Dance - I can HONESTLY say that I am beyond proud of you. More so that anyone else in the forum (no offense, because everyone is trying their best and doind well)...but, you are just killing it. You hardly ever go off track and ALWAYS incorporate a work out. You are definately my inspiration (and frenemy (in regards to the challenge, lol)).

Mygrits - I can totally relate with the sleep apnea, that makes a lot of sense now that you explain it. My doctor swore I had sleep apnea so I had gone for test and sure enough...yupper, but not too bad. In fact, once I dropped 20 pounds the issues were pretty much gone and I stopped snoring...lol, thank god.

Neesy - ugh! That totally sucks on the food front. Funny story...I went to the farmers market this past weekend and loaded up on fruits and veggies, then I went and left it in the plastic bags for 2 days, well, Monday morning came around and I forgot the asparagus has to be to be cold...well..it RUINED all my other fruits and veggies. So my shopping list budget, went up significantly. Oh well...what to do...what to do. I hope you are budgeting a trip to the gym today with all those errands, lol

Lindy-I did get back to 30ds today. PLUS I did level 2. It is a bit tougher, but I found that I didnt have to follow Anita through the whole thing, which I was proud of. I did 5 days at level one. Not to say I wont go back to it, just needed to switch it up today.

Dance-yay for being down a lb. And I am sure your "before" pics arent as bad as you think. I am posting mine at 221, you are 177, come on girl.

Neesy-hope you get your fridge fixed. But good that you are renting so you dont have to go out and buy a new one. Keep your self busy and time will fly by.

Mygrits-too bad about the rain but at least you got your workout in upstairs, now where are those pics??

So here goes nothing, I HATE these pictures but I am posting them because by 11/1, I know I will be smaller!!!

YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kudos Burundy for mustering up the courage to post the pics...we can all do this girls, I know its hard but we will all have something to look forward to when we post our "after" pics. And Burgundy ...I knew you would go back to 30DS..cause your awesome like that, lol.

Burgundy! I know how hard it is to post pics. Well it was for me. You are going to do great!

Burgundy - good for you for posting pics! I will do some tomorrow since you're setting such a good example : ) And way to go on the workouts!

Lindy - : ) You just didn't know me the 110 times I tried to lose weight but gave up after 5-10lbs and gained it back! Eventually you decide to do it for real, I guess and you guys are such a huge help in sticking to it!! And totally amazing that the sleep apnea went away with weight loss - clearly our bodies are happier with us when we're lighter and they keep telling us about it in all different ways.

Okay - we are now entering the diet-dangerous evening period. Good luck to everyone in the war against the munchies! I'm off to do some volunteer stuff then I'm planning on tilapia, broccoli and whole grain couscous. Oh, and a bubble bath. Hope you all have a skinny night!

Boy.. it was stressful taking this pictures but I know I will look much better by November 1st. I just can't wait. So far I've been eating well. I haven't gotten to the gym yet but I've been exercising in my living room. I'm going to go do laundry (some gym clothes) and will go to the gym first thing in the AM. Talk to you guys later.

(I couldn't figure out how to add my pics. It gave me error messages. So I just put them in a word doc. The picture quality sucks too.. I had to use my cell. I have been looking for the usb cable to my camera forever. ugh)

Neesy - you did it girly! Yay! I love the bathing suit, lol.

Dance...good job with your dinner selection. I absolutely LOVE cous cous, its one of my favorite things to eat even when Im not on a diet. I did so good tonight, I had 3 chicken kabobs and got hungry after my one and half hour workout at the gym so I came home and had a skinless chicken leg. I just finished 30DS and am sooo tired, Im going to bed tonight.
Good luck girls!

Neesy- Cute suit!

Dancer... You know, if you really want to invite me over for dinner you don't have to beg =) haha J/k. Sounds great.

Burgundy- I forgot to tell you that you have an adorable boston terrier!

Lindy- You are a wonderful supporter <3

Dancer: You are doing so well...keep up the great work! As far as the other times you fell off the horse - those don't matter now that you are more than half way to your goal!

Neesy: Hope the fridge gets fixed quickly. The same thing happened to me a year ago, luckily we had some super coolers that kept everything cold until the repairman showed up.

Sandy: Hopefully you and your husband can make a compromise on your nightly cooking. I know it's hard for me to eat healthy when the hubby is having pork chops slathered with bbq and mashed potatoes. I told him that I'm not buying the cookies, chips, etc for him anymore...he doesn't need it and Madeline doesn't need to learn bad habits early.

Burgundy: Way to go on Level 2 of 30DS! Impressive. Kudos on posting the pics...I still have yet to take pics. My camera is MIA since vacation and I gotta find it.

For me...went to the gym last night and worked with the trainer. She kicked my butt, that's for sure. Lots of abs exercises. She worked me from the abs down. I joked with the trainer that I had to be able to walk today! It was a loooooong hour! Not too sore today, we'll see how it is tomorrow. I do want to go to the gym tomorrow night as well.

Biggest news: I have now lost 30 pounds! Wahooooooooo! I was starting to get discouraged that the scale wasn't going down, and then it did. I saw some old friends today and they even mentioned that I was looking good. That made me feel good. And, we went to Olive Garden. Had Minestrone soup and salad with very light dressing. Not too shabby. We had a b-day in our dept. today which means junk food, and all I had was a small plate of fruit and less than 1/2 of a mini bagel. I found that I wasn't enjoying it, so I threw it away. Before this diet, I would have eaten it without giving it a second thought.

Hope you are all doing well...back tomorrow!

Ok here are my pictures...........UGH! This truly sucks!

Ok, for some reason it wouldn't take the side photo, so here it is.

Ok, I wanted to write before, but my pictures kept messing up, so I figured I better get those done.

Dance, you really are an inspiration for all of us, because you always seemed to stay on track!

Neesy, cute suit and kudo's for loading your pictures!

Burgund, kudo's for loading your pictures, and I know you and I are going to kick this thing in the butt!!

Maddie, I so wish I had a trainer to kick my butt. I am so proud of you going through that pain! LOL.....

Lindy, your right. If he could lose even 20 lbs the Sleep Apnea would improve tremendously. I just need to set the example and pray he can get a handle on it for both our sakes. Bye the way, thank you for listening.

Today was good, however I didn't get my workout in.......damn. Well, tomorrow morning I will have to do double time!!

Nite all!

Maddiesmom- Congratulations! You're doing awesome! By the way, got my fridge fixed. Yay!!

Grits-Thanks! You too!

Lindy & AJ- Thanks for the compliments! Hopefully it will look a lot better in a couple months!

Burgundy-We're about the same weight. We can do this! I like a little competition!


I just got done with my laundry. I had 10 loads!!!! Jeez. I won't let it back up like that ever again. I can say that I got my workout in. I live on the third floor. So I had to take a million trips to my car. ugh I'm whooped. Going to bed now. Goodnight!

Here come my before pics