Happy Birthday!!! Have a great day!

Hope you have a wonderful Day as well! Yesterday I photographed my friends Grad / senior portraits and I also made his GF tag along I have been so busy the past 6 months with newborns and little kids that I forgot how much fun it was to photograph people that can understand your instructions.. I gotta do this more often.

Of course with a big high comes a big low, I have just been sick as a dog all night and morning, not sure if its from rolling in the grass and stirring up god knows what in the grass, or something I ate.. or I don't know. ...

2ride - Don't worry about giving blood.. I am sure I lost at least a pint or 2 to the mosquitos yesterday.. and although faint.. and lumpy I think I will survive.

OK back to bed I go.

Congrats to everyone for making it one more week!
Had WI#2 this morning -3lbs w/ 5 inches gone

After the week of stomache issues, OK not pooping TMI I was very happy with those numbers.

2 weeks and 11lbs gone plus feeling great and having all of you for support what more could a girl ask for?!?

Good morning all..or afternoon for some of you...

Well..day3.. i finally hit day 3 of phase 1...and today i woke up without hunger pangs..Praise God!! Cause i had horrible hunger pagns for the past two days..and now..there GONE!!! YAY!! So happy! Finally got used to the shakes(alternative) I found adding cinnamon helped cut the extra sweet taste im getting from the stevia in it..

I still feel tired..but overall..way better than the past two days..i think were looking up..

Oh and i wasnt supposed to check my weight cause i told my hunny to hide the scale..but i cheated and used my wii fit board last night..and it told me i lost 2.2 kg..or 4 pounds.. My BMI moved from 39 down to 35..crazy hey?

Anywho.. i hope everyone has a great day and happy losing!

Wow!! I didn't know there was such a thing as "food dream stage". Glad to know I'm not losing it! ha! But in that case, can't wait to dream tonight.....hopefully pizza!

Don't pass out Jo!!! Take it easy!

WTG...congrats!! You've lost exactly the same amount I have but I've lost it in 5 weeks. Keep up the great work!!

Me neither! At least I didn't know it was considered a "stage"--I've been through it though! Yogurt/berries/Fiber One Cereal!

I know what you mean about the year going by so fast. My little princess will be a year old on the 17th. It's gone by so fast. I'm headed back to work in 3 weeks after being off for over a year. Happy birthday to your nephew!!

Happy Friday All--hope you have a grand weekend planned!

Sunshine on the horizon here--yippee! 6 mile run on tap tomorrow (Half Marathon next weekend).

I'm now ordering/wearing size Women's Small race shirts and not only does this size fit me better on top (shoulders) it is now "slipping" over my hips!

I love the IP program/results and I'm one of the very slooow losers (less than 2 lb. average per week)--so hang in there everyone. You are all doing GREAT!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU....HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR STACY....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! Have a wonderful day Stacy. Today is also my step mother's birthday and if I was still married, it would have been my 16th wedding anniversary. But I've moved on and have a much better life now. Have a good one Stacy!!!

I haven't hit the "dreaming of food stage". When has everybody usually had this happen?

Ok well we are off in the morning, going out of town to my dad and step moms house. They have bought a new house and having been moving since yesterday. So we are going to help them. They have no idea I'm doing IP. And I haven't seen them for about 2 months. I'm wondering if they will notice. I will have to tell them once I start eating differently then them. I'll have to plan my meals tonight for the next 2 days. Hopefully they will make something healthy for dinner saturday night. Or maybe I'll just bring my own chicken too...lol. Well wish me luck for the weekend. I plan on staying OP but I just hope they don't give me a hard time.

I have to tell you a short story about my step mother. She probably weighs 90 lbs soak and wet. And has always been that way, give or take 5-10 up or down. My whole family (aunts, uncles and cousins) have all had a problem with weight. Obviously it runs in the family. And when she came along, she always got alot of attention because she was alot smaller than the rest of us. And she's always making deserts and fatty foods to make everybody else around her FAT. And everytime I've tried to lose weight, she's always tried to discourage me saying I look good and I don't need to lose the weight. Just to make herself look good. But she also has alot of emotional and mental problems, issues! I'm pretty sure she is anorexic/bulemia. But of course nobody could ever say anything. So I'm just wondering what she will do once she seems me 23 lbs lighter. I'm not gonna let her take me down this time. If I have to, we (my kids and husband) will just go out for dinner and I'll be able to order what I want.

Anyways, I'm a little anxious about the visit and all but like I said, plan on staying OP. Plus my hubby is very supportive of me and tells me I'm getting skinnier every day. So, I hope everybody has a great weekend.

Happy BIRTHDAY Stacy!! I hope that your family spoils you rotten