Congratulations, NorthernExposure!!! :balloons:

That is fantastic ... you've lost 50 lbs. I know how much hard work and discipline that took. :-)

Lori, you're looking great in your photos, BTW!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far! I've lost the four pounds in nine days, and hoping for another off by Monday. I figure if I can get through the weekend without caving to *bad impulses*( :devil: ), I'm off to a good start.

CorinneIrene, don't work too hard, and great with your three pounds off!

Have a good day, all!! :flow2:

Hey ladies!

So weightloss is on track, i'm able to matain my weightloss which is good. I just need to keep active. I'm studying really hard for my CLEP test and the bf and I are all good! I guess he has a stressful week, which to be honest I've taken my stress out on him also. We ate dinner last night and he pulled me in his arms, kissed me and said he loved me. Maybe he's nervous about you know what!? I figure I'd leave it be and move on. 2 days left and we so can do this!

Northern: Congrats on 50 lbs that huge!

jiggle: congrats on the size 14! things happen for a reason and you'll look hot in it!

Lori: love the pic and glad things are going well.

Fruitlady: we are all in this together! We fall down but lets pick ourselves back up and work through this! You didn't gain all your weight before over night, so the same for losing it. One day at a time, let do this!

To everyone else I wish you the best day! It's so beautiful out and I just got off of work so I have the rest of the day to study and tomorrow the bf and I are planting a garden!

Lori--thanks for the advice on walking...I really need to start that again...there's a TM at work and there's NO reason I can't get on it before I leave at night! i just keep making excuses! part of it is that I told myself I was gonna concentrate on 30DS for the month of may...well only 4 more WO's left, so I'm gonna start adding some cardio, including the WATP video I just got off EBay for $5...it's the Walk Strong Weight Loss Series video...gonna try it today bc all the lunges & jump moves on Level 3 of 30DS have my knees a little sore...

CONGRATS NORTHERN & CORINNE!!! Have fun w/the girls Northern and Corinne, Don't work too hard!! I hate long days like that!!!

Baben--Congrats on the 4lbs!! GOOD LUCK resisting the bad stuff!!

Jdon--glad to hear BF is turning his attutude around...I'm sure he's super nervous...even tho he knows your answer, he's probably still worried about exactly HOW to do it/WHAT to say to make it perfect!!! GOOD JOB getting back on track!! Have fun planting!!

AS FOR ME, my Mexican indulgence on Thursday didn't give me too much trouble in the water wt dept...I was up to 170.6 yesterday, but back down to 169.8 today...and I'm already on my 2nd bottle of water today so maybe tomorrow and then for our final WI on Monday, I'll be at a new low!! I know it won't by my 167 goal, but I'm gonna take what I can get!!! DH & I are grilling out tonight (he works tomorrow & we both work on Monday)...he's having steak while I have chicken...but then we're gonna try doin some veggies on skewers...we've never done this but it sounds good! I got red peppers, yellow squash, zuchinni, red onion, and cherry tomatoes...might do half the veggies marinated in some FF italian dressing..not sure yet tho! I hope it's good!

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!!! Be safe & GOOD LUCK eating OP!!!! WE GOT THIS!!! Let's kick butt these last 3 days!! THEN we're off for our July 4th challenge!! YAY!!

Thanks everyone, it just feels like it's hopeless sometimes. Just like so many other things that are going on in my life right now. I decided today that nothing is going to sabotage me. I'm sticking with it, did good today. I had 1040 cal. I didn't even want dinner, wasn't hungry. I'll be starving later I bet.

Good morning all.

Didn't think I'd be able to post- but I snuck my lap top into work today, haha.

Boy am I tired this morning. Not sure why. I'm having my second cup of coffee (I usually impose a strict 1 cup limit on myself) and am just waiting for some energy to kick in.

Yesterdays 11 hour day turned into a 12 hour day and I think today will end up being 15 hours. I love when people call in! :dizzy:

Fruitlady- Keep your head up high, hon! You'll get there- you've been doing great!

KDM- Thanks! And the grilling sounds great- I love grilled veggies. And congrats on the loss!!

Jdonato- Have fun gardening! Hopefully it'll help relieve some stress. What are you planting? As for tips- start small! Haha, there's a lot of maintenance involved to keep everything healthy- but it's fun, a great stress reliever, and you get to be quite proud of what you can produce!

Baben- Congrats! That's fantastic. And thanks! :D

Tomorrow is the day!! Woo-hoo! Then we get to gear up for the fourth! Hmm, I need to think of a goal!

Corinne: the bf and I for sure are planting tomatoes and hot peppers. We then talked about chives, and green peppers. I tried to think of things I would cook more with in the summer, and If at all possible I would love to grow lettus! Make what the call a summer salad. Good luck on your long hour day, sorry that sucks to so bad! I know what you mean about the coffee, I try to only have 2 cups in the morning of lite coffee and no caffieene during the day. And I don't know how I'd get through a long day like that! You rockk!:carrot:


KDM: Thanks :) yes I'm sure that's the case and I know it's a big commitment. I guess most men it's scary, and women we tend to just want it naturally, well atleast me. I feel it's like a ping pong effect, one minute he's saying lets go ring shopping and is so excited and couldn't wait to tell me my dad gave his blessing, to saying well we have to look at finances and all this stuff before setting a date to telling me to start making a folder with all my ideas and start talking to the church. I dont get it! lol I'm just going to try and take it one day at a time and get through the test. That's awesome the Mexican didn't make you gain alot, it's always a crap shoot when you indulge...and the bbq sounds really good! the veggies on the skew are really good and with the chicken. I almost prefer chicken over steak when grilling like that. Hope you have a great meal!




The bf and I slepted in today which is really nice! We will look at what we want to plant today and then study study study. I took the first practice test last night and I passed but not by alot. So I have 4 more exams to take and I will be practicing all night and tomorrow and then tuesday morning...BAM! Weight is going good, still maintaining and if all goes well by tomorrow I will still have met my goal at the end of the challenge. I already have new goals waiting for the next! Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

On for a quick sec~just got back from my dads grave ~Felt good to go there hadn't been for awhile. Planted him some more flowers.Anyways Hubby done a cook out today ~hamburgers & hotdogs So I am only at 785 calories so far & doing great ~LOL BUT TEMPTED TO GO HIGHER To quick but I am keepoing it at a good pace. so I am still 1400 or lower by the end of the day.
I got a new low weightt his morning of 154.8 Which let me officially lose 105.1 pounds and put another goodscale thingy on my signature ~just hope ~this change of food today doesn't make it go back in the morning.
LOL! (ALTHOUGH I AM DETERMINED TO STAY IN MY CALORIE RANGE SOME TIMES FOODS I DO NOT EAT OFTEN MAKE MY WEIGHT GO UP) Anyways...Will be back online tommorrow to start the new challeneg For the 4th of July.
Congrads to all those that made there goals & to those that didn't there always next time & u gave it a good go so I am proud of everyone regardless! One more day work it hard today ladies! LOL
HUGS*

P.s. Feeling super today~My breathing has been FABULOUS ALL DAY( So thanks for prayers It's working!

OH & KDM ~HUGS & JDONATO & Anyone that said things to me Just in a hurry the kids are starring me down & I still gotta get on facebook & check it out before I go out in the ALMOST 90 degrees weather out there & Spend the day with them ~When we cookout they wanna have us with them outdoors all day LOL~LUCKY ME BUT I DO NEED THE EXTRA EXERCISE~But my bench looks tempting to sit on LOL!

Lori, you are amazing and inspiring! CONGRATULATIONS on your "new low." :balloons:

Well, ladies, I'm halfway through this holiday weekend, the four pounds are still OFF, and I feel in control, partly because of your encouragement, so thanks so much! :flow1: Maybe I'll have another off by tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

My calories have been 1800 to 2000 for this first 11 days, which has taken off the four pounds. I'm thinking I should probably drop to 1500-1600 now to make sure I keep it going, huh?

EVERYONE, good luck the rest of the weekend. Sounds like we're all doing pretty darn well ... :flow2:

Babe

I'm doing well so far today. I have about 300 calories so far. We are waiting for guests to arrive. Hubby cooked ribs and turkey burgers on the grill and chicken for the little girl. She is real picky but that's how I am. I made potato salad and baked beans and my friend should be bringing fruit salad. Not sure what my cousin is bringing. My husband even bought low calorie margarita mix. It's 12 calories so that should help with the couple of drinks I plan to have. I should come in at or below 1400 calories.
I wore my TSPs yesterday and they fit great. In regards to my goal I set at the beginning of the challenge to fit the pants comfortably, was met. As for the 2 liters of water and 30 days of 30DS I fell short but I'm really proud of the progress I've made and looking forward to the next challenge.

Lori - YOU ROCK!!! Congrats on the new low. You have been so inspiring because you keep going to get where YOU want to be. Thanks for being here!!:hug:
Jdonato - Let him do his thing. Enjoy where you are now. I will tell you from a woman that wanted to be married a long time, it's really interesting!!! I have had to learn to do a lot of things differently. They say women change when they get married...So do men. In my humble opinion they change more than we do.:D:D
Babe - I don't know if a drop of that much would be good. I was thinking if you are going to adjust them make it a gradual drop. It may freak out the "system"!!:dizzy::dizzy:\
Corinne - Sounds like you enjoyed the part of the challenge you got in on. Well when you are around for the entire challenge you will find it to be great fun.
Northern - :high::yay::yay: YOU DID IT!!!
KDM - Sounds like you can do mexican and still maintain you body...don't do it too often though!! I was planning on working on walking more too. I like the way my legs are looking...more lean and less bulky.

For those of you that have a couple ounces to go before you get to goal...you can do it. You have until tomorrow at midnight!! :carrot::carrot: Let's have a great next couple of days and prepare for July 4th!!

So much for me giving my knees a break...the new WATP i got has A TON of squats & lunges! lol it's intervals of walking then strength training...the ST mixes the upper body w/lower body (just like 30DS)...it was a really good WO, but I really wanted to give my knees a break! oh well.....then DH & I went out to mow the yard...we have 1.2acres w/ALOT of trimming...took us almot an hour & half...so that was some extra cardio! it wasn't even that hot out (bc we waited til almost 5) but I was soaked in sweat!! it felt good! BUUUT, now my back & arms are KILLING me!! and my weight was back up to 170.0 today..must be the sore muscles bc I was right on point w/cals yesterday...anxious to see my weight tomorrow :)

Sounds like everyone is having a great weekend!!! I've enjoyed getting to know everyone this challenge!! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!! gotta start thinkin about my new goals?!?!?!? **HERE'S TO AN AWESOME WI TOMORROW FOR EVERYONE!!!**

OK, it's Monday here. My goal was to be at 210. I weighed 210.8 this morning. I am going to call it a sucess.:carrot: I am very excited about being this low. I have been at this weight since sometime in 1994!
I hope everyone else has made goal or come close. Enjoy the day.

Hi ladies. I didn't reach my goal for this challenge. It's ok. I'm picking things up now and working hard. This is the first week of the biggest loser challenge I am doing and I am on target for this next week aside from a birthday dinner for the bf tonight. Hope everyone is doing well.

Thanks Jiggle I know you're right. And that's exactly what I plan to do let him do his thing. I know how much men can change in a marriage...just look at my dad and his mid-life crisis and moving to Alaska. There is going to be alot of sacrifices and changes, so one step at a time. Thanks again:)

I'm finally able to upload a few pics from graduation. So my results from the challenge again fluxuating between 115 and 118lbs. Yesterday was 116.0 and today is 118.4 which I ate alot of sodium yesterday and crap. And tomorrow it will be back down. If I can stay right here and not go higher I'm so happy. So I will say I reached my goal for the challenge. I did make my ultimate goal weight and was able to matain within 3lbs. It's been alot of stress these past 2 months but after Tuesday It will all be worth it! Thanks ladies for all your love and support and congrats on all your hard work! We did it! now on for another challenge:carrot:

The first pic is of me and my dress.

hey chicas, sorry I haven't been on the whole weekend, I have been putting in 11-12 hour days and it really sucks!! i have no internet time really so I haven't been able to respond. I weighed in today and am not happy. I am up two pounds from my low that I had yesterday. So my official weight loss for this challenge is 9 pounds, not 15! But to me 9 pounds is still A LOT!!! So i'm happy. I will just make my goal less next time, so I actually have a chance to make it! I did well this weekend, so I'm thinking it's just some sort of water weight.

KDM: did you see the season finale of Criminal Minds yet?! It was sooo good and creepy too!!!! It seemed like a scary movie to me, which you don't find very often in tv shows.

jiggle: i will have to get back on 30DS, I haven't started back up on it yet! I've been working so much that i've just been exhausted and crash as soon as I get home. hopefully I will be seeing the same results you did! low cal margaritas sounds AMAZING!!

babe: what did you think of the CM finale?! good huh?!!!

jdon: I wouldn't worry about not finding the dream job right away, most of my friends who have graduated already even a year or two ago haven't found amazing jobs yet and are settling for entry level positions or keeping the same jobs they had in college. It really sucks! you work your butt off for all these years and rack up the money in loans and because the economy sucks so bad there's no jobs to be had once you graduate. It's terrible.. hopefully it will improve soon. your dress is so cute!

shylah: that is definitely a victory, I agree!!! that's awesome!

lori: hope you are doing well!!! congrats on the new low!!

northern: congrats on that 50 pounds lost! it's an amazing feeling isn't it?!

well i'm off to work again....work until 7 tonight...so I don't really get to celebrate Memorial Day, honestly this whole weekend has really sucked. The only good thing is I was able to see Sex and The City 2 with my best friend who moved a while ago and I haven't seen in a long time. Loved the movie! Has anybody else seen it? Can't wait to start fresh with the new challenge!

Happy Memorial Day everyone!!

WOZA JDONATO! U LOOK AMAZING!~EVERYONE DID GREAT LOOKS LIKE~THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INSPIRING WORDS EVERYONE! ~OFF TO START THE NEXT CHALLENGE ~THEN WILL COME BACK & ON & ADD A SHORCUT TO GET TO IT OR JUST CLICK UNDER CALORIE COUNTERS TO FIND IT ~HUGS!

GUESS WHAT I GOT ANOTHER NEW LOW 2day 153.8(OMG I AM SO CLOSE TO MY 150!!!!!!) and I stayed within my calories even though we cooked out 1400 even yesterday! Ok enough blabbing off to start the new challenge

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/calo...ml#post3316852

Click ABOVE ^^^^^^^To go to the newest challenge! HUGS*

mkyice---YAY!! YOU DID IT!! Congrats on meeting your goal!! It feels sooo good reaching a weight you haven't been in forever! GOOD JOB GIRL!!!

Shan--I'm sorry you didn't meet goal, but if I remember correctly, haven't you been sick alot this past month??? You've already lost 100lbs and LOOK AMAZING!! Keep up the good work!!!

Ashley--YES I saw it and I'm so freakin mad!! haha I HATED THE ENDING!! I can't believe we have to wait til next season to see what happens!!! I HATE CLIFF HANGERS!!!! lol but I'll survive! CONGRATS ON 9 POUNDS!! That's awesome!!!

Jdon--YOU LOOK AMAZING!! The dress is super cute!!! And the heels..my golly, I'd break my neck! haha I'm so NOT a heels person! Good job sticking w/in 3lbs of your goal...I've kinda did the same thing..keep teetering between 169 & 170...but atleast we're maintainin!

Lori--HOLY COW!! ONLY 3 MORE POUNDS!?!?!? That's soo cool!!!! GREAT JOB staying OP yesterday while grilling out!!

AS FOR ME---I did NOT reach my goal of 167...closest I came was 169.4...but it's all good!! Today I weighed in at 170.4...still thinking I'm retaining water from being sore...probably didn't help that I went ahead and did 30DS L3D7 yesterday...took a break from it today! I've been OP the last 2 days AND the weight has been up both days?!?!? OH WELL, that's the story of my jacked up body!! LoL I'll be taking measurements on Friday (the day after I finish 30DS), so I'll report my inches lost in the 4th of July thread!!

GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!! Even for those of us who didn't meet our goals, we still had a good time AND got to know one another!! For those of you who met your goals, KEEP IT UP!!! SEE YOU IN THE NEXT CHALLENGE!!!!!

I didn't make my goal (again). I think the few minutes of 188 were a fluke from being sick and then I got stuck in the 189 range and I've been there for 3 weeks! I am just finishing up TOM and I totally believe that 30DS makes you hold on to weight! I'm on Level 2 day 4 and I am definitely seeing changes in my body. Especially my arms. But that scale is s-t-u-c-k!

I'm going to finish 30DS, but I'm starting to get really frustrated at not seeing movement on the scale

I'll do my measurements on June 4 (my 5 month mark of my new lifestyle).

We had family reunion this past weekend and I ate off plan food, but not in the proportions that I would have in the past. Like Friday night we ordered thin crust Pizza Hut and I ate one piece of cheese pizza and I grilled a bunch of vegies and put on top of it. I WANTED more but I didn't eat more. I ate about 3/4 hamburger on Saturday (only the second hamburger I've had in 2010). But then I swam with the kids. So I was happy I didn't have a gain this morning, but I didn't REALLY expect one unless it would have been from sodium.

Ok, enough rambling from me.

Can't believe we're already wrapping up another challenge!

Thanks to everyone for cheering me on....yes 50 lbs lost feels great! (Though after the girls' weekend, I'm probably back in the high 40's...oh well!) Back on the horse tomorrow and not looking at the scale until Friday when the water weight is hopefully gone.

Lori: congrats on the new low, that's awesome!

Susie: if it's any consolation, you were NOT the only one who went off plan a little this weekend!

Farn: hope next weekend is better for you and you have some kind of vay-cay planned after all those long hours!

Jiggle: how is the low cal margarita mix? What brand is it?

I know I've missed some people, but am looking forward to seeing you all over on the July 4th thread :) Congrats to everyone for all your hard work!!

Lori that is the cutest thing i have read in a long time...i had to giggle when i read it, I LOVE that song and my sister use to point at me when it came on,LOL. Of course i wouldn't take offense...your a sweetheart! Congrats on the new low weight girl! I will see you in the next challenge!!! :hug:

JD-Love your picture..wow, you look fantastic!

Hello to everyone...i will see you guys in the next challenge:hug:

Didn't make all my goals this go around. But I'm making progress. I have had a full weekend and looking forward to the next challenge. I feel pretty good though.

Well let's rock this next challenge!!

Hi people!
I’m so surprised. I have been eating poorly last weeks, part because anxiety, and part because If elt discouraged for being at 161 for too long, but today I weight myself and I’m at 160. So I met my goal for the Memorial Day challenge and I also able to use all my 12 size pants!! I know that it would be impossible without your support.
THANK YOU!!!!

Congrats, Aluxa and mkyice and all who reached their goals! Great job ... :flow2:

I was only part of your Challenge for about 12 days, but I lost 4 lbs. and I appreciate the support from you all so much! Now I'm ready for the 4th of July one ...

farn & KDM, the finale of CM was so creepy ... but isn't it always!!!??? :o The writing and performances are so superior on that show that you wonder how some other shows can be so uninspired, don't you?

Congrats again on all your hard work on this Challenge, girls, whether you reached an exact number or not! You're all an inspiration to me, who is just getting started again ... :balloons: for you all! :smug: