Kymberly: I'll be rooting for you to win that money!

Erika: Glad to see you post, hug Amanda for us. You guys are missed.

Lilion: Yea to you! GO girl go.

Jillybean: I think I'm in the zone with ya girl. That is the only thing I can think of keeping me exercising daily. Must be the zone! lol.

Blessings all,
Annie

I had something similar happen to exercise over the summer -- I exercised every single day for over 2 months... it was longer than that I think! I didn't set out to do it, but just happened.

Ladies, these are the kind of habits from which good things happen !!!

I'll be posting the January exercise thread in a bit -- think about your goals!!

Just a quick flyby to say I went to my WW meeting and I am now 6 pounds over my original starting weight from last year. So in the interest of New Years, fresh starts, etc, that will be my new start weight. It's too depressing to think I have to lose 6 pounds just to break even. I know it's all just a mind game. Oh well. I am committed to staying OP and losing 75 pounds this year by practicing self-care and PATIENCE.

I'll be back later to post some exercise minutes. I really fell off the wagon but can still make my December goal.

hello all .. well after my dr. visit weigh in i was up+6! dont think it was all that bad and thursday is my day for starting freas.. glad the holidays are almost over lol!

Hmmm, I probably didn't mention that I was up again on my WI too! I really needed that NSV. I had held pretty steady at 237 but today was 239. I suspect that may be left over junk from popcorn, salty snacks and lack of water, but time will tell. Still, I said I didn't want to be back in the 240's after Xmas and I'm not...but just by the skin of my teeth!

Ah holidays. how i hate you!! lol

i am up 1.6 in the last 2 weeks (i didnt weigh in last week).

my goal for 2007 is to lose 50 lbs by my birthday. Sept 4.

Jill, don't worry I haven't been able to resist all of it though I have learned my lesson with frozen food. Still have about 1/2 pound out and parents came over and helped themselves to some today so that really helped me.
Wyllenn congrats on the co-moderator. So Great that you have taken that on and your success is inspirational
Well my WI today I am down a pound, not bad after xmas, next wi for me will be new years day whoo hoo, and then my mom and I went shopping today for stuff got back and found out that my BF asked my father if he could marry me. My dad was laughing and said it is in my court now what will I answer. What a week. still trying to come up with some manageable goals for the new year . My only goal right now is 80 ounces of water every day and journaling my food in fitday.
Reading all the posts here are so motivating for me, THank you ladies.
Anna

Hi, I'm back, with my tail between my legs. The scale scared me so much this morning, that I decided I'd better quit messing around. The first year of marriage was very hard on my diet. I've had 3 miscarriages, and of course had to go off my diet every time I was pregnant. Both our families have tried to break us up, and not in small ways, but in huge ways, but they failed horribly, and just made our marriage stronger. I am slowly starting to get my feet back under me in this new country. It took almost 9 months for my immigration process to proceed to the point that I was allowed to even volunteer at church. I can make a million excuses for gaining weight, but I refuse to allow myself to go above 400 lbs. again. I just wanted to tell everyone who sent me private messages, that I didn't see them until today when I logged on. I would never have ignored them, and I appreciate everyone who was worried about me. I will sent replies as soon as I get a chance, and will update my profile thing too. I will need all the help I can get to get back on track.

Catherine!! I am so glad to see you back. I'm sorry for all the troubles you've been through - I know that has to make it very hard to focus on anything else. I'm proud of you for admitting when you need that extra support. You're always, always welcome here! Seeing you has always been like a breath of fresh air.

It's another quiet evening at home. I worked for 4 hours today for a coworker, so my days off have been severely interrupted and I'm not ready to go back to work on Friday. I have a million and one things to do and I'd really love to go see my parents tomorrow. I'm also going to attempt to once and for all get my house cleaned up and arranged where I want it to be. I may even get ambitious enough to try to exercise a bit more tomorrow, though my ankle is huge tonight. We shall see.

You ladies have a wonderful rest of the week!

Well, I was here 6 months ago or so as a fat dude looking for advice and support.

I didn't stick to it, and gained weight and got up to 330 lbs. When I hit that mark, I made a solemn promise to myself to never hit that weight again. Since that time, I managed to get down to 325 over Christmas.

I am going to use some of my Christmas money to get a scale that can measure body fat so I have 2 numerical measurements of progress. My new mantra, in my geeky way is:

int weight = 325;
while(weight < 190)
{
keep_trying();
weight--;
}

So, I'm here again, looking for support and hopefully providing it.

Time for me to get it to gear and get healthy!

Catherine! its so good to see you back, and im glad that your marriage is going so well. Sorry for the roadbumbs, but you know we are always here for you

Nathan -- Welcome!! I have never met you but I am glad to welcome you here! We all need support and congrats on the weight loss already!!

Girls ( and guys!!) I need some advice. I made my NYR goals and posted them here. I just feel that it's not enough to kepe me motivated.

I need somewhere that I can post them (IRL) for me and me only to see. But somewhere that I will see them enough to keep them in my mind at all times!!

Any ideas?! I'm going to post them in my myspace blog for one. But I could use some more ideas.

Hope that things are still great for everyone!!

If it would warm back up a little here, I would walk while I was at work on my breaks.

*HUGS*
Erika Leigh

hey guys
been MIA since Christmas. We had a severe case of the flu bug!! So Christmas eve, day and half of Boxing day was a miserable time. I feel like I was cheated!! *L* Oh well!!!

Catherine! Holy smokes we are glad to have you back with us. Sorry to hear of your troubles We're here to help!

Nathan~ Welcome back to you as well!

Ok guys, I have to head to work. I am in the process of deciding on my NYR as well. I have lots of stuff all ready to start back full steam ahead next week. Lists of recipes we are going to try, goals, pantry lists.... all I need is to get my butt in gear!

OK, I now REALLy have to run. I'll be back again later!

Have a great day everyone
Brenda

good morning all glad to hear there were some good losses over the holidays / as for the gains well we are all back to start freash arent we? i am off on a good start this morning drinking my water! now i just need to get back on track exercise wise.. but today i HAVE to clean my house it is a disaster!