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Welcome
Do you notice the ones that say you really need to lose weight are the same ones that buy you candy for holidays lol.

retire
My husband would eat the stuff all the time. I let him have it on saturdays for lunch and that is it. lol

dg
Congrats

I feel so violated ladies. Someone on 3fc tipped me off that my goal pictures had been stolen off of this site and were being used to market bodybuilding products. Which is funny since I never lifted a weight during my weight loss. Thank you to the person who messaged me! I emailed the company and they've taken down the link, but I still feel so violated. I'm taking down all pictures and personal info from all the sites I'm on.

As far as food went, this weekend was anything, but damage control. Stupid TOM! Anyway, I'm determined to get back on the wagon today.

I hope everyone is having a good Monday!

Shy - thanks for the Welcome and yes i do notice that its like "Did you really just give me that?"

Zenor - I was just reading your Thread about that before i came over here. That is Horrible and i would feel Violated too. That just goes to show how many fake weight loss stories are actually out there. And it really shows how your pics and info are not safe on the internet. Makes you wonder how many people they have done that to. sorry that happened to you.

Wow! That is crazy.

I belong to a couple of motorcycle forums and a woman there had one of her pictures stolen and published in a motorcycle magazine.

Um, that is so much worse! Yikes!

Wow, that is horrible. I wish people could realistically sue over things like that. Mebbe after being zapped a few times they would learn some respect. I'm so sorry.

That's awful zenor! I noticed you put up a post in the announcements section. Good idea! Everyone needs to be aware of such things happening. Hope you're doing ok!

Thanks everyone!

My calories were good today. I think I was so busy being peeved I forgot to be hungry. Lol.

another small weight loss this week! yay! its so crazy that I'm eating so many calories and losing every week. Still having the glass of wine with dinner most nights too.

I'm going to try and join in on a walking challenge to get me exercising. I'm terrible about exercise.

I came in short on calories yesterday but got alot of exercise..I jumped on the minitramp for 20 min and then walked 4 miles in an hour with a friend from church. It was great!! I am so pumped about getting the wedding plans going. Its was just the inspiration to get my tail moving again. They are thinking maybe may..but no date yet. That gives me9 months to get the rest of the weight off. I dont know if i can lose all i want to by then but i should be able to lost alot of it!! Cant wait to compare picture pictures from my sons wedding(306) to my daughters wedding( hopefully under 180 by then).

zenor_ how awful for you..i had my sil get into my account here and read all my pms and stuff..that was bad enough. I think your story will keep me from posting pictures!!
rain- i have missed you on the 300+ thread.
hugs to all

Hi everyone! I'm new to this thread but not calorie counting, I've been doing it so far for about 2 months.

This past weekend my mom was in town, so I unintentionally did some calorie cycling; earlier in the week I was bit below my calorie target and then over the weekend I was above. I did my weigh-in Monday morning and I had lost 3 pounds! I may try incorporating calorie cycling into my plan and see if I continue to use.

Good morning everyone! I posted in here last week, then wandered off for a few days, but now I'm back...

I tried my first weekend of eating at a higher, closer to maintenance calorie level. I've been averaging 1265/day the last two weeks of weight loss, so the advice was to add 100-200 to that number. So, I did 1475 (210, so close...) for Saturday, Sunday, 1425 yesterday. And, I weigh one pound more today than I did on Friday...

Now, intellectually, I know that it is water weight - I've weighed one pound up pretty much every Monday & Tuesday for the last few weeks because I never never never get enough water on the weekends so I retain like a fiend... My BW percentage is only 57.6 today, and was 58.9 on Friday, so it is pretty clear I need to get more hydrated. There is no way I ate 3500 calories over what I burned on Sat, Sun & Mon. Heck, I didn't even eat a total of 3500 calories on Sat & Sun together...

Irrationally, I'm freaking out a little... I posted in another thread that I'm scared of upping calories for maintenance. Shaky hands, short of breath scared... I'm afraid that I'll lose it with coffee creamer here, a french fry there, etc, and be right back where I started. As I feel better now than I have ever felt (except for the head cold I'm picking up!) I really don't want to do that...

I'll pop back in later and reply to specific posts, but have to go to a conference call now... Thanks for reading my vent!

Tinky~ What to share your green chile recipe? I made a vegetarian version last night and I'm using it to make bean and cheese enchiladas tonight, but I just got the recipe off the web. It's good, but I'm unsure of it's authenticity. We like it here. I still need to find a job, but I'm working on it. The fair just started and I think we may go later in the week when the weather forecast is better.

CoolMom~ Congrats on the loss! Isn't it great that you can lose and still have wine?

dgramie~ Oh how I love weddings! How exciting.

Chemgirl22~ Welcome!

Shannon~ You'll be fine! I was freaked out about upping my calories for maintenance too, but I actually upped my calories and lost a few more lbs because I wasn't upping them enough. Just make sure to drink your water! BTW, just so you know, I gained a few back from stress and moving this summer, not from my maintenance calories. Lol.

Well, I hope everyone is having a great day! I'm in a much better mood now that the picture thing is resolved. Now, I need to focus on finding a job. *Sigh* I hate job hunting!

Okay, done with call and going to respond to some posts..

dgramie - cool news about the upcoming wedding!

CoolMom - I love wine, and am thinking I need to work a small glass into my maintaining life here soon.

Tinky - I'm jealous of your upcoming vacation, mine is still 5 weeks away...

retire - I'm just realizing how much I love cheese, so I'm trying to head it off at the pass and not get attached to it... My grandaddy used to tell me "Baby, cheese and black pepper will kill you, never eat them" - don't know why they will kill you, but I didn't eat either of them until recently...

Shy & Dlhphnmomva- my mother makes Easter baskets, Halloween baskets, Christmas stockings, Valentine's day baskets all packed full of candy for all of us... She has cut back significantly since my SIL and I started trying to eat healthier... Now, she says SIL & I are 'wasting away' so she might beef up the candy... The quirky part is that my mom weighs 97 pounds and is fussing about her weight gain (she did weigh 83 pounds at 5'2" before...)

zenor - wow, that is terrible about the pics... Good luck with the job search, I know that can make a person crazy...

Chemgirl - welcome! I did some calorie cycling during my weight loss process and it seemed to help me when I had stalled a few times. I wasn't dilligent enough to keep it up long term...

Good day all!