Hey...I'm waiting for my TOM to be over too...I usually am up 3-5lbs of water at that time...argh!

Thanks Avi2Kat for starting this thread.

Everyone, this is so great. I'm so excited to see all of you joining our new Friday challenge.

I love it. It brings a smile to my face. I can't wait till Friday to hear how everyone did!!!

I'm in too. I am also a bit of a devil for getting on the scales every day ... sometimes two or three times!! This is a great idea and I am looking forward to being in my first group.

See you here next friday!

AMAZING idea...now I'll be motivated to wait till Fridays...you guys will force me to

Well, first I should probably fix my scale or get a new one...my old one's been acting crazy for the last week..

My first post here, would like to do the friday weigh in too.

Last time I got on the scales was about 1 and a half weeks ago and I was 159 lbs .

Female
Height 5.10
SW 159 or more will see friday.
GW 140

I don't know about you guys..but I am getting a bit nervous for the Friday weigh in day. I just guessed at 145 when I started..because, honestly, I haven't weighed myself in awhile...and it scares me!!! I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Hey, I have a HUGE obstacle this weekend. We are having a really really big party for my grandfather's 80th birthday..like 70 people at my house...a ton of food (finger sandwiches, cheese, all catered) and cake...and alcohol..etc etc. I don't drink alcohol, so that won't be a problem..but, I love party food...not chips..but, the sandwiches and the CHEESE! haha!!! I have to remain strong ya know?

Okay, talk to y'all later!

Sarah

I know it is a bit of a cliche, but they say to eat something filling but healthy before you go, as it is supposed to stop you eating the unhealthy stuff at the party. However, I think this is based on the idea that people only eat when they are hungry, which for someone like me is completely false!! It may help a bit though. Or just give yourself a day off. Say you are going to have a treat but not over do it and get back on the healthy diet the next day. I think if I tried to resist nice food for a whole party while having to watch other people enjoy it, I would either end up giving in before the end of the party and going nuts, or I would buy something on the way home. Maybe a bit of everything in moderation is the best way to go . That's my plan for my birthday. I will go for a meal, have salad and salmon which I really like (very healthy!) and then have a nice dessert (very yummy!! ), and try not to let the taste of sugar make me stop off on the way home.

Good luck for Friday, I'll see you here

Hey, this is a fantastic idea Avi2Kat and Losing Cleo! Mind if I join? I'd love to be able to be part of a group weigh in. I'll even change my ticker (ah-haha... yea, scales make me nervous...) This'll be the first time I've weighed myself for a long time, so I'll have a good idea on how much I need to lose.

SarahL, my current, I quote, "diet" I'm having two very small meals a day, and one normal one. The two meals are just under 200 kcal each, so if you do that for breakfast and lunch, you'll be sorted. And make sure you do have breakfast if you normally don't as it'll keep you going til party time. Then it is a big question of self control, and moderation. Though if the cheese is too tempting, you can rest easy in the knowledge that your total intake will be at around 400 kcal, maybe less, you'll be OK for about 1100 kcal worth of party food (well, depending on what your current intake is.) Good luck though! And don't forget to have fun

Mrs Bear, you're a Beardy owner! He/she's gorgous! We got one about 8 months ago, he's fab!

Bronsk

Oh yeah guys...the party is at MY HOUSE...lol! I'll try to be good. I have some hoodia...I haven't used that the way I should have..I try not to take any diet pills, but..ya know, if something can be an appetite suppressant on that day, it will help!

Hopefully I will be too busy making sure everything is going well to forget to do any of the normal 'going to a party' socializing. I have my house to worry about, my kids, my pets...haha...I have a wild Scottie that will need to be a bit tame that day..hah...she is just a sweetie who wants to kiss everyone...and that isn't good for the 'non dog lovers' (do those exist? lol)

Thanks for the suggestions!

Sarah

Im in! I only want to weigh in every other Friday but I can still join right I am scared of scales, I get discouraged extremellyyyy easily, so if two weeks go by and even if I have only lost 2 lbs I will be happy with that.

Wow, Bronski, it is so nice to hear from another Beardy owner . Ours is a boy called Buster, or Rooney, or Looney (We love nick names in our house ). He was very sick at the beginning of the year (he had a blockage which is more often than not fatal!!) but he is back to 110% health. We have started letting him run around the house and he is adorable ... we are obsessed with seeing where he will go and what he will do next. Better than TV . What is your Beardy's name?

I read yesterday that it is good to weigh no more than once a week, because when your body burns off fat, the fat cells immediately fill with water to help prevent drooping and sagging skin. The water is gradually squeezed out, giving your skin time to shrink as the size of the fat cells decreases. But, that means you are staying about the same weight until the water is removed.

That explains why you might go for days on a plateau - even though you are eating right and exercising - and then suddenly drop a couple of pounds or more. The plateaus are a good thing - although extremely frustrating when you are working your butt off to burn the fat - because they give your body time to catch up with your weight loss.

I also ready that something like 90% of the water retained in the fat cells is removed while you are lying down, thus the importance of getting enough horizontal time - or sleep! I don't know why this would be so, but it sure explains why I have to get to the bathroom so fast some mornings!!!

Okay, anyway, I thought you weekly weighers might find some of that interesting. I sure did. I have decided to go ahead and join now. I will weigh this Friday. See you then! Good luck everyone!!!

Goal today: update first posty with all members!

Yay! Do I get added to the magical and whimsical list of whimsy? I like being on lists

Mrs Bear, Buster/Rooney/Looney is fab! I'm so glad he was able to recover. Ours is called Vincent; he originally came with his brother, Jules, who was the dom of the pair. But being put in a new enviroment, the two started fighting for dom status. When blood was drawn we took the more aggressive (and also more bleeding) one back to the pet shop. It wasn't fair on the two of them. Vince is quite happy now. I love watching him eat crickets, though he never seems that bothered if it's me feeding him...

In a strange, sick way, I'm kind of looking forward to friday. Then I can really kick off my weight loss plan, knowing how much I weigh. Though I don't doubt there'll be tears. There always is!

Bronsk

ETA: Just looked at my ticker doofer, and it's days until I get on the scales, and I have a fish... with scales! Ahahaha...ha...ha... just me then?

Twinmom, that is so interesting. I never knew that and it does make it a lot easier to accept those plateuas. And it makes a lot of sense aswell.

Bronski, I'd love to see a pic of Vincent!! Ours loves locusts, but at the moment he's gone all veggy and is eating mostly brocolli. It must be my healthy eating rubbing off or maybe he is growing up, aaawwww

I haven't managed to stay off the scales, but I put that down to the fact that I had retained a ton of water due to poor diet last week, and I have been watching that come off. Already dipped down to 12st 13lbs from 13st 3lbs after the weekend (4lbs in 48 hrs - it is definitely water!!) so I am glad I started my ticker at 13 st. But I promise that after Fridays weigh in, I WILL give the battery to my husband and get him to only give it back the following Friday!! Otherwise, what is the point of me joining this club