How did week 2 go for you jen?
I have to take some time today to figure out where I'm at for the month. I know I've done a good job of tracking, maybe 95%?! I've been walking but not sure how many miles, just have to add em up. I'll update later? Anyone else want to chime in with a mid-month update?
Inches are awesome tw! It's the inches lost that put us in smaller clothes! When I measured a month or so ago I had hardly lost any inches but I can pull my pants off without unzipping or unbuttoning them so I think I ddnt measure in the same places as last time. I measured the widest spot on my arms, thighs etc both times. Maybe I need a better system for measuring!

I was up .4 this past Saturday. I have still just kind of been coasting through things. I can not believe we are half way through the month already. Where does the time go??? I did make it to the store this weekend and have have brought my lunch/snacks to work this week. I also plan on making my steel cut oats tonight so I will have breakfast precooked for a week. Now if I can just make good choice at night maybe I can make some headway!
Goodnuff: Measureing is kinda of tricky. I had to make notes of how/where I measured so I could do it more accurately. That is awesome about your pants!!! Congrats.
Hope you all are doing well!!!

1. Lose 5 lbs Accomplished
2. Walk every other day Has been depending on weather
3. No bread I have slacked up alot will do better the rest of the month
4 Increase water intake by a glass have been doing this
5. Try to limit pasta intake to once or twice a week at one cup per serving slowly but surely will do better the rest of month

Good choices tw. It alwayshelps me when I bring food to work, well what's most helpful is when I eat only the food I bring.
Good job Lynn! Sounds like progress to me!

1) drink AT LEAST 40 OZ of water a day - Done and drinking even more, water is pretty much ALL I drink now ... sometimes a small glass of milk, and I have had two 12 oz Dr. Peppers, and one I shared with my daughter ... not too bad!
2) NO more Dr. Pepper - almost ... so close!!!
3) 20 min (or more) walk (or other activity) AT LEAST every other day - I have been doing very good at this ... I walk at least 20 min. five days a week, and other activities on the other two!! :)

Way to go, So Determined! Now you just need to finish up the month just as strong!

Lynnie - you are doing very well too - congrats on the 5 pounds!

TW - I feel your pain - I've been having lunch and dinner delivered nearly every week since I started but since vacation, I've done a few weeks without delivery and a few with just dinners delivered. So I've been going out to lunch more during that time, and golly gee the calories add up quick - one of the reasons I've not lost as much recently. Planning is just so KEY.

Goodnuff - I'm not perfectly on target, but I'm doing much better than last month. I'm keeping track by week on the posts above. Now that TOM is gone, I think the weight is falling off, it "feels" like it is, in terms of tummy jiggly-ness, but i haven't had a chance to get on the wii for an official measurement yet this week. I feel good right now, so hopefully that counts for something.

So it's more than half way through the month, but I've been sitting here trying to figure out where exactly to jump in on this group (that sounds kind of dirty :P), and figured the goals thread would be a good place to start!

For the rest of the month my goals are:

--To not overindulge on my birthday (this Sunday . . . going to have the my customer strawberry shortcake . . . one small slice, not half the cake!)
--To work out for about 1 hour/day (I use the Wii Fit and set a calories burned goal, so the time varies) 6 days a week (so far so good here)
--To drink more water (I mostly drink homemade caffeine free iced tea sweetened with Splenda, about a gallon a day . . . trying to replace every other glass with water)
-- To find and join a swim aerobics class

Awesome sodetermined! Wow!
Welcome daylelynn, glad you decided to jump in! Anytime is a good time!

Happy Early Birthday ... My birthday is this Saturday!! :)

I hope you all are as excited as me about becoming a "sticky" thread. It doesn't seem that I can get a PM sent to find out how to stay "sticky". Anyone know?
No WI for me today, I have to work a 12 hour shift and just couldn't drag my hiney out of bed a second sooner than absolutely necessary. I'll probably sneak on the scale at work.

I am glad its a sticky thread now!!! :D

Hey all - this week is going really well for me so far. I said in earlier post that I hadn't had a chance to weigh on the wii yet this week. Well, I'm in a long term THursday challenge, so I did make sure to weigh this morning, and I'm down to 263.7! An all-time new low! TOM water weight is officially kicked to the curb.

My jiggly tummy was not deceiving me, after all - woo hoo! And I can now get into (not comfortably, mind you), my size 20 jeans! The 22s are all kinds of comfy (and the 24s are solidly in the past).

Now, I just need to focus on how good this feels, the next time I want to have dessert......

Oh wow jen!!! That is awesome! And reading it put an officia stop to the rye chips and port wine cheese spread binge I was just indulging in. Thanks for the wake up call.

So ... I got my TiCkEr!!! And I called my Dr. to get my last known weight (back in March when I got sick) and it was a little higher than I though ... 327 .. :( Boo!!! BUT ... I also got to do my first weigh in ... 316.4!!!! Higher than I thought it was to begin with, but that means I have lost almost 12lbs!!!! Yippie!!!

Great attitude sodetermined, keep at it and you'll hit your mini goal in no time!