Working on getting back into my regular routine with both food and exercise after a week of sickness ended by the county fair and every fried food offered. Now really, did I need to try a deep fried twinkie, deep fried snickers and corndog all in one day? No ma'am I did not. I am amazed I still lost some weight since Sunday. My mom is coming into town at 5am on Friday morning. Its going to be hard to maintain healthy eating while she's here, I think. Anyway, these are my challenges!

misstraveler - Sooo jealous about the romantic B&B! Sounds like a great time, minus the awful sunburn of course

Zan - Congratulations on the 50lb mark!!!! Fabulous! Hope you get better soon too. Summer colds are the worst. It totally feels unfair and unjustified, in my opinion!

Brooksrm - Sorry to hear about all of the emotional turmoil with the ex. Someday soon, you won't even think about those memories you are mourning, and much later down the road, you will be able to revisit them fondly because you will have moved on. Doesn't help the feeling right now though. Hang in there!

Alyssa - Love the motivation and all the fun exercise you are into!

Jessica - I hope you're going on that date! Have a great time and report back to us!

Matilda - You are so close to your mini-goal, you're totally going to hit it by next week!

Sameen - I hope things sort out at work for you soon. That extra stress while trying to lose weight really stinks. Is there a "higher up" that is above both of the people fighting over you?

Hello team after being in the 230s for about two months I am finally down to 229.6 today Im so happy!!!!!

brooks -sending hugs your way

zan wtg on 50 thats sooo awesome!

Jess good luck on your date sounds so fun

Alyssa good luck with staying on plan during busy times

Hi everyone, just checking in. I've been in a not so great place in my head lately. I think I was overly restricting last week in order to get the number on the scale to go down and this led to several binges, which in turn led to more restricting, etc etc etc. So I've been trying to take a step back and re-evaluate where I am in this whole process and what it is that I aiming for exactly. While I try to sort that out I'm going to try to be less obsessive about my calorie counting and focus more on the big picture (eating healthy food I like, exercising, etc). So I have no idea what my weigh-in on Sunday will look like (I'm trying not to weigh myself so obsessively) so I apologize in advance if I have a gain!

Hope you're all doing well....

Brooksrm, . Did you make it to the gym?

Wow, Denice! I'd like to try a fried snicker or oreo, but luckily I haven't come across them yet! You can still do healthy eating with her around, it might be difficult, but I believe you can do it! First cold in a long, long time, but it's just a mild annoyance, I guess my immune system could use the practice, haha. Thank you!

Congrats, Matilda! Keep it up and you'll make Onderland before you know it! woohoo! Thank you, !

Do what you need to, Jen, don't worry about the number and be healthy, .

I, for one, cannot wait for the weekend. My energy level is dragging on the ground. It's going to be tough to roll out of bed tomorrow morning, I can tell already.

Hello Everyone!!

Matilda- Yayyyy!! congratulations!!! i am so happy for you!!!

Jenb- its always good to stop and evaluate. i went through the same thing a couple of weeks back and just reevaluating everything really helped! hope all works out with your plan!!

denice81- don't worry, i'm sure you'll be able to manage with your mum in town. just keep on reminding yourself of all the hard work you ahve done so far. as for any person above those two... well he is away for a business trip and won't be back for a month, so i guess i'm stuck.

brookesrm- sounds like you had a wonderful time and thumbs up on not having any "i want you back" feelings anymore! good luck with the gym!

zalhentalgia- 50 pounds!!!! congratulationssss!!!!!!!! and i totally understand about the weekend... had a really crappy week myself!

Allysmccn- good luck with the swimming. what is a a kettlebell though???

Jessica88- hope you had a great date!!!

As for me... i have a long weekend coming up!!! however, i think i will be working day in and day out on those days aswell... I think the only thing that is helping me go through this tough time is achieving my daily goals concerning calorie intake and diet. Its the best feeling, especially when you are lying in bed at night going over whatever had happened that day... I am in a much better mood. Thank you for your support guys.. it really means a lot
2 pound loss for the week till now. but to be honest i also binged yesterday. so lets see!

Matilda - Congrats!!

sameen - I've attached a picture of kettlebells. You can do all sorts of things with them, and they provide a really good cardio and weight workout. Most kettlebell moves utilize the larger muscles of the body, so it's a good workout for the entire body. Also, it's a lot of fun to swing a hunk of iron around

Is everyone getting excited for the weekend?? It's so close!

Congrats Matilda!!!

Yes, I did make it to the gym, goshdarnit!

Weird thing. A guy at work has upped his flirting with me bigtime this past week. He always flirted with me like an elementary school kid, pulls on my pony tail, picks on me, etc. Today he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder and spun me "helicopter style" until I was so dizzy I couldn't even stand up when he put me down. He did it to be obnoxious but it totally felt like flirting and kind of made me feel good about myself. I'm worth being flirted with! AND!!!! I'm light enough for someone to pick me up and spin me into oblivion. Who knew.

Wow, where did everyone go? Just another update, got back on track with food, and nailed TWO CLASSES IN A ROW at the gym. An hour each of Zumba and Yoga. Was my first ever yoga class. Think I did ok for a newbie.

I'm here! Sorry everyone, been crazy busy at work with a VIP. He's gone now so a few days down before I head to Puerto Rico (for work, not play unfortunately!).

Brook - It's awesome you were able to go on a hike and not have those feelings. That is SO difficult to do, took me ages with my last love.

Matilda - Way to go GIRL!!! That is such an awesome accomplishment! Can't wait to see how your weigh in goes on Sunday!!

Alyssa - Girl if you're swingin' those things around, you are seriously hardcore! I love weightlifting, but haven't had the guts to try that yet... hope to soon, I hear it's awesome!

Sameen - Awesome loss girl!! I have trouble with grazing on weekends and not staying on plan either. Long weekends are awesome though, so hopefully you get some down time to do something fun!

Zan - 50 POUNDS!!!! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!! Awesome job lady!

Jen - loss or gain or maintain, i'm still happy you're on our team!

Hope everyone is having an awesome Thursday, and guess what? TOMORROW's FRIDAY!!!

So, I just got back from my date a little while ago, it was perfect and I had soo much fun, he was definitely a gentleman and we basically spent 4 hours at the zoo and another 2 hours at dinner it was fun hopefully we will have a second date soon im really happy!

Denise- wow its so crazy how they just fry everything at the fair haha. Have fun with your mom!!

Matilda- congrats girl!! you are awesome keep up all the hard work!! and about the threaded i have gotten it done before i never get my eye brows waxed anymore it hurts too much! i get it done about twice a month. You should definitely try it out, i love it!

Jen- no worries Keep your head up, i know exactly how you feel :hugs:

Zan- i second the weekend coming!! i can't wait but its been a very productive week so thats good keep up all your hard work you are doing great!

Brook- awww thats cute, he sounds like fun zumba and yoga? thats awesome! how was yoga? the only type i have done is bikram im kinda scared to go to a regular class...

I don't know the difference between the different types of yoga, I just know I'm not very stretchy and the instructor was really nice. Had a good weigh this morning, but feeling nervous about meeting these guys this weekend. Having second thoughts and trying to resist the urge for something to "come up". Ha. Meh.

Hi ladies, I weighed in early for the week since I don't think I'll be around the scale or my laptop (which is a good thing really...) I hope everyone has a good healthy weekend and a good weigh-in too!

Woohoo, two hours until my weekend!

I hope the workday flies for the rest of you ladies as well, .

Brooksrm, grats on your weigh in, .

hello ladies!

sorry for missing last weeks weigh in. My mom was rushed to the hospital after falling down the stairs at her apartment building. Thankfully she only has a broken leg, sprained wrist a concussion and just a few other bumps and bruises.
I've been staying with her the last few days, making sure everything is okay with her. It has been stressing me out a bit, but when i got home this morning thankfully I didn't gain any weight.

I didn't even try to eat healthy as I was too stressed about her to bother with making anything and just kinda ate on the go. But she's back home now and my brother and aunt are watching out for her.
I'm getting back to working out, hoping i can lose at least one pound this week.