Yay! I was down 2.2 last night for a total of 31 pounds! My 35th birthday is next Thursday, so I'm going to really challenge myself to get to 35 pounds by then. I don't know if it's even possible but it would be so fun if I could do it! 35 by 35!

Yes Stephanie I know how you feel, sometimes you just need to change the routine up a bit. Recently I put a new routine into place and it seems to have switched my weight loss back on. (I stopped eating later in the evening). Even though my points are staying the same just switching them around a bit seems to have helped.

Welcome new losers, you are welcome to post here. We usually check in here once a week to post weight loss, but check daily to give each other encouragement. We originally weighed in on Thursday but now any day will do.

Down 1# I'll take it! hahah! That makes me 227# - down 25#! I wish the trackers worked. Maybe I'll put a new one up from the Tracker Factory. I think that is the one Stephanie uses!

Congrats Jeanne.

Thanks Marion!

Yea to all the losers!!! I was down a pound so right now I'm still up .6 to break even. Hopefully I'll start dropping again.

Welcome to our new members!!!!!

Jeanne, what a great loss! Wow, 25 pounds gone for good. You're doing it.
Susan, congrats on the loss. I'm in that same boat of trying to make a "come back."

Thanks Tina,
I think Jeanne needs to sprinkle some lucky dust on us!!!! She is smokin right now !!!!! I'm really proud of you Jeanne!!!

****sprinkle sprinkle **** sprinkle!!!!!!

Love you guys! Thats for the constant support!

I had a rough weekend. DS turned 3 and there was lots of pizza and cake involved. Add that to my TOM and it was ugly. On the plus side, I tried to be smart and rather than having a healthy breakfast and following it up with leftover cake which was all I really wanted anyway, I went straight for the cake! That had to save me a few points at least.

I am still hoping for 35 by Thursday and if I knuckle down for the next 4 days it could still happen, but I'm not sure.

Amy, that did sound like a rough weekend. It is very important to have a good breakfast. Use your flex points for cake.
Good luck with the rest of the days until weigh-in.
(Come on over to our Chatters Thread.)

omg it took forever for me to find u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well y'all, I'm really fighting discouragement tonight. I just got back from WI & was up 2 lbs. I don't know where I've went wrong. I'm staying within my points & sometimes have to use some of my 35 extra, but not often. I think I used a total of 10 this week plus I accrued AP, which wasn't used. I'm getting all my water in, all my veggies/fruits, healthy grain, lean protein, etc. This is the second consecutive week with a gain. Oh it's so disheartening! I'm not gonna give up. I'm gonna pick up & move on but right now I just need to vent because I KNOW I've worked hard this week but apparently my body just isn't recognizing it for whatever reason. Oh well...

Time to put my big girl panties on & deal with it. Thanks for letting me get it out.

Stephanie it can be discouraging at times but you should still be losing. Take your tracker with you next week and talk to your leader something isn't right.
Check again how many points you should be eating. mine is at 29 right now
Measure your foods and weigh too. are you overestimating sizes?
Remembering to include the fats you are frying in, dressing etc.

Anyone else have any ideas??

Okay ladies, how is this for overreacting? I didn't gain 2 lbs. I gained 0.8 lbs this week. I had a number in my mind when I stepped on that scale that I WANTED to see, which, coincidentally was 2 lbs less than what I weighed in at. When I saw the number, my brain apparently registered it as a 2 lb gain. It wasn't until I was entering my number in eTools this morning that I really looked at it. All that crying for nothing. 0.8 lbs I can live with because TOM is getting close. 2 lbs really freaked me out.

Guess I learned my lesson. Get the FACTS before you overreact. LOL

Have a great Friday!