Hey everyone! I am new around these parts, but I am going to try to jump in the chat here and get to know some people. I have to get involved in a forum, or I will never remember to log into it. And I have a feeling that 3FC is really going to help me in my weight loss. I've already lost 7lbs this week (Probably all water weight, but still!)

Kecia I promise you, I have never gotten involved in a forum either, but these threads are utterly addictive!! I've only been here a few weeks, and they have been extremely supportive. And I check this thing a million and one times a day! Welcome!

Kecia- Hey! This is my first forum too! I also have a blog (not on this site) where I just rant about my cravings and other stuff! Both are so helpful, especially when I find myself wanting to eat!! Congrats on the 7 pounds!! I only lost 1.4 on my first week! Even if it is just water, thats a great boost to have when you need motivation the most!

Hey kecia! happy to have you around!

Everybody that maentioed my food- dude, dieting has done WONDERS for my cooking hahaha. And I've learned tons of little things along the way. I'm definitely all about eating whole food in moderate portions now. Before it was fat free this and light that- for me, that's just not the way to go. i love REAL food!!

So i have to tell you all... I bought a sports bra in an A cup today. Didn't try it on- just bought it to see how it looked at home. I'm officially an A now. boo hoo. I have a drawer full of barely 2 month old super cute B bras that don't fit. Poor tiny boobies....

But something positive! I'm going tomorrow to get the sketch for my HARD FREAKING EARNED TATTOO! yayyyy. I probably won't get any work done just yet but I'm meeting with the guy, getting the tat cusom drawn and putting down the deposit. woo HOO.

So I lost point 4 last night which wasn't much but it is TOM and I have now lost exactly 27 pounds with only 23 to go. Since I have a goal of 183 by the end of the month I hope to be under 20 pounds to go by then.

Man I have been looking around for an apt and good LORD everything is so expensive. I live in a 3 BR/3BA townhouse with my BF right now for only 915 and a one BR is freaking 805 DOLLARS. WTF. I mean geesh1 I am gonna be living by myself and figured it owuld a little less than that. If I go any cheaper I am gonna be living in the ghetto and I don't feel like dealing with that.

SO I have had two days rest and I am going to the gym to kick *** today. I figure treadmill and I may try the bike today. Or maybe treadmill and a video at home. Not sure yet But I will be there.

Cora I agree. Eating healthier had kicked my cooking skills up about 10 notches seriously! I wish I was maintaining like you but I guess I will be there soon enough. And also I wanna see your sketch when it is done!

Kecia :wel3fc: We are happy to have you

Casey I hope it is not the flu honey. The flu is usually achy. Either I hope you feel better very soon

Brie I agree with Icon. Follow your heart and do what you love. That way you won't end up like me hating every day of your job. I am in technical design, we are a defense contractor and this **** is booo-riiiing

Dansin WTG on the workout. How was your weigh-in this morning?

Beaka I guess I am gonna have to sign up and see.

On another note: There is this chick in the pod beside me who never shuts the f*** up. But it not like she all happy and sunny and sh** she is just complaining about how she has to deal with idiots all day. She is extrememly loud with an obnoxious voice. I just wanna bash her in the mout with a crobar until it gets that look that your fingers have when you smash them in a 1970 ford oick-up door. Argh!

Any plans for the weekend?

Kecia: Hey, girl!!! 7 pounds in a week is great! And this is a great place to be! It's helping me a lot!

Mojolove05: I saw that! But I like having my weight plotted for me (although I don't know how accurate). So I'll try to look past it.

Cake: Don't hurt her!!! We all have that person at work that get on out last nreve!!!

Cora: You SO deverve it! :D

As for me... I did a lot of snacking last night. I couldn't help myself. I had like 4 servings of Sun Chips... and frozen yogurt... and a turkey burger (double patty)... and a pudding cup. Although I went overboard on what could have been healthy food I still didn't do too bad on calories since i hadn't eaten much during the workday.

I'm prepping myself for this Spring Break week. 2 of my cousins are coming to stay with me. I'm sure we'll be going out and eating out a lot. They're gonna drive me crazy and bring lots of junk food in my house. I'm gonna try to still stay on plan.

My weight has been staying under 230 so I guess it's time to change the ticker. I was at 228.4 this morning. Yay! 3.4lbs from goal. If I don't let my cousins get me off track, I know I can meet it by the end of the month.

hi everybody! i couldn't hardly fall asleep last night... i don't know what the **** but i usually pass out in like 15 mins. im worried im gonna be draggin *** today which is NOT good! have lots to do!

you know cake, i don't really FEEEEEL like i'm maintaining... i eat the same stuff i ate 2 weeks ago (maybe 100 cals more a day) and my weight has kinda been bouncing between 130-132 so im crazy paranoid like im gonna balloon up or something. but when i was mentioning eating fat free everything i was talking like 3 months ago when i was figuring food out- not last week :lol:

and whether maintaining feel the same or totally different, you WILL be there... VERY soon!!

and definitely don't worry about seeing my sketch... if he lets me leave the studio with it it will be plastered up here in no time flat. i weighed this morning and was exactly 130.0 again (after i was 131.8 4 days ago) so i feel like the universe is telling me it's ok to get that tat now ;) and thanks beaka! it's kind of hard to believe i'm FINALLY going to be getting it...

so plans for this weekend... LOTS! a boy i know that left his band is playing with 3 (yes 3) different bands fri/sat so i'm gonna go groupie it up and check out some new digs. plus the tat studio, plus a friends bday... im gonna be busy busy!

hiya all. joiniun in this thread to try to get to know few people. so how is everyone? iv had a really off plan day... bit down about it but am back on track now. im in work tonight so bag is ready to go full of fruit and huge bottle of water.
hows everyones day been/ going? xx

Kecia & Clarelou, welcome!!! :D

Corazonas, DEFINATELY want all the details of the tat! I've been toying around with the idea but I have no idea where to put it ... and what to put... I have a feeling those two aspects are fairly important in the planning process. Have fun being a weekend groupie!!! :D

Beaka, have fun with the fam!!! You sound determined enough to make goal by the end of the month. Afterall, your cousins are only going to be tempting you for 1 week. Stay strong. ;)

Cake, it's unbelievable how high apt prices are everywhere! I'm in a smallish town in Canada and you're looking at about the same price or more. And about that loud girl, that was quite the description of what you would do to her... a little scary... lol. I'm sure all of us have done what she's doing at some point in our lives. (still irritating as ever.)

As for my weekend, it looks pretty good. I'm sure something will be going on tonight, tomorrow we have a hockey game (so excited!), and I have some Christmas lights that need to come down now that the weather is looking to turn out pretty nice. fun times!

Gotta tell you though, this is the first day in a verrrrrry long time that i've gone without lunch! My lunch date stood me up and my office isn't in a lunch-friendly area. Everything's either too $$$ or too fatty. So I've instead had an apple and a 1/2 oz of almonds. I know, bad. But i can't bring myself to paying $15 for a half sandwich and soup. I'll be leaving to go home soon and I'll do my best not to eat everything in the house when I get there. :D

Have a wonderful weekend all! xoxox

you guys are QUIET!! where's all my chatty girls at??? i'm trying not to eat everything in my house because it's rainy and freezing and BLAH. if i can just make it till tonight i'll be ok....

bride, i'm getting a phoenix bird on my left rib cage/ hip. i found a guy that i think will do an amazing job but when i talked to him on the phone today i just wasn't feeling it... he seemed a little holier than thou and i dunno.. im just still thinking. i may find someone else.

plus he kept upping prices on me... like instead of a $50 deposit (for custom drawing- i expected this) he said it was $100. and this does NOT go towards the cost of the tattoo. and i thought it was $125/hour for work- he says it's $150/hour. i assumed this would be expensive because i'm looking for very realistic, detailed, full color, etc but it seems like this guy is milking me. i'm not going to get subpar work but i'm not going to get screwed either.

anyway, i'm rambling.... i'm excited for tonight. i just LOVE getting dressed up, going to bars, listening to bands, dancing.... i'm looking forward to later :D

I'm feeling much better today! Finally. I got a lot of house cleaning in today. Still trying to take it easy though, I'm gonna get back on track with my workouts next week.

I just found out that I'm going on a cruise in June. I'm finally going to Cancun! I'm so excited, and talk about motivating! I WILL look good in a swimsuit! (I remember someone saying they overuse the exclamation marks, I've noticed I do the same thing and I just can't help it haha.)

Prepping Bride: Thanks! I actually made her go to the gym with me yesterday so I got my workout in, but we went out, and bar food is the worst! It was a platter of totally fried stuff and I had a rum and diet coke. But I did dance a lot! Kinda like this -> :carrot:
I went to my first hockey game last year. Loved it! The dude I dated though I was faking, but it was sooo fun. The fighting entertains me. :)

Cora: I'm always believe in following your instincts. If Mr. Tatt Artist is starting to seem a little sketch, you might wanna shop around. Hope you had fun last night! I know you did!

Caseygail: That is sooo wonderful! I'm jealous. Never been on a cruise. And I know you'll look great!

As for me... Going to my first personal trainer appointment in an hour. Hopefully he can teach me how to use some of the weights and stuff. I get to use him 2x free since I just joined the gym. Hopefully he won't be all psyco and mean... Strangely my weight still went down this morning after terrible eating yesterday, so I guess the workout cancelled it out. Another night out with the girls tonight. I'm really gonna try to stay on plan.

Good morning ladies! Ok so now I am all moved in to my apartment. The guy I have been hangin with is going to bring a bed over for me today and then another guy from work said he has a loveseat and oversized chair that I can have if I want them. So that pretty much completes my apartment for now. I can't say that my eating has been all that great....not bad food just hardly any food, which isn't good. Just been sooo busy...with moving..and working and the sick kiddo!

Anyways hopefully I can get my *** in gear today and find some time to work out since it has been like a month since I did.. YIKES.

I miss you all and need you in my life:)

Haha...hockey fights are definitely the best!!! I went to a minor league game with some friends and was cracking up at the fights and the fact that the PA system would start playing "Why Can't We Be Friends?" as they carted the players off to the penalty box. So funny!!!

For some reason, my F key is sticking. I haven't noticed until right now, when I have to keep deleting and hitting it hard enough to make sure that it shows up, just how much I use the stupid f key! haha

Corazonas, Anyone who switches prices while talking is sketchy. Definately go with your gut. I don't know about overall prices but when my hubs got his last tattoo there was a $50 deposit that was included in the rest of the price.

casey, A cruise is an awesome motivator!!! mine is a St. Lucia trip on June 28th so I know what you're talking about. :D And you don't use nearly enough exclamation points. ;) lol

Beaka, i actually laughed out loud when you said you danced like this -> :carrot: too cute. And I'm sure your trainer won't be psycho and mean... he/she will be trying to win you over as a client that keeps on getting more sessions! Take advantage of as much as you can and write it all down for when you won't be with them. I wish i kept all the training exercises from the trainer I was with over 5 yrs ago. Have fun tonight!

Blcarter, Busy gal! That must be nice having your own place again though. And to have a couple key pieces of furniture free helps too! Good luck with the sick kiddo. Hope he feels better (without you getting sick as soon as he does). :)

Hockey tonight! :D It's been so hard all week staying on track with eating. but today I FINALLY got back into the 170s so maybe i haven't been doing too bad. Of course I've gotta admit that it kind of sucks going out with friends and you're the only one not drinking. I went to a poker game last night stocked with a travel mug of coffee, a bottle of water, and a ziploc of veggies. I also only lasted 30 minutes in the game. i blame it on trying to stay healthy - it messed with my strategy not having beer to cloud my mind. lol :p