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03-17-2010, 07:41 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 159
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1/21 - 177
1/27 - 172.8 (-4.2)
2/3 - 172.2 (-.6)
2/10 - 172.2 (0)
2/17 - 172.2 (0)
2/24 - 169.4 (-2.8)
3/10 - 174.8 (+5.4) post cruise
3/17 - 170.6 (-4.2) wow, that was fast
Easy come, easy go. Didn't even do anything special, just ate only when I was hungry. Apparently wasn't that hungry.
Freebird, I like your approach to exercise (and polishing off chores at the same time, that's a win win.)
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03-17-2010, 07:53 AM
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#2342
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
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Originally Posted by JacqJolie
1/21 - 177
1/27 - 172.8 (-4.2)
2/3 - 172.2 (-.6)
2/10 - 172.2 (0)
2/17 - 172.2 (0)
2/24 - 169.4 (-2.8)
3/10 - 174.8 (+5.4) post cruise
3/17 - 170.6 (-4.2) wow, that was fast
Easy come, easy go. Didn't even do anything special, just ate only when I was hungry. Apparently wasn't that hungry.
Freebird, I like your approach to exercise (and polishing off chores at the same time, that's a win win.)
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I am SO impressed  I can do the first step of putting on weight very quickly  but have never mastered the art of losing it so fast 
Well done !!
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03-17-2010, 08:09 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 17,774
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I would just like to point out to Alan and JacqJolie that this IS Saint Patrick's Day, and I couldn't help but notice that you both have 17s in your weigh-ins (177 and 170 respectively)--your pounds are partying on the way down!
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03-17-2010, 08:20 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
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Originally Posted by Bestwifeever
I would just like to point out to Alan and JacqJolie that this IS Saint Patrick's Day, and I couldn't help but notice that you both have 17s in your weigh-ins (177 and 170 respectively)--your pounds are partying on the way down!
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Good point!! And DW's maiden name is very Irish. It's a beautiful day and we decided to go for a nice long walk later on - I guess that means 3 miles walking to our favorite Irish Pub, the Goose's Acre, for a few bevvies, and 4 miles walking back (extra mile due to the zig-zagging induced by alcoholic haze) 
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03-17-2010, 10:15 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 1,543
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166.8 11-04-09
166.8 11-11-09
165.6 11-18-09
162.0 11-25-09
161.6 12-02-09
161.4 12-09-09
159.4 12-16-09
159.0 12-23-09
157.8 12-30-09
157.6 01-06-10
157.4 01-13-10
156.2 01-20-10
155.4 02-03-10
156.6 02-10-10
155.4 02-17-10
153.2 03-03-10
153.2 03-10-10
151.2 03-17-10
Alan, I think I lost your water weight for you. I had a colonoscopy the day before yesterday. I think all I lost was water. Of course I also couldn't keep anything down for awhile either. We will see next week.
Good loss JacqJolie...very nice!
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03-17-2010, 10:20 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
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Quote:
Originally Posted by happy2bretired
Alan, I think I lost your water weight for you. I had a colonoscopy the day before yesterday. I think all I lost was water. Of course I also couldn't keep anything down for awhile either. We will see next week.
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Ouch, not my favorite way to lose weight 
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03-17-2010, 01:25 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,600
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Goal 185 by whenever
2/3/2010 194.0
2/10/2010 195.6
2/17/2010 194.4
2/24/2010 194.4
3/02/2010 194.2
3/09/2010 195.0
3/17/2010 194.8
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03-17-2010, 03:45 PM
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#2348
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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177.5 Nov 2008
181 Dec 31 - Maximum 2008 weight 
173.5 Dec 23  Lowest 2009 weight
174 Dec 30
175 Jan 6, 2010
175.5 Jan 27
172.5 Feb 3
171 Feb 10
169.5 Feb 17
168.5 Feb 23
171 Mar 3
171.5 Mar 10
171 Mar 17 Happy St Pat's Day
Short Term Goal - 170 lbs and maintaining all through 2010
Long Term Goal - 165 lbs for 2011
High school weight 135 lbs senior year, running track
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03-17-2010, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 4,065
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5/27: 132 (post cruise)
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6/24: 126
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7/29: 120!!!
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8/26: 118
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9/30: 117 (post vacation weekend - Mobile)
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10/28: 119
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11/25: 119
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12/30: 122 (holiday gluttony)
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1/27/10: 123
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2/24/10: 122
3/3/10: 121
3/10/10: 122
3/17/10: 122
Highest was 139# (2007)
5'4" Target range 116 - 121#
Wow JJ - congrats on a great week!
Our apartment complex is having happy hour tonight - drinks and finger food. It might have to suffice as dinner due to the calorie content. Good thing all we have to do is walk (or zig-zag, as per Alan). LOL! That's a good long walk you guys are doing...I'm impressed! Just make sure you don't walk straight into a pole on your way home. Some guy who was walking me home one night from a frat party walked face first into a stop sign. So much for a safe escort home! 
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03-17-2010, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
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Been there, done that (well, not escorting you, and it wasn't a Stop sign, it was a guide wire on a lamppost - knocked me flat on my back  )
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03-17-2010, 08:25 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 4,065
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Originally Posted by Alan
Been there, done that (well, not escorting you, and it wasn't a Stop sign, it was a guide wire on a lamppost - knocked me flat on my back ) |
Heh, heh, heh...I predicted this response even as I was writing my post!  I just knew you'd have a story to share!
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03-18-2010, 12:25 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Central Coast, California
Posts: 923
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Last week I didn't post because... I forgot. And because I gained 2.5 lbs. First time since starting WW in December. I knew the day would come -- I've been on the program, was on-points, exercising, etc. So I wasn't terribly worried, but it's not very inspirational to do the work and see the scale tilt up.
Yesterday, though -- lost that 2.5 lbs and another 1.1 on top of that -- and hit the 20 lb milestone. Yay!
Goal this week is to have four solid workouts in the week. Had one Tuesday, will have one tomorrow, and hope for one Saturday and one Sunday. If I can swing a fifth (Monday), I'll be thrilled (my weight-loss week is Tuesday to Monday).
Congrats on the BP, Alan, and welcome back, W2R!
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03-18-2010, 09:11 AM
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#2353
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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Thanks, Urchina!
I didn't post yesterday because I had eaten Chinese the day before and was afraid to weigh myself. But the scales are always there so this morning I guiltily weighed and found I was down despite everything. Whew! What a nice surprise. I don't usually lose this much weight (and I haven't been this virtuous, sort of haphazardly following Weight Watchers) so some of it has to be that kind of water weight that one usually loses the first week or two. Still, I am SO happy to see it go.
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Alan, I missed that your BP was down. That is wonderful! One of my goals is to eventually get off the BP meds that I had to start last September. I did notice that you are still exercising a lot as well as watching your weight, and that is so admirable.
Happy2bretired and Urchina, congratulations on your great losses this week! And the same to others who lost.
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03-18-2010, 12:09 PM
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#2354
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
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Originally Posted by W2R
Alan, I missed that your BP was down. That is wonderful! One of my goals is to eventually get off the BP meds that I had to start last September. I did notice that you are still exercising a lot as well as watching your weight, and that is so admirable.
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First of all, congrats to you and Urchina and others on your weight loss this week.
On the bp thing, I had a friend at work in the office opposite for the last 18 months (so we talked a lot), and he had an excellent bp story. He is aged 60 and had been on bp meds for about a year and because of me, he started exercising again for the first time in many years. He was mainly using the elliptical trainer, and we talked heart rates, recovery heart rates etc, and after only a few months he was able to stop his meds, and he had been off them about 6 months when I RE'd.
So, it's definitely possible to kick that drug habit of yours 
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03-23-2010, 07:22 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 9,072
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Target 175lbs
1/06 186.5
1/13 185.5
1/20 184.5
1/27 183.5
2/03 183.5
2/10 183.5
2/17 183.5
2/24 183.0
3/03 182.0
3/10 181.0
3/17 181.0
3/23 180.0
OK, it's not Wednesday but going out of town for a couple of days. AL beaches.......here I come.  Probably a diet busting few days too. 
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03-23-2010, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
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Well, you are down for 6.5lbs for the year and only 5lbs from your target so you are not doing too bad
I weigh each morning and post the Wednesday figure here, unless I know I'm going away. This last 2 days I have weighed in on my target at 175, so it is very tempting to "go out of town" tomorrow......
Maybe I should tape my mouth shut this evening and take some laxatives
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03-23-2010, 03:07 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Great minds think alike. I have been so "virtuous" all week, and so far it appears I may have gained anyway. But the week isn't over until tomorrow morning, so there is still hope.
On the other hand, we did have Chinese for lunch....
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03-24-2010, 06:14 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,600
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Goal 185 by whenever
2/3/2010 194.0
2/10/2010 195.6
2/17/2010 194.4
2/24/2010 194.4
3/02/2010 194.2
3/09/2010 195.0
3/17/2010 194.8
3/24/2010 196.0
I'm blaming all this on weightlifting increasing muscle, reducing fat, - and muscle weighs more than fat, so I am going to weigh more now that I have increased weight lifting
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03-24-2010, 07:14 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 1,543
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166.8 11-04-09
166.8 11-11-09
165.6 11-18-09
162.0 11-25-09
161.6 12-02-09
161.4 12-09-09
159.4 12-16-09
159.0 12-23-09
157.8 12-30-09
157.6 01-06-10
157.4 01-13-10
156.2 01-20-10
155.4 02-03-10
156.6 02-10-10
155.4 02-17-10
153.2 03-03-10
153.2 03-10-10
151.2 03-17-10
153.0 03-24-10
Yep, last weeks loss was only water weight. Oh well, I feel like that I've pretty much accomplished what I wanted to by getting down to my current level, give or take a couple of pounds. Now, I'm hoping to maintain. IF I continue losing, that would be great, but, no problem if I just maintain. I just don't want to gain.
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03-24-2010, 07:54 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 159
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1/21 - 177
1/27 - 172.8 (-4.2)
2/3 - 172.2 (-.6)
2/10 - 172.2 (0)
2/17 - 172.2 (0)
2/24 - 169.4 (-2.8)
3/10 - 174.8 (+5.4) post cruise
3/17 - 170.6 (-4.2) wow, that was fast
3/24 - 170.4 (-.2)
Darn, was down 2 pounds a couple of days ago, oh well - next week I'll see it.
Great work everyone! 90% of success at weight loss is just showing up.
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