Glad to see you're off to a good start! Part of my motivation is my little boy and wanting to run and play with him!

We have a lot in common!

Except I love icky yucky coconut!

The year will be over before we know it! I'm off to stomp some pavement.

David

OK...Im a little confused here

yesterday morning I weighed in at 284.5, last night it was 282.4

and now this morning the scale shows 278.8.??

( I even changed the batteries...lol...same thing)


Is this normal in the first few days? My chest, waist, and hip measurements are still the same.

Is my body just purging a lot of crap (non intentional pun) that it has held onto and not needed anymore?

I feel like I have eaten enough, and have had a lot of water.......according to this I have surpassed the recommended 2 pounds a week loss..


...or.....should I just not worry about it and see what happens in the next few days?

Like I said, Im not starving, and I think the intake was pretty good......hmmmmm



anyway, just got back from a 45 minute walk, didnt go an hour cause it started raining pretty hard, and I got a little cold.

Now Im gonna go have oatmeal with raisins, a quarter honeydew, and a cup of skim.....and a coffee (*ahem) (( I cant seem to cold turkey the coffee, I get a dull headache...so Im trying to ween off)).

Today is FRIDAY !! !Woot!

It's probably water-weight. My first week I lost 7lbs probably 5 of which were water. Also your weight will likely fluctuate a couple pound up and down depending on how much salt you eat (causes short term water retention) and how much food bulk is...ahem, in-process.

As long as the general trend is down, I'm trying not to obsess about the number. But it's hard to do.

Just shows you everything you are doing is working!

David

there's nothing wrong with drinking coffee - as long as you're accounting in your daily calories whatever you put into your coffee....

though keep in mind that it can have a diuretic effect.. so for each cuppa of brown gold - drink a glass of water...

Ha Ha... You are a scale obsessor my friend. That is exactly what I do, or did, trying to stay off it except once a week now. Your weight can fluctuate during the day, and even a couple pounds from day to day. And "they" do say that you tend to lose weight fastest at the beginning. I know how hard it is, but try to stay off the scale. Since I've only been avoiding the scale for 2 days I know this sounds hypocritical... but I tell you this because I feel your pain. This time the numbers were good for you, but unfortunately, they will not always be what you want them to be. Good luck to you today!

Darn.. After JUST writing to you I had the unbelievable urge to go down and see how my own numbers were! WOW! Not gonna do it, though. I will resist...

Good luck on your goal! A year is a long time, so you'll definitely be able to manage if you stick with it.

I'm going to start weighing in once a week. Obsessing over the scale SUCKS...especially when you're a girl and go through "that time of the month"...

Hello Artmonster.

You're doing great!!! It's friday yay.
I also get very tempted to go weight myself a lot, just out of curiousity.
I want to also measure myself but I cant find a tape measure so i will have to go buy one today or tomorrow.

And I totally agree that in the beginning we tend to lose a lot of weight and then it will hault for a while, which will suck but soon enough it will get going again, it has happend to me before years ago when I lost weight.

Good luck eh!! Keep it up!!!

Hey Artmonster,

I feel you on the wanting to weigh yourself everyday. I think as everyone says here your weight fluctuates throughout the day and in order not to get discouraged if I gain a pound or two if I weigh myself in the morning one day, and in the evening another. Its a marathon not a race.

Personally I am going to weigh myself every week and take the results from there instead of micromanaging my weight day to day...the calorie counting is work enough in itself.

But keep up the hard work!

Hey artmonster,

I'm glad to see you're off to a great start. I charted things out for myself too before I started. I was afraid it was going to be all lip service, but I think I might actually be able to follow it! Seems that you are too.

You really cracked me up with your "waste management" comment.

It's been really fun seeing what other people are going through. I can't wait for your positive updates. (not your weight necessarily, but how you're sticking to your program!)
Beautiful kid BTW.

I had a great day today,

One, it was friday !

two I did good again today.

I had an eye opening I think......I need to eat more! Wow! what a concept! Im on a diet and I need to eat more to get the calories I need......golly geeze!!!

I found a great Harris Benedict Formula chart that put it all into perspective for me.

It seems that yesterday I did way too less calories than I needed.....hmmm. But I wasnt hungry...hmm.....

So my Eye opening was, that eating healthy consumes a lot of food! A diet that eats a lot??? Holy cow!! I wish I would have realized this before.

So far today I have eaten about 1950 calories.....hmm....not enough......dang it Ive eaten enough for a 140 pound guy with low activity according to this.......lol.

I also went to the farmers market, and got a bunch of freshies....a good smelling melon for tomorrow morning...yummy.

Tomorrow Im going to mow the lawn, clean house, eat I suppose...lol...since I seem to have to eat a lot. then go to my little girls Birthday party...it's a princess theme......shes going to have so much fun (she is so beautiful when she is laughing and squeeling)

I'm watching the Olympic opening ceremonies now....I'm in awe....it just blows any theatrical production away.....I'm catching myself cheering and going "Freaky WOW!"...the precision of thousands of people at a time.......


gotta go .... Ill write later

Great job today! It's amazing that the difference really is WHAT you eat. Starvation is not healthy, yet somehow we get that notion in our heads that we have to be constantly hungry to be healthy. Great eye opener for all of us. Thanks for sharing.

Well I just had another revelation.....:

Let me tell a little story.

I have been separated then divorced for over a year now. Holly is a good mother and a wonderful woman, we just had our differences and I jumped into her family too fast ( she has three teenage kids other than Maiah from a previous marriage.....and coming from a perpetual bachelor, it was a kick in the reality jewels), we decided to part to save our sanities. I had a hard time for quite a while. I felt deep longing for her and I missed her to the point of near depression.....

I have since had the cliche' "time heals all wounds" therapy, and I am good with our situation now (for the most part). We talk frequently, and we do things together with Maiah because Maiah is special to both of us, and we want her to understand that we love her and what has happened to her mommy and daddy is no fault of hers and she can feel comfortable with both of us.

Anyway little things set off the emotions, like tonight I called to chat about Maiah's party tomorrow...and I found she was out with her boyfriend....I know she has been seeing him from near the day we separated, but I still got a bit jealous tonight.......

......so to make a long story short, I took out my frustrations on this nice new heavy bag I have, and pumped the elliptical for a half hour, and went on a 30 minute walk listening to another chapter of the Audio book on my MP3 player.

I now feel so much better, I am not bitter, and I actually am wishing her the best......(I'm kind of suprising myself lately).

....

I better go take a shower and go to bed...I'm looking forward to the early a.m. walk.

I'm looking forward to exercising? I must be losing my mind

WOOHOO!!! I would have headed for the Ben & Jerry's peach cobbler ice cream. Glad that you were able to get something so personal off your mind. It's crazy how much motivation I am getting from you guys.

This forum is a great therapy.....I learn so much from other's experiences, and I have found that everyone is non-judgemental and supportive....That is a wonderful community in my mind.

so......

on that note.

Today I woke up late 5:45 lol, had a half cantalope (yummy) and then went on a half hour walk.

I then had brkfst which consisted of two eggs with onions red bell pepper, a jalapeno grown on my deck, and 1/2 cup cheese on top, spiced with garlic powder and chili powder........"Barnacles that was some good eats !!!!!!"

had 8oz of sodium free V8 juice ( I love V8) and one cup of coffee ( well probably two...it was a big cup) I had a banana to eat too, but I didnt eat it cause I wasnt hungry for it.

Thats about 630 calories today, big breakfast....but Im gonna work on muscles today.

I also started a detox kit that I got from GNC ( hope I dont have to hit the head every five minutes)((head is a Navy term for potty if you havent heard......yes I was a 'squid' back in the day))

The detox kit has a lot of cool things to purge toxins:
it has an a.m. and a p.m. set of things to take.

in the a.m. there is a pill pack that has gastro, cleanser and enzyme formulas. And it also has a fiber and pre-biotic packet.

in the p.m. there is a pill pack for enzymes, blood circulation, liver cleansing, and kidney health, and also a pro-biotic.

Theres too many ingredients to list, but its all natural and its called the "GNC Complete Body Cleansing Program"....comes in a 7 day kit.

I figure along with all the fresh food, I should get an inner cleaning like never before....