Losing My Marbles: Jan-April (http://www.diettalk.com/cgi-bin/uub/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000242) is the original thread. It's just getting too big, so I'll start a new one for May 1. :eek:

WHOO HOOO! I finally dropped a half a pound so that I'm at a new LOW. It makes an even 30 pound loss for me now! ;)

30 pounds!!!!!! Fantastic! * * * *

I know you are proud of yourself and well you should be. Congratulations!

Karolyn

Woo Woo!! Losing NEW pounds now!! Nothing better than that!! 30 pounds..AWSOME!! * *

MOST EXCELLENT!!!!!

losing your marbles sure looks good on you, bev!!!

you are my role model!!
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That is really great Bev!!! * * *

Another marble toppled into the jar this morning. Amazing what happens when you get 'serious'!! :o

I added this month's pictures on my Diet Journal: This is WEIGH Better! (http://inhormoney.com/weigh/better.html) Go have a peek if you dare! :laugh:

Wow! :eek: Look at those abs developing! Good for you, Bev.. Jessie willbe proud you love Firm so much.. I think she gets a toaster after her next convert. ;)

You are doing an AMAZING job! :)

Corinna

weigh to go Bev. congratulations

Jeannie

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LOOKING GOOD, Bev.

Karolyn

Thanks you guys! I try to focus on how far I've come, rather than how far I've got to go. It's very hard to undo the flab accumlated from 10 years of predominantly sedentary behavior EWWWWWW X-(

A word of wisdom from the voice of experience to the younger members: If you're sitting on your butt and not moving around, gaining weight, "wishing" it all away, <IMG SRC="smilies/stop.gif" border="0"> right now! This is much easier to do when you're young! If you wait until your mid 40's to start trying to get fit again, it's much harder!! Your joints are creaky and achy (especially for those that have been really obese a long time) i know my knees cause me grief from old sports injuries which have gotten arthritic. You're also starting to deal with peri-menopause which causes weight gains, and no end of unpleasantries, making the whole process much harder than it would have been 10 years ago! :rose:

Still an inspiration i see Bev!!!!!!!
i like the advice you gave too bev. i have a couple of friends saying those exact things. they wish they had tried to lose weight earlier in life because they are finding it harder now.
you will be at goal in no time!
hugs bell :)

Bell I don't think losing the weight is so much harder as you're older, but I sure think that recovering from "Muscular Alzeheimers" is!! Getting rid of the flab, and toning up is much harder the longer you leave it! 8-| :eek:

Hey Bev...just checked out your pictures (I was away in Victoria for a week) and I have to say, you look great from every view. Once again I have to say, you are my inspiration. Keep it up!

Thanks peeps! I'm finally hauling my sick and battered body back on the track! :laugh: I feel pretty successful in that during my long weekend off for Sarah's graduation, I've only gained one pound! WHOO HOOO!

Pish tush!! one pound under the circumstances is the same as a 5 pound loss!! Some occasions are just too special and once in a life time to be ignored..what a special mile stone for your family!!! you will be back adding marbles to your jar in no time!!! * :) *

Hey ya bev.. Glad to see you were still losing your marbles.. I've lost mine a long time ago..ROFL...Actually one pound is nothing to sneeze about.. You'll have that gone in no time.. Did you try weighing yourself naked??? I bet magically it disappears..LOL...Do like gepetto I think it is does...Weigh your clothes first then get on the scales in those clothes and watch the weight difference. :D :D :D

I always weigh naked, and first thing when I get out of bed. I can weigh after I get out of the shower and be up 2 pounds... by the end of the day, I'd likely be up about 5 pounds. I've always been like that, so I stay away from the scale except first thing.

This week I'm doing great in the exercise department, not so great in the eating department, but my weight is staying pretty steady. Hopefully tomorrow I will make better choices!

Congratulations on all the weight loss, sighs. hopefully I'll have something good to say in a week.
Question: Why does the weight go up at the end of the day, seems like it should be the other way around considering the excercise and supposedly water loss throughout the day.. or does that take into account the meals eaten? Is there a best time to weigh?
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C'mon bev you can do it girl!!!! I'm a watching you..PUT DOWN THAT COOKIE~!!!!! hehehe...

Don't sweat the odd bad eating day when you are working out, Bev. Your body knows you are not going to starve it, and you are on the way down. I know you will be posting a loss before the end of the week.

You guys are great! Thanks for the support. I finally had a great OP day! :rose:

That's great Bev!! One day at a time!!!! * * * :rose: :rose: :rose:

Well I'm happy to report that after 3 completely OP days with eating, and a week of good, hard workouts, I finally have a NEW weight loss to report. It's only a half a pound, but it's a NEW half pound, as opposed to the 2 pounds I've just been batting back and forth for the past month. :laugh:

The best part is that my BMI is now 25.7!
A BMI of 25-29.9 is considered overweight
A BMI of 30+ is considered obese.

When I started, I was just over the 30 mark. That in itself shocked me senseless! 8-} Never in my life had I considered myself OBESE!! Just seeing those words gave me the kick in the ***** I needed! Now just a teeny ways to go and I'll be considered "normal"!! :eek: (regarding weigh only!! :laugh :)

Obviously what these "charts" say are not the ultimate goal for anyone, it's in how you feel about yourself, but it's been a good guideline for me in my progress.

I also had a really cool thing happen to me yesterday. 2 years ago, I got myself down to pretty much this weight, although not nearly as toned or fit. I bought a 3 piece skirt set that was REALLY nice. We went on a field trip to the ballet at school, and I wore it. I got tons of compliments, and promptly outgrew it. I wore it yesterday, thinking that it must fit again. I threw it on, pleased it fit, noticing that it fit very easily. By the days end, I had 2 safety pins in that sucker to hold it up!! I must have lost like 5 more inches from my waist compared to the last time I was this weight, so I really want to get a tape measure and check it out. I haven't taken my measurements for 2 years! 8-}

Bev, THANK YOU for posting those pictures! THat is amazing! It is so motivating to see the results side-by-side like that. WOW! I had no idea THAT is what 30 pounds looks like! I am renewed in my committment, thanx to you today!! (((HUGS)))

Thats great Bev... * * *

Originally posted by Big Bones:
<STRONG>WHOO HOOO! I finally dropped a half a pound so that I'm at a new LOW. It makes an even 30 pound loss for me now! ;)</STRONG>

Thanks Joni... I sure don't do it for my "ego" as I HATE looking at the before pictures. I do it to keep myself motivated and to show others that it can be done, and quite painlessly too if you're determined to do so. :rose:

Definitely do those measurements, Bev. Maybe the BMI thing is not accurate for you because you look slim in your pictures. Why don't you go get your %bodyfat done...I be you are way withing the "normal" range.

I'm going to do that Artsy. I am down another 1/2 pound this morning to make it an even pound for this week so far.

Well another week of being on program has dropped another half a pound so far this week! (Ceremoniously plunking another marble in the jar!).... 33 total now. :D

AWSOME BEV!!!! you are doing it!!! yayayay!! *

Great work, Bev. I read what you posted under my thread and I agree...as long as the trend is "down" it doesn't matter how fast it comes off. You are doing so well. I forgot to mention how much younger you look in your recent pictures, too. I feel younger myself.

I lost another 1/2 marble as of this morning. I also, finally got around to measuring, and I've lost 14 inches from bust, waist, stomach, hips, thighs, and arms in total. ;)

Bev you are AWESOME!!!. 30+lbs gone!! I can't wait til I can say the same thing. You go girl * * *

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Only 22 pounds to go? WOW! Almost there!! Bev, I just started this marble thingee of yours. I have always loved the visual, but never got around to doing it. This will help keep me focused. I am now 207, not far from where you started. You've been quite the inspiration for me, and I REALLY REALLY appreciate it! *

Thanks Joni for saying that! The only reason I share all the personal info, stats, and "horrifying" pictures, is to prove to everyone, that anybody can do this if they want to. If you're willing to put in the time and effort. Even if you're a busy, wife, mother, working woman. No matter what! If my opening up in that way helps one person feel a twig of inspiration, then it's worth all the moments of "embarrasment"! :laugh:

Well, then consider it worth it because the pix, your words and the marbles have sure inspired me! I did not have any marbles, but my daughter gave me these blue glass stones that they use in flower arrangments (or something). For 2 years they have been sitting in my closet. Now they are my "marbles". They are in the kitchen with 5 of them on the "lost" side! yipeee!! Only 45 to go. "ONLY"...notice that good attitude there?? Tee hee!! Keep it up, girlfriend, the better you do, the more cranked up I am!

Joni... you have 5 pounds less to lose in total than I did. My original total to lose was 55 pounds. :D

"WAY TO GO BEV!"
Keep up the good work.. You are an inspiration to us all!!

Selena :rose: :x :rose:

Howdy Beasty! Glad to see you back here! For those of you that don't know her, Beasty was one of the original DT members I met here 5 years ago along with many of the other OLDIES! (and you know who you are!) 8-}

Another pound gone for good! :)

wow bev, your hard work is really paying off!!! EXCELLENT!!!!!! :) *

Gosh, I just want to give you a BIG SQEEEEEEEZE this morning for being so awesome!! *

One more pound down and out this morning! My BMI is at 25.2. At 25.0 you are no longer "overweight" (labels), so that's always been one of my mini-goals. I started out just over the "obese" range when I started in January.

Thanks Joni! You're a sweety!

Congrats on another pound gone, Bev. Bet you will be at your mini-goal 25.0 BMI in no time. I am following the blood type diet for "A" type blood and doing quite well too. I am hoping I will be at my goal by the end of the summer. To my shock and amazement, I can eat a basically vegetarian diet and still feel pretty good.

Lordy, Lordy did I have to dig deep to find this thread!!!

Hmmmm guess I haven't been very successful in losing my marbles this summer! In spite of that, I have been working hard, and I'm punishing myself by posting new pictures (http://weigh-better.com/08_16_2001.html).

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hubba hubba!! you look fabulous!! Im thinking they should hire you as the next ESPN2 exercise babe!! Way to go!! :x * :x

OMG if I'm the best they can do the world's in SORRY SHAPE! ROFL :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Bev...I just checked out your new pictures, and you look great. Those "cuts" in your upper body are just great. It looks like you would be a natural for bodybuilding. Don't get hung up on the BMI numbers because the formula obviously doesn't work for you. Good going, girl. Thanks for starting the daily exercise thread ...I might just start posting there as motivation.

By the way...have you heard of a documentary called "Taking It Off"? It is airing on the Life Network and it involves 8 people from Edmonton who are losing weight. One of the men was over 400 pounds to start and he has lost 50+ pounds in 13 weeks. It shows on Monday nights, and I am going to get my weekly fix in about half an hour. They are really brave people to be hanging it all out for the television crew every week.

Thanks Artsy! I'm feeling incredibly motivated about working out!! I've always said, with my addictive personality, why couldn't I get addicted to exercise? Well I think I can honestly say that I finally have! I'm just loving it and the healthy changes that I'm starting to see! :o

I too watch that show Artsy every Monday night. As of last night that one gentleman is now down 62 pounds... It's neat following them through on their programs...It seems to inspire me more.. I look forward to it every week.

Artsy I've heard of the show, but had no idea it was ppl from here. I haven't watched it yet, but I will! :)

You look great m'lady! Keep up the great work! :)

Corinna

Thanks Cori!!! I plan to!

Looking good Bev... *

man bev you are awesome.... *

Thank you!