Losing 5lb by mid-March?

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Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to vent....I went from about 160 down to as low as 150.5 a few days ago...yesterday was 151.5 and today 153!! I have not been eating more or exercising less, either. I'm hoping that the heavy lifting I did last night has caused water retention and tomorrow I'll be closer to 150 than 155...fingers crossed.

SIMILAR here. I went to 148 a few days ago and vowed I'd never see 150 again. This morning I'm 150.5

I'm the original venter....today I was back down to 151. Maybe it really was because I did evening weightlifting and had some fluid retention. I try to remind myself that if I were NOT dieting and exercising, my weight would be going up, so even when it's stalled out or plateauing, it's better than the alternative.

My issue is that I feel like if I ate pretty much whatever I want, I'd be at 160. But even if I diet like crazy, its REALLY hard to get under 150. Hopefully I'll break that barrier and train my body to live closer to 140 than 150 this time. Fingers crossed.

PP here (at 150.5)

Same here!! I was thinking I've been so careful eating - imagine if I ate a "regular" pasta dinner sheesh - I'd be back up to 160 in no time!!
I am also weight lifting.
I also want to be 140. Thats the ideal weight for me I believe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to vent....I went from about 160 down to as low as 150.5 a few days ago...yesterday was 151.5 and today 153!! I have not been eating more or exercising less, either. I'm hoping that the heavy lifting I did last night has caused water retention and tomorrow I'll be closer to 150 than 155...fingers crossed.

SIMILAR here. I went to 148 a few days ago and vowed I'd never see 150 again. This morning I'm 150.5

Sorry to hear that. Don’t get discouraged. If you’re tracking and at a deficit you will go back down. I only weigh myself once a week because the daily up and down would be discouraging.

I went a little off the rails this weekend with a Valentine's date night and a Superbowl party. From a low of 147.6 I've bounced back up to 150.8. Felt bad to see the number this morning. Got to get back on the clean eating this week!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to vent....I went from about 160 down to as low as 150.5 a few days ago...yesterday was 151.5 and today 153!! I have not been eating more or exercising less, either. I'm hoping that the heavy lifting I did last night has caused water retention and tomorrow I'll be closer to 150 than 155...fingers crossed.

SIMILAR here. I went to 148 a few days ago and vowed I'd never see 150 again. This morning I'm 150.5

Sorry to hear that. Don’t get discouraged. If you’re tracking and at a deficit you will go back down. I only weigh myself once a week because the daily up and down would be discouraging.

I went a little off the rails this weekend with a Valentine's date night and a Superbowl party. From a low of 147.6 I've bounced back up to 150.8. Felt bad to see the number this morning. Got to get back on the clean eating this week!

(I was a DP - lots of us hovering around that 150lb barrier!)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to vent....I went from about 160 down to as low as 150.5 a few days ago...yesterday was 151.5 and today 153!! I have not been eating more or exercising less, either. I'm hoping that the heavy lifting I did last night has caused water retention and tomorrow I'll be closer to 150 than 155...fingers crossed.

SIMILAR here. I went to 148 a few days ago and vowed I'd never see 150 again. This morning I'm 150.5

Sorry to hear that. Don’t get discouraged. If you’re tracking and at a deficit you will go back down. I only weigh myself once a week because the daily up and down would be discouraging.

I went a little off the rails this weekend with a Valentine's date night and a Superbowl party. From a low of 147.6 I've bounced back up to 150.8. Felt bad to see the number this morning. Got to get back on the clean eating this week!

(I was a DP - lots of us hovering around that 150lb barrier!)

Yep 150.5 poster here - now 150.9 this morning!
It's scary how easy it is to gain

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to vent....I went from about 160 down to as low as 150.5 a few days ago...yesterday was 151.5 and today 153!! I have not been eating more or exercising less, either. I'm hoping that the heavy lifting I did last night has caused water retention and tomorrow I'll be closer to 150 than 155...fingers crossed.

SIMILAR here. I went to 148 a few days ago and vowed I'd never see 150 again. This morning I'm 150.5

Sorry to hear that. Don’t get discouraged. If you’re tracking and at a deficit you will go back down. I only weigh myself once a week because the daily up and down would be discouraging.

I went a little off the rails this weekend with a Valentine's date night and a Superbowl party. From a low of 147.6 I've bounced back up to 150.8. Felt bad to see the number this morning. Got to get back on the clean eating this week!

(I was a DP - lots of us hovering around that 150lb barrier!)

Yep 150.5 poster here - now 150.9 this morning!
It's scary how easy it is to gain

This isn't real gain! Its' water. Really, if you want to lose weight, track your calories and only weigh once a week. the difference between .5 & .9 isn't something you need to worry about. It's not healthy.

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Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to vent....I went from about 160 down to as low as 150.5 a few days ago...yesterday was 151.5 and today 153!! I have not been eating more or exercising less, either. I'm hoping that the heavy lifting I did last night has caused water retention and tomorrow I'll be closer to 150 than 155...fingers crossed.

SIMILAR here. I went to 148 a few days ago and vowed I'd never see 150 again. This morning I'm 150.5

Sorry to hear that. Don’t get discouraged. If you’re tracking and at a deficit you will go back down. I only weigh myself once a week because the daily up and down would be discouraging.

I went a little off the rails this weekend with a Valentine's date night and a Superbowl party. From a low of 147.6 I've bounced back up to 150.8. Felt bad to see the number this morning. Got to get back on the clean eating this week!

(I was a DP - lots of us hovering around that 150lb barrier!)

Yep 150.5 poster here - now 150.9 this morning!
It's scary how easy it is to gain

This isn't real gain! Its' water. Really, if you want to lose weight, track your calories and only weigh once a week. the difference between .5 & .9 isn't something you need to worry about. It's not healthy.

That's one way, but it isn't the way that worked for me, a daily weigher, and I've lost over 90 pounds, so ... *shrug* Daily weigh ins help keep me from feeling too bad if I've worked really hard all week long and then my one weekly weigh in is super disappointing. It gives a steadier picture of the whole, and I prefer that to the big ups and downs in happiness and disappointment.

[Anonymous]

keep in mind that poop matters. try getting an open system colonic. very mild and easier than closed system if you've never had one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:keep in mind that poop matters. try getting an open system colonic. very mild and easier than closed system if you've never had one.

Wut?

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I am not willing to go down that road or into that tunnel!!!

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I'm STILL stuck at 150 :O

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Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to vent....I went from about 160 down to as low as 150.5 a few days ago...yesterday was 151.5 and today 153!! I have not been eating more or exercising less, either. I'm hoping that the heavy lifting I did last night has caused water retention and tomorrow I'll be closer to 150 than 155...fingers crossed.

SIMILAR here. I went to 148 a few days ago and vowed I'd never see 150 again. This morning I'm 150.5

Sorry to hear that. Don’t get discouraged. If you’re tracking and at a deficit you will go back down. I only weigh myself once a week because the daily up and down would be discouraging.

I went a little off the rails this weekend with a Valentine's date night and a Superbowl party. From a low of 147.6 I've bounced back up to 150.8. Felt bad to see the number this morning. Got to get back on the clean eating this week!

(I was a DP - lots of us hovering around that 150lb barrier!)

Yep 150.5 poster here - now 150.9 this morning!
It's scary how easy it is to gain

This isn't real gain! Its' water. Really, if you want to lose weight, track your calories and only weigh once a week. the difference between .5 & .9 isn't something you need to worry about. It's not healthy.

That's one way, but it isn't the way that worked for me, a daily weigher, and I've lost over 90 pounds, so ... *shrug* Daily weigh ins help keep me from feeling too bad if I've worked really hard all week long and then my one weekly weigh in is super disappointing. It gives a steadier picture of the whole, and I prefer that to the big ups and downs in happiness and disappointment.

I used it over control my eating (thanks to my 5’10” mother and her nonstop reminders that she has “never gone above 123 outside of each pregnancy!”) and daily weigh-ins help keep me sane with regard to weight control. If I’m bloated (thanks peri menopause!), “feeling fat”, etc., the weigh-ins are a reality check.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just coming here to vent....I went from about 160 down to as low as 150.5 a few days ago...yesterday was 151.5 and today 153!! I have not been eating more or exercising less, either. I'm hoping that the heavy lifting I did last night has caused water retention and tomorrow I'll be closer to 150 than 155...fingers crossed.

SIMILAR here. I went to 148 a few days ago and vowed I'd never see 150 again. This morning I'm 150.5

Sorry to hear that. Don’t get discouraged. If you’re tracking and at a deficit you will go back down. I only weigh myself once a week because the daily up and down would be discouraging.

I went a little off the rails this weekend with a Valentine's date night and a Superbowl party. From a low of 147.6 I've bounced back up to 150.8. Felt bad to see the number this morning. Got to get back on the clean eating this week!

(I was a DP - lots of us hovering around that 150lb barrier!)

Yep 150.5 poster here - now 150.9 this morning!
It's scary how easy it is to gain

This isn't real gain! Its' water. Really, if you want to lose weight, track your calories and only weigh once a week. the difference between .5 & .9 isn't something you need to worry about. It's not healthy.

That's one way, but it isn't the way that worked for me, a daily weigher, and I've lost over 90 pounds, so ... *shrug* Daily weigh ins help keep me from feeling too bad if I've worked really hard all week long and then my one weekly weigh in is super disappointing. It gives a steadier picture of the whole, and I prefer that to the big ups and downs in happiness and disappointment.

I also agree with daily over weekly weigh ins. Weigh fluctuates and thus the more data points the better. Once a week can mask changes.

Now the important thing is that you should not alter what you are doing based on what the scale says. Like I said, weight fluctuates and that is normal. there fluctuations are not fat gain. No one gains 2-3 lbs of fat overnight. The overall trend over time is that matters.

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I am sorry to say I have only lost 2 lbs. How is everyone else doing.

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I'm doing weight watchers. Started at 160 on January 1, down to 147. I was already very active and didn't drink alcohol or soda, so the weight loss has really all come from tracking everything I eat and eating a lot less. My goal was to get to 140 by April 1, I am projected to hit that a week or two after April starts. If I can do that and then MAINTAIN...I will be thrilled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sorry to say I have only lost 2 lbs. How is everyone else doing.

Still at 150 (149.5 this morning). I'm going to step it up now.

I want to get to 144 or so within the next 6 weeks.

I need to eat NO chocolate or cookies at all