165 this morning. Not at home so no walk with the dogs. This is only the second time since we started on 7-5-12

Coolmom and Em coconut- Good to hear you are having successes!

Last night company went well. The low carb pizza crust was not so tasty, so I am glad I made regular crust pizza for guests. I ate mor ethan I should have, but at least it was very thin crust, no added sugar pizza sauce, loaded with roasted eggplant summer squash and onion and peppers and tomato, and just a light sprinkling of goat and feta cheese. I LOVED the topping. And the crust actually covered in pizza topping wasn't bad, it was eating the crust on the edges that was not so tasty. But for losing weight throwing out crusts is not such a bad plan.

Lots of leftovers though . And I just finished eating the rest of my veggie pizza for lunch. I am stuffed and inspite of being healthier it was 800 calories :/ because of the oversized portion I just ate.

Breakfast was only 300, so I can still stay totally within my healthy range today. But I need to learn some better control when faced with yummy things.

Had a good workout this morning. After I don't feel so stupidly full I promised my step daughter (shes home on track break) that I'd play just dance with her. I'm thinking a good 30 mins or more playing that game and I'll be able to minimize some of the bad effect of my over indulgences.

Too big- I just noticed that you are so close to goal! Congrats and you have lost so much weight. You are amazing. I'm curious because I wonder about my goal and whether I'll want to stay there, get smaller, or gain weight back. I know this is stupid, but even if I feel happy at a higher weight, years ago I set 155 as my goal weight, and since I have never gotten there I feel I NEED to get to that weight, even if just to evaluate how I feel and let a few pounds creep back on. (I don't want to try to maintain something that takes ridiculous gym and strict eating, I want something I can live with the rest of my life). But anyways do you feel you are happy with that goal now that you are close? DO you think its too low? Too high?

166 this morning.

wannabefitnessbuff- I'm jiggley. I lost all my weight by counting calories and not working out. Which worked because my dad and my father in law were both dieing and my husband and I had two foster kids during that time. Calorie counting was all I could manage there was no time or energy left for worring about workouts. But now I am down to a size that I like but I really need to tone up and work on body compisition. I have too much jiggle. People who don't see me often say "STOP LOSING WEIGHT!!" as soon as they see me so I guess I am looking ok size wise. I'm not going to worry about changing my goal weight until after Christmas.

im struggling with food. really badly.

i love my job- i eat well at work, but including the commute it takes 12 hrs of my day.

i can barely make it to the studio- i am still looking at condos, and i have friends in from out of town for the next 3 weekends.

obviously something needs to change.

i am MAKING healthy food choices, but then negating them at night when i hit the fridge.

this cycle has to end.

I'd like to see 169 by December.

166.5 IDK what my problem is.

stimkovs- take a deep breath! You have come a long ways and you can do this!

gymrat- We are proud to have you!

164 here this morning. I still feel like I am puffy. But food and exercise was perfect yesterday and it will be perfect today too. That seems to be the only way I can do this.... One day at a time. I feel like I should be past some of this struggle. Its been three years. But what ever works I guess.

I hope everyone has a great day.

194 this morning. The evenings are hard!

Stimkov-I hope you find your motivation again soon. It's tough.

Hello Everyone
I have been counting/recording calories for 13 weeks and have lost 30 lbs. I have also being using my treadmill, elliptical machine and free weights. I try for at least 30 minutes a day.
I am finding lots of great success, motivation, and support here and so happy that I stumbled upon this community.
218 this morning and my goal for this month is to make it through Thanksgiving and hopefully weight in at 210 by December.

CircClerkJen- 30 pounds is awesome!! Way To Go!! We are glad you found us!

I just joined today and checked my BMI that states I'm clinically obese.

5'6" @ 190 my BMI is 30.7

My goal for November is to be 29.9 BMI (185lbs)

165 this morning. Still good on the calories and the exercise.

BleuMaus- We are glad you found us! This is a great place

stimkovs- You recognize that your ion a cycle you dont want to be in. That's a great thing in and of itself. I know I ignored the cycles I was trapped in all the way back up the scale a few times. You obviously knwo how to lose weight, you have done amazing. You got this!

too big- I understand what you mean. Once years ago I lost weight all the way down to 145, and inspite of being really light for my height I still didn't look good in a swimsuit. I was younger and more stupid and I did it basically by starving myself, so it wasn't even a healthy gradual look. But I do have to say that when I weight 165 and was working out I looked just as good as 145 lost quickly without exercise. Kudos though on the loss. You didn't let your busy life be an obstacle too working toward your goals. And you are now working on strengthening your body and shaping what you want. It's like phase 2! But the great thing is that since you are so small you will probably see result so much quicker form exercise, since you have lost the layers hiding any muscle tone gains.

atmos- I have to ask, you avatar pic looks like the Sawtooths in Idaho.

Doing OK so far this week. Staying within my calorie budget, but I need to find some new recipes, I feel like I'm stuck in sodium **** right now because of many processed quick solutions, and I don't want that. Also, I'm going to make this weeks "cheat day" smaller, and make it just one meal or snack, and eat healthy the rest of the day to see if it can help speed things up a bit. I'm invited to a party this weekend and I said I'll be there, but I'm really not sure. Alcohol messes it all up for me, because it leads to more junk food than I'm proud to admit. Weighing at the end of the week. I get too obsessed if I do it more than once or twice a week.