G's Weigh-in: 155.6

Holding steady. I'm not sure how (I was expecting a gain) but I'll take it.

Next week is detox week! Difficult because my Waterloo peeps want to feed me cheese all the time, but I'm laying down the law, at least today, in my head. We'll see how it goes.

C's weigh-in: 134.2

That's more like it. I guess I'm still vaguely targeting 128, but I can get there slowly from here. I just bought a few pairs of size six jeans, I would not have thought this was possible a year ago. So, I'm trying to be happy with where I'm at.

B Weigh In: 142.6

No real change this week which considering my Vday spread (which included at minimum 5 egg yolks) I can't complain. The really story this week is how I got weighed at the doctor yesterday and my nightmare scenario where I stepped on his scale and found out my scale was broken and that really I weigh 160lbs did not come true. Huzzah.

G's Weigh-in: 155.6

Don't even talk to me about it.

I did learn something, though, which is that it's pretty much all about how you eat. Sure the exercise is important, for "health" and stuff, but just to give you a sampling of my week: On Monday I worked out (TT), Tuesday I did a yoga class at lunch, ran home from work (4.something miles), THEN did a 45-minute spinning class, Wednesday I did a regular TT workout, and Thursday at lunch I did a spinning class.

I ate badly last weekend (more on weekends later, seeing as we're kicking one off!) but I definitely didn't go overboard during the week.

Mainly I'm blaming stress hormones.

Focus

Maintenance freaks me out. Losing weight is fine, I can pass up the ice cream or pizza or whatever because I'm losing weight, it's just temporary. It's the forever of maintenance that's a problem for me. Like all of us, I love food. But, I can't maintain this weight and also eat whatever I want whenever I want it. Settling in to maintenance is hard because a lot of the time I still have to choose something healthy that tastes fine but is not the Oh My God Delicious thing I really wanted. I think I'm going to try eating exactly what I want three times/week and eat for health and lower calories the rest of the time. Do you guys have strategies about this?



Also, I need a new goal to focus on. I still can't do chin-ups so I bought a chin-up bar, we'll see how this goes.

C's weigh-in: 135.8

Last week I exercised every day and ate 23 points/day except for Valentine's day when I had a good dinner at a brasserie and a regular serving of ice cream afterwards. I'm really, really discouraged that I gained weight. It's hard not to get all melodramatic and think that if maintenance means I can never eat ice cream then screw it.

B's Weigh In: 142.2 -- I'll take it.

Down one pound, good news, right? Yeah, it would be if my scale wasn't a huge dick. Here's what happened:

I wake up this morning 15mins before my alarm goes off and think "well, I might as well weigh myself." I'm even a little happy about it because I know I was super good all week. So I get completed naked and step on the scale (least my underwear be the 2 oz of weight that push me into the danger zone) and the scale blinks and says "146.3." I step off, begin reviewing everything I ate all week and wondering if it's actually possible that the oil I rub on my dry legs has been absorbing into my skin an creating a layer of lavender scented fat. I'm so baffled that I decide to step back on the scale where after a little more blinking it announces "142.2! hahahah wasn't that hilarious when I acted like you gained 3 pounds? I am the comedy master!" I stood still for a full 30 seconds to make sure the scale was sure this time and then decided to step away and accept 142.2 as gospel.

Time for a new scale?

C's weigh-in: 135 - goal!

Woohoo! It took a freaking year to get here and I really didn't think it was possible for me to be this weight again.

I've been wondering about the right way to keep going, though. It seems like lately I've been working harder for less results. I decided I'm going to let weight watchers switch me to maintenance. I have a hard time making myself eat more than the daily points target and this causes a really unhealthy cycle of starving and then going off points for a day or two and binging. Apparently being on maintenance switches my daily points target from 19 to 23, which, seriously? I'm pretty sure I'll keep losing weight at 23 points/day and hopefully it'll help ease me in to a more healthy way of eating over the long haul.

I'm also wondering how long to keep paying for weight watchers. I mean, it worked for me and I'm grateful. But, am I going to keep counting points forever? I guess if that's what it takes to keep the weight off I might be ok with that. Have any of you tried a free site like sparkpeople?

G's Weigh-In: 153.2

Chippin' away at that 10 pounds. I have to say, I love points reset day, but I often extend it into the weekend. Not this weekend, though! Just you wait, kiddos.

P.S. NICE WORK BRI!

Brianna Weigh In: 143.3

That's three pounds! Finally. I'd like to thank carrot soup, red pepper soup and a very expensive bag of cherries.

G's Weigh-In: 153.6

Wow, I'm super proud of you C! And I just realized that I didn't post my weigh-in last week: 153.6. So I'm almost back to the lowest point I hit in the summer, which I think was 152.9. Good times. I did pretty well on the weekend (even foregoing chocolate banana pancakes in favour of a poached egg at brunch on Sunday). I also ran a 4M race and finished in 38:30: better than my goal of 40:00 but not quite at my secret goal of 38:00.

The bad news is, I kind of fudged up my knee running so I'm skipping the gym tonight in favour of RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation). And I'm not even going to snack to make myself feel better.

P.S. I also hate when Weight Watchers doesn't throw me a party when I lose a pound. Bastards.

P.P.S. WW's Hearty Turkey Chili recipe rules my world.

C's weigh-in: 135.6

I'm really happy about this, especially since I may have eaten chocolate bread pudding last night. With ice cream. My goal a whole year ago when I started WW was to get to 135, and I'm happy to be this close. One thing, though, the WW site has been telling me this every time I track my weight:

Thanks for tracking your weight. Are you satisfied with your weight this week? If yes, keep doing what you've been doing. If not, the suggestions below may lead you in the right direction.

What does it mean that I get annoyed when people comment on my weight loss but I expect my computer to shoot confetti?