i'm so disgusted with myself i'm going to do this publicly

[thejennabides]

I weighed myself over the weekend. I could tell by the fit (and I use that term in the loosest--or rather tightest and most uncomfortable sense of the word possible) of my clothes that I've put on weight, but when I looked at the number I got a shock. I am going to share that number with you, because I think one of the only ways to get myself to do

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[shanaqui]

I feel uncomfortable sharing my weight with people, but since you said yours -- I'm five foot four, and I weigh 154 pounds, and I haaaate it. I just compulsively eat. All the time. I grew up with my mum binge-eating all the damn time and I copied, and I'm trying so hard to break it, but every time I come back home I'm falling right back into it again. Ach.

I say this while gorging on chocolate easter eggs I didn't eat last time I was home. Yay that I didn't eat them last time, fuck that I'm eating them now. Still, I've so far stuck to chocolate and not gone for crisps or biscuits or cereal bars or anything else I normally go right for, so maybe once this chocolate is out of the way I can get back to it...

[thejennabides]

Well...I'm less than an inch taller than you (I'm just under 5'5), and about 45 lbs more than you. But I know that it's not just numbers, it's comfort level. So I'm going to be cheering you on to resist the lure of the crisps! ♥

[shanaqui]

I know you've got further to go than me, but honestly, you probably have better willpower.

[tammylee]

Go you! *cheers*
I am 5'8" and was 225 lbs! I'm down to around 210 lbs (which is what I was when we last saw each other at ycon) now and my goal is 180 lbs which might make me look too thin but we'll see.

YOU CAN DOOOOO IT!

[thejennabides]

Go go go! *tries to go along with you!*

I was 140 lbs the very first time we met at ycon all those years ago. I would really like to hit that weight again, because I think it suited my frame. Unlike Cartman, I am not bigboned.

[whymzycal]

Okay, the "tastes like size 8" plan may be the most awesome idea I've heard in a long time.

YOU GO, MUSKRIT!

[thejennabides]

I don't know, but I think it's actually working! Because if I say it like that, I picture myself when I was a size 8 and then I remember how great I felt in addition to how I looked, and that's pretty good motivation.

[stell266]

Well, you just saw that ST pic I sent you today...
About 3 months ago at a doctor's appt, they weighed me with all my clothes on, plus my hiking boots! = 199!

Last Monday I went to a free diabetes screening test, and was weighed with my hiking boots again! = 192 (They told me my glucose and bp were ok, I just wanted to have it checked for free.)

[thejennabides]

Go, Steph, go! So what have you been doing? Are you following a specific plan?

[luckykitty]

I had the same sort of "aaah" experience recently. I've been using Sparkpeople.com which is helping me keep on track so far. Losing about 1-2 lbs a week (which I hear is healthy).

So this is a longwinded way of saying I'M CHEERING YOU ON!!!!!

[thejennabides]

Thank you! 2 lbs a week is my goal. I aspire to your achievements! (In this as in so many things...) I'll have to check out sparkpeople.com.