Wednesday Weigh In

Aw Ducky, hope you don't give up on your weight loss goal and this just means you gave up on WW.  You can weigh in with us and strip naked without anyone fainting!  Some of you ladies who no longer have much to lose and aren't so far out of control, it's harder to get the last 10 or 20 pounds off.  I remember when I was young fighting the same 10 pounds over and over again.  It's hard being on the heavyweight side, need to lose 100, take off 20 and no one would know the difference unless they saw the numbers.  I'm down 3 this week but still have 79 to go.  What do they say?  Something like eating the elephant one bite at a time.  All I am doing is watching and counting salt and that cuts out so many bad choices and processed foods.  If you have lymphedema, that may help you too.

June, sorry to hear about your parents, the loss of your dad and your mom failing.  I hadn't thought about this in a while but I was 140 when my mom died 15 years ago and steadily packed on the pounds since then.  Maybe besides aging, I have been doing the comfort food thing to make up for no mom-comfort. 

Kimberly1961 I hope it's not the case case.  I keep thinking to myself if I just never really mourned my Dad or is it cause there is so much BS to think about and it is never ending these past 6 months or is it the reason I have gained weight.  Then I try to logically tell myself that I cannot blame this on others it my big mouth that keeps opening for food......and now with foot problems lack of exercise too.....

Jenn- you crack me up.....I say eat as I would do anything to be 146 girlfriend.....in fact if it makes you feel better I will eat for you tonight too....I know it will make me feel better...lol

Maybe we should each post something different we will do with our diet and/or exercise this week?

(I will sign out and decide what mine will be).

I am doing wii fit downhill skiing and snowboarding with a lot a knee bending to work my thighs and butt - wow!  Who would have thought it would work so well, I am sore!

I exercise faithfully, but my eating habits are bad; so this week I resolve that I will actually eat the recommended 5 servings of fruits & veggies every day. (Hopefully that means I will be eating less of the other less healthy stuff.)

Hi, I'm new to this thread, but I always weigh myself on wednesdays.  The past 2 Wednesdays have been 170.5.  But more alarming to me is how round I am getting in the middle, wondering if it's the tammi.  Because of where I've gained, even my "fat" pants are getting too tight.

So for the new year I started doing a boot camp routine from SparkPeople, 30 minutes of cardio/day, and then exercise videos, one each day for about 10 minutes focusing on different muscle groups. I also try to do classical stretch 4-5 mornings a week. Even with all this extra exercise, I still haven't lost any inches.  It's just so frustrating. Trying to watch what I eat, but not religiously, need to improve there.

Ducky I agree with Lorraine we will come and get you and put a smile on your face.    I am sorry you are feeling so down but it is apparent all the ladies count on you and enjoy your company and you are needed here, so please don't give up just kick back and relax a little and pamper yourself.  This might be weather related.  I bet once it starts getting warmer, you will feel like your old self. Hang in there.

Pat01 WOW!!!!  I think that is awesome everything you are doing.  I am jealous.  I say it takes at least 6-7 weeks to notice a difference and when you do your clothes will literally be falling off you.  Anytime I ever started any routine it would take close to 2 months and I dropped a size instantly......strange how it works, but it does.

So as some of you know I have been having foot problems which keep me from any kinds of weight bearing exercise and my BFF talked to a friend who is a PT and she said for me not to give up on exercise and continue through it.  Not the 6 miles I was walking but more like 2-3 miles.  I hate that one Doc will say something and then another Doc say something else and PT is different in opinions as well.....who am I supposed to listen to?  This PT also said that Planter fasciitis is caused from stress and I got it shortly after my Dad died last July.  Strange.  I wonder how true that is.....anyway, I am frustrated as I can barely walk without a limp so should I try to walk again?  Will it make it worse?  HELP!!!

I think I need to join to be accountable here. I was 145 yesterday with 15 to go. My exercise has been walking, but I had surgery Jan 14 and am still really sore. We've had 2 days of snow and are under an ice storm warning now, so perhaps not good to walk and fall down. June, my plantar fascitis did not improve until I got completely off my foot for a while. I slept with a brace that kept my foot at a right angle. Maybe bicycling would be possible? The water walking sounds good also.

Mary and Wren44, thank you for the advice.  I was trying to muster through the pain to walk at least 2 miles and it was so painful that I stopped all together and it has been I think 3 weeks since I have walked.  I have the boot that I wear at night and I did 2 shots of the cortisone and I am in PT 2x a week and very diligent on doing the trigger point therapy kit which they gave me.  So now I think I will wait it out another month and continue doing what I am doing and take it from there....

Hugs ladies!

Mary that sounds awesome, I wish I could attend and wow it seems like such a workout....

There you go ladies.........................Deep water running..............but that belt you wear...........that Puppy better be heavy duty to hold up; this body.................I have a home down the shore, and an inground pool..................just too bad its winter time..............ok, solved that problem...........................hey maybe I could go down and "ice skate" on it..............nah, that w;ould put a "slash" in the "safety cover"......................Ok back to the drawing board.

PS:  Am planning on getting back on the daily excercise thread, but am about 20 pages behind!!