Good for you! keep it up

Congrats

Don't listen to scales anyhow... weight (at least in certain ranges has nothing to do with health)

Such as me. I went in to bootcamp oveweight for my height (5'6 170lbs) and looked it.

Now I'm a LOT thinner, but still 170lbs. It's a Fat to muscle thing.

So chances are you just might weight the same, but it in no means is a lack of progress. More muscle means a higher metabolism which is always good.

Good excuse to buy new clothes.

wwwoooohhhooooo!

That's what I said!

keep it up

I'm going to try!

 

leaving the scale alone is another battle won all by itself!

I know....it's SO hard to resist the temptation to get on there, but I think that I'm managing it.  The bad thing is that I have to see my pain management doc next week and I'm worried that he'll make me get weighed.  If that's the case, I'm going to have to ask his nurse to NOT tell me (I'll cover my eyes) because I don't want to get un-motivated and resort to chocolate again.  It's a chemical thing, y'know....the chocolate causes a 'feel good' reaction of endorphins in yer noggin that makes you feel better.

It's a Fat to muscle thing. So chances are you just might weight the same, but it in no means is a lack of progress. More muscle means a higher metabolism which is always good.

I know.   I've weighed heavy for my size for years now: even at my smallest (size 3) I was weighing it at 130-ish.  The last time I was that small I was hovering around 100lbs, so I went into this knowing that I have more muscle than fat and weigh heavier than I look.  I find that whether I realize it or not I'm actually quite affected by commercials for people who've lost all kinds of weight with this or that diet, because I catch myself comparing my weight and size to theirs and thinking that I'm quite heavy - when in actuality, I'm smaller than they are but have more muscle mass. 

Being more muscular than you look is actually very handy.  It always makes me laugh when people find out how strong I REALLY am......hehehhee.  

 

I've been doing 2 miles a day (can't seem to get it done in under 31 minutes, but I'm still tryin'!) six days a week and have cut out all the junk, i.e donuts, sodas, candy bars, blah, blah, blah. Like you I don't weigh on scales but I know my clothes are fitting looser and I FEEL a lot better both physically AND mentally as well.

I think that my morning 2.5 miles takes me 25 minutes or thereabouts, but I'm not sure because I've never timed it.  I have a pedomoeter but I just don't look at the time function on it - I'm more interested in the distance. Half an hour is a pretty good time, I think.  I sometimes think that if I walked any faster I may as well just give it up and run.....but there's a certain kind of shame that comes with having to stop running and walk because you can't run anymore, I think.  I'd rather avoid that.

Good excuse to buy new clothes.

For the first time in my life, I don't want to buy new clothes.  I want the to be able to break my OLD clothes out of storage and into rotation again!  I swear, I NEVER thought I'd say that I don't want to go shopping for clothes, ever.  Hmm...maybe I should show this to my husband.

 

walking is kicking ass.

It will! 

it has been awhile since you posted a picture, but if I remember the last one, you were not exactly chunky! If you are getting thinner, you may have to start running around in the shower to get wet

Well, let's see...this was me in June, wearing the most unflattering pair of overalls known to mankind:

(I just realized how big my boobs look in that photo.  WOAH!)

And this is me at Christmas - again, wearing overalls:

I'm larger than I was at Christmas, but smaller than I was in June.  Christmas is where I want to be size-wise.  I wasn't huge, but I wasn't tiny and fragile looking either.

I'll get there.  I have a pair of men's jeans that I LOVED to wear; they're a size 30/30 and are simply the most comfortable jeans I own.  I can't wear them now; they're too small (or is it that I'm too big for them?  I don't know).  Once I can wear them comfortably, I'll be really happy.

 

 

 

 

Congrats. I'm sure you FEEL great. You look nice in both photos but there is a noticeable difference in size.

I'm doing the walking thing, too, although much smaller doses than any of the rest of you. I do 3/4 to 1 mile a day on the treadmill and then about 30 minutes of outdoor walking 5 days a week.

I don't know if it's doing anything for me, but I think it's good for me emotionally, if that makes sense.

AND...right now I'm just a day shy of 30 weeks and I'm only 1.5 lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight. I'm pretty happy about that. After the baby, though, I'll have quite a bit to lose.

Anyways, good job.

I don't know if it's doing anything for me, but I think it's good for me emotionally, if that makes sense.

It makes perfect sense to me.

Congrats karen. I'm happy for you.

and Tex..you too!