Chelle and Heather--way to JUST SAY NO to product.

Alana Jo--What can WE do here to help you?

Hey everyone, just chiming in to say "Hello". I will be out of the loop for a while. My DS has a Pinewood Derby this Saturday and since I run the Derbies for the Pack, I will be on the go from 5pm until 10pm tomorrow night.

Everyone keep your fingers crossed that I can stay POP ... or fairly close. We are making some Turkey Chili to take with us tonight for dinner to avoid the "Pizza or Burger" junk I know really sucks for me.

I have to say that I haven't had McDs since early September when I started my weightloss. My DS knows that it is really bad for me, and even at 8 has decided that we only do Wendy's when he has a craving for a Jr Bacon Cheeseburger with Mandrine Oranges and a Drink. I usually split a Potato with him or my DH, have a sm Chili, and a side salad.

As for today's question: I would have to say I am afraid that I will hit my goal and still not see a thinner me. I was looking at pictures from our family cruise over Thanksgiving, I had lost quite a bit of weight by then, but I just couldn't see a difference. I am afraid I will only see the overweight me and go right back to that real picture. I need to find a way to look in the mirror and really see the weight loss. You would think going from a 24-26 to an XL - 1X (16W), I would see a better me ... I just can't seem to.

Good Luck to everyone with their WI.

Have a great weekend BLUE TEAM!

Hello Bluezzzzers!!!

I am happy to report that I'm at 198.0!!!!!!!!

Yay!!!! I'm soooo happy!! I'm in Onederlandddddd!!!!

I also am supposed to start in two days so this is WITH bloating!!!!

So down 5 since the start of the challenge. Not too shabby.

Rhonda, every time I get on here I see you encouraging someone. I love it. And about realizing that the goal for us who are mid 30s+ isn't molding our bods into a fabulous bikini body? I'm with you. I told Tatiana the other day that I have to accept that I have never and will never look good naked. LOL, nah, I don't look horrible and disgusting. Just not model material. My goal now is to LOOK GOOD IN CLOTHES!!!! Ha! Don't you agree?

Hiya to onthetee, Heather, John, Diva (lol, cute how u visit), Amberelise, Sweetpea Mom, Sport, Dixie, Froufrou, and everyone else. All of you have been encouraging and it's great. Miss you all when I am busy here but have a lot going on. You are with me in spirit all day anyway tho!!

Big hugssss, Selina

Congratulations Selina! It is so fantastic to see that one in the front. Good Job.

SELINA!!!! Enjoy your journey in 1-derland!!!

Selina....I had to pop over to say ....You rock girl! Keep up the good work!

hey Selina! You invaded our thread, so I thought I would respond in kind

CONGRATS on being in ONEDERLAND!!!!!! It's a surreal feeling, isn't it???? AND, I love your new pic on your siggy! Thank you for sharing Tatiana with us Black Team girls...she's absolutely AWESOME and I'm so glad to have her on board. It's like we have our own personal Selina in the Black Team!

And, to some of my former Black Team ladies (Amber, Sonja, Sportmom, AlanaJo,) I'm so HAPPY to see you girls doing so fantastic!!!! You make me so proud! Drop in and say "hey" once in a while.... and Alana Jo, Rhonda has given you some priceless advice. She and Selina are so great at putting thoughts into words. I come over here just to see what they are encouraging other people about - because it ends up helping me. Hang in there and DON'T GIVE UP!!!!

WTG SELINA!!! for being in onederland!

HI to everyone else...

Selina - Huge congratulations to you!

Julz - Nice to see you around, cuz!! I miss you. I will try and stop by from time to time.

to Selina on hitting onederland! Love the new picture, too!

I only have minute today, hope to get on more tonight or over the weekend. I am not having a good week, y'all. I know I've been whining about the lack of sleep all week, but those who were Blue last challenge will remember my struggles with near-constant fatigue, and how happy I was to get it under control... well I fear that it's coming back because of my inconsistent and not-enough sleep this week.

So a huuuge TGIF from me! Glad to see everyone supporting each other, and working through all the mental work that comes with the nutrition and exercise! I've got to put some serious thought into what I fear about GW, because that is a great question!

I am reading everything and thinking about you all a ton.

onthetee, MomTo2SweetPeas--Congrats on the losses!

AmberD--A loss is a loss!

Amberelise & Sportmom--Now that we are confessing I will say that I'm up too but I think I can get down by Sunday or Monday. Mine is due to binging. I binged on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. I did really well on Wednesday and Thursday. I'm also doing great today.

Selina--Congrats on your entry into onederland!

My fear once losing the weight? Gaining it all back. I've done it time and time again. That's why this time around I am going to go with the ups and downs and not pressure myself. Not beat myself up. I think that will really help along the way. When I had gotten all the way down to 150 I should have maintained at least for a bit but because I put pressure on myself to continue to lose weight I pressured myself right back to being obese.

Miracle of miracles I have exercised three days in a row. What has worked for me is not telling myself I have to exercise but just getting up and doing it once I'm in the mood. I think I'm in the mood today so I'm think I may do some Pilates or WATP.

My sister is in town visiting, and she wanted to go to the Olive Garden for lunch today. I thought I was making a "smart" choice (as smart as choices can get at the Olive Garden!) with soup and salad. But, I just checked a few sites online and a bowl of the pasta e fagioli soup has almost 600 calories! For a non-creamy soup!! Good lord. On the positive side, I got in a really good workout this morning (45 minutes of tough work on the elliptical plus a 10 minute treadmill cool down). On the negative side, tonight we're meeting friends at a local Mexican restaurant for dinner -- one place where I *know* there's nothing particularly light or healthy on the menu. To try to balance it out, I've volunteered to be the designated driver tonight, so at least I won't be downing silly liquid calories!

Hi Diva! I forgot to say that in my last post !

I got a chance to go back and read what I missed--

Bev--I have to force myself to do cardio also. I love the feeling afterwards. There are a few things I like to do like the elliptical, WATP, and Taebo.

Amberelise--Trader Joe's has frozen steelcut oats. They have two, I think, individual servings in a box. It's a circular frozen block you cut off the plastic and put in the microwave to cook. I think you cook for a 1.5 minutes, stir, then cook for a 1.5 minutes. That will give you an opportunity to add whatever you want to it.

Oh, I am soooo happy for you! All those days on plan have really paid off!


I am with you. Same thing happened to me at Panera yesterday. I cannot imagine what they put in it to make it 600 cals!

Found a new food to love....curried chick peas. Made them today, and they rocked.