:welcome: Carla and Karen! Good luck to you both!

Carla, is 20 lbs your overall goal or your July goal? Don't let that little bump up in water weight deter you. It will come back off easily enough! :yes:

Karen, beat that E! :club: You can do it! :goodscale:

Joy, congrats on the new low!!! You are doing so great this month! :woohoo:

Leah, thanks! And nope, not a plateau, just a temporary stall! Love the graph! :D

Lovemylife, thank you, and yay on the drop! :yay: Keep it up!

Purple, great job at getting through that children's party, avoiding temptation! :carrot: Fantastic!

MsTibbles, woohoo on the loss! Keep it going! :trampo:

As for me, I tried to take it easy on Carb Day and it paid off! I only gained half a lb! :cp:

SW: 198.5
GW: 192.5
CW: 195.5

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

01/07/15 - 241lb
02/07/15 - 240lb (1lb lost)
03/07/15 - 239lb (2lb lost)
04/07/15 - 238lb (3lb lost)
05/07/15 - 237.5lb (3.5lb lost)
06/07/15 - 238.0lbs (3lb lost)
07/07/15 - 237.5lb (3.5lb lost)
08/07/15 - 237.5lb
09/07/15 - 236lb (5 lost)
10/07/15 - 236lb
11/07/15 - 236lb
12/07/15 - 235.5
13/07/15 - 235lb (6lb lost)
14/07/15 - 235lb
15/07/15 - 233.5
16/07/15 - 233lb
17/07/15 - 234lb
18/07/15 - 233lb
19/07/15 - 233lb
20/07/15 - 232lb (9lb lost) :carrot:

Scale finally moved :) and only 1lb to go to my July goal now! Feels amazing as I was in such a low place in terms of my weight at the start of the month.

Thanks all for the support along the way - hope you're all doing well.

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 :devil:
7/20-178.0 :yikes:

Best to all :sunny:
7/1

SW - 180
GW - 173

6/7 - 181.8
10/7 - 177.8
13/7 - 178.2
20/7 - 177.8

TOM is due soon (I seem to start retaining water about a week beforehand, as soon as it's here it improves?!?).

Jacqui - congrats on leaving obese behind, and on the 25lb loss, brilliant achievements xx

Berry - goal already, and time to spare!

Purple, I was also tested with a children's party at the weekend, I didn't do quite as well as you :o

Leah, I love your graph, I might need to make one...

There are some brilliant losses on here! Not sure I'm going to get to my goal, but this is all weight we never have to see again, so it's all good!

Good Morning Everyone:) It's Marvelous Monday :flow1:

Hope everyone had a great weekend and stayed on plan. Let's make it a great week. Will try to check in later!

Welcome, econ_nerd and CarlaVeg! CarlaVeg, what would you like me to put as your goal for the rest of July? We'll have a new thread for August so you can keep losing with us!

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
lovemylife001: 8 lbs
magistra17: 10 lbs
mars735: 4 lbs
Monkeysocks: 10 lbs
MsTibbles: 5 lbs
Noggs: 10 lbs
pigeon: 10 lbs
PurpleJ: 10 lbs
sizzlingina: 16 lbs
susiekay: 10 lbs
thirti4thirty: 11 lbs
verywell: 4 lbs
VickieLou: 10 lbs

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

Yay, lost the Carb Day water weight gain! :carrot:

SW: 198.5
GW: 192.5
CW: 195

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

Purple, I'm thrilled for you! Great job! :dance:

Lovemylife, if you don't have a blog, you need to have one! You are so bright and cheery, and you would make so many people's day just by your sunny greetings each morning! You always make me smile! :flow1:

Hiya, Joy! :wave:

Keli, I hope TOM :devil: brings a nice whoosh for you! :crossed:

Thank you, Enola! Whenever I have TOM (I never know anymore at my age!), it follows that same pattern. I gain the week before and then once it begins, whoosh! The good news is that whoosh of water weight loss! :cp: I also tend to get a migraine 1-2 days before, which also disappears once TOM begins! Pre-TOM is a bugger! :devil:

25 pounds lost!!!!

This might be goodbye for a little bit. I have to take my laptop in to Geek Squad to get fixed and I'm pretty sure they'll be sending it out which means it could take a couple weeks to get fixed. I still have my phone and I'll use my mom's laptop when I can but if I seem extra quiet, that would be why.

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 - 190 - Half a pound away from my goal!
GW: 189.5

Happy Monday!

LovelyLeah ~ That sounds awesome about your work family. Glad it has worked out so well for you. Yeah, my job was very shady about how they did it. I literally had a slip waiting for me in my work email when I returned. Their loss. I was not getting enough hours for the last 2 months anyways and have been looking for work. So at least I got to take my fabulous beach vacation. Geeksquad is really good about not taking too long. We had a MAC go in and it was back within a week. They did a great job as well. Good luck and :bravo: on the 25 pounds down. So proud of you.

lovemylife001 ~ Well how was your weekend? Hope it was fabulous. :carrot:

EnolaAlone ~ I also start retaining a week before TOM but it sticks around for me for ever it seems like. Good luck. Hope TOM doesn't cause too much of a problem for you.

PurpleJ ~ :congrat: on the movement. You are so close to goal. Hopefully you will see that last pound real soon.

econ nerd ~ Sounds like an excellent goal. You sound focused. You will definitely hit your goal. You are headed in the right direction.

CarlaVeg ~ I think we have all had those weekends where the "plan" just hits the fan and before you know it, we fall head first off the wagon. No worries though. We get right back on and keep fighting the good fight. We just need a little redirection. You will be just fine. You are here checking in and being accountable and that indeed is an amazing thing.

gardenerjoy ~ :woohoo: on hitting the new low. That is awesome. Congrats.

berryblondeboys ~ :bravo: on hitting GOAL. AWESOME!!!!

magistra17 ~ So glad you are back to the July 4th weight. I'm trying to get back there as well. You give me hope. Thanks. Looks like you are doing very well. Keep up the great work.

Jacqui ~ You are just hitting milestones left and right. Here is a few more :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: as you deserve it. Awesomesauce!!!!

hazeldust ~ Good luck. You are almost to goal. Those 4.4 will be gone in no time.

Sandye ~ I miss Sandye. :cry:
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Whew, finally caught up. Miss you guys. In any case, my week and weekend have just been chalk full of cleaning, organizing and purging. My whole house is so clean and everything is finally organized. I'm LOVING it. Not too mention I have just stayed uber busy. I figure while I have a break with no work, I might as well play catch up on all the household stuff..eh? My son and I did walk almost 4 miles this morning and it felt good. Going to try again tomorrow if I'm not too sore. My scale is still frustrating me, but I can say that come h3ll or high water, I will get back to pre-vacation weight by the end of this month. Well I have things to do and good choices to make, so I will see you folks tomorrow. I do have an interview tomorrow, so wish me luck. I sure as heck would like to nail this one. Anywho, take care, work hard and smile.

Thanks all :) Started my cycle tonight and can't pretend i'm not gutted and worried for tomorrows slimming world weigh in... really hope it doesn't affect my losses. My cycle can be annoyingly slow and long too.

Will keep eating right and trust things will go the right way.

Another .5 down! I'm inching closer to my goal for the month, but it's going to take a lot of luck to make it! C'mon scale, keep moving DOWN! :goodscale:

SW: 198.5
GW: 192.5
CW: 194.5

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

Purple, maybe you'll actually see a drop now that TOM has arrived! :crossed:

Delphi, thanks and wow on the housework and exercise!!! Fantastic! :carrot:

Leah, you are killing it! :bravo: 25 lbs! Great job!!! Sorry to hear about your computer. Hope it's back up and running very soon! :yes:

Hadn't thought of it that way! :) Fingers x'd - and could explain why I got 'stuck' for a few days. lol
Either way I can't do anything but stay on plan and have faith in my eating. :)

Hope you make your goal - it's very achievable! :)

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

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

I seem to be maintaining at 189. At least it's not going up again. :D

Delphi I have been cleaning my house too. My house tends to get horribly cluttered during the school year so I have to declutter during the summer. It is such a great, peaceful, satisfying feeling to walk around the house and not see clutter. Good luck with your interview! Keeping my fingers crossed! :crossed: And sending you prayers.

Quick check-in on my mom's laptop. GOAL!!!! My new goal is 187. I'm not overly worried if I make that or not. The reason for that number is that was my weight this time last year and that would mean I have lost all the weight that took me this past year to gain in only 2 months.

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 - 190
7/20 - 190
7/21 - 189.5
GW: 189.5

Congratulations LovelyLeah! Great idea setting a flexible goal as a follow up :) Well done!

LovelyLeah ~ Holy smokes Batman...that is AWESOME!! You are really knocking those pounds back. It has been amazing to watch your progress. :bravo: on being such an inspiration.

magistra17 ~ Thanks! :hug: I feel the same way. It is amazing how decluttering and organizing your house can declutter you mind as well. Plus, you are up moving and burning calories, so its a win/win. No worries on the maintaining. Anything that isn't a gain, is a good thing. The pounds will come off with all the hard work you are putting in. :D

Jacqui ~ I'm sending all the luck I can muster your way. I'll be cheering for ya.
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Alright kiddo's, how is everyone doing? Great you say? Awesome!! Well, as for me, I went to the interview this morning and they gave me a job offer. On top of that, they offered me more money due to the "experience you bring to the position." Soooo, I'm just as happy as I can be. Thank you all for the support, prayers and all the good luck you sent my way. You gals ROCK!!!! So, now I am home after a stop to the grocery store (because apparently summertime, translates to lets eat mom into the poorhouse.) :lol: In any case, I am going to relax and get some exercise in. I drug my middle son out with me yesterday and with the heat index around 109 yesterday, I think he got more than he bargained for..:lol: So, I'm going to try and get him to go back out to the greenway to walk, but if not perhaps I can convince him to go to the track which is air conditioned. I sure hope you gals are having a wonderful day. Remember, YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!!!

Leah, CONGRATS on making GOAL! :carrot: :broc: :cb: Way to go!!!

Delphi, YAY!!!! :yay: :trampo: :bravo: I'm so glad you got the job and for more money! :woohoo:

Magistra, just stick with it! You're doing great! Soon that scale will be on its way down again! :goodscale:

Purple, I hope you had a good weigh-in! If not, well, TOM, right? And hopefully you'll have a post-TOM whoosh of weight loss! :crossed:

Congrats Leah!!! What a great feeling it is! Gives you fuel to keep going.

Hope everybody is having a good week so far. Down a lb. from Friday. Slow going, but I'll take it! Found out today I'll be going out of town for a week next Tuesday. It's going to take some creativity and willpower to stick to my plan, but I am confident I can make it. Wish me luck! Have a great week!

SW 200
GW 190

6/30-200
7/3-(7/2) 199 Woo Hoo! Early weigh-in, leaving town for the weekend.
7/7- 200 Long July 4th weekend, too much beer!
7/10-201 What the ?????!!@#$%%^
7/14-199
7/17-199
7/21-198
7/24-
7/28-
7/31-
8/1-If current weight is 190 or less, I'm having a spa day!!

Very late post everyone. Hope you all had a great day :flow1:

Delphi :congrat: on the new job. That's so awesome. Like they say when one door closes another one opens :carrot:

Jacqui :congrat: on your loss. Keep up the good work!

Congrats to everyone else who has had a drop this past week! Everyone is working so hard and it's showing on the scale. The challenges here for me is the key to keeping me on track.

Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!

Goal! :cb::cb::cb:

Hit 230.5 this morning! :carrot: 10.5lb lost :)

01/07/15 - 241lb
02/07/15 - 240lb (1lb lost)
03/07/15 - 239lb (2lb lost)
04/07/15 - 238lb (3lb lost)
05/07/15 - 237.5lb (3.5lb lost)
06/07/15 - 238.0lbs (3lb lost)
07/07/15 - 237.5lb (3.5lb lost)
08/07/15 - 237.5lb
09/07/15 - 236lb (5 lost)
10/07/15 - 236lb
11/07/15 - 236lb
12/07/15 - 235.5
13/07/15 - 235lb (6lb lost)
14/07/15 - 235lb
15/07/15 - 233.5
16/07/15 - 233lb
17/07/15 - 234lb
18/07/15 - 233lb
19/07/15 - 233lb
20/07/15 - 232lb (9lb lost)
21/07/15 - 232lb
22/07/15 - 230.5lb (10.5lb lost) Goal met!

Thanks for the good luck and support along the way. Last nights Slimming world weigh in had me lose 3lb and total 11lbs - I won slimmer of the week. :) 3lb more and will see me get a 1 stone award in 4 weeks, but I'm just hoping for losses each week for as long as possible. :D

So goal for the remainder of the month will be 228lb (3lb more) - Will be amazing to be in the 220's. :)

Purple, CONGRATS!!! :yay: Way to go! :carrot: :broc: :cb:

Thank you, Lovemylife! Have a wonderful Wednesday! :flow2:

SusieKay, yay on being another lb down! :dancer: On your week out of town, give it your best! You can do it! :dust:

I am thrilled to have dropped another half lb! :jig:

SW: 198.5
GW: 192.5
CW: 194

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

Jacqui, thanks for the "dusting", I'll need all the help I can get. And congrats on the drop!!Weighed again this morning...typically, I only weight twice a week, and was down another half pound. Not much, but just seeing that number go lower is a psychological shot in the arm for me. Hope you guys have a lovely day! Cooler here today...high will only be 83, beats the heck out of the 98 we've been having. I'll take it!

Jacqui, YAY for the newly lost half a pound! Doing good! :cool:

LovelyLeah, congrats for reaching your goal! :carrot:

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Still thinking I probably won't get there, BUT I'm really having good time with the recent losses, they really show! :D

7/1 - 163.4
7/2 - 163.6
7/3 - 163.6
7/4 - 163.0
7/5 - ...
7/6 - ...
7/7 - 163.8
7/8 - 162.8
7/9 - 162.0
7/10 - 161.8
7/11 - 161.4
7/12 - 161.4
7/13 - 160.7
7/14 - 160.4
7/15 - 160.2
7/16 - 161.4 (start of TOM)
7/17 - 160.4
7/18 - 160.4
7/19 - 159.6
7/20 - 158.8
7/21 - 159.2
7/22 - 159.0
7/23 - 159.0
7/24 - 158.6
7/25 - 157.9
7/26 - 157.5
7/27 - 157.2
7/28 - 158
7/29 - …
7/30 - 157.4
7/31 - 156.8

Good Morning Everyone:)

Half way through our work week :cheer: It's such a beautiful day here in Michigan :flow1:

Jacqui- You are disappearing right before our eyes lol. :congrat: on another drop!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Way to go, PurpleJ and LovelyLeah!

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
verywell: 4 lbs
VickieLou: 10 lbs

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

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

Delphi I'm so glad you got the job. Whenever I've been forced to make a change in my work, it's always been for the better. Good luck to you!

Jacqui You're doing great! You're almost to your goal! Wow!

Thanks all - good luck with the losses.
Jacqui you're not far off at all now - good luck! :)

Thanks GardenerJoy for updating the list :)

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

Best to all :sunny:

Checking in from my phone. It's not working so well because the service in my BF's basement is awful! When I'm at an actual computer I'll update this with my usual weight loss process format.

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 - 190
7/20 - 190
7/21 - 189.5
7/22 - 189
GW: 189.5

Hey y'all!



CW: 236
GW: 220

4. 236
5. 234.6 (-1.4)
6. 232.4 (-3.6 total)
7. No weigh day
8. 232.0 (-4.0 total)
9. 232.0 (-4.0 total)
10. 229.6 (-6.4 total) woohoo out of 230s!
11. 229.6
12. 229.6
13. 229.6
14. 228.4 (-7.6 total)
22. 228.8 (-7.2 total)

TOM has come and is finally (hopefully) gone. Weight has been fluctuating quite a bit. Back up to 232 some days :(
Trying to stay on track but it's a bit discouraging. I don't think its possible to hit goal for this month, but I'm gonna keep on truckin.
Congrats to those who have made goal. Way to go!

01/07/15 - 241lb
02/07/15 - 240lb (1lb lost)
03/07/15 - 239lb (2lb lost)
04/07/15 - 238lb (3lb lost)
05/07/15 - 237.5lb (3.5lb lost)
06/07/15 - 238.0lbs (3lb lost)
07/07/15 - 237.5lb (3.5lb lost)
08/07/15 - 237.5lb
09/07/15 - 236lb (5 lost)
10/07/15 - 236lb
11/07/15 - 236lb
12/07/15 - 235.5
13/07/15 - 235lb (6lb lost)
14/07/15 - 235lb
15/07/15 - 233.5
16/07/15 - 233lb
17/07/15 - 234lb
18/07/15 - 233lb
19/07/15 - 233lb
20/07/15 - 232lb (9lb lost)
21/07/15 - 232lb
22/07/15 - 230.5lb (10.5lb lost) Goal met!
23/07/05 - 231lb

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

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

After a long slow start, my scale seems to be picking up speed. So weird . . .

Good Morning Everyone! Such a beautiful day :flow1:

Just a really quick check in and say that I'm super motivated today. I've been staying on plan perfectly for the past two weeks. I haven't been eating after 5 p.m. and have increased my water in-take.

Hope everyone has a great day, it's almost TGIF :dancer:

Good morning ya'll. Lets see if I can catch up...

lovemylife001 ~ I'm so proud of you. You have really taken dedication to the next level. You should be over the moon. Enjoy your beautiful weather today. Let it motivate and inspire you.

magistra17 ~ Full steam ahead. Our bodies are so weird. They basically just do whatever they please and we are just along for the ride. Glad you are seeing that downward trend pick up. Looks good on you. :carrot:

sizzlingina ~ Goals are great. We set them here every month trying to achieve them. We work hard for them. Sometimes we hit them and sometimes we do not. It is the motivating factor of obtaining said goal that is key. I kinda look at my monthly goal more as a guideline of progress to my ultimate goal. So be proud of all the progress you have made while you are steaming ahead. :D

PurpleJ ~ :bravo: on hitting GOAL!!!! You did very well this month. You will be in Onderland before you know it.

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So, thanks everyone for the congrats on the new job. Of course it is all contingent on all my paperwork going through. In any case, weight loss. I am trending back down and getting close to pre-vacation weight (ticker weight), so I'm excited about that. Plus with the new job starting the 10th of August, I will need to try to push myself as I have "outgrown" my "professional" attire. All my work pants are 12-14 and I am an 18 now. Sooo, don't know. I will have to figure something out. Also, its getting about time to finally buy a wedding dress...urg. I told my husband to be that, we will just have to go ahead and make the purchase, get it ordered and if we have to spend more money than budgeted for alterations, then so be it. I can't be without a dress on my wedding day and most places I have spoken with stated it can be anywhere from 4-6 months after you order and get sized, before you get your dress back. Grrrreat! Not really excited about trying on dresses at this size because I just will not feel comfortable. At any rate, I digress. Weight loss, good. Life, good. Wedding shopping, not so good. So on and so forth..:lol:

Alright ladies, you have a wonderful day. I think I am going to go walk 5 miles.

Delphi I don't even want to think about wedding dress shopping. My fiance and I have been talking about getting married sooner then we originally planned (next year vs waiting 2 years) because our original reason for waiting (graduating) is on hold for now. So that means I need to really think about wedding plans instead of just simply wishing and dreaming. You've made excellent progress so far so don't get too discouraged. From what some friends have told me, just let the salesperson/fitting-person know that you are currently losing weight. They are pretty used to hearing that. But don't let them discourage you either, I had one friend who said the woman was just rude about it. She told her that all brides want to lose weight before their wedding but very few actually make their goals so there was no point in buying a smaller size because she'd never fit it. There is truth that it's easier to take a dress in than it is to expand it but go in knowing that some people just don't know how to phrase that advise kindly.

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 - 190
7/20 - 190
7/21 - 189.5
7/22 - 189
7/23 - 188.5
GW: 189.5 (Met 7/21)

Delphi - thanks so much! Can't wait to be back in onderland, it still feels a long way off but this month has been a good start.

I was struggling / failing for the last few months so it's lovely to have found something that works and is helping keep me on track.

Glad your new job and weight loss are going well - hope you get your wedding shopping sorted. :)