Welcome, ayclobes, Gonna_Get_There_Soon, bg124, Sum38, Fe2493, and Changergirl!

Did I miss anyone? Does anyone else want to play with us?

Crow: 5.5 lbs
immaculate: 10 lbs
ajlee: 5.8 lbs
dcapulet: 7.9 lbs
Teacher2B: 5 kgs
RVAscreenwriter: 6 lbs
Sally_Pineapple: 10 lbs
JazzyPeggy: 7.6 lbs
Pink_Hurricane: 7 lbs
kandd416: 2.8 lbs
Campana: 8 lbs
immaculate: 10 lbs
bethann1970: 8 lbs
om_namah_shivaya: 8 lbs
Hol_berry: 10 lbs
Kaitie9399: 7.8 lbs
loganandlivsmom: 6 lbs
gardenerjoy: 3 lbs
SuperHeroTeacher: 10 lbs
Last10: 9-10 lbs
ayclobes:
Gonna_Get_There_Soon: 7 lbs
bg124: 6 lbs
Sum38: 4.4 lbs
Fe2493: 8 lbs
Changergirl: 5.3 lbs

My weight has been going down and then coming back up again for over a week now. I'm trying not to be concerned about it because I've stayed under my calorie goal, TOM came on Wednesday, and I've started more intense workouts. I've definitely noticed that I look and feel stronger. My loose skin has tightened up some, so maybe this holding pattern is a good thing for now.

SW: 215.6
CW: 215.6
GW: 205.6

immaculate - I'm going through something similar, just now. It's kind of disheartening from one angle, but from another angle, the "holding pattern" is like a sign that my body is trying to figure out how to move forward with my new active lifestyle. At least, that's how I try to look at it...

RVA - I'm actually really happy with the changes that are happening to my body. I think I was just spoiled by my first two months of weight loss because I was steadily losing about 2.5 pounds per week up until a couple of weeks ago. You're right though. I've made a lot of changes to my lifestyle, so my body probably needs time to adjust.

woo hoo! down one pound to 260! :carrot: 1 down 5 to go this month! Hang in there-we can do this!

OMG. I have only lost a pound after EVERYTHING that I've been doing! Can't wait for this week! GOTTA lose it!!

Well, I lost the two pounds I had gained back, and the weird thing is, is that I actually upped my calories by 300-400 calories. Yesterday and today I've had a migraine, so no workouts (except some light weight lifting last night). Hopefully will be gone tomorrow so I can get in some cardio.

I'm aiming to lost 10lbs this month..since starting back to get healthy, i've already lost 3.6 lbs just this week.

- 5 lbs is my goal. Officially out of the 290's

SW: 294
GW: 289

I didn't have a very good food day yesterday. When I weighed this morning I was still 230. The scale just doesn't want to move. I need to jump start my body. It doesn't help right now that I can't do all that much walking..I have a fractured ankle. It is a very big bummer.
Any jump starting suggestions?

"Official" Weigh in today
 

I had my "official" weigh in at my Medifast consultation meeting this morning. My official weight according to their super fancy scale is 254.9 - a bit higher than my unofficial 253.4 first thing this morning before eating, drinking, or dressing :o

SW: 261
CW: 254.9
GW: 251

Goal -10 pounds, current loss -6.1 pounds, 3.9 to go!

First week is done :woohoo: I lost 2/4.4 pounds this week. I feel very happy about this big drop. I also feel quite comfortable that I will meet my goal of 4.4 pound drop.

SW 163.4
CW 161.4
GW 159

If it is not too late, I would like to join this challenge. I am trying to be very realistic about my goals for myself because so far my weight loss has fluctuated greatly each week since I have started. I will lose 3 lbs one week and then gain .4 lbs another. Very frustrating!!
I get weighed in at WW on Thursday's so I will check in then each week.

Starting: 208.8 (As of 3/28/13)
Current: 206.6 (-2.2)
Goal: 203

Wow, the weight was just melting off as I was busy getting ready for family flying in. Now I am afraid to weigh with all the food and wine. So I will wait until they leave. But the good news is that I tried on a pair of slacks size 20 that were tight before they came and I am wearing them to church today :)

nice, sally!!! Keep it up!
gracie, wouldn't it be nice if the scale would just go down according the the exercise and food you had the day before!? Unfortunately, our bodies seem to be a little more complicated than that--- definitely less linear! Boo. But don't worry, a little fluctuation is good, and if you stick it out, it will begin to fluctuate at lower and lower numbers!
fe2493: OH NO! How did you fracture your foot?? My boyfriend had this happen last summer (it got SLAMMED by a heavy dude wearing baseball kleets) and he's had a hard time getting exercise as well. One thing I might recommend though is doing exercise off your feet that strengthen your core and upper body. a lot of simple weight lifting things can be done sitting down, or even doing thing standing and using your own body weight. I just did some of these yesterday because my hip flexors are lame and weak. Let me know if you want me to share, I may be able to find the youtube links to the workouts.

As for me, today is exciting because I hit 147! That's the official 20 lbs marker! I've been shifting between 150-148 recently, so 147 seems a little more securely AWAY from 150. I am very happy to see that number today! I'm hoping to get down to 144 by the end of the month... so there's still some work to go, but I'm slooooowly getting there!