down to 264.5. 5 lbs to go and see my goal of being in the 250's!

Though I am ecstatic to be officially 10 lbs under my pre-pregnancy weight from 2008! ha.

farn i'm so glad it's not broken btw!!

Lori and KDM, thanks for your kind words about my daughter. It does help to hear a little word of hope that things will get better for her.

And, Lori, I'm glad you made it through the dentist visit yesterday. When this is all over, you are going to be so glad that you decided to face the fear and get it done. I know it will be well worth it to feel happy and confident with your smile. (This is based on my personal experience, as I've mentioned before.)

Farn, I'm sorry about your ankle. I guess it's true that you will be getting somewhat of a workout in spite of the injury! Here's hoping that it heals quickly.

jdonato, I totally understand how your weekends sometimes turn out like they do. It's natural to want to reward yourself for a week of working hard and being OP, it's just that a few drinks make you feel like it's going to be okay even if you really overindulge. Good luck with your efforts to go binge free for a few weeks.

Hope everyone has a good Wednesday!

Thanks everyone for your stories and encouragement! Seriously it makes me feel good knowing I'm not alone.

jules: You're very lucky for your skin and I will take your advice about the products. I used Olay for a while and do like it. I have to change it up once in a while because my skin gets too used to one product and then blaah. I'm glad you got back into the pool again i'm jealous . Oh and pad thai....how many calories are in it? i've been trying to figure that out. I have never had Thai food and a few weeks ago the bf had me try it...omg love pad thai! lol so i'd like to know for future reference. Nice job staying OP.

Lori: Thanks for the encouragement and advice. So I decided to up my calories from 1200 to 1400 and just by eating 1600 the past few days i've lost more of the water weight, down 2.8lbs again. I also looked back at my old journal to see how I did it before, and I saw that I ate a big breakfast. I'm not a breakfast eater but I have to force myself and at the store last night i got some snack packs, not 100 ones the good ones 140-150calories but of more of what I would crave. Thanks again

farn: Sorry about your ankle. That's good that it's not broken. Swimming is good exercise you can use a kickboard and do only one leg for kicking, or use a "pull bouy" and just used your arms. It stabalized your legs so they can move and lifts them out of the water and you can just use your arms. many of the girls i knew with foot injuries did that. Also ab pilates is good too or just doing weights with arms. I hope this helps. Thanks for the advice. I know what you mean by Thirsty Thursdays and then the munchies, but you're right I will just keep trying.

emileigh: Thanks, I'm taking it one day at a time. About your daughter....I was in her position a few year back, and moved back home with mom and dad. It was hard with the break-up but worse on my pride of having to be back home again. How my mom helped me...she gave me a big hug said she loved me and told me she's there for me. It helped so much. She also helped me with groceries so I could lose the weight and just by listening really helped. She tried not to be invasive because I was an adult but to be honest...I love it when she was, it was nice to have someone worry about me. You're a great mother for caring and asking what you should do, it shows you really care and you love her. I'm sure she knows that and feels better knowing she has a home to come back to. Good luck!

Katy: Thanks for saying that. I know what you mean with the bf and it feels good to get this out. Thanks for rooting for me . I hope everything is well with you and that you have a great day.



Today is Day 2 for me for binge free! I'm taking Lori's advice and uping my calories. I'm also being more honest with my snacks and will give in once in a while so I don't over do it. I did want to do my cleanse but that's not healthy and practical for me. I am going to focus on 2 things right now....1) keep to my calories...2) not binge. Those two things will follow by slow weight loss and I am happy with that. If i focus on too many things I will just go nuts. I know I'm at a healthy weight and size so it's worth more to me to keep it than try to go less and end up gaining. One day at a time!


OH SO HERE'S THE STORY!:
the bf calls me last night during class....the trip to the resort is off for me! His boss decided at the last second to have someone else go, which is fine but we'd have to get a seperate room, (the guys would normally share to save money), but the rooms are too expensive for us to get a seperate room. We can't afford it. So now I can't go. There was a martigra(spelling) party that I was rsvp to and before we would just have to pay for my food but now can't afford the rest. I was crushed! It's not the bf's fault but it still hurts all the excitement and work for bubkiss. So I went to the store last night to get food for the weekend for me, since i didn't bother to go grocery shopping because we were supposed to be gone, now i'm alone. He calls me and says pick up a bottle of wine, cheese and crackers..I asked why he said just do it! fine....I come home and there he is with flowers. He felt so bad he wanted to say sorry and say he loved me and which I could come. He didn't have to I understood why but it helped and meant alot to me. The wine was to soften the blow later lol and relax. so he said we can plan a trip out east this summer together. I'm bummed but still happy that I have an amazing bf who loves me. I'll just be the cat lady sitting home this weekend lol.


Sorry if I missed anyone. I'll get back to you guys later. Have a great day!

Shyla: I'm only 5 pounds from my goal too! We will make it! It will be so great to be into a new "decade" and ever closer to our goals!

Jdon: I'm sorry you don't get to go on the trip, but that was really sweet of him to bring you flowers and understand your disappointment.

p.s. can y'all still see my ticker? for some reason I can't see tickers since last night. just a red x and a box???

all the tickers coming from 3FC seem to be blank with a red x in the corner. All the other ones..."ticker factory" are viewable. I dont know why.

that stinks about the weekend trip but big kudos to the BF for being awesome and spoiling you a bit.

Hey everyone. I'm back on the block!!! I had a momentary mental battle that "I WON"!!! Thanks to some ladies on this site. I love love love it here.

Jdonato - Hate you didn't make the trip but I think it's great your bf still had the sense to show you some love. It was classy and thoughtful too. Good plan changes as well. You will get there.

Susie and Shyla - good progress on your goals.

I think I should be an 18v at this point. The 18v means I'm half way to 18 without the w. I'm going to be comfortably in an 18 by the end of this challenge!!

Hope everyone is having a great on plan day. I'll be going to the gym after work for some serious cardio and weight training.

Jigglefree - your 18v comment cracked me up! What's the difference between an 18w and an 18-nuthin'? I don't really understand the difference but I know a lot of stores sell clothing starting at 14w and I've always wondered what the "w" changed.

JD - pad thai is not what one would call weight loss friendly! Most estimates appear to be around 400 cals per cup. Pei Wei, which I love and now avoid having done my research, is 420 cals per serving BUT the dish is over two servings, so it's just over 1,000 calories if you eat the whole meal. Yeah - ouch. But I just noticed that Healthy Choice cafe steamers now offer a chicken pad thai so I will try that. I suspect it won't be quite the same, which is why I now only do pad thai as a very occasional treat!

Me - yesterday turned into a 14 hour day that didn't end til nearly 11pm. For someone who's used to being in bed by 10pm at the very latest, this was not good and I could NOT drag my sorry butt out of bed this morning for a workout. But I will be going swimming tomorrow without fail! Hoping to get to the store this weekend to treat myself to a new swimsuit - I have one that I love but I really could use a spare, if I can find one on sale.

Hi everyone, I stuck to it today. I gained 2lbs. so far, most of the time I gain 2 days in a row from the same binge, hopefully i won't see that scale go up again tomorrow morning, cause I really behaved today, but sometimes that doesn't matter. I was cleaning all day yesterday (9 hrs.), that had to of burned some of the extra amount of calories I ate, which was about 3800 to 4000. Today I had 1060 cal. which is the amount I have if I need to lose weight from a binge. So far I have 3lbs. to lose for the challenge, if the scale go up again tomorrow there will be more to lose!

Well today was a good day today and my friend and I worked out and had fun. I rally like working out with someone! She's coming back tomorrow!

I'm back again...and again... and again... to 235 and this time I'm beating it to a pulp...tired of this number!

Jules: The W clothes are just bigger. I wish like crazy I'd never ever let myself get into them! A 16W is pretty much like a regular 18. My size 18W's fit me from when I weighed 247 (tight) and I'm still wearing them at 214 even though they're about to fall off! It takes FOREVER to get out of one size of W's!!

When I went shopping last Friday for a new pair of size 16 nuthin' jeans I was so bummed that they wouldn't just slip on! I still have a good bit of muffin on top. I could wear them if I had to with a big top. I could have easily slid into a 16W, but I will never from this day forth wear a W behind a clothing size!!

My plan is to try my muffin-top 16 jeans on this Friday and hope they fit much better.

Quick report on my day:

Calorie Count: 1639

Exercise: Tae Bo 45 minutes. This is the first time I braved the Tae Bo dvd and I was pleasantly surprised that I did the entire thing and didn't die. It was taxing, but not killer. I'm pretty proud of myself to tell the truth! Hopefully I won't be too sore tomorrow.

Hoping and wishing that TOM will be gone by my weigh in Friday morning.

Tomorrow is my day off from exercise. I try and do exercise 6 days a week, even God had to rest on the 7th day!!

p.s. thanks JDon for letting me know I'm not the only one who can't see the tickers! I miss them and hope they come back soon!

I am sooooooooooooo tired so Can not reply back to everyone tonight but wanted to say thanks to everyone that said such sweet stuff about the dentist appointments...I think I would have not went if it wasn't for y'all support~I ADORE U ALL! Thanks so much all of you!

Anyways~gotta pay bills 2morrow....ughhhhh~will be a lonnnnnnnnnng day.Always got them covered ~THANK GOD~but hate going out to pay them~Cold weather just sucks for me~But it suppose to be 40~So that will feel like aheat wave here.
May go shopping too for a few needed things. Not sure yet.
Anyways...................Heading off to bed.........Got 4 days til the 7th(which was my dads birthday) I am working hard to reach those 150's for him~Even uf not I know he is proud.~Still giving it 100% my all for him.
HUGS TO ALL~Off to bed...................I am a sleepy/worn out/wife/ & MOMMA!LOL

Hi y'all!

I am NOT dead - just crazy crazy! I haven't read back through the thread - I literally have about ten seconds here - but I wanted to check in tell everyone that I am confident you are doing fantastic, and I am doing - well, fantastic, but the scale hasn't budged from 179.5 since sometime last year. Or last month - seems like last year. I doubt I'll make my goal, but I am not shedding any tears, damnit, because I have been on the horse for many days in a row after a bad weekend in which I just ate EVERYTHING and then a week during which I BARELY squeezed into the acceptable range. On top of that, I'm on day 3 of the 30-day shred, and wow - Jillian, see me in h-e-l-l. Sweaty, gasping for breath, I can't sit down I can't stand up I can't move my arms h-e-l-l. So it's all good in da' hood, I am sweating my bacon off and eating under 1400 like it's my new religion. In case you hadn't noticed, it's giving me tons of energy. The scale will move. It must move. It will move if I have to reset the damn thing 5 pounds lighter <cough> I mean, it'll move eventually!!

I wish you all the best - I'll be back soonest!

Massive super enormous high-energy hugs to everyone!!!