So what do you guys think about a weekly weigh in? It would help us hold ourselves accountable, not to mention keep everyone in touch.

If noone thinks it is appropriate I would understand, but what do you think?

Yay:thumbup: or Nay:thumbdown:

Wanna Vote?

Yes Mike, I too support the "it's ok if the weight is going down or the same, but I'm not gonna play if my weight goes up" reasoning!!

OK RSG - dream up a good table, and we will all do our bit in being accountable to each other and ourselves.

Stuff like this tends to make me sabotage myself... like the posts about agreeing to exercise "X" amount a week or lose "X" amount by "THIS DATE".. stuff like that screws me up and then I end up not doing it.

Me and this girl from work were checking in with each other every week for 8 weeks and I lost less weight when I had this "competitive" thing going on with her than I did normally. I'm just weird like that.

Like before the band and I would be on a diet and lose, lose, lose and the second I would tell somebody I was on a diet I wouldn't lose anymore. It's weird.

I do keep my ticker updated though, each pound I lose I immediately change it. And I'm not saying this is a competitive thing, I"m just saying that by doing it, it would mess me up. I also keep my own private excel spreadsheet of my weekly weigh in.

Whatever works for you, Cool Crystal. I am the opposite; I benefit from posting certainly not to compete (I'm a one-half pound a week loser, I'd never win!), but rather it provides a little more incentive. Knowing and respecting how you think is critical to being successful. Isn't it great we are all different?

I did my walking again last night, so I met my committment of 3X this week. I will be weighing (at the Y) on Mondays...I haven't yet let that enemy of my psyche (a scale) into my house!

OOh, the scale... I know about that all too well. I weigh every morning when I get up and go potty. I never weigh after that, only in the mornings. I like doing it because it keeps me on the right path. For instance when I went through my hummus and multi-grain crackers phase. I was eating those everyday and I just wasn't losing. It was bloating me up bad. So, I cut it out of my diet and over that next week I lost like 3 pounds. It basically just helps me narrow down problem foods that I would never think was a problem food. But my official weigh in days are Tuesday's.

I lost a pound and a half this week...finally. I've been bouncing up and down a few pounds and it finally started dropping again a few days ago and I'm pretty stable now. I have a doctor's appointment in a couple days and am hoping for a very tiny fill. Usually the day on full liquids and the very tight week that follows gives me a few pounds off.

With exercise, I've upped it a bit. I went from a consistant 20 minutes a day to a pretty stable 30 minutes a day. Trying really hard to get it to 45 minutes but that has been tough. Think it will be a piece of cake once our weather drops below the 100s. Then I'll be able to walk on my breaks at work and that will add 10-20 minutes a day. Hubby and I can also take a good walk at night. Boy, oh boy am I looking forward to fall.

Yeah Ezma on breaking your plateau...that's fabulous! And yeah on the increasing exercise, too! While you are looking forward to fall, I just forsee the snow that will be coming soon...blech! Walking on icy sidewalks, unploughed paths, snow and slush and icy Water in your boots, pants salt-stained...........ugh!!!!

So, on my weigh day - did you hear that very long plaintive cry??? I am still plateau-ing!:cursing::cry_smile: So, neither loss nor gain for Tap. I did day 1 of the extra exercise yesterday; thismorning's weigh in did not inspire me to continue, but I shall...tap writes grumpily.

I'm at 287 which is two lbs lower than last week, but 2 lbs higher than the week before. I have been fluctuating these 5 lbs for maybe two months now.

It's annoying.

I feel your pain, RSG...

Today, I did my second of the 3 extra walks for this week...not because of any inspiration or overwhelming desire to, but rather I've been up since 1am and couldn't sleep, so once the sun rose, I went for a brisk walk...

Dang Tap, you're as bad as me. I've been up since 4:45 and it's now 5:45 and the sun is just starting to come up but not light enough to walk yet. So I guess I'll play on the computer. LOL Really, I'll do that after I do my workout here in a minute. I have a doctor's appointment this morning so I'll find out how much I lost this month. I think it's only about 6 pounds. And I know that's okay but it's about half of what I used to lose a month.

I'm sad to report that I am one pound up from last week's weigh in. :thumbup: It bites to only weigh once a week and see a gain on that day. I'm thinking of going back to daily weigh ins.

I've increased my exercise a bit. I'm doing the Couch to 5 K and started week 2 today which was 20 minutes of alternating between running (more like jogging) for 90 seconds, walking for 2 min. I wasn't sure if I could handle it, but I did fine.

I'm also bummed about regular life stuff. My husband is trying for a job we reeeealy want for its location. We expected to hear by now, so every hour of every day that goes by without word, I have less and less hope. I haven't felt down much at all since my surgery, so it's weird to me. And I don't have a nice weight loss this morning to pull me out of it. Sigh.

Shiny/skinny...Don't be too hard on yourself about the weight gain - our bodies fluctuate alot. It averages out over time...at least, this is the rationale I have decided to believe it!

Hope your husband hears soon about the position...ideally he hears because he is successful. Keep us posted.

Yep Shiny, hang in there. It will certainly move down for you again. You've done a fantastic job already. Your body just needs a chance to adjust to the changes. Got my fingers crossed for your hubby and hope you hear soon. Stress is a very tough one to deal with now that we've taken away one of our coping mechanisms.

Had a fill yesterday and found out I was down 9 pounds over the last 4 weeks. That made me feel much better since the month before it had only been 5 pounds and I was really worried that I was going to be losing at a slower rate now. Glad to know that my body kicked back into gear and was close to the old rate again.

I think that I might be getting used to this weight loss spurt method I seem to have. I get a fill, lose 3-5 pounds in a snap, then bounce up and down for the rest of the month stuggling to get some more off. Rinse and repeat. Think I may just stop weighing myself for a week or so when it starts again. Save myself some frustration.

Also, just an FYI, I started my losing spurt before the fill this time. Not sure if it was the because I upped my Protein from 50ish to 80-100 range, cutting out the nightly ice cream (got it down to a couple times a week) or the slight increase in exercise time or if it is just a matter of losing in spurts.

Thanks, Guys.

I just had to say, Ezma! You're so close to your halfway mark. Sweet!! You are doing awesome!!