Haha, the first time I heard the term "diaper cake" I thought what in the world?!

I have to admit that once my office 6 week challenge is over next Monday I will probably feel a little lost! We have a list of about 10 things that we get points for every week and this is the final week of the challenge. I haven't missed a point and don't plan on it either. I will probably have to make up my own weekly challenges just to keep myself in practice of having to do things. I feel like with the structure of a challenge I do much better. That's why I initially joined this challenge :)

Diaper cakes look great! Though in our part of the world it would probably be called a nappy cake!

Either way .. I don't think they'll do much harm to the 'ole diet!:D

Stil going pretty well .... I think I can safey say I'm 80kgs now ...
... to hit the 70s will be great!

AndLy ... what sort of things have you been doing on your office challenge? Maybe we can do some of them here?

Littlebiskit - Wow what a great loss :)

sassyangies - Its great when people notice ... and get motivated ...

momwannabe - 6 weeks ... it is doable .... hope you keep going and meet your goals ...

Transforming Myself - thanks for the welcome

I've got a work professional development course today ..... so i'm hoping the provided lunch isn't too bad ... I'm also going to make sure I do my jog tonight ...

Hi guys!! Happy Tuesday. I missed yesterday. I was with my sister. She wants me to go to her apartment and work out with her two days per week. I'm hesitant (sp) because she's toxic for me. She doesn't really care about loosing weight. Shes probably over 300 pounds right now and has some issues. I have tried to intervene and get her on board with me loosing weight, but she just has issues with food and doesn't want to deal with them. So I get there she's still in bed, I'm like come on we only have a short time since my son is in school for only 3 hours. We get to the gym (mind you I have a gym membership) it's dirty and smelly and have of the stuff does not work. Were there 10 minutes and this girl walks in to work out and my sister wants to leave. I was so mad because she doesn't live close to me and I spent the time to drive over there so.. I get her to go to LA Fitness with me to see if they will give her the same deal I have there. My monthly is only 17.00 so she said she could afford that. Well, long story short they couldn't not even talk about that price the guy was wondering how I got that deal. They did offer her 24.99 which isn't bad. She didn't want anything to do with it because the guy had "attitude". So after that she wanted me to take her to McDonalds and Starbucks.. Where I got nothing. So I'm not sure I want to commit to trying to work out with her two days a week because it might be harder on me ya know.. So not sure what I'm going to do about that. Sorry for the rant.

I am having a great week though. I snacked a little yesterda, but needed to. I just felt I needed a littl extra for some reason. So I allowed myself to have some sweets. Hopefully it will not come back Thursday to haunt me.

Andly maybe start a new challenge here on the boards? That might keep you accountable if you have to come here everyday and check in with a new challenge. You've done so great so far I know you can keep it up!!

HMM3 good luck on the lunch. That can be hard I know. Let us know!

WooHoo! Down 5lbs this week to 231!! I know a lot of that is water woosh from my horrid few weeks before, but I"ll take it. Hoping to hit the 220s before thanksgiving....we shall see how that goes. Sadly, I looked back over the past 12 weeks on my weight tracker on WW and I have only lost 1.5lbs since then....that shows how long my plateau/junky eating has been going on....hopefully this was the bust i needed!

Here are the challenges for every day and there are also special weekly challenges.
No dessert (6 days per week=6 pts + 1 bonus point)
No soda (6 days per week =6 pts + 1 bonus point)
No eating after 8pm (6 pts + 1 bonus point)
Exercise 30 minutes (5 pts + 1 bonus point)
Self help reading 15 min (6 pts + 1 bonus point)
Weekly challenge (6 pts + 1 bonus point)
Week 1: food journal daily
Week 2: 7 hours sleep nightly
Week 3: 3 servings veg/2 fruit
Week 4: drink 64 oz water
Week 5: 100 sit ups and 50 push ups
Week 6: in addition to the 30 min exercise, must complete 13.1 miles

I haven't missed a point yet. Today is only the 3rd day of the 6th week and I'm already at 12.9 miles over and above my 30 minutes :)

Congrats Andly! Great job staying focused! Sassyangies: sounds like you have been really focused too! I was just reading a book called something like "How to be a former fat chick" and they talk about friends and family members who aren't supportive and who get in the way of our success. Stay focused on you is the answer they give. Eventually others may come on board. As for me,I am down again which means next week will be a slow weight loss week. I seem to have a pattern. My weight yesterday morning was 200.8. After exercising it was 199.4. I about flipped over,spun around and did a little dance. Obviously I don't count that weight but to see wonderland on my scale...I almost jumped for joy. It's been 9 years since I have been this weight. Yay. Sorry,shameless cheering. People are now noticing that I've lost weight. Kind of fun!

Jen it's ok to be happy for yourself. That is awesome and I can't wait to be able to say it. I haven't seen that number in 12 or so years. So I will be so excited to see it come.

Today was my weigh in day and I lost 4 pounds. I'm so excited about it and happy that I don't even feel deprived. I am more focused now that I have EVER been in my life. I know I need to keep myself first and not let my family distract me. I almost have to keep them at a distance (My mom and sis) so that I can do this for me. All they want to do is eat and it does get frustrating because all I want to do is be healthy.

So we had a stressful week. My son has been sick, I had jury duty. It took them 2 days of questioning for us for them to decide who they wanted. I felt so bad for my son because I had to drive him to grandmas those days even though he was so sick. Glad this week is over. And with a loss I'm even happier. It makes me think I might be able to keep this weight off for good!!

I hope everyone has had a great few days! and hopefully I will have time to check in tomorrow.

Great job, sassyangies! Awesome!!! Sorry about the bummer week but the 4 lbs is fabulous! My mom is also making comments but I know that I need to lose at least 20 more to be at a healthy weight for my height....It's frustrating. She should lose a little too. Maybe eventually I will inspire her. I hope so anyhow.

I've been trying to get my dh on board for a couple months and finally today he did...he went to the gym with me for the first time. It was really strange but exciting. I think that the more people see you stick to your plan and be successful, they will want to join in. Our job is tough though...we have to stay focused through all these holidays!

Yay jen! I'm so excited about onederland for you :)

Great weigh-in sassy! A 4 lb loss is awesome!

The holidays are quickly approaching and I am already making my meal plans. I know I can eat turkey for Thanksgiving and I'm going to bring 2 side dishes that I know I can eat...light mashed potatoes (w/cauliflower) and light corn casserole. I can eat some of my sister's brussel sprouts and I'm also doing 2 pies and one will be lightened up. I feel like the more I plan in advance for it, the more control I have over the food, rather than the food having the control over me!

Hi everyone! So funny to hear you all talking about Thanksgiving. Obvioulsy not a holiday here, so we're already planning for Christmas. My American friends think it's so weird because EVERYONE here takes a long holiday over Christmas. I'm closing up on the 9th of December and only going back to work on the 9th of Jan! Different cultures...

So I'm planning on breaking my sugar fast on Christmas eve. I don't think my body will know what's hit it! In the meantime, I'm another 2 pounds down, so 10.3 to go before Christmas!!! :-)

Another pound down :) I've been having trouble with the ligaments in my ankle for a while, but this weekend they have been good so managed to get out for a run - in a great mood now as I've missed running.

Hope everyone is well :)

Grrrr....I'm recycling weight. I don't know if I'm going to make it by Christmas.

Don't give up Momwannabe. You can still do stay focused! That's so funny that you guys take so long off for Xmas. I would love that though. I think my son would miss school though for that long. I'm not sure what he's going to do in the summer when he doesn't go anymore.

Eruanna sorry about the bum ligament, but you ran so that must of fealt good to get back to. Good for you!!

Andly planning I think is necessary to get through this holiday. It's all about eating. Im so glad I'm the one having it at my house because I think I can control what I eat more ya know.

Jen, wow that's awesome getting your hubby on board. I wish I could get my hubby. He's so small that he doesn't think he needs excersise or anything else for that matter because he's skinny. I keep telling him just because your skinny does not mean you do not have to excersise. All the junk he eats is going to catch up to him. I hope it doesn't, but only time will tell.

I've been doing great. I'm loving all the different soups I'm making right now. I'm allergic to allot of veggies raw so cooking them is the only way I can eat allot of them, but I'm loving it. Everyone at work is starting to notice my work clothes getting reallly loose. I need to pants so bad, but I don't want to spend a but load on pants that Iwill not wear for long ya know. Well, I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

I met my Christmas challenge goal at weigh-in today!

Woohoo :) My goal was 180 and this morning's weigh in was 179.5. I'm going to lower my goal for this challenge so I can keep on going. The challenges are really motivating :)

Andly that is so awesome!!! Good for you! I bet you feel so good. When I read it I got chills for some reason. I'm excited for you and seeing people making their goals makes me know I can meet my goals and keep going. Everyday I am thinking about how I can achieve my goals and make this a lifelong journey not a diet. I took my Mom shopping the other day and I'm telling you it was so hard because she's all about eating. So we pick Souper Salad to go and eat I can't stand the place, but I was starving and knew I could at least get a salad. NO I was wrong even their salad was crap! I was so upset because it tasted nasty. My Mom across the booth I know it tastes so gross as she's chowing down three plates. I don't know why I just got upset. I didn't eat a thing and insisted on getting my money back. Hard to do when my Mom is eating everything. That's exactly what I would have done too because before I started this I would of been I don't want to waste money so I'm going to eat. Wow why would I do that. Why would I eat something that's cleary disgusting. Anywho.. I hope everyone has a plan for the day tomorrow.
Happy Thanksgiving!!