I am 5'5. Weighed in at 136.4 AGAIN this morning. That doesn't usually happen. How tall are youuuu?!?!?

I know your not asking me but I'm 6'3"! hahahaha...Don't weigh your self EVERY DAY! Do it every 15 days. That would help ALOT!

Weighing every fifteen days wouldn't work for me. I can do so much damage in that time and not even realize it. When I'm not up to par the scale lets me know right away.

How would you do damage? Get on a ruetien and keep to it...Thats how I do it...Every 15 days I loose between 5-20 pounds with my ruetien depending on how hard I would and don't have birthdays to attened and drink at haha

I think I have to weigh myself every day. it keeps me on track. And helps me know if what I did the day before is helping and is something I should keep doing or is hurting and is something I should stop. I used to make daily weight goals for myself and would get mad at myself if I didn't meet them. I've realized that was stupid. Now I just have a piece of paper taped to my closet that I keep track of my weight on. It fluctuates, but as long as there is a downward trend, which there has been lately, I'm happy.

I'm somewhere between 5'5" and 5'6". I've never quite made it to 5'6", although sometimes I say I am, and I'd really like to be. We're so much the same, Adeon. It's exciting.

Today is a most wonderful day. I don't have class because its Registration Day. Talking to my boyfriend this morning he suggested I take the day off from studying, and do some planning for the trip we're taking at the end of August, which I haven't had time to do yet. Normally, I would have said no, of course I'm going to study. Surprisingly, today, so far I've taken him up on that idea. I study really hard, and I don't have any tests coming up, and I have all weekend to study, and I don't often take a lot of time for myself. The result has been a day where I don't feel stressed or worried about anything, and most amazingly, not guilty for not studying. This morning I went to the Health Center on campus and spent 2 hours with the chiropractor for the sharp, burning pain I was having in my back last night. It's been getting progressively worse for a few months now. Normally, I'm one to ignore pain, and just try to deal with it, thinking that either it will get better, or that I deserve it (not a good thought, I know, I'm working on stopping those negative thoughts). Anyway, it was so bad that I finally decided I needed to do something about it. She wasn't able to make it feel a lot better right away, but she put a lot of effort in, and I'm going back in a week, and I felt good when I left knowing that the pain might possibly go away eventually. Then I went and registered for next trimester. Then came home, ate lunch, planned a little for the trip, did the dishes, and then went to the gym. I finally did the entire workout I had planned. I've been leaving early a lot lately. But not today. And I felt so exhausted and happy that I had done it, and like it was really going to make me a better, faster runner. Then I came home and took a nap! I never do that. But I was so tired because I couldn't sleep last night because of my back. Oh, it was wonderful. Now I've been on the computer for a while. I'm going to start dinner when I'm done writing this. If I just keep today going the way it has been, that will be 3 successful days in a row. Go me! Trops, normally I'm in bed by 11 at the latest. I was only up late last night because I knew I didn't have class today. But you think about 4 hours before I go to bed is a good time to stop eating?

Food today:
Breakfast: pancakes made with wheat flour, wheat germ, corn meal topped with strawberry yogurt and sliced peaches ( I love to cook when I have the time). they were delicious!
Lunch: turkey burger topped with cheddar cheese, avacado, tomato, sauteed onion without a bun, and a small salad with carrots, orange pepper, and cucumber with ginger-sesame dressing
Dinner (will be): baked haddock topped with lots of garlic and some chopped veggies plus lemon and olive oil with brown rice, and probably a steamed veggie of whatever I decide at the time. I like to pile the fish high with the topping so it spills off, and I can mix it with my rice.
Snack: I'll have a little yogurt, and cherry juice now while I wait for the fish to cook. And then no eating after 7!

Exercise:
10 minutes elliptical
10 minutes bike
4 minutes running at 6.8 mph alternating with 4 minutes walking, 3 times
An Ab workout I have that I tore out of some fitness magazine.

I know this is already a long post, and I'm impressed if you guys are still reading it, but I have one more thing to say. I'm wondering if the reason the weight seems to be coming off quickly the past few days is because I spent those 2 weeks eating so much that I really raised my metabolism, and that maybe it was actually a good thing. But I'm also wondering if because I'm back to where I was stalled before, if i will continue to lose weight, or if it will stall again. I guess I'll just have to see.

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Yup, read the whole thing.

I think that 4 hours before bed is a little much, but if you can do it, why not. Also, if you have a little "cheat" snuck in there that's good. The idea is to keep the binges away.

How's the classes going? Which school are you going to, an what is the degree?



Danny, routines and me just don't mix. My job is such that I'm constantly changing. It's a 24 week rotation, so I don't have the same schedule for almost 6 months. No chance to get into a real routine. That and kids and life and everything. Also, I'm not looking to drop some weight. I want this to be a life long change. My life is exciting and to try to pigeon hole it into something that it's not, well, I'd rather just check my weight each day. Routines are a great way to get to your goal, but it just doesn't work for me.

Understandable, I know the rotation schedule! Makes since now. Every one in my family are oil people. So I have lived with rotation schedule all my life. Haha...My Grandpa is VP of an oil company and uncles and my Dad are all oil for random different company's... Understandable!

Yeah, I've been doing this for so long that I wonder if I'd be happy getting into a regular schedule. I think I would because the rest of my family is on the M-F schedule. I miss a lot of weekends and such because of it. I also get to go on a lot of class field trips and day to day things because of having that time off during the week.

I had a reply almost all typed out, and then my computer froze. So here I go again. I shortened version.

I was bad last night. Had granola, pudding, rice cakes, and cashews. Luckily, I stopped myself earlier than I normally would have, and went for a walk. So even though I'm not happy with what I did, I still think I'm making progress learning to stop myself. And I still had a loss on the scale this morning, so it didn't totally derail my efforts. Today is going well so far. But Thursdays are hard because I don't get home until 9:30, and all I want to do is eat. I'm going to try something new tonight. Right when I get home I'm going to take a shower, brush my teeth, and then take my books and some water into my bedroom and close the door. I'll study in there for a couple hours. That way I won't have to walk past the kitchen to go to the bathroom, or watch my roommate eat. Hope it works.

See the walk is good right?? It really helps. I jumped on the scale today and it said 135.8..... then I jumped on it again and it said 136.6. I jumped on it 2 more times only to see 136.6. Ughhh soo frustrating.. I may be reaching some sort of plateau.

Do whatever you can to get off that plateau. I was stuck at 136 for a couple weeks. It was really frustrating. And then I just gave up, and my weight got up to about 140. Now its finally coming back down. But I was really out of it today. Ate a lot. No real meals though, just grazing all day. Weird. And I skipped the gym. And slept a lot. Very strange. But I'm so scared that because of it I'm going to be back at 136 or even higher tomorrow. But no matter what happens tomorrow, I WILL NOT get stuck there again. My goal is 132 by August 15. I must, I must, I must. And you can too! Do you have a diary?

I most certainly do have a diary. It's called Weight Loss Journal. Corny I know, but I was new and had no freaking clue what I was doing. Scale still read 136.6 this morning. Did you change your ticker this morning? Is that 139? Don't you HATE when that happens?? I'm sure it will be back down in a day or so, but it just sucks and is so unmotivating to see that number. Don't stress though, just keep on truckin

Yeah, I change it every day. I didn't do very well yesterday, so I knew it would be kinda high, but I didn't expect that. Hoping it will be at least a couple pounds lower tomorrow.

I broke down and got a personal trainer. Wow, they're expensive. After going to the gym and leaving after 10 minutes because I didn't feel motivated, AGAIN, I know I've got to get the exercise part of this journey back on track. I meet with her tonight. I'm really excited. I hope she can whip me into shape.

I need to get it through my head that weight loss is slow. I still want it to happen to quickly. I'm still struggling with how to go about it. I haven't figured out what works. Hopefully I will soon.

Very cool about the PT. Did you get one session or a bunch of them? I know some people get a book of ten sessions and use one a week. The book is cheaper per session, but a lot of money to lay out all at once. Also, not everyplace does it.

GGA - I really glad your trying so hard to get in shape and it will show I promise! I am SO motivated but my body can't handle much more then sit ups and Walking