DDA's New Year's Weight Loss accountability Thread

[tmfranlk]

Fell better Melanie!!

Things stayed about the same this week with no loss, no gain. Guess that's what I get for not drinking my water and slacking on things in general. Gotta get back to it!

 

[tinknme]

Hi Melanie! Sorry to hear you are not feeling well, hope you are feeling better soon

Gary & I arrived home late Tuesday night. We had a wonderful time, but it was very tiring. I felt wiped out the last 2 days, but feel much better today.

I am hoping I did enough walking to counter react some of the not so healthy food I ate lol I will find out Tuesday when I weigh in! I am back to tracking my food & with the warmer weather here, hopefully I will get out & start walking.

Checking in here.....missed work yesterday & sent home today because I was still running a fever. No WW meeting for me tonight. Depending on how I feel may go tomorrow night, but most probably will be next week.

Hang in there everybody.

So GLAD to see you back ELIN.....good job maintaining your loss. You have done so great!!!! It's hard to keep going sometimes & the loss sure does slow down after you've been doing it so long. I'm still on WW & still plugging along.

When does Janet get back????

Just keep swimming all

 

[Disneygrl36]

Welcome home Janet....are you going to write a trip report or how will we get to hear all about & see the photo's?? I am sure you did fine & the most important thing is you are already back on track.

 

[tinknme]

I have alot of pictures to go through. As soon as I get them organized I will post a link. The picture in my signature is one dh took during one of our train rides. I just couldn't get enough of looking at the mountains!

Welcome home Janet....are you going to write a trip report or how will we get to hear all about & see the photo's?? I am sure you did fine & the most important thing is you are already back on track.

 

[dumby]

Okay I am joining this thread/group.

I am joining Weight Watchers on Tuesday so will start posting an update on Tuesdays (hopefully). My doctor told me I HAD to loose some weight for health reasons.

Mom bought me an exercise bike since my feet still hurt too much for me to start a walking program. The doctor did say he thought my foot problems would get better as I loose weight.

I have been on Weight Watchers before and IT did work but I just did not stick to it. SO I NEED ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP I can get.

 

[tinknme]

Hi Delinda, we are all here for you!

This thread has been a great help to me, everyone is so encouraging

Okay I am joining this thread/group.

I am joining Weight Watchers on Tuesday so will start posting an update on Tuesdays (hopefully). My doctor told me I HAD to loose some weight for health reasons.

Mom bought me an exercise bike since my feet still hurt too much for me to start a walking program. The doctor did say he thought my foot problems would get better as I loose weight.

I have been on Weight Watchers before and IT did work but I just did not stick to it. SO I NEED ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP I can get.

 

[tink2020]

Hi Delinda! Welcome to our group.... I'm sure you will do wonderfully again on Weight Watchers, and we'll be your accountability! Well, "they" will be your accountability, because I'm not here very consistently It's really wonderful watching everyone support one another here, though... you've found a great place!

As for me, I've been logging what I eat, and sort of watching what I eat, and sort of exercising again for about 3 weeks. I actually tend to stay within my calorie range without trying too terribly hard, and I've been trying to increase veggie intake, etc for nutritional value. I was really disappointed when I logged my weight into Sparkpeople this week, to see that I've only lost about a pound. Not that long ago, though, I was 5 pounds heavier.... so I guess that's good, I just didn't track it so I can't see it on paper!

Since I'm so motivated by those darn charts and reports, I opened an old program I have on my computer which I really like much better than Sparkpeople. I switched since SP is on the internet and much easier to chart throughout the day, but I might switch back. Anyway, in opening that old program it was really interesting to look back at the 15 months or so, to see what progress (and lack of progress) I've made!

I'm 7 pounds down from January 1st, 2006. However, that wasn't my heaviest weight since then. At one point, I gained a few pounds on that weight.... so since June I'm down 11 pounds! It's sad to see that on that old program reports, I was maintaining a 1-3 pound weight loss each week, and losing quite steadily!

I guess I can't complain too much, since I can't HONESTLY say I've been "dieting" for any extended period of time.

Either way, I'm back here now. The good news is that my goal (or at least a mini-goal... but I think my real goal, if I accept the fact that it would be unnecessary to reach my previous goal) is REALLY within reach. I would like to lose 8 pounds by our trip, which is May 2nd. At a rate of 1.5 pounds a week, that would take until May 1st!

The scary part is that I really can't do the majority of things I like for exercise. I got the guts to get on a treadmill again about a week ago (my doctor said I could try, but was very cautious about it). Within 0.4 miles my knee was buckling and useless! I really don't know that it will ever get better..... and neither does my doctor. Ugh! So I have a few isometric exercises, etc but can't really do ANY cardio yet, which is killing me. Maybe pray for a day that I just wake up and the knee is better?

Please help me stay on track! You all are such a motivation!

 

[PNO4TE]

Welcome, Delinda! I know that a lot of the reason I have been successful in my weight loss is due to all my friends' encouragement on here. So, you have come to the right place!!

 

[my3princes]

Okay I am joining this thread/group.

I am joining Weight Watchers on Tuesday so will start posting an update on Tuesdays (hopefully). My doctor told me I HAD to loose some weight for health reasons.

Mom bought me an exercise bike since my feet still hurt too much for me to start a walking program. The doctor did say he thought my foot problems would get better as I loose weight.

I have been on Weight Watchers before and IT did work but I just did not stick to it. SO I NEED ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP I can get.

Good for you. Weight Watchers is a wonderful program as long as you stick to it. I haven't been sticking to it for a couple of months. If you don't mind I will committ to restarting the program with you on Tuesday. I'm not sure when I will be able to get to Weight Watchers, but I will do the plan consistantly. I'd like to lose 10 - 15 lbs before mid June. I just need to get myself motivated. Hopefully committing with you will motivate me too.

Deb

 

[dumby]

Good for you. Weight Watchers is a wonderful program as long as you stick to it. I haven't been sticking to it for a couple of months. If you don't mind I will committ to restarting the program with you on Tuesday. I'm not sure when I will be able to get to Weight Watchers, but I will do the plan consistantly. I'd like to lose 10 - 15 lbs before mid June. I just need to get myself motivated. Hopefully committing with you will motivate me too.

Deb

sounds good deb. We can hopefully keep each other motivated

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome

 

[tinknme]

Ok I weighed in this morning & since my last weigh in a month ago before our trip I am down.......























































3 pounds! I am so happy!!!!!!!!!!!! I really did not think I would lose, but I guess the walking kept me in check. I am down a total of 16 pounds, 14 more to go. I am over the half way mark, I now weigh 144 lbs

 

[my3princes]

Ok I weighed in this morning & since my last weigh in a month ago before our trip I am down.......


3 pounds! I am so happy!!!!!!!!!!!! I really did not think I would lose, but I guess the walking kept me in check. I am down a total of 16 pounds, 14 more to go. I am over the half way mark, I now weigh 144 lbs

That's amazing. Great News. You should be very proud of yourself.

Deb

 

[tinknme]

Thanks Deb! When I stepped on the scale this morning I was very excited to see a loss. This just makes me more determined

That's amazing. Great News. You should be very proud of yourself.

Deb

 

[tmfranlk]

Ok I weighed in this morning & since my last weigh in a month ago before our trip I am down.......

...


3 pounds! I am so happy!!!!!!!!!!!! I really did not think I would lose, but I guess the walking kept me in check. I am down a total of 16 pounds, 14 more to go. I am over the half way mark, I now weigh 144 lbs

Congratulations!!! That is great, Janet!

 

[my3princes]

I went to Weight Watchers today as I promised. I am up 1.8 lbs from my lowest weigh in. I'm very pleased with that. I should have been much worse. Now I'm back on track.

Deb

 

[tinknme]

Happy to hear your weigh in was not as bad as you thought it would be!

You are still doing great as far as I am concerned

I went to Weight Watchers today as I promised. I am up 1.8 lbs from my lowest weigh in. I'm very pleased with that. I should have been much worse. Now I'm back on track.

Deb

 

[Disneygrl36]

Way to go Janet........that is awesome.

Deb....good job for you too!!!!

I lost 2lbs this week. Best loss I have had in awhile. Glad to be going back in the right direction.

Let's all keep on going!!!!!!!!!

 

[tinknme]

You are doing wonderful Melanie!

I know everyone is different, but how many calories do you all try to stay with everyday? I am going by what Sparkpeople.com says I should have & that is between 1210 & 1560 calories a day. I try to keep to the low end, but sometimes I just feel so hungry! Yet if I get close to the 1500 I feel guilty

I lost 2lbs this week. Best loss I have had in awhile. Glad to be going back in the right direction.

Let's all keep on going!!!!!!!!!

 

[tmfranlk]

You are doing wonderful Melanie!

I know everyone is different, but how many calories do you all try to stay with everyday? I am going by what Sparkpeople.com says I should have & that is between 1210 & 1560 calories a day. I try to keep to the low end, but sometimes I just feel so hungry! Yet if I get close to the 1500 I feel guilty

Mine is about the same as yours, 1200-1550 I think, and I know just how you feel. Whenever I get too close to the 1550 I start feeling a little guilty. Of course, if I'm close to the 1200 I figure that means that I can have a good snack at night so I guess it works both ways. I usually aim for about 1300-1350.

 

[dumby]

First let me say WAY TO GO!! to everyone on your weight loss or maintained weight.

I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting yesterday and got a lot of information to weed through. I am excited about starting this and just hope I can stick to it. My meetings are on Tuesday so I will try to post each week after a meeting. I think it will help me to be accountable.