Welcome, boston! You've lost an incredible amount of weight! I hope you can make it out of the 160s fast!

I'm also new to the 160s, hope you guys don't mind me joining you
I want to get into the 150s asap though!

Hi ladies! Gosh I feel like I've missed alot where have I been?! I'm gonna get caught up on everyone and I'll be back to post some more!

Welcome sotypical, paja, boston, and jj!

sotypical, I know what you mean about not being able to keep up! It's def a challenge sometimes (hence my hugely long post, and it's maybe been 2 days! LOL) but there really has never been a better group of motivators for me to get my butt in gear. Good luck I hope you get out of the 160's before Mexico! Also, there is a thread in the Weight Loss Support forum called "Daily Food and Exercise Accountability" where we post what we eat and our exercise for the day. Is that something like your looking for? It used to be called "Confessions" but it seemed that people would only post if they had eaten something they weren't supposed to and we wanted it to be more of a daily accountability thread.

Valentine, congrats on 160 you are so close! And there's nothing wrong with splurging every once in a while, it's what keeps me sane!

stargzr, yes yes yes! Lol this is def our week! And I hope your hubby gets to feeling better too and that those vitamins help you to not get sick. Also, great job on splurging and not even going over on calories! I'm not sure I could do that. I get this mindset of "well I already cheated, so why not have more...?" Not good! Lol

kirjava, good luck for getting the scale moving again! I must confess that exercise right now just messes up my weight loss too much, and I don't know about you, but with me being so close to the 150's it really bums me out to see the numbers not going down as I would like. So for now I am just trying to be more active during the day, but not doing actual intense workouts. I think I will start something like 30 DS when I am closer to goal and it gets closer to swim suit season and when I'm not so focused on scale numbers ya know?

tuende, I'm sorry you were having such a bad day! I hope it did not turn into a bad week and that things got better for you, I know your iPod did so that's good!

Sorry for the long post, I'm going to try to check in every day so I don't get so behind! Lol. Well this morning's unofficial WI was 161.9! Woo hoo! That's the first time I've seen 161 this time around so I am so excited and I hope it's even lower for Monday's official WI.

fashinjunkie09 - that is totally the thread I was looking for! Back in the day it was just "daily planning" - THANKS!

Man I have been gone for a while!! Got a whirlwind of things going on right now. But i finally got over my hump!!! I made it to 165 and hope to be lower in next week weigh in. Im on TOM right now, so after its over I hope i see a bit of a loss!!

This thread moves fast!

Thank you for the welcomes, Kirjava, stargzr, and fashinjunkie09!

I'm also glad so many others are coming into this thread so I'm not left here in the dust while all you guys move onto the 150s!!! Yayy!

sotypical, no problem glad I could help!

Lilly, I'm glad your back and with a great loss! Woo hoo! Lol and I've got my fingers crossed for a woosh once TOM is gone!

boston, this thread does move really fast sometimes I have trouble keeping up!

So, a couple hours ago all the sudden my son (16 months) starts throwing up everywhere. He literally threw up no less than 10 times in less than an hour. I called the doc and she said there's a 24 hour stomach bug going around so after the vomitting he'll likely get diarreah. I feel bad for him and I forgot to ask if it's contagious. I'm hoping not.

jkinboston and littlejj, welcome!

lilly, welcome back and congrats on the 165!

stargzr, way to go throwing that cake away. My mother brought home cupcakes one day and she was trying to give me one and all I could think was that I either had to devour it as fast as I could or completely smash it up. I couldn't think of just getting rid of it, I had to destroy it. It was this weird dichotomy, black and white, all or nothing. It just got to me. Luckily my brother in law came upstairs, ate the cupcake and ended my delusional decision making. You seem a lot calmer about your decision than me .

fashin, glad to see you back around. Congrats on 161! We're all getting so close! And that is so sad about your son! Hope he gets better soon and that you stay well!

Also, it turns out that my week is ending much better than it started. I finally got back to my workouts, which I think has helped a lot. Interesting discussion about exercise and weight-loss. I've always felt like it has helped me lose weight and I've always just kind of plodded along through it. But now, I seriously think I'm chemically dependent on exercise. Not that I love doing it (I don't), but it makes me feel so much better after- happier, more focused, more motivated, etc. Maybe it's just a mental thing and my neurotransmitters are just fine on their own, but one way or another, missing my workouts really seems to throw me off.

RE: The 150's. THIS IS OUR WEEK!! I'm going to work really hard to do "girls weekend" with this goal in mind. What day is everyone weighing in?

tuende - thank you!!

fashinjunkie - oh my goodness I had similar thing happen to me. Yesterday I was perfectly fine, today I was throwing up and diahhrea (tmi?) and now i feel sorta fine again. I think i'll be okay tomorrow. I hope your son gets over it fast!! Its no fun.

tuende: Thank you

fashinjunkie09: Aww! I hope your son feels better, poor thing!

How's everyone doing this morning? I'm holding steady at 169, again. That means yesterday wasn't a fluke lol!

boston, this thread is moving faster than I've seen it move in a long time! Last weekend it was like a ghost town in here, and now we've got almost a page and a half in two days!

Sorry about your son, fashin! I hope the doctor's right and it's just a 24-hour bug, and that you don't end up catching it. I'm also in agreement with you about seeing small numbers at this point. If I was in the high end of a weight decade, I probably wouldn't be quite so annoyed with small losses, but being so close to the 150s makes it doubly frustrating!

Welcome back, LiLLy! I was wondering where you had got to! Congratulations on being half way through the 160s!

tuende, the difference between us with exercise and weight loss is probably just something to do with different body types and metabolism. Actually, I was shocked when I heard so many others say that they also find exercise can stall their loss! For a while I thought I was just doing something wrong. It's awesome that you push yourself to work out and you get such good benefits from it!

tuende, I'm weighing in tomorrow morning. I am 100% stoked for it! I was having trouble finding stuff to wear to work this morning, because so many of my things are baggy and too big now. I ended up trying on a few shirts that used to be skin tight on me a couple weeks ago, and now there's some extra room in them! I am almost certain I'm in for a good loss tomorrow morning! Good luck to everyone else! Let this be our week!

stargzr thank you!!

kirjava - It was a hectic time at work, plus school, plus planning my wedding. Eeeekkkkkk! =) Its exciting but overwhelming.
You're already at 162! Good job...totally passed me by! Ill try to catch up soon