Lose 20 pounds

of course, i got my period on friday. mine get soooo bad- it’s like impossible or me to lose and even maintain weight on it. i’m just really trying not to gain. they are very irregular so i’m not even sure when it will end. i’ll probably re-evaluate my goals once it’s gone. GRR this is so frustrating =( 1 hour ago

...but now for the next 10!

The eventual goal is to lose 60 pounds, but I’ve cut up this goal in 6. 18 hours ago

i lost 20 pounds fairly fast doing the 17 day diet.
it took me about 2 months, but i cheated alot.

i should lose another 20-30 pounds still, but i’m taking my time and being healthy about it. 1 day ago

The goal here is to get regular heart-pumping exercise for 6 hours a week. Walking the dog doesn’t count, alas. 1 day ago

9 so far! 1 day ago

Got kind of off-track, but I’m back

(today)
2/10- 157
2/17- 153
2/24- 150

3/3- 149
3/10- 147
3/17- 144
3/24- 142
3/31- 139

4/7- 137
4/14- 135
4/21- 132
4/28- 130

5/5- 128
5/12- 125

5/19- 124
5/26- 121 2 days ago

This extra weight is so stubborn, but it’s coming off sloooooooooowly. One 0.1 lb at a time! Even though the weight is hanging on, I do feel like my body has been changing, which is still motivating.

Today, I lost 1.5lbs after my bikram class. Even though I know that it’s just water weight, it still felt nice to see the number.

I’m always so amazed by the contestants on the Biggest Loser. I think losing 1 lb. is so hard and they seem to shake off so much every week. I made a spreadsheet to track my weekly percentage weight loss and it makes me feel better seeing a slight change each week.

Honestly, I am happy with the slow progress because I know that it’s more permanent. In the past, I would lose a lot of weight over a short period of time and it would come back quickly. Now, I’m slowly adjusting with hopes that it will be manageable for the long run. The tortoise beats the hare in the long run, right? Hope so… 4 days ago

Been through this road before.. Done it. Will do it again. Simple as that.

February 7, 2012
Starting Weight: 153 lbs

April 1,2012
Goal Weight: 133 lbs
Dream Weight: 128 lbs6 days ago

Set a target of 1.5 per week so that it’s achievable and not discouraging. After 4 weeks, I’m beating my goal and am down a total of 8.6. 6 days ago

I am doing a good job when I’m tracking my eating. I’m not doing well at working out. This cough is killing me. I’ll get back to it, though, when I can breathe without coughing up a lung! 6 days ago

About a pound and a half—235.2 this morning. I’ll have this gone in a day or two. Still on track to finish this by 2/20, or earlier (hopefully earlier—“lose 30 pounds” is calling my name!) 6 days ago

I have lost 12 pounds so far so with luck it should not take me long to lose the rest. Fingers crossed 1 week ago

that when I finally hit 20 lbs lost, I would have written 60 posts. Who knows why I liked that idea… probably just some internal sense of symmetricality. In any case, this is my 60th post under this goal, and I am not at 20 lbs lost.

But.

I AM at 18.4 lbs lost!

Not that it means what it WOULD have meant (since I ballooned more than expected before I started my ahem deflation, I really am aiming for about 35 lbs lost total), but I’m still feeling great about my progress.

I’m starting to see more of that muscle definition and I feel strong. Only 10 lbs to go till my Feb. 15 goal.

Height: 5’5”
Start: 163.4 lbs
Current: 145 lbs
Feb 15 goal: 135
Final Goal: 125-128 lbs 1 week ago