Wendi, I hope your run goes well today!

Chele, congrats on your amazing weight loss, so far! That's extra impressive, considering all the travelling you've been doing. I'm jealous you're going to have a new baby in the family! What a blessing!

Where is everyone? Having fun, I hope!

Things are going well with me. I've stayed on plan for eating this week, done all my workouts, hit 192.8 this morning, and my weekly average (daily weights for the week added up then divided by seven) was a new low today: 193.4. I'm pretty happy with all of that, plus my new pants were falling down this morning, so I might be moving down a size soon!

Tomorrow is my free food day for BFL, but I'm not really craving anything. Maybe I'll just keep it OP? I'm not sure if having that free day actually helps with fat burning the rest of the week, or just makes it so I have to burn those cals off all over again.

Fun? Not exactly tons of fun here, just terribly busy with work. Bah!

Jammy, I think you're definitely in a new pants size, not 'might be moving down a size soon' . When your pants fall off that's a sure indication. So congrats! Get some new pants! Congrats on the new low average too!

I don't know much about the free day theory. BFL is a widely accepted plan and free days are a common thing among diets, you're probably safe.

No scale movement yet. So close, so very close, and I stall out. That's the life of a girl losing weight.... my biggest milestone yet, and I have to wait on the edge of my seat (rowing machine). I'll be there in no time, no time at all. Like tomorrow.

Hey everyone, just checking in, been busy with work. Still no scale movement, but staying on plan and doing my workouts. I need to find a place in my new town that has a fancy scale so I can see what I'm really losing cause this is getting incredibly irritating. I haven't dropped at all since Canada Day and I can't really measure accurately with the tape. Thanks yoyoma for the suggestion that possibly the new surface could be making the scale give a bad reading. I know I'm a slow loser, on avg. about 1/2 a pound a week, so I have to stay motivated despite seeing limited results anyway, but this is just so irritating. Oh well, hopefully it's just a scale problem and I will see results soon. Great job losing all that weight Chel65!

Hello fellow calorie counters. Weigh in this morning proved a happy time. Lost another 1.5 pounds towards the challenge: 7.5/10

Keep up the good work everyone. When I first started the Canada Day Challenge I took note of the weights that everyone was when they started and wow, there's quite a difference in most everyone's weight now. It seems slow at times but looking back I can see quite a difference.

Wow, you look awesome, FB! WTG on blasting by your Labor Day goal..woohoo! And one of these...

Isabella and Layri, congrats on another great week!

Sgirl, I'm in the same boat. Staying on plan, though!

Wow, FB what a difference. You look super good.

You look amazing, FB!

Cheryl - Congrats on losing your pants!

Just checking in - I'm 1 lb. away from meeting my Labor Day goal. I'm so tickled! Hopefully I'll be there when I weigh in next Friday...

Jaclyn, I haven't quite lost them, but I'm getting there! Great job on making this goal happen...almost there!

Great job Jaclyn!
Thanks everyone, for the congrats.

I'll get to work on our next challenge, which I assume will be Halloween. That, of course, will be up to our chairman of the board Jammy. I appointed her you know. Jammy- you're an awesome challenge leader!

I'm thinking another 15 would be great. It will probably be a close call, since I don't have much further to go in terms of weight loss, just about 30 pounds more. Thank goodness. Can I count the three I've lost in the meantime? That'd be cheating I guess!

Hey everyone! FB you look fantastic! As for me, still OP, Still no weight loss, BUT my husband and I were celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary last weekend and he took me out to a show and there was this old dress I got a few years back that just didn't fit right and I had to squeeze into and I looked like a sausage and I couldn't take it back. It was a black strapless gown...we were going to a fancy play so I thought I would try it and if it didn't fit, then oh well. IT FIT! It was even a little loose! AND I even got complimented!! So maybe I am losing fat afterall!
On a less happier note I am starting my new job and already I feel like I don't fit in. People are coming up to me and being passive aggressive regarding my age and graduation date which is frustrating and are jumping on every opportunity to make me feel incompetent about any mistake I make, no matter how petty! Hopefully tomorrow, my 3rd day will be better and going for runs and working out really helps stop the stress. Good luck to all!

Sgirl, what a great NSV! I'll bet you looked fabulous on your anniversary. I had one this week with a sundress I had put away for the same reason. I wore it yesterday, too.

Hang in with the new job, it'll get better with each passing day. Later on remember how you feel now when someone new comes in after you and treat them with the respect you're not getting. They'll appreciate the treatment and you'll feel good.

Sgirl, that's a great NSV, congratulations! Hang in there with the work thing.

Here's my update: I'm pitching my scale! Well, I'm putting it in storage for a while. I realized this whole "plateau" thing with the scale has been causing more trouble than it's worth. I've been obsessing about finding the "best" way to burn fat, how to get the number to go down, dreading the water weight gain after lifting, just a lot of things like that. I don't want to live like that. I just got to where I was contemplating all these workouts that just were not fun for me, I was looking for a better food plan, all this garbage. Finally, I just decided that, if that's what it takes to get down to a certain number on the scale, then I don't want it! I honestly feel that more fat will come off, if I just stay active and eat right. If it doesn't, though, and worst case, I stay right where I'm at, I'm actually okay with that. I feel strong, I can run for an hour with ease, I fit into some decent sized clothes. I just want to get away from the scale focus, and focus on having fun with lifting, jogging and skating, doing them because I enjoy them, not because their sole purpose is to burn fat off...does that make any sense? Anyway, I just need to have a "life" outside of the weight loss focus, so for now, I want to focus on fitness, integrating exercise into more of a permanent lifestyle change, and I'll look to NSVs for progress, rather than a number on the scale.

Morning, all! Yesterday, my ds11 and I spent the day putting blackberries and zukes up in the freezer...more of that fun today, but not quite as bad, since the zukes are done. I didn't end up with much time for a workout yesterday, but squeezed in 15 mins of lifting before a shower and mad dash to run errands. It was short, but I was glad I did something, and it was fun.