Seeing Myself Naked is Scary Week #2
 

Due to the fact that we're a VERY talkative bunch, and after week one we're coming very close to the 500 post max on our thread I am starting a new thread for this week of the challenge.

so mark this one!!! :)

Everyone, thank you for your kind words about the dress. I am SO excited!!! I bought it at a store called Group USA. I had never heard of it, but my step-mom took me there yesterday.

Jules - it would be awesome to meet up to walk! the only time I could though is on weekends. What's your schedule like?

Ok - I'm going to go work through the week #1 results and post in a few moments!!!

Week #1 Results
 

Totoal number of people in challenge: 47
Total Starting Weight for EVERYONE: #8803.7
Week #1 Total Weight: #8750.9
TOTAL LOSS: #52.9

That's Freaking AWESOME!!! We lost over #50 in ONE WEEK!!!!!

Most lost Individual: edzard with #8.5!!! :cheer: :yay: :woo:

Team Challenge #1 Winner: TEAM SPIDER with #15 LOSS!!! :spid:

#2 - TEAM SKELETON - #11.4 :sklol:
#3 - TEAM WITCH - #8.3 :witch:
#4 - TEAM BAT - #5.4 :bat:
#5 - TEAM DRACULA - #3.9 :dracula:
#6 - TEAM CAULDRON - #3.3 :stir:

ALL OF THE TEAMS DID INCREDIBLE! THE SUPPORT, MOTIVATION, AND SPIRIT IS AWESOME IN THIS ROOM!!! LET'S KEEP IT UP FOR WEEK #2 AND GET AN EVEN BIGGER LOSS!!!

If you did not weigh in for week one, you only have one more freebie week. The challenge is only 8 weeks long!!!
Here are the people that did not weigh in:Chemgirl22, freethetoys, thatgirl1024.

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PM ME WEEK #2 WEIGH INS BY SEPTEMBER 19th!!!


TEAM CHALLENGE #2 - is going to be the first Team to lose an ADDITIONAL #15. I know that week one was a little messed up in that some people signed up earlier then others and had the chance to lose more etc.... so we're giving it another go!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

is team stir actually cauldron? lol

Weekends would work, Eny. My bf would watch the girls and I wouldn't have to hurry to pick them up from school. Weekdays are so hectic with one getting out at noon, and the other at 3:40 and bf not getting home from work till nearly 7.

Let's go team cauldron!! Brand new week!

Well done everyone, especially those of you on Team Spider! What a result!

Hey everyone! I just weighed in for week 2. I'm down about 3 pounds from week one, so I look forward to helping CAULDRON get out of last place!!!!! I'm gonna go over to the TBL challenge and post my starting weight. I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Eny, I didnt tell you this in my PM but your dress is beautiful! I love it!!!

:congrat: Team :spider:

ENY ~ Your dress is absolutely beautiful! you are gonna look so GOOD! You better post some pics for us to see on here!!! :D I'm so excited and happy for you!! Did you show Joe the dress or are you gonna make him wait and see you when you walk down the isle? I wanted to do that so bad but I couldn't wait to show Scott. OMG....how exciting!


YAY Witches 3rd place isn't that bad! We won bronze...LOL! :D

Congrats to Team Spider!! :woo:

:coach: Let's keep the momentum up everyone! On to Week 2!!

I haven't shown him yet - but he knows it's hanging in the closet. I have to get a little bit of alteration done on it.... so maybe I can hide it from him for the next 3 weeks! OMG I'M GETTING MARRIED IN 3 WEEKS!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Eny, I love the dress. How beautiful! Wow! 3 weeks will be here before you know it!

Congrats to Team Spider! :yay: (Team Skeleton wasn't too far behind you!)

Wow Tamara! Another loss to report already! You go! :carrot:

I'm doing ok myself. Had chinese last night for dinner, so I didn't stick to my new plan, but didn't overdo it either. Working on today! :D

Have a great weekend everyone! :sunny:

Hi Everyone~I miss one day and I miss out on sooooooooOOOOOOOOO much.

:spid: C O N G R A T S~ T E A M :spid: W A Y TO GO~~~~Do we get a sticker for winning the first challenge???

Eny~I just seen your dress!!! It is gorgous, even more beautiful than that!! You are going to look so drop dead beautiful. Please oh please share pictures with us. We want to share in your wedding day! 3 weeks Eny!! 3 weeks!!!!!!!! I am excited for you! What does Hunter think about this wonderful time??

Congrats everyone!!
Team Dracula, promise on monday I'll have good news to report!

Eny, your dress is beautiful! I love it!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Now I'm off to watch Georgia woop up on some Carolina Gamecocks!! :)

WTG Team Bat! Yaay! Almost 5 and a half pounds lost--this week will be even more!!

Eny--this is a lot of work--you have so much on your plate with the wedding coming up and such--I am just in awe that you took on this challenge thread at this time! I am so impressed!

Edzard: :congrat: you rock!

And :bravo: Team Spider! Enjoy it, the rest of us are aiming for you!

Off now for a long walk--still sore from the last two hard days at the gym! But--swim class tomorrow. Fun!

:congrat: Team Spider!

Team Skeleton keep up the good work!

Congrats Team Spider!
Way to go Team Witch, yeah we won bronze, lol. Maybe we can make it for week 2.

Edzard- You did AWESOME! Keep it up!

Hey girls - thanks for all the compliments! Pat - Hunter is EXCITED! Joe's the only "daddy" she's had. I left her dad when she was 2, and he chooses to be an extremely minimal part of her life. Joe came in and fell in lov ewith her first. :) I love those two SO MUCH!!!

Oh and Team - :spid: You DO get a week one winner's sticker for all of you... I just have to choose one now! :) I'll have it to you all tomorrow. Right now I'm TIRED :yawn: and I'm taking my happy butt to bed! (after I check TBL board ;))

GOOD NIGHT MY LOVELIES!!! :df:

Thanks so much guys, unfortunatley most of the loss is from stress but I will take what I can get. Hopefully TOM won't ruin it as its just arrived with a vengeance, good luck to all!

all right, here goes week two!

let's kick it team dracula!!

Hi. I'm back after fibriod surgery, happy to say the doctor believes I'm now tumor-free!

Weigh-in is tomorrow, but my activity has mostly consisted of sleeping, and I've just been eating the food that people bring me. It'll take me a bit to get back on my feet, but I'm around! Go team :dracula:!

TOM went away just in time. Weighing in today at 231!

Let's go team cauldron!

Glad you're on the road to recovery Ufi! You'll be back on your feet in no time!

Congrats Julie99s! :cheer:

I'm off to get some "work" work done before everyone else wakes up. Have a good day everyone!

I made it through yesterday! I didn't formally excerise but did a lot of walking in stores. But I got my water and then some in and I stayed on plan when we went out to dinner. My blood sugar continues to be very improved. I'm feeling good and reporting a 3.5lb loss for the week. Woohoo! Go Team Witch! (and go everyone, we are all doing fabulous!!) :dancer: <--- happy dance

Okay so I've been having major major scale troubles. I have two scales...both digital. My old one is the one I started my weight loss journey on....I later got a new one cause it read to the 0.2. Well my new one weiged me 2-3 pounds more than my old one...no biggie. I decided to stick with my old one because it was the one I had started with and I would truely know how much weight I had lost. Well ....it crapped out on me the other day and I have had to throw it away. So the newer scale is the one I'm forced to use now. I weighed in Friday at 234 on the old scale and 236 on the new scale.....sooooo I'm really discouraged right now...cause I feel like I did all that work to get down to 234 and now this morning the new scale had me at 239 (which on the old scale would have been 236-237...yes I gained a couple of pounds during my splurge day yesterday :( )

Anyways...I just wanna go ahead and announce...I'm putting my weight back on my tickers and profile and everything to 239 today because I don't want to have to subtract weight everytime I weigh and wonder if that number is really what I would have weighed on the other scale....I'm disappointed...

but hopefully I will catch up to my old number fast...

Sorry team witch :(

Good Morning ladies!

Melissa- Thats ok. It happens, Dont get discouraged. Im sure you will get back to normal in no time. Its probably just water retention or something. Did you get alot of salt? I can tell you if I work all day in the heat I almost always weigh more the next day. Im not sure why. Because Of that reason , I might weight in on Tues instead because I had two 12 shifts and its been really humid and im gonna give my body a day to recover and go from there. Keep your chin up!

Jeniansmom-Good Job! You go girl

Go Team Witch!

217! I can't believe I gained TWO POUNDS! It wasn't like I was hanging out at a buffet. I figured I'd probably see no weight loss, but to gain back all of the weight I worked so hard to lose last week ... And it isn't even like I can jump back in and exercise to work it right back off.

Sorry, team :dracula:

You said you just got done with surgery Ufi give yourself a break, plus on top of that when you body is stressed it will retain water in case you need it for whatever it thinks you need it for. Relax and focus on healing and eating right (healthy foods your body can use to heal) and it will be gone in no time! I have had eye surgery's that left me feeling bloated, I think stress to the body does that, maybe that is why heather1979 is feeling that way after being to hot too long.

Keep on keeping on, my TOM came and I feel like crud! All bloated and jeans don't want to fit right and just 2 days ago I was feeling SOOO skinny! Ok I am done crying and am gonna do better, have a great sunday all.

Don't be sorry Ufi! And you really shouldn't feel bad. You either Melissa!!! For most of us, gaining all this weight didn't happen overnight, so losing it and keeping it off will be a lifelong effort. I know it's discouraging now, but looking at the big picture of the rest of your life, one or two bad days or one or two pounds gained really isn't tragic. Tragedy would be giving up completely and letting all your hard work go to waste. Accept today, prepare for a better tomorrow!

And Melissa, it's not like you really gained that weight back anyway! It's just a technical problem. I would do the same thing though and go by the new scale now. I want to physically see my weight each morning and not have to subtract,etc.

yay guys. Go team :spid: I'll be weighing in tomorrow, I don't think I've got much of a loss this week. Maybe 1/2 lb. Well keep up the hard work everyone :)

Good morning girls! - Yes I realize that it's afternoon - but it was a LONG night! That's what happens when DD has a sleep over with her cousin! Giggling girls ALL NIGHT LONG! :) They have fun though! I just wish it wasn't raining, or I'd shoo them outside with all this energy!

Mel - PM me what you want me to do about your weigh ins and such. If you're moving onto a new scale that read higher, I don't want it to screw up the weigh in stuff you've already done. and DON'T WORRY SO MUCH!!!!

Ufi - PM me your weigh in... and seriously, regaining what you lost last week on account of stress and surgery.. NOT A BAD THING!! Just take it easy hon! Oh - and :congrat: on being tumor free! That's INCREDIBLE!!!!

Ok girls - off to check what Team I'm on for TBL challenge! :hug: and :dust: for all!!!

Deep breath! I've got to think in terms of long term. I do tend to push myself and see setbacks as failure.

And I really am happy with this tumor gone. The doctor was even able to preserve the uterus, so just maybe I could have a baby if I get the chance. One I'm healed up, it won't be as hard for me to get into shape. I was so afraid to get out and move before because I never knew when I'd have a horrible embarrassing bleeding episode, and also it hurt. I'm even thinking of taking a belly dancing class. Not this fall, as I don't think I'll be healed enough, but maybe this winter.

I had a thought about your scale problem. Maybe take it to your doctor's office and ask to weigh there, then compare their weight to your scale weight? I shouldn't think they'd charge you just to use their scale to compare. Then you'd know how "off" yours is.

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Eny - I don't know what to do...I don't know if I should change my start weight or what? Can you make some suggestions of what I should do for this challenge? If I can change my start weight to 239 and current weight to 239 that would be great and just no loss for the first week I guess.....URRRGGGG...that sucks! If you can't do that it is okay I will understand....I will just look at it as I gained and now have more to lose...LOL...It is crazy! Stupid scale....BTW sorry I didn't PM....I was just already leaving a message and just thought I would put it in here....And we aren't on the same team for the TBL challenge :cry:

rmc - Yeah I know I didn't really gain all of that back (only like 1-2 pounds that will come back off easily and is probably just water or something) but what is frustrating is seeing that number on the scale when just the other day it was so close to the 220's!

Heather - :wave: hey! We aren't on the same team in the TBL challenge either :(

I just reset you to #239. Don't let anymore scales break on you! :)

Wow, i missed alot. lol.

Eny - Thanks for understanding and accomodating me :hug:

I'm on red team too :D

Don't forget the Teams that you're on in here as well!!! :) I took a sneak peek this morning, and with TOM leaving he took #2 with him - WATCH OUT EVERYONE!! TEAM DRACULA IS GOING TO KICK SOME BUTT!!! :dracula: :kickbutt:

I wouldn't forget my team here :)

TOM is always nice when he takes his baggage too, Eny!

Eny~We are both red team!!!! When I settle down a little bit I need to go back and check what our first challenge is. I am so excited I cant stand it. I am so glad that Hunter is thrilled about the wedding.

Mel~How about them Colts!!!!

I have had a slight stomache upset all afternoon. I will pm you my weigh in in the morning. I am not looking for a loss, I am bloated and and and feeling fat. Catch ya all later. Pat

YOU know what's amazing? When you can sit down to a dinner full of deep fried foods, and limit yourself enough that you're UNDER your calories for the day! YAY me!!! :yay:

I'm still working towards the #170's for my wedding! my sneak peek today I was at #185.6 - which is #1.8 since Friday... and only #5.8 from goal! :cheer:

Alright girls - have to get DD into bed. :yawn: and then do some ab work to get that dress to look even better! :D :woo: