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Originally Posted by Bellaryna  Oh and I almost forgot.
I have averaged about 1-2 pounds a week since Aug 6, 2007. Give or take. Some weeks were better than others (4 # loss one week and nothing the next) but on a whole I was always in a downward trend.
Good Luck with your journey! |
Right there really did it for me. That is the healthiest way to lose too. A lot of people (we hav some heavier women at work here) get discouraged.
Last year we had a
biggest loser contest which was my catalyst to lose weight. I was at 215lbs!! After the first week I had lost 2lbs, and the heaviest ladies (over 300lbs) lost like 10lbs. I ended up winning the contest, but the women were really letting me have it after the first week. I think some of them started to cheat because they figured they were losing a lot of weight in one week that if they ate such and such this week it would be OK. After about three weeks tehre were women gaining some of that weight they lost back, and I was still "slow and steady 1-3lbs a week) After 10 weeks I had lost 25lbs and was down to 190, and won the competition. The second closest to me was like 7lbs. All the others had gained weight back because they were cheating after that first week thinking they could still lose a ton of weight walking or whatever, than got discourage after he second week they lost nothing.
Stay strong Bell!!! you can do it. The first step is to know it's going to take hard work, and that a healthy
weight loss is about 1-3lbs a week.
After my 215 to 170 transformation I have been at somewhat a wall. I hit 170 about Thanksgiving, and since then I am down to 167. I am gettign closer to my natural weight. I am 5'10-5'11 and have a broad skeleton. I think anythign lower than 160 is too skinny for me.
Sorry for posting so much. That last paragraph caught my attention and brought up all sorts of memories
