blah...I feel the same way to Sue. I just pick myself up and brush myself off.

173 today....no anywhere near by goal of 159 but closer than I was 2 months ago. I will be in the 160's by the end of the month.....

Well... I am rooting you on Smith! Whatching that ticker move to the 160's! ( Oh my dream!!!) :) You have a cheerleader here!! Go Go GO Go GO Go go lololol

good night for beer....

I'm in!
Sw. 187
Cw. 181
Goal. 168

Happy Friday!!!! Vacation starts at 5pm tonight!!! Holding at 187 but I think I am going to see progress again. My 16w Just My Size Walmart Jeans are getting very loose in the legs and butt however my apple waist as usual is the last hold out!!!! Walking is easier than ever with almost 40 pounds off!! Challenge for the week - family get together where my sister-in-law only wants to serve pizza and beer. She declined my offer to bring salad!!! Yikes!! I asked my husband if we could barbecue some chicken before we even leave the house so I can have a nice meal before the party as pizza is not a choice for me!!

LuLu, my favorite is beer, but that is just brutal! I like the idea of eating first and saying, I would love to eat pizza but I'm soo full but thanks! Good luck and enjoy your vacation and if worse comes to worse, you can eat the topping of the pizza.:)

Boo! I would bring the salad regardless!

I didn't remember if I joined this! haha I guess I did!
Down 7lbs! 5 more to go for my mini goal!!

Lulu - enjoy your vacation!!! :)

this yo-yo is driving me nuts!!! Treadmill is suppose to be delivered tomorrow so hopefully I can get my cardio into shape, that is what i really need!

172.5....again!! 13.5 from goal : (

simply....congrates on the 7 pounds!!! That's awesome....

;lulu....have fun on your vacation!! Yea, eat or bring something you can eat....or just have fun and enjoy!

Smith- You will get there! Is there something you can look at and pinpoint whats going on?

I think it's the fake sugar....I was eating quite a bit with the low carb ice cream, dt pop, dt jello, dt juice paired with my vodka. I started drinking beer and eating meat and veggies and cutting out the fake sugar and I'm down a few pounds this week....

My doc really liked my weight loss!!! Almost time to hit her up for med decrease....

SW 254
CW 246 Finally can say 60 lbs off... gosh.. this is taking so long (but I am going to have my thyroid checked out as it is (right side) really swollen
GW 239
RGW 244

I just might make my RGW just might or WILL! lol

smith... I hope you had a downward movement today?! 171???

Simply... I am so sorry if I had not answered your question about the beer diet... IANG (one of our wonderful posters in the 5 lbs off area - not doing Atkins however) eats breakfast and lunch and just has beer for dinner (NO FOOD)... Its a god send when you have a stall as it flushes the water out of you and as long as you do not eat... it works.... I just try it 1 night a week to get rid of the add on water weight... or if I have had enough. It does work... (He likes HOPPY Beers)... But this is not part of Atkins.. so I can't recomend it... I just had gotten to my last straw (but now I might have a physical reason for my stalls... will find out in the future when I get my Thyroid checked).. :)

Smith...... Fake sugar does affect us. See what happens when you cut back alittle :)

Sue....:carrot: yea 60 pounds gone and forever!!! What a feat!!! You must be beaming!! I've been on thyroid meds for 15 years, some say it's harder even with meds to lose. Maybe I don't notice since I've been on them for so long.

ok sue it worked....171 this morning

My treadmill delivered yesterday but I had a few beers with the football game so I just played with it, today I've got to get busy with a test run. I may have to start with the c25k program.

I can jog 3 miles!!! I was so intensely worried I couldn't manage a single mile and I busted out 3 miles!! I am so happy, excited, shocked....unbelievable!!

I'd say that that was an NSV!!!! :woohoo:

We surprise ourselves sometimes don't we? BEAMING for you Smith! Scale and your strength! :)

Smith!!! Yay!!!! How did you feel???? That's incredible:)

Thanks :) Hmm I have a few Amstel lights in the fridge lol

I hope you find the reason for your stalls!

Thank you Simply.. ME too (Finding a reason for my stalls and My Thyroid swelling)... and my hair loss and no eye brows and and and LOLOLOL

Hope everyone has a wonderful day... I am back up to 248... but that was cause I had a teaspoon of Iodized salt to see if that would settle my thyroid (I have not had salt On my food (its in all food.. just not iodized) since last fall... so that might be a reason my thyroid is Not Happy) and of course I just felt the water getting soaked up... I did not pee for 12 hours after I ate that salt... SO WILD! LOL

wasn't really watching closely what I ate and ate a little more than I should have, back up today.....172.5

simply...I was totally amazing yesterday with the treadmill, the muscle that run through the front of my hips are sore, that's it!! I kept telling dh 'guess what?"

sue...hope you can get to the doc soon to figure it all out!

I hope lulu is having fun on her vacation!!

Yeah back down to 246.5 Up 2 lbs down 1.5 lbs in 2 days.. Strange Life!

Thank you Smith and I am hoping that your scale is treating you nicer today!

I do have a Doctors apt on Friday... instead of my thyroid.. they are thinking its my Caritod artery/gland? Wierd... I just hope whatever it is... that its not a major item and anything to worry about...

Have a wonderful day all!

I'd have them check the thyroid too!

I'm up to 173, I've been putting some miles on the treadmill so I'm hoping its all muscle. Either that or beer, but it's the miller 64, low carb/cal beer. I added another day to my work week too. I'm such a sucker!

Well I am back to feeling normal in my neck area after 11 days (well 95%)... so going to cancel the drs apt tomorrow.. but I do have a general apt in September... If this flairs up again.. going to the local Medical clinic asap....

Well I am in my whoosh week FINALLY.. down to 245.. but going out to Bonefish Grill tonight.. gnash teeth as I love the Coconut Shrimp argh... well salad it is... maybe I can get them to just grill shrimp (not on menu).. but get to see some of my Beading/Jewelry making friends I have not seen in 2 months.. :)

Have a wonderful day everyone!!! :)

Sue...yea, swoosh time!! Glad to hear your neck is doing better, hopefully just a passing thing. Have fun tonight, the shrimp sound very good!! I'm sure they can throw some on the grill, but then again, you only live once. Have a great time!

I'm just bouncing along....172 today, running scheduled for tonight

I had some bud light 55 earlier this week and it has only 1.5 carbs each and I ate dinner and still lost 3 pounds this week! I hope it wasn't all water!

Oh loved the Coconut Shrimp last night (Only 2 carbs per Horrraayyy) tasty... and was hard to watch everyone else eat the bread, Crab cakes, Fish tacos... but that is ok...ALL that stuff is there if I want it tomorrow! just gotta remind myself that!

SO... Down another lb! yeah 244 now... Closer to 230's than the 250's I feel better... Now 2-3 more lbs so that I can have lost 6 for the month would be WONDERFUL!

Miller 64 tastes soo much better! Great job with the pound loss!!

Sue....great job at dinner and I can't believe the loss!! That is awesome....

down another .5 this morning, 171.5...12.5 pounds until I am not longer overweight and 21.5 until goal. I just have to look at the big picture!

Happy Saturday!!! Just checking in from my bittersweet staycation!!! Dropped my oldest off at college yesterday!! The past 3 weeks have been an emotional train wreck for me but I have stuck to plan as much as possible. Holding at 187 - so not going to get into the 170s for this challenge. I'm ok with that.....glad I have not gone backward. At the pizza/beer party at my sister-in-laws, I did not eat pizza or drink beer!!! Best wishes to everyone on downdowndown!!!

Oh Lulu... here you are dropping off your child as a child who will become an adult (college) and welcomed your sisters new baby earlier this summer. The wheel of life.... I send you hugs as I know it is hard for children to be away for a time to "grow" and learn.... I am sure you taught her well and she knows he is loved!

Smith... Me too... I am a Miller drinker :) LOL and Look at you!!!! so close to the 160's now.. YEAH.. I am glad that your roller coaster is on the down slide Yeah baby!

How is everyone doing? I hope hanging in there.... I would love to have you all join my Whoosh Train this week... Hop on board!!! :)

SW 254
CW 243.5 I had not checked... but I had made my R(eal) Goal Weight.. YEAH... gonna try to get as close to the UGW (239) as I can... still in my whoosh week... I think I should have at least 2 more lbs to lose (pray for 3) before it stops YEAH!!!

GW 239
RGW 244

Happy Sunday!!!! It's my 28th wedding anniversary this morning!! We are going out to breakfast at a local diner and that makes it easy to do Atkins!! Steak at home for dinner tonight!

Ok so my non-scale victory...... I can shop the regular sizes now. While I was taking my daughter back to school shopping, I got busy trying on clothes just to see where I was and I don't need the "woman's" sizes anymore! Regular 18 or 16. I tried on clothes at Kohl's and Old Navy!!! It was exhilarating to say the least. I read an article that mentioned losing 10 percent of your weight and then if you need to lose more re-start your weight loss. So I am making a recommitment to lose the next 27 pounds!! Wannaskipandlaugh I saw your Christmas challenge and it inspired me too!! You will be entering Onederland for the new year!!!!

SW 254
CW 243 Oh I am getting closerrrrrrrrrrr YEAH!!!

GW 239
RGW 244

Sue you are doing fantastic!!!

Lulu...congrates on your NSV!!

Down again.....soooo close to the 160s.....170.5 this morning!!! I did manage a big steak last night with cheese/broccoli and a few beers with the depressing football game.

Holding at 187...I started using myfitnesspal yesterday to track my carbs and calories....what a reality check for me!!! I like how it tells me where I could be in five weeks if I ate consistently!!! Happy Monday!!

that could be very scary Lulu....hopefully it works for you!!

:Dstarting Ripped In 30 for the month of Sept, anyone with me?

Hi Smith - I had to google and found the video on Amazon. I'm up for the challenge. I have been consistently walking 50 minutes a day - a 2 and 1/2 mile loop and know that I need to start something for when winter comes. I completely wiped out in my own driveway last year and can't afford to do that again! So an indoor workout sounds awesome! I'm sure my own little Jillian will be up for the challenge too but she will probably level up before I can even master the first level!! Holding at 187 but I feel like I am going to see a change this week. Loving tracking food and exercise on myfitnesspal - keeping me true to portions and calories - wish there was more of an Atkins "calculator" because there is no way I could eat all the carbs they allow me and still lose weight!!

Back up to 244 :( Oh well....

Lulu... I hope that myfitness pal works! woohoo wouldn't it be good if that weight came true! and you and SMITH doing the Jillian ripped in 30!.. Just think how the 2 of you are going to feel!...

I have to take care of my parents house and pets for 2 1/2 weeks and don't get home until 8:00.. eat dinner, then try walking inside the house for at least 1 mile and then bed... CANNOT Wait for this holiday weekend! YAH!!!

lulu....yea!! I've played around with it a few times, you will sweat! I wasn't sore afterwards.

sue....can't you bring them over to you?

I need to get moving here....20 more to go! I know I've been sneaking things more than I should, pumpkin pie I am quite sure is not Atkins friendly and probably not spicy Doritos. I am hoping to get it all off for Christmas so I can enjoy December. Makes no sense, I know.

up again but no real surprise......171.5

Yahoo!!!! 186 this morning!!!! 1 more pound and I'll be at 40 ponds off!!! Happy Wednesday!!! Traveling the rest of the week so I can't weigh until Saturday! Wishing everyone downdowndown!!!!

My little Jillian agreed to do the DVD with me!!! So happy!!!

Good Morning from Austin TX!!!! Waiting for the sun to come up so I can go walking!!! Ate on plan and walked yesterday!!!!

Non-scale victory: there was actually a lot of seatbelt left over when I buckled myself in on the airplane yesterday morning!!! I have to admit it was a great feeling!!!!!