[sunnydispo]

I'm weighing in today and then I won't weigh again until the 12th. I just wanted to get going and hopefully have a little bit of a weight loss before my trip to Europe in June! I didn't make my goal last time, but I lost a good 30 pounds and that's fine with me! I'm going to try Atkins on Monday for 2 weeks and see how it goes.... best of luck to you all.

Starting weight: 375.5 pounds
Goal for June 12th: 349 pounds (26.5 pounds)
End goal: 330 pounds (45.5 pounds)


Week 01 - MAY 05 - MAY 11: 375.5
Week 02 - MAY 12 - MAY 18:
Week 03 - MAY 19 - MAY 25:
Week 04 - MAY 26 - JUN 01:
Week 05 - JUN 02 - JUN 08:
Week 06 - JUN 09 - JUN 15:
Week 07 - JUN 16 - JUN 22:
Week 08 - JUN 23 - JUN 29:
Week 09 - JUN 30 - JUL 06:
Week 10 - JUL 07 - JUL 13:
Week 11 - JUL 14 - JUL 20:
Week 12 - JUL 21 - JUL 27:
Week 13 - JUL 28 - AUG 03:
Week 14 - AUG 04 - AUG 10:
Week 15 - AUG 11 - AUG 17:
Week 16 - AUG 18 - AUG 24:
FINAL WEIGH IN - AUG 31:

[StephanieAZ]

I had my hubby take a picture of me that I will post tomorrow with my "official" first weigh in.

KATT: I love your photos! I asked my husband, who is a Kiwi, what Red Nose Day is and he knows of it, but wasn't sure why people do it. Do you know? Also, I LOVE your pjs! How cute. Sounds like you have a fun job. I just got back home after spending a year living in NZ (we lived in the Wairarapa, but I got to see almost the whole North island during our honeymoon) and your posts make me miss it.

Hope everyone has a great day! I will be back to check in tomorrow.

[Nightkatt]

Hi Stephanie ... I moved to Wellington from the Wairarapa 5 years ago! lol .. loved it over there and do miss it .. but its close enough to get to

Red Nose Day - This is a fundraising day (lots of events happen through the year for it as well ... but then its highlighted by the RN Day) ... the funds go to researching childrens illnesses from Heart defects to childhood cancer to genetic diseases, Asthma to Rheumatic Heart Disease .. even Strawberry birthmarks! (because these are the most common form of benign tumor). Two of those areas are close to my family, having a nephew born with a heart defect (he going great now at 17) and another nephew lost to leukemia, I do try to support them when I can .. including shaving off my hair

Okee .. so first weigh in .. and nope .. not a good one .. in fact I think its one of my worst and I dont even have TOM to blame .. just my birthday and a very erratic work week where I just had no routine at all!

START WEIGHT: 243.8
GOAL WEIGHT: 220
TOTAL TO LOSE: 26.3
ACHIEVED: +2.5

Week 01 - MAY 05 - MAY 11: 243.8 (START)
Week 02 - MAY 12 - MAY 18: 246.3 (+2.5)
Week 03 - MAY 19 - MAY 25:
Week 04 - MAY 26 - JUN 01:
Week 05 - JUN 02 - JUN 08:
Week 06 - JUN 09 - JUN 15:
Week 07 - JUN 16 - JUN 22:
Week 08 - JUN 23 - JUN 29:
Week 09 - JUN 30 - JUL 06:
Week 10 - JUL 07 - JUL 13:
Week 11 - JUL 14 - JUL 20:
Week 12 - JUL 21 - JUL 27:
Week 13 - JUL 28 - AUG 03:
Week 14 - AUG 04 - AUG 10:
Week 15 - AUG 11 - AUG 17:
Week 16 - AUG 18 - AUG 24:
FINAL WEIGH IN - AUG 31:

Okee ... well .. hopefully this next week will be a little more on plan .. I know what I did wrong this week .. I fell into chocolate basically .. just couldnt stop eating it .. nothing would distract me .. so its slap myself round the head time and back on track .. Ive checked and all the chocolate is now OUT of the house and I have said to my hunny not to allow me near it again .. back to square one from last year .. no chocolate .. not even a nibble ... grrr me lol .. but I do know why .. and I am pulling myself back before I let it go any worse

[wannaskipandlaugh]

Nightkatt! you have the right idea! Havingn FUN with life!!!! I love love love those PJ's! You could be a model! I swear! and what else should we be on this earth.... but to help people smile and feel good... Then our soul sings and laughs too!

I have to ask... Why did you weigh in 2 weeks ahead of time??? Its only 5/2 today and the 1st weeks weight is not even due.... are you going to be MIA for a week?

[StephanieAZ]

Katt: Good job getting rid of the chocolate! This is just a tiny setback. You got this!!

Alright, I got my "official" weigh-in this morning, so here goes!

START WEIGHT: 330.4
GOAL WEIGHT: 305.4
TOTAL TO LOSE: 25
ACHIEVED: ??

Week 01 - MAY 05 - MAY 11: (Will be weighing again 05/09)
Week 02 - MAY 12 - MAY 18:
Week 03 - MAY 19 - MAY 25:
Week 04 - MAY 26 - JUN 01:
Week 05 - JUN 02 - JUN 08:
Week 06 - JUN 09 - JUN 15:
Week 07 - JUN 16 - JUN 22:
Week 08 - JUN 23 - JUN 29:
Week 09 - JUN 30 - JUL 06:
Week 10 - JUL 07 - JUL 13:
Week 11 - JUL 14 - JUL 20:
Week 12 - JUL 21 - JUL 27:
Week 13 - JUL 28 - AUG 03:
Week 14 - AUG 04 - AUG 10:
Week 15 - AUG 11 - AUG 17:
Week 16 - AUG 18 - AUG 24:
FINAL WEIGH IN - AUG 31:

And here is a "before" picture that my hubby snapped the other day for me. (I usually avoid full frontal body pics AT ALL COSTS, but I figured I may as well go all in for this.)

[Nightkatt]

WANNA ... um ... no .. I must be having a brain fart and forgot what the weigh in week was lol .. so .. will make that my starting weight then .. whew .. don't feel quite so bad now lol. I do love life ... it probably started when I was born really .. doctors told my mum I had 24 hours to live and I proved them wrong .. at 4 I was caught in a rip and stopped breathing by the time they got me out .. again came back A-ok Ive been in 14 car accidents (none of which I was driving and I was always the only one hurt lol .. just call me Crash Test Dummy) .. I lost my 11.5 year old nephew to leukaemia, almost lost my sister in a car accident a few years ago and then a couple of years ago she was diagnosed with melanoma and (like me) she is beating the odds ... life is way to precious to not embrace the moments good and bad .. cos without the bad you can't really have any good to know the difference Smiles are free so give em away is what I have said to my staff and try to live it .. don't get me wrong ... I have had other things happen in my life that didn't make the days overly rosy and hard to get through, but I think that is where my stubbornness comes into it lol .. and the fact I get more bugged with myself when I let those feeling linger ... and I have realised .. you never know when your smile or funny moment or your hello could really make a difference in a strangers day, they could be having the worst day and your smile or hello could help them get through it .. remember .. there are no strangers .. only friends we have not met

STEPHANIE - Uber proud of you for posting the pic ... it is hard the first time .. but really ... as you start seeing the changes you will actually look forward to the pics so you can really see the changes ... when I did my first month one I had a hard time seeing any change until I posted it on here and was told what was different lol .. and its definitely not the same as what you see in the mirror of a morning


So early start and OMG what a week next week .. don't mind though .. keeps me busy but lots of work on so that makes me happy .. was hoping my pay would have shown up this morning .. but no such luck .. so that is 3 weeks no pay ... ah well .. gonna just keep plodding and looking on it as a good pay packet next week then lol .. I hope We are going to a book fair this morning so I can get another bunch of books for the winter ... and then I start work at midday. I only had Friday off (yesterday) this week ... so I really chillaxed in my new PJs cos I was so tired .. and at the moment I am down for Wednesday & Friday off next week .. but will see cos Wednesday tends to be the one that gets used up lol .. but Friday I am baking cupcakes to take to work on Saturday for the customers to celebrate Mothers Day weekend .. thinking of Lemon/Coconut ones .. .or maybe just coconut ones with strawberry icing .. decisions decisions lol ..

Better go ... need to drink a coffee before I brave the book crowd .. but will come back and have something for breakfast/brunch before I head out to work.

Had a lovely dinner last night too ... my chicken (as usual lol), carrots, broccoli, brussels and cauliflower .. oh and a few potato pompoms ... need to get some more veges on the way home I think Oh and with my left over chicken bits I made scrambled eggs for our dogs So spoilt lol.

[Nightkatt]

EASILY - Welcome on board .. Im pleased you are doing your own pictoral collection to refer to .. you are right .. mirrors are a bunch of liars the little bogwarts ... some days mine are wonderful when I dare a glance .. others its like give me a paper bag big enough for the whole package lol .. I do respect them though .. definitely never want to break another one ... did that once .. and every year for 7 years I actually broke a body part (mainly ankles lol) Didnt realise until about the 5th year of breaking something and wondering what good person in a past life did I kick the heck out of to get bitten so often now lol ..



So today was a good day .. TOM arrived last night (arggggh) .. so now the chocolate is really hard to avoid .. so Im not going to .. well ... not completely lol .. but I will hold off for as long as I can by getting the cross stitch back out and using it as my craving bribe lol
Got up early even though I went to sleep at about 5am (I was hoping to sleep to about 11 as I didnt start work til 1 and I really wanted to see what it was like to sleep so late lol) ... but no such luck .. still slept in (for me), but was up just after 9 .. so a little tired tonight
Good breakfast of cereal, a banana and a Symbio yoghurt ... then off to work .. had a bottle of water and a nut bar .. then home to a lovely dinner that my hunny cooked .. rotisserie chicken, carrot, broccoli, beans, kumara (Sweet potato lol) & a potato .. all with a little cheese sauce .. so delish .. and of course another big glass of water

Gotta go .. getting bugged by Pepa for some attention as I have been away most of the day lol .. have a good Sunday all .. cold and windy and raining over here so nice to curl up to watch a little Agatha Christie

[Nightkatt]

Blustery gales going on outside at the moment .. LOVE this weather .. well .. when Im home lol .. just relaxing with hunny watching a Miss Marple ... loving my Agatha Christie reruns

Had a good day at work today .. completely fouled up my plan for eating lol .. last night I was good and made 2 ciabatta rolls with chicken, lettuce, beetroot and a little of the leftover cheese sauce as a spread for my lunch today .. wrapped and packed ready to go ... and no I didn't forget it lol .. grabbed it before I went out the door .. then off to work ..
8am saw me open the main store I work at .. then at 9am I had to drive about 30 minutes to our popup sale store to have it open by 10am .. on Mondays its so quiet we don't have anyone else rostered on there so no lunch break, but Im supposed to chill near the counter and nibble .. only I got so busy sorting out some of the new stock that arrived, reorganising the racks and repacking some of the boxes that I didn't realise the time had flown by (along with about 15 customers lol) ... and next thing I knew it was 4.20 and I figured no point eating my lunch now cos it will be dinner time soon enough ... finished at 515 then headed home getting here at 6 .. where I had my bread rolls and a coffee .. then just had supper with another coffee and a few plain biscuits Sooo not quite to plan .. but as Im working in the main store tomorrow (8-6) I should be able to get in a break for lunch so will try that again

Almost bedtime and I need to ring my daughter .. she managed to get her restricted license after her second attempt so very proud of her
In NZ we have a 3 step drivers license ... first is learners which you have to have for 12 months before you can go for your restricted, then you have to wait 1 year before you can go for your full license. There are ways to speed it up like doing driving courses etc which can halve those times. When you have learners you can only drive with another licensed driver, restricted you can drive on your own but only between 6am-10pm, and you need a special note on your license if you need to have children in your car, so its convoluted and time consuming but now she has that part it won't be long before she is fully licensed

[wannaskipandlaugh]

Okay... time to start and May We ALL have an easy summer/winter of losing weight! and I wish you all lots of happiness too this summer! (Winter - NightKatt!)

SW 4/28 225.8
Lbs to lose: 29 lbs
GW - 196.8 oh wow

Week 01 - MAY 05 - MAY 11: 222.2 (-3.6 ) Total loss= 3.6 good start!
Week 02 - MAY 12 - MAY 18:
Week 03 - MAY 19 - MAY 25:
Week 04 - MAY 26 - JUN 01:
Week 05 - JUN 02 - JUN 08:
Week 06 - JUN 09 - JUN 15:
Week 07 - JUN 16 - JUN 22:
Week 08 - JUN 23 - JUN 29:
Week 09 - JUN 30 - JUL 06:
Week 10 - JUL 07 - JUL 13:
Week 11 - JUL 14 - JUL 20:
Week 12 - JUL 21 - JUL 27:
Week 13 - JUL 28 - AUG 03:
Week 14 - AUG 04 - AUG 10:
Week 15 - AUG 11 - AUG 17:
Week 16 - AUG 18 - AUG 24:
FINAL WEIGH IN - AUG 31:

[watchoutforthatcar]

START WEIGHT: 226.8
GOAL WEIGHT: 185
TOTAL TO LOSE: 41.8
ACHIEVED:

Week 01 - MAY 05 - MAY 11: 225.6 (-1.2) TOM
Week 02 - MAY 12 - MAY 18:
Week 03 - MAY 19 - MAY 25:
Week 04 - MAY 26 - JUN 01:
Week 05 - JUN 02 - JUN 08:
Week 06 - JUN 09 - JUN 15:
Week 07 - JUN 16 - JUN 22:
Week 08 - JUN 23 - JUN 29:
Week 09 - JUN 30 - JUL 06:
Week 10 - JUL 07 - JUL 13:
Week 11 - JUL 14 - JUL 20:
Week 12 - JUL 21 - JUL 27:
Week 13 - JUL 28 - AUG 03:
Week 14 - AUG 04 - AUG 10:
Week 15 - AUG 11 - AUG 17:
Week 16 - AUG 18 - AUG 24:
FINAL WEIGH IN - AUG 31:

TOM has a very annoying way of either popping up or ending at the wrong time, leaving me to deal with small losses. But a loss is a loss.

[Ubee]

Here we go! Good luck everyone!

SW 263
Lbs to lose: 15
GW 248

Week 01 - MAY 05 - MAY 11: 263
Week 02 - MAY 12 - MAY 18:
Week 03 - MAY 19 - MAY 25:
Week 04 - MAY 26 - JUN 01:
Week 05 - JUN 02 - JUN 08:
Week 06 - JUN 09 - JUN 15:
Week 07 - JUN 16 - JUN 22:
Week 08 - JUN 23 - JUN 29:
Week 09 - JUN 30 - JUL 06:
Week 10 - JUL 07 - JUL 13:
Week 11 - JUL 14 - JUL 20:
Week 12 - JUL 21 - JUL 27:
Week 13 - JUL 28 - AUG 03:
Week 14 - AUG 04 - AUG 10:
Week 15 - AUG 11 - AUG 17:
Week 16 - AUG 18 - AUG 24:
FINAL WEIGH IN - AUG 31:

[silentarctic]

START WEIGHT: 294
GOAL WEIGHT: 269
TOTAL TO LOSE: 25
ACHIEVED: -3

Week 01 - MAY 05 - MAY 11: 297
Week 02 - MAY 12 - MAY 18:
Week 03 - MAY 19 - MAY 25:
Week 04 - MAY 26 - JUN 01:
Week 05 - JUN 02 - JUN 08:
Week 06 - JUN 09 - JUN 15:
Week 07 - JUN 16 - JUN 22:
Week 08 - JUN 23 - JUN 29:
Week 09 - JUN 30 - JUL 06:
Week 10 - JUL 07 - JUL 13:
Week 11 - JUL 14 - JUL 20:
Week 12 - JUL 21 - JUL 27:
Week 13 - JUL 28 - AUG 03:
Week 14 - AUG 04 - AUG 10:
Week 15 - AUG 11 - AUG 17:
Week 16 - AUG 18 - AUG 24:
FINAL WEIGH IN - AUG 31:

[wannaskipandlaugh]

Sometimes you just never know when the perfect moments in your life will occur! I had my 56th Birthday yesterday and not one of my long time friends had time for me nor remembered (Lets wait til the weekend when "we" have time and we can party with you.. well NOT! as my Birthday was yesterday and not this weekend and I am always there for them on their birthdays... so another lesson learned!) but my newest walking buddy friend who I met just 2 months ago went out (after our 3.3 mile walk) with me to have a Margarita (well 2! LOL) and we sat and talked at this restaurant sitting outside along the road watching people drive and walk by and overlooking the Intercoastal waterway (river that runs the length of the east coast of Florida) and see the reflecting lights of the Island Condos on the river. It was a perfect night... So Perfect I think God wanted it that way for me! This was one of the best moments of my life and I thank my new friend (He is attached already rats) for helping this come true for me!. So just a note... Sometimes you just never know when a Magical moment in your life will occur... as IT WILL!

[Ubee]

Happy belated birthday wana! It sounds like such a lovely time. Life is so short and precious. It is hard when we want to enjoy it and others are so busy doing whatever it is that they think is so important.
Stephanie you are so cute!!!
Katt love your jammie picture and you look awesome in your dress!
I am going to have to find a before picture because the scale messes with my little mind!
I just want to add I love reading about Wana B-Day and Katts daily life! I really find how others spend their days interesting.

[dogpal]

Wanaskipandlaugh: Happy, Happy Birthday!