I'm getting there. I haven't had any pop in about 4 days. I'm trying to do only water and decaf tea. I'm having problems getting up in the morning so I haven't upped the exercise yet. I'm not quite back on track with the food either, but I'm getting closer. I can't wait until this week is over! I'm still looking for my motivation. It's doing a good job of hiding from me!

Roni - Congratulations on being the biggest loser!! You rock!!!

Good Morning Everyone ! ! !

DIVA - YOU ROCK ! !...congrats on being this weeks BL. I missed the rejection part, but don't sweat it....use the motivation and boo hoo to them.

Hun.e - I'm with you on the allergy thing...my eyes are all drippy and I would lose a ton of weight if I ran as much as my nose.

To all of you...smaller jeans, no caffeine, triathalons, gym visits, etc....keep up the fantastic work.


I need an intervention - tomorrow will start the 10 week countdown to the cruise we have been looking forward to for almost a year. 10 weeks....that should be plenty of motivation, right? Noooooo, not for me. What did I do when I walked into the office this morning? Yep, snatched up 4 mini blueberry scones and scarfed them right down. 10 weeks...at a min. 2lb a week loss, that's 20 lbs....that would put me at 190. See, this is what happens...a year ago I set my goal to be 175 by the time we set sail. Now I know I'm not going to make that goal and I think I have given up. Has anybody else done this? What the heck is wrong with me?

Sorry...I just got disgusted and needed to vent.

Roni -- Great job you big loser you !!

I don't know, it looks right now like we might take this week -- that would be very nice!!

I'm back on track today after spending two days eating all my son's birthday party leftovers -- I feel like crap -- but it will remind me all day how bad that junk was for me -- a big bag of whatever was left went out in the trash today so I can start fresh.

Hope everyone is doing well -- I apologize, I completely missed this thread and was hanging out on the old one -- until it was locked out and I finally made the effort to look around for a new one

I promise sometime today or tomorrow to make the effort to do a bunch of personals -- it's so nice when you guys take the time to respond to everyone -- makes you feel loved!!

congrats Roni on being BL this past week! good for you! i just checked the results, still waiting for Black team so we can see how well we did and hope we made top lose this last week for Red team
went to bed at like 3am, and then got woke up by hubby's phone call at 8am, so i'm tured, but he said he didnt sleep good either, mostly because he's stressin' over his PT test and he misses us. he doesnt have me there talking and our dog sleeping on his side of the bed, moving around and snoring (our lab is too funny sometimes, he doesnt really snore, but more like groaning barks while sleeping, too funny)....but he has his PT test soon, so he will be better then. we miss him and he misses us but is trying to focus on what he needs to get done these next two months, which i understand. i'm worried about restarting college next month, although its one class for 8 weeks, i'm still stressing too.
well good luck to everyone on staying OP and exercising this week...i'm gonna try to do better on that. i finally get the OP food down to almost daily, and cant get the workouts in....it seems i'm good at doing either one but never both at once...what's up with that?! lol

OMG, YES! June of 2007, my sister decided that for her wedding, we were going to have a destination wedding. Both families split the cost of 2 rental houses (on one property) right on the beach in Florida. The wedding was very low key and actually a very small focus of the trip. I decided that I had a WHOLE year and could be 120 pounds by the time it came around. I dunno...the goal was too far in the future or something and I didn't do anything for the first 6 months or so. Finally in January of this year I got motivated. Finding this challenge helped me a lot. I'm sure being January and all focused on the New Year also helped me get focused. I came nowhere close to my original goal. I think by the time I stepped on the beach at about 165 pounds, I had lost 18 pounds from my Jan 1st weight. I was a little sad that I wasn't 120 pounds yet, but I was about 15 pounds under the weight I had been for almost 5 years and that felt great!

I believe that you can do this Vanetta! I know you've had a really rough time of it over the past few months. It's so hard to get back on track after life throws you a curve ball, but you deserve to treat yourself right! You are worth the healthy eating and exercise. It's rough to not meet the goals you set for yourself in the timeframe you set, but if you're bettering yourself - then it's worth it. You'll feel great about all you've accomplished! You can do this! I believe in you!

Full Disclosure: I must admit that since that vacation the first week of June, I've really been struggling. I think part of it is that my goal is past and I don't know where to focus or how to motivate myself. I realize that I am not heeding the advice I am giving....yet. I'm getting there. I know that a lot of us are struggling right now and I put myself at the top of that list. Vanetta, Lonnie, and all of the rest of us who are struggling, we CAN do this! Don't give up!

Me too! I'm pretty sure that anyone who makes unhealthy stuff to take to work doesn't wash their hands when they cook! Remember that tomorrow when there's something in the breakroom!......icky fingers, flies buzzing around it, and unwashed hands while cooking!

I'm bad -- I take the germophob a step further -- I picture all cooks having little boys in the kitchen who take their fingers out of their noses to grab a cookie and that finishes it for me!! (Honest, I don't have little nose pickers at my house!!)

Shelby - Whatever keeps you out of the cookie jar!

All I have to say to all that above is GROSS!!!!!!

WOOHOO Red team WIN!!!! Now doesnt that feel fantastic!!!

Awesome!