What did I change this time in coming back to 3FC that's making me so much more successful than before?
I stopped eating wheat and sugar instead of just calorie-counting. I replaced regular bread with rye, I eat rice and rice pasta, and potatoes... but no crappy baked goods like bagels and muffins anymore. I eat a lot more vegetables, and I avoid really fattening foods. I'm counting my calories loosely, and average at about 1300-1500 a day, and am starting to work out multiple times a week.
The difference this time is that the cutting out of wheat... I don't have the same kinds of cravings anymore. It was like the wheat was what made me crave junkie foods... I don't feel deprived at all. I eat yummy meals, bulking them up with several cups of veggies, and eat until I feel full.

Or what am I doing that's making the inches fall off my waist?
Because the inches... well, you just can't choose where the weight comes off of, and of course it comes off my boobs first... now my hips and waist are just starting to catch up.

195.4!!!!

Can i join? Im down to 307 ...........whoop whoop....

amyjade, for sure you can join! welcome

Leighish, your downward trend is pretty steady! that's excellent

Jelbb, Way to go girl!!!!! You're less than 2 lbs away from the 140s!!! Need I say more? That's well worth a 130 million Lotto 649 happy dance!

As for moi, not so good. very uberly not so good. 183 on the dot. I was 180 just last Thursday. So this would either indicate that I broke into a chocolate factory while I was sleeping - 4 nights in a row, or that I'm holding water like the titanic. wonderful. (trying) not to flip out... very understandable as I'm approaching TOM and i didn't get in nearly as much water as I should have over the weekend. And i ate a couple things that I normally avoid like pretzels and i had some fries last night. Not 3 lbs worth though.

All I can say is, there's some bad news for the black team on here with Jelbb's WONDERFUL loss... but c'mon PURPLE! I can see a 23% loss within the first few days!!! WOO HOO!

*Think I'll put the scale away for the week and see how it goes not being completely obsessed with the daily rollercoaster. It'll be a trial run to see what dictates my mood and healthy choices more -- determination or reaction to the scale. Next weigh-in will be on Monday when I submit for the BL challenge.
I'll still be checking in to see how everyone else is doing though and more than happy to provide the rah rahs!

Ay caramba! Why do I feel like it's been FOREVER since I've posted on here?! Lol. 'Twas a very busy weekend... But it's good to be back on 3FC (though I can't really say it's good that it's Monday, blech!). Anyways, after a bit of weekend debauchery - which kept me from losing, but did NOT put me out of Onederland! - I weighed in at 199.0 lbs on the dot today! I'll be looking forward to REALLY planting my feet in Onederland this week, hehe.

Congrats to all of your for your losses!! WE ROCK!

Ps. As promised, I just posted some progress pics in the mini-goal photo album forum! The link is in my sig, in case anyone wants to see them.

Amyjade:
Well done!!! You're so close to the 200s!!! Keep working at it, chica!

Prepping:
HEY, I'll have you know it's still dropping! 151.4 this morning, thankyouverymuch! I'mma do my team proud! GO BLACK TEAM!

I wish I could put my scale away for a week, I just.. do NOT have the willpower!!! I really wish I did tho. It would be such a surprise to be able to get on it on Monday morning and see it drop full lbs instead of seeing it inch down (or up!) by fractions of lbs on a daily basis. Maybe I'll try...

Meredith:
Omigosh, I just looked at your progress pics... honey, you look SO GOOD. I'm so proud of you! I love that you have all those pics throughout your whole journey!

I actually have two pictures set aside as my before pics, because when I saw each of them, my jaw dropped with horrified indignation. I'm not an UNATTRACTIVE person, per se... but I just look so.. round.
Ooh, ooh, and I found pics from when I first decided to lose weight back when I was 170+ lbs and I took a before shot! I went Biggest Loser stylin, and just wore a bra and shorts tho, so.. pardon me, lol.

..I kinda look like a beast in the first picture. I'm hoping it was the angle and the poor lighting, and not how I really looked... Behold, 20 lbs, shirtless. I don't think it looks HUGELY different size-wise, but I almost feel like I just look... a little less sloppy, if that makes sense...

151.2 BEFORE BED.

...I need to hide my scale from myself, lmao. But I can't help how great I feel when I'm doing awesome OP-wise, and every weigh-in gives me more good news!

I'm holding out on you guys until mondays weigh in.

But it's looking good.

you know what else is looking good? YOU jess!

It can only get better from here... and I wish I had your willpower, woman!

Woohoo, Jelbb!! I love when you get one of those crazy-low "before bed" weights... Cuz ya just know it'll be even lower the next morning, muahaha. I probably should hide the scale from myself, too, because I do that like almost every night. I just like to see the numbers, okay?! Haha. But good luck for tomorrow! You will almost certainly be seeing very good news!!

Leighish - I am in awe of your willpower with the scale, too! I can only manage to hold off on the scale around TOM, and it always kills me, LOL. But it is sooo much fun when you finally get to see the results of all of your hard work, heh. Hope the scale is kind to you! And btw, I LOVE your new avatar!! Lookin' absolutely adorable, woman! And of course the 50 lbs is amazing, too!

As for me... The scale said 198.0 lbs, which would mean that I'm allegedly down 1 whole pound from yesterday. While that would be pretty freakin' cool, after all of my bouncing around last week I feel like I've become slightly jaded and unwilling to trust ANY good number that comes up, heh. So although I am SO tempted to change my ticker, I think I'll wait this time. Hopefully tomorrow I'll still be at 198 (or less, ha!) and then I'll change my ticker. But it looks like I'm on the right track of getting firmly into Onederland, yay!

I never said I wasn't checking! I just said I wasn't posting my weight loss until the monday weigh-in.

Jelbb: You look like you have lost weight..you look good! But I like the white bra better

ok so the past 2 weeks have been hard on me. i was diagnosed after YEARS as being bipolar/OCD/Anxiety Disorder... i took it kind of hard and have been binge eating. The scale moved in the wrong direction and i just kept on eating.

but i'm back on the wagon now and am happy to report that i have been good with my eating all week. i also picked up a 2nd job and that helps because i'm hosting at ruby tuesday's which is walking around a lot

so hopefully next week will be another loss and no more gains. Wish me luck!
(ps: i'm moving my ticker to my weight this morning. i HATE moving my ticker up)

Meredith:
Oh, honey, you are so getting your foot in the door of Onederland. Another pound or two, and even when you're having bloated crappy feeling days, you'll still be in the 100s. I'm so proud. *tear*

Leighish:
You're holding out on us!? Gasp. Youuuu *****.

Chance:
But it's haaaaard. It's one of the few things that gets me out of bed in the morning, thinking YAY, I get to find out how much I lost!!!

vday:
Lmao, thanks darling! I do too, to be totally honest, but I can't find it!!! It's probably buried at the bottom of a month's worth of laundry, lmao.

Sally:
Ick, I know, moving the ticker up is no fun. BUT, it does give you that extra kick to REALLY want to move it back in the other direction again, so I'm glad you did!
I'm sorry you've been taking that so rough. My brother is bipolar, we're pretty positive, but he hasn't been diagnosed yet. It must be hard to take, but I keep reminding him that it doesn't change who he is as a human being either way, or change that he's got people who love him and care about him.
We're here for ya honey, and GREAT JOB at getting back on track with your eating!


...Chance, I didn't hide the scale this morning.
150.4, wheeeeee. 150. Woooow. Now there's a number I haven't seen in almost two full years...