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from MIL2 (curtis' stepmom) and Gma Svenn, i got a set of hot pink and black tools, and a women's prayer book.

then they left and i opened one from a friend of my mom's, an honorary aunt if you will, she had it tied with multiple difficult ribbons. inside was: a pack of amp energy drinks for the wedding night, a gift card to applebees, and $75 in visa gift cards.

after that i opened the one from another honorary aunt, and it was a gift certificate to a spa for a massage and mani/pedi.

then i opened mom's gifts... from mom i got a gorgeous photo album for my wedding photos, two books, one titled "great sex" the other "the art of sensual massage" (i love my mom haha), as well as a certificate stating that i do not have to pay rent (the parents are the landlords) for the summer after i'm married and before i move.

from MIL1 (curtis' mom) and his sister i got bride/groom travel mugs w/ lids that keep drinks hot or cold, as well as a stove top popcorn popper, and 4 big plastic popcorn cups

Mandy -- What cool and clever gifts! I was thinking you might already have a lot of household things, so how great to get stuff you can use. Good thing you got the sex book so you'll know what to do and I love the energy drinks! Free rent is always a nice one too!

April 30: 251.0

1: 251.6 (damnit! 0.6 gained? Went for a 6 km hike yesterday burning 2731 calories and only ate 1400-1500 calories that day. I'm hoping it's just retention caused by dehydration b/c I didn't pack enough water, and because TOM is approaching. We'll see what it is tomorrow. I think I should step it up with the exercise now that I'm heading into my 3rd week.)
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2:260 -3.o I think there's such a big difference because yesterdays weigh in was later at night. Today's is before food.
3:260.6 +0.6 D: dangit.. just gotta work harder today
4: AWESOME -_- the batteries just died on my scale today. greeeat.
5:258.0 -2.8 I must be doing something right. 5lbs in 5 days..that seems unusually quick, doesn't it?
6:257.4 -0.6 yayy!
7:256.4 -1.0awesome! a whole ten pounds since I've started here at 3FC. SW: 266.4
8:255.6 -.08 Everything is going way better than i expected!
9:255.2 -o.4 Better than what I expected. I had Chinese food last night, so I'm relatively happy that I lost at all.
10:254.8 -.04 bah it seems i've slowed down a bit.
11:255.6 +.08 Bah! That's what I get for going to Applebees!
12:255.0 -.06 Well, at least it's coming off.
14:254.4 -0.6 Yay! 240's better get ready for me!
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Hi everyone! New to this thread, I look forward to meeting all of you!

Let's rock May!
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2: 213.2 (+1.0 / +1.0 overall)
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4: 212.4 (-0.8 / +0.2)
5: 212.4 (-0.0 / +0.2)
6: 211.6 (-0.8 / -0.6) YAY overall loss is finally going in the right direction!
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Good Morning, Everyone!

This will be a busy week for me at work. I will check in and read about all of your accomplishments, but I won't be able to do personals. Have a great week!

Calories for yesterday: 1365 +

Weigh In: 146.8

No change

First time I'm going to do this...
SW: 182
GW: 175

1: 182
2: 179.5 (what? I'll take it!) (-2.5)
3: 179.5 (0.0)
4: 180.4 (+0.9)
5: 178.8 (-1.6/ -3.2 overall)
6: 179.4 (+0.6/ -2.6)
7: 179.2 (-0.2/ -2.8)
8: Mother's day memory loss
9: 179.3 (+0.1/ -2.7)
10: 179 (-0.3/ -3.0)
11: 178 (-1.0/ -4.0)
12: 177.7 (-0.3/ -4.3)
13: 178.8 (+1.1/ -3.2)
14: 177.7 (-1.1/ -4.3) (Back to weight training: 3 times a week)
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16: 177.7 (3 days! o.O)
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May Goal - be at goal weight (175)

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2: 183.5
3: 183.0 -.5
4: 181.0 -2
5: 181.9 +.9 (so much pizza last night! Doh!)
6: No weigh in
7: My birthday!
8: My weight loss anniversary!
9: 192.8 - say WHAT?!
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I'm up slightly from my last weigh in, but I was out of town this weekend and sick to boot, so I didn't get any exercise in...AND we had a 85th birthday party to attend!

I am a little bummed because I was hoping to reach my goal weight by my 1 year anniversary of my weight loss (May 8) and as I got closer to that date and realized that I wouldn't reach my goal, I felt down. Which was RIDICULOUS! How could I not celebrate how far I've come? How could I be depressed that I didn't lose 127lbs in a year when I *have* lost 119lbs!? So I decided just to not be upset about it - celebrate the 1 year mark and move forward. I'm looking to the future, and deciding where my new goal weight will settle - 175lbs just marks my venture into 'overweight' and I know I want to go a little further, but just haven't decided how much.

Weight Loss for April: 7.6 lbs.
April 30, 2011 -- 263.6

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Hi Friends!

Welcome to the group, Chantelle.
Welcome back, Gale.
Bulletproof - Congratulations on fitting into smaller jeans!
JamiSue - Congratulations on completing your 1/2 marathon!
Angie- I love Cameron's comment! My girls would think it was a nightmare if we lost the internet.
Reptogirl- Hang in there! Hope life settles down soon.
Mandy - Those are wonderful gifts!
Diana - Hope you work week is good despite the busy-ness. Oh, and this is the one I have http://www.walmart.com/ip/Ninja-Mast...Maker/14895654 There are different levels of Ninja This is the basic one that I use for my protein shakes with ice. Crushes and blends the ice with ease.

The scales went back up by .6 today. I have no idea why. Fickle scales!

Today, I have a dental appointment to have to fillings replaced. I really, really don't like going to the dentist! Hopefully, all goes well and I'll make it to Zumba this evening.

I made the decision to go off Medifast. I have 8 days of food left. This plan does cost quite a bit each month and I wanted to make a donation for relief to the tornado victims. I originally started this plan to give myself a kickstart and it did do that. I'm now detoxed off the sugar and eating on a schedule. I'm planning to transition to a combination of Southbeach and calorie counting. I must confess....I'm terrified that my weight loss will stop or will slow down to almost nothing! I'll be researching some meals and snacks that I want to use as my go-to meals for the first few weeks. I'm going to try to make the transition as easy as possible!

Have a great on-plan day.

I am on a combination of Southbeach and Weightwatcher's and it is working for me. I am losing around 2 lbs a week. I was just on Southbeach (you don't count calories or points on Southbeach) and I hit a plateau for like a month so I realized I needed to be more accountable as to how many calories I was eating. Since I find counting calories to be difficult, I am using Weightwatcher's online and counting points instead. I like their tools and its a good daily diary for me to be accountable and stick to my food plan.

Did you like the Medifast? I was afraid that I would get sick of the shakes pretty quickly, so I never tried it.