Hi everyone, it's a new day! and a new challenge!

How to participate:
Just copy LAST post and add your name.
If there are people above 5 lbs to go, add your name after that last 5 lbs- to- go person listed.
Use the start-weight from the day when you join this challenge. Start at 5.0 lbs to go.
Update your weight as often as you like and move yourself up in the ranks accordingly.

When someone loses 5 lbs we have a WINNER! There can be more than 1 winner in the same day!


Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......221.8.........216.8........5.0
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Congratulations, curlybri---WTG!


Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......221.8.........216.8........5.0
1.........Going2........202.0......202.0.........197.0........5.0

Thank you so much, Going2! It was my first week back on LC, so I'm sure that played a huge part. Good luck to everyone this round!

Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......221.8.........216.8........5.0
1.........Going2........202.0......202.0.........197.0........5.0
1.........curlybri.......158.2......158.2.........153.2........5.0

Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......221.8.........216.8........5.0
1.........Going2........202.0......202.0.........197.0........5.0
1.........curlybri.......158.2......158.2.........153.2........5.0
1.........Entropy........????........?????........??????........5.0


My scale was up today to 163.2 but I think that was not a good reading because the worse thing I had Monday Evening after work were a few canned Italian green beans so I don’t want to put that weight. Especially When I was 161 yesterday morning. *** I am going myself tomorrow (that will be the weight I use) and that will be the start of this new challenge for me***

-Entropy

Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......220.9.........216.8........4.1
1.........Going2........202.0......202.0.........197.0........5.0
1.........curlybri.......158.2......158.2.........153.2........5.0
1.........Entropy........????........?????........??????........5.0

Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......220.9.........216.8........4.1
1.........curlybri.......158.2......158.2.........153.2........5.0
1.........Entropy........????........?????........??????........5.0
2.........Going2........202.0......202.8.........197.0........5.8

Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......220.9.........216.8........4.1
2.........curlybri.......158.2......158.2.........153.2........5.0
2........Entropy.......162.6......162.6.........157.6.........5.0
3........Going2........202.0......202.8.........197.0.........5.8

Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......220.9.........216.8........4.1
2.........curlybri.......158.2......157.4.........153.2........4.2
3........Entropy.......162.6......162.6.........157.6.........5.0
4........Going2........202.0......202.8.........197.0.........5.8

I really LIKE my new scale but it weighs at least 10 pounds heavier than the old one did.

Sorry about the scale, Emy!!! I know that that is a bummer, but it in no way negates all the hard work you've done so far. Chin up!


Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......219.1.........216.8........2.3
2.........curlybri.......158.2......157.4.........153.2........4.2
3........Entropy.......162.6......162.6.........157.6.........5.0
3........dk_Swan......248........248............243...........5.0
4........Going2........202.0......202.8.........197.0.........5.8

My scale was up to 163? but I did not cheat so maybe it is hormones going to wait till tomorrow and hope it goes back down
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Thanks Tara for the great encouragement!

Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......219.1.........216.8........2.3
2........dk_Swan......248........247............243...........4.0
3.........curlybri.......158.2......157.4.........153.2........4.2
4........Entropy.......162.6......162.6.........157.6.........5.0
5........Going2........202.0......202.8.........197.0.........5.8

I hope you are having what I call a "bump-up". This is a very good thing, and I've come to look forward to it. This happens to me after several days of not cheating, where I KNOW that the only possibility for me is weight loss. My body can only show a downward trend on the scale for like 4-6 days, and then it "bumps-up" 1-3 lbs.

That bump is water. I think that the waste and hormones released by burning fat tissues may change the osmotic balance in my body, resulting in the bump/water retention. Another hypothesis I'm seen on the forum is that fat cells take on water to temporarily maintain their shape (while they shift their molecular furniture around in the new house).

At these times, my strategy is to try to exaggerate the bump (make it higher) by drinking lots and lots and lots of water. It takes me 2-3 days to get over a bump, and then there is a staircase down to heaven. Look forward to it!!

I'm on a foreign scale. I might edit this when I get back home.



Rank....Name.........Start.......Current.......Goal........lbs to go

1.........less_tara.....221.8......217.8.........216.8........1.0
2........dk_Swan......248........247............243...........4.0
3.........curlybri.......158.2......157.4.........153.2........4.2
4........Entropy.......162.6......162.6.........157.6.........5.0
5........Going2........202.0......202.8.........197.0.........5.8