Lemonthyme: Welcome back!! So good to see you back here. And, no, you don't get to leave our group even if you popped up to 240's. That won't last long!! I'm glad you enjoyed vacation, and that you were able to get away from electronics for a while. It is important to just reconnect with family and friends when you can!! You'll get it back!

Misti: You're right, it is bad habits. I did it yesterday after having a good Saturday of staying on track. I had no reason to overeat yesterday, but I did. I wasn't very happy with myself last night.

But, I'm moving on. I didn't make my mini goal for this week. Makes me mad, because Saturday morning, I was well under the goal. But, I had a day of not so good choices yesterday, and that's the way it goes. I still had a loss, so that's good, but it definitely could have been better. Working hard this week to see a better loss next week.

Slash: thanks for the cheering on! I hope you hit your mini goal and keep moving.

AM: morning all! I just weeded the garden and a bed for an hour. Oh how I loathe those nasty things I have a plethora amount of quack or crab grass. And it's everywhere!

I hopped on the scale 238.8! It's a small leap down and takes me close to where I was before visiting family. So that's a good thing for my mind. I'll continue to eat better this week. Grocery trip today and a lot of produce is on sale as is my string cheese. I'll stock up. My mini goal which hasn't been achieved is 229 by July 4. I'll have to work hard and just hope I can get there.

Happy day to you all!

Lemonthyme: Yay for you! It's good that the increase on the scale is dropping quickly. Just getting out of our routine, having different foods, can sometimes add extra weight. Now that you're back in your groove, hopefully it drops off!!! Oh, and I hear you on the weeding. Yuck!

Got on the scale this morning, too. It was much better than yesterday. Darn weekends!!!! Just need to keep going, I guess. Off to running after work. That seems to help keep me on track for eating, too.

Slash: well I hope the weeding was a help. I ended up going to Menards and found 7 basil plants on clearance for 50¢/ea - the seeds I planted this year did not much. The plants were leggy and root bound. I trimmed them up got them in the ground and gave them a good water - hopefully they take off here!

How was your run?

Misti: how is your loss going?

Hello all!

I feel like I am on one of those perpetual rodent wheels with my weight. Am I 100% committed to loss - no, I give myself daily hurdles to leap over w/my food choices and some days I just want to eat. I strive to be better and if I can make wise choices for 75% of my day I feel good about that.

I have dropped off the face of the earth w/my water consumption - when I am good 99 oz - 132 oz a day. Currently bad and the only water is what is w/my coffee in the morning. How do you all stick with it? I find it very boring in the summer, I don't know why.

So I hope that I don't fester at this weight forever, I have a good dinner on for tonight, plan to try and get one jug of water in me, even if I have to spend hours getting it down. Perhaps tomorrow the scale will be a bit nicer as well.

Go ladies go! You can shake off a pound or more? Anyone want to weigh in next tuesday and see if your down 2 lbs? 2 doesn't seem so daunting - the problem will be keeping it off over the weekend. I have a family dinner out to go to - it's always something to challenge! :broc:

Hello everyone. Just stopping by to read and say hi

lemon my weight is still stalled but I am not worrying about it as I made the goal the doctor set for me, and I typically do this... lose a few pounds and then have a nightmare of a time getting below it... then it will drop again. I just focus on health and the weight will come off. But it has been about 4 months since I have had so much as a cookie or anything bad... not even my favorite.. Menchie's ha ha.

Hello, everyone!

I'm glad to see that everyone seems healthy and happy. I'm chugging along - want to drop out of the 230's SO BADLY, but pingponging at 231-232 for several days. Lemon, I'm not getting my water in either; I started a job, and my opportunities to drink (and excrete :o) are limited, so I'm trying to get in as much as I can between 5 & 10 pm. I guess that explains why I'm up visiting 3 Chicks at 2 am?

I had a good news/bad news day today. I had to see my NP, and both she and her nurse were flabbergasted at how much weight I had lost. They thought they must have made a mistake in recording my weight in February, which was 290. They were so congratulatory and encouraging, which I'm not getting a lot of in real life. I felt so good about that.

The bad news is that it appears I have basal cell carcinoma on my face, and have to see the dermatologist next month. :(

Misti, I'm going to try your positive attitude; focus on health and quit obsessing over that 229!

Lemonthyme: I don't do nearly as well with water on the weekends, as I do during the week. I have a desk job, so it is pretty easy for me to keep the water bottle handy, make the extra trips to the bathroom, etc. On the weekend, I have to think about making it happen. Hope your new plants do well! They probably just need some love! Oh, and about the 2 pounds, I'm trying to do that by my weigh in day, Monday. I have my mini goal in my signature. Let's do this!

BrandNewDay: So sorry to hear about the basal cell carcinoma. Hope all goes well for you! So, did you lose all that weight from February of this year?? Wow, that's a lot!

Misti: Like your attitude! We might as well just keep plugging along, right!? The weight will come off when it is ready!

Hi everyone. Just checking in briefly... had a physical therapy appointment after work and then needed to come home and do a lot of the exercises and stuff. Glad to see all of you plugging along. Thanks for the encouraging comments... sorry no time to do personals.

brandnew: oh sadness on the basal cell - my GMIL has had things like that removed often enough. Get it taken care of, the rest of the time slather on the sunscreen. Hopefully all will be good for you and yourself. YEAH on the doctor! Whats going on that you don't hear good and positive if you don't mind me asking? I think it's quite an accomplishment that you have reached! I wish mine was down lots further.

misti: Physical therapy? How's your pool use going? When I take my kids I am the LOs holder and minder, so I don't get to do much for myself except enjoy being in the water.

slash: well, in theory I have gone past the 2 lbs. Guess it was my foray into extra foods last week. I am happy it's gone down but I have been here so many times I am not celebrating the number. Maybe if it was 231 then I would! I am going to see if DH can watch the kids tonight and I can go move. I just haven't had time energy or zip to go.

Hello all!

AM: 237.5 today. As said above, nothing great BTDT so many times, but it's lower than when I started the week. So for that I am thankful. I am aiming to uptick my water once again. Drat. It'd be nice if I could stay focused on this journey. too often I find I am not.

Wishing you all well and an enjoyable Thursday. I have to clean as my child is having a friend over and who likes to play in a constant state flux of mess? Not me. So picking up and giving it all a good vac will be my job today.

Misti: Sounds like you're busy! Hope all is going well!

Lemonthyme: Heck yeah! Take those victories when you can! Already past the 2 pounds for the week is a great thing. We'll get back down to that 231 mark and then get the heck out of the 230's. I'm ready! That said, I didn't have a great day yesterday with food, and I was up a little bit today. But, back on it today. Just need to get that 2 pounds off by next Monday.

I was in a really crabby mood yesterday and I took that as an opportunity to feed. Not smart. But, doing better today and I'm staying on track. I did my body pump class this morning and felt so much stiffness. Not sure why! But I'll be going running this afternoon after work.

slashni - yes, I've lost all that since February. I got a nasty shock at my yearly physical; I was nearly 300 lbs and ALL of my bloodwork was terrible. I already had high blood pressure, and diabetes and a heart attack were stalking me. I resolved to change, and have been strict about my calorie count ever since. I lost a lot right off the bat in water weight. My average over time is just at 3 lbs a week; lots of weeks lately I lose 1 lb and sometimes zero.

lemonthyme - it's nothing bad; I honestly think that some people are afraid of insulting me by remarking. My sister-in-law asked my visiting daughter if I was sick before she complimented me, so maybe that's some of it. My husband is not the most observant of men anyway, but when I tell him I've hit a milestone he says "That's great". My mother is my mother. She "can't tell" I've lost anything, but I'm used to that and it doesn't bother me.

I notice that I have more trouble sticking to plan when I don't have anything else to do. I had yesterday afternoon off and no plans, and sure enough, about 3 o'clock I started rummaging around for a sweet. I'm thinking this winter I will have to pick up a hand craft or those long nights at home are going to be a real test of my willpower!

BrandNewDay: Wow! Good for you with that amazing weight loss! That's some commitment and effort that got you to where you are now!

I went running last night and it went really well. But I was so tired last night and just had trouble this morning getting going, so I skipped spin class today. I plan on doing some running with my son over the weekend. He wants to get back into shape and he wanted me to go with him. It might kill me, but I'm going to try!

I checked my weight this morning and I still have a little bit to lose to make my goal for Monday, about .4 pounds. I'll have to be careful this weekend!!

H'lo, all. Mind if I butt in?

I love these decades threads, and (unfortunately) this is where I belong. Unfortunately, because I keep regaining. But I want to lose. Once and For All, I want to get rid of this flab. I need to get rid of this flab. Please flab, go away!

I eat healthy, nutritious foods--no junk food, no packaged food, seldom go to restaurants, love fruits and vegetables, don't eat much meat, and have no sweet tooth. Gave up rice, potatoes, pasta, & bread ages ago. Love salads. Weight loss shouldn't be a problem, but it has been. I was flattened by RA a year or so ago and I have to pace myself, but I'm striving for daily workouts at the pool.

This looks like a hard-working and successful group--hope some of that success rubs off! I'm starting a new approach, an IF-based method to help limit calories and structure meals.

BND--my DH just had Mohs microsurgery on his head to remove BCC. Wasn't bad at all for him. Hope it goes well for you.

...once I gather a bit more courage, I'll update my ticker. I have ~4-5lb to lose before I can graduate to the next thread.

SeeMyFeet :welcome: -- Glad you are here.

To all... I posted this in the Mini Goals but thought I would share here too

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/mini...atherines.html

Congrats, Misti! It really must be nice to be excited about shopping for clothes.

Dang! It'll take 30 or so more lbs before I can wear that size. I like that store, too, but none are close by.