3 pounds after 1 month

I step on my scale every Sunday morning, I measure my waist and hips and I write down on my agenda weight and measurements. As soon as I see that I am 1 pound up, I stop eating pasta and bread and I only drink water until I go back to my weight.

And for this reason, I rarely check my numbers on the scale . . . I don't want to know ! Believe me, I know I need to cut down on the rice, sweets, and bread . . . but I give in to temptation . I do drink a lot of teas . . . and then I try to eat more vegetables (like dandelion greens that's supposed to do a lot of good including less the cravings for sweets - but it is bitter). I was good about getting in a walk at the college earlier in the year . . . but after the kids started school in August I've been doing volunteer work in the class - and haven't had the time (or at least that's my excuse ). I blame the next couple months on all the yummy holiday foods that are coming around!

Sounds like we're on the same path. I was almost down into the 145 territory and then started climbing back up again about a month ago. I'm now fluctuating between 148 and 150.5 again. I really must ditch the chocolate. I do much better when Costco runs out of my favorite chocolate bark. I actually resisted buying the Dark chocolate covered almonds with coconut when they had them in last time because they were mostly sugar and I had no self-control. I devoured a large bag in less than a week. Shame on me. Now it's dark chocolate bark with pumpkin seeds. Yum!

I had gone from 130 to 150 in 2 months when I had a THING for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups @hereandthere . I almost fell over when I stepped on the scale. Stopped the PB's and went back down to 130 in 2 months. Of course now at 106, I should start up the PB's again.

It's good you are conscious of your weight. I believe weshould be aware of our body.

I am trying to cut down on rice but I love it

I weigh myself at least twice a week and have been the same weight 62 kgs since a long time ...I do put on weight during festivities when we have sweets and other rich foods but once I get back to my routine I lose the extra weight since I am forced to walk at least 8 kms a day ..

How tall are you?

Eating less rice will help I guess but you should eat healthy.

i am so happy that i am now more than 50 kilograms. to be exact, i am now 54.6kilos, so far from my weight last year at 48 kilos.

It is not easy to lose weight. I always found it hard to keep it off. I learned after going to something else that was not a diet club here in Israel that there is a way to keep weight off, but, I am not ready. Give up sweets or eat them at a minimum and walk like you are doing.

How tall are you?

you want to loose weight and i want to gain weight, so please tell me your diet so i could eat that to gain some weight.

Yeah. I think it's really important to start moving. Walking can help, but you can try running. :) Like, 15-20 minutes a day. That wouldn't hurt I guess. It helped me, that's for sure. :)

Yes, less sweets and less rice and more exercise. Actually, I was formerly at 132 pounds. When I remembered to weigh last week, I was down to 124 pounds, when I wasn't dieting. I wasn't even doing my 15 minute exercise in the morning, because it's cold now and I am always sleepy. Maybe because I cut on sweets because of my fungal infection on my four toenails. Also, my coffee as I have researched its herbal ingredients ; tongkat-ali, ginseng, ganoderma and maca have one thing in common, they help lose weight.

I think we all know what we SHOULD do, but doing it is a different matter

Sometimes it can be really hard to lose just those last few pounds.

I am scared to weigh in!

They said that's it's normal for a man or woman to gain weight as they grow older... Maybe we just need exercise.

you are health conscious.