Hey, Northern! It's difficult on the weekends, isn't it? Those are my weak times. Ugh, my TOM is winding down, too. Can't wait until I am back to normal. We really are weight-loss twins. It's scary sometimes.

I think I may be joining in here by the end of the week! I've been 179.5lb since yesterday (confirmed today)!

Thaisccs!!!!! Congrats!! You made it, girl! It's good to see your (skinny) face!

Thaisccs: Yay! So glad you'll be joining us!!

Emme: yes, it is scary! But in a good way

I did OK yesterday, but did too much munching on the bag of dark chocolate chex mix I had leftover from Easter. That stuff is so evil!! If you can stick with one portion, it's not soo bad (140 cals for 1/2 cup, if I remember right), but it just keeps calling you back and back for more! I can't buy anymore of that stuff when this bag is gone.

177.. Today I cant wait to get out of the 170s. I did pretty bad today, no breakfast and had pizza lunch for lunch.

Welcome to the thread, Skye! You are almost at the halfway point of the 170s...good for you! I think we all have our "bad" days. I always say that every day is a new day to start over and start fresh. Try to do well for the rest of the day and just start up again tomorrow.

Welcome, Skye!

I can't believe it is Wednesday already...hope everyone has a great OP day!

Having a hard time staying OP this week. Haven't done anything crazy, but I'm starting to get sloppy with my calorie counting and am not giving 100% to my workouts. "Good enough" has been good enough this week. I don't know what my problem is...but I really need a good kick in the butt!

Not feeling too optimistic about WI tomorrow <sigh.> Hope you guys are doing better than I am!

Hi Girls!!! Glad to see you ALL here!!!!

I can finally move on in!! 179.6 this morning. Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Northern ~ Maybe you just needed a little breather from strict calorie counting. Just start fresh today or tomorrow!

Novelista ~ Welcome to the 170s thread! I'm so glad you made it!

Thanks, Emme. I was hoping to stay strict through the end of the month and give myself a bit of a break this summer (I have summers off), but apparently part of my brain thinks its already on vacation! I really want to get to my 100 lbs lost goal, then I feel like I would *deserve* a bit of a maintenance break. Oh, why do we sabatoge ourselves?? I have a feeling I will be in this thread for a looooong time.

Welcome to the 170's Novelista!

178.8lb! So... yay!

My WI was this morning and I'm 177.0, so I'm down 2.2 from last Friday. I dropped my calories slightly this past week and tried hard to bump up my exercise a little. My goal for this weekend is to stay OP and focus!

I hope everyone has a great Friday. Good job, thaisccs!

My WI went much better than expected! I'm at 177.9, down 1.1 since last Friday. Being that I haven't been doing all that great lately (not terrible, but not great), I am definitely happy with this loss!

Thaisccs: congrats! So happy to see you're moving along again. I remember how frustrated you were when you got stuck in the 180's for a while. Here's hoping for smooth sailing all the way to the 160's!

Emme: 2.2!! That's amazing!! way to go, girl!

DH and I leaving for our first camping trip of the year this afternoon...I'm so excited! Hope you ladies have a great weekend