Hola Chicas...I can NOT get into the personals flow, IDK what is wrong with me; I HAVE to get on it next week, I miss knowing what's up with you guys and how can we encourage eachother when I don't say anything to anybody?!?!?!?!

Anyway, I have been between 233 and 234 for about 2 weeks maybe...I finally saw 232.8 this morning and I'm updating my stuff, because I need to see a different darn number! LOL anyways, I'm going to take some time on Sunday and read through the WHOLE thread, I have to go into work today (BLEH) have a good one ladies and push on through!

Fit4Lyfe - I always update just as soon as I see a new low in the AM. I know that it may not be quite that low the next day, but I do not care! I saw it so I claim it. ;) This is why I am officially 178.8 today, but my profile says 178.4

1 year ago today I posted my first post on 3FC on this thread from last year. I am down 24lbs. Sometimes I start in with the coulda shoulda woulda's and I remind myself that I can not change the past, but I can be proud of my accomplishments! 59 lbs down from 2 years ago and 24lbs from last year...I'll take it!!!

Congrats to everyone who has lost weight or is hanging in there! It's hard when the scale doesn't do what you want.

MOST of my water weight is finally gone, I'm still up one pound but I'm planning on drinking a little more water than normal to finish flushing it out of my system. I don't think I will have lost weight by Monday because of my couple bad days, but that's okay. I'm perfectly happy with a stalemate. :)

jdonato - Congrats on your loss! I have my fingers crossed for Monday when I do my weigh-in! I bought ridiculously sparkly and colorful stickers to award myself with and the last couple of days they've acted as a great incentive to sticking OP. :)

CorinneIrene - Definitely try it if you think it'll help! I have the calender that I put them on posted in my living room so it's in my line of sight a lot of the time. The last couple days if I had a craving, I'd just look at the stickers I've gotten so far so that I could visualize my progress and the cravings pass.

Hey chickies!! Everyone is doing great and seems like they're having fun for the first part. Minus some scale hatin' going on :D

Lemonzest: I love the idea of the stickers. I may use that idea!! Also, great job on getting the water weight off!! YAY!! :carrot:

fruitlady: Awesome work on keeping the house a clean healthy environment. It does give great satisfaction to cook and bake healthy foods!!

Corrinne: Congrats on making it to goal and maintenance! Keep up the awesome work! You are a great motivating factor!! :carrot:

Jigglefree No problem on encouraging the chickies, although I was encouraged by all the ladies as well, so I think we could call it an interchange of encouragement!! I LOVE the nougat for today. Especially since it is my "cheat" day. I will be keeping those words in mind so that I don't overdo it and still have a healthy day!! Thank you!!

Jdonato: Keep up the awesome work!! Thanks for the encouragement with the biking! I really am enjoying it. Doing stairs today has been a bit rough! :carrot:

h82sweat: I still adore your screename!! You are doing really awesome! I think everything in moderation goes for how much and what we eat sometimes in way of healthy food. Sometimes our body just wants some yummy tasty "goodies". In moderation, fats and sugars have their place. Today is my "cheat" day where I have a few extra calories, okay quite a bit more, but make sure I still eat mostly healthy with some treats in there. My body feels great afterward! In the past I'd just eat junk all day and feel like complete junk afterward. Now I know when to stop so I enjoy it!

fit4lyfe: You are one busy chick!! Keep up the awesome work! You're doing very well!! :carrot:

envelope:That is really awesome work you've been doing!! Great way of looking back and knowing you enjoyed the journey. It may have been slow, but you enjoyed it and were productive too!!


As I mentioned a couple times, today is my freeday. I will be having fruit shortly and some healthy food. But then it is off to our Italian festival. But we will be walking, so at least it should end up being around a 3.5mile walk all said and done. Not a fast one, but at least it'll help a little :P
Otherwise, I'm feeling great! My legs are a touch sore when doing stairs today after the bike ride yesterday. I was also quite tired and didn't want to get out of bed but had to. I came home and took a nap! Now I feel much better!!

See you chickies later!! Keep it movin'!! :carrot: :carrot:

envelope- Your persistence has paid off! I really hope to be here in a year and say, "I'm still going strong". That counts for so much. Have you changed the way you diet/exercise since the beginning?

fit4lyfe- I would change my ticker, too, if I had one. LOL I write my weight down in my food journal, and it does stink to see the SAME THING for a long time. made me hate 156! ha, ha.

Stinky week here, blaming it on TOM. I'm finding it hard to be flexible, especially when going out. last night actually worked out, though, and I had 2 glasses of wine. Yea!

Corinne- thank you!
jdonato- eating clean works every time! so happy for you!
jiggle- my mom's B-Day is today too, she turned 79yrs old. Your mom & my mom are almost exactly the same age!
tdiprincess- Before dieting I ate frozen meals, never cooked. Past 3 yrs. I've been loving to bake & cook!

Took two walks, 50min. total. Had 2340 calories, ate 1.5 cups of ice cream after lunch cause I was still hungry & made my healthy version of veggie lasagna w/ whole wheat noodles, you can't taste the difference & the family loves it. That was dinner for me, it put me over calories. It will be interesting to see what happens with my weight. Haven't had any type of pasta for 3 yrs. that was one of my taboo foods. I think i'll skip having any tomorrow, I want to make chicken & zesty summer veggies for dinner. That way I don't have to eat the same dinner two nights in a row.

Lost .5lb more, it's going very slow. I'm averaging 1800 calories a day, I'm not feeling deprived & tend to eat high calories every other day. Other days in the 1200's. My weight stays the same for 2 days, then I drop a half pound, it is interesting to see how my body reacts to all these different but healthy foods I haven't eaten in 3 yrs. Baking a banana cake tomorrow, can't wait for that!

Some of the shoulda woulda coulda's are about the months at a time that I did not continue to CC. I need the accountability to myself. Somehow if I am not counting, I do not eat the way I should. The loss has not exactly been slow, I just had times over the last year where I did not count, and I was not being accountable to me, so I regained some. I am now at the lowest weight I have been in years.

'Morning, ladies! Hope you all had a nice weekend. I ate too much Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Boo. Boo. Boo. I'm just starting fresh today and I'm going to kick every day's butt from now until my WI on July 29th!! :tread:

Hey everybody! The weekend was nice. I enjoyed my food and ate a bit much. But, I had kinda planned that.

Today was good, minus I had a medium cherry coolatta to realize that it is 400 calories?!?!?!?! WHAT!!??? Well that was my treat for the day LOL. Off to go swimming at a friends house. Later I'll be exercising!

Phat: I'm sorry to hear about your fall! I hope everything is allright!! This heat with TOM combo is BRUTAL! ICK!! :(

See you chikies Later!! Keep it movin'!! :carrot:

So, I had a not great week last week and ended up retaining a lot of water because of all of the garbage I had eaten. I got on the scale this morning and not only did all of the water come off, but I lost a pound! I didn't think I'd lose anything at all this week so I'm pretty ecstatic. :)

I keep joining the challenges a little late. My goal is to get to 155.

I've been in a pretty good groove of staying in my calories range, so here's hoping that continues!

Good afternoon, ladies! I took the weekend off working out, which is always so hard, b/c I end up really wanting to. But then I overdo it, blah, blah, blah. ;-) I weighed this morning and am FINALLY in the 140s!! Haven't been there since 2005. LOL

I kicked my own butt totday, although not intentionally. I went to the gym to do 1-2 miles on the treadmill and some arm/ab weight stuff. Did the weight circuit and abs and then ran a mile. I had to take a break to drop the kids at Y swim lessons, but last time I was able to keep working out. Now they needed me to stay for the lessons. No biggie, except I really wasn't planning on it, so I felt my worjout wasn't complete. After getting home, I packed the kids lunch up and we hit the neighborhood in the double jogger. Did 1 mile run, 1 mile walk. It cracks me up every time I run with the jogger now, b/c I NEVER had done that since the day I bought it, and my kids are 3 and 5. Ha, ha. I used the poo out of that thing, but never for working out!

So then I felt super accomplished, showered up, etc. Hubby gets home and decides to finally finish splitting and piling the last bit of wood sitting in our yard. So why not help?!? AUGH! As usual, I get so crazy and now I feel like butt, even after laying down for an hour. OCD is such a double-edged sword. I never have to worry about motivation, but it's hard to stop once I get started, so it almost always leads to burnout. Conquering that has been one of my biggest challenges this time.

Anyhoo....yeah for 140s and boo for psycho working out. I'm even today, I guess. ;-)

Corinne~Good job On 120~WOOT WOOT!

Jiggle ~ thanks so much for taking on the new challenge~Love the daily nuggets~They are so inspiring.~MASSIVE HUGS TO YOU~

I am still maintaing well Was 124.6 this morning~But "tom" is nearing..But I got this...Not sure how I maintain exactally ~other then maybe I am stubborn & refuse to let my enemies(People,Food,ect.) Ruin my life....My teenage daughter(age 18~named CAMI) Is being a pain is my Butt~moved out & causing me heck triple time...Gaining back weight she lost from eating differently & Saying I starved her while she lived here (So untrue) & that I tell her she needs to lose weight...(untrue) she left back in may or June ~moved out~(she has me so upset I forget the exact day)LOL~She weighed 118~Now she is 120~Big whoop....And was ready for "tom' which we all know can add weight...But She has convinced people she was abused here~verberally & Starved so phisically I would assume...UGH~I had to delete my facebook for the moment because all the embarrising things her ,her Bf, & his Mother was messaging me & posting...~If the kid only knew true starvation,Or any type of abuse she would shut up quickly & thank God That she grew up Super.~my sons say they love it here & they are 13 & Nearly 11~& was shocked at what she was saying.~(they have facebook too) anyways...I may see children services soon ~Supposedly I am being turned in for starving my children & neglect...~UGH~They will freak when they see I keep my cabinets & fridge & freezers packed With goodies.~I admit gave them limits On some items such as like cookies down to 5 a day sometimes 10~When they ask~But they get 3 meals a day ~snacks ect...just lower calorie stuff~Sorry to post this on here But I needed it outta my system....I am so proud of all of u~I have lost 135 & all be dang if anyone or anything is gonna make me gain it back~I am the new me....The old me would have done went & showed her what abuse was~LMBO! (j/k) The girl never even washed adish here ever she had it made here ~only girl/with some learning probs/GOT TOTALLY BABIED! ARGGGGGGGHHHHHHH.

Anyways Hugs to all~Writing this out to y'all made me feel better~Hope know one minded...I been missing u all Will check in soon again...JIGGLE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GIRL~God definetly has his hands on you.~Keep me in your prayers & I will do the same for all of you.


(if any of the above made no since ignore it ~I was in the moment of letting it out & I am not checking for typos~LOL)

I started strong & I am staying strong.

Oh & I wanted to add to envelope ~I am praying for your child ~having asthma is so hard to deal withEspecially in this weather.~I try my best to stay indoors in A/c ~Still cough some ect.~It is so hard on people.~Hugs to her! (I have it too could not imagine being a child with it~I got it as an adult & it is so scary but we can control it or minimize it Usually~Prayer does many wonders.)