Hi Girls, I know its been a while.

How are you all doing on your programs? :)

I was really disappointed in myself after RFL I was on it for nearly a week and did not lose one single pound. after that was thanksgiving and i ended up going up to 221, I said forget it. I was losing just fine on my diet and got greedy for my wedding . I stopped that RFL thing i'm sure it works for many ppl if you do it right i guess i did it wrong and its just not my thing. I've lost all the weight I put on and i'm down to 210.5 now. Thank God . What a roller coaster its been . I'm only 6 weeks away from my wedding date and i need to be under 200 for my self confidence I will feel much better walking down the aisle in the 100's rather than the 2's . I have decided to walk 100 miles before my wedding and started hitting it hard. I'm really happy to be losing

Victoria - Good on you for picking a pln that works for you! I liked RFL, but it's only a tool. Your hammer's working just fine. Super exciting about the wedding!

Angie - I think fasting is amazing. I can't wait to hear how it goes.

LebenAlles -I totally feel you on the post-RFL binge. I still don't regret it, though. Not only did i lose weight, it injected a bit of needed energy into my weight loss efforts.

Lisha - The steadfast determination is what wins. Glad to hear about your new low.

210.2 this morning. Skipping my lifting today for work and a date. Sad, but not regretting the decision.I really like this guy.:-) Hopefully, I will be productive enough today that I will get a chance to lift tomorrow.

Good Morning Ladies~ Hope you're all doing well!

I weighed in today at 209.5 Yes! I get a reward finally! I"m gonna get a manicure today as my reward ai cant wait til my love comes home to watch the girls so I can treat myself. I'm excited for my next reward already :D

Good Morning Everyone,
Day 2 back on RFL and I'm back to 245 (had climbed back up to 249, yikes!). I definitely think I started it too soon before so I'm on board and excited this time. Ten days? I can do that. And I'm almost positive that I'll make it to at least 239 which was my very first goal for the end of the year. Maybe even the second goal of 235, which would be awesome. That way maybe my gain from the vacation won't put me back in the 240's.
Cheeriloos, congrats on your awesome weigh in! You're so close to onderland, I bet you can taste it. I hope you enjoyed your manicure.

Angie, I can definitely see the benefits of fasting. Clearing your mind and your body at the same time has to be a good thing. Do what you do!

Laurie, you're also insanely close to onderland! I'm excited for you, keep it up!

Lishar, glad to hear you're hanging in there!

Hi ladies! It seems like everyone is doing well! I see some Onederland creepers! That's so exciting!

I did some tweeking to my weigh in's. My next official weigh in was supposed to be February 1, 2013, but I wanted to get a New Year's weight before I started my lower carb meal plan on January 1st, so I'm going to weigh in on December 31, which is in 20 days (I added a countdown ticker lol). I've never done the low carb thing before so I figure getting a starting weight would be helpful before I plunge into higher fat and higher protein foods. I'm going to try it for two months and see how it goes. After a month of it, I'll weigh in again on February 11th and if all is going well, I'll go back to my every 3 months or so. The break from exercise has been wonderful. My body is getting the rest that it needs. I'm going to pick up some kundalini yoga on Monday, then ease myself back into gym classes, the treadmill, and then my full swing heavy lifting and intense cardio. But this time, only 5 days a week (instead of 6), and only 2 of those days will be twice a day exercise (instead of all 6 like last time). I'm going to slow my speed down this next round....and start taking it at a pace I could keep up with long term. Plus, it would be good to start losing at a slower pace so my skin can catch up! :)

Angie - How exciting, I love watching other ppls progress, I know you will do fantastic at your weigh in. I do low carb and low cal but not high fat. maybe you can try healthy fats if you are doing high fat I heard there is still some controversy on eating high fat diet. You will do great either way :)

Thanks cheriloos! :) Controversy exists everywhere. There is even controversy on what's considered healthy fats. I educate myself as much as I can (and even that can be controversial and endless) and I use my intuition and experimentation for the rest. The only way I will know what works for my body is to experiment with it. If it doesn't do well for me, then in the trash it goes. :)

Angie your plan sounds great. I still think you are amazing to keep away from the scale. I see the benefits but I don't think I could be that strong.

I have taken a break from exercise but not planned. MY DD was sick so I had to stay home and I have just not gotten back into the routine again. I know once I do I will wonder why I stopped so long. The YMCA has childcare and its an hour or 2 alone. Which for a SAHM is very much needed. We homeschool so my girls don't go away to school every day. I need a break. LOL.

LenbenAlles- Good Luck on your reboot. I don't think I could do RFL.

Cheeriloos WoW below 210 amazing. Great job.

Lauriedawn- I hope your date went great. You are getting so close to onderland.

I have seemed to gotten past my plateau between 223-225. I am 221.8 this morning.

Have an amazing week ladies.

Lishar - is your daughter feeling better now? I know how you feel about needing a break. I'm a single mother of 2 (ages 5 and 6) and my 5 year old is not in school yet (her birthday is past the state deadline) so I have a child with me every minute of the day. I hope you can find some time for yourself soon.

Ladies, I've been doing a lot of reflecting during my downtime. I won't write a novel about it here (although I easily could lol), but in a nutshell, I feel a strong desire to revamp my health goals. I don't want to be 126 anymore. I went and bought some new clothes over the weekend and I look damn good. I have noticed that since having kids, my boobs are a cup size bigger than they used to be at this size. When I wore a 36 band size, it was always a DD, but I'm a 36DDD. And my hips are wider than they used to be. In the past, when I wore a size 14, I could only fit large shirts. But now my bottoms are 14's (getting very close to 12's) and I wear medium blouses very easily. My waist to hip ratio has increased since having two babies (because of wider hips...so my waist looks even smaller) and you know what? I LOVE IT! I absolutely adore every last curve on my body and when I put on clothes that reveal my shape, even I can't believe my eyes. I have loose skin on my stomach and at first, I was bothered by this. But I sat with this too and realized, it is what it is. I embrace it and I still love my body even with the loose skin. I bought a shapewear tank top and it sucks my stomach in so good that you'd never be able to tell I had any loose skin. Basically what I'm saying is.....I no longer care about the weight. I don't want to set any more weight goals. I would like to get to a very comfortable size 12 (coming soon) and then focus on toning my body through heavy lifting and cardio. I realized just how pleased I am with how I'm looking visually so now I'd just like to do some tweeking to tighten up a bit. I'm still going to weigh myself on December 31st as a new year reference but it won't matter what the scale says. I'm changing my goals to be size-related, rather than weight. I consider myself to be pretty fit. I have incredible endurance (Insanity will do that for you lol), I can jog a mile with ease, I'm strong.....I have come a long way and can do more than some can that is smaller than me. If I can be healthy and keep all these beautiful volumptous curves? Then I am right where I want to be.

Sorry for the long post (I tried not to type a novel lol) but those have been my revelations over the past week. I will still move into a low carb diet (to see how it works for me as a long term thing) and I'm still doing my exercise plan because I've grown to LOOVE exercise. I'm slowing it down, but I'm not stopping. I'm taking time to smell the roses along the way LOL. Thanks for listening ladies. :)

Good for you Angie. Its nice to be happy with yourself. Being fit is much better than being a lower number. If that makes sense. I think you are on the right track.

I really did not want to go to the gym tonight. MY DH encouraged me. I Have not been back lifting so I just did cardio. I walked for an hour about 3 or so miles. I forgot to look. MY problems is that I often have to pee in the middle. So I have to leave and come back. LOL. After having 3 kids my bladder is shot. TMI.
I am glad I did. I feel better now. I just need to get back into a routine. My kids love going to the play area. So its win win.

My kids love the play area at the gym too! It's definitely a win-win :) I'm glad you were able to get some exercise and feel good about it! I'm looking forward to getting back to the gym.

I got on the scale this evening out of curiosity (since I've never weighed before coming off a fast and this is the last one I'll be doing) and the scale said 170.50. I'm sure I'll put back on 5-7 lbs of that in water and glycogen replenishment, which is cool because I don't do it for weight loss. Getting on the scale was kind of like "okay I made the decision to focus on sizes so let me just see, out of curiosity what it says" lol. If I stay at that weight forever, I'm cool....so long as I continue to feel good and be healthy and be happy with me. This has definitely been an interesting journey.

Angie - Congratulations on feeling happy with yourself. Seriously. I know a lot of people that have even reached their ultimate goal and still havent experienced that, so in my opinion you're waay ahead of the game. And the 170's are amazing (they're my goal at the moment) so right on with that. I'm excited for you!

Lishar - I havent even had kids and I feel like my bladder is the size of a pea, so don't feel bad. I know it's hard to get back into exercise after a long break (I'll be facing the same thing soon enough) so good for you for conquering that.

241.6 today. Lowest I've been since 2008 sadly enough. I'm almost to my NYC goal. I can fit into size 16 pants and some size large sweaters, but the pants are from Lane Bryant so I halfway don't feel like that counts. My Kohl's size 18 dress pants can almost be pulled off without unbuttoning though, so maybe there is truth to it.

Hope you all are well today

Hey girls Good Morning :)

Angie- that is such a great way of looking at it! I'm happy for you and hopefully we will all be happy with our body soon. I have done BBL, turbo fire and p90x I really want to do insanity, I was hoping it would be on the black friday sale but no dice. Its ok I'm so low carb that I wouldnt have enough energy for it anyway but i'll prolly buy it for myself after my wedding and start then.

Leben - Thats great ! Lowest since 2008 , I know its easy to discount your hard work when you're not where you wanna be but that is fantastic! What an accomplishment! I say that because this mornig I realized I have lost 15 pounds but I have sooo far to go that it doesnt feel like enough. But It has been hard work and I'm on my way. So are you. Keep it up. :)

Lishar- I'm glad that you have a partner who motivates you to get to the gym even when you don't want to go , what a blessing. I love my fiance for that yesterday I was telling myself 1000 reasons not to go. He called and asked me if I went yet and I said no. He said just go and you'll feel better wehn you're done. he was right . we need ppl to push us sometime when we're tired of pushing ourselves. Keep it up :D

It has been a few weeks since I have been able to post, due to the ceremony and reception and all that fun stuff. :) So, first to catch up on the latest with you ladies, then I will give a quick update on my progress!

Laurie~ Nice weigh in! You've been kicking butt. Also, glad to hear about your date! I'm assuming this is the same man you have been going out with previously, keeping my fingers crossed for you that things work out in your favor!

Angie~ I love your post about your reflection and deciding to set a size goal, not a weight goal. I very much understand that point of view. Size 12 is a HUGE goal for me. I feel the best about myself physically, mentally, and emotionally when I am in 12s. I tend to get so focused on what the scale is telling me that when I was a 12, I kept thinking 'I have got to be skinnier, 12 is too huge.' Then when I look back after having gone back up to a 20, I think 'WTH was wrong with me?!!!'
Your post has inspired me to keep that in mind, that I have a 'happy' size that I want to be back in. Since I've been an adult I have not been smaller than a 12, and that's fine with me. I love my curves, and I am glad I am not the only one who feels that way! So huge congrats on your revalation, I plan to do the same thing once I get to Onederland. :)

Lishar~ Good to hear about your DH motivating you! Plus the fact that your kids would love the play area, you can completely focus on your workout and that helps!

Leben~ Congrats on getting to your lowest weight since 2008! That's not sad at all, that's something to be proud of! I cannot wait to be back in 16s myself. The only thing that aggrevates me about pants is how every brand sizes them differently, drives me insane.

Cheeriloos~ I love P90X, my husband and I have Insanity and we are going to start that when he gets cleared from his doctor to exercise again. When is your big day?


As for me, the past few weeks have been absolutely INSANE. Our ceremony and reception went very well, his family and some of my family and his best man and his wife made it here a week before and left a week later. It was wonderful, and we are going to take our honeymoon in April (extra motivation for trying to tone up some more :lol:). I cannot wait!!!
The hardest part after all of it was stepping on the scale. I found time while everyone was here to go for a walk or a super short run, but I put my exercise and eating plan on the back burner. That was entirely my fault and now I am paying for it. I put on 7 of the pounds I had lost. When I weighed in last week, I weighed in at 232.8. I felt like I had been slapped.

But, instead of making excuses, I jumped right back on plan this Monday, and my weigh in the morning was 229.2 so I have lost 3.6 lbs. I'm happy, overall, but I just should have treated myself better. Now is the time I cannot fall back on myself again. I am saying goodbye to the 230s for good, and making my journey along the 220s.

It's so good to be back, I have missed you ladies a lot! :hug:

Hi ladies!

Pink Hurricane - Yes I LOVE my curves! LOL! I do want to get as toned as I possibly can and if that takes me down another size or two so be it. I'm going to try a "lower" carb meal plan for a couple months (not too low...about 100g carb max) and I've devised a new exercise plan that I'm extremely excited about. I know these two things, in combination will probably allow me to continue to lose weight so we'll see where I end up. :)

I'm going to adjust my caloric deficit. I'm still going to create one, but not as much as I'd been doing before. I'd say about 300 calories below maintenance. This is going to require some tweeking to see exactly what my maintenance is but it should be a fun project...I'm going to need to do it anyways once I finally do hit the size I want to be...so why not get some practice in. :)

I've been juicing the past 3 days and it's been awesome! I've discovered my favorite juice combination and it's carrot pineapple with sparkling water poured in. YUM! :D

How is everyone?

Angie~ What is juicing? Is that the fast you were talking about? And how many juices do you have in a day? Just curious. :)


So my husband's test results finally came back from his heart monitor, and they had clocked in 30 episodes in which he was having chest pain, racing heart, and palpatations. His recorded heart rate at those moments were anywhere from 124-179 (resting/light activity). This of course is not normal at all for someone his age, in a great physical shape he is in, which is why we were so persistent on getting him checked out completely. His doctors do not know why he is experience these issues, but they prescribed him a beta blocker to take once daily which will hopefully take care of the problem. He will have another check up in a month to check on everything. He is able to start working out again next week, so we might start Insanity then, but regardless I am probably going to go ahead and do a round of 30 Day Shred to prepare me. I have just been walking/running to get in a bit of exercise.

How's everyone's week going so far?

Pink Hurricane - when I say juicing, I just mean taking fresh fruits and vegetables and running them through my juicer. I was drinking about three 16-18oz glasses of fresh juice each day. I juiced for 5 days after coming off a water fast. It's just something I personally like to do for various reasons. :)

I'm so glad to hear that your husband has at least found a solution for his condition where he can get back to exercising and doing the things he wants to do. I guess it goes to show that weight is not always the culprit for health conditions and problems. Lots of times, because we are overweight, it is assumed that we are "unhealthy" and that a thinner person would be healthier than one with more meat on their bones. It's just not the case all the time. I'm glad he's doing better though.

This thread has gotten kind of quiet....not surprising with the holidays here though. I hope everyone is doing okay!

I'm doing pretty well. I've been doing Kundalini Yoga all week but I'm SO ready to sweat again. I had planned to start going to the gym again on Monday but I think I'm going to sneak one in tomorrow morning. Yesterday I just bounced around the house...just full of energy...wanting to do something to get my heart rate up. I ended up doing jumping jacks and taebo kicks in place LOL! Yes, I'm ready to feel the burn once again!

It has been quiet. My youngest brought the flu home this week. So most of my week has been taking care of littles. Now I have it. I guess the flu shot did not cover the one we got. Our is mostly stomach not as much upper respiratory. Looks like my DH is getting the muscle aches now.

I hope everyone stays healthy this year.

One positive from the negative being ill has sped up my loss. I may make my goal of 50lbs lost by Christmas. This was not how I wanted to loose it at all.

Angie~ Oh okay, that sounds like a pretty good idea, as I love fruit and just a cool way to help cleanse my body. I might have to look that up a give it a shot soon. And thank you, it was pretty shocking when he started having such bad chest pain, but now I feel a lot better and relieved that he will be taking that beta blocker and hopefully when he starts PT again before work he will not have any more pain. It's true, I have a few cousins and uncle who have been physically fit literally their whole life and they all have heart problems because of cholestorol and they all take medicine to regulate it.

Haha I know what you mean about having all the extra energy, I have been cleaning so much because I feel like I constantly need to do something, especially at work. I should take a tip from you and use that time to throw in some jumping jacks, kicks, and squats too!

Lishar~ It's good to take a positive from all of that, and I know that's not how you wanted to lose the weight because the flu is no joke. I cannot stand it and I hope all of you get better ASAP. So happy for you that you broke the 220s!



It has definitely been super quiet here, on this thread and through most of the boards aside from some of the new year challenges popping up. I was tempted to just say screw my plan until after the holidays but knew what a bad idea that would be. I was set back earlier this month from having a few weeks off for wedding stuff, and I do not want to start the new year back in the 230s. I've worked entirely too hard to quit on myself now.

I am definitely going to enjoy the food and festivities for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but I am going to try to find a way for me to not go overboard when my husband and I join our family for dinner both nights. I thought maybe snacking on some healthy fruits and veggies throughout the day and drinking plenty of water will help, as well as getting in a workout. My plan is to stay super busy and eat lightly, so that I can sample a little bit of everything and be satisfied both nights.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Pink Hurricane - I SO agree with you that we've worked WAY TOO HARD to quit now. The holidays are traditionally the time where I fall off the wagon BIG TIME but I have made the decision to stay completely conscious of myself, my feelings, my choices, etc. When I had that binge day a couple weeks back and the next morning after losing my motivation for exercise, I immediately went into action. I allowed myself to feel, but I did NOT allow myself to REACT to those feelings (which would have been eating). Taking that "time out" (so to speak) helped to re-center and re-focus me. So now I'm feeling good again and I WILL SURVIVE these holidays while still being on track. :)

Hi Ya'll
 

I am from Orlando, Fl and as you probably noticed a Newbie to this site. I have been reading some of the posts. I believe I have found what I was searching for; a group of goal-oriented individuals succeeding in loosing 100's of pounds. I started out weighing 289. I had not realized how much I allowed my weight to get out of control until a recent doctors visit. I have since lost 25 pounds by calorie counting and portion control. I'm still struggling but your posts are encouraging to me. I'll be visiting this forum often. Enough said for now. Keep fighting the "Good Fight". I also wanted to say thank you for sharing.:hug:

Well Christmas is over. The cookies are almost gone. I am going to the gym today. Time to dust myself off and start again. I did not really fall off the wagon but the wheels got a bit wobbly. The flu weight I lost came back. I have been eating more christmas goodies than I should and not drinking my water. All in all not great. I am not beating myself up about it. I am just going to start back and keep on plan.

I have a big trip planned for April and would love to be more fit and thinner in my swimsuit. I want the problem of finding a new swimsuit because mine is too big.

Welcome Tam2012. Good job loosing those 25lbs.

I hope everyone has an amazing holiday.

I need to ditch this extra hundred ...have been obese for most of my 19 years..need to stop this fatal lifestyle!

Welcome Tam! Wow, congrats on your 25 pound loss so far! Isn't it amazing just by watching how much energy we take in the difference it can make? Post often! You'll find great support on this forum. :)

Lishar - I'm in the same boat as you. I've been eating the holiday food, yet I've been trying to do as much damage control as possible (going to the gym, eating less the next day, etc). It's been working so far, but I've eaten way too much salt the past few days so I'm going to get rid of that over the next several days then jump on the scale to record my 2013 new years starting weight. I'm hoping I've held steady in the 170's. My clothes still fit fine so I should be okay.

yk103 - you can do it! Make a promise to yourself and stick to it! Come here and post for support. :)

One Year + Commitment
 

Great idea. In fact, to get to my goal, I'm going to have to make a two year commitment. Too hard? Nope. I made a two year commitment to grad school. Made a 20 year commitment to work. So, making a commitment to myself of 2 years should be doable.

I have been MIA for a while. Have been trying to pay attention and not go overboard, but have been off on both eating and exercising. And I'm not feeling bad about it at all. It's the holidays, and have been dealing with lots of chaos.

Hit the gym tonight. Felt GREAT. Back to eating right for the past few days. Weighed in this morning at 212.8. Not gonna make Onederland by New Year's. and it's all good. I can't believe how much I missed really paying attention to my food and exercising regularly. Onederland - you're in my sights!

Can't wait to catch up with everyone!

LaurieDawn - glad you are back! I don't think too many of us have been on plan these past couple of weeks. I know I haven't, but I have stayed conscious and have done as much damage control as possible. You have held steady in the 2-teens even with not being perfect and to me that's a GREAT accomplishment! Onederland is RIGHT THERE!!

All I wanted to do was maintain over the holidays and not gain lol. I'll be getting back to the gym myself starting tomorrow. It's been about 8 days since I've even exercised. I'm so ready.

January 2, 2013 - Day 185 of 365

I weighed in and took measurements today. I measure 5 body parts - bust, waist, hips, left thigh, and left arm. That's it. Those 5 alone have gone down a combined total of 49.50 inches since I started 185 days ago. I weighed in at 170.25 lbs so I'm down 81.75 lbs. I'm happy that I at least maintained my weight over the holiday season. It took some damage control but I'm glad to resume my normal routine. I went to the gym and jogged 2.5 miles on the treadmill then came home and did some ab work. Boy did it feel so great. I started my low carb meal plan today and my first meal was to friggin die for (seared halibut with bacon-green bean relish, with a side salad with feta cheese and greek dressing...all homemade). I've already downed 64 oz of water. Yeah, I'm starting the new year off right!! I'm not playing in 2013. It's time to reach goal and stay there.

How is everyone else?

I am sorry to add that I did not stay on plan over holidays either. I have gained back 4 lbs. So now I am back on plan and getting back into regular exercise. I have not been strength training since the end of November. I need to get back into that. I was very suprised that I was able to hold a plank for 40 sec this week. I was sure I would not be able to hold 10sec. Those crunches I have been doing have helped more than I thought.

Back on plan. 2013 will be an awsome year and hopefully I will reach more goal.

Hey Everybody,

Long time no see! It's been a rollercoaster the last few weeks. First my trip to NYC for christmas that ended with me getting REALLY sick. I'm still not sure what I had but it felt a lot like the time I had pneumonia. I'm still trying to get completely through that. The vacation also ended with my grandmother dying, which has also been really rough so yeah...intense past few weeks. And of course, weight gain goes hand in hand with all of that mess. I knew I'd gain back what I lost on RFL, and I was right. almost to the T, actually. I'm back at 250.2 and that is AFTER the waterweight has settled. Or at least I'm assuming. So a little over ten pounds. Ouch.

But I'm actually thrilled to be back in the groove starting today. I think I "crappy-fooded" myself out. I'm looking forward to eating healthy, tracking, activity, and all that good stuff. Currently my plan is 7 days of my usual 1380 calorie days or less, with a focus on carb moderation...then 3 days on RFL and repeat.

I received the bridesmaid dress for my friends wedding in April, and let me tell you...I don't fit. That thing will only zip half way. It's not pretty. And it is SHORT. And yellow. But otherwise a beautiful dress. Anyways, the pressure is on, so I gotta get real serious, real fast.

I'll have to do some back reading to catch up on everything but I hope everyone is well and had a lovely holiday.

Hello Ladies. I have managed to lose the Holiday weight. So back to 218. I am pleased to be back on track.

LebenAlles Sorry to read you were sick and your Grandmother passed away. I think you have the right attitude just stay on plan.

Angie WOW just WOW on your inches lost. I was impresed that my bra size when down but you are a whole other ballpark. Great job. I am impressed. I wish I had measured more than just my waist and hips. I have started with my upper arms.

Have a great week.

Angie that is awesome about all of the inches you lost! You are such an inspiration to me!!!! Especially because we have similar size goals, just keep kicking butt lady!! :cheer2:


It has been a while since I have posted in here, so I need to catch up on everyone! I am glad to see how everyone has been doing so far this year, it's also good to see everyone getting back into routine after some of us have fallen off. I completed another day of 30 Day Shred this morning, level 1. I am going to finish up a round of it, then begin P90X or Insanity, if my husband is ready to begin Insanity. He has been on medicine to help with his heart, and so far so good. He begins his regular exercise at work again this week, so we are going to see if the medicine will help keep his heart rate regulated. So I am praying all kinds of crazy that it does help, and if not, that we can find something that does help him.

Since I lost track and got all off the boat around the time of our ceremony and everything in December, I started my count over again for the year commitment. So officially, today is day 9 of 365. :lol:

For some reason, I am struggling to get back into the 3FC groove. I am in a relationship now, and have sort of been obsessing about it (to the detriment of the relationship, ironically ;-) ), but this place helps me so much!

Angie -WOW. Just wow. Glad you retired the Fiona avatar. You look amazing. And your second WI is so impressive. I am so freaking inspired by you!

LebenAlles - So much adversity. Yet, here you are, recommitted and working it. No guilt, recriminations, or tears. And that's how to win in the long run, I am concluding.

Pink Hurricane - Congrats on the ceremony! Such a huge milestone. I am finishing my first round of NROLFW, and considering going back to P90X. I love that you don't mess around with namby pamby exercise routines. :-) Also happy your hubby is doing well.

Lisha - My friend! Looks like we both stalled a bit. Thanks for beimg here and working through it. Life is good.

I have a numbers goal. I am not sure how serious I am, but I have a landmark birthday on May 13. I would like to be 150 by then. Which would make 120 pounds down in a year. I am mulling whether I really want to commit to an action plan to make that happen. :-)

Hmmm... 60 pounds in four months is not realistic. Perhaps I should revise to 160..I feel a spreadsheet coming on. :-)

Laurie~ YAAAAAYYY!!!!! :carrot: So glad to hear that you are in a relationship with him! I know what you mean about the kind of obsessing part haha, but that's all the more reason to focus on you. You never know what could come of this relationship, so enjoy the ride and go with the flow and keep doing YOU! I am definitely going to have to get back into P90X, I started up 30DS again in hopes of it getting me back into the groove of everything, so my plan is to definitely get going with P90X next week, if not then, then in two weeks.

As far as the landmark and weight loss goal you have set for your birthday, I agree that 60 pounds is a lot in 4 months, especially since you are getting closer to goal. However, I think 30-40 would be more attainable, but it still allows you that leeway if you get past 40 lbs before your birthday! You should definitely make a spreadsheet! I love joining up in challenges with a spreadsheet. Something about seeing that progress week to week in front on my face just does something good for me.

Me too.
I'd like to be 199 by July 20th but that doesn't seem to be realistic. Nevertheless, I'm sticking to my program 100% hardcore just in case...'cause you never know what the Scale Fairy might bring :D

LebenAlles - I'm very sorry to hear of your grandmother passing. I totally know what you mean about "crappy-fooding" yourself out. The same thing happened to me just recently. My ex-husband showed up at my doorstep 8 days ago when I thought he was still deployed (US NAVY). We (the two of us and our two girls) ended up spending lots of time together and eating all the wrong stuff. He left last night so I can finally get back in the groove.

LaurieDawn - I need to follow your lead and experience new love. My ex-husband has made mention of getting back together but while he was here, I remembered why I divorced him in the first place. I know he loves me, but he doesn't love me like I know I can be loved. ANYWAYS! lol....I'll save this kind of talk for a relationship forum LOL. And thanks about the pic! I had felt like a Fiona figure for a long time (a beautiful woman being hidden by my exterior ogre-ness lol) but it was time to change it up.

Lishar - that is awesome that you've lost the holiday weight! Onederland is within reach. :)

Thanks ladies for the weight loss kudos. Right now I'm trying to reverse a lot of damage done while my ex was here. I'm also fighting a stomach virus....another one apparently. There's a lot of stuff going around.

I brought back my weight tickers. I won't be weighing in often still but I like to use the numbers as reference points (i.e. at size 12 I typically weigh 170-175, etc.). I'm sure right now I'd register in the very high 170's so I'll give myself some time to stabilize and come back down. I set my ultimate goal for 150 lbs to see how it looks on me and what size I wear at that weight. Once I get there, I'll either maintain or go down more. I'm visiting my sister (who lives in Virginia) at the end of March and she has, in her words, "a handsome man" that she wants to introduce me to lol. I'd like to hit my first mini goal (165lbs) by then. :)

I have been feeling down and then pissed the last few days. I am at 48lbs lost. So close to 50lbs gone. No one has said anything to me except my parents and my husband. I have not been vocal about changing my lifestyle. Changing my eating habits and increasing my exercise. I have posted pictures of my face occationally on facebook. My friends see me and my co-workers see me. Has no one noticed that I have lost a small child in weight? I don't know why it bothers me so much but it does.

Then I thought maybe I am still too fat for people to notice. I dont' think so. I had my daughter take a picture of me today and made a side by side so that I could see the difference from this summer. This helped me see that Yes there is a difference. Yes I look thinner. Here it is. I still have another 55lbs to go but I am almost halfway to my goal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...F4FC41081A.jpg

WOW! There is DEFINITELY a noticeable difference! You look great and you should be very proud! I noticed as well, other than my parents and siblings, that it took people a while to even mention it. Maybe some are afraid to say something? I don't know what the case may be, but I just now started getting comments from people I see on a somewhat daily basis asking if I've lost weight lol. Uhh, yeah? Over 80 pounds! lol You are doing this for you so your excitement over your accomplishments is the most important :)