prepping - I loooooove passionfruit! It's too sweet sometimes, but it's nice as a treat once in a while.

rainbow - it was romaine, one of only 2 choices offered by my college at the salad bar. It was that or iceberg, which I just refuse to eat. It's gross!

gnat - I always try and have a good breakfast, and intake most of my calories by the afternoon, that way if I end up not getting to eat dinner (happens a lot with my crazy work schedule) then I can snack a bit or have something when I get home and not feel like I need to gorge myself.

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OMG! So the daytime receptionist at one of my jobs said it looked like I was losing weight! YAY!!! Though, it could be the fact that I'm wearing all black today and my arse is stuffed like a sausage into these tights. But I know there's a difference because my bras are too big again. Which is nice. I want my titties to shrink!

Holy crap! I kicked my butt tonight! I did 45mins of zumba and I was sweating up a storm (which is rare for me) so I jumped on the elliptical after and ran 2 miles within 30 minutes! It felt goooood

Got home, helped with groceries, made some chicken for lunches this week and I'm ready for bed now. I'm hitting the gym tomorrow morning before work since I have a 9 hour shift (ugh!).

The scale at the gym also told me I lost 3lbs - which made me really happy. I'm not sure which scale to go by tho - the one at home? (which is lower - says I'm 207lbs when I'm nekkid) or the one at the gym? (which is higher - says I'm 211.8lbs - but I'm fully clothed with running shoes on).... So I'm a little torn, but as long as they're consistent I don't really care.

Hope everyone has a good night

rainbow how's the new workout commitment?

munchie yes, very shortly i will do violent things to my scale. UGH. it's evil. baby steps, dear! no smoking, good! and lots of water! everything will happen in time!

gnat my scale will soon be removed and replaced. haha, good riddance! whats in NC?

laneyy please donate some of your excess boobage to me. I could use some -_-

Saw 150.8 today. 140's here I come. Hopefully tomorrow! I made sukiyaki last night, and it was kind of salty so I'm hoping there was some water retention. I'm lower on my water today than normal, so hopefully I'll just chug a bunch after work. Sorry, short today, just a busy day at work!

Just popping in here to say you all are doing great! My home is flooded from a faulty toilet tank and I am in a hotel till the floors get redone so cant really get into personals. Too stressed. See u all in a week. Lol

rainbowstripe I hear ya. Have you tried changing the type of exercise?

Laneyy for those of us with PCOS we need a little more fat on us to help counteract the off balance hormones in our bodies. For your height 140 might be just the ticket. How were your pcos symptoms when you were 160? I am waiting for my schedule too and me, I think any salad is a good salad

Prepping. thanks! I use ground turkey meat. I don't eat red meat really and since I am the cook (I refuse to make two separate meals) everyone else in the house kind of doesn't either. Ground chicken sounds interesting to try though! As for the weight loss. THAT IS GREAT! hey 2.7 lbs is 2.7 lbs right? thats 2.7 lbs now on your body!

jks! I use ground turkey meat. I don't eat red meat really and since I am the cook (I refuse to make two seperate meals) everyone else in the house kind of doesn't either. Ground chicken sounds interesting to try though!

gnat great on the inch lost! on the mac &cheese..I ate that when I first started my lifestyle change too before the low carb thing. It was a splurge. No sweat!

Sun ouch! so sorry bout the toilet thing. At least hotels are nice! people clean for you...sucks they are so spendy though! get back to us soon!!


So, I have been away a few days :\ well a day and a half. I have eaten pretty well except for some reason I was walking/running today like normal and all of a sudden I got soooooo sick like I needed ot puke sick, so I came home as fast as possible telling myself not to puke the whole way and trying to concentrate on my breathing then spent an hr puking before I was able to lay down. By 5 pm (dinner time) all I have had was my bagel from breakfast:\ I still need to fit in at least another 80 cals to make it to 1200 today and its almost 9 pm. Sigh. Time to guzzle more water and find a snack I think!

jmko my scale does that too!!! weird. Maybe we need a new one too. hmmmm and if there is anything to say for terrible food, at least you eat less of it!

munchievictim thats the spirit!! there are going to be high and low days ...go at it slowly..baby steps! you will and can do it!

Laneyy Yay for compliments!

gnat You are doing awesome on the exercise, and congrats on the 3 pounds!

jmko It's early days, but I'm still committed...just have to get through the next one. I'm telling myself 3 times this week is good, 4 times next week is the goal. Will try to build up gradually.

sun Ugh! I'm so sorry to hear about your home being flooded! Hope it's not too much damage. Hang in there!

SMS I think I just actually need to get back into doing something, anything at all! So sorry to hear about you being sick! Hope you feel better soon!

~My hair is now brown with a couple different colour copperish highlights...but I feel sort of boring not having red hair anymore!
I already kind of failed with my healthier eating (at least during the week days) plan - had a burger and fries tonight from a drive-thru because I was stressed out about not getting any dinner at all - it really was my only option bar buying groceries at 9pm and then having to cook later than 9pm. I'm still well within my calories for the day, but I feel kind of guilty.

SMS - I didn't notice symptoms until I was about 190, I was actually on the Pill and was still skipping periods. I didn't get diagnosed until I went to a different gyno and she noticed all the physical symptoms (skipped periods, being rather overweight [I was 226, my highest ever when I saw her], the darkening of the skin, the acne, the excess hair) and put them together and said that I might have PCOS. So I haven't really had any bloodwork or anything else to really get an actual diagnosis. But at 160, I was just overweight and had acne. My period was always pretty wonky when I was younger, so I don't think they caught it back then, and just put me on the Pill to even them out. I even started gaining weight when they put me on it. I just want to be healthy, really.

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So I've reached my first mini goal this morning. 205lbs. And I'm wearing a size 38DD bra, even though it's still a bit too tight in the band. I'll have to get an extender for now, but it's still a lot better than falling out the bottom of my 42D. 6lbs 'til Onederland

rainbow im a natural brunette! it can be really pretty! I colored my hair black cause It was the only color i haven't had and I needed a change. Burger and fries YUMMMM I don't dare go for it because I'm like addicted to bad food, once I mess up I go alllllll the way!

Laneyy I hear you. I have always had symptoms but, ive always been overweight. Ever since I was about 6 or so. With PCOS you do need a tiny bit more "meat" to help keep yourself stable. For me that happens to be in between 120 and 180 lbs even though "healthy" for me is 170-175. My suggestion: Get down to your goal weight and see how you feel, see what your symptoms are like and then decide. It they are getting severe again then gain 5 lbs and see what that does. For now healthy is the goal!

rainbow, Glad that the -100 cal adjustment is going smoothly. I aim for about 1350 cal/day but will always add an extra 100-200 if I'm working out that day. I hear you on the red hair! For the last 2 years I have had what looked like a dark dark brown with a purple undertone. I loved it! But then I started getting bored lately so have been progressing lighter in the red tones. By the summer I want to have a red/copper colour with blondish/copperish highlights. In my head it looks good. lol I bet you look great! And btw, when I'm desperate and am forced to stop for something, I tend to go for a sandwich shop and try to control as much as I can. Even if it ends up being just a small turkey on brown with mustard. It's boring but I don't feel bad about it.

gnat, between weight lost and inches lost, it looks like whatever you're doing is working! Is North Carolina a vacation?

Laneyy, Yay to ppl noticing!!! I have not been graced with a large chest. In fact, it's the first place I'm losing. I'm crossing fingers that I don't fall from C to a B.

jmko, keep chugging!

sun, omg that's horrible! Well, enjoy the room cleaning services at least. Hope you get back into your own home soon.

SMS, I've tried turkey too, but I always come back to the chicken. That sudden sickness sounds awful! Hope you're feeling much better today! Don't let that derail you for the coming days though. Stay hydrated for sure!

I have great news! I had my second week of measurements and have lost a total of 2 1/8"! I was up in my arms and knee area which I was anticipating because of muscles waking up and retaining water to repair. BUT, I've lost 1" from my waist area below my bellybutton, and 1" from my chest (ribcage)! My DH just used it as reinforcement that everything has to be working no matter whether I can see it or not. I'm losing from the exact places that I know I lose first. It always goes top down: bust, ribcage, waist, arms, and maybe one day my hips and thighs. I lost 1/4" from my hips and absolutely nothing from my thighs.

Trust me everyone when I say that measurements are an absolute MUST when you get to the point that weightloss seems to have slowed to a drunken crawl. I've felt pretty ick about my weight all this time as I haven't appreciated my weight loss over the last 5 weeks as much as I should. But how much can I legitimately expect when I'm a few pounds from a normal BMI, I don't workout as consistent as I'd like to (2-3 times per week instead of 4-5), and I still enjoy my social drinks on the weekends *facepalm*. So I'll label this a successful week. Now on to the next.

btw, I haven't changed my ticker to 186 lbs like what I mentioned from Monday's weigh in because I checked my own scale after breakfast and was a firm 183. So I'll stick to that for now. And as long as that is true, then I've actually lost 5.8 lbs in 5 weeks.

sun junkies! i hope everything isn't too costly to fix! but at least you get new, clean floors!

sms i've always heard weight-loss is not linear, but this is near ridiculous!

prepping i'm glad you said that because my weight-loss is at a near dead-halt. must take measurements tomorrow morning.

RAR. Seriously. I had an incident at work yesterday that just totally stressed me out. I had my brow waxing appointment so the DH and I were out last night for dinner. I really REALLY wanted some Panda Express chow fun but resisted, thinking if I was a good girl, I would be rewarded with being in the 140's this morning. No such luck. I ate a salad and was still in the 150's. Should've eaten the chow fun, boo. I even had to endure watching the DH eat taco bell. Good for him though, his stomach wasn't too happy later. I've consistantly been losing 3-4 pounds a week and this week it's only been 1. I know any loss is still a loss but I can't help being disappointed, and wanting to chuck my scale off my lanai. I'm having doubts about ever getting to the 140's. If I hadn't orderd another full month of medifast I think I'd be done. Good thing I ordered it I guess. Maybe I should cut out the exercise? Maybe my body thinks I'm starving it so it's hoarding calories. If I don't see 140's tomorrow, I'm saying bye-bye to exercise for a next month.

jmko Don't cut out exercise. It is probably a plataeu...we all get them. Whatever you do exercise is key. If you think your body is going to starvation mode add in some more food like some veggies or protein.

Prepping thats great! I am so happy for you! I am feeling much better today I made it through my run/walk and a little extra! I don't know what it was but glad its gone. Might have just been hormonal changes because of my PCOS. I jsut started adding spurts of running to my walk last week and anytime I change my exercise my hormones go WHOA WAIT THIS IS NEW!!! TIME TO CATCH UP!

SMS - I would loooove to be able to get to my goal weight. I just want to be able to shop in normal stores, instead of having to go to the "fat girl sections" of department stores. I wanna shop at Abercrombie, dammit! We'll see (in a year or more) if my goal weight works for me. At my height, 140 would still leave me with a decent amount of pudge, lol. Already I'm noticing I've been having better moods (probably from not eating CRAP processed foods), and I have more energy. My periods aren't that bad either, I hardly have cramps anymore. I would still get them even while on the pill.

sun- oh no! I hope that your house is fixed up quick!!!! AHH!

Prepping!!! That is AMAZING news! WTG! I really shoud measure, but I really just dont want to know lol.

jmko- hang in there, you will get to the 140s!!! Dont go throwing the scale, you will have to get a NEW one and who wants to switch scales during weight loss?


I started learning how to run today. I just am tired of not being able to do it. I rock on the eliptical, but its getting boring. I want to be one of those people who runs, and we have an AMAZING oceanside sidewalk/park that I would like to grace with my running presence this summer. Im doing the "couch to 5K" thingy. So for now, week 1, I do 5 minutes of brisk walking, followed by alternating sets of 60 sec run/90 sec fast walk. For 20 minutes. Not gonna lie, for me, this was killer. But I did it

Did I mention I dropped a pants size and a bra size? Because I DID

Laneyy Congrats on meeting your first mini goal!

SMS I am naturally brunette as well, though my colour is pretty mousy and not that attractive - I haven't seen it in ages though properly haha! I like the colour I've got, I think the problem was that I went in not really knowing what I wanted and now I've got this I kind of know that I want it a little more...purple/red toned brown rather than the brown brown it is. The burger was good, but I felt guilty anyway haha.

prepping I think that's what I want! More of a purple or red undertone to the brown! This one is kind of... copperish, but not a very red copper if that makes sense... Unfortunately we don't really have sandwich shops here. Except subway. But basically I needed something I could drive thru and eat in the car...I would have rather have had a baked potato or chilli from Wendy's, but just not do-able in the car unfortunately! Congrats on your measurements! That is awesome progress!

jmko Don't cut out exercise! It might seem like a good idea...but I did it and it's so hard to get back into it properly. I hope you see the 140's!

~So I still feel kind of bad about my burger and fries, but I think it's more the fact that I ate in the car that I feel bad about - I associate drive-thrus and eating IN the car while driving with my worst days - when I would drive-thru and get food just BECAUSE. Not because I was hungry, not because it was time for a meal, but just because I wanted to eat. And then I'd hide the rubbish in case someone was going to be riding in my car and might have seen what I'd been eating.
I think it was just the fact I ate in the car. If I'd been able to sit down somewhere else with the burger and fries, put them on a plate, really look at the food, eat it slowly, enjoy it for what it was...I don't think I'd feel the same amount of guilt.
Anyway...I'm trying to get used to my hair colour haha. It's weird when I see myself in the mirror. I was only red for 6 months in varying shades of brightness due to fading and re-dying, but the brown is SO different, I feel like I look so different! It's also a much blunter cut - blunt fringe (bangs), blunt ends. I guess it will just take some getting used to!

ishi Sorry I missed your post! Congrats on the sizes dropped! And on starting to run! That's awesome - and I promise it gets easier. When I started I could barely keep up a minute of jogging - now I do 25 minute jogs where only 5-10 minutes of it is walking (depending on when I last went for one...fitness drops pretty quickly I find!)