[iDream]

Gooooooooood morning ladies!!!! Happy Tuesday to you all! Let's get this thing started!

Lovemylife ~ WTG on exceeding your water intake!!! I have not been getting my usual amount in lately...I need to kick it up a notch.

Berryblondeboys ~ Ugh...water weight! I can't stand it! I think you made the right choice skipping the scale. I hope you had a great vacation despite the water weight. Don't fret, it'll come right off I'm sure!!

JacquiD ~ Oh yes, normal is good! Well, unless normal means a messy house and mountains of laundry. You can totally make goal! Come on girl! You got this!! And ya know what, if the scale revolts, it doesn't matter--you have had an great month!!!

LovelyLeah ~ thanks hun! You are making such a great choice on your wedding!! So much money and stress goes into everything, anything you can do to cut back on the spending and stress is will be worth it in the long run. Besides, the reception is the best part anyway.

Magistra ~ two pounds?! That's awesome!! Thanks, I am pretty happy that I didn't come back 10 lbs heavier--which was a real possibility...my new brother in law makes some AMAZING guacamole!! Nom, nom, nom!!

unwanted37 ~ congrats on the loss and making your new goal!!

kelijpa ~ way to get that scale moving! Hope you're doing well too!

Purple ~ 10 lbs in July is awesome!! Hope that tooth is finish giving you problems!

Delphi ~ girl...where are you?

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SW: 204.2
GW: 199.2

July 1: 204.2
July 2: 202.8 (Yes!!! Take that water weight with thee TOM!!)
July 3: 203.2 Come on man!
July 4: no clue, was at a hotel without a scale
July 5: 205.6 (GNO bit me in the butt! I drank too much wine and retained like a camel!)
July 6: 202.8 (drank a gallon of water, and flushed all the retention out--whew!!)
July 7: 202.2
July 8: 200.6
July 9: 200.2
July 10: 200.2
July 11: 200
July 12: 199.4
July 13: 199.8
July 14: 198.6* (edited as I had my stats off)
July 15: 199.8* (edited as I had my stats off)
July 16: 199.4* (edited as I had my stats off)
July 17: 199 -- GOAL! Well, for today anyway...between today and tomorrow who know what will happen. Lol
July 18: 199.8 (Told ya! I had some AMAZING pizza at the rehearsal dinner...it was worth the gain! LOL)
July 19: ?? Not sure what happened, I thought I weighed and was down, but I don't have it in MFP
July 20: 199.6
July 21: ?? No scale at my MIL's
July 22: ?? No scale on the road
July 23: ?? No scale on the road
July 24: ?? No scale on the road
July 25: 198.2
July 26: 198.8
July 27: 196.8 Um...okay...but you know me...not getting attached to that number just yet.

So the scale is being really kind today. It could be because TOM is finally gone, it might be because I didn't drink my usual 4-5 bottles of water yesterday, or it could be that Jupiter is aligned with Mars just so...whatever it is, it's nice to see but I will not be surprised if it jumps back up tomorrow.
Spent yesterday putzing around the house, went to see a friend for a couple of hours, grilled and ate a very yummy dinner and then went with the same friend and her family for ice cream--yes, ice cream! I was able to resist it while in CA, but decided that I could have a soft serve and be well within my calories. But...when I got there, I realized I had a TON of calories left and went for a small peanut butter cup razzle (it's a Blizzard ). It was heaven in a cup, but man oh man was I full afterwards! Ugh! I can't believe I used to eat LARGE Blizzards and pints of Ben & Jerry's without blinking back in the day! It actually felt good to feel so full (and a little miserable LOL). It reminded me why I started this journey again and why I need to stick to it. However, eating it was a bit freeing. Last time I lost the weight I was so rigid and hardly every strayed off course. It made maintaining so much harder and when I fell off the wagon...I fell hard. So, I need to practice moderation. That will be the last Razzle for a long while and I am back on track this morning and all is well.

Well ladies, I need to finish my coffee and hit the showers! We need to hit the library and then come home and figure out what to do for dinner. Have a fantastic day and be sure to keep hydrated! It's going to be hot out there!

[gardenerjoy]

Way to go, iDream!

30ToGo170: 10 lbs
atmos: 3 lbs
berryblondeboys: 10 lbs
Candidcamster: 6 lbs
CarlaVeg:
colleengirl: 10 lbs
dangerouscurves76: 5 lbs
darius: 10 lbs
Delphi: 5 lbs
econ_nerd: see 304 on the scale
EnglishMcTeach: 10.8 lbs
EnolaAlone: 7 lbs
Firecracker777: 10 lbs
gardenerjoy: post every day
GordonGirl16: 6 lbs
Haninhudds: 9.4 British lbs
hazeldust: 7 lbs
HIheart: 7 lbs
iDream: 5 lbs
Jacqui_D: 6 lbs
kelijpa: 6 lbs
kymb92: 4.4 lbs
LovelyLeah: 6.5 lbs New goal: 2.5 lbs more
lovemylife001: 8 lbs
magistra17: 10 lbs
mars735: 4 lbs
Monkeysocks: 10 lbs
MsTibbles: 5 lbs
Noggs: 10 lbs
pigeon: 10 lbs
PurpleJ: 10 lbs New goal: 3lbs more
sizzlingina: 16 lbs
susiekay: 10 lbs
thirti4thirty: 11 lbs
unwanted37lbs: 2 lbs
verywell: 4 lbs
VickieLou: 10 lbs

[gardenerjoy]

July goal: a post a day on 3FC
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 ,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28

Jacqui_D asked how posting every day is working for me -- it's great! It works great when things are going well (I hit a new low for the year earlier in the month).

Even better, it works great when things aren't going well. My normal pattern when I go off plan is to quit posting for a week or two (or six). I went off the rails for a week or so this month, but I kept posting! Without that, my bad days would have been much worse and it would have taken longer to get back to a 100% On Plan day.

So, I'm declaring posting every day to be a successful strategy for weight loss and maintenance!

[LovelyLeah]

Just a quick check in. I should be getting my laptop back sometime this week which is exciting!

SW: 196 (6/30)
7/1 - 195.5
7/2 - 196
7/3 - 198
7/4 - 197.5
7/5 - 196
7/6 - 196
7/7 - 195.5
7/8 - 194.5
7/9 - 194.5
7/10 - 193.5
7/11 - 193.5
7/12 - 193
7/12 - 193
7/13 - 194.5
7/14 - 193
7/15 - 193
7/16 - 192
7/17 - 191
7/18 - 191
7/19 - 191
7/20 - 190
7/21 - 189.5
7/22 - 189
7/23 - 188.5
7/24 - 187.5
7/25 - 188
7/26 - 188
7/27 - 188
7/28 - 187.5
GW: 189.5 (Met 7/21)

[lovemylife001]

Good Late Morning Everyone It's such a beautiful day

IDream: on your loss! You are on fire lol

Berryblondeboys: back. Hope you had a great vacation

Jacqui: You continue to impress me with your losses Way to go!

Delphi We miss you!

Gardenerjoy: on posting here everyday. I know it really does help me with my journey to a new me.

[MsTibbles]

Hi you guys!

I made a slight hash of this challenge this month as I changed my plan and weigh-in day a week ago I'll be all set for August, though.

I think i was at 278 last time I posted... I'm now at 274.5 so 3.5lbs loss. I don't think i'll make that additional 1.5 for this month but I think switching plans confused my body a bit Totally on it for August though. May try recording weight daily like many of you do as well.



16th Jul: 278lbs
21 Jul (plan change): 276lbs
28 Jul: 274.5lbs

[Jacqui_D]

I'm down another half lb! I have half a lb to go and 3 more days to make it to goal! Keep your fingers crossed for me! C'mon scale!

SW: 198.5
GW: 192.5
CW: 193

7/1: 198.5
7/2: 198.5
7/3: 198.5
7/4: 199.5 Carb Day
7/5: 200.5
7/6: 200
7/7: 198.5
7/8: 197
7/9: 196.5
7/10: 197
7/11: 197 Carb Day
7/12: 198.5
7/13: 198
7/14: 198
7/15: 196.5
7/16: 196
7/17: 195
7/18: 195 Carb Day
7/19: 195.5
7/20: 195
7/21: 194.5
7/22: 194
7/23: 194
7/24: 194
7/25: 194.5 Carb Day
7/26: 194
7/27: 193.5
7/28: 193

Joy, excellent! I need to keep that in mind. It verifies what I go through. Every time I get away from here, I fall off the wagon hard. Great job! Keep posting!

Sandye, thanks, and wow! Look at you go! Fantastic!

Leah, thanks, and woohoo on another drop! That will be so nice for you to get your computer back! Wonderful job and very smart on the wedding planning!

Lovemylife, thank you! I'm really trying!

Purple, good luck at your weigh-in! You've have done a phenomenal job this month!

Keli, good job bringing that number back down! Keep going!

Unwanted37lbs, CONGRATS on making GOAL! Good luck on the new goal!

Magistra, thank you, and woohoo on the big drop! Great job!

MsTibbles, don't count yourself out yet! 1.5 lbs in 3 days is doable with a little bit of luck!

[magistra17]

GW: 181.4

July 1: 191.4
July 2: 190.4
July 3: 189.8
July 4: 189.0
July 5: 189.6
July 6: 190.6
July 7: 189.8
July 8: 190.9
July 9: 190.9
July 10: 190.0
July 11: 191.0
July 12: 190.6
July 13: 190.0
July 14: 191.0
July 15: 190.6
July 16: 190.6
July 17: 189.0
July 18: 189.6
July 19: 189.6
July 20: 189.4
July 21: 189.4
July 22: 188.8
July 23: 187.6
July 24: 187.4
July 25: 187.8
July 26: 187.8
July 27: 185.8
July 28: 186.4
July 29: 187.0
July 30: 187. 6
July 31: 186.6

My water weight is up a little today, but I'm feeling pretty good! I've lost 5 lbs this month! If this keeps up I'll be down a size before I know it.

[PurpleJ]

Well my weigh in with slimming world had me 1lb up. not surprised as my home scales gained as soon as I went onto the anti-biotics but came back down this morning.
They do have me at 10lb loss in 4 weeks... so that I'm proud of.

Am not going to do the daily weighing in August, will join you all but weigh weekly on their scales. trying to wean myself off the addiction of daily weighing. lol it won't be easy!

Well done everyone!

[kelijpa]

Goal -lose 6

7/1-175.9
7/2-176.0
7/3-174.8 weekly WI -1.0
7/4- 175.2
7/5-178.7
7/6-177.0
7/7-175.8
7/8-175.3
7/9-175.1
7/10- 173.9 weekly WI down 0.9
Camping/music fest no scale
7/14-174.9
7/15-174.8
7/16-175.1
7/17-174.4 weekly WI up 0.5
7/18-175.6
7/19-no scale TOM
7/20-178.0
7/21-176.9
7/22-175.4 inching back down...
7/23-176.4 grr
7/24-178.3
7/25-176.2
7/26-177.2
7/27-175.2
7/28-175.0 whew...going to get as close as I can...
7/29-174.3

Best to all

Need to catch up on a couple pages, hope everyone is doing well!

[gardenerjoy]

MsTibbles: using the end of July to set yourself up for a good August is a terrific strategy!

July goal: a post a day on 3FC
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 ,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29

[berryblondeboys]

Vacation water weight is coming off - despite having cake the last two nights too (small bits for bday celebrations).

Start weight: 242.4
Goal weight: 232.4

01: 242.6 (+0.2)
02: 242.1 (-0.3)
03: 241.4 (-1.0)
04: 239.8 (-2.6)
05: 239.1 (-3.3)
06: 238.8 (-3.6)
07: 237.1 (-5-3)
08: 236.9 (-5.5)
09: 235.6 (-6.8)
10: 235.2 (-7.2)
11: 234.5 (-7.9)
12: 235.6 (-6.8) was at a party the night before and ate cake - an instant pound gainer when I do that!
13: 234.9 (-7.5)
14: 233.9 (-8.5) reaching 30 pounds lost since the reboot! Woohoo!!!
15: 233.8 (-8.6) yay! Yesterday wasn't a fluke!!!
16: 233.9 (-8.5)
17: 232.9 (-9.5)
18: 232.3 (-10.1) made goal!!!!
19: 231.4 (-11.0) HOW??????
20: 230.6 (-11.8) What???
21: 232.6
22: 234.6
23:
24:
25:
26:
27: 236.6
28: 235.9
29: 234.8
30:
31:

[Jacqui_D]

I made GOAL!!!

SW: 198.5
GW: 192.5
CW: 192.5

7/1: 198.5
7/2: 198.5
7/3: 198.5
7/4: 199.5 Carb Day
7/5: 200.5
7/6: 200
7/7: 198.5
7/8: 197
7/9: 196.5
7/10: 197
7/11: 197 Carb Day
7/12: 198.5
7/13: 198
7/14: 198
7/15: 196.5
7/16: 196
7/17: 195
7/18: 195 Carb Day
7/19: 195.5
7/20: 195
7/21: 194.5
7/22: 194
7/23: 194
7/24: 194
7/25: 194.5 Carb Day
7/26: 194
7/27: 193.5
7/28: 193
7/29: 192.5

BerryBB, yay for your water weight losses!

Keli, woohoo on the drop!

Purple, you did great this month!

Magistra, great job on being 5 lbs down!

Joy, almost there!

[mars735]

Jacqui!

[HIheart]

Everyone's doing so great! Congrats to those who are losing, and to those who made it to GOAL, and for people who have figured out any obstacles standing in their way to making progress! It's a process and it doesn't come off as easily as it goes on haha!!!

I'm not going to make it to my goal, but am pleased to lose about 1 lb a week!

SW 176.6
GW 169

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7/1- 176.6
7/8- 176.6
7/9- 175.4
7/11-174.4
7/15-174.2
7/19-173.2
7/22-172.8
7/28-171.6
7/29-172.0
7/30-171.8-feeling swollen.
7/31-172.2