Thank you Regina for the encouragement and support. We've all reached a point where we've either taken a step backward or feel our accomplishments arent enough. One good thing with this group is we can all be proud to be LOSERS! Maybe not as fast as we want, but we will all be losers in 2006!
i took a big step backwords this week to - 5lbs! I hurt my back, so no trips to the gym. Sit in front of the TV and eat isnt good! Short walks are my limit - I'll start over again.
Good luck to all of our loser sisters this week - may it be a good one!

Honestly I think we ahve all been there at one point or another. I know for me I am still there. Sure I went to the store and bought all the good food I needed and yes I will eat it but mentally for some reason I am just not ready to start. I thought I was for this Monday but I am not. I know that setting the goals is a good thing but for me it scares me because I feel like if I fall once then I'll never get there which in my case has been just that. I need to pride myself that I haven't made it back to my heaviest which is 210 but if I keeping eating a bunch of crap then I am destined to get there real soon. I don't consume a lot of food in a day but what I do eat isn't all that and a bag of chips...nothing but caca stuff but it sure takes good. I think we all just need to take it day for day and live each day to the fulliest and if we screw up we suck it up and move on. Once day we will get to our goals it may take forever but we are not going to give up that's for sure.

Right on!! Your words are awesome and that is the truth we will all be LOSERS in our weight loss journeys duirng 2006 . For some they might get there sooner but that is o.k. because we all have one another and we are going to get each other there. I am so excited that we have all found one another here.

Regina good for you!

I need to get my act together....finish my resume...and then I can send it off.

Congratulations on the weight loss Amanda Mae. And Congratulations to you too GoofyGrl on your new job. Starting a new job is very exciting. I can't wait to get started in mine. They still haven't given me a start date, but I think it will be about June 5th. My last day at my old job was April 28th so the wait is killing me. I'm really looking forward to the challenge!! I feel like I'm starting my life over again - new state, new apartment, new job, new weight loss. Well I hope everybody has a great Memorial Day weekend!!

I forgot to tell y'all about the excitement that's been going on. We drove from Texas to Virginia May 15th - 18th. Then we moved in with my in-laws while our townhouse is getting ready. Well Saturday was my daughter's 4th birthday. She had a birthday party with her 6 cousins (ages 9 years - 1 year old twins) on Sunday. Between lunch and birthday cake the kids went out to play in the backyard. Somehow, Bre managed to fall down and her oldest cousin fell on top of her. We thought she was just bruised, but we ended up taking her to the emergency room that night and found out that she had a fractured elbow. She's been in a soft cast since then, but she seems to be healing well. Well I'd better go now. Bre wants to play on the computer. I can't believe that my 4 year old is already getting better on the computer than I am : )

ouchy for Bre....luckily lil ones have tendancy to bounce back way faster then moms and dads...Both boys have broken a couple of bones each,,,the first time I was in tears and in worse shape then he was...but seriously it does get better (hate to say that but true) I don't panic anymore,.,, Im pretty cool and calm. I feel like my oldest really taught me alot about parenting,,,the youngest child is so easy to raise,,,I figure when hes older he will do his *stuff* hes 13 right now,,,I keep him so busy he can't get into trouble...lol

anyways how are you all doing? wearther is dark and dreary...rainy. Ive been eating pretty clean. Need to exercise more. I have been tie dying tees for a friend who is stage managing HAIR. Saw it tonight and it was well graphic. *gulp...feel like I am such a prude in away. I was so uncomfortable with the a few scenes,,,was squirming in my seat...lol
well off to bed I go...
night all

Being at my parent's house in DC has been great for me as far as exercise. Since driving and parking are such a hastle, we walk everywhere . Today we went to the zoo to see the pandas. We had a great time. I wished I had my pedometer with me because I know I was racking up the steps. Tomorrow is my last day here. Then it's back in with my in-laws until Friday . I can't wait to get into my own place!! I'm psyched for Monday's challenge, although starting on a holiday will be quite interesting .

Good evening ladies,

I am definitely ready for the start of our challenge. I am totally psyched about this. I will be attempting WW again with our challenge, but I am hoping I can stay on the wagon and all. I am getting ready to start my new job and I would like to follow through on this as in the past when I was on WW my co-workers knew it and saw me when I fell off. I want to go into my new job with a positive outlook with my weightloss and I am going to keep it to myself as I don't want to come across as a talker since I have been that way in the past....I want to be a doer. I am definitely afraid to step on the scale tomorrow as I know I have gained some weight, but that is o.k can't blame anyone but me. Funny though since I haven't been doing anything the scale has been of no importance to me, I don't step on it hardly at all, not as much as I use to.

My goal for this challenge is to drink my water, write in my journal, and to exercise...establish some sort of routine you know.

I am wishing all of my sistas good luck on the challenge, don't be afraid of any
gains that may or may not occur. We are all doing this together and we will succeed. Happy Water Drinking

Most Importantly Stay True to yourself.

where are you Cassy?

Amanda Mae,,,that is fantastic about your loss....

Walking around the zoo can rack up the steps,,,what a great way to exercise without feeling like your exercising...lol

Regina,,,you sound all syched up,,,so are you joining a WW in your neighbourhood or online? I found that I succeeded more if I did each meeting,,,

Still feeling good about no sugars,,,have had a couple of things but didn't go nuts with anything,,,just doing my thing,,,and feeling good.
well im off to bed,,,early night ,,,my youngest son and I are going to Inxs concert tomorrow...