FPSJ Good luck for the weigh in!

k15 Hope you have a great weekend with your doggies!

envelope I totally hate the puffy finger thing Hope it goes away

jiggle Hang in there. You are handling everything so well. My thoughts are with you still.

~Feeling pretty happy and excited this morning, I made my Valentine's Day weight goal today! I'm at 65kg / 143.3 pounds. That's also 2/3rds of the way to my long term goal - however I'm thinking I may need to revise it lower once I get there...but I'll see when it happens!

lori- I love that name you have for me, it's so funny! Welcome to size 0 & 2's, you are doing an awesome job. I should name you itsy bitsy Lori, lol
I wear 0's & 1's, your the same size as me.

This is my second day of going back to dieting, it's going well. Had 1233 cal, rode the bike for 30 min & went 7 mi. Lost 3 oz. after 1 day of dieting so that means my weight is going down & if I know my body as well as i think, I'll lose more by morning. I get so scared when the scale is creeping up, I've been through it twice before, I know how quickly I can gain all the weight back. I'm older & wiser, I know what works now, what food to eat, how to raise my metabolism to burn calories like crazy. I have all my little tricks, they work like magic. I miss being 105 or 106lbs, I loved how I felt, often I think how much I would love to be there again. If my body allows it, that's what I plan to weigh by spring. Good luck to all!

rainbow - how did the dinner go? Congrats on the Vday weight goal!!!

k15 - my dog hides when I try to take her for a walk.

jiggle - (((hugs)))

I am still slightly puffy today, but it is going down. I did get myself back on the elyptical yesterday, and it felt great!

Saturday: 955 calories. 1 hour spin class.

My calories were so low because I was running around most of the day and didn't have time to eat. There was a "fun fair" at my son's school but none of the food was remotely tempting to me. Now that I'm losing, albeit slowly, it's much easier to stay on plan.

Didn't sleep well because cramps kept waking me up, so I may just take it slow today, but will at least try to get some time on the elliptical.

envelope, glad you're feeling better today. Activity usually helps, and getting down as much water as you can stand.

fruit, you will do great. I plan to keep checking in to this site daily even once I hit goal. I used to do Weight Watchers, and would start gaining once I stopped going to Lifetime meetings, then I wouldn't want to go back..vicious cycle. This site will be my accountatbility.

rainbow, freaking awesome that you hit goal already! Are you going to set another short-term one now, or wait until V-Day and re-assess? I'm hoping we have another challenge after this.

jiggle your mom sounds like a beautiful person. I'll be thinking about you and your family.

k15 and fpsj, hope the scale is good to you tomorrow.

lori, you rock!

Morning, ladies.

Nothing much new to report here, just a typical winter weekend. Really starting to get cabin fever!!

Rainbow: congrats on getting to goal so early!

Jiggle: still thinking about you.

Everyone else: sorry I don't have time for more personals, but I've gotta run. Hope you're all having a good weekend!

My third day of dieting went good again, lost 2.5 lbs.total since I started. Probably water weight, but I'll take it. Had 1305 calories, went 35 cal. over my limit cause there's so much fruit here to eat, that's the way I like it, a variety to choose from. I ate a blood orange today for the first time, somehow I ended up with it by mistake. It was good, I will buy more next week. Rode the bike for 30 min. after breakfast. Riding longer just causes more hunger for me later in the day, so 30min. is perfect. I'm craving peanut butter again today, purposely didn't buy it, I'm too lazy to make it, so I'm good. Thinking of eating a few dry roasted peanuts tomorrow, maybe that will help the cravings.

Well, happy last day of January!

So I have to confess I lost focus a bit over the weekend. Didn't go totally crazy, ate what I normally eat on the weekend (typically higher than what I eat during the week, but still below or at least at my maintenance caloires.) But I didn't count, and I didn't exercise. Honestly, I was kind of bummed over only losing a lb last week when I thought I did "good". Yes, I know this kind of thing happens, it will pass, it's better than gaining, blah blah blah...but well, we all know how it feels. Just seems like no matter what I do (if I'm "good" or if I slack) I always lose a pound. So might as well slack, right??

Anyway, it's Monday, it's almost the end of January (thank GOD!) and I am going to get over my pity party and get back to being fully OP this week. New month, new attitude! 2 more weeks in the challenge and I plan to give it my best effort!

I gained .5
Bummer because I've been steady all month! Darn. It.
I plug onward and upward!!!!!

As expected, my weight was up this morning: 124.4. I ate ludicrous amount of sodium over the weekend, so I know this is part of it.

Planning to weigh in again on Thursday, will report back.

Now, time to drink LOTS of water......

Good luck everyone!

So apparently making my goal early gave me the permission to go off plan yesterday. Not too crazy, but nothing really good - aside from the carrot sticks. I ate fries and a super salty steak sandwich, and had far too many alcoholic drinks (I was at a music festival).

I am back on track today though, counting everything religiously. I am glad I have that willpower and commitment.

Sunday: 1435 calories. 45 minutes on the elliptical(280 cal)

Another storm heading this way - some of you may be dealing with it already. Will probably have to work from home tomorrow as schools may be delayed. 2 more weeks in this challenge, and trying to lose another 2 lbs.

WooHoo!Down 4 pounds. So my total for the challenge is 13 lbs.1 to go.

Thanks for all the support ladies! You rock!

Monday: 1210 calories. 35 minutes on the treadmill, 1.5 of them continuous jogging. Decided to run a 5K in April - I'm halfway there!


k15, 13 lbs? Amazing!!

fatpantskinnyjeans- I gain water weight so fast. Try eating lots of citrus fruits for a couple days, it really helps to rid the water. I read it somewhere so I tried it, it worked.

Did good, had 1320cal., over by 50 though. Had to have some peanut butter, only a half serving which is a victory for me. Weight stayed the same, that's ok. Rode the bike for 32min, went 7 mi. All in all an ok day.

Just quick check in~Cause I am on a mission~ A looney one~ but a mission LMBO! I am gonna go take pics in some bikinis I bought at the end of summer to see how close I am to a bikini ready body~Cause even though I am not a swimmer (I can't swim LOL) I made it my goal for this fall/winter to get my body nice & toned enough to look good in a bikini! I am getting close ~I HOPE & THINK Who knows I will see soon! LMBO~Well off to do this while everyone is asleep~I hope the hubby doesn't wake up~he will think I am nuts trying on bikinis & taking pics In the middle of the night~But I need some privacy...LMBO~Wish me luck.~ Will do personals another time......EVERYONE TAKE CARE!!! OH & wish me luck the kids don't wake up either while I am doing this ~it will haunt them forever! hehehee! ~Cutesy fruitsy~Just call me Little Looney Lori!(LMBO!)