Good Morning,

I'm down a pound this week, which puts me on track for my 4 pound challenge. Today is my daughter's birthday party so I'm glad I got that little boost to help keep me focused on my goal.

Serina, I am so sorry to hear about your sick baby. I feel just awful whenever my daughter is sick or hurt and it must be very stressful for you. I hope the doctors figure out the problem soon!

Congratulations to all you losers AND to all you pluggers who are not seeing results on the scale at the moment. It's great to come here and be inspired by those who are losing. But it's also great to see folks working at their goal even when the scale is being coy (I've certainly worked hard at times only to see the scale go up!). Stick to it, and the loss *will* come when it's ready!

Ciao,
-Deborah

Thought I would check in. I am totally up for this challenge! I normally weigh in on Monday morning and will do so tomorrow morning but will start weighing in on Saturday as you all do. I guess I missed that Gennel, not sure why, otherwise I would have weighed in yesterday.

You all seem like a GREAT bunch of ladies and I look forward to getting to know you. CONGRATULATION'S to all of you for the weight loss! You all have done so well, I'm hoping to do the same.

Serina, so sorry to hear about your little one. I always hated seeing my children sick. I too hope the doctors find out what is wrong, take care.

Hope everyone has a GREAT day!

Good morning everyone. It is nasty here! After highs in the 70s most of last week, it is 29 today. YUCK! So there will be no walking in the park today. Thanks for the well wishes for my dd. Looks like we'll be back at the drs tomorrow. We're regulars! So I'm going to sit in this house all day. I'm going to paint my toenails. Doesn't that sound exciting? Take care everyone and happy losing!

I am a little confused!! I weighed in last week at 205. Used 205 as my starting weight for this challenge, and set my goal at a loss of 8 lbs! Well okay, so I did the same as usual on my eating all week last week, went a little over on my calories on both Saturday and Sunday, but I did not go crazy!! Didn't get as much exercise as I should have last week I admit that but why oh why did my scales read 207 this morning??????

I got a great workout yesterday, we did yard work from about 12:30 until 4:00PM. I was worn out last night! I don't get it!!??!!

Well, I hope everyone else is ding better than I am! Welcome Angel, congrats on the up coming wedding!!

YOYO Mom, I hope you don't mind but I would like to borrow your saying " Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels!", I love that!!

Paula, I had the same thing happen to me a few weeks ago. I haven't lost weight well ever since either. I have no idea what caused it either.

Hi, Trying to get back on track here. I am signing up for classes at a Pilates Studio. I will let you all know how it goes. These classes are supposed to be great for toning muscles. We have lots of tempting treats in our office this week it is hard to resist. You guys are doing awesome. It's inspiring to hear all of your successes every week.
Claire

I think I am going to have to make a cheat sheet with everyones names on it so I can keep track of everyone now. WOW this thread is really rockin' and rollin'.

I thought it might be good for me to test my body fat again today. Lets just say it wasn't a good idea so I will do it again next week to make sure that I was doing it right.

Well...I had planned to have a bowl of soup for lunch, but the company where I work is buying lunch for everyone since it's one employees b-day. I guess they do it for everyone. Anyway, sometimes they give us a menu and we can choose whatever we want. This time, they're ordering chicken. I don't know what kind or what is coming with it. I just hope I can eat in moderation!
Unlike yesterday, when I took my daughter to the movies and we snarffed down mass quantities of popcorn, junior mints, and milk duds. I didn't realize just how bad I'd binged until dd said, "Mom, I only ate about 5 of those milkduds and now there are only 2 left." And we're talkin' the giant movie size ones. She only had about 3 of the junior mints! I can't imagine where the rest of them went
Here's to better days!

Jen
238/228/140

Hey all,

I did pretty well yesterday despite the party. I skipped breakfast and lunch which I know is dumb in general but I figured would be OK for a special occasion. I've sworn off sweets for Lent so the cake and ice cream were off limits anyway. Didn't have any KFC, but I did have a few ribs and a handful of Jax as well as some (well, OK, lots of) sushi. Sushi isn't the wonder diet food I used to think it was since I know white rice has a high glycemic index, but I gotta figure it's still better than KFC (as you can tell, I'm not a low-carber). Still, I don't know how many cals I ate total so I claimed yesterday was a wash.

For those of you whose scales are being uncooperative, that is why I count calories when I'm trying seriously to lose weight. I know my weight losses are completely overwhelmed by random water fluctuations depending upon time of day, time of month, recent salt or coffee intake, bulkiness of recent meals, etc, etc, etc. Also, by counting calories, I know the scale shows more early weight loss than is real and I try to set my expectations accordingly for the inevitable plateau or bump up in weight. When that happens, I can see my loss total according to my calorie calculations still climbing and the total I log has never yet caught up to what I was seeing on the scale (though I could be stalled for weeks if not months). So, in fact, although my goal for this month is 4 pounds, I'm really telling myself that the goal is a 14K calorie deficit according to my logging, and the scale be damned. That's what works for me; YMMV.

But even if you don't count calories, just stick to it and keep the faith. If you are eating less than you are burning, you will see results even if your progress according to the scale is bumpy. You have real weight loss success already to be proud of. Keep at it!

Paila, of course I don't mind your borrowing my sig. I got it from 3FC (and I also love the saying I heard here: "A year from now you'll wish you started today!").

I hate when people comment about my weight..be it noticing a loss or a gain. I just feel like people are invading my privacy when they ask me if I have lost weight. Is that weird?

Clarita, I am the same way. When I lost all of my weight the first time I got so sick of people talking about it and pointing it out. I caught myself all the time covering my stomach when people would start to talk about my weightloss because it made me so self conscious.

The worst people are the ones who will go up to people and point out a weight gain to them like they don't know they have gained weight. It is so rude I would love to smack them.

My sister-in-law cooked a huge awesome dinner last night and I totally binged. Yum. So today I tried real hard to keep calories low and I think I did alright. We have no sweets in the house right now, that helped. And no beer. I'd like to keep it like that for a while, although the kids will protest about sweets and DH about the beer. Too bad, family. I did make the mistake of skipping breakfast. I had a bagel for lunch and then at about 4:30 I crashed. My blood sugar must have been all messed up because I felt dizzy and sick in general. I had a BIG snack of good stuff like raisins and nuts and then I felt better. I think I've had way too much sugar in my diet lately so I'm going to concentrate on reducing that.
Bad news about my knee, it seems to be getting worse and worse. My husband thinks my miniscus is torn and is falling apart. Although at this point in my life it's hard to find time to run, it has been a favorite pass time of mine. I hope my running days are not over. I am seroiusly thinking about a triathlon at the end of the summer. 500 yds swim, 11 mi bike and 3 mi run. It's with in my reach, as long as the knee is OK. We'll see!

Claire,

It is *not* weird to feel awkward when people ask if you have lost weight. But try to cut them some slack; they are probably trying to be nice and/or supportive. Now, the ones who comment on weight gain have no such excuse. I've never had any of that (except from DH, and he has gotten as good as he's given) except the one time my SIL asked if I was pregnant (and I wasn't).

-Deborah

It's only Tuesday! I am ready for this week to go on by! Why I don't know, maybe it's because I was lazy again this morning and skipped my work out, slept right through it! Oh well tomorrow is another day!

I agree about people making comments about weight loss! In one way it is nice if it is someone who knows what you have gone through, and says it as a serious compliment! But if it is someone I barely know, it does make me feel funny!! Almost as if they are saying it's about time! It is a sticky situation!

Y'all have a good OP day!!

Apple be careful with that knee. One of my members runns marathons and he has to get shots in his knee almost evry month b/c he wont stop running. His wife is worried that one day he wont be able to walk very well. I am just worried about you so take it easy.

Sometimes I think that the people who tell me that I look like I lost weight are just trying to find something to say. If they have top try that hard I would much rather them not say anything at all.

I didn't make my workout this morning either Paula. Don't feel bad. I am going to try to do something this afternoon. I did go for a walk yesterday but my shins were hurting so I coulnd't run. I only went around the subdivision once so that is a mile. I did have a major mess up once I got home though. Joe wasn't home and I had one of my bindging episodes. I am so upset at myself! I sat down with a box of chocolate covered macadamia buts and I think I must have had about 15, and these things were not the size of a M&M peanut either. I am trying not to tear myself apart because of iut because the damage is already done. I just can't beleive I was falling back into the same old habit.