Promise!

I promise, too!! When is your family coming to visit? For the holidays? I think staying OP over the holidays will be a challenge for ALL of us, heh, so we can all support each other! And I only wish I could have warm weather right now--I go to school in Chicago and it is sooo freaking cold today (32 degrees?!)... And they're predicting snow by the end of the week. *whine* Lol. I'm a summer baby, and I LOVE the sun and warm weather. Sounds mighty nice to me! But ya know, I certainly wouldn't mind joining you in Onederland, if that's okay! LOL.

Anyways, yes, the holidays will definitely require lots of strength! I'm just going to keep reminding myself that although Thanksgiving/Christmas are only once a year, they WILL keep coming for the rest of my life, it's not like they suddenly going to be canceled and I'll never have another opportunity to celebrate them ever again if I just cut down on the feasting a bit this year! Lol. But right now it's looking like I'll be able get into Onederland by Thanksgiving, as I had hoped (hehe), so I'm going to promise myself that once I get there, I am NEVER going back to... Er.. Two-derland (lol). I'll allow some indulgences for the holidays, but hopefully I'll be in Onederland solidly enough that it won't take me back over the line--if I'm not, then NO TREATS! Hehe, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. Hopefully!

....Meredith, I copied you.

I'm gonna copy y'all too when I get to 50. though that won't be tomorrow. I was craving a cheeseburger like you would not believe so I had one. Better to give in every now and then so you don't go crazy, right? Plus I did skip the cake at the party the other day. My family is arriving on the 20th and staying for 2 weeks. I currently weigh less than my 12 year old brother so I'm hoping to be an inspiration to him. I've put my foot down and stated that no junk food is allowed in my house. I don't feel irrational for doing this because a)its the holidays, junk is going to be everywhere, regardless.
b)my mom likes to go out for dinner and with the food they are more likely to order, I would classify as junk food.
c) its my house!
My mom was trying to make me feel bad for "depriving" my brother of junk food for 2 weeks. I wish she knew how ridiculous that sounds.

It's too bad that she doesn't see the health benefits of his being off of junk food for a few weeks instead of seeing it as "deprivation." It'll probably be really good for your brother to get away from it if she tends to enable him to eat junk food.

I'm SO proud of you for putting your foot down, though! That's so great, and it'll make the holidays a LOT easier on you!
I'm gonna be in Ireland, and I have no idea how bad the temptation's gonna be... My bf's mom keeps telling me by e-mail that she hopes I'm not disappointed with the Irish Christmas; it sounds like they don't make a huge deal out of it. Hopefully that means it's not like my family, where there's holiday junk around every corner.

So.. I'm 153.0 dead-on this morning, which means I met my 2-lb-loss-this-week goal. Changing the goal to 151, givin' myself another lifter AND changing my ticker.

I might have to wait to make my avatar. I suddenly understand why I wanted a cheeseburger so bad yesterday.

sigh. TOM!!!

I never EVER know when TOM is going to show up. Of course it had to be 2 days before my annual exam appointment that I had to make 3 months ago

the game plan for today is to drink a ridiculous amount of water

So much to say but not enough time to type it all! (will try to check in tonight some time)

Just a quick one... 180.4! WOO HOO!
Things starting to get a tad looser... aiming to see 178 this time next week!

..... but it'd be pretty awesome if it was even less.

Jelbb - LOL, I'm flattered that you copied me! We should ALL have kick-a** sexy avatars to brag about our weight loss!! The more, the better. And congrats on the 153 and meeting your goal, woman! You rock!

Leighish - I have to agree with Jelbb... That is pretty ridiculous that your mom is actually guilt tripping your for eating healthily and trying to help your brother to do the same! First of all, like you said, it's YOUR house and you are the one who gets to decide what food comes into it! But also--to be honest, you weight less than I weighed when I was 12, too... I sure as **** wish someone had tried to get me to eat healthier then! Then maybe I never would have gotten to my highest weight of ~280, y'know? It must be so hard to see your brother going down an unhealthy path, too, and feeling like you can't help him. I think you are doing a really good thing by not allowing your family to have junk while they're visiting you. Good luck getting through to your mother.

preppingbride - 180.4! Woohoo! Lol. Best of luck getting to 178 (or lower ) by next week! You can do it!

As for Meredith today... As much as it pains me to say it, my weight was up to 202.4 lbs today. 0.6 lbs up from yesterday, grrr! Lol. Actually, to be completely honest, I'm very unconcerned about this teensy spike--I just knew that my supposed "loss" yesterday (after having all that alcohol on Saturday night) was just too good to be true! So I'm guessing that today's weigh-in was just Saturday catching up with me, and I'm totally fine with it. I ate very healthily today (of course, hehe), so I'm hoping for/pretty much expecting a loss tomorrow, so all is well! Though I must say, this is like the most frustrating point at which to be having fluctuations, cuz I'm so freakin' close to Onederland! It's not faaaair! LOL. Luckily I have you ladies to get me through it!

I'm fluctuating too Meredith! I was 198 this morning. I think I'm pmsing like crazy. I was so certain TOM would start today. sigh. I can't tell anything anymore.

Ughhhhn. I have felt uber backed-up, and bloated... all day long. Ick. I dunno how I'm gonna weigh in tomorrow feelin' like this. :S

misstraveler, sorry a little late, but just wanted to answer that JM Shred definately does work. It's not as effective with me as the other ladies that are doing it consistently every day. But I still am having success doing it every other day. (with C25K on the in-between days) I'm using it to really improve on my upper body strength.

Meridith, You are awesome. It's hilarious that I have become so emotionally involved in your weightloss.... actually, that goes for everyone here!

Jelbb, don't you worry. I bet you anything that if you do weigh in higher tomorrow it just means that you will be miraculously down double for the next time.

Leighish, damn right you have every right to put your foot down! And you just might be the influence that saves your brother from a life of heartbreak and discomfort (let alone health implications). Here's hoping. I so wish I could go back to my 12 year old self and be that inspiration. (But of course going back in time could cause a time rift and I could potentially endanger the future of the entire world as we know it. lol. I'm a geek.)

I am up today from my brief encounter with the 180s over the weekend. 181.6 lbs. I'm not freaking out though because I had a date night that involved restaurant food on Sunday and I had a buffet lunch yesterday. I tried to be as good as possible, but some things are out of my hands. I'm sure it's just water retention or something. Still slightly disheartening.

What's funny is that it seems like a few of us are all going through our losses and minor gains around the same time! anyone else notice this?

Oh well, aiming to be all the closer to the 170s as of tomorrow.

I was still 138.8 today.. maybe i should change my ticker ..

Prepping:
True say, darling. I weighed in at 154.0 this morning. Wasn't a happy moment, but I was logical about it, knew I felt bloated. So, I worked out this morning, pounded a ton of water, etc.
Weighed in this evening at 153.8 AFTER dinner, and a snack. I think tomorrow morning is gonna be a happy morning.

Jah:
YAY! Congrats honey! 138.8... my god. SOMEDAY I will weigh that!! I SWEAR!

Jelbb - Aww, hope you feel better tomorrow, darlin'! Weighing in is no fun when you have that niggling feeling that it's going to be bad news, so at least you got it over with today, hehe. It doesn't sound like you did anything to "deserve" feeling junky (whereas when I'm feeling yucky it's usually related to something bad I ate the day before ), so maybe you really were just retaining water or something. If you weighed in at 153.8 lbs just now, I'd say that tomorrow probably will bring good news! Hehe.

preppingbride - LOL! I think I might have mentioned this before about one of Jelbb's losses, but I really feel like I'm emotionally involved in all of your weight losses, too! I claim them like they're my own victories, hehe! And when you guys are feeling down, I truly feel for you. I think we're all like that. It's good that you're not stressing over the little gain; I like that you said you just want to be closer to the 170s tomorrow... That way, any loss is cause for celebration! (Though, really, shouldn't it always be that way? Hehe.)

jahjah1223 - 138.8... WOW! I didn't know it was even possible to weigh so little!! Hehe. Congratulations to you! I would certainly change my ticker! (And do a happy dance!!)

Today was a good news day for me!! Though I confess I'm a bit confused--well, I weighed in at 201.0 lbs on the dot. Which would mean that I'm down 1.4 lbs since yesterday?! That seems a little too high of a loss for one day, but I stepped on and off a couple times to make sure, so I dunno! Now I'm just wondering whether the scale was lying to me yesterday, or today! Haha. Hopefully my "gain" yesterday was just water weight, and my weight today actually was accurate... Because that would put me only 2 lbs away from Onederland. And, I couldn't help myself, I changed my ticker! Hehe. I should know better by now, but I was really itching to do it!

199 this morning

Like I said though, I feel immensely bloated and backed up I had a LOT of water and double the rdi of fiber today so maybe tomorrow something will happen