Ok I am in and my goal will be 12lbs. I was going to do 10lbs but I can't help thinking TOM is playing tricks on me and I should have a (hopefully) big drop soon. TOM is late coming this month but thats not a big concern, it is fairly normal. I think that might be the reason I have been going up and down about 2lbs over the last week. Anyway, as of today I am at 147.6, my goal for this challenge would bring me to 135 which is in my happy zone! I am doing fairly well with eating but am making an effort to get more veggies in, so far today I have had 2 stalks of celery and will plan for something with dinner as well. Water has been good and I am getting at least 30 minutes of exercise each day. I am going to try and up the exercise especially on days that I am not working. This morning I did a 25 minute aerobics work out and plan on doing the same tonight along with a few strength exercises.

Morning all! I weighed myself and I was 182.8 this morning. I'm going to amend my goal slightly and aim for 175 pounds by July 4th. In kilos (which we generally use in australia thought I'm 'fluent' in pounds), that's 79.5 which is a nice milestone, getting out of the 80s (AGAIN).

Now I have to update my ticker, again. I know the mid 180s to the mid 170s so well, I'd be invisible if I'd lost and kept off those 10 pounds.

haha Ana does that make you biweighable...(like bilingual)? More talented than me! haha

Hehe, peach, that's funny. I guess! It's actually pretty handy when you get bored of seeing the same numbers, I switch to a different setting on the scale. I'm using kilos at the moment and converting them to post here because seeing 180s was driving me nutso. Stone though, I can't work that one out at all.

Day one of the challenge was BAD BAD BAD. my mom was put on a ventilator this morning and brought to a hospital 75miles from home. I'm going to stay with her as long as I can. I drank too much coffee and by the time everything was settled enough, the hospital cafe was closed. Ugh. I wound up finding a Chipotle. I've never eaten there before but I got a burrito bowl with chicken, lettuce, cheese, green salsa, and a little guacamole. It was sooo spicy I could only eat like half. Tomorrow I will find better food. I know the cafe has a la carte bacon and eggs :-)

My mom is septic. Some kind of infection that they haven't figured out yet. Probably pneumonia. Her BP is unstable (way too low). Hopefully tomorrow we'll get more answers.

Sizz, I'm so sorry, best wishes to your mum. I hope she gets better soon.

I loooooove Chipoltle, it's one of the things I look forward to when I visit the states. If you have to eat there again, just have the fresh salsa,I personally don't like any of the hot ones. You've got yourself a really fresh, low carb meal. You did great not having the rice! (I also loooooove the lime cilantro rice, sigh)

And you did better than me, I had nachos for petes sake. The cheese sauce on them was really gross, that's a lesson learned. I'm eating higher carb this week because I have a GTT on Saturday.

Oh Sizz - are you making the trip everyday or are you staying in a hotel? Just make the best choices you can - the Chipotle meal sounds good maybe see if there is a less spicy option .. Sending healing thoughs for your mom ..

I know I set a lb goal but I've realized that in my mind my goal is to be out of the 2's and into the 1's. There is a slight possibility I could make it but my goal will still be my original number one with the hopes of and changing to it if I meet the original goal before the 4th

Gina:hug: about your Mom. It sounds as you did well, under the circumstances. Are you sleeping at the hospital? That is rough. Take care of yourself and Mom.

Thanks y'all.. for now I'm staying with her in the hospital. At least until I have more info about what's wrong with her. She was in here back in January on a ventilator for 5 days and without for 3 more days, but then we did know she had pneumonia and her carbon dioxide level was through the roof. This time started out with a severe headache. Its just scary. She's so young (only 52) to have all this happening.

Sizz I hope your mom gets better :hug: try and do what you can as far as staying on-plan but most importantly I'm sure you are worried about your mom..

gapeach, TOM is definitely playing tricks on you.. been on that ride before :lol: my weight would go and down 2 pounds then after 5 days after TOM I had lost 5 pounds which means the 2 that I gained from TOM and additional 3 pounds..

rho I understand about setting realistic goals or goals you know that you can reach. sometimes we put a lot of pressure on ourselves..

I'm happy to see this thread moving along..everyone keep on going :carrot::D

Gina, that definitely is hard! Hope she gets better soon and best of luck on dieting while going through this!

My goal for July 1st is to be in the 160's. I've decided to call this my Canada Day challenge, haha.

The good news is that shouldn't be too hard since this morning I weighed in at 174.8! Whoo hoo for new lows :) TOM was insane this month and is still kinda here but dwindling away.

Ste it must the change of the seasons or something as TOM gave me **** this month as well :(

Hey!! I'd love to join your challenge! I haven't been on atkins in YEARS... I think probably like 7+ yrs ago and it was the only thing that ever really worked for me, but I stalled out and stopped and now I weigh way more.. it's tough because I'm a pescatarian, but I know that my body does not get along with carbs at all...and this has to be a lifestyle change for me not just a weight loss mechanism.... That being said, I'm going to shoot for 20 lbs by July 4... I just started induction today, so I think it's reasonable, considering a lot of water weight that I'll probably be getting rid of!

I look forward to getting to know you all!!

Welcome SDN! :)

Steph, would you mind posting an average day's meals for us? I am super impressed at your losses and your numbers are most similar to mine.

Gina, sorry to hear about your mom, will be keeping you both in my thoughts!

Globe, glad to see you posting, I saw the news yesterday about the earthquakes and was hoping it didn't affect you!

Haha Stephanie on the Canada day...but you do have the 4th there too...as well as the 5th, 6th, 7th...etc-lol

Welcome Slimmer!

Rho- no matter the goal, as long as the scale is going down its in the right direction, every ounce is progress!

Okay, so I had a drop this morning, I am being cautious about it though since I have been up and down all over the place the last two weeks. It was my lowest yet though so I really hope it holds, if it does I'll post it tomorrow. Still the TOM issue though, now I am starting to get a little concerned because it is a good bit later than normal (not preggers!) I wonder if the change of diet could cause that? Oh well, will wait another week or so before I totally panic and call the doctor! I did workout tonight even though I really didn't want to because I had a long day at work. At first I planned on a really quick one but ended up going for 30 minutes so I am proud of that!

Everyone have a great night!