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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m going to check in again, though I think I’m talking to myself at this point! Mid 40s 5’6” woman. Back on track this week and I’m down to 139 lbs, for a total of 40 lost. Feels harder and harder to get these pounds off the more I lose. But I feel great, I love the new clothes I’ve gotten, I can run! Me! Run! A lot. I no longer gasp for breath during a fitness class, my chronic asthma is easier to deal with, my BMI is into the normal range. I’m going to keep trying to get down to 135, but I’m not going to beat myself up if I can’t get there. [/quote]

Congrats, you!!!  That's so fantastic, and not just reaching your number goal but all the extras you're getting with it!  Great job sticking with it even through the literal ups and downs, ha.  I'm PP above who had 16 pounds left to lose to get to 155, and I'm down to 14 pounds left there, and maybe I will get there in January (but then again there's Thanksgiving and Christmas so...maybe a little later).  But my goal is getting closer!  I'm also wondering whether I should aim a little lower, but I also don't want to fall into the trap of ultimately getting disgusted with resetting the bar trying to go lower and lower.  That said, I know I won't be able to just put the diet away and go back to eating the way I ate two years ago, which was unhealthy.

Congratulations again for getting to that 40 lbs goal and for taking fitness classes and running and all of that!  Go you, you rock![/quote]

Great job to you too! I didn’t reset my goals until I got to each one. So I set my first one at 30 lbs because I knew I could do that as it was within a couple pounds either way of my weight most of my adult life. After I got there, I reevaluated to see how I felt about the whole package, fitness-wise, health wise, and how I looked and decided to aim for another 10lbs. When I reached that toward the end of last week, I did the same thing. I’m happy where I am, but if I can, I will try for my next goal, which at 4lbs seems way less daunting given the amount lost already. 22% of my body weight is gone!

You can do it, as I’ve come up against things that make it harder to lose like vacations or company in town, I focus on just maintaining for those weeks knowing that I can’t let slower progress bog me down. Good luck![/quote]

Wow that’s amazing. I have never lost weight that quickly. Honestly I’m very frustrated with myself after the past week. Trying to buckle back down but I’m so tired…youngest has RSV and no one is sleeping at all.[/quote]

Weight loss when you are in charge of young kids is HARD.  Those kids are demanding, especially when you've got a sick child, and on top of that you have interrupted sleep.  I did notice that I had better luck with my weight loss when I was able to get uninterrupted sleep rather than the shorter nights I was getting when I gained all the weight due to work deadlines.  Just a note to hang in there til things get better, hope your youngest feels better soon![/quote]

Thank you. I keep feeling like things are getting easier and I have energy for myself again and then life throws us a curveball and I’m barely surviving and throwing carbs in my mouth as I clean up vomit or do work super late at night because I was out all day with a sick kid. But I’ve had young kids for like 7 years (I have a big gap, not tons of kids) and a DH who works a lot and I just worry it’s not going to get any easier because once I’m no longer exhausted my metabolism will have tanked even more. It’s hard to find the right balance of not giving up when things are hard and not beating myself up unnecessarily.[/quote]
This is SO hard OP. That cycle of staying up with sick kids, plus late night work hours got me too. Honestly it took until my youngest kid was 4 when I could focus more on myself.  I’m sure someone will chime in with their glorious story of losing weight while raising quintuplets or something, but until you can leave the kids to play independently, it just doesn’t seem to happen. Good luck though, sending you some positive vibes![/quote]

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