I think some people might have "lawns" up in the north... not so much down here!

nobody has lawns up here just cause there isn't any space left for a lawn. people people everywhere and not a yard to mow.

ghost, i picked up that book at the store recently and almost bought it. caught my eye cause i love are you there god it's me margaret so much by judy blume. with school starting next week it's time to say goodbye to reading for pleasure

i count calories as well, there are a lot of days i struggle to get to 1200. i'm usually full around 900 depending on what i am eating. i've never crammed at night tho, i just let it ride and eat when i am hungry and stop when i am full. if i get to it i get to it.

i'm steadily looming b/w 148 and 149. i'm exercising tho and next week i'll be hard pressed to do so. perhaps alternachicks needs an exercise thread? i think we tried before and it kind of bombed, but i need some kind of discipline when things start to get carazy.

in other news i made stuffed bell peppers tonight and they kicked all kinds of arse.

What did you stuff them with Ollie? I love anything stuffed, maters, shrooms, me on thanksgiving...

Today is a good day. wait...what day did we decide to weigh in on? cause I want to weigh in today, lol! I woke up to 181 lbs! WOOT! I went through my entire medical chart at work that goes back to when I was 16 years old and getting birth control for the first time. Back then I weighed 162 lbs. I want to be that size again!

i made a mixture of onions, garlic, tomatoes, brown basmati rice, and seasoned it with vegetarian worcestershire sauce, a little veggie broth, agave nectar and s and p. i'm in to stuffed things too i stuffed some shrooms as i side dish.

i don't even remember when i weighted less than 140. i actually weighed more in middle school. i was at about 160 in the 8th grade. always been chunky. that's why i really don't have a goal. i keep checkin my BMI to see when i will be in the "healthy" range.

supercalifragalisticexpealladocious that things are goin so swell for ya ghost...

I've always been chunky too, probably the reason why I've suffered with self esteem issues and depression all my life. That and I have a sister who can eat like a sumo wrestler and never go over 120 lbs.

I had no idea they had veggie worschestershire sauce...is it HFCS free also?

yipper skipper. it has sugar in it, but no HFCS. and it is so yum! it's made by Gefen and usually in the asian cooking aisle. and it's kosher!

is that you in yer avatar? cute! i've been thinking bout puttin up a pic of me in the photo thread cause it's kickin to know what almost all of you chicas look like.

yup, thats me last summer, I was down to 176 then. Can't wait to reach that again, it seems to be right around the time my double chin disappears. Now my hair is longer, more layered and dyed black. I'm going goth for the winter...

I dunno if we are supose to post our weigh in results here... so possibly for my own edification... I was 185.5 this morning 12.5lbs to go

I even did the little carrot dance...

nice skullarix

well.....seeing as how i ate at a mexican restaurant last night (damn you chips and salsa! damn yoooouuuu!) and had about 40 oz. of dos equis i'll take my 149.3 and be happy with it.

i started this whole weight loss thing at around 169 and that's 20 lbs. so far i am noticing that it's gettin harder and harder for the lbs. to come off. maybe i should start doing measurements? wish i woulda taken em to begin with.....

later, dudes.

suffering from summer-flu..(insert expletive of ur choice)ing german summer!!! and i haven't bought a scale yet. so there. am feeling very sorry for myself..am horrible sick person..more not whiney actual communication later...

that bites!

I'm in on this challenge. I've been stuck at my current weight for sooo long. I know its psychological - almost below 200 and although I thought I would be excited its scary as ****. I am proud that I have maintained though - through the ups and downs of my bipolar and such.

So my goal is 20# by Samhain - make me get my a## in gear !!!!

welcome witchy

both of our arses need to get in gear! i've been maintaining for awhile meself and haven't had a significant loss since last fall. so....this fall it is.

My saturday weigh in was 180, but, then...a long night and a bottle of absolute vanilla and some pizza and today I'm back up to 181. I started in July at 195 so I'm almost 15 lbs down. Just 7 more lbs to go to reach my Samhain challenge goal!

So I weighed in this morning at 133. Woot! It is definitely time for dancing produce:


I thought I was plateauing--weight loss seemed slow to me. So I entered my weight in Fitday and looked at my recent weights. I've lost 2.5 pounds in the last 2 weeks, which is exactly on track with my Samhain challenge goal (which requires a 1.25-pound loss per week).

I think I'm using to the scale going up a couple pounds--water retention, TOM, etc.-- and then when it goes down it usually drops a pound or so below my recent low. So I think the slow and steady half-pound loss isn't at dramatic, but it's the same result in the end.