March Goals:
1. Drink 70 oz of water a day.
2. 3/31 weight goal 145
3. Follow my pre-planned food plan ~ MFP
4. Walk 20 miles per week.
5. WEIGHTS!
6. Vitamins
7. Each week, have one day when I dress up pretty. Feel good about myself!

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Valentine's goal; I met most of my goals, but I fell short with water intake, vitamins and weights. I will do better this month

Espressowhip - love the step by step goals! We are all individuals with individual challenges.

Sum38 - Glad to see you here! I really like the one day a week of dressing up pretty!

Well....I caved in to the Ben & Jerry's last night. I ate the whole thing. This whole weekend has pretty much been a bust. It really scares me when I binge and go off track, because I fear I will spiral out of control again. I received more comments about my weight loss this weekend, and I feel like...just wait a few weeks and I'll be fat again. It's like I don't trust myself to stay on plan and it scares me.

One day down... I managed to only have one yogurt last night (as opposed to several). I don't plan to falter on this goal, so maybe it'll be less obnoxious is I only post when/if I fail to keep my goal.

Although I have to admit that after the stroke of midnight, the Fat-Habits[tm] said, "It's officially the next day, so you could have another."

Espressowhip :1
Fat-habitsl: 0

It's difficult to learn to trust anyone, least of all yourself. Don't dismiss that trusting yourself has to be earned, the same way trusting someone else who's let you down does.

Make promises to yourself that are healthy, and reasonable, then keep them. Trust will follow.

Next time, and you know there will be a next time, throw it out! Your DH will get over it and you'll feel much more empowered!

"That which is in our power to do, is also in our power not to do."

Don't let one slip up crush you!

As of today, I have lost 17 pounds. I finally dipped below 150... I hung in 150-153 range FOR EVER. ~ But I am focusing on the positive; 17 pound loss is nothing to sneeze at . I am REALLY hoping to get down to 145 by the end of March. That would bring me to 20 pound loss; half way goal.

All of a sudden my belly has gotten really soft and flappy... I read about another member who was having the same issue. -- So I was doing some research. -- When I was not showing any progress on scale, my measurements were going down (thank goodness; it kept me going).... Anycase, I read that once the fat goes from hard to soft, it is an excellent sign. That means that I have decreased the fat around the organs and this is just fat between my skin and muscle. Unsightly, yes, but healthier for me.

I feel totally motivated to finish this journey.

I hope everyone is sticking to their march goals today!

Sounds like you all are staying on track and seeing progress! Having an ok day today...today is a new day after all. Kids are still home until tomorrow, so I know that food challenges will come up later today too. Looking forward to my schedule returning to normal tomorrow....

I am way too scared to step on the scale...I think I'll give myself a few more days to "recover!" before doing any weigh-ins.

Yup, I need more challenge! Thank you Guac for starting this! Awesome CONGRATS ON 50!!

OK so here are my goals:

* Staying 100% plan as outlined by my nutritionist (which usually means eating MORE than I want to!)

* Moving EVERYDAY and staying on my training plan (which I get Thursday).

* 100oz of water a day.

I'm in

hey there everyone. i'm in as well. i know its 21 Feb now, so thats a month to lose 2 kilos or maybe a little more.
Tikkoz...i'm in melbourne as well..nice to hear from you.

Goals;
Keep drinking my 6 glasses of water
keep doing low carb and high protein meals
keep avoiding all snacking
keep doing 40-60mins exercise per day
gym class 4 days per week
keep smiling sweetly at my husband when yet again i need to get on the computer to update my stats
keep strong when temptation (in the form of morning teas) strikes!

Oh, I know the sabotage thing ALL TOO WELL! In my world, it's called exercise

When I was able to get to the point where I said, not I *can't* have this but I don't WANT this, then the power shifted. *I* had the power over the food, and not the other way around. Slip ups only become an issue when they grow up into a way of life. I took the last two weeks of December off because we were back home and I was kinda freaked about it because I was up a little but I watched it and by Jan 7th I was at my preXmas weight and back on track. Absolutely, we have to learn to trust ourselves and believe in ourselves. I just got a ring from Endorphin Warrior that says 'believe' for this very reason. You got this!

I'd love to join in. Even though I'm a maintainer, I seem to need constant reminding, or I start to slack in my efforts. I haven't been tracking and my weight has gone up about 5 pounds.

Goals:
1. Track all of my foods everyday
2. Don't buy the foods I can't control myself around even if they're healthy (lately it's been red grapes).
3. Continue to exercise at least 6 days a week
4. Lose the five pounds I "found".
5. Drink at least 64 oz. daily

Mind if I "pop in" every once in awhile? Just became a 40-something this month. I'm finding that I need better goals than just losing weight. It's so slow lately that I end up feeling like a failure even when I'm on plan. I do need to concentrate on drinking more water though. I blacked out in my kitchen this morning after 45 minutes on the elliptical. I think I was dehydrated, but scared the heck out of my kids and I don't want a repeat. So here are my goals, and as long I stick with them, I'm not failing!

- Drink 64 oz of water per day (usually add lemonade Crystal Lite though)
- No unplanned snacking
- 45 minutes on the elliptical 5 times a week (take water downstairs with me)
- eat under 1400 calories per day
- Keep posting regularly

This week i am doing very well with all goals im eating breakfast, drinking water (not quite enough though), making good food choices and using the dreadmill hopefully it shows on the scale!

Work is evening out now the students have settled in, which means i am not so stressed and am not reaching for red frogs (lollies).

Hey fiona46, you are the first aussie ive come across on here, good luck!

Have a great week all

I stayed OP all day. Actually I meant to eat more, but I just was not hungry.

I ended at 1400 cal. I took a 9.5 mile walk.

I drank my water, but forgot to take my vitamins.

Scale was down another 1.5 pounds, which brings me down to 146.5...another 1.5 pounds and I have lost 1/2 of the weight I want to shed I may hit that 145 by the end of Feb and then i will adjust my March weight goal.

Great job everyone!

Today was my weigh in day & the scale was up 1 pound. It's a little frustrating when I know I've been totally on plan. But that means it's either hormonal or water weight. And as bloated as I'm feeling, I'm guessing water weight.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Kim