Beautiful - I tend to retain water when I work out really hard. Just keep drinking your water, and it will come off soon, especially once your TOM is over!! Keep working hard and you'll be there soon!!

Lulu- That could be the culprit because I drink tons of water and I worked really hard last week.

Thanks for the encouragement :-)

Usually I weigh in on Tuesday mornings but since i have a day off today I figured why not?!! So I was aiming to reach 172 by this week and my scale read 171.8!!!!!!! Oh my goodness I am soooooooooooo thrilled!!!!!

Lilly congeats on your weight loss! You will be in the 160's in no time

All these people at 171!!! Congratulations to you all!!

Beautiful9800-- I'm sure that the gain is only temporary, especially if you're exercising that much! The scale is a fickle thing.

Feel better soon MyPitbullSmiles!

Hi everyone else!

I woke up this morning and was down a pound to 173. I'd love to be in the 160s by February.

We're all getting close! Beautiful, between TOM and working out hard, it's almost definitely just water retention instead of an actual weight gain. I don't know about anyone else, but I drink water like crazy, yet during TOM I drink so much I'm fit to burst. I feel thirsty all the time, but my increase in water intake is not accompanied by an increase in trips to the bathroom. I've always had either a gain or very small losses around TOM, but it evens out the following week.

I admire how much you work out! You'll get to the 160s fast!

I've been stalling, and letting my weight sit for weeks now. Some days I ate healthy but mostly I was eating total crap. This is not how I wanted my year to start out - but just because a few weeks in weren't great doesn't mean I can't get on the right "track" now - so thats my goal. I'm only a few lbs from the 160's and feeling "a little more comfortable" in my own shell...my goal is to be there by Feb 1st as well.

I was down to 171 but TOM bumped me straight up to 176

Luckily it's just water weight so I'll just stop weighing myself for 3 more days and then I might just get out of the 170s by Feb!!! For surviving today... I get a dancing carrot!

Got away from 178 finally and got down to 176! Good job you guys getting down to 171 and 172.. I can't wait to see that!

Down to 173 today!!!!!

I wish this week would go by faster so I could be at my Saturday weigh-in already! I'm impatient to know if I made the 160s yet, or if I'll have to weigh-in next Wednesday to see if I made it by my birthday deadline.

I like this thread because I get to be excited for everyone else, too! With so many of us at 171/172, we may all hit the 160s together!

Congratulations Jazzang!

I'm still teetering between 172-173. It is TOM so I just have to be patient, but I DON'T WANT TO!!!!!

Congrats to all of you that have had losses. It looks like a lot of us are all at the same weight. It's like a rat race to see who gets to the 160s first haha.