phat- I know how you feel, I've been through that in the past. Try to stay positive. Good luck with the job search

Lori- I love your new pic! you look so happy!

Corinne- thank you, I have been treating myself to junk quite often lately, my weight is up 6 lbs. I have to stop for a while now and start dieting again!


I really want to get my weight back down. It's gonna be two years of maintaining this August, i want to weigh the same as I did when I started maintenance, i was 108lbs. It is very important to me to be the same weight 2 yrs later, for me it means i can maintain for life if I make past 2 yrs. I've lost weight 2 times before and gained it back after 2 yrs of keeping it off. I don't want to be a failure again!

Started dieting today, had 1140 calories & 35min. of exercise. I'm up to 114.4, it's time to take action again! It's so hard for me, my husband & daughter eat whatever they want, I just want to be able to eat what I want, like they do. It's time to realize that if I want to keep this weight off, I can't eat like them. I don't care about staying away from fast food, pastas, red meat, starches or even pies. They can eat that stuff in front of me all they want, I don't even want it. It's the cake, candy, cookies, donuts, ice cream & peanut butter that tempts me. I crave it so bad sometimes that I think I have to have it, even if it means I have to go to the store and get it. The sad thing is that even if I try to eat a little bit of my favorites, it leads to more & more, like an addiction. It's best for me to not eat it at all, I have very little control anymore and I'm afraid I fail. Sorry for the rant, had to vent!

Ekicna-Looks cute but painful

Weigh in tomorrow....not sure what I'll see....

I know you can make your goal, good luck, and congrats on almost 2 years of maintaining!

It hurt a little but I would do it again most definitely. Good luck with weigh in tomorrow.

Hugs to all of u!


Ekicna~! I<3 it ~LOVE FLOWERS It is beautiful!

Cutesy Fruitsy~I am so much more happier in nicer weather but looks like it is gonna plunge down again to low temps next week~UGH~Enjoying the good weather right now though

k15g15,NorthernExposure,CorinneIrene,Jiggle & everyone else(sorry in a hurry)... Sending Hugs to all of u!!

~ In 3 days on May 17th My little girl will be 18 years old & Jiggles will be 3~Aint that awesome? ~~ woooohoooo I can kick mine out now~LOL I am just kidding but my hubby would like too!! ~

To our last 16 days May we all do our Best & Try our Best!!!!

(I am still on "tom" Weighed 130.2 today~It always goes back & forth ~especially during Bloating time LMBO!~Still happy.

Thank you! Yay for birthdays!

Oh one last quicky thing before bed...I finally got to wear a nice warm weather tank dress I been wanting to wear without leggings!(i was so proud ~because this was took 2 days ago with "TOM" Bloat even!~Can't believe I actually did What I set out to do A little over 2 years ago~Lost the weight~SO NEVER GIVE UP~IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN~I'm noone special Just Me~I know I aint a beauty queen but I am so far from my before pic & So much happier & healthier!(to see my before pic just click into my profile!) I actually "feel" sexy & That's a miracle!
Heres the pic below took 2 days ago~ Just Click to make it bigger.

You look great!

So yesterday I ended up stuck at work pretty late (for nothing!) and decided to just go home and get an early workout Sat morning instead. I did OK on eating yesterday, even though I had a last-minute invite to a friend's place for dinner and drinks. I didn't do too bad, though. I weighed 145 yesterday and today I'm at 142.5, which is good considering I didn't even exercise. It was probably a lot of water weight, but I'll take it as a sign to stay on track today.
I'm going to the gym this morning for a BodyPump class (weight lifting) and will try to fit in 30 minutes on a treadmill or elliptical after that. Planning to get showered and all that at the Y, then head to the birthday party - that's at noon. I even packed a couple of turkey sandwiches so I won't be starving when I get there and pig out on pizza. Is it rude to not eat at the party? One bite of tempting food and I lose all self-control, so I think it's better to just not even try a slice.

Hugs to all who are struggling and great job to you gals that are doing so well with your program! I better get my stuff together and get on the road.

Happy Saturday!

Awww congratulations, my parents are counting down the days until my youngest brother turns 18...in 6 years, lol.

I've been sucking at this challenge too, so I love Dairy Queen and I literally have nothing to offer in the way of advice. Just try your best to keep the sweets at a minimum and if you need to feign sickness and just drink water all night, do it. And we ALL have bad weeks hun, it's a part of this journey and you WILL come back next week with a good report, I KNOW you can...you can do it

I LOVE YOUR TATTOO, I have 2 foot tattoos and I love them and I knew you would get back down to 114, it was just a matter of time

LOL, yea we both seemed to have stepped off the deep end but like I said, kick my butt and I'll kick yours and breakfast is my ultimate weakness, I love breakfast food: pancakes, waffles, bacon, omelets...oooh, I am making myself hungry. I'm sure your weigh-in will be great.


Soooo, I weighed in at 232.0 this morning but it's a total fluke, I would like to be all but I'm actually all because the weight loss came after nearly drinking myself to death during a Bourbon tasting and then coming home and throwing up every single thing I ate yesterday...and maybe the day before. No more Bourbon tastings for me! I'm on a weekend juice fast, so that means no solid food for 48 hours, I have done it for much longer before, so I'm pretty confident. Monday starts my 8 weeks block of bootcamp so that should be fun, but it will definitely slow down my weight loss...which is okay because it will be muscle and toning, not just being a fatty (which is what I've been lately) okay, I'm rambling, have a good weekend peeps, this challenge is halfway over, let's make this half count even more!!!

Yeah! The scale was kind, I lost 2 more pounds. Only 8 more pounds until I'm "normal" weight, I think it's been 10 years since I have been normal weight.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Great job with the weight loss everyone!!

I think I am going into starvation mode. I haven't been eating as many calories as I should (not on purpose). Today I weighed in at 115.8, yesterday 114.8. I'm really feeling down.

Thanks ekicna~Now if I can get to looking like your avatar pic I would be in there!

Way to go K15G15!!! (Goodluck with those next 8 pounds u can so do it!)

Fit4Lyfe~That is so funny (with having 6 years for him to go & waiting LOL! I can relate) BTW I LOVE LOVE LOVE~Your bracelets & shades! ~your whole avatar pic ~u look super cool! U look awesome!


Everyone else off to get a quick look at my recently bloomed flowers ~then start cooking & Browse Facebook. TTYS!! HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SUPER SATURDAY!

Well today is my WI day and I am up exactly a lb. Still TOM so I'm attributing it to that. Hopefully it'll go away in a few days.

Everyone is doing such a great job!