I went MIA again! I am going to jump in here and see what happens.

Hang in there Photochick!

157.4
157.4
152.4

That would be lovely...that would put me back at my ticker weight!

sw 237
cw 234.6
gw 232
Lost 2.4
SO FAR ~Even if I do not win This is sooo helping me.

Go you Janel
12 magical pounds
I was a low carb chick for a very long time
doing a bit of calorie counting these days
I threw out the last of the best cheesecake I have ever had (: too much of a temptation just sitting there in the frig
how long has it taken you to drop 12 pounds!
and how are you doing it ?

Happy New Year
Melinda4952

Same, but I'm not surprised or even upset. I have eaten out every night since Christmas Eve, on the 24th I was my lowest weight in 8 years, 162. All my friends are in town visiting, and fitting work and family in this season has been a challenge. Tonight, going out again, and tomorrow is New Years Eve. Like Photo, I am not expecting a further loss until January.

Same here, Julie. I've just learned to accept that some things will fall by the wayside when I'm hyperfocused on one area in particular, usually something new to me. I feel like I could focus on some other goals now, though, without dropping the ball on eating right and exercising. I'm ready for the next phase, you know?

Kiwi, WTG on the 40 lbs!

Mavis, you're dropping fast!

Kali, WTG with the sit-ups! I'm trying to get back in the habit of doing those every morning like I did before. Since I tried putting it with lifting, it doesn't seem to be as good as doing just a few a day, and it's also hard for me to motivate to do multiple sets of abs after lifting.

FB, I'm holding steady, as well. I think this is the first time I've seen the exact same number 3 mornings in a row...weird!

SW:185.4
CW:184.6 (-0.8)
GW:180.4

What is up with that? Of course I think for me that nailing the weight loss was because for a long time it was the ONLY thing in my life that I could control. Or maybe I'm just trying to see the positive side of the rest of it. I dunno.

Ok. So for ALL OF US ... 2009 is going to be the year we nail it all. No more of this weird out-of-balance s**t.

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maintained.

Congrats on everyone maintaining weight! I know it's a hard week for a lot of us - family's around, drinks abound, and restaurants are calling... I guess i got "lucky" this year - my family's all in MD and VA this year, and my friends all left, so we're neither eating in nor going out. That said:

SW 318.2
CW 316.6 (-1.6)
GW 313.2

Thanks! I've been doing just basically calorie counting and exercising - I aim for around 1800 calories a day and do my exercising with my Wii - I use the Wii Fit, as well as DDR and the Active Life Outdoor Challenge game. I'm kind of addicted to the games and I play them a lot, it's not really like exercising to me. Sometimes I'll turn on the DDR game and do a thousand calories without realizing it - on those days I tend to have an extra snack. I also drink a lot of water, sometimes nearly a gallon a day, but I tend to be a pretty thirsty person.

I started losing in the beginning of December, so the first 12 pounds have gone pretty quickly. I had been wanting to lose some weight for a while, but hadn't really been motivated to. I had several dental issues in November with abcesses and infections and the like, and after a few surgeries I was on my third course of antibiotics in the beginning of December. The combination of my other medications, the antibiotic, and the pain pills I was still on made me not want to eat ANYTHING. There were literally a few times that because of the medicine and the nausea I went over 36 hours without eating anything. Anyhow, I lost about 2 pounds from that, and for some reason, I decided that I didn't want to gain them back, and that was the start of my weight loss.

I weigh myself every morning, first thing after a trip to the bathroom. I know lots of folks prefer to weigh themselves weekly or every other week, but I think that every day keeps me on track. I also take a blood pressure reading with a home monitor every morning - I do this mostly because I have low blood pressure and have to take high blood pressure medication for another condition, so I want to know I'm low so that I can incorporate a little more sodium into my diet. (My doctor actually told me to eat more salt!) I record my weight and blood pressure, along with everything that I eat and the amount of exercise I do in a small pocket notebook.

As my challenge weight, holding steady today:
SW: 169.2
CW: 168.8
GW: 164.2

I'm in! I'll start tomorrow with tomorrows weigh in.

Hi All
SW 164.6 (weighed in on 12.27)
CW 162.6 (-2)
GW 159.6 (ohh that sounds good)

sw: 167.5
cw: 166.6
gw: 162.5

Gained 1 pound
it was movie night ....had 2 big handfuls of cashews ...ugh
I know where I went wrong
now it's New years and we are doing Chinese oh no
I need will power dust ...
Happy New Year Everybody !!

Same! I'll look on the bright side and consider it maintenance practice. It's a bit of a salt thing too, I craved anchovies last night. Isn't that the oddest? Anchovies on crackers. Ew.

On the balance thing - I agree. I smoked my weight loss in 2008, but other areas were, sadly - lacking. It seemed impossible that I could devote any more attention than the barest of minimums to other areas in order to accomplish what I did with weight. In retrospect I wouldn't change a darn thing but 2009 will hopefully be the year of balance and refinement for me - make more room in my life/mind.

SW: 153.4
CW: 153.6
GW: 148.4