Is this group still accepting members? I'd love to join in.

I'm 28 years old, 5'6", SW 245, CW 245, GW 150-135 (Not really sure yet, never been that small since adulthood). Right now I'm counting calories and doing yoga, walking and light elliptical for workouts.

MonteCristo The more the merrier, hun!! Welcome

A big hello to you, MonteCristo !!

Hi ladies!! My past few weeks have been insane. We are gearing up for my twin sisters wedding next month, my semester ends at the end of this month and I have been working close to 40 hours each week.... This is the first week I only have 3 shifts as opposed to 9 shifts the past two weeks. I'm thankful for the spare time because I have needed it to write papers, study for exams, and to unpack and put my bedroom together finally since we moved a couple weeks ago.

I wanna share a photo with you guys if you don't mind. I'm very proud of myself and my progress. This is only after 6 weeks!!

I hope everyone is having a great start to April! I love this month and spring.

paigeinabook Holy cow girl!!! You look GREAT! I can't believe that's only a six-week progression photo Keep it up! I have classes starting up in a few weeks, so I can understand the stress and pressure you are under currently, and I commend you for your drive and optimism. I can only hope that once my Fall semester starts I will be as dedicated and focused as you. If you ever want/need someone to just chat with, hit me up!

To everyone else, I hope y'all are having a fabulous week!!! Tax season is coming to an end, and I hope everyone is getting big, fat return checks!! (Bring on the ice cream!..jk, jk) I'm down to 227-- the lowest so far, which isn't much, but hey, it's a step! And I only plan on losing from here on out.

Take care everyone!!

Thanks so much SamanthaAngela! I have been really determined to hit my goals. School is rough.... I wish I could take a semester off... but I just want to FINISH. All of the people I started school with are graduating this semester and I still have a year left and ugh I hate college sometimes.

Same here, sorta. I should have graduated in 2012, but I dropped out in 2010. So now I'm doubling up (basically taking 2 yrs worth of classes in one). So I'm starting my last year this fall, and it's gonna be CRAAAAAAAAZY. lol, but if I can do it, so can you!!

Hey everyone! I know I've been MIA but that's because I was plateaued for a week or two there and also finals are right around the corner so everything has been insane.

I've also been dating and it's been an adjustment.

On top of all these things it's also been time to look for summer employment.

Anyways, two amazing things happened. I broke my plateau and hit 70lbs lost, but I also have been consistently doing alternating days of strength training and interval training for about two weeks.

I've never been this consistent before with exercise and it's making me very happy. I'm definitely noticing that I feel much better.

My plan was always to start doing consistent exercise, but being that I started at nearly 300lbs I figured I could focus on getting to a lower weight first. The amazing thing is that at this lower weight I just have the energy to workout naturally. I want to workout, whereas before it was so physically draining that just the thought of it made me tired and it was hard to even get started. It's still physically hard, but not right away and once I'm going I just finish a whole workout.

Another non-scale victory is that I ran a whole minute without stopping, at the end of an interval training routine. If you don't know what interval training is, it's kind of like the first few days of Couch 2 5k, except the intention is not to run the entire time, it's to run hard for 30 seconds and then walk for 90 seconds to 2 minutes.

I'm not sure if I ever want to be a distance runner so interval training is a good in between. I like running but I don't want to overdo it and stress my joints.

Anyways, things are going pretty good over here. I'll admit that plateau around 230lbs scared me a bit. My first big goal is coming up at Onederland and I desperately want to reach it this summer before going back for Fall semester. I know it's not good to put time limits of weight loss but it's just so do-able and it'd be really motivating for me.

Hey guys!

I am still hanging around 223 and 224 but I've been consistently exercising and I hit a non-scale goal of another pant size lost!

I'm fitting solidly in size 16s and I couldn't be happier!

I'm really trying to get to 199lbs but I'm finally feeling like my hard work is getting some results.

I hope you're all doing great. Finals are the week after next and things are gonna be a little crazy but I think we can all do it!