Well done Lil Pixie, that's fab, and Georgiad, so so close, I know a pound is frustrating, even when people say it's not, but you'll defo get there next week!
Look at you touchmytoes, marching down the scales again! And Urthwurm -it is soo exciting to be able to shop again properly isn't it. Ah well Tiara, get right back in the saddle.

So, me for this week, been a bit up and down, but today, am at 185, so pretty pleased with self in many ways, but just really itching to be 12 stone, and in the normal weight category, wish time would just fast forward.

Hope you are joining me Rainbow...we'll call it a tie eh?

This is a fun forum and I wish someone would scare me slim. LOL I have been on a junket of binge eating and am so hungry. Trying to get the carbs out today. Need some exercise. (low impact only) Wish I could get to pool but am such a cold person. Maybe if I dress for sub freezing weather and put my suit(bathing) on 1st? Anyway it is imperative to my health that someone else besides the doctor scares me! My hubby just doesn't get it. Blocked arteries means get off the bad fat. It means exercise and cut down on sugar. Mind if I add this forum to my list and hope to find mt way back here!

2lb loss this week. 1lb more to go to 100lb weight loss! Will update everyone's weights tomorrow well done everyone and well done Ellie! How did you lsoe so much thi sweek after a good loss last week?

Wow, 100 lb weight loss is just incredible! Well done!!!! That's what I need to lose...

I just joined the forum today, is it too late for me to have a mini goal for the end of October?

You guys have all done amazingly can I just say - you're all such an inspiration

I can't wait to get started!

I was very well behaved!! dunno, sometimes it just works, but I do tend to be a little excessive sometimes, and not eat quite as much as I should -which is very bad really. But - also, have a slightly dodgy scales, and sometimes my estimates from it don't match up with the doctor's scales (weighed every second Tuesday) which results in me posting smaller losses from my estimates, and then bigger losses for the week after, which were really from the week before if you follow me.
But after all that, I am actually going to revise this week's loss, as was very bad yesterday, and today seem to be at 187 is TOM, but nonetheless

Rainbow: 216 209 206 - I WILL make it to 100lb loss this week
Pebbles0916: 153.2 152.6 148
Ellie: 192 187 182 -but you did hit 100lb loss before you revised yoru weight so well done My weight's been up and down a lot the last week or so too
Lil Pixie: 167 164 160 2lb well done
Soul survivor: 234 229 224 wow well done!
Taurie: 126 126 121
Touch my toes: 142 138 137
Sophiebean 183 179 175 -well done - only 4lb to target
Urthwurm 158.6 157.8 155
Emmylou 155 153 147
Tiara 249 246 234
Clarelou 162 162 154
Jellybean 237 237 232 welcome 230's were slow for me 220's are much better and quicker
georgiad: 202.5 201.5 197 still so close to Onederland - maybe this week you'll be there
Beescwee 230 230 226? Yes you can still join - welcome - I put you down for 4lb as 2 weeks (well just udner now) left - but you're just startign so 2-4lb is definatly realistic. Let me know if you want me to change it.

Sorry to post so late and not at all last week! I was out of town last week and never found a scale.
Weight as of this morning....151.4!!!!!! The lowest weight that I think that I have ever seen!!!!!
Rainbow....100 pounds that is AWESOME!!!! Congratulations

hi everyone... wow we're all doing sooo well!
i'm late updating too. Today i weighed in at 176! only a pound till i'm no longer obese! yay!!!

Wow congrats everyone!!! Everyone is doing so well!! I'm doing ok...not exercising though, I'm sure I'll see bigger drops and changes when I start exercising. I can't wait until I move and settled in new apartment!! NEXT WEEKEND!! WOOHOO!!!
Keep up the good work everyone!

Weigh In: 157.4

I had gone back up to 159 lbs, and about 3 days later went back down. =)

yea..i thought my scale would never move i am now 245 its just one pound but im glad i dont have to see 246 anymore

well done ladies!

Well i've reached my goal early. 175! no longer obese! yayayayayayay!!

I'm going on holiday tomorrow for a week so my new goal for the rest of the month is to simply keep my weight at 175. I'm never going back to obese again! xx

That's brilliant!

Will somebody please help me? I've just joined the board and really want to get into things, but I don't know what a realistic target to set for each month is. What makes you all decide what to choose each time? I don't want to disappoint myself and end up giving up. I need to be realistic. I just don't know where to start!

Thanks for any help

1-2lb a week is considered realistic weight loss. As you approach your goal weight you may lose much more slowly and all along your weight loss journey some weeks the scales may go down mroe than 2lb and sometimes not at all.

As you're just starting and as your starting weight is 230 I'd aim for 2lb a week. I'm still aiming for 2lb a week now and I'm hoping to manage that defiantly until I'm down to 14 stone but maybe even down to 13 stone but as long we my weight's going down then I'm happy To lose 2lb a week I've reduced calories and I'm exercising 5 or 6 days a week for about an hour. Depends on your body but I never had any problem losing 2lb or more a week in the first few weeks though not everyone is the same. If you don't want to exercise as much then after the first few weeks you may be better to think about aiming for 1lb per week instead of 2.

I try and keep longer term goals in mind as well which help keep me motivated to carry on on the weeks I don't lose as much as I hope - eg. there was a weight I wanted to be by the time we went on holiday and a weight I hope to be by the end of the year (which I've changed 3 times due to losing at a faster rate than I originally expected Currently working on being 14 stones by Christmasish

Wow well done Sophie I'll update your weight (and everyone else's) later this evening. Good luck with staying at 175 When we went away I put on 1lb but 4 days later had lost 4lb so must of lost while away (didn't deprive myself of anything but did have much smaller portions of everything and did do a lto of walking). It was the fear of beign morbidly obese again which motivated me not to eat too much while away!