Bad WI for me today. UP 1.3 lbs?! WTF! I know I haven't been doing all that great lately, but I really didn't expect THAT. I'm not near TOM and I didn't eat anything particularly sodium laden yesterday...so I really don't know what's going on. Ugh. I hope it's just a weird fluctuation or something. I will probably sneak a peek in a day or two and see if things haven't "settled down." I'm not moving my ticker yet.

Novelista: congrats!! You're doing great.

Novelista ~ That's awesome!! Take it and run with it, girl!

Northern ~ I hate those kind of weigh-ins...they are such a pain in the @$$. Just stick with it and be patient!

Ximena ~ It's ok to lose weight slowly...that's how it's supposed to happen! Just have patience and stick with it. Even if you lose 1/2 pound every week, that's still a loss and not a gain! A quote I like to follow is: A year from now, you will look back and be glad that you didn't give up today. Time is going to pass anyway, so you might as well do something with it!

I'm finding it so hard to get out of 170s. I'm 173 right now. I think I gained this week. Today was my cheat day and weigh ins are Monday morning. Uggh. I want to get out.

Oh, my girls...please say some major weight-loss prayers for me this week. My birthday weekend was fun and I ate way, way too much bad food. I planned on it, so I don't feel badly about it, but this morning I was up to 179.2. Blech!! Say some water-retention-banishing, fat-blasting, no-good-extra-poundage-dumping prayers for me before my WI this Friday! If it's a gain, then so be it, but I'm really hoping to at least be back to 177!

I'm here...just been feeling kind of bummed about my gain and my inability (or unwillingness) to really get my butt in gear lately, so kind of took a "break" from 3FC for a few days. So far, I'm off to a good start this week today. Hope I can follow through this time.

Emme: I will be saying those prayers for both of us!!

Northern ~ I've done the same thing. There was a time that I took 5 or 6 days away from 3FC because I just needed to deal with stuff on my own. Don't be bummed about your gain (it was very small) and what you call your unwillingness to get your butt in gear...I honestly think that sometimes we all need to step away from everything that way we don't go crazy. Maybe you just needed time away from everything. You have done so well so far, weight-loss twin...I mean, look at you...almost 100 pounds gone. Sounds weird, doesn't it?!

I'm back down to 177.6 this morning so I guess my gain was water weight which I really wasn't expecting. I'm not doing as much exercise as I was last month, so I decided to drop my calories from 1600-1650 to 1500-1599 and I'm shooting to stay on the lower end. July 31st is my weight-loss goal date and with only 11 weeks left I really want to try my best.

Hello everyone! I have been in the 170's since my late college career... got down to 169 last fall, but Christmas goodies took care of that. :-P Hoping I can make it out of the 170's for good!

177lb here... but this coming thursday I'm headed to the big city and will probably stay off plan for some 5 days...
I'm hoping to at least maintain!

Welcome, Ichthy!

Thaisccs: have fun on your trip! Stay active and the extra indulgences don't add up quite as much

Emme: Thanks for the encouragement, I really appreciate it. I had originally set my 100 lbs lost goal for Memorial Day, but I don't think that's going to happen. I'm done with work for the summer on June 3rd (knock on wood I can get everything done by then), so I'm going to shoot getting to 174 by then. At that point, I think I'm going to take a "maintenance" break until I go back to work in August. Definitely don't want to gain, but not going to worry about losing for a while. I just really need it right now.

Oh, and great job getting that water weight right back off! I'm really hoping that's all mine was. I guess I will find out Friday!

Hi Girls!

I'm hovering around 176 right now. I'm leaving for California tomorrow and I will be back May 31st. I will post if I can, but I don't think I'll have a scale.

Say some prayers that I can stick to play while being away and don't get myself back into the 180s...EEK!!

thaisccs and novelista ~ have fun on your trips!

Happy Hump Day, everyone!

For the past couple weeks I've been bouncing between a low of 177.9 and a high of 179.9 (eek! Almost back to the 180's!). Today I'm pretty much in the middle at 178.6. I am starting TOM today though, so hopefully some of that is just bloat. Hope to see a new low next Friday. Might take a little longer than I thought to get to my 100 lbs lost goal, but I'll get there eventually! Have a great weekend, ladies!

Northern ~ I'm sure a lot of it is just bloat and water retention. It will go away, and your low next Friday will be awesome!

I WI at 175.6 today and I think a lot of it was because I dropped my calories this past week since I'm not exercising as much.

Emme: you're almost at 100 lbs lost...so excited for you!!