Proatthis: lemon water it is!! I hate this level of bloat, even my bras don't fit right now.
Congrats on the recent loss! That's fantastic!

Hey you guys, i'm so sad, i weighed in at 152.5 this AM...

I just overate so much last night. Can't even begin to tell you since there was so much food.

I had let the whole day go by without eating anything really substantial, so when dinner time came, i ate so fast and a lot since I was rushing to get out of the house to go see a show with friends. Then we had to cancel it b/c of some issue with the girls not getting on time, so then just ended up getting my free "birthday" entree (bday was in may) at a mexican restaurant and free "birthday" dessert from the diner next door. I just used up the coupons b/c of the lack of an "interesting" night for myself, watched a dvd, and went to bed.

I didn't need to eat the mexican food nor dessert (a la mode) since I had already eaten my dinner in a rush. Just sucks when I do something like that you know!

Anyways, i haven't seen the 140's in a week or so, so i'm hoping to drop weight fast. My new goal is 1.5 pounds lost per week.

I put it all in excel.
It should get me to 129 lbs (my goal) by thanksgiving (13 weeks).

Who's with me!?

Here is my goal excel file.

Check it out!!!

Comments are welcomed. Let me know if you think this is doable.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spre...BCTXc&hl=en_US

Hey Beila

I looked at your goal sheet. It looks good my only concern is that do you think your goal weight is to low for your height? I'm not trying to be rude or discouraging but you are 2" taller than me and when I get to 120 I can't stay there cause it's too low for me.

I just don't want you to be struggling to get to and maintain a goal that is unrealistic.

I hope you have had a great weekend and let me know how your doing. I don't weigh in untiltomorrowand hope I have held my 147.5 over my crazy weekend and with TOM here.

You're right, I looked at my old "skinny pictures" when I was 120ish and it doesn't look very healthy. I added 5 more pounds, so now my 2 goals are 135 lbs by thanksgiving, and 125 by May 2012.

Check it out:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

So from now until Thanksgiving, I just need to lose 1 pound per week. Then after that, just 0.4 pounds per week until May 2012. (Before, it was 1.5 lbs / week from now until Thanksgiving and 0.3 pounds per week until May 2012).

So what do you think?

I can show you pics of me at 120 lbs and 125 (either in a PM or message below this post).

Heck yeah girl!!! Woot for you! That is a great feeling to hit a new low. Reward yourself! Pedi and a massage maybe?

Pedi AND massage! I need both! I'll get both on Saturday! I just need to stop feeling entitled now...every time i get to a "low" number, i start to feel entitled to eat more.

Makes no sense...

I'm almost caught up to you! Keep going JayZeeJay so that I can always try to catch up to you all the way to 120s!!

Beila: way to go girl! Keep up the great work!

Thank you for the pep talk! I need it right now. I am melting down with stress. I'm moving (2 hrs away) this weekend, dealing with some difficulties that are popping up with my new job (before I even start it - not a good sign), and my grandpa just had another heart attack. I may have to drop everything and fly back, but there's no one to take over the move if I do.

This is the kind of situation that used to send me to the cookie jar. I am trying to tell myself that eating cookies won't make Grandpa better, my job easier, or the move smoother, and they sure as heck won't make me happier in the long run. I had 2 last night but otherwise I'm on course. No exercise for almost a week though. No time for it, and all the box lifting has to count for something.

And I'm afraid my goal is less ambitious than yours Beila! 135 is my happy healthy weight to aim for. Not to discourage you: I'm broad shouldered and very muscular naturally (my dad was a squats champion and I inherited his build - so feminine!). So what doesn't work for me may very well work for you. We'll hit the 130's thread soon and then I will cheer for you the rest of your way. Heck you may hit 125 before I hit 135 - experience had taught me that the last 5 go SLOWWWW for me.

This is true, no food will make problems better. Only you can make problems better.

This tough and rough week will make you a stronger person in the end because when life gets rocky, we catch ourselves before we fall, and we learn from it, and become stronger people in the end. Good luck to all that you must endure and go through during this time.

I hit my august goal today or 145 ish! I weighed in at 145.5. Close enough!

SO I'm securely in 140's now

Congrats Beila!

I have survived the hellish last few weeks, sort of. My grandpa was doing OK but then had a small stroke, on top of everything. And now he can't use his left arm and leg at all. Poor grandpa. Getting old is not for the weak.

The move was stressful and so is the pile of work involved in starting a big new job. I was doing well eating-wise, until I finally went to the grocery store yesterday and bought real food (I was living off of fruit and frozen dinners until now). And then last night, I had what I'm afraid qualifies as a binge. It's been a long time since that happened. I made myself weigh in today as a reality check. And it was a grim one.

I'm trying not to be too mad at myself, I know it's just stress. But I sure wish I had one point of stability in my life right now. I've changed my home, my job, left my family and friends behind, and rented a tiny inconvenient place that now I'm regretting. Oh, life.

Hey, I'm sorry to hear about the stress you have been going through. It can only get better though from this point. I can't say any words to express the pain you must be feeling due to your grandfathers condition and the move and the new job. But the binge must have been as a result of your internal struggle to handle all of this. Instead of helping any of these situations, we binge to cope, we binge to make the other feelings go away, we binge to numb ourselves, and we binge to put ourselves in a bad state where we are in capable of doing anything, just so we don't have to deal with the situations and struggles. But that is only temporary. All of these things are temporary. I know how binging feels, and I am a recovering binger, so I know what this feels like. You can and will forgive yourself for this, and move on and become proactive again and help your life improve, because that is what happens. And your life will improve. You determine how fast or how slow this process will take. I hope you can realize this simple truth. Take care ... **Hugs**

Beila: thanks so much for the support! You are a truly awesome Chick. Keep rocking your way down the scale!