Sorry for my absence too! I had exams last week, then bf surprised me with a weekend away in Paris for Valentine's Day.

Last week and this past weekend were tough diet wise. I did loads of walking, though I definitely over ate. I went up 4 lbs. I'm doing the 4 Day Diet now, so we'll see if I'm able to break that plateau. Unfortunately, from all the walking I have nerve pain from my foot up through my leg, so I haven't been able to exercise since I've been back. Tomorrow I'll try to go swimming.

Sounds like quite a few people are having scale issues and unfun TOM times. I'm sorry and I hope all of you have things going in the right direction very soon.

I have been being very good and have gotten all my calories in for 6 days in a row now. Unfortunately 2 of those days were dinner out and had a lot of sodium, so the scale is not my friend right now. It is headed back down now though, and since I know it is just from sodium, I'm not too upset by it. For more good news I have a new mile time record of 14:39. Yep, still slow, but improving - YAY!

Doctors visit went well. I am stuck at 160.2!!!!! I hope to see a loss in the morning. I want 159 so bad I can taste it. I will post more later today.

Hey All!

I'm lurking due to time constraints but I wanted to say to FitGirlyGirl congrats on the new mile time record! I, too, am a slow runner and so I know what those little accomplishments mean! Way to go you!!!

I hope everyone else is doing well!

Hi All,
Down 6 lbs this week
total of 9 so far
need to lose 6 more to make this month's goal of 15.

Morning ladies!

Taurie - What an awesome surprise!! You must have a great BF!

Nello - Hang in there chica. TOM is a PITA, I hope it's over soon.

FGG - Congrats on the new run time!

Dixie - Me and you will be back in the 150's soon!! I'm at 160.0 again.

Tigga - Wow! You're rocking it!

Eclipse - Ouch! I hope they can sort some of that out. Medical issues are no fun. I hope you are feeling better soon.

Ms.P - Glad to hear the house stuff is almost settled! And WAHOO on the pants! You are such an amazing lady, you just keep your eye on the prize!

Tyla - :wave: staying on track is good! Keep it up!

Tummy - LOL at the recorder! I wish we had a tv show recorder. I'm too cheap to buy one. Hope you had fun in the city!

Sandye - Where are ya??? Hope you are doing well!


Well, 2 days back into recording my food. I'm still having hungry issues, and it's really annoying. I thought I was doing good, I made a special dinner for DH last night, but when I entered it in I got a shock. DH has Celiac's Disease, so he can't have gluten (wheat, barley & rye) so I have this great substitute flour that I use all the time. Well, I made biscuits with it last night, and I put the recipe into spark people later - 320 cals per biscuit!!! And I had 2!!! That's almost 3 times the cals in a flour biscuit. I felt so crappy. I never thought the special flour had that many more calories, but it has a lot of almond meal and things like that to make it more like wheat flour. Well, lesson learned. I was over about 200 cals for the day. So today is a new day, and I will read labels better from here on out!

On other TMI news, lol, I've been taking prenatal vitamins for about 3 weeks, and they are stopping me up! Stupid iron! So I'm going to have to find something to combat that.

Well, I better get to work, have a great day ladies!!!

Morning Ladies,

Don't have time for tons of personals today, gotta jump into school work I didn't finish yesterday.

Eclipse - I hope they can sort that stuff out for you. I can't imagine how challenging that would be, my goodness.

MsP - I was just thinking the same thing, lol, is it lazy to just hang out here? I'm really liking this 136-138 area right now. I'm sure i will work on lower at some point but maintenance is rather fantastic. It's nice to just get on the scale everyday and be thrilled at the same number.

Speaking of same numbers, that's where I'm at, the same and happy for it. Had a bit of a weird eating day in the city yesterday and didn't go where we planned for lunch but made good decisions on the fly and it appears to have worked out.

Catch you later.

SG - Thanks. I’m just a baby runner, but I’ll get there. I have marathon dreams.

Nella - I’m anemic and have to take iron 3 times/day. I eat pasta from fibergourmet.com at least 3-4 times/week and I have never had the typical side effects of the iron. Bonus: It is also lower calorie than normal pasta and while hubby says it tastes a little off to him he doesn‘t think it is bad, and I think it is yummy.

Today my scale says 179.8. WooHoo! I am out of the 180s and am officially halfway to goal. Happy Happy Dance.
:carrot::cb::carrot::cb::dance::flow1: :dance::flow1::cb::carrot::cb::carrot:

Good after nooon!! Doing good for the day. Went to McD and asked some questions. Got a grilled McChicken with out mayo. and a parfait. Got to the sandwich it indeed had mayo on it. I took off the top bun and all the mayo I could get off and ate it. Then enjoyed the parfait. That was better for me and my diet than the hot fudge sundae I wanted. Im happy! Weigh in this morning also made me happy with the scale goddess. 159.8 Made 150 something.~~~Got a wild hair and decided the color I dyed my hair was too dark. Got some color corrector and am processing now. Got light ash blonde color to put on afterwards. Keep ya all posted if I get to a light brown:-))))

I think I'm experiencing a Whoosh! I'm down 2.5 lbs in three days! woot! That actually puts me under the revised February goal I picked, and makes my total weight loss just over 35 lbs.

Congratulations eclipse!!! those whooshes are the best! :)

Nella, thanks for your support!

Still working at it and staying strong. I suppose I should weigh myself one of these days, but I don't want to be let down. I'm a slow loser.

Good luck, everyone.

Nella~We will get there. One whoosh and we got it :-))

Eclipse~WAY TO GO!!! love them whooshes.

oppps I posted bout my hair color woes here. Since I did the color came out an awesome light brown. It will help with self esteem issues. I happy I did it.

Hey all! Love the chat on here. I'm reading but no time to respond tonight. Things are good here. Had a fantastic day with my mom for her b-day today. Not much else to tell.
I'm so proud of you all! Those with difficulties, for coming and posting anyway and for those with victories..a giant YAHOO!!!!! for you all. I've been struggling to get my groove on (with food/meals) this month, but things are getting better now that the house stuff is a little more settled.

FGG - OMG that's fantastic!! Halfway is such an accomplishment, every ounce is closer to the other end now. That must feel brilliant. And I just saw your pics too, wowy!