if I don't gain too much, I will be delighted.

It’s always nice when the scale doesn’t move too much in the wrong direction. I’ll be lucky not to gain through the holidays or on my trip to Austria.

Kris


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[Bluejay]

I'm down 0.2 today. A Christmas miracle lol.

[PrincessFiona]

I’m up a pound. Thomas bought pecans and baked a spiced holiday cake. I couldn’t resist. I hope to stay in a holding pattern.


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[MDPhDWife]

I’m up more or less about 5 pounds since Thanksgiving. I’ve been eating, drinking (a lot) and being merry. I deserve it and even though I’m still going to Orangetheory consistently, I’m not planning on logging my food until the new year. I feel okay about it. I mean I can feel a difference in how I feel, but I’m just not ready to get back to the logging food grindstone just yet.

On a side note, I’ve been dealing with symptoms of vertigo which I’ve never had before. It’s been consistent dizziness for weeks and I’m starting to get concerned. Will go to the doc soon to address this.


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[Bluejay]

I did not do well over Christmas. deep breath. I gained 8.4 pounds.

My body is just hyper sensitive to sugar.

Well, I'm already working to get back to my healthy eating. I hope everyone else did better than me!!

[PrincessFiona]

I did not do well over Christmas. deep breath. I gained 8.4 pounds.

My body is just hyper sensitive to sugar.

Well, I'm already working to get back to my healthy eating. I hope everyone else did better than me!!

I’m in Austria. I’ve done nothing but eat the amazing food. I dread stepping on the scale in a week.

Kris


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[ladymoreta]

I lost quite a bit several years ago, and it's almost all back at this point. I don't really have a plan. Right now, I'm trying to hide my attempts to lose weight from my kids because I don't want them having unhealthy body images, but I also see DD growing into my same body type, so maybe I should start talking to her about dieting? Ugh, weight loss sucks!!

[Bluejay]

I’m in Austria. I’ve done nothing but eat the amazing food. I dread stepping on the scale in a week.

Kris


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I think I'm the one that everyone is saying, Thank goodness I didn't gain as much as she did!

[Bluejay]

I lost quite a bit several years ago, and it's almost all back at this point. I don't really have a plan. Right now, I'm trying to hide my attempts to lose weight from my kids because I don't want them having unhealthy body images, but I also see DD growing into my same body type, so maybe I should start talking to her about dieting? Ugh, weight loss sucks!!

I know you weren't asking for advice lol... but start where you are at. And then try changing one thing.

Don't overwhelm yourself.

[MrsK]

I lost quite a bit several years ago, and it's almost all back at this point. I don't really have a plan. Right now, I'm trying to hide my attempts to lose weight from my kids because I don't want them having unhealthy body images, but I also see DD growing into my same body type, so maybe I should start talking to her about dieting? Ugh, weight loss sucks!!

I have those thoughts too. DrK has problems with food and he's gained so much weight since we married. He obsesses about his weight gain. K1 doesn't eat and didn't gain any weight last year. It's a problem so we are actively trying to help him gain. So, there is a lot of talk about weight in our house.

K2 and Lambie are big. K2 is predicted to be about the size of a refrigerator when he's grown, not fat but big. But he already asks me if he's fat. Lambie is sturdy and I doubt she'll ever be a petite girl. She's athletic and solidly built so I'm hoping she gets into a sport she loves. So far, she asks about ballet but that's not going to be her thing. She's a talented swimmer (really, youngest on the swim team by 2 years) and she's good at gymnastics so I'm trying to steer her in that direction. Into sports where her body type will be an advantage.

I really don't know how to approach it. I was always the smallest among my friends when I was in my teens and 20s and I'm not athletic. So, it sounds unsympathetic when I talk about body image. She is not going to want my advice. (She's already rebellious.) I keep talking about healthy foods and moving our bodies but it just comes out all wrong.

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[Bluejay]

I did not do well over Christmas. deep breath. I gained 8.4 pounds.

My body is just hyper sensitive to sugar.

Well, I'm already working to get back to my healthy eating. I hope everyone else did better than me!!

This week I lost 6.4. Just healthy eating and no sugar, nothing extreme. I think that when I put 8.4 pounds on so fast, they could come off so fast too.