Pasta is harder for me than bread; I don't eat a lot of bread, but probably a good idea to watch it. My thing lately has been eating only salad/veggies and/or meat when I eat out...typically, I'll go for the pasta every time. But last week, I cut back on alcohol, and only ate out once all week (two goals for the week), and my weight stayed the same. Grr....

Exactly. I think we can get all the quality carbs we need without bread, even training for an Ironman. I don't miss it; I don't think I need it, and it sure seems to be working for me. I'm losing about a pound a week. That's really the only major nutritional change I've made (plus I am swimming more too, so that helps.)

I don't drink alcohol at all (just a lifestyle choice). So those are simple carbs I don't have to worry about.

Yeah, that's probably a big help. Okay, I'm committing to two weeks of no alcohol...see what kind of results I see and take it from there. You heard it here first - help keep me honest! ;)

My usual late weigh in, 175 this morning.

Thanks,
alan

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Good Monday morning, Speedy - weight 153 this morning, down 2 lb from last week. Progress!

Feb 12th = 179lbs so 1lbs loss this week......................over 2 years since i seen that number, progress is great down from 187lbs at the start of the BATTLE!

Feeling great and running is FUN and fast again..........

tfun

Trying to get my blood counts back up so no dieting for me this week.

Up to 120

:-(

Back on track this week

Jodi

Held steady at 145.

Thisweek back on track, thanks to no superbowl,
225 oh yeah 200 here I come

209.5 today Speedy.

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satying at my inlaws...don't have a scale. I won't be able to weigh in until wednesday.

sorry

Down 1 to 160 this week. Finally headed in the right direction!!

Down to 127.5 this week! :)

in spite of some eating lapses. But I guess I did more good than harm.

crap - 249lbs this morning - going the wrong way!

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192 this morning. Don't know why because I was 189.5 on Friday and then I had a pretty good weekend of not eating crap and then exercising all weekend.

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If I have a big training weekend, my weight is always up on Monday morning. Monday is usually my highest weight of the week despite consistent 6-7 hour weekends. I think it has to do with muscle swelling. Weigh yourself tomorrow morning, you'll probably be lighter!

:-)

Jodi

Down 1lb to 222lbs

Thanks for the Motivation Speedy!

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I usually weigh myself on Mondays and Fridays and I'm almost always lower on Friday than the following Monday so you make a good point.

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hi speedy - up a pound to 150. this is humiliating. grrr....

Well I seem to be hanging out at the 181 lbs level. So down 4 but not dropping very quickly.

"It's interesting to me that you mentioned giving up bread. I've always been a carb baby & this year I've cut back on bread, bagels, etc. big time. Last night we had a marvelous beef/barley stew & I normally would have toast with it. The family did & I passed. A few weeks ago that would have been difficult, last night it was easy."

This is the technique that everyone needs to remember: you aren't 'starving yourself' to drop the weight: you need to BE MINDFUL of the habits (in the moment!) which keep the weight on or add the pounds.

Speedy noticed something VERY important: he "would have" had toast with a meal which already had a carb inside. He didn't need the extra carb portion (the toast), but it has been a habit to have the toast.

Instead, Speedy "MINDFULLY" (ie: with all awareness) made the choice to bypass the bread -- and he was ok! No starvation, and he didn't really change too much of his food.

This isn't about "dieting", folks: what you are doing (hopefully) is creating a new LIFESTYLE of always thinking about your food, determining whether you 'need' something, and then testing your full-o-meter to see if you made a quality choice. It's about AWARENESS of your actions and your needs.

Most likely, if you stay to quality-sized portions (as big as the palm of your hand) of quality whole foods, and eat frequently enough, you will NOT be starving except when you need to eat: right after training.

Best to your fitness,
Lauren

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Speedy,

Last week 199.5 lbs
This week 194.5 lbs

It looks like a big discrepancy in one week but I was just constipated last Monday.

132. yay

152 this AM. At least it didn't go up.