hello all, I am back. sorry for not posting for a while. I have been eating like crap the whole month. ice cream, chocolate, pizza, fried chicken, you name it. I sure enjoyed them, but not happy about my buddha belly. lol. Rome is not built in one day, I need to get back on track before it's too late. congrats on all your progress. Joe

May 1st : 125.8
May 2nd: 124.7
May 4th: 125.4
May 5th: 124.5
May 8th: 124.5
May 9th: 123.9
May 12th: 123.2
May 17: 123.4

I know I hit target, but the plan was to keep going to give myself some wiggle room, and I've been totally textbook on the eating side, but having a bit of a plateau at the moment. It happened once before (March, also for no reason), but normally I've been really steady with the weight loss. Sort of frustrating, but then again I can't complain but then again I will - I don't have any jeans that fit... or trousers, so think i'm still losing size even though the scales aren't complying! Going out to a ball/presentation evening for end of season football awards on Saturday, which isn't super dressy, but I still don't know what to wear (and hate shopping). Hmmm. I'm definitely at that stage in life where I want to be warm enough and comfortable walking around so guessing with all those factors in mind i'll just cobble something low-key together!

Ange !!!! Yay. Have fun at the Ball

Love it when people write sentences like that! It just makes me feel - yeah, you're going to succeed, and that's what my attitude will be too!!

kfunk well done you for still being sensible amidst your off-plan eating. I can start asking you for maintenance tips now!

Yesterday we had free lunch at work. I loaded up - it was salad with grilled chicken, rolls and cookies - but that was the only meal i ate yesterday. I did eat four cookies. Now I'm really hungry and a little shaky - I biked to work for the first time today. I'll drink some coffee and see but I may be eating breakfast today (I usually don't eat anything until lunch.)

SW:150.4
GW: 144.4


Week One
01: 150.4
02: 151.0
03: 150.2
04: 149.0
05: 148.8
06: 149.0
07: 148.0
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Total Loss for Week One: 2.4 lbs

Week Two
08: 148.0
09: 148.8
10: 149.4
11: 149.2
12: dnw
13: dnw
14: 148.6
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Total Loss for Week TWO: +.6 lbs

Week Three
08: 148.6
09: 147.6
10: 146.8
11:
12:
13:
14:
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Total Loss for Week Three:

SW: 98.4kgs GW: 97.4kgs (-1.0 kgs)

1: 98.4 kgs
2: 97.85
...
8: 98.4 kgs
9: 98.35
10: 98.0
11: 98.3 (stir-fry for supper)
12:
13: 98.55
14: 98.3
15; 98.7
16:
17: 98.25

I just got in my 5K walk today, eating have been good so far. I am trying to get my roof replaced, but it's been raining the whole week. Joe
opheliaphoenix, when is your usual weigh in time?

11: 175.8
12: 175.2
13: 175.0 TOM
14: 175.0 TOM
15: 175.4 TOM
16: 175.0 TOM
17: 175.0 TOM

Well, consistency is good I suppose. Ha. I went out to dinner with some friends last night and had a little more sushi and bites of cheesecake that took me over, but it was worth it. Looking forward to some scale movement over the next couple of days. Not sure if TOM is responsible for this stall or the sodium on Sunday. I've been pretty active this week but characteristically terrible about water intake. I'm going to try and get on the treadmill tonight. I love running but haven't been feeling inspired to go lately. Not sure why. I'm hoping to do a 10k at the end of July and marathon in December, but I really need to get with the plan now to be successful.

nicoley I actually ended up winning it, but it could not have been closer! I hear you on the frugal mindset, I would have been so mad at myself if I lost! I think I will start another one in the next week or so. Nice drop!! Great job biking to work! I hope that the shaky feeling subsided after the coffee.

momtopands- Keeping you and your daughter in my thoughts and prayers.

flower- I am glad that your motivation is coming back! I think mine is too!! Nice drop! How much water did you up it to?

joe Welcome back!!

ange I tend to lose inches when the scale isn't cooperating, maybe that is what is happening to you! I hope that you have a fun time at the ball! Congrats on going down another size! Thank you for your motivation, it means a lot!

ophelia nice drop the other day! I bet you are right that you will see a good drop tomorrow!! I have been struggling on the water intake for the past couple days. I am sick and water just doesn't taste good right now. I ended up winning the diet bet by 2/10 of a lb. I got super lucky!!

snowmama Your dinner out sounded fantastic!! I bet that the same weight is due to TOM and that you will get a nice whoosh soon! I need to get on the treadmill myself!

gardenerjoy nice drop!!

ok, so I made it back to where I was last month so now I will track the rest of the way to my goal the way I normally do.

GW: 157.8

5/17: 161.6

Hey everyone,

I realize that it's pretty late into the month but hopefully it's not too late to join. I'm currently at 136.6 and ideally would like to get down to 125 for my run in July. However, I'll be perfectly happy with a 2.6 lbs goal for the rest of this month

5/17: 136.6

kfunk congrats for getting back to where you were! Now on to your next monthly goal! And thank you for the continued prayers for my daughter. She's still there and needs to be for now. Good news is that my job has been very proactive and is starting intermittent FMLA so when she gets home if I need to stay with her I can and just use my vacation time. If it's longer than 2 straight weeks I will use my short term disability which is up to 6 months. I'm hoping I won't need to use all that time though.

nicoley Nice whoosh!

snowmama consistent is not up so it's a win!

ophelia great job on keeping your new decade!

chub and Joe welcome back!

I bumped up slightly but ate very late last night.

Week Three
15: 254
16: 255.7
17: 256
18:
19:
20:
21:
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End of Week Two: 255.7
Total Loss for Week Three:

Chub Its not at all too late to join this month! Your goal looks great

momtopands Getting FLMA set up is very smart, its nice to hear you have a supportive employer. You are a great mom, your daughter is lucky to have you! I hope that she continues to get the care that she needs until she is ready to come home

I am not expecting this to stick. I am still sick and haven't had an appetite and haven't been able to drink as much water as I would like. I suspect some of the recent whooshes are due to mild dehydration.

GW: 157.8

5/17: 161.6
5/18: 160

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