Congrats on the loss and welcome to the group!

Mariah

It is very discouraging to lose weight and have noone notice! Losing 25 lbs is awesome and look...you are under 200 lbs! I can't wait to be there again. I was wondering, have you bought smaller clothes lately? Sometimes it is hard to see a big weight loss if the clothes are baggy. Regardless, you are doing fantastic!

Well everyone, I am back from a week away from the computer. It took me quite a while to catch up reading the posts but it sounded like everyone had a pretty good week.

I was on a week long vacation and am embarrassed to say that I was not OP. But it was a decision I made and I will take whatever comes of it and move on. I am actually scared to weigh in this week!

P.S. I added a picture from the vacation this week.

For those who haven't had anyone notice their losses yet, it seems that no one noticed my loss for a while either and then BAM, everyone noticed. It almost seemed overnight too! So, just keep it up and you will be surprised one day about all the compliments!

Welcome to the group! Good luck with your new journey.

It's so stinkin' obnoxious that clothing sizes are not as standardized as (in my opinion) they should be. I mean, one designer's 14 is another designer's 10. So, I found this adorable Easter dress, but I didn't think it would fit because it was a size 14 (my starting size). But, it fit perfectly. I love the dress, but mentally it's very discouraging to be wearing a dress that should be a size too big.

So, Calvin Klein, you're a turd. You make great clothes, but your sizes are cruel.

I'm planning out my day.. I was going to cook a turkey to take over for our family Easter gathering but I've decided to just do a couple chicken breasts. I still bought a turkey and plan on putting it in the crock pot in a few minutes.. after all, a girl has to eat dinner

For my fruit serving, at lunch, I made sugar free strawberry jello with strawberries. I'm also going to take over chocolate pudding HNS in case I feel the urge to "snack". My veggie is going to be spaghetti squash.

So.. I'm hoping with all that.. I can stay away from the Ham, potato salad, deviled eggs, chips & dips, cupcakes, brownies & everything else.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Hi..
I love your happy easter at end of your message... I hope you did well today.
I was out breakfast and lunch, and there were not any good options at all. I did take my bars and had one at breakfast and one at lunch, so tonight I am home and will eat OP. You did great taking the food with you.. I should have done the same.

Patzi

Hey Patzi..

I did very well.. even when I tore off a piece of ham to throw to their dogs, I didn't even lick my fingers. I went straight to the sink and washed my hands. But I received several compliments from my sister-in-laws family. They were extremely proud of my food decisions. I had chicken, salad that my mom made with spinach, romaine, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers and mushrooms .. I took my ranch salad spritzer and then while everyone was enjoying coconut cake & strawberry shortcake.. I had my strawberries & jello. I was SO full. I didn't even eat the chocolate pudding HNS but I did have my HNS Kiwi Melon drink. My sister-in-law was sitting next to me with a plate full of ham, baked beans and potato salad and she said she felt bad for me.. I said.. don't feel bad for me, I'm just fine.. I feel bad for you guys It wasn't until they had stuffed themselves and everyone fell asleep.. I sat there full of energy and feeling great about myself and my choices.

Anyway - the turkey in the crock pot smells amazing! I'm not even hungry but I know I have to eat.

Hope you enjoy your OP meal for dinner.

What a victory! congratulations!!!!

Thanks!

It was an amazing feeling.

You did so well. Be proud of yourself.. Real proud... I enjoyed my OP meal
tonight. It felt so good eating a decent meal..

Patzi

So, I have been a little off plan the last week and a half. Life has been hectic, I have missed my weigh in's and have not been logging my food. Sooo my question is, when I go into my center, if I have missed and do not have food sheets, are they going to try to make me re sign up??

No, it should be fine, unless your contracted number of weeks are up. Otherwise, they'll just give you new log sheets and help you get back "on the wagon."

I went to weigh in yesterday morning, and I lost a pound. I'm very happy about that since I'd lost 3 lbs the weigh in before. I'm now at 40.5 lbs down. I hope by next weigh-in it will be another 2-3 lbs. I'm going to work my hardest on that.