Hi everyone :wave:

All is well here, I just wanted to wish everyone a great new day. How is it going for you all? I am sure we are all busy getting ready for Easter this weekend.

2 days to go until the halfway point of our month. My goal is to drink plenty of water and very strict OP until Easter, enjoy that day (but not overdo it) and then right back to it Monday and have 2 weeks more to finish out the month.

Britt, I didn't forget you regarding the fitbit or any of you! This week and next will be a bit hectic with the appts and listing but as soon as things settle a bit I plan to be on board and happily so : )

I hope that you are all well and have a great day! Time to move my tail and looking forward to chatting soon. Should I miss anyone by Easter, have a very happy Easter and wonderful weekend, vaca, etc.

A quick post for today--still hovering at 151.8. I think I must be about due for another sharp drop. I look and feel really bloated so I'm hoping I'm hanging onto water. I've not been eating perfectly, but definitely enough to lose some weight over the last week, so we'll see.

Jessie Sounds fun!! I hope that the scale comes back down quickly for you!

Britt those NSV's are awesome!! Great job! I also like the idea of making more goals that aren't related to the amount you weigh! It sounds like you are doing amazing! Way to go making it into the 150's :carrot: I hope that you guys have a nice beach date ;)

weekend I bet the flowers you picked out will be lovely in the pictures!! Its nice that you already have the house ready so you don't have to stress about it!

I have been so busy with work that I haven't had a chance to post in a few days! How did your water cleanse go? I am glad that you have been enjoying your walks!! Your plan for Easter sounds perfect!! I am trying to decide if I want to have a couple glasses of wine.

Congrats on getting to a new low princess! I hope that your jeans fit for your trip!

queenbee looks like you had a great week, keep it up!!

Welcome eian!!! Good luck making it to your goal!

Definitely hanging onto water. 152.6 today. Blarrrrgh. That drop better be coming! Still feeling super bloated and also very crabby--but it's not TOM, so who knows. :( Hope everything is going better for you all!!

Start: 187.1
3/18: 184.4 ( -2.7)
4/15: (trying not to weigh until Easter) Hope to be 180
5/01: (trying to weigh monthly)Hope to be 177
05/22: (leaving for Germany) Hope to be 172
05/29 Challenge Goal: 172 (after a week in Germany, oh that beautiful bread! I may not dare weigh!!)

It's tomorrow! It's tomorrow!

Tomorrow is my first weighday in a month. For the first time in my life I've
Stuck to a plan (5:2 fasting)
Kept off the scales for a month

Looking forward to tomorrow's scales! (I hope ;) )

That's so exciting, Rosinante! I hope the scale shows a fantastic number!!

Start: 187.1
3/18: 184.4 ( -2.7)
4/15: (trying not to weigh until Easter) Hope to be 180 MADE 176.9!!!! :D
5/01: (trying to weigh monthly)Hope to be 177
05/22: (leaving for Germany) Hope to be 172
05/29 Challenge Goal: 172 (after a week in Germany, oh that beautiful bread! I may not dare weigh!!)


Today is my first weighday in a month. For the first time in my life I've
Stuck to a plan (5:2 fasting)
Kept off the scales for a month

I lost 7.5lbs in the month! :carrot: VERY happy!

Thank you for the encouragement, Princessroja!!

That is so awesome!!! Congratulations, that has to be an amazing feeling!

Princess I always feel yucky when I am retaining fluids but sometimes they just woosh away the next day and I am hoping that with today's new day your feeling better

Rosinate Oh my goodness! :) Oh that is wonderful, so happy for you and thank you for sharing with us, congratulationssss :cheer2::cheer2::congrat: Amazing that you stayed off the scale for the whole month but I can see that you just put your focus on your program which worked out wonderful, again congrats :)

kfunk Hey you! : ) I see that you have been a busy bee as well! The fast went well, I broke it the following day at dinner. I had energy and didn't get a headache or anything. I am back to my typical program. The weather has been beautiful past 2 days and we grilled last night (chick. kabobs and peppers and onions) and we m ade a bunch so having that tonight too! I was running errands all day and working on the property so it was an active day. Too nice to be indoors today so I will be doing some outdoor stuff and a few odds and end later indoors. Hope you have a wonderful day and weekend

I hope that you all have a great weekend and Happy Easter...ohhh we start our new week today! We still have 2 weeks left to our month, good :)

Thankyou! That's very kind of you! :D :hug:

Thank you very much! Staying off the scales was a Big Deal but I'm glad I've done it :)

Thankyou for getting this challenge going :hug:

Princess I hope that the bloating subsides soon, it is a gross feeling.

Holy smokes rosinante, you shattered your goal :carrot: I am really impressed that you stayed off of the scale for a whole month!!

Weekend I am glad that your fast went well and that the weather has been beautiful lately!! Those kabobs sound delicious!!! I hope that you get everything done that you hope to!

I hope that everyone is doing well! Happy Easter!!

SW: 219.4
GW: 199.4

4/8: 215
4/15: 211.8

Hi, Princess! I'm also holding onto water from my TOM and some minor constipation :( I hope it gets resolved for us both soon!
Thanks, Weekend and kfunk! It ended up being a rough couple of days for me, so I don't know if the beach date will happen, but today has been a lot less stressful, so maybe it will happen tomorrow.
I hope everyone has a happy Saturday!

Thank you! In the end, I really enjoyed the freedom!

Princessroja hoping that you breakthrough soon. Sending you positive vibes . . .

Awesome job!! 🎉
I would love some tips on staying off the scale as I have gone up 1/2 a pound and then stayed there for 2 days . . . which is frustrating because I have been following my plan strictly.

Happy Easter 🐰 to All!! Wishing you all a wonderful day, hopefully the sun is shining where you are today.

My plan is to spend some time out doors and enjoy the beautiful spring weather.

So far I'm down 1 more pound since last report, but that is up 1 pound. I'm a little frustrated because I have been strictly on plan. I know it happens and I need to stop daily weigh-ins, but I am curious to see my progress. 🤞

So I am planning to stay positive and keep the plan. 😉

I keep the laundry basket on top of the scales, so I can't actually see them;
and I make the first thing I do in the morning is take a tablet with a huge glass of water ~ I'd Never weigh myself with all that heavy water inside me!!! :D

Britt I am sorry to hear that you had a couple rough days, I hope things have improved! Also, I hope that you are able to get things moving again, being constipated is awful!

queenbee It is frustrating when you stay on plan and don't see the rewards on the scale, especially when you weigh each day. I think that I am going to take some time off the scale this week, but will probably have a hard time sticking to it.

I hope that everyone had a nice weekend!

I am very disappointed in myself. Yesterday I binged for the first time in months. Two glasses of wine turned in to, well, I lost count. I woke up drunk this morning. I ate several pieces of cheesecake, I ate dinner rolls. I was out of control. If that wasn't bad enough I made myself throw up after. This was the first time I had a drink since Jan 1st and its apparent now that I do have a binge drinking problem. I am disgusted with myself.

Well guys, no breakthrough. If anything, a regression. Pretty disappointed, 152.6 today. Haven't lost a single thing for a week and a half and indeed seem to have gained almost a pound (?!). To top it all off, it's the first Monday since New Year's Day I haven't met my goal (should have been 152 today). I kind of want to cry. :( I would just work harder to catch up but we're going on vacation for 10 days starting Thursday and you all know how hard it is to stay on any kind of plan away from home! :(

ETA: I see we posted at the same time, kfunk! I'm sorry, that's a horrible feeling. I hope things get better for you soon (and for Britt and queenbee too!).

Perfect timing!
 

New to the forum, just started Medifast today, so I am IN for a challenge! Maybe a little optimistic, but I am aiming for a 15 lb. loss by the end of May.

Jean

Um... whaaaaat?! I weighed myself again at lunchtime since I had an inkling it might prove useful and voila, 151.6. So... that's good? Hopefully it'll stick!!

Happy Post-Easter!

I've changed things up in hopes that I can push through this stall...

Starting date & weight: 3/19/17 268.2
Goal weight by 5/29/17 - 248

3/19/17 - 268.2
3/27/17 - 263.7
4/3/17 - 262.5
4/10/17- 259.4
4/17/17 - 259.9
4/24/17 -
5/1/17 -
5/8/17 -
5/15/17 -
5/22/17 -
5/29/17 -

kfunk: I am so sorry to read about your binge. :( If you need someone to talk to, I'm here! Please PM me anytime.

Constipation has finally started clearing up, so I am feeling MUCH better. I can't wait to get an accurate WI next Sunday!

SW: 257.6
GW: 232.6

4/4 257.6
4/10 261 I went to a Viking festival this weekend and drank and ate like a Viking, hoping its water and wooshes away fast :-( not a good start
4/17 257.2
4/24
5/1
5/8
5/15
5/22
5/29

Hi girls :wave:
Ophelia, thank you darling for checking in

I am so crazy busy right now and sorry I have not written. As of today, aim going on 17k steps. I just want this to be over@ lol I have a photographer coming tomorrow and then an open house on Sunday so as you can imagine things are busy as sin.

I so love to come in and read all your news! You know, we still have 2 weeks to go so let's kick it! :carrot::carrot:

Hope you all had a great Easter and seriously, I can't be able to come in and time t o write again but I hope so very soon. Thinking of you guys, stay strong and stay tough, we still have two weeks to go!

I would like to get down to 177 by Memorial Day

Hi ladies, hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Wanted to wish you all a great day :wave:

Amy :welcome2:

kfunk somehow I missed that. You know girl, I did that one time over the holidays and I ended up eating almost an entire cake! Yeap! I woke up so miserable it's not funny, I know the feeling..ugh. I came in and posted to the chicks the next day and they really helped pick me up. It's a new day and I hope it ends up being a good one for you! Let the other day go, it's over! We all can sometimes hit a bump or bumps in the road, it happens..........feel better :hug:

Rosinate Oh what a wonderful tip! lol : ) Thank you for sharing with us....as for the thread it is totally my pleasure , I really enjoy sharing our journeys.....thank you for being here..smile.

queenbee The bugger scale likes to hold onto things sometimes, hang in there, it will eventually give up!

Britt I am glad your feeling better and hope your having a wonderful sunny day there.

Ophelia What a great loss! :carrot: It is always such a pleasure to watch your progress, thanks for sharing : ) Hope that you had a great Easter too, that you all did.

Laura yay! Your in a new decade! That is great, let us know how the shake up goes.

jessie wtg on getting right back to it after the festival!

princess oh good! Glad it went back down for you, keep up the good work.

As always sorry if I missed anyone. Things went well today. Easter was very nice, I did have more than planned though and now back to it. I have been very active so hope that helps, have not done a WI since after Easter. Just focusing on each day and then will go on it when I feel ready. I hope that you are all well and having a great day, looking forward to catching up soon! :hug:

Hey, Weekend! Great job on picking up your activity! After doing a lot of walking and running on Sunday, I am really itching to get back into exercise as well. I just want to make sure I can go at least a month without binging before I start focusing my attention elsewhere! I can't wait to hit a month! I'm glad you had a good Easter :D

I am currently 10.4 pounds from my goal of 148 by Memorial Day. I seem to be losing about a pound a week (I'm a little over 20 pounds down since November), so I don't know if that will happen in the six weeks we have left, but I would definitely be happy!

Hey Weekend! Shake up seems to have worked and I'm halfway to my goal! WOOT!

Hi everyone :wave: Always wonderful to come in and read your news. Wanted to wish everyone a great new day. Things are going well here, been super busy but things are coming along nicely. I still have work to do upstairs but nudging away at it and may,may take a break from it a bit today.

It is cool and damp again and we are due for that type of weather for about a week but it should be getting nice after that. Good time to do my tapes really when I can squeeze them in. Still have a few hours worth of raking but it's getting there. I don't want to go near the end of the driveway because a red tailed hawk is nesting down there and they are aggressive when nesting nearby! lol

As far as activity goes, that is going very well. Meals planwise could be better since Easter, not too bad but could be better! That's how it starts, an exception here and an exception there! Nailing that in the bud! Everything is cleared out of the house now and onto todays goal......plenty of water, back to the market and planned meals. I looked at the calendar and ladies we still have nearly 6 weeks left to our challenge! :carrot:

Britt That is fantastic! :) :carrot: congrats on that wonderful loss and on your activity, it sounds like you really enjoy walking as well! Spring is such a pretty time of the year here with everything blooming.

Laura oh good! :) That is super! Thanks so much for sharing and wtg on being halfway to your goal!

ophelia Thanks :) Wishing you a great new one as well, at least we have the sun poking out here a bit now...I may just head out for a bit if I am up to it later.

kfunk Got it , thanks : )

Hi to all of you! Hope things are well and looking forward to catching up soon :hug:

Well, just dropping in to update briefly! I leave tomorrow for a 10-day vacation. Today's reading is 151.2, so I'm on the downward trend again! Whew. Question--should I take the scale with me? Seems like overkill, but 10 days of grandma-cooked meals can do a lot of damage and I really really REALLY want to hit the 150 mark on May 1--then I'll be on goal still 1/3 of the way through the year, which would be awesome and do wonders for my motivation.

Britt, Laura, Ophelia, Weekend, you guys are rocking it!! So motivating to hear all your good news!

Did I say I was going to take a break today? lol well I am happy I got some things out of the way, things are looking good!

Princess Hi : ) and congrats on the downward trend! I hope that you have a wonderful time on vacation. Regarding your question about the scale, it sounds like it would be helpful to you so why not. Not as bad as packing dumb bells! hahaha :) yes , I did that one year! My DH killed me when we got to cali. and he found out! lol He told all of our friends when we got back and they ribbed me forever! Have a safe trip and great time.

Hi, Princess! Thanks for the props :) And yes, I would take the scale. I have even purchased a travel one from Amazon for when I am away! If you definitely want to hit 150 by that date, at least it will give you some guidance for making small adjustments here and there over those 10 days. I hope you have a good time with Grandma!

princess Thank you! I hope that you have a good time on your vacation! I also hope that you make it to your goal of 150 by May 1st!

Welcome jeanscape Good luck!!

Its awesome to hear that your shake up is working, Laura :D

Nice drop Jessie!!

Britt thank you :hug: I am happy for you that you are feeling better!! I am retaining water from Sunday and it sucks! I haven't been posting much lately because I am super busy with work, but it sounds like you are doing an amazing job!! I haven't weighed in since Monday morning and I am going to try to make it all the way until Saturday! I hope that we have good drops this weekend!

As always, you are doing an amazing job ophelia!! Your numbers are insane!!

weekend Thank you :hug:. I was able to get back to normal on Monday. I felt awful but was able to stay on plan. I was still able to come on and read a bit and that really does help even though I didn't have time to post. I hope that your pictures turned out amazing! I am sure that you are super busy getting ready for your open house this weekend. Sending you positive vibes!! 17k steps is amazing!! I don't think I have made it past 7500! I need to get going on that :o

anmy Good luck getting to your 177 goal!

I hope that everyone is doing well!! This has been a difficult week as far as work is concerned, I don't think it will be slowing down any time soon though. I am really nervous and excited about weighing in on Saturday, I hope that I am happy with what I see!

Good morning everyone :wave:

Wanted to wish everyone a great day and great start to the weekend tomorrow. The week sure flew by. I ended up keeping busy yesterday and went to the market to get my ingredients so I am glad that is off my list for today. I am cooking a big batch of chicken kabobs with colored peppers and onions and will have that for dinner tonight and tomorrow.

kfunk Thank you so much for the well wishes and positive vibes :) As for the steps, when I first started wearing the fitbit I think I was hovering around 7k and I just couldn't see how people get 10 let alone 17k lol. The walking racks it up or the tape and well......listing a house for sure! smiling.....you are doing great! WTG for getting right back to it that next day, that isn't always easy to do....wishing you a great day hon and hugs right back

that goes out to all, have a wonderful day and hope to catch up to you all soon.

Just popping in... didn't take the scale, so we'll see how this goes! Eep. :O Yesterday was full of food; we had dinner with an old friend. She's a wonderful hostess and she married another wonderful host, a Chinese man, and the philosophy was the Chinese way--if you say that's enough, we'll put one more scoop on your plate. ;) We did not go hungry! Delicious, but I do hope I don't come home from the trip several pounds heavier...

Hope you guys are all having awesome days and the scale keeps going down down down!

Hello Girls!

Princess, have a great trip and do NOT obsess over gaining weight!

WB, your Kabobs sound great and they're healthy too! I might make some this weekend as well.

Kfunk, good luck on your Sat weigh-in...you've really been working this week!

Laura... way to go and keep at your goal!

Hello to everyone else I missed...get out there and move around this weekend!

I've lost the half pound I gained back and I'm starting to walk more as the weather improves. My reg. neighborhood walk is 35-40 minutes and I did it 3 x this week. Tomorrow is our 5M hill walk, and I might hit one of the Spring festivals going on locally.

Everyone have a GREAT weekend and enjoy this weather!