Yesterday's official weigh-in was 190.2! Still officially here, but this morning I weighed 189.0 so next week's weigh in I should be moving threads!!!

ChickieBoom ~ don't get discouraged. You will get a whoosh soon. I know it!!

Thanks Peggy. I'm just going to stick to plan and weight (pun intended) it out.

Hello ladies, Iam jumping in this thread since I finally made it to wonderland :).....Iam down to 198.4 as of this morning.

Welcome! Congrats!

Good morning! I'm extremely happy to be joining y'all in Onederland. Weighed in at 197.6 yesterday morning.

Welcome, allieballiebee!

I'm at 191 today :) the 180s are calling my name .

Happy Monday!

I'm with you sister! My official weigh in is on Saturday so I'm really hoping for 189 by then.

yay chickie boom! this is the week we do this (hopefully) :carrot:

ChickieBoom & kisskiss, I am right there with ya!! I should be jumping threads on Thursday!!

hello ladies 197.2 as of this morning :)

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Just made it into this group at 199. I feel motivated by your successes. We can do this!

Welcome and congratulations, mrsj2013!

I'm very tempted to get on the scale today, but I tend to avoid daily weigh-ins -- if for no other reason than to preserve my sanity.

I'm sure that I've got at least a couple of weeks to go until I am out of the 190s, however, so I'll just settle in and make myself at home. :)

Question for you guys: is this (meaning onederland) "uncharted territory" for you? In essence, have you previously lost enough to get under 200 before, but gained it back? It is for me. In 2005, I lost 60 lbs, getting down to 211 before regaining it all (and then some). I never got this far with any previous diet attempt. Being in the 190s now is totally awesome, but also very strange. The last time I was under 200 was high school. I was 15 years younger and hadn't had a child. My body is definitely different now!

Yes, onderland is uncharted territory for me. about 6 years ago I was able to lose to about 240, and then promptly gained what I had lost plus more to be at 299.

I haven't been under 200 in years! Lowest weight I can remember was about 165 in middle school. it still surprises me to see a 1 as the first number in the scale (although I just reached onederland a few weeks ago). But still, I'm not sure if that will ever go away, if I will see 1 hundred something and not be surprised that I'm a person who weighs under 200. hard to explain.

Onederland is not a totally new place for me. I have weighed between 175-190 most of my life but have poor self-esteem and body issues.
I gained weight into the 200-250's when I couldn't have kids my 30-40's. I have learned and made changes and now I am putting them into practice. I have been through the cycle of stepping on the scale daily or even more, letting my life be controlled by the scale.

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I maintained my weight between 145 and 155 all throughout HS and college. I started gaining in 2004 when I was bartending part time. I started my first serious diet in 2005 when I got up to 212 and was able to get down to 181 in about 3 months. Then I started a new job and didn't make the time to exercise & I wasn't organized about my food so I gained all the weight back and more. In 2010 I found myself weighing 265 and joined SparkPeople. I stuck to that diet for 3 months and lost 34 pounds before stopping. I had gotten down to 231 and lost the motivation to continue. I gained all the weight I'd lost back + 14 pounds for good measure.

Fast forward to June 2012 and I was 279 and depressed and miserable and terrified that I wouldn't stick to a third diet attempt. I approached things very differently this time and I've managed to stay on plan for over 8 months. We'll see how it goes.