Happy Birthday, maenad! No one should ever be denied birthday cake. So nice that all your classes want to celebrate!

Shasha, YAY!!! You'll be downward from there soon too, no doubt.

I had a new recent low on the scale - 142.6. The interesting thing is that last night, I was 143.2. Usually at night I am 1-2 lbs. higher. So I think there is more to come soon. My period should be about done by Friday's weigh-in - hopefully by then.

Didn't eat too much yesterday - didn't feel great. So I also bagged on the gym and feel badly. Now today I am hungry and have already eaten like 1000 calories. And this is suppose to be a low day.

I don't like Mondays...

Ok I know I'm joining this at the last second but I'm in! :carrot: I need the motivation and to fit into my jeans. I am so tired of having to go out and buy new fat pants because I keep gaining weight. Thank you for the challenge! Lets keep finding more when we complete this one. :^:

Natamars YAY for your low!!!!! Woo woo!!
Selca, welcome! Work hard and fit into those jeans, girl!!

Came home and ate a calorie-friendly lunch of homemade chicken stir-fry, but after eating I was still hungry!! I thought about grabbing a handful of pistachios, but instead I got a big huge glass of water. Problem solved! Haha silly body, you were thiiiiiirsty not hungry!

Hope everyone's having a good day :D

Thank you for the Birthday wishes! I had a total of 4 cakes in two days, then was given a huge bag of chocolate by a friend of mine...oh my god!!! sugar over load. Yesterday i felt so crummy that i hardly could eat anything. I went shopping after my morning class and bought a really cute size small dress for my Birthday party on Thursday. Yahh!

I was 123.2 this morning. TOM as well, so it was pretty surprising. I am starting the 30DS today...got a mat and the video...very exciting!!!

maenad, yay for a size small dress!! and YAY for being back down on the scale!!

Ugh, I'm back up to 163.0 this morning :mad: I know it's water, but come on man... I even felt smaller today! I was even under my calories yesterday! Maybe I over did it on salt... maybe it's that I'm nearing my TOM... maybe i throw the scale out! haha

shasha, sounds like your weight varies a lot. are you weighing every day but only recording once a week? you're doing all the right things - i'm sure you'll see a new low soon.

i woke up with a pounding migraine. i haven't had one in ages. took a pill and went back to sleep - doing better now, but still feel weak and tired. will just try some easy cardio later.

2 more days until my official weigh-in...hope i'm feeling up to zumba tomorrow.

:cheers: HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MAENAD :cheers:

Shasha -- way to go on the size small!!

natamars -- feel better soon :hug:

I fluctuated 2 lbs the whole month, this morning I was down those 2 lbs, so I will say that I've lost 2 in the month of January :D

Ilene, wtg on the 2 lbs! It definitely counts.

I am happy that I did not let my headache and the fact that I stayed home fom work mess with my food plan. I just had tea and toast in the morning to go with my Aleve, then I had a veggie burger and salad for lunch, and Greek yogurt and cheese and cashews for snacks. Dinner was originally planned breakfast, egg whites, spinach, and veggie sausage. I did have 1/2 a cup of light ice cream but it fit in with the plan.

Made it to the gym for 40 minutes on the elliptical - didn't want to push more than that.

haha, ilene-- that was maenad's size small!! but thanks for the shout out ;)

natamars, hope you're feeling better today! I can't believe you still went to the gym with a migraine!! that's determination :cp: ya I think you're right, my weight does fluctuate a lot. I know the number on the scale shoots straight down when I stay within calories by eating good things, but it jumps around when I eat a not-so-great snack here and there, which is something I need to be more conscious about. Also, TOM is here and apparently is mad at me about something, so that helps explain yesterday's WI.

I need to go back and reread that article I posted... I've come to expect a certain number or a drop when stepping on the scale, and if it's not there I have a little pity party. so far it's nothing that's deterred me, as I'm still on plan, but it does get me frustrated for 30 mins or so... but as ennay (i think) put it a week or two ago, I do want have a sense of a downward trend. so i do WI close to daily.


I've been mostly on plan so far this week... a little under cals yesterday (including movie theatre popcorn--see, one of those in-cal but not-good snacks). strength training is awesome, i'm feeling strooooong. clothes are getting loser and loser every day, and the love handles and low tummy are shrinking!

have a good day everyone!

Wooo, good week for me! Surprising since it's almost my TOM, lol. I was down exactly 2lbs this week. I don't think anything will stop me from finishing this goal :)

Starting: 163.6lbs
Current: 154.8lbs
Remaining: 1.2lbs

mkendrick, that is a fantastic week, especially when you are SO close to goal. Amazing!

Well, I am up .1 for the week. I can't find my food journal so I've been tracking on pieces of paper and it's not the same. Will look until I find it tonight and use it faithfullly. Also pledge to get cardio in every day starting tomorrow, a minimum of 20 minutes. Think I'll stick with trying to cycle calories and carbs for another week, then will re-think if I don't have a loss. Overall I thought it was a pretty good week. Maybe my calories are a little low if anything. Ended at 1,076 yesterday. Tonight is pizza so it will be a high day, but I will limit it to one slice of Grandma(this may be a NY thing - it's fabulous! Does tend to be oily so I blot it a lot).

Hope everyone else had a good week. TGIF!

Natamars what's Grandma pizza?? Yummy yummy! Hey, like you always tell me... you're doing everything right, so the weight has to come off soon. And I don't know if our bodies necessarily hit their low for the week on the day we actually record our WI, haha.

Mkendrick, well done you! you're so determined :)

I ate 1600-ish cals yesterday, but I didn't record exactly. TOM made me get chocolate, but at least it was dark. I felt like utter crap after eating it, though! Sugar high followed by a crash for sure! I stepped on the scale this morning and kinda tipped it on accident; I weighed in at 159.8 and was elated!! Then about an hour later, after laying around and thinking about it, I wasn't sure if it had been right so I tried again, 161.3. So Idk, we'll see tomorrow at official WI. For now I'm going to pretend the first one was the true number. I'd love it to be 150's...

shasha, how did your official weigh-in go? fingers crossed you broke 160 - it's awesome when you break a decade.

i was actually back up over 144 yesterday, probably from my friday night "cheat" meal. yesterday i was back to eating light. i also had to resort to drinking some senna tea, which worked a little TOO well both last night and this morning. i was down to 142, this morning though. hopefully it's real. i did NOT exercise, which i'm pretty unhappy about. i picked up a dvd at the library for the days i can't make it to the gym this week.

grandma pizza, by the way, is a square, thin crust pie with olive oil, crushed tomatoes, not too much mozzarella, fresh basil, and garlic. it is quite delicious, and i think fairly healthy as far as pizza goes. i hadn't had it before i moved to long island a few years back.

natamars that pizza sounds amazing! And WOOO!!! 142! We're calling it real :)

Well... didn't WI yesterday morning, but i'm off today-- 160.8. not the 150s but close. I have to admit i'm disappointed, i really felt like i turned it up this week! I hit that number 3 weeks ago, but it disappeared as quickly as it came. I don't really know what's up. When I was losing weight for my sister's wedding last year, every time I stepped on the scale, my weight was either down (at least a little) or stayed the same as the day before. But this time I am all over the place! I'm starting to think it's the scale.

Last year I was using my roommate's brand-new WW digital scale to WI. Now I've moved and I have a hand-me down WW digital that used to be my sister's. The battery hasn't been changed in 2+ years.

It's hard not to get discouraged. I know I'm doing the right things--diet and exercise. I just wish the scale would be nice to me! I know it's a mental thing, the scale, but mental is half the battle for me! ugh. I'm going to go see about those batteries...

123.2. haven't been feeling that great. I did the 30DS and it really got me. i pulled something in my leg.... have hardly been able to walk!! think i will be able to do it again tomorrow, we'll see how my leg feels. not too much to report. hoping to make that final push and lose another pound by Feb. 14th...