First of all, toobig and jiggle, I am so sorry for your losses. Remember to take time to grieve and be kind to yourselves. I know how therapeutic doing things like exercising can be. When I lost my dad, we went to a gun range. It was my first time, it was very therapeutic.

pops-girl, I can TOTALLY identify with you. NO MATTER WHAT. I lose inches, and then start dropping weight. I get so discouraged at the lack of weight drop that I tend to give up in the same spots over and over. This time I gave up for a month. Last time it was almost a year. The only time I successfully lost weight was when I didn't own a scale and it couldn't depress me. However, I have to be very careful with my calories because of my milk supply.

4star, moving is stressful

Northern, it looks like you will make goal by Christmas! Just love squats for the butt!

Kat, rest and take care of yourself. That really drains you.

Elizabeth, I would be suprised if you didn't consistently lose at 1800. I like to shuffle my calories around to trick my body.

jm, its good that you gave the muscles you are working a rest. I'm looking to start doing some circuit training with my rebounder. I don't know what NMTZ is, but I like JM, just not a fan of her workouts.

so I logged 18,626 steps yesterday. That is 8.82 miles. I really hadn't done much until I ran for 42 minutes. I jog on my rebounder while watching an episode of biggest loser. Well, I decided to go ahead and do some HIIT. For those who don't know that is where you raise your HR to max during a short session. This for me was 1 minute. The highest I got was 177. That was the second time, I thought I would die the first time. But I kept moving my legs. I also did an ab workout that is on my ipod. That left me with aching abs today, but my legs feel pretty good.

calories wise, I went over by 350 yesterday, putting me at 2450 but I will take it, when I gained 5 lbs in a month I was eating over 3000 calories daily.

I hope to make it back to 191 by Christmas. I showed 192.4 today. So maybe I will make goal.

ok, 200 off from goal. But so far my log is showing a 3 lb loss from November 13th to today. So guess I will keep on keeping on.

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Weight is up to 201 today. My rings are tight so it's probably bloat. Not gonna worry about it. Counted yesterday, coming in at 1550 for the day.

I know its probably just water weight but I weighed myself today since I'd prefer to have a Saturday weigh in and I am down to 207.6! Woo! I will take it. Almost to my Christmas goal, so I think I will alter my goal to 205.something. Yay!

jendiet & pops - I know the feeling. In 3 months at Curves I lost 20 inches and not a single pound and then everything stopped - no pounds, no inches! Talk about depressing. So I am trying very hard not to focus on the scale this time around, but it's hard.

I completed my personal challenge of exercising 5 days this week. Woo Hoo!

I finished up the week with a Zumba Ripped CD and 2-Week Turnaround Cardio.

Still tracking food without tracking calories. I will begin calorie counting in January.

I hope everyone is doing well with their challenges. The support on this thread has given me the encouragement to keep moving toward my goal. Thanks everyone!

A bit depressed. Went down 2 pounds, now back up .6. I wish I could say it's because of something I did, or didn't do instead of some mystery. These final 15 pounds are killing me, the other 35 was a joke compared to this.

I stuck to counting my calories last week and lost 1 more pound.


Now I have to try and get through the next couple of weeks during this Holiday Seasson.

Best wishes to all on a successful weight loss journey this Holiday Season!

Ugh...I've finally caught the crud. Haven't done much of anything all weekend, including exercise. But since I don't have much of an apetite, I'm not eating much either. Really glad I'm scheduled to stay home to do a webinar tomorrow instead of going to the office. Hope everyone else is feeling better than I am!

Hey everyone!
I haven’t been feeling well this week, so I haven’t been on 3FC in a little while. Also, I’ve been napping during my normal exercise time, so I haven’t been exercising as much either. I’m still not feeling great, but I’ll try to get back on track exercise-wise this week. I have been staying on-plan food-wise, though, since I don’t feel like eating. At least that’s something. Can’t believe there are only 2 weeks left until Christmas. My parents got our Christmas tree today, so the house smells like evergreen.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Toobig: I’m so sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.
Northern: It really is that time of the year. Hope you feel better soon!
Jolina: Congrats!
Popspry: I know the feeling – my weight loss has pretty much stalled too… So I’m right there with you, just waiting for the scale to catch up.
Jmfan: TOM cravings are awful. But hopefully you’ll get a nice whoosh when it’s over
Thinkin: Congrats on the exercise accomplishment! That’s awesome!
Elizabeth: Welcome! I hear you on not wanting to walk outside in the cold. I’ve been complaining about that for a month already I’ve been thinking of getting one of those walk away the pounds videos, which probably won’t be as nice as walking outside, but it should still be fun.
4star: Moving is so stressful, but it’s great that you’re still counting despite all that extra work!
Jen: Awesome job with the exercise! And you’re already getting close to your goal. Yay!
Country: Way to go getting below your pre-Thanksgiving weight!
Kat: I’m glad the wisdom teeth came out without any problems. Hope you feel better soon!
Tdi: Great job on jogging for 20 mins straight! That’s awesome!

Sparkle: I too, have been resting instead of exercising for the past few days. I want to get back on track with my exercise too this week, but still not feelnig 100% today. Trying not to feel guilty about not exercising, but sometimes our bodies just need the rest! I have been logging and staying well within my calorie budget though. Hope you're feeling better too!

Sparkle sorry you ain't felt well hope u feel better. I have been wanting to just lay around. They say that one day after you exercise long enough it just come natural but I hate having to force myself to do it. Once I start working out I love it and enjoy it. It the getting my butt in gear to start working out.


Well I was doing good last night till made some peanut butter fudge and cheese cake for my bf. I didn't give into the cheese cake but I did give into the fudge. I was laying in be really bad that I had ate that and wishing I didn't so I decided to get up and do some sort of exercise so I got in the floor beside my bed and did some push ups. I don't feel so bad since I did some sort of exercise after giving into the sweets. Tomorrow is my offical weigh in and I was hoping to loose so here to hoping. I'm try to workout more today and not take in as much calories today since I did get off track last nite.

Northern and sparkle: I'm sorry you guys haven't been feeling great! Excellent self-control on not exercising until you guys feel better! It takes a lot to not do it, but until you're bodies are back to normal feelings you gotta hold back! Don't feel guilty, you're sick!!

countrybarbie: It can be very frustrating when we give into things, but we all do it from time to time. The key to remember is that it didn't take us one day or one week to gain all the weight we did. It's also not going to take us one day or one week to loose it all again! It's going to take time, be patient with yourself. Try not to get into a habit where if you give in you "punish" yourself with exercise or other restrictions. This can become quite dangerous. We all have bad days, get back up and keep going! you're already making some great progress! Focus on that! Also, in the future, something that I do to avoid overeats on treats is 1- make less treats and 2- learn what you won't be able to control, and only make them as a treat for you from time to time. There are foods that I just refuse to buy or make except for a couple times a year because I absolutely know I have not control with them. Put those foods in their place. It's not that you can't have them, but limit when you do.
You're being super loving to your boyfriend by making him some nice goodies, but even I don't make 2 desserts for my hubby! In the future, make him one!

I took a few days off from exercising. I didn't exercise Fri-Sunday. It felt good and I feel better today! I also took a little break from counting calories, but I exercised some good control. On Saturday we went to someone's house for dinner, I ate very little during the day and then only had one VERY small piece of dessert. When I came home I had a little wine and a healthier snack. Sunday was pretty much the same. In the past I KNOW I would've eaten more. I''m pretty sure I stayed under 2,000 calories both days!

Today is going good. I'm having lunch and then off to the gym. I'll be doing w6d1 of the c25k!! I'm excited to be closer to the end than the beginning!

I made 2 he won't eat them all at once but I went ahead and made them so he can have them after supper for this week and next week. I make all the sweets sugar free. Since he is diabetic I make the sweets with splenda or equal. I don't let him have to much. I make sure we check his glucose levels before he gets any sweets.

Thanks for the advice it is very helpful. Yea I know it going to take me awhile to get where I need to be but it will happen. When I was putting up the fudge today I resisted from having any. I told my self it wasn't worth gaining back the weight I have worked so hard to loose. So instead I had a salad with cucumber lettuce and baked chicken(it was a lunch time when I put it up)

I don't make sweets often maybe every few months. It Christmas and he wanted so goodies so made him 3 different kinds so he can choose. He asked why didn't we buy any ice cream and told him if we wanted some we go to mcdonald's and get a 40 calorie ice cream cone cause if we bought ice cream I would eat it all in a couple days. Ice cream is my weakness.