Awwwww. Same7, i'm really sorry to hear about your dog and all the anguish you must be going through. Sad. Great that she lived to wag a little bit longer though. Your avatar is gorgeous.

Hello my quiet Feathers! Where is everyone? Hunkered down with those new Breyers low-cal Caramel Chip ice cream bars (delish, by the way! Just had one.)

I am still hanging at 125.4. Hoping to see some movement after a lot of running this weekend and then a weight training workout with a trainer today. It was a free session I got for enrolling at my gym (last year) and I asked him to show me a short weight training routine. He proceeded to kick my butt! I'm going to be hurting tomorrow for sure.

After reading a thread on the Weight Loss Support forum where several members sang the praises of cottage cheese, I decided to give it a try. I found 1% fat, low-sodium type. Wow, if you don't get the low-sodium, it can be really high! Anyway, with just a tiny bit of truvia and a few sprinkles of cinnamon, it's actually really good! I was pleasantly surprised. I've been looking for a high-protein snack and I think I've found one.

I'm trying to cut back on diet soda. For the past several years, I've had it only occasionally. Recently, I ramped up to one a day, sometimes two. Not good. Too many chemicals, too much bloat. After a week of soda every day, I definitely feel "not great." So I'm going to go cold turkey this week and then go back to maybe one or two per week, see how that goes. For purposes of my vacation next week, diet tonic (with gin) does not count!

So how's everyone doing out there?!?!??!

Edited to add: Ange, thanks for the kind words about my Shelby dog. We've had her for more than 8 years, and even though she's a little squirrely and a lot gassy, we do love her so!

Same 7 -- that is such a tough, tough decision... I'm happy you went for the walk and you enjoyed your time with her, although you know her time is limited...... On acompletely different subject, breast implants, I could use a bit more too... I'm a A.5 a B is too big an A is too small So I wear a padded bra and there's always a lot of room to spare...

MChickie -- Did you do NYC or Philly? Both would be great calorie burners

I'm pretty quiet, nothing going on in my neck of the woods, ho hum, ho hum... I'm maintaining my weight scale wise but I'm losing inches... I'm following the same plan as SusanB, Primal Blueprint, I'm getting used to it and loving the lifesyle a lot...

Ugh, scale woes for me. Last week I was down 3 lbs, this week I am up 4 lbs! What??? I hate the scale! My eating patterns and the scale are not matching up. I think this maintaining thing is really hard. I am trying to drop a few pounds, but i have basically been at goal lately. Now I'm up to 129, but I don't truly believe it is real. I try not to fixate on numbers, but it gets frustrating.

I'm trying to keep the weight down before my trip, but so many things come up, which makes it hard to stay on plan. No excuses now for me. I have to do well these next few weeks. I need to ignore the scale because it's making me really mad. And when I get mad, I sometimes feel powerless, like I want to give up. But I'm not a quitter. I need to stick with the plan.

*bangs head against the wall*

I weighed 136.6 Sunday night and then the next morning, within like 8 hours, I weighed 138.0. GAHHHHHHHHH!!!

I have been afraid to get back on the scale since then... I have tried a bunch of the suggestions given for getting out of this plateau, but I'm not really getting much of anywhere. I am so frustrated and so tired of sitting on this weight.

So apparently all I have to do is complain about my weight not going anywhere and I lose overnight. =P 136.2 this morning. I'll take it! I think my water is just fluctuating all over the place. How is everyone this lovely Wednesday?

Good morning. I just want to say.....I really need to lose this #$%^&^ weight. I really do. I've been carrying it for two years now and it's really dragging me down and impeding life. Hope I can find the strength.

Joan, you can find the strength! Each pound you lose will make you feel stronger!

And Kellost, you are not powerless. Look how much you've done! It's incredible. Surely you're at the point where you have to fight or every pound. Your body is not going to give em up easily... but you are going to win!

That said, I am feeling rather weak today ... because I am so sore from my short intro to weight training on Monday. When I first got out of bed, I could feel every muscle in my body -- and all of them were moaning, groaning, wailing! My hip has been bothering me (tendonitis) so I went on a short run. Tomorrow is kickboxing and maybe some more of that weight training. That soreness must mean it's working -- can't wait to see the results!

And hurrah for you bama girl -- glad to see that scale cooperated!

Ilene, I dream of A.5! I finally discovered that I can basically mostly fill an A-cup push-up bra (b/c I think they are about 1/2 size smaller). I don't get any push-up effect, of course... but all that padding helps!

Thanks, same7. (I used to have that same7, by the way, just a few short years ago. Now it's same30!)

Seriously, though, I think I'm reaching a point where I must lose weight to change things up, because my sense of self-disgust is completely shaping my attitude and getting in the way of everything else. I know losing this weight won't transform life magically, but it will enable me to make the changes I need to make.

Ok, so! With that, good luck today, ladies. My challenge is twofold: one, kids now done with school and hanging around, snacking. Two, tonight a guest at a family member's swanky club for a fabulous outdoor buffet, guests including my beautiful, naturally whippet-thin sister-in-law. Whee.

Joan, you can do it!

Good luck with being around your snacking children and your event tonight. You'll be just fine.

136.2 again today. I guess it's not just water weight!

Bama girl, you were where I am now. And right now you're where I want to be!

It's so interesting to see how many people are similar to us on this forum, because for the longest time, I thought my proportions were weird.

How is everyone today?

136.2 again for the 3rd day in a row. Normally I would be bothered by that, but it makes me happy to know that the little losses I have been having aren't just flukes or TOM related.

I bought a size 4 pair of pants last night!! And they almost fit! They are very tight in the thighs, but I can zip them up and there's basically no muffin top. I am going to use them as my goal jeans. I can't wait for them to be slightly loose.

Bama Girl, congrats on those size 4's! You'll be in them before you know it.

Bad day here... we put our dog to sleep this afternoon. Emotional overeating followed immediately. I was literally crying while eating pizza. How pathetic is that? (not the crying part; the part where I couldn't wait until I stopped crying to start eating).

BUT I will not beat myself up about it. That is some rough stuff. Thank goodness you get many years of love to balance out having to go through that.

We are headed out tomorrow for a week at the beach (Ocean City, MD). I will be eating mostly on plan but with a few treats here and there. I should get to run a bit but I am scaling back to hopefully let my hip heal up before I start training for September's half marathon. I am bringing a food scale but not a person scale so I will be interested to see what my numbers look like when I get home.

Everyone have a great week! I will probably check in from time to time. And if you have a special pet, give him or her an extra hug and a pat today.

Same7 - Really sorry for you, and i know what i'm talking about.
Totally out of the blue our 10year old staffie-cross had a huge heart attack on the beach on monday and died. It was such a shock, but on the other hand an enviable way to go.

I was very teary for the first 3 days but am getting a bit better now. It was all tears for myself really because of how much i'll miss him, but no guilt no regrets, and we didn't have any decisions to make like you did. The boy had a great life.

I'm sure your's had a great life too. You loved her. You can't do more.
Sending hugs your way.

Hi Feathers

Not been around for a bit. Crept back up to 140 almost two weeks ago. No real excuse other than that I have just moved in with my fiancé and, with several weeks of stressful preparation and packing I found it hard to eat healthily. I kind of hoped that stress and moving migh magially mke me lose a few pounds but I guess all the cookies I ate counteracted anything like that.

So I was back at 140 and decided to go for it. I'm getting married at the end of July and, although the dress fits, I dowant to be at 133, so I fgured it was time to get serious. As of yesterday, in 12 days I had managed to get down to 135.6 - so 4.4 in 12 days which is not bad.

Then I managed to ruin it.

We are having a housewarming party tonight. I managed to buy shedloads of food and never touched any of it. Then my lovely OH went out to buy the booze and came back with Bailey for me and some huge bars of Toblerone "bevause they were halfprice so I bought two!"

So I ended up having two rather large glasses of Baileys and four chunks of Toblerone last night and was back up to 136.6 today.

And I have the party tonight to contend with. I will just have to be super good during the day and only allow myself a few treats tonight and then back OP tomorrow.

But I still have 6 weeks to get to 133 so even with tonight, and my hen nght coming up, I can do it if I am really good the rest of the time.