zoesmom That is a HUGE NSV and I am so happy for you!!

Also wanted to say that even though I am no good at personally responding to everyone's posts, I have been reading and keeping everyone in my thoughts throughout the week. Hope everyone has a great weekend. :)

Too funny!! Everyone always laughs when we tell them our dog's name is Elvis. We didn't name him, he was already named. His other canine friends that lived with him were Priscilla and Gracie (for Graceland lol). The people we got him from were HUGE Elvis Presley fans (if you couldn't tell!).

Thank you so much for your kind comments. You made me blush.:o:o:o

Good luck at the casino, bring home enough cash for all of us!!! :D

Alright...here we go!

thnknthin1 - ten pounds in 8 weeks is reasonable. I bet you can do it! And if not, well, there is always the next challenge! And let your ex's get a hold of your information...what are they going to do? Spread rumors you have lost 95 pounds? OOOOOHHHHHH! SCARY!!! ;) Honey, be proud of that fact. And if they see your numbers, so what. You did what most can not, and are absolutely AMAZING FOR THAT!

Tibbits - :woohoo: three pounds is awesome! And I can not wait until I am at 1/2 the person I started off at! You freaking rock!

Sum - ah, don't let it get you down. Anything could happen. BM not moving, water retention, weight from last meal not completely digested, hormones fluxing. Did you lose inches? Gain muscle? Don't sweat the scale, the advancement is in everything, not the number. But...glad you dropped again...sounds suspiciously like water weight. ;)

alinnell - Logging everything I put in my mouth helped me get my weigh-in's more in control :)

IanG - Good job!

100Mother - AWESOME! I love the muscle gain feeling. It actually makes me feel better knowing I am building muscle when I never see the scale more or it moves slowly. I'd rather be healthy than be a rail (although, rail would be nice too :lol:)

jessicado - FIVE WHOLE POUNDS! :five: YEAH YOU! I did Mexican a week ago and managed to walk out eating 100% on plan. I asked for a taco salad, with unmarinated chicken, no sour cream or guacomole, and ate everything but the shell. The next day, had a 1/2 pound loss. It is possible to eat out and not eat bad. Just takes disciple. Awesome that you had it!

wolfgirl - awesome on the new decade, keep up the great work!

amandie - :carrot: yeah! Love your NSV and love that you lost weight!

Delphi - aw shucks, you are going to make me blush! And ironically, you are my inspiration...it is because of your posts that I decided to see if I could run. All you dear, all you. I haven't done anything all that great. The only reason I am here is I made a vow to myself regarding my kid, and I am not going to let me down...or her. Do what we gotta do to do it right. And yeah, no smart phone :lol: Next week, you'll see a great drop! I am jealous of you being able to wear shorts. I haven't worn shorts in probably 8 years. It's been so long that my naturally medium dark skin has turned ivory. I am so proud of you, that is awesome!

irish - Bless your heart, you've been fighting that 142 for ages! I know you are insanely active, what with your grandbaby...sure you are getting enough calories?

Tehdollylala - I hate when that happens and the weight just...sits there. Like a bad joke or something. It keeps waiting around for you to get the joke and you have this awkward pause like, "You just need to leave now". You'll get out of the 180's, I just know it!

ange - boo to plateaus! Give it a few more weeks, if it doesn't budge, then adjust your calories and/or exercise. It helped me when I hit my plateau.

adlea - WOW! ALMOST to your own personal best...that must be an AWESOME feeling! :cheer:

Nathalie - when working on focus, remember that it takes on average 6 weeks of doing something daily to make a habit, but on average, only 72 hours to break that habit. To me, it just isn't worth it to rest for three days and have a heck of a time for the next six weeks to get back on track. You can do this, I know you can! And special kudos on being trusted, that must make you feel awesome!

Sinderelly - nice loss! Don't argue with it, just take it! :lol:

Emula - Good luck on your 5K walk tomorrow!

amandie - You are absolutely amazing and awesome...in case I forgot to tell you that this week. :)

EVERYONE - Thank you, thank you! Never in a million years thought I would be happy that the dreaded TOM was visiting me. But by George, I am! One step closer to my ultimate goal!

And lastly.....
elvislover - ^^^^THIS^^^^Oh god this. I am RIGHT there with you :hug:
I came to 3FC in July 2012 with a very half a$$ed view of weight loss. Come August 13th, my daughter found me in a brief coma. She was three. I had thought I only had a cold when I went to bed. Come to find out, I had a cocktail of issues going on. I had untreated asthma that had progressed from moderate to severe. I had streptococcus pneumoniae, which I learned is usually pretty lethal. I had a fungal infection from backed up allergies. I had a viral infection, a bacterial infection, and most importantly, due to the blockages in my lungs, carbon dioxide poisoning. My O2 saturation levels were at 42%...morgues see corpses with higher O2 levels. I should have died that day. I almost died that day. So many doctors and so many nurses told me so many times that they couldn't believe I pulled through. My daughter found me asleep after my husband went to work. I have no idea how long she tried to wake me up. I have no clue how she managed to do it, but her 38-40 pound body had managed to put my 293 pound frame of dead weight out of the bed and onto the floor. When I finally came too (sort of, I was pretty foggy headed and most of that day is lost memory) she was beating on me and screaming and crying, begging me to wake up. Thinking back to that day, I...I choke up every time. My baby almost witnessed me dying. No one said it was my weight. No one came out and told me I was fat. No one said if I was thinner I wouldn't have been so sick. But I know, in the bottom of my heart, that if I had been thinner, things would have never spiraled out of control the way they did. I was in the hospital for two week and in ICU for 3-4 days. I was on an O2 tank from August until November. Still have one in my house. I was diagnosed with ARDS, which is similar to CPOD, but not quite the same. It is life long and basically means my lungs are damaged for life. I was told I would be on an O2 tank for the rest of my life and I needed to file for disability. I was 29. It was 3FC that pulled me together. I knew I needed to lose weight, I just didn't know how, especially given my condition. But little by little, I worked it out. It was the support I got from everyone here. I lurked behind several people, never really posting, but reading their stories, because, if they could do it, surely I could too, right? And I did. And I am. Like you, I owe 3FC my life. I really do. Because had it not been the support and advice of so many of the people here...I don't know where I would be. I promised my daughter I will NOT let her find me like that again. And that is a promise I WILL keep. And yes...my doc told me the same, losing weight was the best thing I could do for my reproductive health.

I love everyone here. I need everyone here. My family and friends are insanely supportive. But they don't get it. They haven't been here, they can't. But you all, you get it. And I could do it without you all. I might get wordy sometimes, I might get overbearing, I might say way too much, but that is because I simply cannot express just how important 3FC is to me. Thank you, every last one of you. :grouphug:

:hug: Hugs Zoesmom. I get chills every time I read about your precious babygirl waking you up. You and I (and everyone else here) were meant to meet online here and help each other, I sincerely believe that in my heart. I love and need this place too, I'm lost with just a few hours without you all and hurry up to log in and see what I missed. (And I might have a tad too much time on my hands, now that I think about it!:D)

I also talk about you all by screenname to my husband and he's starting to learn all your names and doesn't say "wait, who?" (or maybe he just nods me yes to death?!). As much as my husband loves me, he doesn't "get it" like Zoesmom said above (and I'm glad, he's never been heavy and I will make sure he never is) and you all understand my emotions and struggles. I'm telling you, you are all God's gift to me and I'm so thankful. :hug:

elvislover - I likely tell my story way too much. I AM seeking counseling on that. I've been told I am suffering from PTSD since something so traumatic happened at such a young age, which is one of the reasons I can't drop the subject. I try not to bring it up. But it just doesn't work out as intended. And when I saw your post about 3FC saving your life, I got teary eyed, because I am so there with you. You know, my kid, nearly a year later, still gets scared when I go to sleep or take a nap. She'll run screaming through the house and grab her dad to "save" me. It messed her up, finding me like that. I think that is why she is so hip on being my exercise partner and pegs me when I eat poorly. I think she is just as invested in my weight loss as I am. I keep hoping she will grow out of the fear of me sleeping...maybe with time. My kiddo is my miracle child...in so many ways.

zoesmom - your story is truly amazing! I thank you for being comfortable sharing your experience.

There are so many inspiring people here at 3F! I am 100% sure I owe a great deal of my success to the awesome people like you, Delphi, elvislover, Amandie and so many other awesome people here on 3FC. Being able to talk to others who've had the same struggles is helpful beyond measure.

You help keep me determined to keep moving forward (never looking back) every day!

OMG I didn't mean to imply that you tell your story too much!! I would never ever do that (I tell mine everywhere too, knowledge is power)!!! And your poor daughter, my heart breaks for her too. Will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. :hug:

thanks SuperHero. Everyone here is just...AWESOME

elvislover - no, you didn't imply. I just know I tell my story all the time and eventually, someone is going to get sick of it. :) I appreciate you praying for us...you know, I have you on my mind a lot as well...I feel our lives run very parallel, we both have similar stories and struggles. Different JUST enough, but close enough that I can almost feel your pain and your joy. :hug:

Anyways...timer went off...time to decorate some cakes so I can have them ready in time tomorrow! WHEW...gonna be an all nighter tonight!

good to read all the positive posts on here and everyone encouraging each other.

Zoesmum someone said that protein shakes are the easy way to lose weight? What? How wrong can you get? And why would you even say that to someone? Apart from the fact that there is no easy way to lose weight! I haven't tried them myself, but anything that means you eat less (i.e. you're drinking calories instead) immediately means deprivation and non-motivation for me at least! That would be the hardest way to have to go in my book.

I don't really want to be found here, partly i think because i'm in denial for having put the weight on and am now having to lose it, and mainly probably as elvis said because i'm more candid here than i would be in real life and say things more openly. I am called Ange though, and i did eat-too-much!!

I hope everyone has a good weekend! Boy California is weird. First it was cold then it was hot then it was cold again now it's hot! And there's no happy temperature either.

Anyways I'm seeing the Great Gatsby tomorrow night with my guy friend (Not boyfriend lol) and we are gonna dress up for it too haha. Gonna be fun! I'm nervous he'll see my stretch marks under my arms but I know he's a good person so he probably won't care but still... Can't wait to see the movie!!! Looks SO good!!! *is excited* My favorite character so far is Daisy!! I've been waiting for this all week long!!! It starts at 6:45 (Which is the same time here on 3FC)!!! Again SO EXCITED!!!

You are going to LOVE it! I saw the first show last night. I was pleasantly surprised by the large number of teenagers in the audience!

Good for you for dressing up! Are you dressing 20s style? So much fun!!!

SuperHeroTeacher

I'm too excited not to love it! haha

Well he's wearing a suit. And then there's me with my shortish waist cinched purple super sparkly dress and my short hair (It's cut that way lol) and pumps. So I'm sure there are people who look more 20s than me haha but I think I look it enough.

This image removed my sparkliness haha

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So cute! Definitely 20s inspired! Your hair is very Daisy! You should come up with a cute headband similar to this (testing picture attachments - never done it before):

2am is a cruel and unusual hour to be forced out of bed! I commend anyone who does this regurally.

wolfgirl I'm so envious, that sounds so fun! Also, love your dress. I can't wait to see Gatsby, it's not out here until the 16th i think. Have a wonderful time! :)

SuperHeroTeacher I don't think I can get a hold of something like that but I did find a necklace my mom gave me-it's fancy, dangles, and is made with fake gems. It looks so shiny and pretty it'll totally help with my 20s look. :D
Emula Aw that sucks. And thank you!! :D