Still dehydrated, hard to drink a lot while at work but I didn't do too bad yesterday. But I know I'm dehydrated when I slam a couple large glasses of water and don't have to pee in the next 20 minutes. But I plan to drink a lot today as week.

7/26 - 188

GW: 181.4

July 1: 191.4
July 2: 190.4
July 3: 189.8
July 4: 189.0
July 5: 189.6
July 6: 190.6
July 7: 189.8
July 8: 190.9
July 9: 190.9
July 10: 190.0
July 11: 191.0
July 12: 190.6
July 13: 190.0
July 14: 191.0
July 15: 190.6
July 16: 190.6
July 17: 189.0
July 18: 189.6
July 19: 189.6
July 20: 189.4
July 21: 189.4
July 22: 188.8
July 23: 187.6
July 24: 187.4
July 25: 187.8
July 26: 187.8

I managed to go food shopping yesterday so now I have good choices in my kitchen. I hope to see another drop this week. At this point I won't make it to goal, but now I have a better idea of my weight loss patterns, so I can choose a more realistic goal for next month.

Have a beautiful Sunday everybody!

This has never happened before and will probably never happen again, but I lost weight on Carb Day! That's great news for my attempt to make goal this week, but it also clearly shows that ANYTHING can happen, so I'm still keeping my fingers crossed!

SW: 198.5
GW: 192.5
CW: 194

7/1: 198.5
7/2: 198.5
7/3: 198.5
7/4: 199.5 Carb Day
7/5: 200.5
7/6: 200
7/7: 198.5
7/8: 197
7/9: 196.5
7/10: 197
7/11: 197 Carb Day
7/12: 198.5
7/13: 198
7/14: 198
7/15: 196.5
7/16: 196
7/17: 195
7/18: 195 Carb Day
7/19: 195.5
7/20: 195
7/21: 194.5
7/22: 194
7/23: 194
7/24: 194
7/25: 194.5 Carb Day
7/26: 194

Purple, bless your heart! Be sure to take all your antibiotics, even if you get to feeling better, and I do hope you get to feeling better!

Joy, yay, almost there! You'll have to fill us in on how much posting each day has affected your progress!

Leah, drink, drink, drink!

Magistra, yay on getting out and getting your kitchen stocked! You have done great this month! It can be really hard to judge how much to make a monthly goal, so all we can do is just take our best guess, do our best to stick to plan, and wish for luck!

Thanks Jaqui Am feeling a bit better today - more time between pain meds and swelling is down. Looking less like a hamster too swelling under my jaw is now minimal.

Cheered myself up with a hair cut and fresh hair dye (trying to get back to my natural colour so it was a blend colour).

Happy Sunday ladies!! I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!
Now, let's get to some proper personals shall we?

PurpleJ ~ sorry to hear about your wisdom tooth, I hope you're feeling better soon! Congrats on meeting your GOAL!!

VickieLou ~ you are so close to Onederland! You can do it!! Here's to finishing out the month strong!!

Lovemylife ~ Awesome loss this month!! You should be so proud of yourself on doing so well!!! :banana:

LovelyLeah ~ girl, you are on FIRE!! A new job, ring shopping and dealing with a snotty salesman, photobombing, losing 25 lbs, meeting your GOAL and fitting into smaller jeans--it's an inferno!!! Congratulations all around!!

GardenerJoy ~ you are doing fantastic with your goal! I am so glad that it is working for you!

Magistra ~ I too have a 'distasteful task list' and in the midst of it right now. I hope to finally conquer it this summer!! Great job on the loss this month!

SusieKay ~ alcohol can be a pain! I try not to drink my calories, but sometimes...a glass of wine is definitely called for.

JacquiD ~ Another girl on fire over here!!! No longer obese, another 25 lbs down--girl, you are doing so fantastic!! I hear ya on weight loss being more fun without an event looming over you. Last time I lost I had nothing but me to focus on, this time, my sister's wedding loomed large and sometimes put quite a damper on my progress. Now that it's over and I survived public speaking (gulp), I have only me to worry about and I am ready for the fun to begin!

Sizzlingina ~ TOM is such a pain! I mean, it's bad enough we have to deal with him showing up, why does he have to throw a wrench in our progress! Ugh! Great job staying the course, TOM will be gone and progress will resume!

BerryBlondeBoys ~ Congrats on making GOAL!!! I hope you're having a blast on your vacation!!

to all the newbies! Unwanted37, CarlaVeg, and EconNerd!!!

Congrats on the losses big and small to EnolaAlone, Kelijpa, Pigeon, MsTibbles, Darius, Hazledust, and Haninhudds!!

Last but not least...

Delphi ~ Girl I missed you too! Wow, you're having a crazy month too! Congrats on the new job!!! I hope you love it! Don't sweat the prevacation weight, it'll come right off! You're getting in some awesome workouts girlie and already the scale is moving in the right direction! I agree with the other ladies, taking in a dress is far easier than letting one out. Just find a dress you love, let them know you are losing and that it will need to be taken in. Some dresses might be more tricky than others, so they'll be able to keep that in mind. Lastly, wanna come clean, purge and organize my house? Please oh please oh please?! It is my very least favorite thing to do and I so very much need to do it!

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SW: 204.2
GW: 199.2

July 1: 204.2
July 2: 202.8 (Yes!!! Take that water weight with thee TOM!!)
July 3: 203.2 Come on man!*
July 4: no clue, was at a hotel without a scale
July 5: 205.6 (GNO bit me in the butt! I drank too much wine and retained like a camel!)
July 6: 202.8 (drank a gallon of water, and flushed all the retention out--whew!!)
July 7: 202.2
July 8: 200.6
July 9: 200.2
July 10: 200.2
July 11: 200
July 12: 199.4
July 13: 199.8
July 14: 198.6* (edited as I had my stats off)
July 15: 199.8* (edited as I had my stats off)
July 16: 199.4* (edited as I had my stats off)
July 17: 199 -- GOAL! Well, for today anyway...between today and tomorrow who know what will happen. Lol
July 18: 199.8 (Told ya! I had some AMAZING pizza at the rehearsal dinner...it was worth the gain! LOL)
July 19: ?? Not sure what happened, I thought I weighed and was down, but I don't have it in MFP
July 20: 199.6
July 21: ?? No scale at my MIL's
July 22: ?? No scale on the road
July 23: ?? No scale on the road
July 24: ?? No scale on the road
July 25: 198.2
July 26: 198.8

I knew I'd see a bump up today, we ate out last night and I had too many chips with my salsa. I stayed under my calories, but the dang salt...oh, not to mention that TOM is still hanging around. However...I can still say GOAL MET so it's all good.

Okay, so let's see...the wedding went well, I didn't end up sweating through my dress while I did my reading , no one passed out or freaked out--so it was great! My sister was gorgeous and my new bil is so sweet! I am so very happy for them. They are currently on their honeymoon and I am now jealous of them. LOL I managed to get every single workout in while being gone for a month and I lost a total of 9 lbs while I was away (as of yesterday). I am also down a pant size!!! The hardest part of this journey, besides having to do it , was how agonizingly slow dropping clothing sizes has been. I know it's because I was pushing the very limits of the seams of my biggest sizes, but still...it hurt to be down 20, 30, 40 lbs without seeing the next size down. Finally 60 lbs in and I am down a solid two sizes. Whew! I am looking forward to finishing out this month and getting a fresh start next month. I have one more vacation at the end of next month, but it's only for a week and if I can do a month and lose, I can do a week in my sleep.

Okay ladies, I am officially all caught up! Now to just keep up! Have a great rest of the day girls!!!

Sandye, thank you, and CONGRATS on making GOAL! It sounds like the wedding was successful and so were you! Great job!

Purple, I'm so glad to hear you're feeling better! Yay on the new 'do!

Good morning ladies!!! I hope this Monday morning is treating you well!

JacquiD ~ Thanks! It was a blast and I definitely kept busy right up until the ceremony started. LOL I had no idea I was going to be doing half of what I did, but I really enjoyed it! It was nice to be busy during our trip, I never got a chance to get bored!

PurpleJ ~ Glad to hear you're feeling better and that you're less hamster'ish!

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SW: 204.2
GW: 199.2

July 1: 204.2
July 2: 202.8 (Yes!!! Take that water weight with thee TOM!!)
July 3: 203.2 Come on man!*
July 4: no clue, was at a hotel without a scale
July 5: 205.6 (GNO bit me in the butt! I drank too much wine and retained like a camel!)
July 6: 202.8 (drank a gallon of water, and flushed all the retention out--whew!!)
July 7: 202.2
July 8: 200.6
July 9: 200.2
July 10: 200.2
July 11: 200
July 12: 199.4
July 13: 199.8
July 14: 198.6* (edited as I had my stats off)
July 15: 199.8* (edited as I had my stats off)
July 16: 199.4* (edited as I had my stats off)
July 17: 199 -- GOAL! Well, for today anyway...between today and tomorrow who know what will happen. Lol
July 18: 199.8 (Told ya! I had some AMAZING pizza at the rehearsal dinner...it was worth the gain! LOL)
July 19: ?? Not sure what happened, I thought I weighed and was down, but I don't have it in MFP
July 20: 199.6
July 21: ?? No scale at my MIL's
July 22: ?? No scale on the road
July 23: ?? No scale on the road
July 24: ?? No scale on the road
July 25: 198.2
July 26: 198.8
July 27: 198 :

*yawn* Trying to get back on IN time and stop staying up and sleeping in so late. The kids sleep cycles are a mess too, so I had to wake them up early even though they were up well past 11:00 (the boys well past midnight), they should be a treat this afternoon.
More cleaning and organizing on the schedule today and then I need to figure out what our week will be like. We haven't seen our friends in a month and the kids are chomping at the bit to bit the library (well, the boys are, the girls want to stay home and play with the neighbor girls ).

Well, that's it for me. Time to finish my water and then it's coffee time!!

Good Morning Everyone It's Marvelous Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I had a great weekend and even exceeded my daily water intake

Have a great day everyone! It's time for more

Back from vacation and it was not fun in the holding water weight department. I was gaining at least a pound a day EVEN WHEN I KNEW I was eating right. I stopped weighing myself halfway through and weighed myself this morning - 24 hours after getting home. I can pack on water/glycogen weight like nobody's business! So, I'm hoping to pee it off these next few days. I had "some" true gain, for sure, but not THAT much!

Start weight: 242.4
Goal weight: 232.4

01: 242.6 (+0.2)
02: 242.1 (-0.3)
03: 241.4 (-1.0)
04: 239.8 (-2.6)
05: 239.1 (-3.3)
06: 238.8 (-3.6)
07: 237.1 (-5-3)
08: 236.9 (-5.5)
09: 235.6 (-6.8)
10: 235.2 (-7.2)
11: 234.5 (-7.9)
12: 235.6 (-6.8) was at a party the night before and ate cake - an instant pound gainer when I do that!
13: 234.9 (-7.5)
14: 233.9 (-8.5) reaching 30 pounds lost since the reboot! Woohoo!!!
15: 233.8 (-8.6) yay! Yesterday wasn't a fluke!!!
16: 233.9 (-8.5)
17: 232.9 (-9.5)
18: 232.3 (-10.1) made goal!!!!
19: 231.4 (-11.0) HOW??????
20: 230.6 (-11.8) What???
21: 232.6
22: 234.6
23:
24:
25:
26:
27: 236.6
28:
29:
30:
31:

BerryBB, good idea to stop weighing since it wasn't an accurate representation of how you were eating. That water will drop back off and then you'll be on your way to more weight loss!

Lovemylife, woohoo on the water! I hope you have a great Monday as well!

Sandye, aw, that's sounds really delightful, the wedding that is, not the sleepy children, lol! It's so wonderful to go on vacation and to see family, etc., but isn't it also nice when you get back home and things just kind of normalize again? I'm glad you had a great time! And congrats on your continued weight loss!!! Fun!

I have dropped another half lb! I don't know if I can make it to goal in just four more days, but my scale sure is giving me its best effort! C'mon scale! Keep going! :

SW: 198.5
GW: 192.5
CW: 193.5

7/1: 198.5
7/2: 198.5
7/3: 198.5
7/4: 199.5 Carb Day
7/5: 200.5
7/6: 200
7/7: 198.5
7/8: 197
7/9: 196.5
7/10: 197
7/11: 197 Carb Day
7/12: 198.5
7/13: 198
7/14: 198
7/15: 196.5
7/16: 196
7/17: 195
7/18: 195 Carb Day
7/19: 195.5
7/20: 195
7/21: 194.5
7/22: 194
7/23: 194
7/24: 194
7/25: 194.5 Carb Day
7/26: 194
7/27: 193.5

Sandye You are an awesome human being!!!!! Congrats on making your goal, talk about being on fire!

Jacqui You're scale looks like it's whooshing, especially considering it's post carb day. You just might hit that goal! And even if you don't, you're still doing incredible.
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This weekend it was slow at work so my fiance and I discussed wedding details and got most of the heavy lifting done. We both really don't like the idea of having the ceremony as part of the wedding, we want it more private and intimate, so we decided we'll do a courthouse wedding (immediate family only) and then a separate reception (close friends and extended relatives). We even picked our venue and we have an appointment set next week to decide if it's a fit for us and if that goes well we'll set the date. So much stress is off my plate now that we have a lot of things ironed out. I kept looking on pinterest for wedding ideas and I felt so overwhelmed. None of it reflected what I really wanted. I also don't like the idea of spending what is nearly equal to a house down payment on wedding. Granted, the venue we're looking at isn't cheap, but they are also all inclusive with bar and catering, and then a courthouse marriage is super cheap.

SW: 196 (6/30)
7/1 - 195.5
7/2 - 196
7/3 - 198
7/4 - 197.5
7/5 - 196
7/6 - 196
7/7 - 195.5
7/8 - 194.5
7/9 - 194.5
7/10 - 193.5
7/11 - 193.5
7/12 - 193
7/12 - 193
7/13 - 194.5
7/14 - 193
7/15 - 193
7/16 - 192
7/17 - 191
7/18 - 191
7/19 - 191
7/20 - 190
7/21 - 189.5
7/22 - 189
7/23 - 188.5
7/24 - 187.5
7/25 - 188
7/26 - 188
7/27 - 188
GW: 189.5 (Met 7/21)

GW: 181.4

July 1: 191.4
July 2: 190.4
July 3: 189.8
July 4: 189.0
July 5: 189.6
July 6: 190.6
July 7: 189.8
July 8: 190.9
July 9: 190.9
July 10: 190.0
July 11: 191.0
July 12: 190.6
July 13: 190.0
July 14: 191.0
July 15: 190.6
July 16: 190.6
July 17: 189.0
July 18: 189.6
July 19: 189.6
July 20: 189.4
July 21: 189.4
July 22: 188.8
July 23: 187.6
July 24: 187.4
July 25: 187.8
July 26: 187.8
July 27: 185.8

I had a nice surprise on my scale this morning, a 2lb drop. We will see if I get to keep it. I am happy though. I really wanted to see another drop this week and I got my wish.

Jacqui D Good for you! You are so right! Anything CAN happen! Your progress this month is amazing.

Purple So glad to hear that you are feeling better! A new hairdo sounds like a lovely way to get a fresh start.

iDream I missed you! So glad you are back. I'm impressed with how well you did while you were on vacation. Congratulations on your amazing loss and being down a pant size!

lovemylife Glad you had a great weekend and good job on your daily water intake!

berryblondeboys I hope you lose your water weight soon! It can be elusive, but it will eventually disappear.

LovelyLeah That is such a wise choice for a wedding. You will eliminate so much stress by simplifying things. Good luck with the rest of your planning.

SW 194
GW 192
NEW GW 190

I made it to my 192 goal! now my new goal is to not go over 190 in July
July 19: 194
July 24: 192 (after a day of fasting)
July 25: 190
July 26: 190.8
July 27: 190

Goal -lose 6

7/1-175.9
7/2-176.0
7/3-174.8 weekly WI -1.0
7/4- 175.2
7/5-178.7
7/6-177.0
7/7-175.8
7/8-175.3
7/9-175.1
7/10- 173.9 weekly WI down 0.9
Camping/music fest no scale
7/14-174.9
7/15-174.8
7/16-175.1
7/17-174.4 weekly WI up 0.5
7/18-175.6
7/19-no scale TOM
7/20-178.0
7/21-176.9
7/22-175.4 inching back down...
7/23-176.4 grr
7/24-178.3
7/25-176.2
7/26-177.2
7/27-175.2
7/28-175.0 whew...going to get as close as I can...

Best to all

Need to catch up on a couple pages, hope everyone is doing well!

Thanks all
Today is SW weigh in and my scale moved down to where it had been before anti-biotics... so hoping for a small loss on paper.

SW 241lb
CW 231lb
GW 231lb

Think it's wise for me to keep my goal at 231lb - not achieving the extra 3lb I'd hoped but still 10lb overall for the month of July is great!

Thanks so much for all of your support - really appreciate it, this thread is fab! you've all done so well too Can't believe it's nearly the end of the month.