Weekly check in - so happy to see some new "faces" ...

[jersey-jen]

So I guess last week's WI wasn't a fluke, WI Friday morning at my meeting, on another scale, and down another .8 - 41.0 total pounds gone since January - very happy! I have about another 10 to 13 lbs. to go, I haven't set my official WW goal, but I'm thinking either 148 (the high end of the acceptable weight for my height per WWs) or 145 - either of those are weights I feel I can manage to maintain for the long run, and not look too skinny, either.

Here's to a good week, I need to get more motivated with exercise (I say that every week, ha!) and trying to make weekends a little less unstructured as far as food goes, but it seems like there's always something happening - this past weekend we had a wedding and a Halloween party all on the same night - food and drinks!

Looking forward to reading everyone else's check ins, I'm sure we all have something great to report,

[kd1]

I'm not happy this morning. I'm up 3/4 lb. Last Wednesday I was down over a lb from Monday's weigh-in. Then it started to steadily creep up every day. I had one bad meal...my son wanted to go to Friendly's for our date on Friday night. Otherwise, I ate pretty well. I also went swimming, went to the gym twice, and worked out at home every day.

[Jeannie]

Maybe you are building muscle?

[Jeannie]

Forgot to weigh myself this morning. But I am just happy I finally got back into the pool yesterday. It was tough after two weeks of no swimming but I managed a little more than 3/4 of a mile. I wanted to try for more but wasn't feeling up to it and I still have a chesty cough. So I figured I shouldn't push it. Oddly enough my knee started bothering me at the end too. But I am excited to get back on track. I really want to lose another 25 before my trip to Mexico in February.

Congrats on the 41 Jen! I saw your pic on Facebook. You look amazing.

[Kim of VA]

Yay JJ!

Nice loss.

I've been thinking about my goal weight a lot lately too. I'm still undecided on where I want to be. For my height, a mid-point for "healthy" bmi would be 125, so that may be my ultimate goal. I haven't weighed 125 in a looooooooong time, so I wonder if that is really sustainable for me.

I am UP this week as well. Not enough exercise and I let too much processed food creep into the diet. So, I'm buckling down to eat cleaner again.

Jeannie, glad you are feeling somewhat better. You've had a rough time of it lately.

Laura, welcome! :o)

[kd1]

Maybe you are building muscle?

I like your thinking!

[augie]

Hi, everybody! It's great to read all the check-ins. Welcome LauraG1 - hope the rest of your week was good. You don't have a ton to lose, hope your first week on WW went well. Jeannie - glad you're getting on top of the respiratory issues. It's hard to exercise when you can't breathe! Jersey-Jen - I'm in awe of your stats . . . wow! Makes my goal seem a long ways away, but breaking it into shorter term goals sure helps (5%, 10%, etc). Kim and kd - you guys are still doing great and motivating the rest of us if that's any consolation.

For my week - I was down 0.2. I was a little bummed it wasn't more, but it seems like after a bigger loss like last week then my next week is minimal. The trend remains my friend with a weekly average loss of 1.7 lbs.

I've done lots of biking and walking, walking, walking. On Saturday we did an 8 mile family bike-ride which was fun and great exercise at the same time. My friend and I did a 3 mile power walk yesterday and another friend and I did an hour+ on the bike trails this morning at a brisk pace (while pushing our 4 children!). That felt so great and really a natural mood booster. We've been having a gorgeous fall and I'll be bummed when it gets to cold to take the children for walks.

We took family pictures on Sunday and I was thrilled to immediately notice that my face looked slimmer. My dh continues to lose as well - no more snoring - woohoo!!!

Anything new or interesting that you guys are eating this fall? I've been experimenting with butternut squash which is delicious and the whole family loves (and avoiding my yum-o pumpkin chocolate chip muffins that I calculated out to be a whopping 10 points apiece - eek!)

Also, thanks for sharing thoughts last week about what to do with the bigger sized clothes. Like you, Jeannie, I have plenty of smaller sizes to shrink into (not the latest and greatest in fashion but can get me by). I am thinking I will be shipping out the larger-sized stuff as soon as it is clearly too big. Fitting back into them is NOT an option.

Quote for the week from WW forum:

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

Have a great week everyone!

[freddy]

RockNRoll half marathon.... check

Only 30 minutes slower than my last half marathon... 7 1/2 years ago.

[LauraG1]

I was down 3 pounds, but I know a lot of that was monthly water weight.
First 1/2 week on WW was good. I'm finding it's easier to stick to it during the week than the first 2 days on the weekend.
I'm walking/running more: I want those points!
I can already feel myself craving better foods. I went to the store and bought a lot of fresh fruit.
I'm motivated!

[LauraG1]

Thanks Kim!

[jersey-jen]

I was down 3 pounds, but I know a lot of that was monthly water weight.
First 1/2 week on WW was good. I'm finding it's easier to stick to it during the week than the first 2 days on the weekend.
I'm walking/running more: I want those points!
I can already feel myself craving better foods. I went to the store and bought a lot of fresh fruit.
I'm motivated!

Great job, Laura! Any loss is worth celebrating, so yay!!

Since I've been going to WWs I've pretty much followed the plan to a T during the week, but on the weekends I'm much more relaxed. I do track everything, so there is no denial over what I ate or drank, but I don't deny myself anything. Weekends are tough because, for me, they're less structured, more social events, etc., but it's been working, I've consistently lost. I figured it out last week, I've been on WWs for 39 weeks and have lost 41 lbs., so that's an average of about a 1lb. per week - is it fast? Nope! But, it's been consistent and I think I've found what works for me :-)

And I LOVE that fruits are "free" - I don't over do it, but in the past if a banana was 2 points and a couple of crackers were 2 points, I'd have chosen the crackers over the banana - now I can opt for the banana, or both if I have the points :-)

[lauramayburgess]

I am new to the forum and SO confused on where to start, how to post etc...

[jersey-jen]

Laura,

Welcome to INCIID, I think I speak for all of us here, we hope you find much success in your journey here on INCIID and that you find the support and encouragement and friendships that we all have formed over many years.

Where do you want to start your journey? I'm sure we can help you navigate the forums and where to begin posting.

Best,

[Jeannie]

He Laura,

Welcome to INCIID! If I can be anyhelp ust let me know. You can always e-mail me through INCIID too if fyou want to tell me where things are with you and get suggestions on where and how to post etc. Just click on my name and you'll see a pop up that you can click on to e-mail me