FYI, losing 100 lbs means your body no longer handles alcohol the same way. Oy

167.5 this morning. But I am 100% back on plan. In two days I have my offical weigh in and I will have to post my first gain. And change my ticker. Ouch. At least it will be just a few pounds.

I order the new rules for weight lifting book. I am trying to get ready for my new new years resolutions.

You guys, my eating has totally sucked this month and last! I am over 210 now and committing to getting back in the game for the rest of the year. I don't know where my head has been, mostly into holiday recipe trials. I have to stop this now though b/c my clothes are getting tight! Yikes!

Sorry I haven't been around through much of these last challenges. I've had lots of changes the last few month that have thrown off my online time like the computer breakdown and attempting to potty train this rascally lil pup my dh bought home at the beginning of summer. I have got to find a way to squeak back into my routine.

Hi everyone! Sorry I have been MIA n here for awhile. So I weighed this morning. First day back to normalcy since the holiday. I saw 180.4 and that's actually .4 less that I was on wednesday! I mean seriously no change in a week should be a little dissapointing, but inspite of not liking being at a standstill, considering the holiday that just passed I feel that maintenence was a victory! We had tons of family stuff going on. My husbands brother and his kids were in town and we were at his parents house everyday. My step daughter was in the local holiday parade with her dance group. I worked every night but thanksgiving, and my family got together to eat twice in this weekend also. Thanksgiving and then for my brothers birthday. Anways I didn't track my calories thursday thru saturday. I should have. And I know I could have if I would have applied myself. It's really hard when eating other peoples home cooked food. Easy when I am cooking, but so difficult when others are. I know I could have at leats used the bank of things in MFP and could have gotten a good guess, but I let the weekend be a break from any tracking. What I did do was watch my portion sizes. And I did that better than I have ever done over holidays before. My worst was two slices of pizza from some I found in the fridge on saturday night (my husband ordered pizza for himself and my step daughter). I REALLY shouldn't have eaten that. Also I had way too many of the chocolate covered pomegranite candies I'd purchased for the holidays. That was my only sugar mishap though. I only ate 1/2 a piece of pie on thanksgiving. And it was my sisters homemade and she kept asking me if I'd tried it. So when my adult niece was saying that she had been served too large a piece I told her I'd take 1/2 of hers and helped us both out.

Anyways yesterday I was back to counting and today I'm back to checking on 3fc.

I cant believe the month is almost over. I really feel I want to have a hard push these last few days and see how close I can get to my goal of getting down to 175.4 by the months end (I don't see how I could possibly reach it with only days left, but maybe I can see 1 or 2 more pounds peel off).

4star- Good job working to get back into it! Last year this same time was where I gained 15 lbs that I have finally managed to take off 5 of this month. I was maintaining a 16 lbv weightloss for about a year when between october and december I went so crazy. I think most was sugar involved (not usually food I have a hard time with). Anways realising a while year has past since I let myself think "I'll get back to work after the holidays and lose this few lbs (little did I know how much I was gaining at the time) fast". Anyways good job getting on here and getting a handle on the holiday time now!

Tonight was my last weigh-in for November and I only lost a pound. 194.5 and I still havn't hit the 180s. I actually ate more the day after Thanksgiving than on Thankgiving day. Ooops!

Finally had a whoosh and I'm outta the 240's! Main november goal reached Good luck these few last days of the month everyone!

165.5 this morning. On plan with the workouts but we ate pizza last night. I had skipped lunch so the calories ended up only being over a small amount. Ill balance it out today.

Still 214 this morning- come on 210!!!!

Starting off the week much better and under budget. Woot!

168 this morning?? And tomorrow is the big every other month weigh in. Maybe the scale will swing back down. I nearly fell off the darn thing when it said I gained 2.5 pounds yesterday.

192 this morning. I wonder if I can see the 180s in the next two days? Prob not.

166.5 this morning. I had to make my first upward ticker adjustment in over a year. But I am on plan so things will straighten out.

I am ready for someone to start a December goals thread.

212 this morning! Time to get on the elliptical machine- come on 210!

Had a bad couple of days these last two days. Today I have a solid start and feel pretty confident that I will make this a solid day back on track. I wish I could get inside my head when I decide to ignore all my hard work and have days so off base. Right now I can look at those choices and think "what a waste!" Eating healthy foods can be really enjoyable. And the memory f the bad/binges isn't anything fond or worthwhile. Why then do I do it?!

I wish I could transplant this mental state everytime I feel I want to eat terrible foods and terrible big portions.

Anyways enough venting. Today is a new start. It was only a few days and I haven't ruined my progress. I stop it now and I get back to eating goods that nourish and exercising so I feel and look great. This is my future I am affecting. In a years time I wont have to worry about feeling too fat or being uncomfortabe in my cloths. I'll just be concerned with keeping up my good work and the process of maintenece. I got this.

164 this morning. I'm thinking about smashing my scale into a million pieces. Why couldn't it say 164 yesterday so that I didn't have a gain to put on my progress chart. Yuk. Stupid scale. And I know better than to get wrapped up in what the darn scale says. I'm still on plan. And still waiting on my weightlifting book to come in.

210 this morning- I couldn't believe my eyes, so 3 more times on the scale and my DH as a witness I wrote down 210. I have many more pounds to go, but I am so happy to have made this goal. Okay here comes December and I want to reach the onderland for Christmas!