Club 160s
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Serena C
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Welcome, Tarrish! May your stay be short but pleasant 
a-n-g-e-l, you're headed in the right direction - hope your scale lets you go soon!
mikitta, I was originally going to mention those really long plateaus but didn't want to discourage you. Now that you said you've already been there for 7 months, I will say that it's certainly not unheard of to be stuck that long, as I'm sure you know. Like you said, the great thing is that you haven't gained back, and that in itself is a huge accomplishment. I know in the past I have given up after seeing the same number on the scale two weeks in a row (back when I was really silly).
Good for you trying to stay positive. It is hard sometimes, but then there are times you feel good, right? Thinner and more motivated? So if you can just hang on during those in-between times and keep at it, your weight loss will pick up again at some point.
Okay, enough blathering. Talk to y'all later!
a-n-g-e-l, you're headed in the right direction - hope your scale lets you go soon!
mikitta, I was originally going to mention those really long plateaus but didn't want to discourage you. Now that you said you've already been there for 7 months, I will say that it's certainly not unheard of to be stuck that long, as I'm sure you know. Like you said, the great thing is that you haven't gained back, and that in itself is a huge accomplishment. I know in the past I have given up after seeing the same number on the scale two weeks in a row (back when I was really silly).
Good for you trying to stay positive. It is hard sometimes, but then there are times you feel good, right? Thinner and more motivated? So if you can just hang on during those in-between times and keep at it, your weight loss will pick up again at some point.
Okay, enough blathering. Talk to y'all later!
mikitta
New member
Thanks for the encouragement, Serena
yes, I do feel and look better. Plus, I've started acheiving one of my non weight goals -
I can stand, shoulder width apart, and place the palms of my hands flat on the floor and slightly in front of my toes without bending my knees I couldn't do that 3 months ago!
I'm also regaining a lot of my strength that I had lost over the last 10 years. I still have a long way to go, but I'm getting better. The biggest boost to that has been getting back into Martial Arts (karate) with my kids.
Between doing Karate, Tae Bo, Tai Chi and getting back into climbing this summer, I've made a return to the activity level I had before I got married and had kids. If there were a ski area closer to us, I would make a return to doing that too (I used to be a member of the Ski Patrol at Snowy Range near Laramie, Wyo). I used to ski all winter and climb and hike all summer. Then I got hitched and had kids and became a lump of stressed out inactivity. I thought, for a very long time, that my body was a complete ruin and that I would never be able to change it. I AM changing it, though. Even if I stay stuck, that change is enough to keep going with proper diet and fitness.
But I hope I don't stay stuck LOL. At 5'1", being in the 160's means I still look like a butter ball.
God Bless,
mik
yes, I do feel and look better. Plus, I've started acheiving one of my non weight goals -
I can stand, shoulder width apart, and place the palms of my hands flat on the floor and slightly in front of my toes without bending my knees
I couldn't do that 3 months ago!I'm also regaining a lot of my strength that I had lost over the last 10 years. I still have a long way to go, but I'm getting better. The biggest boost to that has been getting back into Martial Arts (karate) with my kids.
Between doing Karate, Tae Bo, Tai Chi and getting back into climbing this summer, I've made a return to the activity level I had before I got married and had kids. If there were a ski area closer to us, I would make a return to doing that too (I used to be a member of the Ski Patrol at Snowy Range near Laramie, Wyo). I used to ski all winter and climb and hike all summer. Then I got hitched and had kids and became a lump of stressed out inactivity. I thought, for a very long time, that my body was a complete ruin and that I would never be able to change it. I AM changing it, though. Even if I stay stuck, that change is enough to keep going with proper diet and fitness.
But I hope I don't stay stuck LOL. At 5'1", being in the 160's means I still look like a butter ball.
God Bless,
mik
Welcome mimmi!!
So, tonight I have to kickboxing class. It's good and bad. Good because I'll be burning mass calories and bad because I won't be able to stay the whole entire hour. It's my best friend's birthday tonight so I'm going to have to leave the class early to meet her at her fav resteraunt.
THEN I'll have to watch my Sushi intake. I heart Sushi. lol
So, tonight I have to kickboxing class. It's good and bad. Good because I'll be burning mass calories and bad because I won't be able to stay the whole entire hour. It's my best friend's birthday tonight so I'm going to have to leave the class early to meet her at her fav resteraunt.
THEN I'll have to watch my Sushi intake. I heart Sushi. lol
hey Tarrish! the scale seems to do that to some people. just don't worry about what it says. your body is changing and loving you for it. that is all that matters. it will be forced to move soon if you keep at the good work.
btw...have you filled in the Kudos challenge this week?
btw...have you filled in the Kudos challenge this week?
mikitta
New member
Glad to see you, Mimi
GOOD JOB ANGEL!
I'm not doing so great - back up to 167 this morning. Of course, my eating the last week or so hasn't been the best ....
I'm focusing on better nutrition for this week, but I need to go to the chiropractor tomorrow because I have serious low back pain. About 20 years ago, I fell down a short flight of steps on my butt, which caused me to have a strained sacro-iliac joint. It pops out of joint occasionally and I have to have it readjusted. Last time I had it done was about 8 1/2 years ago, when I was preggers with my daughter. This time around, it slipped out because of my horrendously bad posture while sitting and playing Everquest for hours on end. I was sitting primarily on my right hip and back (laying in the chair, really). It hurts like a booger and makes exercising really tough.
Hopefully it will be better after my appointment tomorrow.
God Bless,
mik
GOOD JOB ANGEL!
I'm not doing so great - back up to 167 this morning. Of course, my eating the last week or so hasn't been the best ....
I'm focusing on better nutrition for this week, but I need to go to the chiropractor tomorrow because I have serious low back pain. About 20 years ago, I fell down a short flight of steps on my butt, which caused me to have a strained sacro-iliac joint. It pops out of joint occasionally and I have to have it readjusted. Last time I had it done was about 8 1/2 years ago, when I was preggers with my daughter. This time around, it slipped out because of my horrendously bad posture while sitting and playing Everquest for hours on end. I was sitting primarily on my right hip and back (laying in the chair, really). It hurts like a booger and makes exercising really tough.
Hopefully it will be better after my appointment tomorrow.
God Bless,
mik
Angel, I got so busy I haven't been logging my stuff. I've been reading the thread, but haven't been logging it in. I tend to do that sometimes. You'll notice that if you've seen me on other threads. I can't do that for our TAR challenge or the Solstice challenge either.
I'm weighing myself tomorrow. I hope I've gone down a lb!