Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Tuesday 2/5

Good morning folks! You've survived Monday, so it's all a piece of cake from here.

Today's weight 134.6

I looked at my weight chart and I've been bouncing up and down in a 4 lb. range for 7 weeks now. Hopefully that's a good sign of stabilized weight - I think it's the longest I've held my own since surgery.

Good morning...

A few snow flakes here in Jersey City. 30 degrees today. I was hoping it would be warmer than home, I guess it is, but not by much.

172.6 - up a bit - the usual "travel bloat" i think.  I seem to go up a pound for every 2-3 hours spent on an airplane.

Off to the fitness center to work it off!

Have a great day, everyone!

180.3 this morning.  I am bouncing within a range, but it's a bit higher, so it's time to take a look at making some changes - one in particular.  I have been stubbornly resisting giving up nuts, or at least cutting way back on them.  When they are only available in small amounts, I am okay and don't obsess about wanting more - at the time.  But, if there is a larger amount, I will continue eating them.  While I say I haven't been obsessing, I still don't want to give them up.  When I go to the store to pick up food supplies for work or home, I am drawn to the nuts, and usually give in.  I am so stubborn and food is still such an issue - surprise, surprise!!!  I had about an oz. left this morning, and ate them with breakfast, which is a manageable amount.  I am making the commitment here though, that I will not buy any more nuts today!!!!!!

Good morning all,

159.6 today. Ate too much Super Bowl stuff and then a tad of leftovers yesterday. Plus sleep is eluding me; too much on my mind. Not an uncommon problem for me, but I think it contributes to the weight increase and my inability to make the best choices.

There's good evidence that lack of sleep interferes with our weight. I don't understand the mechanism, but I've read several articles on it.

It has to do with the production of serotonin, the so called pleasure hormone.  If we don't get enough sleep, we don't make enough serotonin.  I believe that we tend to eat lots of carby foods to try promote serotonin in our system, as we don't naturally have enough of it.  Hopefully, this makes sense.  Scientific I'm not! :)

Today's weight: 155.8

Starting to think I look thin. Yep, freaking me out a bit....Once I get past this 1/2 marathon I should be able to maintain and build some muscle back I hope!

101 lbs today.  Happy here.

122. last night shrinking nerd and i celebrated our 18th wedding aniversary. minus over 300 pounds between us.    we went to a fancy restaurant and each had an appetizer. great evening.    diane

I'm holding steady at 129. Which should be good news except my BodyMedia FIT and MyFitnessPal claim I'm eating at about a 250 calorie a day deficit so I should be losing, not holding steady. I'm not going to sweat it though as I don't really believe in dieting and I don't want to be one of those people who obsesses about my weight. I know if I continue to watch what I eat and log and avoid temptation, eventually this extra weight will come off and I'd rather it come off slow so I don't invoke the famine response anyway.