[gardenerjoy]

Welcome back, GettinFit!

Way to go, TrixieCatLAX!

CakeGirl75: 10 lbs
CleverName: 4.8 lbs
darius: 10 lbs
debest: 8.8 lbs
Fit4Lyfe: 10 lbs
flower1: 6 lbs
gardenerjoy: 1.5 kgs
GettinFit: stay OP for rest of month (2/15)
guacamole: 5 lbs
Jacqui_D: 7.5 lbs
Jessica888: 5 lbs
kelijpa: 4.5 lbs
K9Owner: 6 lbs
leopardspots: 7.2 lbs
LovelyLeah: 5 lbs
luciddepths: 6 lbs
LurchMomma: 7 lbs
Moosie6563: 4 lbs
MsTibbles: 7 lbs
noshoes: 1 kg Bonus goal: maintain that loss
Obsidianbbw: 8 lbs
onebyone: 3 lbs Bonus goal: 3.5 more lbs
Penny105: 2 lbs Bonus goal: 3 more lbs
PrairieQueen: 5 lbs
Raining: 3 lbs
Roxy_Roller: 8 lbs
SeeMyFeet: 5 lbs
ShinyHappySkinny: 5 lbs
shymouse: 3 lbs
sydditt: 7 lbs
tet: 14.6 lbs
thinwhiteduchess: 7 lbs
TrixieCatLAX: 10 lbs Bonus goal: 4.5 more lbs
Tuca125: 8.7 lbs
upandaway42: 8 lbs
VickieLou: 9.6 lbs
WebWoman: 7 lbs

[PrairieQueen]

Starting weight - 146.4 lbs
Goal weight - 141.4 lbs
(I'd love to get into the 130s by March.....so that's my secret goal.....shhhhhh!)

2/01/16 - 146.4 lbs
2/02/16 - 146.4 lbs, edited to welcome my visitor, AF
2/03/16 - 147.4 lbs, I love when AF visits
2/04/16 - 147.8 lbs, AF
2/05/16 - 146.6 lbs, AF is packing her bags
2/06/16 - 145.8 lbs
2/07/16 - DNW, slept in and high salt/low water intake last night, I don't even want to know
2/08/16 - 147.8 lbs
2/09/16 - 146.6 lbs
2/10/16 - 146.2 lbs last of the salty ham is gone!
2/11/16 - 145.8 lbs back to last week's low
2/12/16 - 145.8 lbs
2/13/16 - DNW, out of town
2/14/16 - DNW, out of town
2/15/16 - DNW, out of town
2/16/16 - DNW, out of town until lunch time
2/17/16 - 146.8 lbs, hoping its jet weight because I was soooo good

[LovelyLeah]

I bought my wedding dress tonight!!!!!! Here's a picture of it [X]. I have to do it as a link because otherwise it's too large for the format here and I'm feeling too lazy to edit the picture down to size.

SW: 180
GW: 175

2/1 - 179
2/2 - 179.5
2/3 - 178.5
2/4 - 179.5
2/5 - 178.5
2/6 - 179.5
2/7 - 179
2/8 - 177.5
2/9 - 178.5
2/10 - 179
2/11 - 178.5
2/12 - 180.5
2/13 - 179
2/14 - 177
2/15 - 181
2/16 - 179
2/17 - 178.5

[K9Owner]

Leah: the dress!! When is the BIG day??

[K9Owner]

SW: 170.6
GW: 164.6

2/1: 171.6 I actually GAINED another lb!
2/3: 170.6
2/5: 169.6 Now, we're heading in the right direction!
2/7: DNW Super Bowl Party & TOM came to visit--how nice! Party food plus the BLOAT. Ate off plan
2/9: 171.9 Maybe I should go on a plan to GAIN--that's much easier for me!
2/12: 169.0 TOM has officially left the building
2/13-2/17: DNW
2/18: 166.8 I may meet my goal after all!!

[WebWoman]

Good Morning All! Checking in... Andi
Sw: 176
Gw: 169

2/1: 176
2/2: 176
2/3: 175
2/10: 174
2/11: 174
2/12: 173.5
2/13: 172.0
2/16: 172.0
2/17: 171.0
2/18: 171.0

[Moosie6563]

Weigh in time

SW 201-197


2/12-199
2/19-(2/18)-198
Early weigh in, going out of town for the weekend. Determined not to blow the diet. One more lb. till goal weight for February...stay strong!
2/26-
Final February Weight-

[TrixieCatLAX]

Leah - Your dress is AH-MAZING! It looks wonderful on you.

K9 -
I just knew that it had to turn around - WTG!

Moosie - You can do it. You are soooo close!

[K9Owner]

TrixieCatLAX: Ok, I have to know how you were able to get to your goal so quickly!! 10+lbs in 18 days is just fantastic, but so NOT realistic for me!

[gardenerjoy]

You look so elegant in that dress, LovelyLeah -- excellent selection!

[LovelyLeah]

Thanks everyone!! It's just what I was looking for and it was waaaay under budget too! K9Owner This is for our big reception on July 30th. We legally get married February 29th. We're doing a small courthouse wedding and I have a simple white lace dress for that one. I got it on clearance for $28! The July reception is pretty much our big "wedding" with all of our family coming in, just minus the big ceremony before hand. We are going to do a small private ceremony just before the reception that way our grandparents can feel involved since they won't be coming to the actual marriage ceremony.

SW: 180
GW: 175

2/1 - 179
2/2 - 179.5
2/3 - 178.5
2/4 - 179.5
2/5 - 178.5
2/6 - 179.5
2/7 - 179
2/8 - 177.5
2/9 - 178.5
2/10 - 179
2/11 - 178.5
2/12 - 180.5
2/13 - 179
2/14 - 177
2/15 - 181
2/16 - 179
2/17 - 178.5
2/18 - 178

[TrixieCatLAX]

Leah - That sounds like a great way to do it! Congrats!

K9Owner - If it makes you feel any better, I'm up to 196.0 today! It's probably sodium. Whatever. Gotta shrug that off. To answer your question, I'm really just making 90% of the meals that I eat each week, and I'm focusing on making healthy choices while keeping my calories between 1,200-1,500. I try for 1,200 on most days. I only have two drinks per week now, avoid sugar, avoid all processed foods aside from the occasional Larabar. I'm also taking a CLA supplement* which is actually just fatty acids in gel cap form. Workin' out. That's it! I've been a little hungry at some point of every day with this caloric intake, but I make sure to adjust my diet if I feel fatigued during a workout/throughout the day. I take it be my body telling me that it's not getting what it needs.

*there isn't really any strong evidence that CLA assists humans in fat loss. The studies were done on mice, if I recall correctly. WebMD has a good breakdown of it.



check-in for me:

SW: 205.3
CW: 196.0
GW: 189.9 (old: 195.3)

2/1 - 205.3
2/4 - 202.6
2/6 - 199.1
2/8 - 200.8 TOM
2/9 - 198.8
2/10 - 198.4
2/11 - 197.6
2/12 - 196.6
2/15 - 195.8
2/16 - 194.4
2/17 - 194.4
2/18 - 196.0

[shymouse]

You will meet your goal K9Owner ^_^

[guacamole]

I've been bad about checking in every day, but here's my progress so far...169 still seems a long way off...

SW: 174
GW: 169

2/7 - 174
2/8 - 172
2/9 - 173
2/10 - 172
2/11 - 172
2/18 - 171

[PrairieQueen]

Starting weight - 146.4 lbs
Goal weight - 141.4 lbs
(I'd love to get into the 130s by March.....so that's my secret goal.....shhhhhh!)

2/01/16 - 146.4 lbs
2/02/16 - 146.4 lbs, edited to welcome my visitor, AF
2/03/16 - 147.4 lbs, I love when AF visits
2/04/16 - 147.8 lbs, AF
2/05/16 - 146.6 lbs, AF is packing her bags
2/06/16 - 145.8 lbs
2/07/16 - DNW, slept in and high salt/low water intake last night, I don't even want to know
2/08/16 - 147.8 lbs
2/09/16 - 146.6 lbs
2/10/16 - 146.2 lbs last of the salty ham is gone!
2/11/16 - 145.8 lbs back to last week's low
2/12/16 - 145.8 lbs
2/13/16 - DNW, out of town
2/14/16 - DNW, out of town
2/15/16 - DNW, out of town
2/16/16 - DNW, out of town until lunch time
2/17/16 - 146.8 lbs, hoping its jet weight because I was soooo good
2/18/16 - 146.6 lbs, I don't know what's going on but I don't like it