Keep losing weight till I reach my goal weight

I disappeared for a bit, surprised to come back & see no new posts! Hope everyone is taking good care of themselves.

I had another tiny gain last week… 0.6 lbs. Pissed me off, since I had another fabulous week, but whatever. Can’t control what the scale is going to do… I continue to prove that! :o)

I’ve not been so fabulous this week, however. Not horrible, but I’ve not journaled the last 4 days. I’ve been sooooo busy & actually had a few pieces of halloween candy yesterday & it threw me into a rotten mood… totally sugar related. Very weird, very dramatic. No more sugar. :o)

So… I start back & day one of THJ tomorrow. I ate really well today, but went out & have no clue how to point it, so I’m starting tomorrow.

Anyways… hope the rest of you are doing okay.

The link in the post below this one, “UNTITLED”, has some really good info… LOTS of info… but it’s mainly a big sales pitch. :o) I don’t know if they really care about healthy or if it’s about making money. Hmmmmmmmmmm…

Julie

Had my WI this morning…had a pretty good week of THJ & no-sugar…other than the fact that I was just a bit in the hole for the week (but didn’t count my APs… not that I earned all that many to count…only 8) scale decided that it wasn’t going to give me a pass for not giving it everything I got & I had a 0.2 gain. Only a little bit disappointing because I like losing streaks :o)

I’m doing great though, so a tiny gain like this isn’t going to throw me off one bit.

Next week, here I come!! :o)

Here are my current stats – 275 / 194 / 150

Jeans have become my #1 “safeguard” that I put into place when I started losing weight. They are completely unforgiving & will not lie to you. If you gain, they don’t zip. :o)

I got rid of every larger pair as I lost. 2 summers ago I was down to a size 16 ^{(from probably a 30? I don’t know… I was wearing stretch leggings…YUCK…for several years & didn’t start wearing jeans again until I had lost a bunch of weight & was down to a size 24)} & they were getting really loose. 14 here we come! Then I started stumbling & the 16s started getting tighter. Whatever. I was going to deal w/ it because I wasn’t about to buy a bigger size… that was my plan. Well… what I didn’t count on was 4 of 6 pairs of size 18 jeans I had given to a friend’s mom coming back to me. I kept them in my car forever, I didn’t want them… should’ve just tossed them. The 16s got ungodly tight & looked REALLY bad on me… so in a moment of desperation (I think I had somewhere important to go) I pulled out the 18s & started wearing them. Gradually, it got to the point that the 18s started getting tight, but luckily, I was able to maintain a 5-10 lb range for almost 2 years that kept me from having to look for a larger size.

Well… w/ my newly committed self & this losing streak I’ve been on the past 2 months, I’m happy to say that the most fitted of my size 18 jeans that were tight can now be washed, DRIED in the dryer & zipped!!! :o) Size 16 here we come!

Actually… at this point in my weightloss 2 years ago, I was already in a 16 & was down about 7 lbs lbs from where I am now when they were loose enough for me to be eyeing the size 14s. I definitely must’ve gained more in my middle than anywhere else over the past few years as I don’t see size 14s on my butt 7-10 lbs from now. Who knows, though, huh? From a tight 18 to a loose DRIED 18 in less than 2 months… 14s could be closer than I realize. :o)

Okay… I’m off to my WW meeting… was just pretty darned excited about being able to dry & zip these, I just had to ramble a bit. :o)

Julie

You can check out my weight chart to see my “dance w/ the scale” over the last few years.

ANOTHER awesome WI this week. Down another 2.2 lbs for a total of 13.2 lbs in 7 weeks!!! Yeah! Completely amazing for me. It’s the sugar… 100% gotta be! It’s the ONLY thing I’m REALLY doing all that differently. Yeah, the THJ helps, but losing the sugar keeps me UP, focused & w/out any cravings whatsoever, which helps BIG TIME!! Things have never gone so smoothly before. I’m just thrilled & am going to continue on as planned.

Here are my current stats – 275 / 193.8 / 150

First of all… CONGRATULATIONS little Terry!! WW Goal Weight! You done good!

Well… I had an AWESOME WI on Saturday… down 2 more pounds for a total of 11 lbs in 6 weeks. I also FINALLY got my 5 pound bookmark, after having reset my stats a year ago September!! (which I then promptly turned around & gained like 12 pounds over the holidays & had been struggling to get it together ever since!) It was pretty exciting, to tell you the truth! Funny to explain to people who don’t know me why I had been saying I had lost almost 80 lbs one week just to get my 5 lb bookmark the next!!! LOL!

Here are my current stats – 275 / 196 / 150
.........I’m less than 11 lbs away from “virgin fat territory”. :o)

Anyways… I’m thrilled… things are going well. Today is DAY 43 of THJ (totally honest journaling) & sugar-free… 6 weeks… hard to believe. It’s obviously working, so I’m not changing a thing. :o)

Julie

LOL! Just proved my point about the scale not being a friend today. I had another FABULOUS week & gained 0.4 lbs! Stinker. Not THAT big of a deal… I know there can be all sorts of reasons why it was off, but it just ticks me off because I was on a nice roll (4 straight losses) & wanted to continue w/ that trend. Dang. Oh well, LOL. It’s not about the scale, right? :o)

Julie

& no, not PMS or anything like that.

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Another 0.6 lbs bites the dust! :o)

4 straight weeks of losses (9.4 lbs total), thanks to 26 days straight of THJ & no sugar and 16 more APs this week.

On to week 189!
(meeting today was about PATIENCE…
I think I get it at this point, don’t you? LOL!)

I just remembered that I have an article that I have recommended to others struggling w/ what the scale says when they’re going through a plateau or even when they’re working out like crazy & the scale just isn’t cooperating. It’s a good read… check it out:

WHY THE SCALE LIES

I actually have a series of articles on my website from ACE Fit Facts. It’s not complete, but it had alot of great info/tips/etc (Weight, Nutrition, General Exercise so far) that I thought I would go ahead & add it to my site before it was constructed. I need to get back to finishing it up.

When I started this journey in January 2003, I had 125 lbs to lose. At times I can’t help but think that if I had kept it together all along I would be @ goal aready. But then I realize that until THIS journey, I never believed I could stick w/ it for more than a few months. (as my previous “normal” M.O.)

I was reading some of my archived journal entries & RAMBLINGS on my website last night & came across something I wrote on my 2nd year WW Anniversary after realizing that even though I had reached my “all time low weight” in YEARS (185.6, almost 90 lbs lost w/ just 35.6 lbs to go), that w/ my end of the year stumble, I had netted only a 7 lb loss in my 2nd year w/ WW:

Yeah… sometimes it feels like I’m losing (the battle), especially when I look @ a number like THAT… feeling like I completely wasted a full year of my life… but then I sit back & realize that I’ve not given up… I’ve not thrown in the towel & said “I can’t do this!” I KNOW that this is my life & what I’ve learned this year is that it’s not as easy as I thought it was! :o) But I didn’t start this because I thought it would be easy. I didn’t begin this journey w/ a finish line in mind… I KNOW that this isn’t a race. I know that this isn’t all about always doing the right thing… that it’s more about stumbling & learning along the way. THAT’S what this year has been about for me… stumbling & learning along the way… being proud of myself not because I succeeded… but because I’m still here. I’m not giving up… that’s never crossed my mind.

I’ve hung in there for over 3 1/2 years now…186 weeks & I’m still here. Still stumbling & learning along the way… but I’m not about to give up. I’m figuring it out & I’m really proud of myself.

So, we continue on…