Hi all,

Nightkatt- Congrats on the wedding!

I know it's late in the process, but I hope you don't mind if I join in. I fly home for the holidays on Dec 18th and would love to lose 15 pounds by then. That's an average of 2 pounds a week.

Looks like you guys weight-in on Mondays, so I'll just pretend that my weight last Monday was my weight today

Oct 25: 263.2
Oct 28:
Nov 04:
Nov 11:
Nov 18:
Nov 25:
Dec 02:
Dec 09:
Dec 16:
Dec 18:

I am embarrassed to say that I've done terribly since saying I was so committed, but I'm back to it and have done well so far. I will give you my weight next Monday. I don't want to give up... I was just too ashamed to come on here and say I haven't lost a pound.... but I think I'm ready!

CHEERILOOS - Okee .. updated it for you :) Will post this weeks results shortly :)

CLEVERNAME - What is the Protein Program? I don't think we have it over here lol .. and you are doing fine .. I remember doing the same thing the last time I tried this journey ... it was always easier eating right when you were fixing for others as well as yourself .. when its just for you somehow the quick and easy is usually the route we go .. which more often than not means leaving the wagon behind and going off on a journey of the wrong food lol.... isn't that funny how we don't seem to think we are worth the time it takes to prepare the right foods rather than the quick ones .. but Im sure you didn't do as bad as you think .. especially if it was only just over 1 pound you went up! My hunny had a naughty week last week and he went up 6 pounds!

SPINDERELLA - I am finding I am having the same reaction to fatty or "bad" foods ... my take out choice is now Pita Pit (which is a lower carb alternative to Subway using Pita instead of bread)... anything else and I feel terrible afterwards ... incredible how much of that sort of food I used to eat without thinking about it .. while I don't think about it much now .. I just don't find it appetising lol ..

TUSCANY - Wahoo .. you are doing great .. down to single figure for your goal is brilliant :)

DOLPHIN - Come on in .. great to have you onboard :) 15 pounds seems realistic and I wish you well .. look forward to seeing you on the boards :)

TRYING MY BEST - Welcome back .. hey .. lets start from scratch .. clean start, new goal. Never be ashamed hun ... be proud of yourself for not giving in completely and facing your choices, ready to start again :) Big hug and please don't give up .. you are too nice a person to give up on yourself :) :hug:

:carrot::carrot::carrot:

Well its been a busy couple of days for me .. spent it in my new shop setting up things and trying to get it all cleared away and tidy ready to open .. only we got told on Saturday there will be another darn delay!! ARGGHHH ... ah well .. at least its given me time to wait for my signage to get here lol .. thought I was going to be opening up without any :( ...

I had a naughty day yesterday .. even knowing weekends were when I do NOT go off the rails as its too close to my weigh in :( .. as we were out yesterday I was going to just have a ham & cheese muffin .. but when I cut into it there were tomatoes!! So I couldn't eat it .. instead I went back and got a piece of Lemon cake .. I did take the icing off and I didn't have any cream ... I should have stopped there .. but I went and had half of my hunnys potato top pie too :( If I had really been thinking I would have just had a salad for dinner .. but instead I had 3 soft tacos ... sigh .. gonna hate my weigh in on Monday .. but I did try to be good today to make up for it .. just had a pita pit for dinner and haven't had anything else .. might have a nut bar for supper though for some extra protein ... ah well .. will find out in the morning :/
On the plus side .. I had to go and get measured for a new bra .. need to start looking for my wedding undergarments and want to make sure they fit right .. I have gone down 2 sizes in the band .. but up one in the cup lol .. go figure :) Even better .. the store I went into actually had my size (22E) .. not in flashy designs .. but good day to day ones .. AND .. they were on sale! Got both of them for $10.50NZ (I think that is about $8 US?) I have NEVER gotten a bra that cheap before lol .. usually when I see the $5/10 bra sales they are all the little sizes .. so really chuffed :)

Off to get some more work done .. but will post the results for this week in a few min first :)

Here we go ... week 10 results :) Well done everyone .. only a few missed out the weigh in this week .. all good :)

http://www.kattsgifts.co.nz/gallery/...llenge%7E1.jpg

Thought I would pop in a few pics of some of the new stands in my little store .. its more like a stand really .. but its enclosed lol .. so don't think its a huge thing lol .. its a one-woman show :)

This is looking from the back of the stall to the front on one side ..
http://www.kattsgifts.co.nz/gallery/...k_to_front.jpg
This is the china range
http://www.kattsgifts.co.nz/gallery/...pics/China.jpg
A few of the figurines :)
http://www.kattsgifts.co.nz/gallery/.../Figurines.jpg
KD One Skincare & Cosmetics (handmade and no chemical :) )
http://www.kattsgifts.co.nz/gallery/...e_Products.jpg
This is looking in from the front .. thats my daughter Ashleigh :) She came in to help add her decorative touch and drill skills lol ..
http://www.kattsgifts.co.nz/gallery/...setting_up.jpg
Handmade Soaps (look like cakes and cupcakes!!) and Cookies in a Jar gifts
http://www.kattsgifts.co.nz/gallery/...aps_Cookie.jpg

Just waiting for the signage and wall art .. and looking for another carpet lol .. oh and the reason for the mirror isn't just to make the store look bigger .. its so I can offer makeovers with the skincare range (facials are my thing lol .. the lady that makes them does makeup, brows etc) ... its small .. but its a toe back in the water to see if its a viable thing to reopen a store like I had a few years ago :)

Nightkatt, the store looks great!!!

I'm actually excited to weigh in tomorrow... I had a really bad day Friday, but have spent yesterday and today undoing the damage and it appears to be done. I might even be able to lose a bit more before tomorrow :)

Nightkatt.. your store is Wonderful! It makes me want to look at everything and not miss a shelf! :) and YOUR daughter is Gorgeous... but then.. how could she NOT be.. with a Mom as beautiful as you!.

So neat about getting a bra on sale and for an amazing price. Isn't it nice to have your hard weight loss work show up in a smaller size! :woohoo: :)

I hope that you have an amazing day when the store opens! and counting down the days to the wedding.... Just knowing that you are eating the wrong thing (sometimes only) makes it easier to remember to not have it again. But... look at what you have done and accomplished! I bet you just about feel lighter than air! :) :hug:

and I love the graph.. thank you for posting it.. as I never could bring it up and I know I am skewing the weight in #'s as a few weeks in I found my scale (of 20 years) was off by 14 lbs... so my starting weight was really alot higher... But no neeed to change anything on the chart.. I can go back and redo the no's showing my old scale weight too if that will help the "group" totals :)
Old Scale/New Scale

WEEK 1 - 8/12 248.5/262.5 START
WEEK 2 - 8/19 - 246/260 (-2.5)
WEEK 3 - 8/26 - 244.5/257.5 (-2.5) total(-5)
WEEK 4 - 9/02 - 244/257.0 (-.5) total (-5.5)
WEEK 5 - 9/09 - 245.5/258.5 (+1.5) total (-4)
WEEK 6 - 9/16 - 241.5/255.5 (-3) total (-7)
WEEK 7 - 9/23 - 242/256.0 (+.5) total (-6.5)
WEEK 8 - 9/30 - 237.2/251.2 (-4.8) total (-11.3) Love the WHOOSH
WEEK 9 - 10/07 - 243.4/257.4 + 6.2 HATE the GAINS! total (-5.1)
WEEK 10 -10/14 - 242.4/256.4 (-1.0) Total (-6.1)
WEEK 11 -10/21 - 241.4/254.4 (-2.0) Total (-8.1) GOTTA lose more!!
WEEK 12 -10/28 -
WEEK 13 -11/04 -
WEEK 14 -11/11 -
WEEK 15 -11/18 -
WEEK 16 -11/25 -
WEEK 17 -12/02 -
WEEK 18 -12/09 -
WEEK 19 -12/16 -
WEEK 20 -12/23 - Christmas Eve Eve Goal 224

Hi there,
I'm up for it too!
I just joined 3FC so it's all a bit new to me but I'll get there :-)

Nice looking store Nightkatt!

Welcome artchick9, I'm new on 3FC too. Good luck! :)

TIME4ME2CHANGE - lol .. sounds like you had a day like me .. I tell myself not to do things bad on the weekend .. during the week Im a little more relaxed about it .. knowing I have a few days to try to counteract it .. but weekends if I start to go off I tend to fall badly and not usually recover .. this weeks weigh in has been a nice surprise :) Looking forward to your weigh in too now :)

WANNASKIPANDLAUGH - Aww .. thanks hun .. I am very proud of her .. she is a lot like me though .. not good with the compliments about ourselves . then again she isn't good with compliments about what she does either .. but we are working on it and she is doing really well with her weight loss too (she has lost 23kg!) ... I have always said she is beautiful :) Im still working on my website so once I have it sorted I will post it so you can have a look at all the goodies :)
No stress about the scales hun .. I have changed the number easily so we are on track and you can stick to just the one number in your posts lol .. I think you are doing faboo and look forward to see how you do this week :)

ARTCHICK & DOLPHIN - Hey there .. welcome to 3FC .. and this challenge. I joined up a few years ago now .. and its been an epic journey of highs and lows, but mainly self-discovery. I hope you find enjoyment in the adventure you are starting and that we can all help you in some way achieve your goal :) We do weigh ins from Monday .. and I post the results on Sundays now (to get those that weigh in at the end of the week lol) ... if you like you can also post your measurements .. or a before pic ... don't have to if you don't want to .. but at least take those pieces of info and save them for yourself to refer back to on those weeks that you may find yourself struggling. Never be ashamed of yourself on this journey ... its one that will take you on a roller coaster of emotions and events .. but every high and low is part of the discovery of you .. and so its never something to be down about. Looking forward to seeing you both posting up a storm (might reduce my long babbles lol).

:carrot::carrot::carrot:

Well I do get to happy dance this week .. didn't think I would .. but then I was pretty good during the week so I must have already been down a bunch before the weekend. I was thinking after the YAY .. gees Katt .. Imagine how much more it would have been if you hadn't done your Saturday blow out .. WRONG THINKING!! Isn't it silly ... that after all these years I still undermine my positive by thinking I could have done better! Something else I need to work on lol..... still I am on that journey of Self-discovery so I gotta expect to keep coming across these negative things that make the journey a bit more of a challenge.

TARGET - 53 pounds

WEEK 1 - 12/8 - 317.3 lb Difference - 0 START
WEEK 2 - 19/8 - 312.4 lb Difference = -4.9 Total loss = 4.9 (49.1)
WEEK 3 - 26/8 - 304.0 lb Difference =-8.4 Total loss = 13.3 (39.7)
WEEK 4 - 02/9 - 301.2 lb Difference = -2.8 Total loss = 16.1 (36.9)
WEEK 5 - 09/9 - 299.8 lb Difference = -1.4 Total loss = 17.5 (38.5)(TOM)
WEEK 6 - 16/9 - 296.5 lb Difference = -3.3 Total loss = 20.8 (32.2)
WEEK 7 - 23/9 - 292.3 lb Difference = -4.2 Total loss = 25!! (28)
WEEK 8 - 30/9 - 290.8 lb Difference = -1.5 Total loss = 26.5 (26.5) (HALFWAY!)
WEEK 9 - 07/10 - 286.4 lb Difference = -4.4 Total loss = 30.9 (22.1)
WEEK 10 - 14/10 - 282.9 lb Difference = -3.5 Total loss = 34.4 (18.6)
WEEK 11 - 21/10 - 280.2 lb Difference = -2.7 Total loss = 37.1 (15.9)
WEEK 12 - 28/10 - 276.4 lb Difference = -3.8 Total loss = 40.9 (12.1)
WEEK 13 - 04/11 -
WEEK 14 - 11/11 -
WEEK 15 - 18/11 -
WEEK 16 - 25/11 -
WEEK 17 - 02/12 -
WEEK 18 - 09/12 - WEDDING WEEK (11/12)
WEEK 19 - 16/12 -
WEEK 20 - 23/12 -

6 more weeks to go til the wedding .... now I am wondering what my result will be for Christmas?? How naughty can I be at my wedding rofl ..

Hi everyone! I wasn't going to weigh in this week. I had a terrible weekend filled with family issues and to be honest, I just gave up and stopped trying. I still went out for a bit of a walk/jog this morning to try get back into the spirit of things but i'm not going to let my emotions get the better of me and I will stick to my healthy eating this week.


September 22 - 72.5 kg
September 29 - 70.5 kg

October 6 - No weigh in
October 13 - 70.3
October 21 - 69.6
October 28 - 69.5

November 4 -
November 11 -
November 18 -
November 25 -

December 2 -
December 9 -
December 16 -
December 23 -

FRESH FEELING - good on you for being honest with yourself and still posting .. very proud of you :) I do understand the family issues do effect the emotions .. which then effect the actions that you take .. and of course you end up only hurting yourself .. but hey .. you still had a little loss .. so you didn't go as far off as you thought :) :hug:

Weigh-in day


Starting weight - 373

WEEK 1 - 10/14 - 368.7 (-4.3 and 19.7 left to goal) :carrot:
WEEK 2 - 10/21 - 365 (-3.7 this week, - 8 total and 16 left to go):carrot:
WEEK 3 - 10/28 - 362 (-3 this week, -11 total and 13 left to go) :carrot:
WEEK 4 - 11/04 -
WEEK 5 - 11/11 -
WEEK 6 - 11/18 -
WEEK 7 - 11/25 -
WEEK 8 - 12/02 -
WEEK 9 - 12/09 -
WEEK 10 - 12/16 -

Goal Weight - 349

Feeling good and motivated - other than being sick at the moment

Hi all...I have been busy at work and home...have to get ready for Winter at home. Always a lot of work to do for that...almost done though... after next weekend I should be able to declare myself ready for the cold & snow.

Katt, love the store. Geez that wedding date is coming up fast!!!

I will post my weigh in tonight when I get home.

Didn't do a workout over the weekend :mad: except for organizing my scrapbooking stuff and some of my sewing things. I am proud...I even threw out some stuff. THAT doesn't happen often.

LOOK at you NightKatt! you are going to surpass your goal at your wedding and feel even more awsome that day! :)

WEEK 1 - 8/12 248.5/262.5 START
WEEK 2 - 8/19 - 246/260 (-2.5)
WEEK 3 - 8/26 - 244.5/257.5 (-2.5) total(-5)
WEEK 4 - 9/02 - 244/257.0 (-.5) total (-5.5)
WEEK 5 - 9/09 - 245.5/258.5 (+1.5) total (-4)
WEEK 6 - 9/16 - 241.5/255.5 (-3) total (-7)
WEEK 7 - 9/23 - 242/256.0 (+.5) total (-6.5)
WEEK 8 - 9/30 - 237.2/251.2 (-4.8) total (-11.3) Love the WHOOSH
WEEK 9 - 10/07 - 243.4/257.4 + 6.2 HATE the GAINS! total (-5.1)
WEEK 10 -10/14 - 242.4/256.4 (-1.0) Total (-6.1)
WEEK 11 -10/21 - 241.4/254.4 (-2.0) Total (-8.1) GOTTA lose more!!
WEEK 12 -10/28 - 235/249.0 (-5.4) Total (-13.5) YAY!!!! :) more next week!
WEEK 13 -11/04 -
WEEK 14 -11/11 -
WEEK 15 -11/18 -
WEEK 16 -11/25 -
WEEK 17 -12/02 -
WEEK 18 -12/09 -
WEEK 19 -12/16 -
WEEK 20 -12/23 - Christmas Eve Eve Goal 224

Nightkatt your store is so cute! :)

I am not sure what happened to me this weekend. I was hungry all the time and made some bad choices, but mostly I ate a lot. Not sure if I am getting sick or if the weather/temp. change had anything to do with it. I am up today. Going to wait and see it any of it is water weight.