[Joan]

Congratulations, danni. You are SO almost there! Already in the 120s--wow I remember that! Must feel great. Have you bought new clothes yet?

[tyla]

Congrats, Danni!

TGIF, everyone!

Here's to a great weekend! I'm so looking forward to running around and having fun with my hubby. This has been a busy week for me. Nevertheless, I've been eating right, exercising and drinking my water.

Tyla

[danni]

OK - I was smooth sailing right along. Then I finally made it back to the gym and even used the walker some watching TV. I was a good girl with my eating . And gosh darn the not-so-dear scale jumped up 1 and 1/2 pounds.

Now come on - where is the justice in that .

So I remember hearing Dr. Oz answering this question on TV. After you have a good workout your muscles will retain water as they repair themselves.

OK - I'm going with that theory!

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I hope that everyone else is having a Super Friday!

[I am worth it]

Danni I see it's your turn for the scale to be playing tricks. It was mine last week when the scale went up a couple lbs instead of down like I expected. Even though it was water weight, I upped my cardio and the weight on some of my exercises, watched my sugar and salt intake and pounded the water. It worked! This morning the scale said 137.4

[danni]

Worth it -Good for you- Digging in and working on your goal.

I am hoping that things will turn around for me over the weekend.

[danni]

I am back to report that the sudden increase of 1 and 1/2 pounds in one day has just as suddenly disappeared.

I am back to 128. The chicken will get to move soon.

Since I weigh everyday I know that my weigh doesn't usually do these crazy zig-zag chances.

So maybe there is some truth in the muscles holding water after a workout.

[Joan]

Maybe we need to cut our bodies some slack, huh? Give them a little leeway. :-)

[xgemziex]

I know I haven't been posting but I'm been very busy, I hope you're all doing well and had a great mothers day! I had a very indulgent day D: haha! I don't have time to write more now as it's 3am and I'm dying to sleep but I will update soon, good luck girls and keep up the hard work!

[tyla]

3 weeks till Easter. Looks like we're all doing great!

x, I bet you didn't do as badly as you say. So Mother's Day is in March in England? We celebrate in May. Our next holiday to be careful of goodies is Easter. I'm celebrating Lent right now, so I'm proud to say that I've been doing great.

Congrats Iamworthit!

Tyla

[tyla]

How do I get rid of my old ticker? And put a new one with different colors?

Thanks.

[danni]

tyla - Try going to the quick links in purple header and click on sig. weight tracker.
I am not great on this - so someone correct me if that is not the correct advice.

[danni]

I have been bouncing around 128 for 11 days now.

I am OK with that. The positive side is I feel like I am in the 120's to stay.

I will continue to eat clean 95% of the time and exercise and see where
the numbers take me. But I feel so much better and my clothes fit better.

The fact that I have viewed this journey as a lifestyle change has made all the difference in the world. The way I'm eating is something that I can maintain because I'm not giving up things - just making better choices.

So good luck to all feathers on your journey.

[xgemziex]

Oh gosh 3 weeks everyone keep it up!

Tyla - Yep it's 14th of March this year here . I was baking so fresh scones for breakfast, rocky road bars, strawberry cheesecake muffins, chicken lasagne. All my mums faves! But I'm happy to say I woke up this morning with a loss . Oh Easter is going to be a cheat too but I'm sure I won't mind too much! lmao. What have you given up for lent??

Danni Congrats! It seems you are definately there to stay and I think you've done amazingly, such an inspiration!

0.8 lbs loss this morning, like I say I never get massive losses but at least I know it's going down even though I indulged a fair bit Have a great week girls!

[danni]

Well this is morning after the party - ugh! So I have to face up to the gain and hope that it soon disappears. But a once-a-month party with the girlfriends is part of life and this is a lifeplan - I didn't pig out - but I had 3 beers and more cookies than necessary.

So back on plan this morning.

tyla - go girl!!

[tyla]

x, congrats on your loss despite Mother's Day! I'm like you... I never get massive losses, but any loss is a great loss. (That's why I chose not to weigh myself until the end. I don't want it to get in the way of what I need to do.)

I've not had cookies, pastries, sweets, junk food, or alcohol since Feb. 9th. I started Lent early. It really started on the Feb. 17th, but I wanted to prove to myself that I really didn't need these things. Plus my goal was to exercise everyday, no matter what. I don't want to sound religious, but this is making me feel closer to Our Lord. I figure if He could do this sacrifice for 40 days, I should make an effort, too. (Besides, I owe Him a lot.)

Danni, congratulations on all your losses. You must feel really great! Awesome! Glad you had fun with the girls! Oh, thanks for trying to help me with changing my tracker color, but that didn't work. Thanks, anyway.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Everyone!

Tyla