Fish isn't hard! Really, I promise. If you are really fearful, I can't think of anything that would spoil canned tuna, so that would be a safe start.

OK, I'm in trouble. I think I'm losing my motivation - 1 lb away from my goal! It's utterly frustrating. Only a few more days of eating well and exercise and I'll be there. But I have a very hard time moving myself to do it. Maybe because I'm pretty happy with how I look now, I've even started to spend too much time in front of the mirror (instead of too little). Can someone kick me in the butt please? It's more of a psychological thing but I really want to hit that 65 kg, to show myself I can do it!

come on, just one measley pound, do it for the orange team!!!

Elwing- COME ON.....??...... You are thinking about giving up with one pound to go? NOT ALLOWED! I would KILL to be one pound from my goal! Well, probably not, but I would go to drastic measures! Keep it up girl! You are doing great! Beat that one pound, don't let it beat you!

Elwing....you are so close!!! Think of how exciting it will be when you do hit that last single pound and make goal I'm excited for you!!!

Is it bad that I am already counting down until Christmas break and we don't get out of school until 12/23? LOL....I am just done with work right now. I am also not having the best week and feel very down on myself for some reason. I feel a mini-meltdown will be on its way. So, overall, I've been pretty bleh lately. Hopefully my mood will lift soon.

Wanted to check in ... I finished my first final today and think I did really well. Tomorrow I'm going to try and finish my paper and then start studying for my last final. I have to write a reflective paper too but that shouldn't take that long, it's basically just putting my weekly journals together. So close to the end.

paula - do share these ways to cook awesome fish!

elwing - lose that pound girl! you will feel sooo awesome because you completed your goal. its all about completions!

Bee20nine - i do love ross. they have them in atlanta where my sister lives but no such thing here in missouri

well i need to get some reading done so i guess i will attempt to do that now. its so funny to me how lazy i get around the holidays with school work. my classes are year round so we dont get a big winter break but my brain is on break for real every year at this time ugh! : to me and to all of you goodnight!

Hello ladies I"m just droppin in.. I just got home from the gym, I got off work at 9:30 and luckily b/c of finals week the gym is staying open until 11. I SOOOOO wanted to skip it but like I mentioned earlier we had a food show at the country club and there were SOOO many orderves (sp?) This one guy that was working (for the company that was doing the show) kept feeding me food! Everytime I walked away from my plate I'd come back to it and it had more food on it. Finally just threw it away, everything was SO GOOD. There was one dish that had fruit, but it wasn't even healthy because it was marinated in merlot. This turned into more than just a drop in but anyways.. I'll catch up tomorrow after my final! Good luck to you girls finishing up as well!

a strange thing happened today, im wondering if anyone else has experienced this? I think other people probably have. I was lying in bed, looking at my stomach (as you do) and at this point in time i am about as skinny (using the term loosely lol) as i have ever been, and i just suddenly thought "whose body is this? where did it come from? its not mine...is it going to leave me again?". It was really disconcerting.

Wow that sounds a bit mental now ^_^''

This makes me want to go and work out after my final tonight. I forget what a great stress reliever it is, and I need to get back in a groove of going. I don't think I have been in like a month.

I'm tired and cold and broke. Just did my Amazon Christmas shopping. I'm done! Well, it needs to get here and I need to wrap, but then I'll be DONE!

But two weeks from right now at this moment, I'll still be in bed. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!

Icon: no, not that mental. You were just getting all philosophical like Kelli was yesterday. Must be going around. LOL!

Elwing: you are too close to quit. You can do this.

Paula: I was just thinking, "Yeah, I could go on to the store and buy some fish" and then my very next thought was, "Now, where in the store would I find the fish...?" OMG! I never go to that section of the store except when I need ground turkey and that's really close to the cheese so I don't have to go deep into the meat section. My grocery list is the same every week. I usually just use the same one with a couple of add ons here and there.

And I'm such a lazy cook. I used to grill my chicken, but I got tired of cleaning the grill, so I started wrapping it in aluminum foil, and I just put it in the oven for an hour or so and I don't have to think about it. If you can give a fish recipe when I can bake and not think about it; that would be great.

Goodbye 170... Hello 169!! Thats all I have to go study now.

Kell- Yay! Good for you on throwing the food away and 169!

Icon- I think of that too! I kept staring at myself this morning and was liking what I saw, and then thought is it going to leave me? Do I have to be this intense for the rest of my life so I don't lose it, but I know that maintaining is different than losing. Let's face it, I have a LONG way to go before I worry about maintaining.

Cali- Yay for Christmas shopping being done! I've going during my lunch break, it's so much easier doing a little a day. I cook my fish like you cook your chicken. I put lemon juice, lime juice, garlic seasoning, little white whine, wrap it up tight in foil and cook for 40 minutes. It's so good!

Ladies, I'm 272! I've lost two pounds this week. This happened since I had the stomach flu.... I'm so excited. I feel skinnier today and I can tell myself that I really do look good. I'm proud of myself for sticking with this even when I didn't want to. Thanks Ladies for being there!!!!

Icon - That is normally there is a whole mental aspect of weight loss that isn't talked about much. I had trouble for a really long time looking at myself int he mirror because I had trouble coping with the person looking back at me. It didn't look like me. They aways say that plastic surgery patients have a similar problem sometimes and I think we as weight loss success stories have it too. I still can't walk past a reflective window or mirror without checking myself out and realizing yep I'm still thinner. Also I have trouble buying clothing. I have to try everything on prior to buying it because I buy clothing that is two sizes to big on me because that is waht I think my size is.

It's the holiday season...the busiest shopping/shipping time of the year and USPS wants to crash?!?!?!? WTF!

Cali- That's how it always happens. lol

Is it wrong to give away candy that was given to you? I don't think it's wrong, but apparently guys get offended. I could understand if it's non food. Silly boys, I swear they are more emotional than females!