Hope everyone has weighed in! I was lucky with mine in that it seems like more since I got down close and then up again before the previous weigh-in. Hopefully it will now be a steady downward fall for a while!

fatmac Hope you were able to swim!

smisen Congrats on being conscious of your plan all week! I actually wish I could zone out a little sometimes, I feel like my weightloss/quest to be healthier is sometimes all I think about.

katy trail Sorry you gained, but it's good that you learned from it. I hope things with your new house work out soon!

I did get to swim! Yay! And I had a good WI this morning.

Look out, team Phoenix. Team STORM is going to pass you this week!

Q:when a victoria's secret ad comes on tv, what's your first thought?
I want to wear that soon!

thanks rainbow, i'm not sure i'm 'learning' from it. it's sorta just that common cycle we all seem to go through. we reach a new low. all excited, then part of me panics and i just want to eat everything. i regain some(in my case a pound or 2 each time) then go back to normal and lose again for awhile. 184 is still a number i'm proud of. just as i've been proud of every number since 210. anything under 200 is great. under 190 breaks records for me. and now i'm just a few pounds from just over weight category, not obese. i haven't felt obese for many pounds now lol! but that's what happens when you eat healthy and exercise. just feel good, most of the time. energy. i've just accepted it's just part of life. i'm going to have really high happy high energy days i feel i can run forever, days where is just blah, regular, and days where i have to drag myself off the couch. there's emotional ups and downs, and ups and downs with the weightloss. thankfully it's been mostly downward with the weightloss

now if i could just firgure out what to start packing lol.

Monday Question~ When a Victoria’s Secret lingerie ad (or any bra and panties ad) comes on, and you see the models, what is the first thing that comes to your mind?

I know it's not the right sort of answer, but it's kind of amusing - in New Zealand I'm pretty sure I haven't seen one television ad for under garments! It's crazy...I dunno why, we're not a prudish nation or anything. Weird. I guess though, if I did see an ad, then I'd probably just be looking at the bodies and their "parts" - I know this sounds weird, but I like to look at breasts and see how mine compare. Hah, I sound weird, but it's true.

Yay, down some more weight. If the rest of the week stays on plan, I'll get to post another loss!

Hey Team
smisen- i hear you on the WI. The day before I was down like 2 lbs... now I'm back down.. I was also insanely sore and felt like I couldn't even walk so I think that was contributing to my higher number.

Well I am super worried about Thanksgiving! I am going home tonight and will be home til monday night. And I always gain over the holiday. I am going to try to enjoy myself but hopefully exercise. I will try to check in occasionally. Good luck!!! Anyone else nervous about the holiday?

i'll jump in on this one. i think because it's against our culture for guys to openly discuss body concerns besides wanting more muscle, it's likely a common problem for guys. now that it's more acceptable, guys can be more honest about it. guys can have anarexia or bulimia or binging issues girls have. only in recent years, guys can be treated at rehab centers or guy only centers.

happy thanksgiving everyone!

inspection for new house, check! no major problems, i guess, i'm no expert. although, as long as theirs no black mold, termites, or a roof falling in, it's all good lol.

Tuesday Question~ There are lots of arguments in the media about how men are becoming just as sexualized and have just as many issues with body image as women. Do you agree or disagree?

Guess it's not Tuesday anymore, but I just saw this

I think guys are subject to the same number of marketing messages that define an "ideal" body type as women are, so it stands to reason that they'd experience similar body issues as women. I mean, for every ad out there saying that women need to be thin, there's one saying that men need to have six pack abs to get what they want.

To me, though, the difference is the way our culture treats overweight men vs overweight women. I think, generally, it's more socially acceptable for a man to be heavier than the norm than it is for women, which could be why women tend to put more stock in experiencing and resolving body image issues.

Just my two cents

Katy trail - Congrats on the house! My husband and I just bought our first house this spring and I remember what a relief it was when the inspection went well

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm getting ready to get a good workout in before Thanksgiving dinner this afternoon. We're going to the bar where my husband works - they're doing a big family-style thing, and since we're not going home to MI, I figured that'd be easier than cooking the whole meal myself. I'm definitely going to eat a lot of food, but it's probably going to be my only real meal today, and I'm planning to compensate with extra workouts and light eating these next few days.

Hope you all have a great holiday!

Hey ladies,

Hope everyone is doing well! I'm going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment. Food and exercise are doing ok, but I'm having a few issues with my ladyparts that have me stressed out.

Will be around to weigh-in this weekend though.

Just weighed in, thankfully with a loss after a couple of higher calorie days (one of which included too much alcohol).

Need to get in more exercise this coming week, I've been slack this past week and only done 3 days.

I had a good week, but the scale is up a little bit from yesterday. It's okay though, it's still a loss and I'm still on track!

Grrr - Can I just say that Sunday morning weigh ins suck?!?!? Yesterday, I took 2 1/2 hours of dance class and then went out dancing for 4 hours in heels - I am *beyond* sore this morning! Somehow I have to get myself to the grocery store that's a block away to get potatoes for tonight's beef stew, and I just don't know how I'm going to manage it!

So I'm a little bummed that I only posted a .2 lb loss, but .2 is better than a gain, right? I'll just keep plugging along - I should have a really good opportunity to be good this week, so I'm definitely hoping for a bigger loss next week.