Originally Posted by E4FEwife:
So today I went in to weigh-in and saw one of the counselors I have only seen once or twice. I stepped on the scale and she said I lost 2 lbs and clapped the "clapper." I just looked at her with an odd expression. She looked back at me and said "oh! and that's goal." It was so anti-climatic. As I was signing the goal board two of the other ladies came rushing in and shot confetti guns at me. It scared the beegeesus out of me! Anyway, I have made it to goal. I guess it's just finish up stabalization and then on to maint.!

Congrats, i'd love to see your before/after picture.

Isnt it funny, we work hard to get where we think we want to be, we reach it and expect explosions of firework, people laying out the red carpet for us etc,, and it ends up being the most normal thing in the world, i guess thats just how 'cruel' the world is, because 'normal' is the norm, but define 'normal'. :)

Really C O N G R A T S again, it must be an awesome feeling for you :):carrot::carrot::carrot:

thanks for the input!!!

I went to my 2-week WI & I honestly was a bit scared b/c it is that T.O.M. & I didn't know what was going to be happening with the scale. It was down 1lb. Yay! Better than the other direction I suppose. I was more excited though for measurements. I lost 10 inches in 2 weeks!!!!! I told my counselor "Shut Up!" (in a good way) b/c I was very excited. Only good things to come from here. I hope everyone is having a good week :)

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10 inches in 2 weeks? Woo! Go you! Thats awesome. :)

[QUOTE=karla;3144679]I went to my 2-week WI & I honestly was a bit scared b/c it is that T.O.M. & I didn't know what was going to be happening with the scale. It was down 1lb. Yay! Better than the other direction I suppose. I was more excited though for measurements. I lost 10 inches in 2 weeks!!!!! I told my counselor "Shut Up!" (in a good way) b/c I was very excited. Only good things to come from here. I hope everyone is having a good week :)


LOL Shut up! (Someone at my work always says that..it cracks me up) Great job!! I cant wait to have my measurments done again..

Originally Posted by karla:
I went to my 2-week WI & I honestly was a bit scared b/c it is that T.O.M. & I didn't know what was going to be happening with the scale. It was down 1lb. Yay! Better than the other direction I suppose. I was more excited though for measurements. I lost 10 inches in 2 weeks!!!!! I told my counselor "Shut Up!" (in a good way) b/c I was very excited. Only good things to come from here. I hope everyone is having a good week :)

I'm glad to see that someone else has done that too. When one of the counselors told me I would be wearing an 8 by the time I hit goal I asked her what she had been drinking. We actually made a bet and looks like she is going to win. I bought some jeans in December and they were 10's. It's fun when we have counselors that we can have fun with. Congrats!

Originally Posted by SalaamDementia:
10 inches in 2 weeks? Woo! Go you! Thats awesome. :)

thank you! I honestly didn't know if that was average or what to expect inch was....what is the average that you see on a monthly basis since now on i'll be going monthly?

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Originally Posted by karla:
I went to my 2-week WI & I honestly was a bit scared b/c it is that T.O.M. & I didn't know what was going to be happening with the scale. It was down 1lb. Yay! Better than the other direction I suppose. I was more excited though for measurements. I lost 10 inches in 2 weeks!!!!! I told my counselor "Shut Up!" (in a good way) b/c I was very excited. Only good things to come from here. I hope everyone is having a good week :)


LOL Shut up! (Someone at my work always says that..it cracks me up) Great job!! I cant wait to have my measurments done again..

Do you go to the center in Orange Park? My aunt used to go to that center & lost 100 pds 6yrs. ago & has kept it off. She has been my motivation & also probably one of my best cheerleaders. She has a lot of good tips. Anything she tells me I try to post on the forum.

Originally Posted by TeresaG:
I'm glad to see that someone else has done that too. When one of the counselors told me I would be wearing an 8 by the time I hit goal I asked her what she had been drinking. We actually made a bet and looks like she is going to win. I bought some jeans in December and they were 10's. It's fun when we have counselors that we can have fun with. Congrats!

I know! I lucked out as did you. I was worried about how the counselor "relationship" would be. But, everyone at the center is VERY helpful. I even told her yesterday when she told me I didn't loss any inches on my bum "Yeah I have a wide but flat a**".....she replied with "yeah you do" and then the laughing began. It is weird that with some of my closest friends I can't talk about my weight issues but I feel like I can divulge anything to the counselors at the center. As far as the pants are concerned. I will be so happy to stop shopping in the plus size section. I want to wear cute clothes that I love...not just something that looks 'ok'. I'm sure a lot of people can identify with that. Congratulations on the size 10's. You will be in the single digits in no time! :D


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Has anyone tried out the recipe for the "chocolate covered strawberries"? I want to try it out for V-day & was curious if it was yummy.

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Originally Posted by Bunnynicula:
Do you go to the center in Orange Park? My aunt used to go to that center & lost 100 pds 6yrs. ago & has kept it off. She has been my motivation & also probably one of my best cheerleaders. She has a lot of good tips. Anything she tells me I try to post on the forum.

Karla, I actually got to a center in the Ortega part of Jacksonville. I do my best to stay away from OP LOL...Thats amazing about your Aunt..I cant imagine what it will be like to be 100lbs lighter!! I sure hope I get to find out and then keep it off! I do wish I had some friends around town doing the smae thing lol.

AND OMG...to NOT shop in the plus size section..OMG LOL a dream come true..to just shop in any store..sounds amazing. I still findd clothes I love now, but i swear bigger clothes are so much more expensive!

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Originally Posted by karla:


Karla, I actually got to a center in the Ortega part of Jacksonville. I do my best to stay away from OP LOL...Thats amazing about your Aunt..I cant imagine what it will be like to be 100lbs lighter!! I sure hope I get to find out and then keep it off! I do wish I had some friends around town doing the smae thing lol.

AND OMG...to NOT shop in the plus size section..OMG LOL a dream come true..to just shop in any store..sounds amazing. I still findd clothes I love now, but i swear bigger clothes are so much more expensive!

I'm so excited to focus on the cute clothes part. Not having to accessorize a blah outfit. In my town all of the plus size sections focus for the more mature woman. Which is ok when I am looking for work clothes, but not so much when I am looking for jeans. I was telling my boyfriend last night. "I can't weight to loss weight so that I have to buy all new clothes that I actually like" LOL! Ortega Park? I'm not familiar with that area...i'm always up there visiting her. Do you have a weight loss buddy? If not...it is ok b/c that is what we are here for in the forum. :hug:

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[QUOTE=karla;3145599][QUOTE=Bunnynicula;3145578]
I'm so excited to focus on the cute clothes part. Not having to accessorize a blah outfit. In my town all of the plus size sections focus for the more mature woman. Which is ok when I am looking for work clothes, but not so much when I am looking for jeans. I was telling my boyfriend last night. "I can't weight to loss weight so that I have to buy all new clothes that I actually like" LOL! Ortega Park? I'm not familiar with that area...i'm always up there visiting her. Do you have a weight loss buddy? If not...it is ok b/c that is what we are here for in the forum. :hug:



I dont really have a "weight loss buddy" I do have another friend trying to lose weight but not on the MRC plan and I have a couple other bigger friends, and several who have been successful losing a lot of weight thru diet & exercise. So I have people who understand my problem but not going through this. I hope you understand what I meant lol. Ortega is sorta near Orange park..Like if you north down 17 from OP(near the navy base) and keep going a lil bit your in Ortega…

I used to have problems finding going out clothes..but I guess with Torrid and a few other stores its gotten better but OMG Torrid is way too expensive in my opinion. I did find some cute jeans at target a couple days ago. Target hardly had plus sizes lately and I have never seen jeans there that I liked..but I loved these..Im still excited LOL (still cost 30 bucks but better than like 50-90 at Torrid) I prefer Dots like 15-20 dollar jeans LOL

Had my WI today.. Down 3lbs.. YAY.. Finally got rid of some of my water weight from being sick. They measured me today.. 48.5 inches.. Really feeling positive about things this month. It was hard to get back on plan from the holidays for me. Now totally commited. I go see my friend in a few months, and am looking to be a whole new me by then..


Karla/Bunny.. I can so relate to what your saying.. I am a shopper, so I usually find pretty cute clothes in the plus size department, but just walking by the "regular" departments makes me drool. I'd love to be able to walk in any store and buy clothes.. I can just imagine.. Sigh... We will all be there soon..

The weird thing is that my feet are smaller. I had no idea you could loose weight in your feet. I'm down at least a 1/2 a shoe size. I had to go out and buy some new shoes for work.. I kept walking out of them.. :-)

Here's to a new week... Hope it's a great one..

Oh a note my counselor told me today.. If you have trouble getting all your HNS in, she said you could double up a couple a day. That way you make sure to get them all in.. I'm going to try that this week...

Originally Posted by MEEZOOGIRL:
Had my WI today.. Down 3lbs.. YAY.. Finally got rid of some of my water weight from being sick. They measured me today.. 48.5 inches.. Really feeling positive about things this month. It was hard to get back on plan from the holidays for me. Now totally commited. I go see my friend in a few months, and am looking to be a whole new me by then..


Karla/Bunny.. I can so relate to what your saying.. I am a shopper, so I usually find pretty cute clothes in the plus size department, but just walking by the "regular" departments makes me drool. I'd love to be able to walk in any store and buy clothes.. I can just imagine.. Sigh... We will all be there soon..

The weird thing is that my feet are smaller. I had no idea you could lose weight in your feet. I'm down at least a 1/2 a shoe size. I had to go out and buy some new shoes for work.. I kept walking out of them.. :-)

Here's to a new week... Hope it's a great one..

Oh a note my counselor told me today.. If you have trouble getting all your HNS in, she said you could double up a couple a day. That way you make sure to get them all in.. I'm going to try that this week...

Great job on the weight loss!! As for feet…I havent wanted to buy any new shoes lately b/c im worried about that LOL well I would like small feet..but I don’t want to waste shoes haha My mom lost a lot of weight and her shoe size changed a couple sizes..plus I have really wide feet… Sounds like your doing great!! I cant wait to HAVE to buy new clothes and shoes hehe.. Even if its still plus size even if its smaller I will be happy!!