Monday 19 March 2007

Pounds, Shillings, and Ounces

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The shillings wanted to come in after the pounds….so I let them! :razz:

We’ve passed the ides of March and summer will soon be upon us! Every pound we lose is one pound less of insulation! Woo Hoo! Don’t forget that this week’s QOM challenge is already up and should have us all seeing green! (and yellow, and red, and orange…)

Anita, I have you down as willing to donate a weigh-in prize. Is that okay for today?

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45 Comments »

  1. 256.6 / 196.4 / 130-140 ~ down 3.6 :)

    Hello again 190’s! Now, time to move on to the 180’s.

    Comment by Blair — March 19, 2007 @ 6:32 am |Edit This

  2. 212/183/175…
    stayed the same but figured as much. Changed the last numbers to a short term goal. Would like to be there by April 16. Need to push this weight loss up to 2# a week for a bit.

    Comment by Tami — March 19, 2007 @ 6:32 am |Edit This

  3. PS - my “baby” turns three today and I just realized I’m now down 60.2 lbs since her birth - that’s an average of 20lbs per year…um, I think it’s time to hit goal already lol.

    Comment by Blair — March 19, 2007 @ 6:34 am |Edit This

  4. 144.4/138.2/124 ~ up 1.8

    Ah, that time of the month. But I’m ok with the gain because I’m about 2 pounds lighter now than I was a month ago during that time of the month gain…. so, I’ll take it! That and I know part of it is because I splurged and had too much to eat last night…. the boyfriend and I broke up (mutual), which I know is the right thing to do but is just going to be so hard since after 2 years, our lives are very entertwined. I decided to allow myself one splurge (last night) instead of a week or two (or three!)’s worth of splurges. That being said… I’d appreciate any prayers for peace right now.

    Comment by Anne — March 19, 2007 @ 6:36 am |Edit This

  5. blair — congrats on the 190’s!! you’ve worked hard to get there :)

    Comment by Anne — March 19, 2007 @ 6:37 am |Edit This

  6. [[[[Anne]]]] How bout a trip to El Paso to distract you? I’ll cook! Love ya, girl!

    Comment by blestwithsons — March 19, 2007 @ 6:41 am |Edit This

  7. 143/136.5/120ish

    Down 6.5 pounds after my first week on South Beach! I can’t believe it since I’ve hardly been hungry. Bird’s is coming after he gets home from work…I think you all will be impressed :-)

    Comment by Brandi — March 19, 2007 @ 6:53 am |Edit This

  8. 210/172/135 - no change this week.

    Comment by Mandi — March 19, 2007 @ 6:56 am |Edit This

  9. 147/136/130. I’m going to say no change because I don’t have a digital scale. But it’s hovering just over 135, so I think I may have lost a 1/2 pound. But I’m not counting until it’s a whole pound.

    Yes, I can donate a gift. Lemme go see what I have that would be fun. Maybe a felted tote bag? A scarf? Hmmmm….

    Comment by Anita — March 19, 2007 @ 7:03 am |Edit This

  10. 330/306/305

    Down 1 lb this week!

    Comment by Kellie — March 19, 2007 @ 7:04 am |Edit This

  11. 198/188/140 - no change this week, but I will take it! Despite my protests, I have started some exercise this week to defeat my seasonal depression, so my appetite has picked up some. I am a bit hormonal and I realized how little water I have been drinking when my ankles swelled a bit last night! Chug-chug.

    All that said, I KNOW I lost some fat this week, but exchanged it for a little muscle and most likely too much water.

    Blair, excellent week!

    Tami, good luck on your goal. It’s in the bag, girl!

    Anne, prayers for you will be on my heart today. Way to be proactive on those splurges ;-) (giggle)

    I hope everyone has a terrific day! (See, the exercise is defeating the depression!)

    Comment by missy — March 19, 2007 @ 7:05 am |Edit This

  12. Oh (((Anne))), praying for you girl…

    Tami - that looks like a great short term goal.

    Brandi - wow - how sweet is that!

    Mandi - ah yes, ovulation. I tend to bloat during that. Anxious to hear what you find out.

    Comment by Blair — March 19, 2007 @ 7:06 am |Edit This

  13. Anita - I remember what it was like quessing at the weight when I had that kind of scale - I’m sure you’re down and hopefully you’ll see that full pound next week :)

    Kellie - way to go!!

    Missy - great job starting the exercise routine! I’m sure that scale will move down if you stay on track this week too. It just has to. Muscle is a good thing to gain.

    Comment by Blair — March 19, 2007 @ 7:10 am |Edit This

  14. Everyone is doing so well!

    I am down 1 lb. this week:) And I am going to SPUNK myself and say that I wore a dress this weekend that was a bit too snug last time I wore it in the Fall. I had it ‘going on!’ Realizing that made it so easy to stop eating the green curry at the Thai restaurant and save the rest for lunch today. I didn’t want to be over-full and undo my progress.

    And I wonder, does anyone know if spicy food ups metabolism?

    Comment by lady laura — March 19, 2007 @ 7:20 am |Edit This

  15. 239.8/231.0/200
    Down 3.6lbs

    It was a tough weekend because my husband’s family is visiting but I managed to stay on track. I hope that I’ll be able to stick to healthy eating during the week because they’ll still be here.

    Comment by Cristina — March 19, 2007 @ 7:22 am |Edit This

  16. LadyLaura, I don’t think so. If it did I never woulda gotten fat in the first place! :razz: I’ll check though…

    Comment by blestwithsons — March 19, 2007 @ 7:23 am |Edit This

  17. (((Anne))) I’ll keep you in my prayers this week.

    Wow, everyone is doing such a great job at staying on track. Have a wonderful week!

    Comment by Cristina — March 19, 2007 @ 7:23 am |Edit This

  18. 126/122/110
    No change from last week. MUST WORK HARDER (without hurting the body)! I want to be done with this!

    Comment by Sarah — March 19, 2007 @ 7:25 am |Edit This

  19. 187.2/187.2/168(short term)

    My Weight Watchers meetings and weigh-ins are on Thursday nights so my current weight may not be totally accurate. Although, I do NOT think I lost any over the weekend - we shall see. I guess I haven’t quite got the hang of this dieting thing since I didn’t lose any the first week. I guess it’s good that I didn’t gain any.

    Comment by Kristi Whitaker — March 19, 2007 @ 7:28 am |Edit This

  20. 212.8/147.4/135

    ummm… Down 4.8lbs :shock:

    I KNOW I’m eating!!! But I was working out like a fiend last week…so I guess that’s it. And I will back to working out like a fiend as soon as my knees can take it! :razz:

    Comment by blestwithsons — March 19, 2007 @ 8:19 am |Edit This

  21. Blest, I had a dream last night that we ALL came to your house and it was a riotous fun chaotic wonderful time. ;-)

    Comment by Anita — March 19, 2007 @ 8:19 am |Edit This

  22. 221/193/160 (short term)

    Down 4 this week. It’s a rough time right now with my oldest (17) just getting over the strep throat, now my youngest(2yrs) (of 7) has strep and influenza. He’s pretty clingy and it’s hard to get much done. I’d appreciate any prayers that the rest of us stay healthy!

    Comment by Karen — March 19, 2007 @ 8:20 am |Edit This

  23. 210/178/160 Down 1 pound!

    Comment by Jana — March 19, 2007 @ 8:57 am |Edit This

  24. Ugh!

    I forgot AGAIN!

    I had been out of town all weekend for the Hearts at Home Conference (http://www.hearts-at-home.org) and just plain forgot to step on the evil scale.

    Humph!

    Comment by Christy L. — March 19, 2007 @ 9:39 am |Edit This

  25. Yes spicy food does increase your matablolism

    Comment by Kellie — March 19, 2007 @ 10:27 am |Edit This

  26. 252.4, up .6, I think.

    Not feeling well, so that’s it from me today.

    Comment by Tracy — March 19, 2007 @ 11:41 am |Edit This

  27. Ok, I will post mine in a minute, but right now I’ve got my ’sister of Bekki’ hat on. She has a day off work today so may not get to a computer and asked me to weigh in for her.

    She is at 173.6 which is down 2.6 :grin:

    Comment by Debs — March 19, 2007 @ 11:52 am |Edit This

  28. Ok, so now this is my weigh-in.

    I am down .4 to 261
    That’s 294/261/260 (short term goal)

    I so wanted to reach my short term goal this week, but it’s been quite a confusing time for my body - I’ve had 3 migraines which included throwing up, so it probably doesn’t know if it’s coming or going! Next week hopefully… :grin:

    Comment by Debs — March 19, 2007 @ 12:12 pm |Edit This

  29. 220/187.2/175 Down 1.2 :-)
    I am quite happy with that.
    Well done all so far. Look forward to hearing abou the rest of you. Get well soon all you sick people, Tracy, Bethany and Debs.
    By the way Blest that comment about the shillings so reminds me of Winnie the pooh. Is it a direct quote or just similar.

    Comment by elly — March 19, 2007 @ 2:35 pm |Edit This

  30. Very good Elly! That’s exactly where it came from! I was trying to think of a post title this morning and that’s what came to mind… :grin:

    Comment by blestwithsons — March 19, 2007 @ 2:53 pm |Edit This

  31. 216/191/145

    Down….um, 3 I think. I’ll have to go look. I can’t remember what I weighed last week! Hopefully, better this week since I’ll be back to exercising. My knee is still a bit wonky, but I can walk on it pretty well. So, walking it will be. And I feel much better today…

    Comment by Bethany — March 19, 2007 @ 3:00 pm |Edit This

  32. 231.5/222.5/160

    So with my first week on Southbeach I lost 9lbs. I was hoping for 10. I even worked out twice yesterday trying to get shed an extra pound. Alas, it didn’t work. Oh well. The good thing is my jeans are already fitting looser and I lost a notch on my belt. :-)

    Comment by Bird — March 19, 2007 @ 3:49 pm |Edit This

  33. Wowie! I tell you what. That first week on South Beach is amazing! :D

    Weigh to go Bird. Weigh to go to all you others who lost this week!

    Comment by Bethany — March 19, 2007 @ 4:25 pm |Edit This

  34. To Anyone: Is it bad to, in general, lose a lot of weight in a week? Like, say, 4 or 5 pounds? I know when you start a diet you generally lose a lot at first. But I’ve also heard that people should lose like 2 pounds a week at most. Is there any validity to that?

    Comment by Bird — March 19, 2007 @ 4:42 pm |Edit This

  35. It’s VERY normal. I don’t quite know why, though I know some of it is fluid. But I know it’s normal, especially on SB Phase One and especially for a man. (darn ya! :razz: ) Next week should still be good - but not as spectacular. Then once you move onto Phase 2, which I recommend you go ahead and do on schedule, you should settle to a steady 1-2 pounds a week.

    Just enjoy it!!

    Comment by blestwithsons — March 19, 2007 @ 4:47 pm |Edit This

  36. Well I guess my question is this: is it unhealthy to lose more than 2 pounds a week in Phase 2? Say I workout like a dog and try to lose like 4 or 5 a week. Is that bad?

    Comment by Bird — March 19, 2007 @ 4:49 pm |Edit This

  37. Well….she said as she sits with ice packs on her knees… :wink: If you overdo it, you could get sick or injured, which could knock you off track. I just sent you some articles on male weight loss - so yes, you may be able to lose more than two a week without problems. But you need to be patient with the process and yourself. The weight didn’t go on overnight, it’s not gonna come off overnight. And you need to be steadily brainwashing yourself building healthy habits into your life and your self so that you don’t put it right back on when you “stop”.

    Comment by blestwithsons — March 19, 2007 @ 4:55 pm |Edit This

  38. Thanks, Blest.

    Comment by Bird — March 19, 2007 @ 5:53 pm |Edit This

  39. I forgot it was Monday and didn’t weigh this morning — I will weigh in the morning — which I think is what I did last week as well……….

    Comment by Maria — March 19, 2007 @ 6:33 pm |Edit This

  40. 215/210/150

    I maintained this week. Which is pretty good since we had houseguests over the weekend and I didn’t bother to cook myself seperate meals, and ate dessert with them. I just watched my portions. But, I did forget all about the weekly challenge in the busyness!

    Comment by Christy — March 19, 2007 @ 6:48 pm |Edit This

  41. 194/184/155

    I’m down 2 this week for a total of 10

    I’m really happy to be down 2 more this week. I know I said I wish I could get 3 or 4 a week, but this was my week to hold on to extra so I’m pleased.
    I’m really happy for you guys with the big numbers(you ol stinkers:)
    Way to go gang!!!

    Comment by Katherine — March 19, 2007 @ 9:06 pm |Edit This

  42. I didn’t add my food for a day.

    Blest can tell you all that I stink at the eating thing. I love food!! But I will go most of the day and not take time to eat. So here is a day for me.

    Most of the time I don’t think to eat breakfast until 11 or 12
    Breakfast /about 180 cal.
    4oz.skim milk & 6oz.water w/ my shake mix blended w/ice

    Lunch /? cal
    1 lettuce leaf
    roasted chicken(about 1/4c.)
    4 grape tomatoes
    1 Tlb.mayo 2 Tlb must.mixed
    a few slices raw zucchini
    I put the mayo mix on the lettuce first then the other stuff and roll it up.

    Coffee 2-3 cups per day (or more)

    1-2 squares 85% choc.

    10-15 almonds
    4-8 grape tomatoes
    lots of water

    Comment by Katherine — March 19, 2007 @ 10:03 pm |Edit This

  43. Thanks for posting my numbers Debs. Well done everyone. I hope those feeling ill get better soon.

    Comment by Bekki — March 20, 2007 @ 3:21 am |Edit This

  44. finally I will weigh in with no change — bleh –

    Comment by Maria — March 20, 2007 @ 3:33 pm |Edit This

  45. 215/195.5/160

    Don’t know the weight loss. Too tired to care. How am I supposed to be able to lose weight while working?

    Comment by Kimberly — March 21, 2007 @ 11:58 am |Edit This

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