Morning ladies!

1525 calories yesterday, 45 minutes of shoveling (with several breaks, lol) and 30 minutes elliptical.

Sounds like everyone is doing good! Congrats to those who are losing and also to those who wavered but got right back in the saddle! As so many have said around here, it's not about perfection, but perseverance.

Good morning, all!!! Missed you all this weekend! I kind of had a crazy busy/then really lazy weekend! :D

First, I weighed in today, and am down 1.4, which puts me at a total loss of 10 pounds for the challenge - only 4 more to go!

rainbow ~ CONGRATS ON MEETING YOUR GOAL!!! It's always a great feeling to reach a goal, small or large!!!

Northern ~ I second the Bye Bye January - I hate January! I live in Ohio which means COLD/SNOW/ICE (which we had an ice storm last night, one coming later, with some snow on top for tomorrow! AH - winter). Anyhow, I think it is the LONGEST month of the year, and am not sad to see it end! February may bring cold weather too - but being a short month, puts us that much closer to Spring and warmer weather.

lori ~ Your too funny! Saturday, I got out all my jeans/work pants and tried stuff on! Some jeans are fitting tons better, some still have a long way to go ~ but for me it is theraputic. One, I am super happy to add back in an old pair of jeans to my daily wardrobe. Two, those that still aren't fitting keeps me focused on my goals!

Northern mentioned losing track this weekend, and I am right there with you. We had friends over Saturday night, and I had a little too much to drink - and a little too much chicken buffalo dip. Although, I did the recipe and knew how much calories I could eat of it - I don't think the wheat tortillas to eat it was helping my case! :) I did get in an hour of cardio on Saturday though. I was uber lazy on Sunday - didn't even cook dinner - had leftovers from Friday's dinner mostly, and maybe a little more leftover buffalo chicken dip! :D I love that stuff!!

Nonetheless, jumped right back on track Monday, so I am pretty confident about not falling off any wagons anytime soon.

Although I lost 1.4 this week, I was a little disappointed just because I have been losing 2-3/week. I think it is because I didn't exercise as much as the weeks before. I went to the gym M - Sa, but only got up early once to do extra cardio - will have to get back up this week! Got 4 more pounds to go!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Well I'm still hanging in there. Had a great day yesterday. I worked out on the eliptical for 45 minutes and did 30 minutes on the treadmill. Burned a whole lot of calories. I think I ate too much salt in my dinner Sunday and Yesterday. I didn't have too many calories just too much salt and that's just as bad. But I've had about 2 liters of water so far and have two more liters to drink before 5.

Meg: I'm glad someone understands me, lol! I know what it's like to go from losing 2-3 a week down to 1 or 1.5 :( Though I suppose we should wear it as a badge of honor in some respects...it means we are getting smaller!

My other hope is that the slower loss will result in less loose skin when I get to goal. I still have about 50 or so lbs to lose so I'm not sure how this will all turn out...but I'm pretty worried about my stomach, especially.

Jiggle: glad to see you! Considering all you have going on, I wouldn't feel overly guilty over a little extra salt. You're doing great.

Ate 1330 cal. because of too many grapes. Sent all the bad food with my husband so he can take it to work w/ him. I don't feel so tempted now, there's nothing here I want. Rode the bike for 30min. went 7mi. Gained 8 ounces, felt so discouraged this morning, almost just gave up. I'm trying so hard, doing good with controlling the food i eat, still I gain. I don't know anymore.

Tuesday: 1505 calories. Rest day.

Schools are closed AGAIN here because of the ice. Thinking of working upstairs for a lot of the day, away from the food :-) Hoping classes will be on at the gym tonight.

I just signed up for a 5K on April 30. I'm up to 1.5 miles, so I'm planning to get in two runs a week, increasing my distance about .25 miles a week, then I'll work on my speed. I'm very slow!

Well I'm still drinking my water. I'm still waiting on TOM to go away so I can see if I'm really at goal or not. I would like to be there while TOM is here but no such fortune. Hopefully by tomorrow I will be done because I'm so over it right now. I really want to be at goal.

Northern - Thanks for the support. I'm doing what I have to do to keep some stability in my life. It's WORK though. I so feel you about the skin, stomach and the slow weight loss. The frustration and hope all hanging out together. So lets keep our hope together!!!
Fruitlady - Hang on in there we will all see things get better!!
Natamars - Just don't let cabin fever set in...it got me last month and cost me some pounds.

Jiggle: Yep, gotta keep the hope alive! I'm so glad we can all support each other here.

Fruit: I TOTALLY get your frustration. Ugh. But...we can do this! Just have to keep on keepin' on (as Steve Miller would say, lol.)

Nat: I am SO sick of winter. -20 on my drive in to work this morning. It's either flippin' cold or it's snowing. I think I can count on one hand the times it's been relatively warm (above 20) and NOT snowing this whole winter. It's really hard to stay motivated when all you want to do is stay in bed! At least that big storm that's battering the rest of the country is missing us....but I'd almost rather have a blizzard than this cold, at least there would be hope they would cancel school!

As for me: did OK on calories, ended up at about 1450 yesterday. I shoveled my deck for 15 minutes (had a big pile of snow on the part that we don't walk on that's been piling up all winter...got worried that the weight was starting to stress the deck.) After being out in that cold, that was it for me for exercise for the day, unfortunately. I really need to step it up the next two days before my WI Friday.

Ok...I got my whining done for the day. Thanks for bearing with me!!

Hey all, I'm still around.

Failing severely with exercise. I don't know why I'm so reluctant to do it, but I am. I missed my Zumba class on Tuesday due to a family dinner, so it's now been a whole week since I did anything I'd actually count as exercise. And I don't want to. I'm fine with the foods and calorie counting and staying on track there, but with exercise, I suck. I think that because I know I can lose weight without it, it's somehow ok to skip it - but I want to be fit as well!

jiggle & Northern- thanks a bunch! Watching what you eat & not seeing results was driving me nuts.

Had 1305 calories, I didn't have any junk food in a week, it's starting to get to me. I actually said to myself yesterday that if I didn't lose any weight this morning, I am going to pig out on junk. This morning my weight dropped 1.5lbs. so glad. Yesterday weight was up for no reason, today it went down, I don't get it.

I had a very stressful evening ... which has been happily resolved. I ate more than I should, but I kept from getting too carried away by the knowledge that I made it out of the 190's today. 189.2

Wednesday calories: 1260. 10 min. elliptical, 1 hr. body sculpting.

Time to read stories with my son. See everyone tomorrow.

Originally Posted by rainbowstripe:
Hey all, I'm still around.

Failing severely with exercise. I don't know why I'm so reluctant to do it, but I am. I missed my Zumba class on Tuesday due to a family dinner, so it's now been a whole week since I did anything I'd actually count as exercise. And I don't want to. I'm fine with the foods and calorie counting and staying on track there, but with exercise, I suck. I think that because I know I can lose weight without it, it's somehow ok to skip it - but I want to be fit as well!

I hear you! It's been below zero here for over a week and I just can't make myself go to the YMCA. I know that I can still loose weight without it but I know I can loose a lot more if I work out.

Megems~ I love to try stuff on~the bikinis looked good~i am so close to a good Bikini body! But I can't post the pics My husband forbid me too..Which is ok LOL~Are 18th anniversary is Feb. 25th & if he posted a pic in his undies online I would get mad too~Cause he is so hot!! LMBO(And a bikini is basically undies & a bra)

Anyways......Noone got there life ruined waking up during the picture taking process at least...LMBO!

Hope everyone Has a super tomorrow....Been messing with the time I take my prozac & My sleeping is outta control...I took a huge nap & Just got up & It's just a little after 9 p.m.~UGH~I AM SO HUNGRY But ate all my calories earlier....I am just gonna drink lots of water I guess...It's just in my head I think from the different sleeping times I keep getting from this medicine.~It is actually helping me or I would quit taking it...UGH! Anyways ~On a positive note maintaining is going well....I am so thankful to the girl that told me about calorie counting a little over 2 years ago in our public library here where I live~Cause I took a moment to compliment her weight loss even though I was in a sad mood & she took a sec to tell me how she was doing it.~I THANK HER EVERYTIME I SEE HER.~I think God placed her there that day!
Anyways...gonna go to FB ~Then Maybe clean...I am gonna be up for hours!

<3 Y'all! MAY WE ALL HAVE A GREAT VALENTINES DAY ACCOMPLISHMENT ~Just 12 days!

Oh before I go~Cutesy fruitsy~ My daughter & u Are approx the same height & weight & she will be 18 in May~Anyways we fight over clothes~But I am a bit taller than u 2 & I would say she is built just perfect! She tends to be around 110 to 115 at the moment.She is proboly a 1/2 size or so smaller than me actually~I do weigh 20 pounds or more above u 2!~SO U GO GIRL! WOOT WOOT!~HUGS & Rainbow congradulations On reaching your goal~ & I have felt the same way on the exercise before ~Find something u enjoy to do...Maybe u are sick of the same routine it can happen.~Even if u just start with 10 mintues of something a day different & see....EVERYONE ELSE~TTYL