132.5 second day in a row. On the one hand I feel better because I'm moving more. On the other hand, I know it's not water retention from heavy lifting or activity because a) I can't even lift heavy yet and b) I probably ate 3000 calories both Saturday and Sunday!

My clients would not recognize me if I showed up at their door in a dress

I don't anticipate eating anything in that dress. Or being anywhere near DH while he's eating when wearing the dress. I imagine I'll wear it when I go out to the theatre or ballet or similar.

Dagmar

Gee ... the dress talk reminds me that I need to figure out what to wear to the symphony on Saturday night (DS12's first major performance with the choir)! I'll have to go closet-shopping - I'm sure I passed through this size on my way up the scale a few years back.

I love the dress too Dagmar! Hope the memorial isn't too sad.....

My poor dd (17) had to go to a memorial last Saturday for her beloved Spanish teacher. This wonderful woman died at age 42 from breast cancer leaving behind a husband and 3 young sons. I couldn't go with her because we were preparing for my dd's fundraiser. BTW, we raised about $1100 from the fundraiser! She needs to raise a little over $20000 total, and she has raised a little over $7500 so far.

My weight was down over 2 pounds this morning (of the 7 I was up in the past few days!). I'm wondering how many calories are in a kcup (cappuchino-- sp). I was out of regular coffee ones and this one is yummy-- but I know it has sugar and milk in it!

Hi all. Been to busy to get back here, but just wanted to share the good news that I was successful in controlling myself and this am I'm back to that starting number.

Love the dress, Dagmar.
And the clock, Saef.
Want to listen to your child also, Becky.
Michele, horrible. Makes me so grateful for all my blessings.
Kramp, hold on tight.
Jessica, hello England!
Megan, come out come out wherever you are
Bargoo, keep to the plan, the plan!
Alison, wtg, rock on!

and for all

Good job, Kitty !

krampus, good to see you! How goes the "un-smoking"?

dagmar, RIP, Solo. It's good that the owners are acknowledging their grief that way. Pets and dressy clothes need to be kept far away from each other. I was browsing my iPad after work and wearing my very favorite brick-red sweater ... DS12 set the very white bunny down on my lap. In a matter of seconds, I was covered in fur. They don't have to pee on us to mark us as "theirs", do they? Congrats on the scale victories!

michele, that's awesome about the fundraiser! Getting closer! Maybe nutritiondata.com would have the info on kcups? They seem to have everything else. Or the manufacturer's website?

kitty, hooray for the control! Feels good, doesn't it?
I wish we could bottle that feeling and take a sniff when we need it!

jessica, if you don't mind me asking, what's a trans-Atlantic flight costing these days? We'll need to do a Detroit-Budapest next summer - I'm trying to brace myself.

151.0; halfway back to my low. Definitely not going to make 140 by my birthday unless I lop off a leg or two! As we've said many a time, the date is not the important part. Even if the "journey" looks like one of Jeffy's trips from Family Circus, there's still always an "X" when he gets where he's going. Mine has certainly not been a trip down the diameter of the circle; I've more explored the entire volume of the sphere and my path looks more like a wadded-up ball of string. At this minute of time (always subject to change), I'm in a pretty good spot. I feel like I've completed every bit of possible analysis on my weight loss process, and now I can proceed without all the luggage. I'll be curious to see how long this lasts. I like the calm inside my head - a lot!

I'm waiting for the "whoosh."

Waiting for the whoosh as well. Still 150.5, was hoping for 150 (or miraculously 149.5) this morning.

I miraculously dropped from 132.5 to 130.5 this morning despite eating a painfully large pasta in cream sauce dinner. This will not be without repercussion.

ICUWIshing I love your analysis of your journey. No comment on the unsmoking.

My head keeps taking me back to "weight loss" mode instead of "maintenance. I'm just happier, more in control and comfortable when I'm on a diet. I've still got some room to lose (5' 4.5", 127lbs, 54yrs old) but I don't like looking too thin/haggard. I dedicated 2011 to losing the weight, 2012 is all about learning maintenance. Giving myself a year to accomplish my goals seems to take the pressure off - "Yes I messed up today, but I've still got 8 months to figure it out".

Maniapause update: This morning in one of my rare "in body experiences", I was apologizing to my husband for being such a witch (with a B). He says he understands (my demon raises its head - HOW could a MAN possibly understand?!)

He says "Of course its traumatic and horrible - a part of you is dying"....

BigIsland, I seriously don't know whether I would hug him or disembowel him. Dying??? Really?

Silverbirch, are you lurking ? I miss you, stop in and say hello sometime.

I need lots of willpower today.
We are having a volunteer tea for the parent volunteers at my school. We were asked to bring baked sweets. I think all of us (about 100!) think we are excellent bakers and try to outdo each other. The sweets will be amazing. I just need to remember my sugar hangover from the weekend. The dessert I made could have cooked a few extra minutes so when I tried to remove it from the pan, there were many crumbs, etc. that I had to "clean" up. That was my treat for the day (I'm telling myself!). Of course, said event will occur in my library at my desk and tables so I can't get away. They are already setting up and I have to maneuver my classes around it all. I'm opting for bikram yoga tonight (hopefully) to keep working on taking off the extra 7 (4 more to go).