weigh in Monday's

Ooh, I'll join in!  I am 44 and 5'5" also!  I am currently 133.2 and would much prefer to be at my racing weight of 125.  I also have serious cholesterol issues, which is another reason to lose a few pounds and eat better.  I was 142 about 5 years ago, got down to 123, and then have been creeping up since.  I moved recently which brought me up to 138 (!), and I'm managed to inch back down to where I am now.  

What strategies are you using?  And what are your summer race goals?

I don`t have any races planned just yet but intend to get back on the band waggon after a few years off racing. I got very sick for 3 years but am much better now and ready to go full out again. I am still on medication that causes weight gain and it is extremely annoying, but I do my best to try to control it.  My long term race would be 1/2 ironman next March, never done one and the start of the swim is vertually out my back door so I HAVE to do it.

125lbs is my fav weight at my height, I love 125lbs but am happy to be 129lb (ish). Lets get the ball rolling. Your weight sounds pretty good, not sure about you but alot of people always tell me I don`t need to lose anything, but for me to feel strong and 'good' I need to lose the 10lbs.

I'm a little heavy in the middle and my cholesterol reflects that but I do get the same comments you do.  I've never done a 1/2 IM but I hope to someday.  I have an oly planned for Labor day weekend, so that's my next target.  I am glad you are feeling better now!  

@ Seven- welcome!

Well I'm game.  Started this journey in late Feb at 246.7# at age 56, 5'11" tall.  Weighed in at 210.4# this morning.  Looking to do my first tri, a sprint, in Sept. I would like to be under 200 by then.

Not really sure what my goal is.  Long time ago in a place far far away I swam competetively at 162#. I would think today getting to 180 would be a great acomplishment.

My wife continues to be my biggest supporter but this will help me.  Thanks for starting it.

Wondering how everyone is going? It`s the weekend, only 2 days before weigh in! I seem to be doing good but don`t feel much lighter. How about you??

My weight has jumped around this week but at least in the right direction:

07.02.12 = 209.0

06.25.12 = 210.4

Ugh, 134.4 today.  I was pretty active this weekend but we ate out a lot.  I'm hoping there's some fluid retention there .

Back to being careful today!

hope you don't mind if I jump in too...

6-11-12:  214.5

7-2-12:  204.5

Hoping to keep it coming off!

Last Monday I was 139lbs, today I weighed in at 137.6

I will take that and run with it!! Darn it`s hard!!!

Welcome to the Monday weigh in group! I am trying just to weigh myself on Mondays and see how that helps me instead of everyday. Glad you jumped on the band wagon, your weight loss is fantastic!! How are you doing it?

Thats my hardest thing to give up, my wine!!! Sometimes I feel like...hey, I`m 45 years old can`t I just have one thing I love and not have to give up???

Just tracking food and exercise - making decisions like 10 apples or 3 cookies...sometimes I still choose 3 cookies

Working out and training for Tri's - I'm back on the band wagon, I took 2010/2011 off to have a baby, he will turn 1 the day after my A race this year (Lake Stevens Half Ironman - I'm the swim relay). 

Doritos with wine?    Those nighttime snacks have been my nemesis.  Once I start, it just opens the floodgates, then it's Doritos, followed by something sweet, then some taquitos and pizza rolls, and it just goes on.  Eating a little more at dinner, maybe more than I need but not nearly as much as I'd snack on later, has helped me curb the nighttime snacking for the past couple of weeks.  Even tacking on a bit of dessert right at the end of dinner.  Then I just declare that I'm done for the night, and that is that.  Maybe some water later, or a glass of wine when it's time to relax.  But no more food.

Yeah, I wasn't terribly well behaved either!  But I got up at 6 and ran 4 miles this morning.

Does anyone else find that it's much harder to lose weight when they are exercising more?  I think I tend to get more hungry, and I eat more than I ought to...  I recently got a "fitbit" - cool little piece of technology-- and I'm trying to be good about logging food and keeping track of the calories I have each day, with or without the exercise!

I managed to get a mile swim (in a lake no less) yesterday and - even better - I cooked/baked for a potluck and managed to keep my calories well below my limit.  I baked a cake and ate none of it (ok- I did lick the bowl a little but not much, I even washed some of the extra batter down the sink - that was HARD TO DO!!). 

I stuck to my plan at the potluck and really feel good about my choices.

Here's some of the treats I made:

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