@justMonica wrote:
Im 38, 5'5" female and have had 3 kids. My weight has yoyo'ed a lot in the last 5 years from 138 to 155. I got up to 155 lbs 3 times and then dieted and excercised down to 140 lbs 3 times. I'm tired of it. This past January I knew I had to make a change when I looked at a picture of myself at a company event and found out that I weighed 160 lbs. This was the most I had ever weighed in my entire life, including when I was 9 months pregnant. I looked chubby and knew I had to do something about it so I started counting calories again on My Fitness Pal like I had done several times in the past. I also bought a Fitbit to start monitoring my calories burned.
Since then I've lost almost 30 lbs. I started at 160 lbs wearing a size 10/12 to weighing in at 132 lbs today wearing a size 4/6. Im almost to my goal of 128 by my birthday, June 21st and plan to continue monitoring my weight weekly so that I do not regain it like I do each year. Being on a diet for 6 months, only to ruin it the next 6 months is frustrating and I'm not going to let it happen to me again.
Good plan, great results.
It really helps point out the life lesson that must be learned - you do more you can eat more, you do less you can eat less.
As we age we may not even notice the doing less part, because we may still be busy, but it may burn less than what we previously did.
Or we eat out that extra once per week compared to before.
Both are minor, but can add up.
Or prior diets were extreme enough and wrong exercise to maintain muscle mass, so each time we lose some, making maintenance lower each time we come out.
Add on seasonal changes (winter weight because we are less active usually) that keep stacking on, and it just gets bad.
Just for others to see, weight on the scale doesn't tell the whole story, as water weight could be for very valid good reasons (or bad, depending), and so that weight increase shouldn't cause you to react by going into a diet (could be the wrong reaction actually).
But along with weight on scale - measure where fat goes on first - for vast majority that is the waist - so right at the belly button on weigh-in day. Usually repeatable at same spot.
If prior night wasn't a meal leaving you bloated (or time of month) - that can be valid combo to see if you should be concerned. Belly up but weight the same, or weight up but belling the same - no concern. Both up after 2-3 weeks slowly (fat is not fast, lost or gained) - possible concern to react to.
And having that healthy weight goal range as opposed to single number will keep people from going batty since that's not really going to be possible to hold to a number.
Keep it up, good plan.
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