Minneey, Minneey, Minneey, what am I going to do with you girlie?! Lol! Okay, back on plan, no cheating, lots of water (but don't overdo it), lots of green tea (if you drink it and again don't overdo it), go light on the carbs (which hold water), moderate exercise (strenuous exercise at this point will cause you to hold water to repair your muscles) and you still have a shot at 134 lbs this week! (And if you are really lucky it could be lower!) Be really good because you want to look fab at your brother's wedding! (And I know you're going to look beautiful, beaming happily, 2 lbs down or not!)

Jacqui I needed the this weekend, must have been the fresh air, the couple cookies, I don't know what, but fighting off the snack monster right and left, even right now DH is having some pepperoni and I almost reached over and grabbed a few slices.... Yeesh

This is a tough month to stay OP especially as it gets closer to the holiday, everybody's doing great!

No, no, no, step away from the pepperoni, Kelijpa! Lol! It's the toughest month of all, so you have to be very choosy about what treats you're going to allow yourself. Do you really want pepperoni, which you can get any ol' time of the year, to be one of those very selective choices? You can do this!!!

Starting weight 237.1
Week 2 weigh in 231.4
This week weight 231.2

I saw 230 a few days ago, but it did not stick.

I bought a 11 oz bag of Doritos corn chips with the intention of eating few and giving the rest to my helper who I was giving a ride to the bus stop 6 miles away. But he forgot and left them in the truck. I chowed down on over 1960 calories before I knew what happened on the way back to my place. I had already ate some 650 calories for breakfast and lunch. I was flabbergasted and disappointed in myself.

I noticed that I had left the egg/tuna salad sandwich mix I had made sitting on my desk. I needed to put it up..... But before one quick taste. Long story short, I ate about another 800 calories or more emptying the container. So I topped that off with a mango and orange. What da hek then anyway, right??

And those chips had a LOT of tasty salt on them to. Result, my weight the next day went up to 237 and just now is back down to 232.4

So no loss for this week. But I was back on plan today and will remain on plan (I hope) for the balance of the month.

Big Fatter Rooster

PS All yall are looking great this past week Keep it up

yesterday's weigh-in: 77,7kg (171.3lbs)
yesterday's calories: 1600
yesterday's exercise: --
today's weigh-in: 77,7kg (171.3lbs)
change: no change

good morning

I was in a hurry to post yesterday, but my friend was stunned to see me skinnier I always find it mega weird when people comment on it. Like, 'hey, did you lose weight??' 'nah, new haircut'?
Anyways, what was real crazy she told me she herself lost bout 45lbs before I met her. She looks amazing and I'd never known. So it was really cool to know she lost the weight and successfully kept it off It was quite inspirational.
And yesterday - I was baking cookies, and I stayed right on track! I didn't taste the dough or licked chocolate off the spoons (kept chewing gum), and when the cookies were done I just took a really really small bite for the taste. They turned out amazing! I put them in little gift bags and sealed them - no temptation this way. I did amazing yesterday! I'm amazed
I'll go for a run now, and stay low calorie for the day so I can enjoy a couple cookies and some at a Christmas party tonight.

Lyn77 yay for Christmas baking! And for doing so well with tasting. Sorry some didn't work out too well, that gives you an opportunity to try another recipe though

samm14 nice drop!

Jacqui_D yay for being down after a cheat day!

Big Fat Rooster sorry to hear about the Dorito experience. Hope you can resist the temptation next time. Glad to read you went back down quickly though. Good luck staying on plan

Have a great start into the week, everyone

Jacqui_D, Lyn77 and kelijpa: thank you all for your kind words and support. I already read your responses on Saturday and I felt the warmth and it brought a smile on my face. I'm noticing the effects that positive thoughts have on my life and I'm flabbergasted by the results, so I very much appreciate it when people take the time to say something nice and supportive.

I also did a trip to nacho-land this weekend :-) I don't feel bad about it, but of course my weight was up this morning, so I'm simply not going to do an official weigh-in today :-) It's not that I would live in denial, but I just choose not to write down the numbers, because then it becomes something to obsess over.

I was at my gym's Christmas party this Saturday and I had wine and something small. I was still under maintenance calories for that day. Then yesterday evening I just felt like I wanted to have nachos, so I made some. What was nice about it was that I realized that food isn't my problem. I didn't get into a binge. I ate plenty, though not everything at one sitting, watched a movie (Despicable Me 2) and just enjoyed my Sunday evening. When I was full, I didn't feel compelled to eat more, so I stopped. I was still under maintenance calories.

What I got out of this experience was that I'm not at war with food and I'm not at war with myself anymore either. There's a really nice flow to everything right now and I can't describe how wonderful that is to someone who's always had huge internal conflicts. So, right now I can't say that I even care that much if I reach my December weight goal or not :-) I've reached a state of happiness and serenity and that means the world to me. That said, I will still continue working towards my other goals, big and small.

I hope everyone has a lovely start for their week!

Thanks everyone for the positive vibes and encouragement I really appreciate it!

Happy December!
My goal is to lose 6.8 pounds and get solidly into the 150s!

Dec 1 - 163.8
Dec 2 - 162.6
Dec 3 - 161.6
Dec 4 - 159.8
Dec 5 - 159.1
Dec 6 - 159.0 weekly WI
Dec 7 - 158.8
Dec 8 - 157.6
Dec 9 - 158.1
Dec 10 - 158.5
Dec 11 - 158.7
Dec 12 - 158.6 (TOM)
Dec 13 - 157.6 Weekly WI - getting close again
Dec 14 - 158.7 (Xmas play, cookies, hot chocolate)
Dec 15 - 159.7 (ok, that's my usual TOM 2 )
Dec 16 - 160.5 urg

Dec 31 - 157

best to all

Nothing like going up when you expect to go down, having my cream of wheat, made my lunch salad, we got a couple more inches of snow so I'll get some exercise before I go in...lol there was a time not very long ago I would have been thrilled with this weight, so I'm going to be happy with it and the next couple days. Jacqui I did not have pepperoni or anything else, you're right about making the treat something special for this time of year!

SparklyBunny I'm going to borrow some of your positive vibes today, I actually do feel good, so I'll just borrow a little for a boost!

183 great job, isn't that funny, I sometimes wonder about the new girls we have at work, especially one of them, they're both heavy, but one of them gives me those looks sometimes that make me want to say "I'm working my butt off here, to keep off what I lost and chip off a couple more pounds."

I just noticed on my ticker when I get to 156 that's 50 off, so something else to shoot for.

Hi BFR any kind of chips I don't have much control over, years ago in WW they had you identify foods you couldn't stop eating as red light foods, ones you could sometimes control yellow light, the idea being once you've identified red and yellows you can come up with a strategy for dealing with them when you come across them, like buying a smaller bag if you really want just a few, not opening the bag if they're for someone else, etc. look at this as a learning experience, you did eat some healthy fruit!!

Best to all

11/30: 155.6
12/01: 155.6
12/02: 155.4
12/03: 155.4
12/04: 155.2
12/05: 155.2
12/06: 155.8
12/07: 156.2
12/08: 155.2
12/09: 155.8
12/10: 155
12/11: 156
12/12: No W/I
12/13: No W/I (TOM)
12/14: 155.4
12/15: 155.4
12/16: 156

12/1 - 159
12/2 - 161
12/3 - 160
12/4 - 157.5
12/5 - 158
12/9 - 159
12/10 - 158
12/11 - 156.5
12/12 - 156.5
12/13 - 155.5
12/16 - 158
GW - 154
Okay, back from a weekend of terrible eating and drinking. Started out great. I went to one of my oldest and dearest friends annual Christmas party. I had only one fruit kabob and three beers the whole night. Saturday was Christmas with all the cousins...this is where I failed. I did good with the meal, but all of the appetizers and sweets!!!! YIKES! Not to mention a couple of whiskey sours (my mother-in-law makes the best). It was a great time, but now I have to pay.
So glad to see so many of you exerting more control than me...I'll be glad when the month of celebrations is over. I love the holidays, but they are so tough!

Thanks for all the encouragement!!

My goal is to lose 8lbs in the month of December and start 2014 in the 150's!!!

December 10th - 166.8lbs
December 11th - 166.0lbs (-0.8lbs)
December 12th - 166.0lbs
December 13th - 165.6lbs (-1.2lbs)
December 14th- 164.2lbs (-2.6lbs)
December 15th- 163.4lbs (-3.4lbs)
December 16th- 162.8lbs (-4.0lbs)


December 31st- 158.8lbs (Fingers crossed!! )

Half-way there!!!

Congrats to everyone on their losses!!! Keep up the great work!!

Samm

Well it was a long weekend filled with cookie baking, family visiting, dinners out, and just a wonderful time. So my weight is up. Salad tonight which I'm excited about

SW (Nov 30) 150
GW 145

Dec 1: 150.6
Dec 2: 150.4
Dec 3: 151.2
Dec 4: 152.0
Dec 5: 152.8
Dec 6: 151.0
Dec 7: 151.6
Dec 8: 152.0
Dec 9: 150.6
Dec 10: 151.0
Dec 11: 150.8
Dec 12: 149.4
Dec 13: 151.0
Dec 14: 150.4
Dec 15: 151.0
Dec 16: 151.2

envelope- doing such a good job I see.... and in onederland no less.... tell me, is it true that it gets harder to lose under 200? I haven't been there in 10 plus years....

boatingmommy: I hear ya about the holidays, it can be really hard to behave...I'm trying to plan for messing up for Christmas and just hope not to do too badly.... course I always know what my new years resolution will be....sounds like you had fun, hope it doesn't hurt too much and was probably worth the splurge. Just think though, yo held out really well! You could have splurged the whole time and you didn't... the meals get me... yummy carbs...

183stgb: good job! Hopefully you get more comfortable with people noticing because the more you lose the more people are likely to notice...and really people are always toeing the line between talking to someone about it and saying nothing in case they're wrong or being offensive....yes some people are offended depending on the approach.

sparklybunny: wow you seem to be achieving a sort of zen inner peace with yourself...good job! I like that your positive attitude allows you not to obsess over the numbers, and really I'm sure nachos were no big deal especially since you were still in range with food. Stronger than me there....if I don't obsess, I fall off...and it's a bumpy drag behind w that horse.... (is there even an emote for this?!?)

samm14: you're doing great for the Dec. Challenge and I see overall since you started recently from your info...what is your plan? Did I ask this before?

marymo: Good job on the weight loss... hope to see you around the boards....and congrats on your lil birdie weight loss pic....love that!

sum38: I see you're doing miles....jogging, walking...something else?

turtle11: wow look at all the awesome progress you've made...

rsadler: hey, if you're weighing in at goal, don't knock it because no matter whether it fluctuates some you're still there....still right there and you accomplished it and have results... good job!!

gardenerjoy: you said you review books...cookbooks...what are you looking for in them???

pnkrckpixicat: you're still doing good...no worries it'll come right off.... could even just be a lil retention...

kelijpa: it's ok we all want to keep seeing progress... but it can't happen all the time. I'm excited for you that you're almost at the 50 lb mark...you're inspirational really... I don't remember ever getting there...it's nice to see that people can, maybe one of the best things about being on this site...knowing people can do these things they set their minds to... don't you think?

lyn77: Congrats on getting TOM out of the way..I know those sudden upward spikes can be debilitating...but at least they go away.... your funny comment about ratings for different things w your food is interesting...they should make an app for that, like grades in school...

minneey: eh sometimes it's hard to stay on track....maybe write down what you do or eat? some kind of log might help? They say making it solid to look at helps us be accountable... whachu think?

jacqui d: I see you're being very supportive of people on here...that's really awesome to see... how's your loss going?


Hope everyone is doing well.... I've been away from here too long, shame on me!! makes it hard to talk to everyone....so hope all is well and you all are losing and having fun too!!

SW: 76 kgs
CW: 75.35 kgs (-0.1 kgs)
GW: 75 kgs

Jacqui_D: I was on a high-protein plan for awhile that allowed Greek Yogurt. I strain my own yogurt (try a search on "yogurt cheese") and used that for my high-protein yogurt. It worked well for me and I felt like I was getting a boost for my calcium.

B_F_R: For me, chips are all about quantity. If I really let myself taste one, I don't even like it. But, if some magical day came along and I could eat anything I wanted with no consequences, inhaling a big bag of chips would be first on my list. One is too many and a thousand is never enough. I allow myself chips under one condition -- a serving (or less -- I often set a limit on the number of chips) at a bar or pub where they make their own. That lets me feel like I haven't banished chips from my life, but makes them quite rare.
Oh, and I have a metaphor that helps me with this thought: What da hek then anyway, right?? If I got a ticket for running a red light, would I say "what the heck?" and run every red light on the way home? Of course not, I'd be extra careful that day and for several weeks to come. If I veer off my plan, I try to get right back to being very careful about those red lights.

183StGB: great job on your cookie baking!

Lyn77: I really like the flavored green teas. I think Trader Joe's has a pomegranate green tea that was the first tea that I really liked with nothing in it. The fruit gives an illusion of sweetness.

NightAngel26: I have a book blog so I review all kinds of books. On Saturdays, I post about food. Sometimes it's a recipe I made up, but often it's a review of a book about food or food people (Julia Child Rules by Karen Karbo was my favorite this year: http://www.joyweesemoll.com/2013/09/...y-karen-karbo/) or a cookbook. I haven't reviewed a cookbook in awhile because, to really do it justice, I would have to cook from it and I haven't had time to try new recipes. But I'm looking at Chocolate and Zucchini by Clotilde Dusoulier and hope to post that before the end of the year.

What a nice feeling

I just read all these posts placed on here today, EVERYONE is in a great mood, with Sparkle Bunny settting the tone.

WOW Sparkle, what a fantastic place you got into, that is worth far more than dropping 50 lbs. I am happy for ya. I myself have noticed I am in a far better place now also, starting a few weeks back. Don't know if it is the wieght loss that did it or otherwise, but it sure is great. I DO NOT want to go back to where I was, and it is sounding like many others are well on their way to Contentsville or have arrived also.

Thanks all yall wonderful folks

B F R