thanks Nicole,Katie,Kristin and Amy M. :)
Yes I do look back and congratulate myself on what i have accomplished so far...I do not want to be skinny just 122-ish.I am not sure though if that is possible for my body type...I am 5'2" with medium body frame.

i like Nicole's idea of more work outs...true those people at TBL workout everyday and i think that counts.Usually in LAWL plans, if you exercise more than 3 times a week, they given you more food...ie higher plan.So if you do the math...a sure plateau breaker would be exercising 5 days a week.If your body gets used to that...make it 7 days...surely you would get back to your ideal weight by then!!!
Like...I have to go on plan-1 with lites or plan-2 without lites after next few lbs...i don't think I can eat any less after that...there is no plan 0 :D
In that case...i just have to exercise harder...i have been slacking off...hardly make it 2 days a week to the gym...may be i'll get some excercise DVD's...

Take care ladies...and have a good weekend!

I have been doing a bellydancing workout this week. It is really great. I was really self conscious at first, even alone in my living room, but since I got over myself, I am loving it. I was not aware that I could feel so sexy at this weight, LOL. I tried the shred, but it hurt my body too much, and my massage therapist sister banned it. I think that everyone is very different when it comes to exercise, and that they have to listen to their own body. My goal, for now, is to move my body for 20 minutes per day. So far, I can live up to that promise. Maybe in 25 lbs I will want to up it a little bit more, too.

MJ- I am 5'1, medium framed, and my goal has always been 125. It was the weight I was most healthy and comfortable at. Once I got sick and dropped down to 102 for about 6 months, and I was miserable, cold all of time, weak, and sickly looking. I think that 122 is a great goal!

Exercise is key, but remember that on TBL they work out for 6 hours a day. That's unrealistic for anyone not on a reality show. They wear BodyBugg sensors that monitor their caloric output, and log it into a program along with what they have eaten so that they "hit their burn" as they have said on the show. That's why Jillian gets so PO'd at them when they don't eat as much as they should - they screw up the balance. They burn like 6000-7000 calories per day, including their base metabolic rate.

Although I would love to lose 85lbs in 7 weeks - that would totally rock!

Kim, You'd look like a skeleton if you lost 85 pounds.... but I do know what you mean... heck I'd love to lose 14 pounds in 7 weeks! Ha! Even 2 pounds a week is really a fast pace for most of us. They don't advertise that on all the commercials, that most women as they get close to goal have no shot at all at losing at 2 pounds per week, so we all feel like huge failures, when we are just normal women with normal bodies. The math is that 2 pounds of fat per week is 7000 calories, or 1000 calorie deficit a day. You really shouldn't drop below 1200 calories a day for health reasons, and a lot of women are not burning off 2200 calories a day, so there is just no way they can lose 2 pounds a week. If you are only burning 1600 calories a day, even if you are really, really strict diet wise, you are going to be losing less than a pound a week. So even a little exercise can tip the numbers more towards losing, but then when we exercise we get hungry... so is it hard to balance all that out.

My daughter finally felt up to going to her apartment last night, but when she got there she had a lot of stuff to carry up and not much energy so she parked someplace "temporarily" and got her vehicle towed. So mom gets to go and bail out the vehicle and pay 262$. Oh well... so much stress lately... She got her truck towed last Saturday night also... so this didn't go over very well with her father at all... and she knew that she had majorly screwed up again.... but really we paid over 500$ for towing this week, and it is hard not not be a bit miffed about that! I understand both sides, but she has been so sick and getting super upset (which she did) is not good for her. So I tried to calm her down... not sure that truck is even really worth bailing out again! ha! She promised to be very careful where she parks in the future.. I do think that towing companies in town are getting very aggressive and you will be towed almost instantly many places by fly by night almost fraudulent place.... in parking lots for different business around town here. They have a sign up that says you will be towed, and some crook of a tower there watching to cash in on anyone stupid enough to park there.... She got towed both times in a short period after parking.

Barbara - sorry to hear about all the towing but I have to say that Parking Wars on TV is one of my favorite shows...some of the things people do is just hilarious to try and get their cars back or not get the ticket in the first place.

Finally have my painting done in my living room and hallway. Today is cleaning day and then put the room back together and re-arrange it for winter at the same time. Figure today is as good as any where its torn apart anyway. I am done painting for a couple of weeks anyway. I still have the kitchen and the hallway off that and my bedroom to do but I am painted out for right now.

I am hitting the grocery store monday morning and stocking up on all kinds of fruit and veggies. I think I'll do a FF next week to get me going again. My carbs lately have been way too much so I need to get those cut down. Also bought some lentils to try. I've never had them before and I'll have to look up how to even cook them or for a recipe with them but I thought I'd try them at least.

I got off the exercise wagon over the last 2 weeks as well. So I am going for a walk later and get my butt in gear.

These last few days have been hard for personal reasons but I got past them so now I need to get motivated again.

Hope everyone has a good weekend...I'll check back later :)

Hi ladies

Hope everyone having a great weekend.
I had an eventful Saturday...got my hair cut(finally!) and found my perfect Xmas party dress with accessories :carrot:
Well...the Xmas sale is on and everything is on sale in the Mall...I love this time of the year. And it was especially a great feeling to find that all dresses have my size available...and i didnt have to go through the agony of last year!!!It is definitely worth giving up the candies....

I was a size 16 last Christmas...and I couldn't believe when the fitting lady asked me to try on an 8...and it fit!!!!So I tried on like atleast 15-16 different dresses( yeah I know what you must be thinking...good thing my husband was not there...:D) ...well...I realized I am between 8-10 now.The dress I got is mid-length...a deep purple with jewels around the straps with a wrap around the middle with an uneven hem...I still think I can lose a few lbs in a month r so...so the mid-section would look better...still it is a start ;)

So anyone else started Xmas shopping?

Happy Monday all...hope everyone had a good weekend! I myself indulged too much..I gotta get that under control! We went to a wedding and someone took a picture of FH and I and when I saw it I just about wanted to cry...I could see the weight gain in my face even...ugh!
I am still keeping on my exercise schedule but I dunno...either it makes me more hungry or I think i can get away with eating more because I am exercising..time to start tracking EVERYTHING I put in my mouth!
I want to look good for my wedding but even more so we plan to try to get pregnant after the wedding and I just can't be getting pregnant at this weight...I need to get healthier! Not to mention I am trying to avoid knee surgery....my knees are really bad from years of competitive dancing and such and I have been told since I was 16 I would likely need surgery but when I lost weight before it helped the knee pain some so I would like to avoid surgery for another few years anyway.