And side view. Boy, this site is giving me the hardest time uploading this photo - this is the 5th try with a new format!!! I hate these pictures : (

And maddiesmom - major congrats on your progress, woohoo!

hey all! Just checking out other boards. I've got a long journey ahead but soooo ready for it! I am planning on losing 100 pounds (6 of which are already gone baby!!) so 94 lbs to go!

Hoping to stop by again sometime... to all!!!

Can I just say...I AM SO PROUD OF YOU GIRLS!!! It takes a lot of courage to post these pics on the internet and we all did it! GOOD JOB GIRLS! As we sigh, huff and maybe cry while seeing them upload, just think....ALL of us WILL look different by November 1st. We will reap the rewards of success!

Maddiesmom - woo-hoo girl! 30 lbs is a new milestone. It wasnt until I got to 30lbs before EVERYONE started noticing I was losing weight. I was like...what the heck?! I gain 15 and everyone notices but I try to lose and I dont get compliments until I double that number? lol...anyway, yay you!

I really do feel on top of the world. My discipline this time around is astonishing to say the least. I even started pushing my mom to run hard with me in the morning and a couple a days ago she hopped on the scale and saw a 4 lb. loss from last month...not too shabby considering she hasnt changed much but the running, so hopefully my positive energy is rubbing off on you guys?

I think I am going to do a field greens salad today with chicken and feta cheese...and some extra virgin olive oil. Ok, I am going to put a WAY OUT THERE QUESTION...but does anyone else have...uh....ahem, "problems" "regulating" when they start to eat really healthy? Its weird. Ive done good dieting but have always allowed room to "cheat", I never went on an all veggie, fruit, chicken, fish type diet and you'd think my body would be very "regular", but nooooo....just wonderin. Sorry...TMI....Im just wondering why this is happening. I cant drink apple juice or coffee or anything (which is what I would normally do for natural side effects) because that is not part of my program. And I am consuming a very good amount of daily fiber....things that make you go hmmmmmm. lol

Lindy- that happens to me a lot. i was just thinking about it this morning too haha. I don't know what else for you to try. I think that I will go back on this medication for insulin resistance called metformin. My doc had me on it for fertility reasons but wanted me to take it everyday. well i stopped. anyway to get to the point... the side effect of the med keeps you "regular." plus it helps to lose weight. I just remembered that i stopped taking it back in march.. when i was my lowest! I was 202! i stopped bc of the side effect but now i want it. thats crazy. sorry if this is tmi too=)

Lindy - I think almost any kind of change throws your body off. I'm sure it will get back to normal soon! Thanks for being such a motivator and pushing us all to do our best - you rock, girl!

Dance nice photo's, and you look great. You can tell you are getting close to goal weight.

Maddiesmom WOO HOO AND A HOOYA FOR YOU!! 30lbs is a huge milestone and I know you feel good!

Lindy I always seemed to have that problem. Honestly the only thing they help me was coffee and when I gave that up my daily nutritional, Zoelife, seemed to replace what the coffee did. When I take it each day, I am regular and just feel better. This isn't a 'sales pitch' it just what it does for me. So, since it is loaded with fruits and veggies, maybe more fruits would help, or a different variety of veggies? Also, sometimes changing your foods all together shakes the system up, even it you only do it for a few days.

Well, I got my outside workout in, and do I ever feel pooped..........THE HEAT, UGH! I was going to go outback and do some gardening, but forget it, I'm whipped. My eating was good yesterday, but I think the lack of exercise, caused me to not lose any. Hopefully today will be better.

I'm off to shower and get busy.

Maddie's Mom-- Congrats on the 30 pounds gone-- that's awesome!!!

Dance- You look great in your pics..but, watch out world when you get to goal


Lindy- same here...It usually happens to me on a healthy diet change. I think when we don't have that crappy grease in our system, it takes our bodies a little more work to remember how to get rid of it. (Please note, I did rewrite that a few times in order not to use more descriptive words)

Mmm, for lunch I'm having a mix of greens, grilled ckn, mix of peppers and a hard boiled egg--- chalk full of protein-- Yeah!

tonight it's a stop at the grocery store with a new list-- and then another night of the BURN circuit of Chalean. BRING IT!

Keep moving ladies!

Hey girls...ok, my lunch schedule changed a little bit and Im pretty proud of myself considering. Two girls I know at work did me a big personal favor so I wanted to treat them to lunch, so we went to longhorn steakhouse. So this is what I had:

field greens salad with steak, blue cheese crumbles and tomatoes and oil as dressing.
1 sweet potato with 1/2 of the serving of butter and cinnamon.
and water

Not bad? Right? I was trying to stay really on target and pass on the butter with the sweet potato but I just couldnt hang, lol.

I cant wait for everyone to weigh in on Sunday, I just feel so confident that everyone will see a small drop because I dont here a lot of us "falling off the wagon" - yeah!

I'm hungry! I'm hungry! I'm hungry! I want to snack and have some mac & cheese, or cereal, or a sandwich, or something!!!!!!!! I am sitting here at 7:45 with hunger pangs, and my husband is eating a meatball sub - what the heck? This is BS*****

Ok, I'm done, but I tell you what, breaking night time munchies is like........giving up 3FC........it's a life line!

Maddiesmom, you are doing so awesome. Just reading your entry is helping me. Thank you!

This is my entire day! I am not sure what was in my water but this is litterally exactly how I feel!!

I called the girls at my weight loss center and they just said... "hang in there and tomorrows a new day". Yeah a new day I pass mediterranean, thai and bagel restaurants and think... I miss that so much I could just quit. Its that bad. It doesn't help that my husband eats whatever but this is wayy bigger and deeper than that.

***So mad at myself... and I didn't even cheat.***

Well, today was good...and then bad...sorry Sandy! LOL

I did well for breakfast, had 1/2 a bagel and didn't even finish that...had some o.j. with it. I was filing and there were donuts 2 feet away that I could smell, and damn they smelled good! I didn't have any though. Then at WW, I hit my 5% weight loss goal (go me!) We had a potluck with healthy alternatives to the normal "diet" food. Well, it was a buffet, and it was WW food, but I know I ate beyond my points. Had a small Milky Way (the bite size one, that's literally a bite). So not too terrible. Then? I went home and ate pizza! My downfall. Oh well. I was going to skip the gym tonight, in fact, this is about the time that I arrive. So what am I gonna do? I'm going to get off this computer, get dressed, and my punishment (or should I say "to make up for") the pizza, I'm going to the gym. I need to go after that fiasco. I gotta tell you, the pizza was good though!

So, I'm not going to say off the wagon, I am going to say that I am "calorie cycling." LOL Hey...lay off...I'm making up for it with a workout!

AJ: Way to say no! I've been saying no for weeks, so I think I deserved the treat...it's all about moderation.

Lindy: GREAT JOB eating out!

Have a great night!

I did pretty well today. I'm calorie guestimating... I estimate I had 1200 calories today. Not too bad. I'm not hungry right now but I have the munchies! Ugh.. I'm just gonna be good and go to sleep. I still need to get to the gym. My mom is on vacation today and tomorrow so we have been running around doing stuff. We went to this new outlet store and sat in traffic forever! Then we went to the casino. I lost 20 bucks and left. I passed up the buffets though.. so thats a win!

Well. off to bed I go. Goodnight!

Ok, I'm hanging on, but ugh is it ever hard. I keep drinking water....to the point I'll probably be in the bathroom all night! LOL...

Maddie yummm pizza which is my absolute weakness. I could eat it every day. I don't think you did terrible though because remember you have been working out hard.

I will check in tomorrow.

I have to say...I love you ladies. If it wasn't for this forum, I would have eaten that pizza and sat on my lazy butt all night. But, since Sandy was congratulating me, I had to go (especially after I typed it and hit "send.") So I did go to the gym, ran 2.25 miles in a half an hour. So, I feel better now. If I didn't have you guys, I wouldn't be doing so well, so THANK YOU!