Wildflower how exciting! I love fall weddings- autumn is the most romantic time of year in my opinion.

Dianne yowzah go girl! You have a gorgeous shape and beautiful flat tummy. And lovely skin tone! I'm so pale right now so I'm definitely jealous. To be honest I couldn't really tell a difference between the "wideness" of you and your friends.

krampus That's annoying, BUT it seems to fit with your weight loss pattern, in that your body absorbs and then lets go of weight very quickly. So a pound that may take me a few days to gain and then a week to lose would arrive and disappear within 24 hours for you, it seems. Not to say it still isn't discouraging, but just to say I'm going to bet tomorrow a pound (or more) will be missing from your body. Glad you feel good today!

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128.4 today! Hoping to see 127 by this weekend- perhaps Friday? I'm eating out tonight, which I've learned over the past month is my kryptonite. Not that I start pigging out, but that regardless of what I eat, unless it's salad which is basically nonexistent here, I will gain. Weight loss progress is fine when it's all done in my house by food I have prepared. Once someone else has any sort of impact on my food intake, it's downhill. We'll see what happens tonight :-/

OMG YOU GUYS! My eating and exercise the past two days was kind of out the window and yet that last little half pound putting me over 120 is GONE this morning!!!!!

I HAVE NOT BEEN 120 POUNDS IN LIKE FIVE YEARS!!!!!!!

YAY KAT YAY!!!! What an awesome feeling!!! Go girl, keep it up! Marching all the way to 115! We'll miss you in the 120s thread but hope to see you in a bit in the teens one ^_^

Big hugs for your success!

CONGRATULATIONS KAT!!!!!! That's so exciting!

HAPPY ASH WEDNESDAY!!

Thank you all for the nice compliments. It's so weird. I am not kidding, I HONESTLY do not see what you all see at all. Its not miserable to look at anymore but I just simply can't agree with you all. But its ok. I like my new healthy lifestyle!

Kat OMG!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh to be at 120. So freaking exciting!!

Krampus OH if I had a dollar for everytime I had one of those "oh crap wish I didnt weigh today" days.

Indiblue The bathing suit is deceiving lol It makes you look tan They are called China Doll bathing suits!! Check them out! HOw did you do last night with the eating??

Ive decided to weigh myself once a month. I just want to out of curiousity to see if my healthy lifestyle still creates a loss.

Is it bad if I pick something for Ash Wednesday that I secretly hope benefits me? Like, I am thinking of picking not binging for the 40 days. But I am picking that because one, its a challege, and two I hope it helps to lose some weight? hah

Have a great day feathers!!

[QUOTE=krampus;3749134]Dianne, you have a DREAM BODY! O_O I'm like, seriously overcome with jealousy. I look absolutely nothing like that in a swimsuit and I don't think I ever will. You should be proud of yourself! Also for what it's worth you all look about the same to me, no one looks "wider" than anyone else.QUOTE]

This is such a nice thing to say. Thank you! I really appreciate it!

Thanks, ladies! I'm totally flying high today. As I said in another thread earlier, it really must just be about weekly average of "goodness" that predicts falling off a plateau at last rather than one "bad" day or "good" day. DH was a healthy fella yesterday and gained a pound, whereas I was naughty and lost my half pound. You just never know.

Oh, and I've apparently got him counting calories now. I never told him he needed to get healthy, but apparently my good example is rubbing off on him and he's started working out and tracking his food. I'm proud of him. I want to keep a happy, healthy hubby for many years to come!

Just turned in my senior thesis. !!!

Definitely didn't track my calories or eat well at all over the past couple of days. No binging, just eating whatever I wanted -- which was a lot, probably 2000 calories a day. Anyway, I'm up almost 3 lbs from HOPEFULLY water retention and looking forward to working it off soon!

Haven't slept in ages but before I crash tonight, I'm going for a run in the workout clothes that just arrived in the mail.

YAAAAAY congrats on getting the thesis done lackadaisy! 2000/day isn't so bad, that'll be off in a week with workouts and tracking. If I ate "whatever I wanted" it would be well above 3000. You're lucky you have a small appetite.

Dianne: Awesome picture! You look great!

That's a really smart idea. You inspired me to try it and I feel a lot saner. I was getting way too caught up -- weighing 5 or 6 times a day or more. :/ Once or twice a week is good enough -- seriously, how much is weight going to change in a week, anyway?

fivestone, 116.8, wow! You're just disappearing into thin air. I was wondering how you're doing.

Krampus -- It will take a week?! I didn't expect it to take that long!! It's only... 1600 more than I usually eat, 300 more than maintenance, right?! Concerned... I'm down to 123.0 this evening, which was a nice surprise. Hopefully the extra water from salt/carbs will have gone away by tomorrow morning. Also, that PW that never happened... any day now...

In any case, I want to start P90x after spring break next week. I'm really excited about this. Trying to spend more time on a mix of running, lifting, and calisthenics/yoga before then.

Dianne I think the most virtuous way is supposedly giving up something that doesn't personally benefit you, but this is coming from someone who hasn't been to church in yearssssss so I am definitely not one to say what is good or bad to pick for lent haha!

kat You're right about the week-versus-day mentality. Good to hear you're still doing awesome and your habits are rubbing off on your husband. Way to set a good example!

lackadaisy Congratulations!!! PHEW what a great feeling! And then to be rewarded by workout clothes- how fun. You should lose the 3 lbs quite quickly- I feel that when I gain quickly due to vacation or whatnot it slides off quickly too. Where are you and your friends headed for spring break?

Were almost there ladies - Friday is peeking it's head right around the corner

Kat That is AWESOME that you have motivated your husband to live a healthier lifestyle. I really understand how much that means. I used to date a guy who was dead opposite of me. Messy, unhealthy eater, didnt exercise, horrible with responibilities, etc. and trying to get him to eat healthy was like pulling teeth. But because I loved him , I kept trying and it would irritate me so much when he ate bad - almost as if he was doing it to my body! Anyways, I think thats awesome you were such an inspiration to him! Success in itself

Lackadaisy ahhhhh doesnt that feel much better having that thesis done! Good job! As for your 2000 calorie day, I by NO means think it will take long at all to get back. A day at most - in my opinion. I am curious as to why you think you can only eat 1600 for maintenance. The average women's TDEE is around 2050. Why do you think you are 400 below that?

Fivestone PLEASE tell me your secret! 116?! How does it feel to be that weight?! Im envioussssssss

Indiblue I belong to a nondenomination church that I attend every Monday. I am not catholic but they honor most traditions for catholics. This would be the first year I have chosen to participate in lent. I figure overeating is gluttony and a sin so what better thing to give up? I LOVE my church. They had Nick Vujicic come in this past weekend/Monday to speak and WHAT an inspirational service it was. Honestly, if he can live his life content, happy and peaceful without any arms or legs, I certainly can live my life content and happy as well (extra 5 pounds and all) We sometimes forget how blessed we are!

I am really loving this new attitude on dieting that I have adopted. Not obsessing and counting/tracking every calorie is so much less stress. Allowing myself wine and treats when I want just relieves so much stress - shows me how much pressure I was really putting on myself! I think I am going to incorporate lunges, squats and pushups during my daily 2.5 run. I really want to gain some muscle mass! Also, I have gained the benefit of learning to cook because of this new lifestyle. I find myself wanting to cook so that way I can have tasty meals and it still be healthy! Just last night I made Hoison Chicken (AMAZING!!) and my own creation of Chicken Parmsean

Ok Im done rambling! Work is slow at the end of the week so Ill be on here all day I'm sure

Toodles!

I don't know if it's a secret , but I think my activity level has been increasing a bit (leveled out this week when I wasn't feeling well, but I'm feeling better again.) I'm just so happy that it's getting warmer around here and that most of the snow has disappeared, at least down in the valley. So I'm running around here and there more, 'ah, don't need to drive to the Post, it's such a nice day to run there!' sort of thing. I've also incorporated intervals more into what I'm doing... and a tonne more pushups and things. Maybe my metabolism has gone up some? Who knows.

Also, I think I'm inadvertantly eating less. I have really starting falling in love with salads lately (no worries, I still like my junk, just don't get as much of it). Loooove putting bell peppers (especially yellow and red) and tomatoes and cucumbers and lettuce and sometimes a bit of feta cheese...nom. I tend to prefer it without dressing, even, just with salt and pepper.

I'm going to want to stop losing pretty soon, though... I think at 110 I want to work on maintaining, perhaps even gaining a little once I get into a routine. But I don't mind gaining up from 110... I *do* mind gaining up from here, though. But I'll push as far as I can without going overboard, and gain up from there.

In a couple of months it'll have been a year since I started all this up. I hope that within the next few months I can settle into a maintenance plan that I can carry on indefinitely!