Have been completely off track this week, eating whatever I want, eating out, lots of sweets and unsurprisingly have gained over 4 lbs! Now i'm struggling to get back on track, just started working out again yesterday, so I guess my first goal is to get back to where I started this month! Hoping it won't take too long.

Week One
01: NWI
02: 239.2
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06: 244.3
07: 244
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Total Loss for Week One: +4.1

Hello!!! It has been too long since I have participated in this thread. Since I have been gone I have gained 15 lbs...

Gardenerjoy - Thank you for keeping this challenge going! My goal for August is to lose 9 lbs.

Momtopands- Excellent job getting back on track right away, I bet the 4 lbs. comes off very fast!! I have been thinking about you even though I haven't been posting. How have you and your family been? Have you moved yet?

Flower and Boatingmommy- Hiiiiiii!!!!

I hope that everyone is having a great start, good luck !!

SW: 170.9
GW: 161.9

8/8 - 170.9

Week Two
08: 232.0
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Total Loss for Week Two:

Not a good start to the week. I wanted to stay below 232.0 and that didn't happen today. But all I can do is move forward from here. Not a big surprise, after the last 2 days at work. Yesterday, I was at the office for over 11 hours. I basically went home, ate poorly, had a walk, and went to bed. So bad all the way around, except the walk. Good luck going into week 2 everyone.

I definitely have some work to do. I've been working a lot and the kids are back at school. So when I get home I need to help with homework and getting ready for the day and i don't feel much like cooking. I'm going to try to meal plan this weekend for next week and do better.

Goal - 4 lbs

SW: 144.0
GW: 140.0

Week One
01: 144.0
02: 143.8
03: 144.4
04: 144.0
05: 144.6
06: 145.0
07: DNW
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Total Loss for Week One: + 1 lb

Week Two
08: 144.8
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Total Loss for Week Two:

Really happy for a few reasons - one, I'm not pregnant - huzzah! Crisis averted. Typical that 6 hours after I shell out $20 for a test that's when I start showing signs of my period.

Second reason to be happy is today I weighed in at 184.8 lbs, which is a 2.4 lb drop from earlier this week. My average is still higher than last week, but I'm thrilled that I'm back on track and seeing 184 lbs again!

Week Two
06: 187.2 lbs
07: 186.6 lbs
08: 184.8 lbs
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Avg Weight for Week One: 184.8 lbs
Avg Weight for Week Two: 186.2 lbs
Total Loss for Week Two: -1.4 lbs

fungirl - Seems like you're doing an amazing job with staying on track, good for you!

Raining - Isn't it great when you lose when you expect a gain?!

yangzter - Yes!! I always workout indoors with the air conditioning on in the summer, the humidity here makes exercise unbearable. I run in the winter/spring/autumn months.

momtopands - Sorry to hear you went off plan for a while, sometimes it's hard when we break routine just once to get back on track. But you can do it!

kfunk - Hello and welcome back!

Lacerta - Sorry to hear you're having a rough time at work, it's so hard to stay healthy during tiring and stressful situations. You can do it though, don't be too hard on yourself, the fact you went on that walk is an amazing thing!! Well done!

nicoley - Cooking is wonderful, but it is a time commitment and sometimes it's so much easier to get something ready made. It still amazes me that homework is a thing, I never remember a time when homework benefited me in any way! Studying for an exam, sure, that was useful, but I never felt like I understood a concept better by doing homework. I'm ranting, forgive me I'm just very tired of our education system. Meal planning will definitely help!

August goal: -1 kg (reach 99.4 kgs)

1: 100.4 kgs
2: 100.15
4: 100.65
5: 100.7
6: 100
7: 100.05
8: 100.5

I swam 1500 meter this morning. I had craving last night, but just had some soup instead of binge eating.
I am a big fan of ice cream, but too many calories.Any suggestions of substitute?

quick pop in - been away at a minesite for the last 10 days, and a couple of flights to take to get home today. I'll be very interested to see what the scales have to say when I get back because I've been eating a fair bit more than usual (basically I've chucked in another meal and eaten 4x per day - mainly because I've had to have breakfast at 5.30am, and i'm hungry again by 10.30!!), but I've been on plan with the choices (avoided simple-carbs, no sweet stuff etc etc, although there's been lots of unknown sauces/dressings etc on the things I've had). I feel like I've maintained, I think. If I have it's a massive win because I've eaten heaps more calories than when I was losing so would mean the metabolism is good etc. Friday will be the moment of truth (and no doubt hubby and I will go out for a drink or meal on Thursday night, just to throw a wobbly result in to the mix!)

Will write more personals later, but Rie - fantastic news that you're not pregnant!!!! Wow, I can remember those panic days myself (I've never wanted kids either), how awful!!! (have had the inplant thing now for about 12 years, so I trust it to do it's thing and no more worrying (apart from the fact I've got to be too old by now!)
kfunk - yay!!! great you're back here. Very excited that you're heading the right way again!
Joe - excellent work on all the exercise you're doing

This workweek has been really busy and I haven't be on top of my eating like I should. No sugar just grazing when I shouldn't. I need to do better today. I ordered a special dress I want to wear for my birthday in two weeks and it came yesterday. I had ordered it a size smaller that I normally wear to motivate myself to really get back on plan I love it and it fits perfectly however I want to really get it in gear workout wise to see if I can shrink my tummy just a little. This will be my first time wearing a maxi dress and I am so excited. I haven't worn a dress in years and it's great to feel and look normal wearing one now. Have a great day.

Week Two
08: 271.2
09: 270.8
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Total Loss for Week Two:

Week Two
08: 232.0
09: 231.2
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Total Loss for Week Two:

Staying in my 230-232 window, which is all I really wanted for the first 10 days. Just have to get through tomorrow at work. Almost there, whew!

Hey everyone!

Today I weighed an all time low for my restart at 183.8 lbs! Woohoo! So happy to see it. I think it's because I worked out yesterday and actually ate the right amount of food. After I had my dinner at 6pm I was done for the day, even when bf was making popcorn I didn't ask for a small bowl like I usually do. I listened to my body and it told me that it wasn't hungry. Woohoo!

For anyone who's curious here's an update of my painting by numbers! I think it's coming together nicely, I was going to finish it all as is then go back and add more detail where I can and maybe paint over some of the colors. For example, there's a lot of yellow that from the original image I'm sure is supposed to be white, then there's a lot of purple that in the image looks more like a deep purple/navy colour. I'm still having a great time doing it and it is so relaxing!

My average for the week is slowly but surely heading down, I'm just 0.8 lbs up from last week but if I can continue these low numbers then I might even get a loss this week. I think if I remain on "plan" so to speak (I don't really have much of a solid plan, it's more "don't eat too much") then I can make it. We'll see!!

Week Two
06: 187.2 lbs
07: 186.6 lbs
08: 184.8 lbs
09: 183.8 lbs
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Avg Weight for Week One: 184.8 lbs
Avg Weight for Week Two: 185.6 lbs
Total Loss for Week Two: -0.8 lbs

yangtzer - Frozen yogurt?

ange - Sounds like you've done really well while you've been away! I hope the scale is nice to you, but if you do indulge for that meal with your hubby then that will indeed throw in a wobbly weighing into the mix! My boyfriend and I don't want kids and after this scare he's seriously considering the snip, which is surprising but it would solve all our problems.

fungirl - I love the dress idea! I have 2 in my closet that I'd love to fit into! One I think I'll be good to fit into when I'm in the 150's, the other is probably going to be more of a 130's/140's type dress. It's nice to have incentives like that.

Jeny - Sorry you fell off the wagon, but you can get back on track in no time!

Lacerta - You can do it!!

I'm a bit disappointed that I stayed the same this week as I thought I might have been down a bit. Hopefully I will see a drop next week.

kfunk and rie- glad to see you on the August thread - welcome back
ange - great job on maintaining
momtopands - good for you for getting right back on track
fungirl - you had an amazing first week

Week One
03: 132.6
04: 132.2
05: --
06: 132.4
07: 132.4
08: --
09: 132.6
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Total Loss for Week One: 0 - stayed the same

Slight drop although I ate a bag of microwave popcorn for dinner with half a pint of Halotop. Sometimes my diet is completely void of nutrition. And I did cook for the rest of the family! I was just hungry earlier and then didn't want actual dinner.

Riestrella - I'm not a huge fan of homework either - mine did not have much in elementary but it does get ramped up in middle school. Luckily I don't find it excessive or meaningless for the most part. My daughter is does the vast majority on her own, but my son just started 6th grade and needs some guidance. It's just a hard adjustment coming from summer... & congrats on the good news! I think most of us women have experienced that fear.

Week Two
08: 144.8
09: 144.4
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Total Loss for Week Two

I walked 5K this morning. Now my legs are so sore and my back hurts. I might need a rest day tomorrow. don't want to overdo it. I know it's a process, I didn't gain all the weight in one day lol.