Jigglefree - congrats on the sucessful shopping trip! Isn't it a great feeling when you try something on and it's too big? Oh dear, have to go down a size... bummer...

JD - glad you had a "controlled" weekend. I know only too well that weekends can invite binges - I had an unplanned overeat yesterday, but I got over it and got on with it!

I'm watching the Oscars on DVR - only way to go! Fast forward through all the speeches. I just want someone to get up there and say "Thanks to everyone who ever did anything for me" and be done! And I'm making pizza - I dug out the "Eating for Life" cookbook, which is great because the recipes contain stuff I can easily find in stores, not speciality foods. I'm making the bbq chicken pizza right now and it smells so good! I do wish the cookbook had nutritional facts but it's pretty easy to figure it out as I know exactly what's going into it. I have my food ready for the week, and my workouts planned - I will stick to it this week!

jigglefree: thanks that means alot. I'm trying to take it day by day. And I am very proud of you for meeting your goal and looking sexy in your new sizes. Let's go size 18 and 16 here we come!


KDM: awesome job on the 170's! That is amazing and a huge accomplishment. I may use your meatloaf idea this week. I'm trying to figure out meals that are low cal and the bf will like. Way to go the other night with your aunt at dinner. It's stories like that, help me keep binge free. Keep it up!

misspriss: sorry your stomach is still icky. I hope you feel better. You're doing awesome at your workouts. Congrats on the 2.2lbs!

julesp313: thanks for encouragement. We all have our eating days and being able to pick ourselves up and continue is the best thing of all. Enjoy the Oscars, my mom is a huge buff on watching that. Oh and tell me how the pizza turns out...as I told KDM i'm looking for recipes


Lori: I am very proud of you for how far you've come. Your family is very lucky to have a strong woman like you and we are as well. I hope your DH feels better and you got some good stuff shopping


losing4another: congrats on your shirt being too big! that's a great feeling. good luck with the cookies....kick their butt


fruitlady: I'm here for you! We can do this together. I hope you have a better day.


farn: you rock! seriously you are doing amazing and I wish all the best of luck. Hope your ankle is getting better and better every day.


NightAngel: I can't wait for the pics! congrats on the 1 lb you are soo close. keep it up!


susieyarb: Way to go on the 16's. That a major accomplishment! You will get to 10 in no time....you got it going on!



If I missed anyone else I"m really sorry. I will double check tomorrow. I have to go pick up the bf here shortly. I got all the cleaning and laundry done. I went grocery shopping and got dinner prepared so it's all ready when he walks in plus got his lunch ready for tomorrow. Since he'll get in late he won't make his lunch and then eat like crap the next day. I made turkey burgers and macaroni salad, but put some on the side w/o mayo for me. I wish everyone sweet dreams.

YAY Jiggle!! YOU GO GIRL!!

And, yes Jules, that pizza sounds yummy...could you share the recipe?? Good job having your meals & workouts planned ahead of time!

Jdon-sounds like ur a good gf! lol I pack DH's lunch and he's very appreciative!

New Week Here We Come!!! **Here's to an OP week and a great finish to this challenge!!!**

Thanks jdonata & kdm!


I had a long day of anxiety attacks........But I survived.The weather change is fabulous & scary for me every year. I am having allergies(no big deal I have them yearly) & Asthma issues~(big deal Scares me into anxiety attacks!)But again I survived my day & I am determined to have a better
2morrow.
I didn't reach those 150's But thats ok..I was 161.8 This morning.
Which is amazing compared to my start weight so I can not complain.
Usually after the weekend I get a little swoosh~hopefully into those 150's!
Maybe this week that will happen

Anyways~When I reach my 100 pounds they will still be in my dads memory.

jiggle~CONGRADS on the size 18 & 16!!!
My daughter will 17 On May 17th~My mother's birthday is May 16th so she missed hers by one day.But right on your daughters day.Come on size 16 By May 16th for you!!

Misspriss~that cook book sounds awesome!! May have to check that out too.


Everyone I missed~have a good Monday!!!

Well Again I am sooo tired as I was last night....So off to bed


******************HUGS*******************

ok the lasagna got me over the last 2 days...I had a lot, then we had leftovers and I had it last night too! At least I'll be exercising my butt off throughout the week. Too bad one of my goal days is coming and I'm not OP... we will see how things go....

Thanks everyone. I appreciate all the love.

JD - how was your bf's arrival home? I'm sure he was happy with the welcome home.

Misspriss - Can we get the receipe for that pizza? It sounds really good.

Lori - Sorry to hear you were having a tough weekend. I have never had an anxiety attack so I can't imagine what you went through. But praying it gets better each day.

Okay everyone lets have another on plan day and get some type of exercise in so we push through this last week and three days, gotta get it done!!

The weekend was busy but I'm proud of how I handled it.

Saturday ate out for celebration of daughter's piano festival (she ranked superior!) and she wanted Red Lobster. I got the broiled flounder w/seafood stuffing and was so excited when I got home and looked up the CC - 160!! I went high this day (1900-ish cals) but still did well all told. The family walked around the subdivision that night 2 times which is a little over a mile and a half.

Sunday, had a brunch in Sunday School that I didn't know about (missed last week being in the nursery) and there was NOTHING healthy. One fruit bowl, but all that was left was cantaloupe and I don't care for it. So I just drank about 4 oz of Passionfruit juice. Felt proud I didn't even have an urge to cave in! Did Denise Austin Fit and Lite yoga/cardio/abs and a 1 mile WATP. Calories for the day 1427. I wore a dress to church yesterday that I haven't been able to wear since 2004 size XL! I was afraid it would look out of date, but I wore it with tall boots and it looked current. DD said, "Mommy, I've never seen that dress before." and I told her she had, but she was 3 the last time I was able to wear it!! Several people noticed for the first time that I'm losing weight. I guess since I didn't have my old baggy clothes on??

Already this morning did a different Denise Austin Fit and Lite yoga/cardio/upper body and will do either treadmill or WATP this afternoon. I found this old VHS tape that I'd recorded of Denise Austin's Daily Workouts and F&L several years ago off Lifetime TV. I love her workouts and was sooo excited to find that tape! Need to get hubby to convert it to dvd for me.

I soooo hope I can lose my 4 pounds to my St. Patty's goal!! I'm working diligently to get there! I'm a little surprised how easy it's feeling right now, not feeling deprived or like it's a struggle at all. Yesterday's brunch really proved that to me.

Hope everyone's week goes great and we stay OP and we ALLLLL meet our SP goals!

jiggle~thanx girl! Anxiety attacks feel like your taking your last breath ever. Scary as heck But I am use to having them I am to a point that I have a rough day with them but always survive em. AGAIN CONGRADS ON THOSE NEW SIZES!


As for me gonna try to venture outside today ~it is suppose to get 59 degrees here in OHIO today. With my ashtma ~i know I will have to wear a dust mask But sometimes that doesn't always help...But I am gonna try it anyways...Worst that can happen if it doesn't work then I just got a few weeks till mid & upper 60's & some 70's more than likely & I know I can be out in that type of weather!

Anyways logging out to try to enjoy the weather~Plus hoping that my weigh in later brings me a new low!!!

HUGS EVERYONE~HAVE A BLESSED DAY!

NightAngel: Lasagna is a weakness of mine. when I make it I have 3 huge slices and want more! You are working out and getting back on track you can do it!


Jigglefree: the bf was cranky and tired last night when he came home. I expected that so he went to bed and then this morning a new man! He was very loving and smoochy smoochy lol. Once he got some sleep and woke up seeing everything of his was cleaned and a lunch packed, he was happy. It was hard last night to ignore his crankiness but he had a long drive and long day. How you have a great OP week!

susie: congrats on your dress!

Lori: congrats on your sucess so far! You will make your goal and you have already made so many goals. I hope you have a gread day



This morning the scale was at a good number, my inches are getting less. I'm measuring my waise and hips. I'm going to start doing pilates to tone up my love handles lol. I have a little tuggie left and I want to increase my muslce mass. But mostly I'm feeling healthy and in control of my eating. Come July it will be one year since i've kept off the last 20lbs. In January 2008 I lost the first 20 then kept that off for a year, and then May 2009 I started to lose the last 20lbs which I hit July 2009. I feel if I can keep it off for a year I will be able to keep it off forever! In 6 years I've never kept a weight this long. Well I have alot of studying to do today. I hope everyone has a great OP day.

Good Morning all! Well I had a pretty good weekend the entire time until yesterday....dun dun duuuuunnnn. I usually take sundays as my "cheat day" or basically a day where I allow myself to have things that I wouldn't normally have during the rest of the week. It helps me stay OP the rest of the time and yet I still get to have what I want. However, I think I went a little overboard yesterday...I'm not even going to write down the list of things I had...also i didn't get to my water goal either. So I know i shouldn't have weighed myself today but couldn't help myself. I GAINED 2.5 POUNDS!!!!!!! ugh!! So i'm not going to whine cuz i did it to myself, I'm just going to do get right back on track today and next sunday try to limit myself to maybe ONE treat. haha......

Nightangel: congrats on that pound!!!

fruitlady: I'm sorry to hear about your mom. That has to be tough. Stay strong! And you got these two pounds, I know it!!!

Losing4another: yes it was a phenomenal movie!! A little dark for a Disney film, but you have to expect that when Tim Burton is the director. haha. I will definitely go see the crazies, sounds good and i do like scary movies that keep you entertained. isn't it funny that sometimes our imagination/dreams can be horrifying? Now that's scary how we can dream those things up!! haha. Your daughter sounds like my mom; the first thing she happened to do when i started my diet, was make homemade chocolate chip cookies....I was like are you for real?....I was for sure there was no hope for me and i was only a day into my diet. haha

KDM: yes i completely agree that the "having experience" requirement does suck. It's like you need experience, but how do u get experience if you don't have the experience. you know? it's a crazy circle. haha congrats on the 50 POUNDS!!!!! that is sooo awesome!!!!!!

jdonato: congrats on the good weekend!! I wish i could say the same!! haha.

jigglefree: CONGRATS ON MAKING YOUR GOAL!!!!!!! That is so awesome and you definitely deserve it!!

jules: I watched the oscars too. I agree the speeches get sooo long and boring!! Who's dress did you think was prettiest?

lori: hope you asthma doesn't affect you too much so you can get out there and enjoy the gorgeous day!!!

Everybody else i missed, keep up the good work you are doing awesome!!!!!!! This group rocks!!!

SOMEHOW I'm down 3lbs for this past week! 178.2 (1.6past goal)...I'm starting to worry my battery is going bad! LoL I've never lost that much in a week! There's a scale at work, so I'll compare when I get there...it could be a nice swoosh from TOM, or maybe bc I exercised more, or even bc I upped my calories??? I dunno...but I'll stick w/the exercise AND 1500c/day to see if maybe, just maybe, 1500 is my magic #!!! It'd be nice to start losing 2lb/wk! A girl can hope, right?!?! LoL

night--mmmm, lasagna!! one binge weekend will NOT ruin everything (at least that's how i see it! LoL) **Here's to you gettin back OP**

susie--Good Job w/the weekend!!! 4lbs to go...YOU CAN DO IT!!!

lori--hope you're able to enjoy the good weather!! spring is def. on it's way!!! YAY!!!!

jdon--I totally agree...I lost my first 20 in 08 and kept 15 of that off for a while...then started slowly losing again...I agree that if we can keep little bits off for a while, then once we finally reach goal, it'll help us keep the entire amount off!!! Congrats on the scale & inches!!

farn--I thought the exact thing when I was gettin rejected...how in the world is someone supposed to gain experience if NOONE will allow her!?!?! lol Don't worry about that 2.5lbs...It's ONLY WATER WEIGHT! it will be gone before you know it!!!

**HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE**

Happy Monday everyone! Glad to see we all had a good weekend, for the most part I wasn't off plan, but I wasn't exactly on plan either. I stayed within my calorie limits, strangely enough, but indulged in pizza. I think it helped that it was thin crust with mushrooms and olives and not a deep dish with pepperoni!

1.5 weeks left for the challenge. I'm feeling good even though I'm still retaining something, water maybe? That needs to go away. Starting with some exercise this week, got some walking in on Saturday, hope to get more in tonight.

Good things from here!

Well, I found my box/manual that came with my scale and according to that, my display will saw "LO" when my battery is dieing...so that gave me SOME peace! lol the scale here at work seems comparable given that I'm fully dressed and have eaten bf & lunch...so I guess it's official...I'm in the 170s! LoL

I did WATP High Calorie Burn this afternoon before work and plan to do C25K wk.8 d1 tonight before I leave work...that's a continuous 28min jog...I haven't jogged since Tuesday (I think) so I'm hoping I can do it!! I got a new pair of running shoes this weekend so that should help w/my foot pain...I broke down and bought a good pair..Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10...I just decided I needed a good pair if I'm going to stick w/it ... plus, I used my birthday money that I got early so it didn't "hurt" as much! LoL I'm such a tightwad! haha

Speaking of my Bday, I'm glad this challenge is over on the 17th, bc my bday is the following weekend and I'll be dining out AND drinking alcohol! LoL But, I'll be sure to get that water weight off BEFORE I sign up for the next challenge!!! haha

LORI---what will be our next challenge??? Easter (4/4) seems too close after 3/17 (only 2.5wks) and Memorial Day (5/31) seems too far away (almost 2.5 months)...maybe just an April 30th challenge?? What do ya think??? (sorry, I'm just thinking ahead...I like to plan things out! haha I know, I know, I'M A NERD!!!)

I feel so bad, I blew it yesterday. I gained 2lbs. and now I have 4 lbs to lose for the challenge. I had 960 cal. so far today, that leaves me room for some grapes and strawberries tonight. The weight gain scared me into really sticking with it. I'm so afraid if I don't start controlling myself, I will gain all the weight back that I lost.

well, if I'm shooting for 225 by the 17th, I dunno how well it's going. I did gain weight... I'm naughty sometimes.... we will just have to see. I did for a minute there actually get into one of the two pairs of I've been eyeballing for the goal.