You're probably closer to your real goal than I am! You're 3 inches taller but your goal is only 5 pounds higher than mine. In reality mine should be more like 130 or 135, but for now I'm going with 140. I intend to keep working on slowly taking off more during stabilization and maintence until I get into the 130s. But mentally, I think I'm ready for stabilization, and I think I can handle the calorie counting part of maintenance such that I can keep slowly losing...even a pound a month will add up. And, maybe I'm stalling here because that's where I need to be. I'm okay with that. My original date to be at 145 was actually a few weeks ago, and obviously I didn't get very close. But since I'm paid (and won 2 free extra weeks in different contests) until 10/12, I'm going to take all that time. And, I really feel like my clothes are looser even though the scale isn't moving. I even had to tighten my iPod arm band this last week. So, maybe some kind of decent drop will happen soon.

Anyway, it's fun experiencing a part of 'life' I wouldnt' have done a few months ago. Yeah for NSV's...especially when the scale is not cooperating!

I am STUCK! Stuck at 150. C'mon I wanna see the 140's dang it! The scale hasn't moved in over a week. Why oh why is my body so stubborn? :tantrum:

thanks again for all the encouragement, guys. it feels good to have the support of so many, even though we've never met :) and you're right--MRC will always be here when we come to the other end of this tunnel. so what if i have to extend my goal date by a month or two? i'll get there! it's just a detour.

Leahruthie you have such a good attitude with all you are dealing with. I'm not sure if your center will do it, but you might ask them to put your program on hold for a very short time. I've heard of them doing it, but every center seems to be very differently run for some reason. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

thanks, it's really hard to remain upbeat sometimes... so i just gotta fake it until i make it. ;)

Well, September is over, Autumn has arrived. Time to start a new thread for our general chit-chat. I asked one of our moderators to lock all the previous MRC month's threads to try and get people to post to the current one. She informed me that the person who starts a thread can close it, I'm going to close / lock this one. Leahruthie, you could close the September Challenge. You click on the Thread Tools button near the top and on the right. At the bottom of the page that comes up, select Close Thread and click on "GO". It only appears if you are the originator of the thread. jeanette