Aww thank you so much Mary!!! you're so sweet, such a lovely thing to say

wow that's awesome you thinking about going back to studying!!!
you can do it! its never too late for anything

Jillian Michaels says- 2 things are needed to accomplish something.

1) you have to think its worth it. (if i said, run for 1 hour on this threadmill for 1 hour you would wake up 100lbs lighter would you do it? if yes, than its worth it.
2. you have to believe in yourself that you CAN do it. and ignore all those demons and doubts, people telling you , you cant. its just a wrong and skewed perception of yourself, that is simply NOT true!

adapted from Jillian Michaels podcast

Sorry guys--I'm up another 1.5 lbs!! I don't know what the DEAL IS!!! I have been on plan all week and exercising. The only thing I can think is I changed my workouts so maybe that has something to do with it, but 1.5 lbs worth of something to do with it??? Give me a break. Oh well. Maybe all this is adding up to be a great big loss next week. I need it.

It saddens me that I posted that I was and still AM STRUGGLING, and not 1 person on this team seemed to notice or care. I feel invisible...again...which I one of the reasons I quit doing these challenges in the first place. Here we go again eh? I really try to post and be supportive of everyone, even the peeps who I KNOW aren't crazy about me (and that's putting it nicely). I guess you're all saying, oh there she goes, Diva, living up to her name. But yanno, I deserve support just as much as anyone else.

Anyway, I hope everyone does well and meets there goals. I really mean that. It makes me happy to see people loss weight and reach their goals. it inspires me and gives me hope that it can be done. I doubt I'll be around much. I have to find support someplace and I guess this isn't it. Which makes me sad because I really like 3FC's and these BL Challenges. Owell...

I'm sorry you're stuggling. My 3FC time has been really limited lately by overtime and being sick, and I haven't been able to be very supportive. So what can we do to help you? If you need someone to listen, I can do that. If you're like some and prefer to be Jillian'd (aka motivation by snark and screaming), umm...I can find someone to do that too. And if you just need a hug, I got plenty of those. (but you might want to sanitize afterwards, I'm still contagious)

wow a PhD in economics! way cool!! that is so awesome when you love your job! i think thats the best thing in life.

next - i will probably go into research. but might try a different field. just to try something different. i am REALLY interested in weight loss and the science behind it. i'm a real junkie when it comes to anything related to weight loss.
so maybe something in that line. who knows! hehe

aww i can imagine it will be a great feeling. im not sure when it will be, sometime next year i reckon.

thanks again econ nerd!

omg i am sooooo sorry I totally missed this message!! i didnt see i!!! sorry my bad

yah i was studying really hard for my exam which was on monday. major stress. and then the rest of the week just been celebrating and relaxing, and not been on the computer much. been trying to catch up on all emails and stuff on 3fat chicks. i'm really sorry i really didnt see this message. as i quickly just scanned the page and saw that we won and just went on about that! you know me! i would never purposely ignore a message that is directly asking me a question. just an oversight.

sorry to hear that you're experiencing a gain. it might just be water retention from all the hard exercise you've been doing. its important to rest for 2 days.

so good that you rested.

that article looks really interesting! will definately have to check it out when i come back on sunday. i'm really late for my party, have to take a shower. so cant read it right now. but definately will.

hope you're feeling better. and sorry again for not replying to your message

EDIT

i just printed out the article and will read it on the train. its AWESOME!! thanks for that!!

I was up a ~little~ bit this week. Probably due to TOM - if I have an excuse . I haven't really been going to the gym to lift weights this week. My motivation is lost for that... so I need a good butt KICK from you chickies . I have been keeping up with my Bikram Yoga and running so at least I'm still doing exercise. I just need my weights back into my life!

Diva~ I use 3FC for several reasons. The first being accountability. If I have to be accountable to others (and therefore myself), then it motivates me to keep going. I also use this site as a bit of a venting frustration place. If I'm frustrated with myself and post it, it lets me go on with my day. This is why I don't always respond to every persons posts. I figured a lot of other people vent here too and aren't necessarily looking for advice or whatever.

I don't know you as well as others might, but if you need an extra shove, I can try to help with that. However, asking for help and motivation is different than assuming someone will know you need it. I've learned that being direct and honest will get you a lot further when you need something.

So that said, I'm sorry your having a rough time. I'm up a bit this week too, so I can understand the frustration there. Most likely your gain is exercise related. I believe your muscles will hold more water when you've been working out harder. Try to get back OP and slow the workouts down a bit, your body probably needs to recover a bit. Slow and steady wins the race.

BigSexy - I feel your pain on the gain (ooh, I rhymed, lol) I was down to 177.2, now this morning it said 179.4. Let's just hope it's water retention and it will go bye-bye before weigh in. I've been OP and working out, so not sure what the deal is.

I'll be the first to admit I hop in here for accountability and to see myself type something (to me saying it out loud). Saying it to a bunch of strangers does it enough for me. I do read posts/stories and I think "how can this help me? What can I learn from this?"

So for me, my membership here is a very selfish one... I'm admitting that. I don't expect pats on the back, advice UNLESS I ask for it, nor acknowledgement. Maybe I should? And in that case, maybe I should give more of it in return.

That said, I really appreciate when someone does reply to me or note something I said, makes me feel warm and tingly and appreciated, so if I can evoke that feeling in someone else, I should be doing it too!

Roni, I have also been struggling. But, you and I have known each other for a while. You know how I think and operate. I'm not one for hugs and commiseration. At this point, we all know what we have to do to lose weight and it's up to each of us to make the decision to just do it. Personally, I respond best to a good a$$ kicking, but I've learned that this is not true for everyone. So, I keep silent. But, if you give me specifics on what you're struggling with, I can offer whatever advice I have because, as you also know, I am very opionated. I am sorry that you're struggling and I do care, but tell me specifically what I can do to help you and I'll do it. What areas are you struggling with? I'm sure that our team has tons of knowledge and wisdom to share with each other.

Team, I feel badly because I can't be as interactive as I've been on previous challenges and I've not been able to really get to know everyone as well as I'd like and allow you to get to know me.. But, my work load has been heavy and is starting to get even heaver as we are entering our peak time in my department. I'll soon be working 12-14 hour days. But, I will continue to come here each day and share how I'm doing. On that note....today is onplan day #5 for me.

Have a great on-plan day.

I feel this way too. I would love to hear more of your story Happening. I've been thinking about revising my goal to 115, so our loss amount would be similar. How long have you been at it and what are you doing? You look fabulous in your pic, btw.

Well Diva and you (Echo) were so gracious last week to come over to the Red Team thread to congratulate us; I wanted to do the same for your win. Because in the end, we are all winners for taking back our lives and health. Congrats on your PhD, I know how hard you must have worked for that.

Diva, hang in there we all struggle, no matter what team we are on, so don't give up.