Thanks Nella for the mention, exercising has been good, but the diet, not so much. I need structure so I am finding out, so I might have to do another challenge and just not place too much emphasis on how much I lose this time.

Diva - we have Charter here too, it's our only option and they SUCK!!! Our internet goes out all the time for no reason, and they are impossible to deal with for customer service. Glad to hear the move is almost over!!

Quick check in to say that the scale is moving again for me! Down a bit this morning. Hoping for a good weigh in on Monday!

Ah, we are a brave little blue army left to fight the red side. :D I guess we'd all better do our best this coming week as there will be no redemption weeks left for us. I lost another 2 pounds when I weighed in this morning. I was really happy when I stepped on the scales. This is my lowest weight in years and years--maybe since I before I was married. Can't wait til my new dress pants fit well enough to wear.

WTG, Nella. Our starting weight and goal weight are almost the same. You are doing really well since August. 25 pounds is tremendous.

Must go watch a movie with the kids. Catch you later.

Aww thanks Nella!! :hug: it was a fun night! and managed not to gorge on chocolates and crisps .which normally i would have!

lol that is so cute about your kitten and cats knocking them off, aww bless.

wow moving tommorow, big day!!! i bet your so excited!! good luck hope it goes okay!!

awww Diva, thank you so much!!! that's so sweet of you to say!! I really appreciate it ! :hug::hug::hug:
hehe yep! aww sorry to hear that, moving is a very stressful time! :hug: vent away my friend! better out than in! writing about it is actually thereapeutic!!hope you're not gonna be offline for too long!! looking forward to having you back when you're all set up! best of luck!!

that sounds like the perfect night! you should definately rest up! after a flu shot :beach:

thanks Angela!! hehe awesome!!

shame about you missing the volleyball matche. but thats awesome they won![/QUOTE]
Thanks isabella!!! :) you were right! we ended up going to sleep at 4am!

LOL!! yah Mercy - that was funny too! hehehe yah she does it comes out more during her podcasts!

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thanks Angela for the update on the remaining members of the blue and red team! thats still an impressive number on both sides!!

that's so awesome Nella well done!! :congrat: :congrat: good luck on monday :goodscale:

LOL!! that's so cute!! :D
thats soooo awesome Isabella!!! :celebrate: way to go! :congrat: you've been rockin this challenge! .[/QUOTE]
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update from me! i finally got around to do some of the POP challenges (revisited) it was good to see that i was able to beat my own record for some of them ! :)

i'm keeping the pop challenge OPEN (no deadline) until our last weigh in for this challenge. so you still have time- if you want to see if you can beat your own score.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/bigg...ml#post3035616

Thanks Mary and Echo, I'm hoping to get some taste back soon. If I don't though, I'm trying to be thankful I'm healing well from it and that I'll probably never have to go into the hospital again with tonsilliitis! As far as not being able to taste sweets and most other foods, sour pickles are the closest thing to normal as I can find, I'm trying to accept that I may never be able to taste normally again. It's weird, really weird to try to get used to that when I have always thought of my holidays, etc in a sense of what food will be there. I'm such a dork! LOL! :sumo:

I find myself not feeling afraid of losing all this weight now though. Now that's strange because I know I told you all how I panic when I get right under 200? Like fear of succeeding, fear of getting so much attention because I do get it and it's uncomfortable, esp if it's someone who is pushing boundries, fear of what my life may hold when I'm at normal weight, etc. Just alot of unknowns when you've never ever been a normal weight.

So here goes and I sure hope you all can help keep me motivated to keep losing during this next challenge. Wouldn't it be neat if I hit a final goal weight in the year 2010? I've been overweight since 1978 when I was 5. I turn 36 next week. That's a long time. I think my final goal weight is 155. When I hit that, I will have lost 122 lbs. So almost half of me. I know that'll feel good!! I feel so much better than I did at 277. I can't imagine being 155. We'll just hafta see how it goes. I love that I have this place to come to though. You guys are great!!! :hug:

Gotta go to bed now, hugs to you all, Selina :hug:

All the best Selina! you can do it!! we can all do it together with each other support :)

you're so brave and calm about the whole taste bud issue, i know if it was me, i would be constantly stressing and worried. but hopefully it will come back :hug:

i know what you mean about being afraid. i feel like that sometimes, being afraid of the unknown.

we're gonna be here for you Selina! for every step of the way, for every pound. you can do it!!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

that sounds like a great idea Angela! i CANNOT wait to hear what you have in store for us!!!!

i'm also looking forward to the bridge the gap challenge and the winter challenge in jan!! :) woohoo

for the bridge the gap challenge. will you be announcing the first weigh in date, after the fall challenge is done ? and details of where we sign up for the bridge the gap challenge

Thanks Angela!! that sounds great! :)

Morning Blue Team. Had a great weekend very busy lots of work and fun. Kept eating in check and the scale showed it yesterday morning!! I now need to lose 5 lbs this week to make my goal of 169 by vacation. I will post my weight on Sat 'cause we leave early Sunday morning. I plan to eat a cycle this week. 1200cals/1500/1200 etc. Hope it works.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Happy Monday!