Sabrina--I hope youre totally done with your work competition now! Im the same way when i workout--i retain ALOT of water/get swollen for a few days.

I wish i had better news on my part but im still feeling depressed and a little out of control. I overate last night, but not by too much, at least not as much as I had been. I'd like to think it's still PMS, but it's been going on for close to two weeks--so who knows.

The scale was back down from 263lbs to 261.5lbs, so hopefully i'll be back to 260lbs tomorrow for my official weigh-in. It would be better than gaining, but obviously staying the same weight as last week is frustrating.

I hope everyone else is still doing well in this thread!

My final weigh in has been moved to Thursday morning.

RAWR!

I ate on plan all day yesterday... then my dad made brownies for dessert. I was exactly in my calorie range until I touched those stupid brownies. Technically, with the exercise I got yesterday, I was able to fit the brownies into my overall calories and still come out hitting my net calorie count for the day.. but I should NOT have touched them. And this morning, the scale told me why. It said 265.4 lbs.

I drank 144 ounces of water yesterday. My muscles are still sore today from the hard workout I did last night. But brownies are

This is the way I grew up and this is why we're all overweight! Food is reward. Food is comfort. Food is celebration. Food is my way of showing you that I was thinking about you and that I really care.

It's unconscious sabotage. I will not let my father's supposed well-meaning behaviors continue to suck me in. I only agreed to take those extra hours away from my family because having a workout partner and a healthy dinner were the reward for spending time doing something positive for myself and taking control of my health. I'm only going to my parents' house every night because they're supposed to be working WITH me and helping me reach my goals. Brownies do not help me reach my goals!

I will not derail myself. I will not shut down. I will stick to the plan today.

Good for you for having such a positive attitude!!! UGH i cant believe your weigh in got moved!! Youre so close to being done with that though!!

I weighed in at 259--I had to get on and off the scale a couple times, but there it was, and Im taking it after this awful awful week ive had.

Congratulations DCchick on hitting the 250's! I'm totally being left behind by all you girls that are rocking it right now!

All the more motivation to figure out what the heck is going on with my weight so I can catch up to you. It certainly will NOT be this week.. but hopefully I'll get to the 250's before y'all breeze out of there into the 240's.

Dont worry...it will pick up for you again soon! Youve lost 30lbs already! i think a little stall is normal (at least it was the first time i lost a ton of weight) youll be out of here soon!

Hey Sabrina! Let us know how your last weigh in went today!!

Okay.. so Wednesday, the scale read 266 lbs and I almost choked. I'm getting really tired of seeing the number go up.... I did the pool workout yesterday to give my back and my knees a break from the walking/running I've been doing... I've been so freaking sore this week and I know there's massing swelling in my joints.

This morning, the scale said 265 lbs at home. On their scale it read 268.2 lbs - fully clothed and after having my 20 oz coffee. When I started the competition I weighed in on their scale at 269.6 lbs. When I described how the last month has been and how much trouble my back has given me... they were proud that I had 1) maintained and not gained a massive amount of weight; 2) showed consistency in exercise despite having to slow down for pain; and 3) kept journaling honestly, even when it wasn't flattering.

Overall, they think that my attitude was great even though I didn't really show a loss over the course of the competition. They believe I will continue on and do really well in the future because I've got the right mindset, which is a lot more than most people come out of this competition.

It started with 250 people. More than 30 people dropped in the first month.. and another 90 people didn't show up for their final weigh in which disqualifies them... so the fact that I stuck to it, was consistent, followed the program and kept going even without weight loss really impressed them.

We get to attend a final ceremony on August 30th where they'll award the winners of the competition and we'll get goody bags with some stuff in them (we've been getting goody bags all along - a weight loss journal to write in, a water bottle, a thermal lunch box, and today was an exercise resistance band) and they'll be having a raffle for other prizes. So that should be fun. And it'll be nice to see who won and how well they did. They said last weigh in (a month ago) that the progress for the whole competition was over 1,000 pounds lost so far... which is amazing. People did well.. and it'll be nice to see who did.. even if I didn't. Ultimately, I'm just glad it's over.

Yoo hoo! Anyone still here? Or is just me? My body seems determined to sit tight right at the 265 mark. Good news is I'm not gaining, but I'd rather be losing!

I did get kind of lax throughout July on calories, and I'm sure the extreme heat hasn't helped with water retention issues, but I'm recommitted and sticking to my calorie targets again, so I'm hoping to wrap this decade up by labor day.

Even if all my original buddies have gone on to greener pastures (the 250s and beyond!), I'm hoping there are others ready to join me on this thread!

Weighed in this morning at 263. Almost there! Another two weeks and I should be under. Yay!

Way to go, devnet!

Thanks, ilbnj!

Hey Everyone!!

As of Saturday I was at 261.2. I hope by next week I am finally out of the 260's, I've been here forever!!

Lets get to 250!

Hello to all,

It looks like there's been some amazing progress here over the summer! Sadly mine is not one of them. I let myself fall out of my routine over the summer. With the kids out of school doing a million things, I just could not seem to carve out enough "me" time. Well as of today their all back in school, and I went back to the gym. Don't get me wrong I did go alittle over the summer but not on a regular basis.
The last time I posted was in June and I probably have not weighed myself since early July. I hadn't gained or lost at that time, but I'm not counting on that still being the case. I decide to not weigh untill next Friday to give myself alittle time to get back in the swing of things. It felt great going back to the gym today, I never in a million years EVER thought I'd say I really missed excercising, but I did. I felt all my stress just melt away. Anyway, I'm really happy to be back and ready to get to the 250's!!!

Welcome (back), Cajun Moma!

There's just a few of us in here at the moment - pretty quiet, really.

I had been in a major stall - but I think I just broke through and seem to be back to losing. Thursday I weighed in at 263.7, which was an all-time new low. If I can just stay "more" on track, like I've been doing the past few weeks, I'm hoping that I'll be firmly in the 250s by the middle of September.

Thanks ilbnej,
Congrats. on the new low! Your doing really fantastic. I'm hoping I'll get to the to 250's in September also.