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Okay, lets see if i can remember everyone!
WorkingARMom -hang in there girl! Call me an we will talk!
Crystal- size medium! I know you love that! Congrats!
Rocki - 5lbs! That's fantastic. You are back on track!
Bomaze- Hang in there. maybe you could shake it up a bit by adding some excercise, cutting out creamies, and having more fish. We are here for you!

[redgirl]

Originally Posted by cargirl

I'm soooo far behind!! My mom -who's been sick with lung cancer, COPD, and emphasema for the last year- passed away on the 24th. I had to run to Shreveport again and fight with the boyfriend of two years about where she was and wasn't going to be burried. How much does that suck?
I was catching up on things and must say 3mm your sister needs to know you have a life! I drive a dealer car and when my kids or anybody want to eat in it I do freak out. Either they follow the rules or get another ride. The end. Also, my neice had gastric by-pass 9 years ago and still throws up if she eats more than a few oz. of food at each meal. You are sooo doing this the right way, so don't get discouraged. ShineOn you look great, you should be proud of all you've done and not sweat the off-plan moment. Angierue Love the new do! I've been thinking of doing something different too, but I'm a little scared that I'd go crazy and cut all of it off or dye it red or something. So i'm watining until a more sane time in my life. Donuts I'm so proud of you. I brought my DH to my last weigh in and showed him the poster of you and your family at the end of the hall. He's been very jealous of my online group. You look amazing and you are truly a poster child for this program, thanks for all your inspiration. Jewelie I hear you about the fat %. I am at 32%, but I'm down 9% and 39 inches since the beginning so I think the % are sometimes off.

The only good news I have is that I didn't gain any weight over the last month of **** with my mom in the hospital and stuff. And I get to stabilize at the next stabilization party in May. Thank god for good news.

I am sorry about your mom! This is surely an emotional time in your life. You have done awesome to maintain with the stress your under. Congrats on your weight loss and upcoming stabalization!

[redgirl]

Originally Posted by Ms Gigi

Today was the day for me! I was a bit bummed last week because the center was changing my check in day so that changed my wi day. In addition to that, I usually wi in the morning and am now having to wi at night. Last week I was up 1 lb.. Well..... THAT LB IS GONE IN ADDITION TO A BUDDY AND A HALF TO GO WITH!!! So this puts me at 2.5 for this past week!

YEA! Congrats to you!

[ieduc8em]

Originally Posted by cargirl

I'm soooo far behind!! My mom -who's been sick with lung cancer, COPD, and emphasema for the last year- passed away on the 24th. I had to run to Shreveport again and fight with the boyfriend of two years about where she was and wasn't going to be burried. How much does that suck?
I was catching up on things and must say 3mm your sister needs to know you have a life! I drive a dealer car and when my kids or anybody want to eat in it I do freak out. Either they follow the rules or get another ride. The end. Also, my neice had gastric by-pass 9 years ago and still throws up if she eats more than a few oz. of food at each meal. You are sooo doing this the right way, so don't get discouraged. ShineOn you look great, you should be proud of all you've done and not sweat the off-plan moment. Angierue Love the new do! I've been thinking of doing something different too, but I'm a little scared that I'd go crazy and cut all of it off or dye it red or something. So i'm watining until a more sane time in my life. Donuts I'm so proud of you. I brought my DH to my last weigh in and showed him the poster of you and your family at the end of the hall. He's been very jealous of my online group. You look amazing and you are truly a poster child for this program, thanks for all your inspiration. Jewelie I hear you about the fat %. I am at 32%, but I'm down 9% and 39 inches since the beginning so I think the % are sometimes off.

The only good news I have is that I didn't gain any weight over the last month of **** with my mom in the hospital and stuff. And I get to stabilize at the next stabilization party in May. Thank god for good news.

I am so sorry about your Mom. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Originally Posted by Ms Gigi

Today was the day for me! I was a bit bummed last week because the center was changing my check in day so that changed my wi day. In addition to that, I usually wi in the morning and am now having to wi at night. Last week I was up 1 lb.. Well..... THAT LB IS GONE IN ADDITION TO A BUDDY AND A HALF TO GO WITH!!! So this puts me at 2.5 for this past week!

Way to go Ms. Gigi. You should be proud!

Angierue: I love the picture. You are so pretty and you look so happy.

Miriam:I'm sorry you have been in such a "slump" lately. How about making a list about why you want to lose weight? You can brainstorm and then rank them. I bet you come up with some really good reasons that might spur you on. Good luck to you. I really do hope things get better. If you read back over the posts on here, you will see that most of us have or are dealing with some of the same feelings you are having. We are here for you.

I weigh in today. I'm hoping it's a good one! I'll let you know.

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just checking in. I had a presentation that I was working on all week and finally got it completed!!! WHOA! Anyway, in the process I missed 8 pages! Angie! I love your pic!!!!!

[zackzmom]

Hi everybody. Way to go on all losses. I am soooo jealous. I have been so bad. We are having testing all week at school ( I work at the Jr. High) so there are lots of goodies in the teacher lounge. So I have a little bite of this and a little bite of that and before you know it I'm parked at sonic eating a hamburger. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME????
I feel like I have given myself permission to eat whatever I want for the next month. We will be moving at the end of may, and I think something in my brain says "just wait until then, and then you can start back up." But I don't want to do that. When we move back, I want my old friends to see how hard I have been working. What do I do? I'm so sick of this. Cheating, feeling guilty, and cheating and feeling guilty. It is an endless cycle. I want to do this. I need to do this. So what is wrong?
I'm going to plaster my house with signs that say "hey fat ---, don't eat that!!" Maybe that will help!!!

[exsquisit]

WI today and was up 1 pound...Of course, that sucks and blows!!! The counselor did the tanita today and I was holding 1.5 pounds of water. Why in heck does my body hold water like that? She said that sometimes right after TOM women will hold water for a few days. Hmmph! It's been 4 days now!!! I wanna squash that theory real bad!

Now on a positive note. I am now down 40 inches and my bmi went down to 29. I lost 3.6% body fat, which is good. I try to remember the quote about the scale when it doesn't move....(was it donuts quote, can't remember), but I sure am glad to be able to rant to you all. It gives my poor family a little break from hearing it...

[Finz]

Angierue I LOVE your photo! You are so pretty--and soon you are going to be healthier and absolutely STUNNING as you keep with the program

cargirl I'm so sorry to hear about your mother.

mirihawk Hang in there with this all. You've had the upheaval of a new job & all that entails so try to look hard at your food planning and get right back making this work for you!

Ms Gigi Congrats on the 2.5 loss!!

[Finz]

Originally Posted by exsquisit

WI today and was up 1 pound...Of course, that sucks and blows!!! The counselor did the tanita today and I was holding 1.5 pounds of water. Why in heck does my body hold water like that? She said that sometimes right after TOM women will hold water for a few days. Hmmph! It's been 4 days now!!! I wanna squash that theory real bad!

Now on a positive note. I am now down 40 inches and my bmi went down to 29. I lost 3.6% body fat, which is good. I try to remember the quote about the scale when it doesn't move....(was it donuts quote, can't remember), but I sure am glad to be able to rant to you all. It gives my poor family a little break from hearing it...

WOW--40 inches is AWESOME As you know, I've been struggling with the scale all of April, so I know EXACTLY how you feel. Just keep focused on the postives that you've accomplished so far and try (even though it's really hard) not to focus on the scale number.

[exsquisit]

Okay quick shoutouts to

WorkingARMOM!!! SEEEEEE I knew you would lose. Way to get over that plateau!

BlueeyedAngel: Medium!!!!! What an accomplishment! I know you are proud.

Finz: Awesome loss!!! You are killing it woman!!

[exsquisit]

I am really sorry to hear about your mom.

Originally Posted by cargirl

I'm soooo far behind!! My mom -who's been sick with lung cancer, COPD, and emphasema for the last year- passed away on the 24th. I had to run to Shreveport again and fight with the boyfriend of two years about where she was and wasn't going to be burried. How much does that suck?
I was catching up on things and must say 3mm your sister needs to know you have a life! I drive a dealer car and when my kids or anybody want to eat in it I do freak out. Either they follow the rules or get another ride. The end. Also, my neice had gastric by-pass 9 years ago and still throws up if she eats more than a few oz. of food at each meal. You are sooo doing this the right way, so don't get discouraged. ShineOn you look great, you should be proud of all you've done and not sweat the off-plan moment. Angierue Love the new do! I've been thinking of doing something different too, but I'm a little scared that I'd go crazy and cut all of it off or dye it red or something. So i'm watining until a more sane time in my life. Donuts I'm so proud of you. I brought my DH to my last weigh in and showed him the poster of you and your family at the end of the hall. He's been very jealous of my online group. You look amazing and you are truly a poster child for this program, thanks for all your inspiration. Jewelie I hear you about the fat %. I am at 32%, but I'm down 9% and 39 inches since the beginning so I think the % are sometimes off.

The only good news I have is that I didn't gain any weight over the last month of **** with my mom in the hospital and stuff. And I get to stabilize at the next stabilization party in May. Thank god for good news.

[exsquisit]

Angie: You are sooo pretty!! Great pic!

Originally Posted by angierue

I am so sorry to hear about your mom and then having to deal with her boyfriends crap on top of that.

Thanks for the hair compliment. I actually like going when I'm feeling all "crazy". I usually end up liking it way better. Of course, you really do have to trust your stylist if you're going to do that!

Only 5 lbs from your goal!?! That has got to be a great feeling. Especially considering all you have been through the last month. Way to go!

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Alright, little me update. I weight to weigh in this morning and I was actually UP 1/2 a pound. I was a little bummed about that but after reading about the cukes and cottage cheese, I might know why! I'm going to do a B6 flush (someone asked about that... I do 250mg and take 4 pills all at once then drink a LOT of water) tomorrow.

But, while I was there, I asked to look at my chart and wanted to look at my inches. I then realized that I have lost SIX inches just in my waist. SIX INCHES! That's 1/2 a foot! That made me feel a lot better.

I also got them to email me the picture from when I signed the 30 lb board. I normally HATE full body shots but for some reason, I don't hate this one so thought I would share with y'all.



That's about it for me. Hope everyone has a great week and we all have some big losses!

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Ms Gigi I just wanted to tell you that you are a breath of fresh air! You always take the time to get to everyone.

[exsquisit]

YAY!!!! That is Wonderful!!!!!

Originally Posted by Ms Gigi

Today was the day for me! I was a bit bummed last week because the center was changing my check in day so that changed my wi day. In addition to that, I usually wi in the morning and am now having to wi at night. Last week I was up 1 lb.. Well..... THAT LB IS GONE IN ADDITION TO A BUDDY AND A HALF TO GO WITH!!! So this puts me at 2.5 for this past week!

[MrsPhibes]

Originally Posted by Ms Gigi

Today was the day for me! I was a bit bummed last week because the center was changing my check in day so that changed my wi day. In addition to that, I usually wi in the morning and am now having to wi at night. Last week I was up 1 lb.. Well..... THAT LB IS GONE IN ADDITION TO A BUDDY AND A HALF TO GO WITH!!! So this puts me at 2.5 for this past week!

All pounds should have buddies to travel with.