A quick fly by~I still weigh 153 it isnt a quirk!! Official weigh in tomorrow. Hope everyone is having a great OP day.Pat

This morning, I weighed i under 240 lbs for the first time. . .in I can't remember how long! So, 1.6 more lbs to monthly goal (not much time left, so I don't know if I'll make it!). More importantly, though, 7.6 lbs until I'm not longer "Morbildy Obese," but just "Obese." Woohoo for obesity?

LMAO eclipse! Where do you find out if you're morbidly obese or just obese? I can only find BMI's that show underweight/normal/overweight/obese.

Have a good day and you just might reach goal by the end of the month...still have six days!

Tamara

40-50 is morbidly obese (and if you're over 50, you get super powers! And they call you Super Morbidly Obese)

morning, girls!

Congrats on all of those goals showing up in RED! You gals rock!

eclipse - you crack me up! woohoo for the new and improved bmi whatever they call it! And I totally get drowning your sorrows in back-to-back episodes of fun tv - it's better than a bag of jelly beans, right?

Keep the good news coming!

Eclipse- lmao, that's awesome, it almost made me want super powers, almost, lol.

Just a drive by for me too, doing good minus my supreme lack of exercise, it's somewhat disturbing but with injuries and more injuries apparently the lazzies got the best of me this last two weeks. I will need to come up with a new schedule to get everything done that I need to so I don't go lax on my workouts. That, however, is for another day.

Have a great day ladies.

Eclispe~proud of you for resisting the sausage biscuits and hash browns. You have temptation of steel!!!! Lost is better for you that the greasy biscuits. Roflmao!!!!!!! The whole BMI thingy is different. I was so happy to leave the land of the obese. It is a mile stone to be very proud of. YOU ROCK IT GIRLS!!!!

Today I’m a little disappointed by myself because I have started to hate my treadmill. I try to focus in that I have been doing well all the month and that I have not any real binge eating episode this month. I only ate an alfajor (a South American traditional confection) out of plan and that is not binge. Anyway, my just developed hate for the treadmill have me a little worry and I feel discontent with myself.
Weight update (although tomorrow will be my official weight day)
SW: 187.4
CW: 177.8 (0.4/2.8 to go)
GW: 177.4/175
WL: 9.6

aluxa-It will probably pass. Sometimes you have to work through it, but it's also a good idea to change things up now and then. Maybe try another form of exercise. You're so close to your monthly goal, so keep going strong!

eclipse-You are a riot! Thanks for the giggle. Yay for obese! It's more than okay to celebrate it in this case!!

Tummy-What's ailing you now? Or was it the previous injury that caused lasting laziness? I know how that can be! You've got a busy schedule these days, so fit in what you can. You don't want to show up to that marathon unprepared!!!!! Take good care, chickie.

Sandye-Just wanted to shout out...I MISS YOU!! How are you doing? I hope you're reading the thread and keeping up with stuff. Please come back and let us know what's up...even if it's not great, we still want to encourage ya, girl!

Pat-I hope your official weigh-in shows a loss since you've worked for it! It's all progress, staying OP and all.

Okay, well that catches me up for this page anyway. I've had a good food day and had to switch exercise around due to schedule conflicts, so I ran yesterday instead of today. I'm hoping to squeeze in swimming later this week, but I don't know if it'll happen. Party prep for DD2 is in full swing. We already started decorating a little even though the party isn't 'til Saturday. I figured it'll be easier to do a little each day. There's plenty more cleaning to do, plus baking the cake...I'm doing it from scratch, frosting and all. This is fitting in with the regularly scheduled life stuff. Tonight I hope to just be able to relax with my family since it'll be the first night this week we've all been home!

hey ladies!
@ tamaraj, good for you! that is a long time to go without smoking, for sure. I get so discouraged after a quit attempt, its just another failure to add to the 2 dozen or so times i've made a real effort to stop. I know that one day ill make it, but it certainly wont be today :-(

stuck at 229.1! I think TOM is almost here...

krystalb- yeah TOM sucks, although the opposite might be worse, imagine if we all lost weight around that time and gained it back after!!

WannabeNurse- It's really hard... or I hear this. I can't possibly say for sure about that because it isin't me, but my boyfriend sure is struggling with it. For a few months he did very well because he had taken up electronic cigarettes. They dispense nicotine and vapor like a cig (flavors if you like) to keep cravings down. Unfortunately, without them for even a short time he has trouble.

Ms Perception- Yeah I need to clean too, really. The good thing is it burns cals pretty good right? Good luck, I'd love to be swimming really. I'm not in a rec though, the one closest to here and least expensive schedules most days.

aluxa- don't feel bad I always hated mine, but I do feel bad that it's not working properly now heh.

MsP: I hope this will pass, and you are right I should change things. I want to start strength training today. Thanks for the support
NightAngel: I used to like it but know I hate it, but I do not want to stop using it. The thing with this hate love with the treadmill is that makes me afraid of what could happen if I start to loss my motivation with other things. I do not want to go back to my unhealthy habits. Thanks for understand my feelings

SW: 187.4
CW: 177.4 (0.0/2.4 to go)
GW: 177.4/175
WL: 10

WannabeNurse:: I quit last year on Feb 9 as well and then went down South for my mother's wedding in July and I was constantly with my mom/sister/neice & BF and everyone smoked so before I knew it I was smoking again. When I came home around the middle of July I took to only smoking on weekends when we were camping...but I was fooling myself. By the end of August I was a full-time smoker again. It's such a terrible addiction and so hard to kick the habit. My DH is still trying to quiet the cravings and I expect that he sneaks the odd cig at work, but that only makes it harder for him.

aluxa: You can do it! Find something new as inspiration (besides all the 3FC lovely ladies. Look through a magazine or on the net and find a picture of someone that looks like you want to look and put a copy on your fridge and another on your treadmill control panel. Remember that only you have the power to make it happen! You're already awesome, but sounds like you need to prove it to yourself! You're almost at goal for the month...that is amazing!

eclipse: You're hilarious! No superpowers here thank goodness. So I think my BMI is 36 (210 @ 5'4") so I'm Obese until I get below 30 right?

Hope everyone has a fantastic day!

Tamara

About smoking, I was fortunate enough to never have tasted a cigarette. However, I developed respiratory problems as consequence of second hand smoke. My mom and my aunts had smoked for around 50 years each. My mom and her older sister had to stop smoking because of health issues, and the other sister decided not to smoke anymore not only because of her health but also in solidarity with her sisters. Each winter is a nightmare for my mom and that will never change. In addition to that, I have a friend who had an emergency 5 bypass heart surgery as consequence of smoking. He quit smoking a year and a half before the surgery but the damage done to his body is still there.

Tamaraj: Thanks I have pictures of myself at my goal weight and pictures of myself at my highest weight. I did this before, but after a while, I gained all the weight back It will be like loss 160 instead of 80 Lol. However, this time I’m trying to do everything well to make a lifetime commitment with my body and not a short time diet like before. The nice thing is that from the previous journey I have some books and magazines, which are an extra to what I’m adding now. Thanks for your words.