Go FB! That's an amazing amount! You are doing so well!

So this morning, it looks like I finally broke through my mini plateau. I hit 149!!! 30 lbs gone!!!! Even if I don't hit my Mom's day goal I am happy as a clam:-). My final goal is 135 by July 14th, the week of my first 5K. That's about 1 1/2 lb per week. Doable... have a great week everyone.

Wow, there's a lot of milestones being hit in this thread!

60 lbs -- way to go FB!

30 lbs -- sumu1, congrats!

Blueyedlvgrl broke through her plateau -- I'm sure that's a relief...good on you for hangin' in there

Layri hit her 10 lbs! Layri, you will have to post a pix of the parasol...I'm very curious.

Me, I have nothing to report because, for the first time in weeks, I have managed to stay off the scales for a whole week! It might have something to do with not being so OP lately No matter what, I get on tomorrow AM for the TBL challenge, so no hiding, but it's all good.

A little correction to the Canuck history lesson: the first provinces (not the last) to join confederation did so in 1867. I gotta say, this genealogy trip is really improving my history knowledge. Maybe if they had personalized history a little more in HS, I would have remembered (or even paid attention!)

Thanks much girls!

Good job on the scale Daffy! I weigh in every morning. Breaking that habit would be harder than breaking the habit of sending my husband to Walgreen's for candy runs. Hope the WI tomorrow goes well.

Ya Layri- I'd like to see a pic of the parasol too. Your reward always piqued my curiosity.

You DO sound happy as a clam sumu! Congrats!

Sumu, congrats on breaking through your plateau! Good luck with your 5K! I ran my first 5K in March, and it was fun.

Daffy, good luck with your weigh-in today, and your TBL challenge.

My report: another pound bites the dust! 200.4 on the scale this morning, so 1.4 lbs to go on my Mother's Day goal! TOM showed up this week, and I keep expecting the scale to go up, but for some reason, it hasn't yet. Whatever, I'm not complaining!

Okay, the scale finally went up...dang! 2 lbs in a day, though, so I figure it's not fat weight, and I refuse to put it back on my ticker. Still eating like a perfect angel, and hoping my knee will let me get back to my exercise plan today...wish me luck! Where is everybody?

TA-DA!


Heya Cheryl! Hope your knee is feeling better. My knees have bothered me a few times before and it's the worst. Using my knees pain free is something I take for granted until they hurt.

I'd love to run a 5k. I can't wait until I can! When I walk my crazy dog we interval train together. It's lame but I base it on passing cars (fat girl doesn't like to be yelled at by passing cars) so I never know whether I have 15 seconds or 2 minutes to run. Highly effective and well regarded program I should look at that C25k, but I'm not good about programs or schedules.

That scale reading was a farce, totally not true. You'll be right back on track! That happened to me a week or so ago, even knowing it was just my cycle doesn't take away from the brief disappointment.

I've been busy- my son RE-fractured his arm! Can you believe it? 2 weeks after the cast came off.

FB, you did it! I'm so jealous of your bike!
(and, thanks for the support..I knew the scale was lying!) I like your "interval training" idea, too. On my road, though, I could be out there for 20 minutes, lol, unless it's rush hour, then it would be like 2 seconds, since everyone uses our country road as a speedway to get home.

Oh, FB, that bike is SO cool...way to go! I like your interval training idea...I may use it when I'm able to start running again.

Cheryl, have you read 'The Secret'? You will make it to Onederland...it WILL happen... Thanks for the TBL wishes...not sure I will stay in...I like focusing on losing, but not sure I'm motivated to 'lose as much as I possibly can in X weeks', and I don't want to drag the team down.

Well, Tuesday's weigh-in was still at 226 ...but, for the first time ever, I saw a 225.something yesterday! So now I refuse to weigh myself until Sunday morning. That weigh every day habit is h a r d to break, tho'

Hey thanks you two!

Daffy- I signed up for TBL challenge and then had second thoughts before it started, so I PM'd the person runs it to drop out. I worried that it wouldn't be positive for me. I'm sure it's great for other people, but personally I get too hung up on numbers. I could forsee myself getting disappointed over losses, any loss and I want this whole thing to be happy. I'm simple like that. You have to do what's best for you!

Congrats on seeing the new number- very exciting!

Jam- Do you live in a rural area? Country roads scare me to death! People drive crazy on them. I wouldn't be brave enough without a wide shoulder to walk/run on.

Ok, so I lied....I couldn't wait until tomorrow, and jumped on the scales this morning. It wavered between 225.0 and 225.2, but settled on 225.0! I made it, just barely!

In other news, I dropped out of the TBL challenge. It just wasn't for me. On to the Can-Am Nation Day Challenge! (or whatever it is called).

Congrats to everyone who made their goal weight loss and those (like me) who didn't make the full goal, but any loss is a victory!

I don't think I'll be making 199.0 by tomorrow, but I'm still happy with my weight loss this round, and I'm going to stick with this ONEderland goal before setting a new goal for the next challenge.

Switzie, we'll get it next time!

Layri, that is beautiful! What a great idea for an incentive!

Daffy, what is "the Secret"?

Don't toss those daily numbers yet, ladies! Here's a use for them, if you've been writing them down: add up your daily numbers for each week, divide by 7, then round to the nearest tenth of a pound. Compare your average weight week to week, and it smooths out the water weight fluctuations, to show your weight loss trend.

It is really inspiring, and a little more accurate, I think, than recording only one day a week. For example, if I looked at two weeks of daily weigh-ins stacked one on top of another, Monday might show I'd lost 5 lbs in a week, Tuesday might show no loss, Wednesday might show a gain of .5 lb, etc. Taking the average of all the days, then comparing weekly averages, it only shows the loss or whatever is going on, without all the spikes that come from TOM, or water weight gained after a hard workout, etc.

Just as a sample, here's my data from this challenge, showing average weights in pounds, with weight lost in parentheses:

Start 210.8
Wk 1 209.1 (-1.7)
Wk 2 208.2 (-0.9)
Wk 3 207.5 (-0.7)
Wk 4 206.6 (-0.9)
Wk 5 205.8 (-0.8)
Wk 6 205.8 (-0.0)
Wk 7 204.5 (-1.3)
Wk 8 201.9 (-2.6)
Total weight lost, using averages, for this challenge: 8.9 lbs

It puts my start and finish weights a little higher than what's on my ticker, because my ticker is recording the lowest weights I've seen, but as you can see, it shows the weight lost week to week, while smoothing out the water weight spikes, which I find inspiring and helpful. If you have your daily numbers, give this a try!

Layri, that parasol is beautiful...reminds me of a scene from Notting Hill

Cheryl, I never looked at daily weighing from that perspective; thanks. Further confirmation that weight loss is not a one size fits all endeavour, and folks should just keep trying different approaches until they find something that works for them.

'The Secret' is a book/video/ fad/trend/way of life, depending on your view. More details here, but essentially, the theory is that truly believing you will get what you want gets you what you want. Personally, I'm more of a 'no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should' type, but I did experience the premise of 'The Secret' working for me, in a big way, before I even had heard about it.

Happy Mother's Day to all...