Woke-up this morning and was 123 (not shabby) but have been drinking a ton of water…hopped back on the scale and was 121.8. Whaaaaat?! Happy me!

11 more days – I’m going to try to make ‘em count!

5/20: 121.8
5/27: 119 2 days ago

8 more to go. 21 more days…3 weeks, that’s a loss of 2.66 lbs a week. I’ve got this!

Today: hiked, 30D Shred – Week 1, ate lite (think thin bar)/protein shake. Having Greek for dinner! :) 1 week ago

GOALS:
5/13: 121
5/20: 118
5/27: 115

It’s a little aggressive, but I am just going to eat healthy and continue doing the 30 Day Shred. Going to CR on the 31st and want to ROCK the bikini!

p.s. I read some of my old entries about being 110-114 and it was easy peezy for me. I’d like to get back to that ASAP! I remember a time when no matter what I ate, I never saw over 119 on the scale. It just didn’t happen. Personally, I know getting under 120 is psychological for me because I haven’t seen it in awhile and seems like foreign territory. BUT, I’m going to do it, for ME. I want to feel comfortable and beautiful in my body. Here’s to doing this for US! 1 week ago

I am so bummed. This year the closest I got to this goal was 118 lbs. But now I’m back to 128 lbs!! How is that possible!? I am working out hardcore and eating well. I know I’m in vanity pounds territory and it feels like my body is comfortable at this weight and doesn’t want to shift that much weight anymore.
The thing is I’m in really good shape. I am the strongest I’ve ever been. I’m lean, I can tell the difference in my clothes, and I can tell there’s a huge difference in how I look in the mirror.
What’s going on? Ugh. So frustrated. 3 weeks ago

This is the second time I have completed this goal. My weight fluctuates, and I want to hold it more steady, at a weight that feels good on me. That weight is about 113 pounds.

My biggest barriers to maintaining my weight are my medication and the attitudes of other people. When someone tells me I am too skinny, I try to eat off the remark. Hopefully as time goes on, I will not react to comments like that.

Fortunately cravings do not often derail me. I have been off of sugar since December 27, 2012—that’s exactly one month. I was off of sugar for four years before, so I can do it again. I have chocolate cravings at times, including today. A little cacao with allowed sweeteners like agave nectar or maple syrup does the job. I also made a chia seed tapioca pudding without sweeteners except for a few raisins. It was very good by the way, and it satisfied my sweet tooth. At first I did not think it was going to be sweet enough. I’m going to post the recipe in my blog. It’s not there yet, so if you catch this link too soon, you will not find it. But there are a lot of other good things in my blog, so check it out anyway. Search for chia seed tapioca pudding (it doesn’t need cooking).

http://kaelynskornerkitchen.com/blog 3 months ago

I reached 115.0 pounds! I still have the goal to lose two more pounds. The weight is coming off even though I’m more like the tortoise than the hare. Above is my daily weight graph since May of last year (2012). It’s a little bumpy because it’s a daily chart. My monthly chart shows a smooth, gradual decline. You can click on the graph, and it will expand so you can read it. Two pounds more and it’s time to maintain!

I’m congratulating myself on reaching this goal. You can leave a cheer if you like. I appreciate your sharing this with me. Since I didn’t have a lot to lose, and the weight loss has been so gradual, people haven’t even noticed it. But now I can fit in my Wrangler’s, so I notice it, and that’s what matters. 4 months ago

I’ve gotten my weight down to 116.2, so I only have 1.2 more pounds to get to 115. I would like to lose 2 more pounds after that and go to 113. 5 months ago

YAY!! I wanted to get to 125 lbs this week and I did so much better. I even reached my mini-goal of 124 lbs (for my bike riding magic number).
I am definitely doing something right… calories in, calories out, just doing the math and working out. It is hard work but it’s not actually that bad… like I’m eating much more and much healthier than when I was just trying to starve the lbs off… and this is so much better for my metabolism.
I hope I can keep it up. My next mini-goal is 120 lbs… so here I come! 7 months ago

Gotta stay on the ball. Next week… I really want to beak 125lbs.
Yay, I am definitely on the right track. Even though the weight loss isn’t progressing as quickly as I’d like I can see lots of changes in my body. I am so much stronger, look leaner and more toned. I just feel so much healthier and I’m developing an amazing appreciation for my body and what it’s capable of. 7 months ago

Really? That’s not funny. Not one bit.
I’ve worked out everyday this week and have been eating well. I am so tempted to play the ‘it’s that time of the month’ card and blame it on bloating or whatever but I kind of just get the feeling I am stuck.
I was excited when I thought I was past that Bermuda triangle of 130-129-128, but it seems I’m getting dragged back in by the current.
UGH. 7 months ago

I should be happy… I’ve lost another pound in only 5 days. But I was really hoping to get down to 125 by today. Oh well. 7 months ago

I consider this goal done now even though I haven’t weighed myself. I promised myself once to never own a scale, and I aim to keep that promise. But I’m already fitting into all the clothes that didn’t fit after the summerholiday and the cool thing is I didn’t even exercise to make it happen, I just started eating low carb high fat. Didn’t deprive myself at all, in fact I had my delicious homemade yoghurt ice cream almost every day :D

Also going low carb made my skin look much healthier and I feel much better in general. Skipping the processed crap and sugar makes all the difference in the world! 8 months ago

My first weigh-in in a while and I am really happy. It’s only a few pounds (and I have been working my ass off), but I really just needed to get over the 130-129lbs weight plateau.
I’m gonna keep up the intensity next week… and my aim is to get to 125lbs by next Saturday. It’ll be tough, I think, but it’ll make a world of a difference for the dress fitting. 8 months ago

I haven’t weighed myself since my last post when I was really discouraged. To make matters worse the shop called to say my wedding dress had arrived. OMG. But I’ve just put my head down and up-ed my game. I’ll weigh in again in a few days… hopefully by then I’ll have something to show for all my work, which will keep me motivated.

But today I read something really useful on Jillian Michaels’s website. She was talking about when people don’t see results despite working out and counting calories: ‘Here’s the good news, you aren’t gaining weight, so you are doing something right. Here’s a little weight loss analogy to keep you from becoming discouraged. I like to think of our bodies as a car with three gears: drive, reverse, and neutral. When you are in drive, you are gaining weight. When you are in neutral, you aren’t losing or gaining and when you are in reverse, you are actively losing. You are no longer in drive and have thrown the car into neutral, so regardless of how ineffective you feel, you are actually making progress.’
I found that really helpful and motivating. I have to keep this in perspective and even if I don’t make my deadline (29th) I have to appreciate the progress I have made. 8 months ago

I know myself so well… I did eat more because I thought I had a cushion! Work is going well though! Which is good and bad, I went out drinking/dancing this weekend with coworkers which is bad for my diet but good for my social life. It was also like 105 degrees this past weekend, and I literally existed on only ice cream. I had an entire pint of ben and jerry’s one day and an ice cream cone the next.

The bright side is I didn’t gain, I just haven’t lost at all. Or well, I did gain, but not since I last logged. Last Thursday I was at 126.6, and now I’m back up to 127.4 It just really sucks that I lost a week. But I’m back on track and I CAN make this work. Starting this weekend, bar classes once more! 8 months ago

So my period is gone and I officially weigh… 127.2 pounds! I’m within 12 pounds of my goal weight! And it’s totally possible (and expected) that I’ll be 125 by Sunday… it’s only 1.2 pounds in four days! That’s like 3800 calories burned, and I’ll have the weekend to actually exercise. So by the wedding (11/11) I should definitely get myself to 115.

That’s the biggest problem with this job… I work 10-11 hours a day, and by the time I get home going to a bar class, or doing an physical activity at all, is the last thing on my mind. It’s like 8 pm, I’m stressed and tired and just want to watch TV or go to sleep. I think once I’m less stressed about this job, I’ll be able to start going to the 7:30 AM bar classes that are right across the street from the office, which would be amazing. Then all my exercise would be done by the time I finish work.

So this week has consisted of basically no exercise. I walked three miles yesterday after work, and that’s it since Sunday. I’ve still been following my diet really strictly, and I’m still losing, so I figure I can allow myself the week off to adjust to work. I’m already ahead of schedule anyway! My timeline has me at 125 on Sept 30th, so I’ve got some room to spare. Though, knowing me, that will just make me eat more thinking I’ve got some cushion.

115, here I come! 8 months ago

I just feel like I am making no progress on this goal. AND I’ve been working on it all summer. Now I’ve only got like two weeks, which is not realistic.
My progress has been really slow and tedious… but it’s not like I’m not putting work in. So I’m not even sure where I’m going wrong. That’s the worst part.
I have to rethink this. UGH. 8 months ago

Right… I’ve lost 1 lb in one week. I know this isn’t bad and actually that’s just about what I should be aiming for in terms of ‘healthy weight loss’. But it is disappointing considering last time I weighed myself I’d lost 4 lbs.

At the moment, I’m at 129.4 (weird coincidence, thismuchistrue!).
Plus I am so sore from yesterday’s workout, I can hardly move today. boo. 8 months ago

I broke my plateau! First I weighed in at 129.8 (still success!) and then for two days I was at 129.4. So at least it’s holding steady. Also, something that might explain the stall in weight loss—I got my period yesterday! Which is fantastic because 1. it explains why I wasn’t losing, 2. when I weigh in at the end of the week (I never weigh myself while I have it), it’ll be even lower, and finally, 3. it explains my cravings!

Yesterday I ate bad food. Like, really, really bad. A PINT of Ben and Jerry’s and FOUR slices of pizza. Somehow, I still came in at negative calories (only -200, which is barely a loss, but hey, it’s not a gain!). I’ve been using fitday to keep track, and I reallyyy love that tool. It’s great to see everything I’ve eaten listed, to see all my exercise taken into account, and it’s SO motivational to see -1500, and then the next day see the half pound missing from the scale. It really reinforces the truth that it’s just arithmetic, and my goals are attainable.

In less pro-weight loss (but more pro-happiness) news, I got a job! Which is amazing for so many reasons but does mean that my constant exercising throughout the day is going to drop off dramatically. But there is a bar studio RIGHT across from where I work, so I’m going to try to be motivated enough to take the 7am classes there and then work my (TEN HOUR) days afterwards.

But mini goal achieved! Back in the 120s! Next mini goal: reach 125! I can so do this. 8 months ago

I generally weight +/- 125 pounds. However, various (and simultaneous) family/friend/romance issues led to a period of extreme overeating and binging, etc. I stopped weighing myself completely, but then unhealthy eating lasted for about 8 months (oh jesus). I have no idea how much I weighed, but it was AT LEAST a 20 pound gain. I started getting serious about getting back into shape (or just fitting into my clothes, feeling like myself, etc.) in mid-July. I weighed myself after dieting a bit and it came in at 141. So, that was some intense weight gain, and that’s definitely not what I was at my highest.

I’ve been dieting pretty strictly, and exercising fairly often, and I’m stuck at 130. I think I ruined my metabolism, constantly binging and then starving myself and that sucksssss. So this time I’m forcing myself to eat, and eat clean. No crazy diets (atkins works SO well and is such a temptation, but doesn’t last and I truly believe RUINED my naturally awesome metabolism). I’m getting active—trying to do bar method classes 4-5 times a week, hiking, I’ve just signed up for ariel silk classes, pole dancing classes, swing dance classes, AND roller derby classes (I’m unemployed, living in a city where I know no one… I’m going out of my mind with boredom/solitude). Hopefully this will help!

So… I’m at 130. I’ve lost 11 pounds, and I think the more I lose the more motivated I will be. Really, this is a two part goal: get back to 125 (please, god), and then get to 115 (totally doable). 8 months ago

I haven’t weighed myself in two weeks but my clothes are fitting better… and I have been on good form. The last two Sundays I’ve gone on 15 mile bike rides which have been so fun. I’ve also been running a few days a week and doing a bit of the 30 day shred. I’ll weigh & measure myself tomorrow and see how it’s going.
I got a reply from my dress shop today and my dress will be ready by the end of the month so I really have to up my game. I’ve been holding off on renewing my gym membership because of the expense (& how crap I was at going to the gym last year). But I may need to do this for the sake of the dress. 8 months ago

I thought I was doing well. I’d upped my exercise and stopped drinking as much during the week… but today I weighed myself and I am up to 134lbs. How did that happen?! UGh. It’s almost the end of August and I am actually worse off.
I have to up my game big time. 9 months ago

I weighed 115lbs before i got pregnant and now am working,kicking my ass off and eating healthy to get back to my size and am gonna do it! 9 months ago

In 2011 I weighed this and was at peace with my body, I think it is my ideal weight. Then I met a guy who loves to cook (and I love to eat) and now I’m bordering on 60 kilo again. This is not acceptable for me, since I carry all the excess weight in my gut. I can’t wear any of my favourite skirts anymore, and my skinny jeans now lives in a moving box in the basement.

Time to do something about it.

Solution: Dust of my “Banish fat, boost metabolism” – dvd by Jillian Michaels which I used before and had great results with (and I love to do it, no dread factor which is important) and do it religiously. Also go on a paleo diet. 9 months ago