almost to mini goal for Easter!!
 

I can't believe it!!! It has been so long since I was this close to making a weight loss goal! A LONG WAY TO GO for the big picture...but getting there slowly but surely!!!!!
Hope everyone else is doing well also!!!

Teresa

lost another pound

only ONE more until goal

:carrot:

ok here's my plan for the rest of the week -- i'm going to be really, really good wednesday and thursday and then weigh-in friday morning. i hope that i see 140 again. that's what im hopin for! ;-) I bet if I keep my calories super low the next two day, it will average out to 1200 and i will see a drop. (I purposely pigged out somewhat on sunday so that i could calorie cycle this week)

:woohoo: I made it past my easter goal by 1 pound I weighed in at 134 today

I had a pretty bad week last week, but I am determined to get as close as possible to my goal. It's going to be a good week!

im still up in weight since 3 weeks ago... im going to try my hardest to make this goal!!!!

Made it!!!! 138.4 this morning!

ON TO MOTHER's DAY!!!!

WTG ennay!!!

I weighed in this morning at 140.5 and am going to try, try, try this week to be extra good. Don't know if I'll make the goal, but hope to get really close (goal is 136).

Great Job to those of you who have made goal!

Allison -- you are I are *so* in the same boat. We're both 5'8" and I weighed in at 140.6 this morning. I think it's a lot harder since we are close to goal - aarrggghhh!!!! What I would give to see a nice 2lb ***whoooooshhhh*** off the scale...

Keep up the GREAT work!!!!
 

PS. 138 lbs is my Easter goal... 5 days to go! :o

I suppose it will be lots of salads and sushi for the next few days :chef: to try to de-tox my body and drop 2 more lbs! :chin: I'll have to be extra-careful and meticulous with the calorie numbers, since I've been pretty carefree with measurements, etc. in the recent past... :p

Ladies :hug: Keep up the GREAT work! :cp: We've got five (5) days until GOAL DAY! How is everyone doing? How many more pounds do you all have to go? Best of luck! :flow1: Happy counting! :hat:

:grouphug: YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!! :yes:

My Easter Goal was to reach 166lbs...I didn't think I could do it the last couple weeks I hit a plateau...This morning the scales briefly showed me 167!! So maybe JUST MAYBE Sunday morning I can briefly hit 166....

I'm holding steady at 140.5 which is a whole lot better than last week! Although I doubt I'll see my goal of 136, 138 is certainly do-able!

Arrrrgggghhhh
 

Hello again , havent posted for awhile .So here goes.

My easter goal is 199 ,as of saturday i was 204( was very excited) but this morning i am back at 207. I know i have slacked off with writing everthing down. I suppose this is my problem with e very diet i have tried, i start off very good then it slide. This is the biggest weight loss for me so far though.
(8lbs ) As the weight gain has just been a slow and steady creep (basically since getting married) why is that????
Anyways tuesday,back on track .....here goes nothing 199.

Any tips/opinions etc all greatly appreciated.
Good luck to all of you on you easter goals!!!!!!!!!!!

Firast of all you didn't gain 3 pounds over night. It is probably water retention if you do not drink enough water your bady will hold on to it. So try to get 2 liters everyday (i usually don'y but i TRY ;) )

As for losing weight you have lost 11 pounds so far that is nothing to frown at. i know it can get very discouraging but if we keep at it we can do it. I have been at this a little over 1 year and I still get VERY frustratted at times

And the hubby thibg I think we try to keep up with them wich equals weight gain for us with all the cals they consume. I know I started snacking more at night> I always snacked at night but but instead of a small bowl of chips we would share a BIG bag and so on.

I'm kind of excited! I weighed in at 139 this morning, but refuse to change my ticker until it stays there for another day or two. Perhaps I'll be close for my Easter challenge. If not,

Originally Posted by :
Originally Posted by JayEll
So, if you miss your Easter goal, so what? It's not like you're going to get a B in weight loss when you really really wanted and deserve an A. Avoid the cycle of setting up a goal and then being disappointed. The goal is just to get you going in the right direction, not to punish you!

(I can't remember where Jay posted this originally, but I really like what it says. It'll be good for those of us who don't quite make our Easter goal.)

im afraid to weigh in until sunday :-) if i see 139 i will be VERY happy (even though goal is 138) ;-) heck i'll even be happy with 140.0 even :-)

Awesome, ennay! You've lost so much.

As some of you may have seen (on the thread I started in this forum), this week has not been so great for me. Don't think I will be reaching my ultimate goal weight for Easter. :(

BUT...the good news is that today was a great day, I got right back on plan and I feel a lot better about myself. It may take me a little longer, but I WILL get there.

As of this morning, I am 138.5!! Putting my ticker at 139, though. Won't move it down unless the weight stays steady or goes down. No way will I make my goal (136) but I am so happy to be under 140!

alinnell~ Could it be u have finally broke the 140 mark :broc:

This morning I was at 133 and it is also TOm time but I will see what the scale says this weekend after eating cake for my girls bday this weekend. Oh and frozen yogurt and ham......need I continue.lol

Well, I am 144 as of this morning.

I was 140.6 a few days ago.... major water retention. I just feel like not eating for 2 days just so that I can maybe see 139... I know that sounds crazy but I am feeling bad that I slacked off so much in the past few weeks. I mean, I actually ate french fries and ice cream yesterday! What was I thinking... :?:

OK - it's not the end of the world. I've got 2 days to prove to myself that I can stay on track. Whatever happens, happens. If I see goal, then wonderful. If i don't, then at least I will know that for the last 2 days of the challenge I was discliplined enough to try to make a change.

We'll see what happens Sunday morning.

OK here is my plan. I am restricting my calories for the last two days of the challenge (Friday and Saturday) I am going to drink plenty of tea and water to get rid of the water retention and eat few calories to calorie-cycle myself back into a 1300 average for the week. Then I'll step on the scale Easter Sunday morning and see what the results are! Either way I won't be disaspointed *IF* I stick to my de-tox/few-calorie/plan regimine for today and tomorrow.

Good luck to everyone! Make these last few days count!

lots of non-fat yogurt, non-fat cottage cheese, herbal tea, english muffins w/ lite butter, and salads for today and tomorrow... :-)

My Easter Goal was to hit 190. I changed that mid way and decided that I wanted to get to 188.5 because that was closer to my end of April goal. I did get to my 190 which was my original (and probably wiser) goal. I am considering my Easter goal a success. Who knows I may be down 1.5 by Sunday yet, but I guess if I do that will just be considered gravy. Having halibut for supper. My meals are all planned for tomorrow since I am going out before the hockey game I preplanned the whole day. I even accounted for a couple lite beer just in case. I Need to get on the water for today.

I was good Friday
 

OK I did well today... stuck to my plan of no junk food. The most high-calorie thing I had today was the ranch dressing I ate with my salad. YAY. OK... one more day till Easter Goal. If I can be extra good tomorrow, I shall see what the scale says Sunday morning. I know Easter is just another day, but I want to see what happens if I stick to this to try to get the water retention off... that reminds me -- better go drink some more water & tea! Good luck to all. :hug:

Wow! I guess not only did I make my original goal of 190. I made my revised goal of 188.5. I actually passed it by one half and tomorrow is the end of the challenge. I will definetly stay on track today! Next Goal is to get to 182.5 by April 30. If I can do that, I will have lost half of my total weight goal.

WTG Nicker!!!!! That's awesome!

For me, down another half pound this morning to 138. No way I'll make my goal of 136, but it feels SO GOOD to be on my way once again!

Alinnell - Wow you are so close to your goal. I know how frustrating it is when the scale stalls on you. Congratulations on getting to this point. You should be truly proud!

Originally Posted by Nicker:
Alinnell - Wow you are so close to your goal. I know how frustrating it is when the scale stalls on you. Congratulations on getting to this point. You should be truly proud!

Thanks, Nicker! I was actually lower than this in November, but those darn holidays messed me up! It's taken me since Christmas to get back on track and really lose. It is a long haul, but I'm up for it now! Nothing more motivating than seeing the scale go DOWN!!

Is every one posting their finale weight tomorrow. I will weight myself to see if I am down 10 133 again that would be 2 pounds past goal.

YES - everybody please post your final weights TOMORROW!!!! Thanks.

Originally Posted by Justme33:
I'm in for 10lbs...I am so excited today I finally broke into the 170's and my sz 12P levis fit PERFECTLY!!! I've been wearing pants 2 sizes too big for the past month!! Today 178 BY Easter I'm hoping for 166...thats pretty close to what I was before I quit smoking!! :carrot:

THIS was my goal...and this morning I weighed in at 166.4 :carrot: close enough dont you think???? 2 more lbs and I will be where I was before I quit smoking!!! Anything below that will be the lowest since having children!!!

When I posted my goal my 12P levis fit perfectly....yesterday I was out wearing a pair of sz 10 gap jeans!! Perfect fit!! didn't have to squeeze into them at all!!

Originally Posted by alinnell:
I'm up for the challenge....let's see April 8th.....6 pounds will be my goal.

That will put me at 136 (where I was at Thanksgiving!).

This was my goal, but I came up a tad bit short. 138. I'm NOT complaining though!!!

Happy Easter!:bunny2:

Made it!!!
 

My goal was to be at 138 lbs (a 7-lb loss) :cb:

I just weighed in at 138.2!!!!! Whooohoooo!!!!! :carrot:

Yay! :cp: :hat: :dance: :hyper:

I didn't make my goal. I did lose 7 pounds though. I can't complain about that.

How did everyone else do? Ladies -- feel free to share your stories... even if you didn't make goal, you still were successful, for you are on your way! April 8th is just another day in the rest of your (healthier) life! Keep up the GREAT work!!!

Didn't quite make goal -- one pound away.

Lost 5 lbs., though, so can't complain.

Nice job ladies with your results!! Any loss is a GOOD one.

:carrot:

Scale said 188.4 this morning up a touch from yesterday but still made the Easter goal of 188.5. Cut it close there!

Congrats to all of you. Whether you made your goal or not I know you all tried really hard. :hug:

I made my goal and passed it by 1 pound I am 134. sorry I didn't get to post yesterday It was my my kids bday party so we had to straighten up and all that lovely stuff.


Easter goal 135 weigh in at 134.