That is so great!I just hit 179 today and I'm afraid I will zig zag up tomorrow!
2 weeks ago I was 177 then gained eight lbs in a week! ugh!

Congrats Aiesline and Tracyway! Watch out, I'm coming after you!

Mel- I love the comment you made about God trying to get your attention. I've been thanking him often for helping me get healthy. I think He does let things happen so that we do keep him on the throne. It keeps us grounded. Once we realize that everything is under His control, we can stop worrying. Everything will fall into place. He's shown me that He will never let me down.

I think I'm in the 180's for good now...been bouncing between 188 and 192 for the past 4 weeks. Now I rarely see 188 on the scale and I'm seeing numbers in the 184-186 range mostly. (I'm bad about stepping on the scale several times a day).

The max I can weigh (according to Navy hight/weight standards) is 186 if I measure at 5'9", or 181 if I measure at 5'8". Once (I'm not going to say "if") I get down to the 170's I know I'm within standards wither way! To be in the 170's will be a relief from that pressure! Once that pressure is off, I'll keep dropping from there.

I weigh twice a day but I only count what I weigh on Saturday mornings. I guess the rest of the times is just to keep me on track. We'll see what the scale says tomorrow morning! Come on 183! I want to lose 2 lbs a week, but I don't stress out if its less, as long as it goes down.

I totally know what you mean...I've been fighting the AF fitness standards my whole career...I've "fasted" many a time for the yearly weigh-in (at 5'9", I had to be under 168 because I'm a girl)...recently, since we went to new fit test, I've done body wraps for the ab cir....I would love to not stress over it. This year, I should be OK as long as I don't fall off the wagon between now and July. (We test twice a year now...YUCK!)

Wow 168 seems low for 5'9"? Thank goodness I'm not in the military. They would've kicked me out already! I guess it's more motivation though?

Ya, I always hated that. Luckily, we don't do the weight standards anymore, but they still have the ab circ. as part of the twice a year fit test, which for me is harder. It's not height adjusted, and under the new fit test, if you fail one category, you fail the whole test. The max circ. you can have is 35.5" (for females) whether you're 5' or 6'...doesn't matter. (For males, it's like 39"...don't even get me started on that one...)

And they don't necessarily measure the skinniest part of your waist...it's supposed to be just above the iliac crest, but sometimes you get a bad taper who does it too low and gets part of your hip bone in the measure. Overall, if you're tall, you get hosed. It always used to really upset me that I'd have to run so much faster than the short people to make up for it. At least under the latest test, it's only worth 20% of your score instead of 30% like it used to be.

It's 186, not 168.

I just looked it up...at 5'7" and female, your max would be 167.

Dear Lord, get me outta this darn set of numbers. 182 this morning. Gosh I sure wish I could drop 3lbs by tomorrow!

How's everyone else doing?? Anything new that you have tried that has worked?

Good old fashioned stubbornness, here. What more can you do but motor on.

Congrats Aeisline!!

We will all be chatting in that 170's thread SOON!

Well I had a little set back...up to 188.4 now. I had a bad weekend, well foodwise bad, good otherwise.

Pixie, you're almost there! You'll be there soon...patience my dear, patience.

Caro0811 - yikes, I do need more patience!

Been seeing 180.2ish this last few days. I hate that it's taken me 3 months to loose 10lbs, but whatevah. It's not for lack of trying - that's for sure. I just have to keep working hard and it WILL come off!!

Yeah your body is just adjusting. You're past your halfway mark! Hang in there!

Hey I'm new in here.. been holding on to my under 189 for about four days now, so I thought I'd settle in. Glad to hear everyone is doing well for the most part!