Tummy-Thanks! I'm working on it. Still not thrilled with the scale, but it's all progress.

Bigmid-Welcome back! Sorry to hear about your 'net troubles. Oh, you have to watch out for those scrapbooking events! They always put out such yummy, unhealthy treats. Good job getting rid of the extra weight though!

krystalb-Wow! You're so close, great job!

aluxa-Very organized way of keeping your old clothes! I'm glad your weekend went well. My DH can also be a bad influence because he can eat so much more and so much worse food than me and still be okay (he's 6'4").

Good Morning Ladies! I don't usually change my ticker any day but Saturday, but as of this morning, I'm under 241 (240.8, to be exact) and that means I got to change my chicky avatar - I'm down over 45 lbs now. Here comes 50lbs!

Living in US, sometimes I feel like if I came from Lilliput without Lilliputian’s food and that is way I gain so much weight living here

MsP: I have organized the closet because first: I needed to know what I have because I do not want to buy a transitional jean to later find that I have 5 jeans on the same transitional size; second: to reorganize all the clothes was a good way to get my brain not thinking about food and at the same time spend some calories; and third: to find some beautiful small clothes is a great motivation to lose weight
with your daughter birthday

Eclipse: that’s great!!!

aluxa - I love that closet strategy! For the first six months or so of my weight loss (when it was coming off the quickest), I would 'go shopping' in my guest room closet all the time (and make discard piles of what was now too big from my real closet for goodwill) to keep me motivated and it worked really well. Now that I'm back in the smallest sizes that I had hung on too, I buy the next size down of some favorite pieces when they come on sale to keep me going. My house is a construction zone right now and things are not organized the way they should be in the closet to keep the smaller goal stuff separate, etc. but in a week or so, everything should be back to normal and organizable so I can't wait to start doing that again!

eclipse - congrats on the new avatar - impressive losses!!!

ms p - you sound like a busy girl - maybe your body is just telling you it needs a little down time. Hope you get in that nap!

krystal - you are such an inspiration! So glad you've almost killed that march goal!

bigmid - congrats on reaching your march goal!

Things are okay here - good day yesterday, very on plan and 4 mile walk. Might run after work to take advantage of the lighter evenings and have a walk with a friend planned tomorrow. I need to budge this scale as I'm stuck at 167! Have a great day, girls!

Official Weigh-In Day: 210.4! 1.4lb. more to reach this month's goal!

Down 2 pounds

SW: 185
CW: 181
GW: 175

hello ladies sorry I haven't been here for a while things have been so crazy, I have been so stressed out this month. Haven't been exercising or eating right so I haven't even weighed myself I am so scared to get on that scale. My daughter has been going through so much with her husband. She has two small boys and her husband wants a divorce and they are in Hawaii since he is in the military and she is just lost and I feel so helpless with her so far away. Then Friday at work my husband split his head open. Scared me to death there was so much blood everywhere. He is find now but boy was I a nervous wreck... I have sure got to get over this emotional eating habbit of mine please help me...

I am joining a new gym that is just a few blocks away so I will be able to go there anytime especially since all I have to have is a security card to get in and they are open 24/7 all year long even on the holidays... Hopefully that is going to help me out since I won't have to go far I can even walk or run there yeah more cardio for me ...

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday I will check in again soon I promise even if I haven't got good news to share you guys keep me motivated to keep trying even if I am just making slow progress... Thanks for your support ladies.

Rashomon and SlimBy2010-Congrats on the scale victories!!

dancerindenver-I think you're right. I need more rest/down time, but it feels like there's no time. In fact, it didn't happen today (yet!) like I had hoped.

mystical-Oh my gosh!! I'm so sorry for your daughter. That's SO awful. I know if it were my child I'd be stressing over it too. And about your hubby! WOW! That's serious stuff you've been dealing with. Just ease back to healthier eating and remind yourself that taking good care of yourself will help everyone else too. You'll be there for them and with more energy if your feeling healthy and strong. I'm glad you're finally able to join that gym. That'll be a great help so you can go burn off the stress with exercise instead of food. I find stress works opposite for me ususally. I don't usally stress eat, but I find PLENTY of other reasons when I'm feeling good! I hope all things work out well for you and your family. Take care now!

Hey everyone, it feels like I'm back from vacation--oyster and stout festival is over, house guests are gone, and I have a sh*tpile of work to catch up on!

Slimby2011, Rashomon, Bigmid, krystalb and eclipse: Rock on!

Summer: good luck on mixing it up and doing the cleanse to get to your goal. I'm sure I won't be reaching mine, but am not willing to do one of those cleanse things, so I'll just fail and keep pushing on! Let us know how it's going.

Tummy: you are inspiring me to try to be better about blogging. When I started mine, I wrote every day, and now it's about once a week. Sometimes, it feels like I'm doing it twice just by participating in these threads--and I don't always have time to do both. But I'm going to add you and Shrinking Girl to my blogroll and keep up! Mine is FAToff
Hope your ankle is feeling well enough to run soon!

dancer, aluxa and eclipse: gotta love the closet shopping! I have a guest room closet that is full of clothes that never made it to Good Will (thank goodness for some of it), and my closet has a lot of clothes I always swore I would fit in again some day. So it's great motivation to have "new" clothes, especially stuff you loved! I'm excited for the shopping I'll have to do when I get beyond the smallest clothes I have now--I couldn't keep stuff from high school--I'm 43 for cryin' out loud! Unfortunately, I have no organization with any of this and have not the desire, nor the time to do it. Stupid, I know, because I'll be spending plenty of time ripping through them trying them on...

MsP: Good luck getting everything done--I hope the energy faerie pays a visit today--or that you get that nap in. Good work on will power and control with parties. It's hard, but once you know you can do it, it's only scary if you choose to let it be, eh? But that self control is a fair-weather friend sometimes, isn't it?

My weight is fluctuating between 190 and 189. It guess I should be happy considering the trial I just put myself through this past week, but my March goal of 183 is so out of reach, I'm just a little bummed to be so far behind when I'm not even two months into this. I'm done running alongside the wagon and am hopping back up on it, so let's hope for more consistent loss in the upcoming weeks!

Passed my goal with todays WI at 229.3! yay!

krystal - WTG! You are just cruising along - nice job!!

louisa - 23lbs in 2 months is an incredible accomplishment! That's just above the 2lbs/week amount that a lot of people seem to think is about the most you can lose on average for long term sustainable weight loss. I totally know the 'get all of this weight off me now, instantly' feeling though that can be really hard, especially when your nearer the beginning of the process. Heck, I imagine it will be hard until the very last pound or two

msP - did you get caught up on sleep at all?

I got in a great run after work last night but this morning am headachy and feel some swollen glands in my throat so I'm afraid I'm coming down with something. Hope not! Off to work.... Have a great day, girls!

I am totally on board with the closet shopping. Over the weekend I took out a big bin of clothes from when I was younger (and smaller) and went through them.

I tossed everything that was worn out, stained, outdated or too "young" for me now, and now I have a new set of goal clothes from the remainder.

I found a pair of sweet shorts I used to love, and a silk LBD that apparently used to fit me in a size 4! I am so looking forward to wearing them both next summer.

Mystical: welcome back. we all know how difficult is to stay on track with all that is happening around you, but your post means that in the middle of the storm you are still on track.
Luisa: I’m not sure if I will be able to fit in all my former clothes. I have all sizes from 16 to 02. Anyway, closet shopping is really encouraging
Dancer: I hope you do not get sick; I have been feeling like if I’m going to have a flu or severe cold last two days.
Krystalb:

Last Friday I hurt my back. So been quiet for a few days trying to get the pain and soreness to calm down. I weighed in this morning at 153. Did a quick BMI calculation to see where I was. It said I was in the normal weight range. I have left the land of obese to enter the land of normal. WoW! What does normal feel like. Do people look at you differently when you are normal? Im gonna find out. Still working on my size 12 jeans!!!!! Pat

Weighed in at 210.8, with a .4 gain. These last two pounds are going to be a pain in the booty.