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zas
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| Joined: | 19 April 2010 |
| Location: | Bombay, India |
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Posted: 19 November 2010 01:15 am |
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hi everyone,
congrats  all have done well !!!!
this is bad !!!!! everyone has done sooo well ,and me .... fell off the wagon...had our festival this week ...guests...etc and thus landed up gaining 3.7 lbs !!!!! 
first week in challenge ....and it turned out to be a disaster.....will not quit ..starting new diet today..next week result will be definitely better 
this weeks stats.......
current weight...206.5
weight gained this week 3.7
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Tontus
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Posted: 19 November 2010 02:32 am |
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162.2
Not quite going as planned, but I've been nir-ly  perfect this week, sothings are looking up.
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Nir
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Posted: 19 November 2010 07:36 am |
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CW 54.43kg (119.9lb)
LW 54.59kg (120.2lb) this week a loss of 0.16kg (0.35lb)
SW 54.37kg (119.8lb) for the challenge a gain of 0.06kg (0.13lb).
Speculation - due to abdominal/digestive issues I have recently reduced the size of the salad I am consuming. I am paying more attention to "fullness" signals. There are two possible implications: I may be undergoing a natural 'colon cleanse' which means I'm carrying less weight around. Another possibility is that as my salad (my main source of "uncounted calories") shrinks, so has my calorie intake, perhaps enough to cause this slight apparent weight loss. I am still counting 2,500 calories.
I have now been at 2,500 calories since October 24th making today (November 19th) the 27th day at this intake. My weight on October 23rd was 53.90kg so despite the loss on this intake I had apparently gained 0.53kg (1.17lb) in just short of 4 weeks (which is just about the rate of gain I was always looking for). short-term view = gain 0.30lb a week.
medium-term view: September 21st (59 days ago) = 51.91kg, 2.52kg (5.55lb) gain in 8.4 weeks (0.66lb a week).
long-term view: August 31st 2009 (14.63 months ago) = 50.75kg, 3.68kg (8.11lb) gain in 14.63 months (0.55lb a month)
Another issue is whether I actually need to gain more weight. At 54.43kg my BMI is 20.0. Of course that wouldn't be the BMI a GP or Nurse would calculate - they'd weigh me with minimal clothes at 56kg and likely work me out at 20.6. Either way though, it is a respectably "healthy" BMI well within the 18.5-24.9 range and not a whiff of "almost underweight". The only remaining 'urgent' motivation is my desire to gradually become stronger "in the weight room" (in Body Pump class, really) and to look a bit more 'muscley'. I'm clearly not going lower than 2,500 and MAYBE at some point in the future I'll want to raise calories again. When my impatience for results overpowers my drive for anxiety and caution, a hallmark of the obsessive personality that might also account for my interest in graphing all of this.
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Lily10
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Posted: 19 November 2010 11:29 am |
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189.6
Last edited on 19 November 2010 11:30 am by Lily10
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Aimless
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Posted: 19 November 2010 12:43 pm |
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| Not a massive amount of progress this week, although I did get down to 114.6lb at one point. But my official weigh in this is 115.2lb
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mchen01
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Posted: 19 November 2010 02:51 pm |
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158.5
Progress is so slow... and so hard.
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MapleLeaf
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Posted: 19 November 2010 03:10 pm |
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Weighing in at 166lbs! I did a double-take and got on the scale several times because I didn't believe it! I haven't walked this week, caught a wicked cold on sunday. Plenty of fluids and healthier eating this week trying to knock back the cold. Gotta keep this up! WOO-HOO!
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Hiker
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Posted: 22 November 2010 11:06 am |
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CW 160.7 up 2.8.
Not a good place to be in going into Thanksgiving. Oh well, all I can do is try and work on it more diligently.
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Tulip8
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| Joined: | 8 November 2010 |
| Location: | USA |
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Posted: 22 November 2010 03:16 pm |
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144.4 lbs !!! Down 2.2lbs this week. I was worried because I ran a 5K race yesterday was not sure if that would cause me to be up, but I'm not . How exciting! I have not been this low is several years!! 
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jennie_hi
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Posted: 22 November 2010 06:26 pm |
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Well, I am down from last week. :) Not much. But I will take it.
189
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AshIdiot
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Posted: 22 November 2010 07:27 pm |
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| 150.6. Kill me.
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missfit
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Posted: 23 November 2010 12:03 pm |
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| 174.1 lbs very slow progress.
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MichelleP
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| Joined: | 25 March 2009 |
| Location: | Ohio USA |
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Posted: 24 November 2010 10:18 am |
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Weight is UP again - it just keeps fluctuating.
So put me down for 175. I would like to change my goal to 165.
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midwest_cutie
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Posted: 24 November 2010 01:59 pm |
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144 lbs!!!
One pound down :)
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 24 November 2010 07:42 pm |
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| same for me, hope it holds over Thanksgiving!
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jennie_hi
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Posted: 24 November 2010 07:48 pm |
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| YIKES....I am trying so hard this week to be good. :) My nephew who is 5 is visiting and wow....I will never complain again about my 2 year old daughter. He has the shortest attention span in the world and I so crave chocolate and lots of other carbs. BUt I am resisting. So I hope Monday shows good results....
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BJD74
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Posted: 25 November 2010 05:22 pm |
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got sick with a bad cold, been stressed over troubles with mj and her adjustment to school and all that comes with that and here is my post for the week.
166.8 midday weigh in.
been sitting around 165.4 for the last week or so, and been away from computer.
not sure when things will get normalized for me. if mj doesnt start to get her act in line at school i will be pulling her out and putting her in the intended district school. she is doing well academically but socially its not going well. we are doing all we can at home, so if the teachers arent able to do it there, then why did i bother to try to get her into this oh so better school? not sure now, but then i dont know why i do what i do alot of the time, thinking its best, but not sure now.
anyway, we will give it till dec 20, when the semester ends, and if she hasnt improved i am pulling her. maybe then i will be able to get myself back into focus.
its not that i am eating too much, but my activity level and the winter blues are setting in for me BIG TIME.
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mchen01
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Posted: 25 November 2010 08:09 pm |
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157.9
Happy Thanksgiving!!
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AshIdiot
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Posted: 26 November 2010 12:04 am |
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| 147.6 when I got home, since I forgot to weigh in before we left! I'm happy. The past two days I've eaten only healthy food and it's paying off. Today the worst thing I ate was 1/8 cup homemade mashed potatoes. Last edited on 26 November 2010 12:04 am by AshIdiot
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zas
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| Joined: | 19 April 2010 |
| Location: | Bombay, India |
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Posted: 26 November 2010 02:00 am |
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this was my first week of south beach diet.............
current weight .......200 lbs
loss this week ...........6.5 lbs
woohooooooooo
now i think i will get a color upgrade.........
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jennie_hi
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Posted: 26 November 2010 03:41 am |
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Great job on the weight loss Zas. I am trying a modified SOuth Beach as we haven't made it quite there yet. Love those carbs. Plus, I love righting out all my calories. I ate 1430 calories today. NOt bad for Thanksgiving.
Love watching everyone's progress. THis is really helping me.
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Nir
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Posted: 26 November 2010 07:49 am |
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CW 54.89kg (120.9lb)
LW 54.43kg (119.9lb) this week a gain of 0.46kg (1.01lb)
SW 54.37kg (119.8lb) for the challenge a gain of 0.52kg (1.15lb).
At 2,500 since October 24th (on that date 53.96kg). Over 33 days an increase of 0.93kg (2.05lb), that's 0.20kg (0.43lb) a week which is still faster than what I'd call 'stable' but I'm reserving judgement until I've done 2,500 for longer (say 8-9 weeks) before tweaking. Some of the 'initial' gain are perhaps actually the delayed reaction of the 'average' to actual gains at an earlier time (whilst on 2,700).
I am currently re-reading Dr Fuhrman materials suggesting that only 'serious' calorie restriction is associated with life extension and it is pulling my thoughts in that direction (a little).
Graph is of the 2,500 calorie period (which slightly pre-dates the current challenge)
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BJD74
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Posted: 26 November 2010 02:34 pm |
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165.6
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Lily10
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Posted: 27 November 2010 01:35 am |
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CW: 187.2 lbs
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Aimless
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Posted: 27 November 2010 09:35 am |
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114.2lb
Had a couple food-heavy days this week, before that I'd been weighing in at 113lb-ish. Such is life!Last edited on 27 November 2010 09:35 am by Aimless
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BJD74
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Posted: 29 November 2010 01:17 pm |
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| 164.4
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jennie_hi
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Posted: 29 November 2010 01:28 pm |
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| Still 189. SO bummed. Loved the couple of days of being 187.4. HOpefully that will happen next week since all this stress is over.
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Tulip8
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Posted: 29 November 2010 03:19 pm |
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NOt a good week! I probably overate all week ... I celebrated Thanksgiving all week 
I am very disappointed in my-self ...Well back on track starting now!!
Today 147.2 lbs (+2.8lbs)
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Hiker
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Posted: 29 November 2010 06:40 pm |
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| CW 163.8
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AshIdiot
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Posted: 29 November 2010 07:56 pm |
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145.6! 
I can't believe it either.
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midwest_cutie
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Posted: 29 November 2010 11:59 pm |
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| I've had a pretty bad first half of my week (my "week" being from wednesday to wednesday), especially with thanksgiving on the second day, and was wondering if anyone would object if I postponed this weeks weigh-in to thursday, so I can try and play a little catch-up? or would that be against the rules/be a huge cop-out for this weeks behavior?
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BJD74
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Posted: 30 November 2010 05:36 pm |
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| 163.2 Last edited on 30 November 2010 09:01 pm by BJD74
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Nancy_in_GA
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| Location: | NE, Georgia USA |
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Posted: 1 December 2010 12:56 am |
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I'd like to join this challenge for December because my eating has been drifting away from healthy foods toward more and more junk food lately, and the weight is drifting up slowly. Hoping it will knock me back into reality before this gets to be a habit.
CW: 121.5
GW: 120.0
Height: 65 inches
Will report the average weight for the 7 days prior on Thursdays.
ps: Thanks, Nir
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Maggie
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Posted: 1 December 2010 02:02 am |
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No Change
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Aimless
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Posted: 1 December 2010 08:27 am |
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I don't know right now whether I even want to meet my goal. Confusion! 
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midwest_cutie
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Posted: 1 December 2010 01:27 pm |
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So, I was going to wait till tomorrow to weigh in, but I stepped on the scale out of curiosity, and I've lost a pound for the week! So I'm chill with posting in as usual.
Current weight: 143
Only two more pounds till I get a color-up :) Its almost disturbing how motivational those silly little colors are.
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missfit
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Posted: 1 December 2010 08:28 pm |
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| I'm skipping this week because I've had to drastically change my approach. Obviously, my approach was not working. I will post on Tuesday. Thank you for your understanding.
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Nir
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Posted: 2 December 2010 11:07 am |
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Aimless wrote: I don't know right now whether I even want to meet my goal. Confusion!
What's that about, then?
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jennie_hi
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Posted: 2 December 2010 01:58 pm |
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| Hi Nir, Are you going to do another one of these for January. :) I know I definitely need it. It isn't my official weigh in...yet. But I am down another half pound. I am getting back on track.
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Aimless
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Posted: 2 December 2010 07:40 pm |
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Nir wrote:
Aimless wrote: I don't know right now whether I even want to meet my goal. Confusion!
What's that about, then?
Not entirely sure. Probably feeling self conscious about the new slimmer me? Noticing that certain parts of my anatomy are shrinking that I'd rather not be... Plus I'm feeling a little tired by it all at this point, not sure what is to be gained from losing the last two pounds (or seven if I aim for 105lb instead). Hmm.
Also there's some anxiety about how on earth maintenance will work with this eating pattern?
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AshIdiot
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Posted: 2 December 2010 07:50 pm |
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148.0
Understandable with all the binges. But this is still light for me!
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zas
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| Location: | Bombay, India |
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Posted: 3 December 2010 01:50 am |
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this is sooo frustrating !!!! last weeks loss was maybe in compensation for 2 weeks  ........following diet pretty well but instead gained this week
it seems my goal weight was too unrealistic.
cw...201.7 !!!!
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Tontus
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Posted: 3 December 2010 02:42 am |
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| 164, but my bf% is holding steady in the low 13-ish range, so it appears my gains are mostly muscle. I'm not sure which way I want to go. On one hand, getting down to 157 just so I can say I lost more than half would be cool, but eating more and bulking up is a lot more fun. I keep changing my mind every few days, so I'm kind of treading water. Been that way for about 3 months now.
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Aimless
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Posted: 3 December 2010 09:15 am |
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113.8lb
I've not been particularly strict about my pattern of intermittent fasting this week. It's so cold it's hard to deny porridge on a morning! Which, for me, leads to eating throughout the day. So quite a small loss this week.
Probably not helped by self esteem issues re: being slim [how stupid is that]. I think it's because progress lately, particularly visually, has been so rapid and... yeah. I should stop complaining :)
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Lily10
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Posted: 3 December 2010 12:35 pm |
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CW: 186.6 lbs
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Nir
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Posted: 3 December 2010 01:46 pm |
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Aimless, I did not realise that "what you are doing" was the kind of uncompromising slog that you can't envisige yourself continuing for the long-haul. By the time you're near goal (as you are) you should be pretty much acting out what maintenance is. I certainly have been eating more or less the same way for quite a few years, be it loss or gain that I'm after. Going by a few other forum members, this is not a universally 'easy' thing to do.
I intend to keep calories at 2,500 until the end of the challenge out of stubornness (to keep the data-gathering scientific experiment going - what happens when I eat this many calories on a long-term basis) but the longer-term view is to do a gentle cut (say at 2,400) as I'd like to be re-united with my 6-pack! This would be one time when it's a look rather than a number on the scales that I'd be chasing.
CW 54.82kg (120.7lb)
LW 54.89kg (120.9lb) this week a loss of 0.07kg (0.15lb)
SW 54.37kg (119.8lb) for the challenge a gain of 0.45kg (0.99lb).
At 2,500 since October 24th (on that date 53.96kg). Over 40 days an increase of 0.86kg (1.89lb), that's 0.15kg (0.33lb) gain a week (which is getting close to the 0.25lb/week I originally envisiged). Graph is of the 2,500 calorie period (which slightly pre-dates the current challenge).
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Aimless
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Posted: 3 December 2010 02:30 pm |
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Nir wrote:
Aimless, I did not realise that "what you are doing" was the kind of uncompromising slog that you can't envisige yourself continuing for the long-haul. By the time you're near goal (as you are) you should be pretty much acting out what maintenance is. I certainly have been eating more or less the same way for quite a few years, be it loss or gain that I'm after. Going by a few other forum members, this is not a universally 'easy' thing to do.
I wouldn't describe it a slog, it's effortless, really! My concern is that perhaps it has been in resulting in progress too fast? If 112lb is where I decide to stop, knowing how to balance it out so I don't continue to lose weight seems far more effort than the weight loss itself. Having more days where I eat fairly 'normally' sets the scale fluctuating far more than I'm used to, which is mildly alarming. Up until this point I've been doing the one-meal-a-day thing 4 or 5 days a week.
I'm concerned I'm not eating healthily enough too, particularly with the intermittent fasting not having full [or any] control over food shopping [primary issue] and the meals I do have [secondary issue, I can cook for myself whenever I like really] it's hard to balance things. That control part is only until February now though, so I can address nutrition more effectively then.
I'm making something out of nothing, I suppose. But this is uncharted territory for me. :)
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Nir
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Posted: 3 December 2010 02:42 pm |
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Eating healthfully is the more important issue, you are what you eat.
As for fearing you'll disappear into thin air, Dr Fuhrman is of the opinion that your body knows what weight is best for you and the same food that currently has you losing will have you maintaining when your body has decided you've reached your ideal weight (that assumes you don't deny your body's signals and eat when you feel true hunger). Your body is unlikely to let you get down to underweight without complaining - you'll stabalise beforehand (and hopefully you won't have to resort to training bras  )
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mchen01
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Posted: 3 December 2010 06:46 pm |
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no change
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MapleLeaf
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Posted: 4 December 2010 01:18 am |
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Ugh, missed weigh-in last week :( was 167lbs (stupid yummy Thanksgiving food)... This week I'm still 167lbs. Hoping next week will be better!
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