I lost weight building because I am actually building the house, which involves a lot of physical labor.

LOL!!! I think I might have gained 2 lbs (not so bad), but what I wound up with was a ligament problem in my right upper arm from repetitive use of the computer mouse from being on GW and Houzz. It took months for that to heal. I wish I'd had my Ipad when we were building!

Don't worry - once you move in you'll be so busy setting up house - the lbs will melt away!

I am losing weight from stress.

I am losing weight, too, but very purposefully! I am doing Jenny Craig so that I can be at my goal weight before we move in. I am so busy with the build that helps that I don't have to plan my meals... I just pull it out of the freezer. So far I am a third of the way to my weight goal and we are just beginning insulation, so I guess a third of the way through the build, too. I hope it all stays on track.

Yay Momto3!!!

I need to get my butt into gear. Now the specs are close, & we will be breaking ground soon, I think I can lose 25 in 3 months. My new focus is going to be my health!

I've gained all my wait trying to sell. I'm hoping to lose it when I start building.

You are wise to get it in gear! I gained so much weight while designing and building our house - which also coincided with hitting the mid 40s. . . Trying to get back to a "normal" BMI - my first goal. I gained at least 30 pounds but was not overweight to begin with so I could hide the first few. The next 20 - not so much!

I highly recommend exercise. Even if it is just walking with your dog and your ipod ;). Reduces the stress levels . . . and after all, it is just a house. Make the big decisions right and the little ones can be changed ;)

I've lost about 20 lbs since we signed the contract last March, stress is great for shedding pounds for some people. I didn't need to lose it though, I hit 50 in Sept so talked to my doc to make sure it wasn't something else. I'm fine, so it's just be the stress......my wife is trying to fatten me up to no avail. Jobs also a bit stressful right now.

I am a total stress/emotional eater and it's already started just thinking about everything that needs to come together to build. So - I started myfitnesspal in November right before the holidays (hanging on to those dreaded baby pounds and my baby is 8!) and it's worked great - and it's FREE! You might want to check it out. I put in that I wanted to lose 1 pound a week until I reached my goal weight and so far I'm down 13 pounds since Thanksgiving.

I love that I don't need to totally deprive myself of the things I like but just need to keep my calories at a certain level to achieve my goals-it tracks it all very easily. Not to my goal weight yet but hoping the maintenace will be fine. That is where I usually lose it and gain it all back. :(

I've gained weight, but then again, I also had a baby 4 months ago so I have other things to blame! :)

Though, I do blame how hard I am finding it to lose the baby weight on all the time spent planning!

I'm eating chocolate as I write...

No....I put on weight after we moved into the new house and I was able to cook in my new kitchen!

YES!! 12 whopping pounds! Joined a gym last week, but I sit in front of the computer with cookies....cant wait for all this to be over with....umm, per contract in 11 months!! <:o>

No- Since I am building my own house, single-handed, I have lost 35 lbs., and discovered aches and pains I never knew existed!