Oh my goodness! I'm so excited I could squeal! Here we are a meer 7 hours to weigh in deadline and I almost have everyone's weigh in! I'm missing 13 people... but I'm really looking at the numbers this week and....

Thinks are looking fantastic for weigh in!

As long as those 13 dont post tremendous gains, we have a nice shot of posting big double digits again.

Time to head home for the day. I'd like to say I'm going to be online later, but I have 4 chapters of Human Resources Management to catch up on and its due tomorrow. More than likely I'll do that, clean house and eat and get to bed early tonight!

glad I'm not the only one that noticed!

I feel kind of bad taking a freebie week that we are on an upward trend....

I challenge everyone to keep it up next week when I'm in prime exercise mode.

Oh my gosh, look at us GO with WI this week! Woo hoo! Seems like we all just needed a bit of a bad week to get us going again. I wish I had broken past 200 again this week, but I *am* down 3lbs from last week's freebie/late weigh in, so that's encouraging, and I feel confident I'll FINALLY be able to contribute to the losing next week.

Sounds like everyone had a good breakfast - I had a waffle with cream cheese and a banana before I left, and picked up a skinny hazelnut latte on my way to work. Love the skinny lattes - only 90cals for a tall!

Chelle - Good luck with your homework! Love the idea of starting your bucket list - I'm 200-ish days into a 101 in 1001 days list right now.

Nori - OMG the cheese at Costco drive me crazy too! I really love the Balderson's Aged White Cheddars and the Boursin. Mmmm! As for the towels - mine are all randoms from Costco - whatever felt cuddliest - and they've held up decently.

zinkemomx2 - Congrats on your 2lbs and running! Woo hoo!

jordan - Glad to hear you're back OP. Your pictures look great!

blue apples - The weather can be such a downer, eh? DON'T knock the 1lb losses - slow and steady is going to get you there too, and give your skin time to keep up!

dee - YAHOO on breaking your plateau! I'll take 60F - that's like 15C, and it's only 6C here today (low 40sF)!

Me too! I'm using my first one this week since I was up a little over 1 pound. I should have saved it, but I don't plan on having many of these weeks. Only 2 more TOM's left in the game! And I don't go up every cycle.

HELLO BLUE,
Well i almost made 2pounds happy with what i got.
Hope everyone does good this time.want to see good numbers
I know its hard but i will do this, for myself and my grandchildern.
I want to see them grow up and be able to go to there school
And not embarse them being fat. I love my family and i want them
to be proud of me. Not ashamed of me but they wouldent its just me.
I dont like myself well got to go good luck to all.

Jordan,OMG look at you, girl! You look amazing...you should be way more than a little proud of yourself. I know it is hard to see your own progress, I am the exact same way, but you are one HOTTIE now, look at you! Seriously, you have be on top of the world about this accomplishment.

Ellie,they are defnitely not going to be embarrassed of you I fear the same thing for my kids as they are getting older so I understand. You are going to get to your goal and be the hottest grandma in town

A HUGE to all our losers this week I got the 0.8 I gained last week back off but nothing more I have been back on plan so I 'm not sure why. Aiming for at least 2 next week. Before this challenge I was a consistent 1-2 lb. per week girl no matter what I did, so maybe my bigger numbers were just a temporary tease

I am going to browse on ebay until time to work out now...trying not to eat. I'm not hungry, but just have this little nagging saying I need to inhale everything in the fridge. I am making that voice SHUT UP and I will NOT give in I can't fail the year challenge on day five. I'm stronger than that.

NSV - I tried on all the pants and shorts in my closet today and only one pair were tight. I could still touch my toes wearing those but they would never be comfortable enough to work in. Some of those shorts haven't been comfortable to wear since 2000. They did sorta fit a few times, but again not a comfy fit. So that made me feel good.

I had answered the QOTD earlier and when I did I should have know that today was going to be a rough day for me. I carb overloaded on waffles. No protein in sight and as a result I ate all day long. At least I already weighed in for the week so I have 6 full days to erase that damage. The waffles weren't even worth it. They were just cheapo Great Value Walmart brand product. Maybe if they had been yummy homemade ones.

Then I went back and looked on Spark at my calories over the last few weeks. 2 out of the last 3 times I went over by a lot were poor choices for breakfast. There is now a note to self about breakfasts on the fridge.

DH has decided to keep the kids instead of me taking them to daycare tomorrow so hopefully I can get to work earlier than usual and possibly home sooner so I can find time to get a good walk in on the treadmill. My new WATP video should also be here tomorrow so I could do that maybe too.

Ellie - I understand about the kids being embarrassed. I have 3.5 year old twins. They are at that age when they are starting to speak up a little bit more and I don't want to hear them say the hurtful words, or for them to hear them from their peers. As important as we think it is to lose weight for them, it is so much more important for us to do it for ourselves.

Purple - Good call on browsing on eBay instead of snacking. Did you find anything good we should go buy? I need to go through the kids stuff and see if there is anything in there list. Then I need to work up my nerve to list my soaps. Sigh. One thing at a time though.

Nori, they do NOT have mountains in Alabama - you are right! Very near sea level in the whole state, except maybe as you approach TN/GA border and get into some of the smokies.

However, if you and dh ever go back home, you will HAVE To check out the Westpoint Pepperill Mill stores in east Ala. You can buy towels by the pound there and it's very cheap for good mill extras. Even their top label stuff is discounted. Short of that excursion, I also vote for JCPenney towels (which are either made by westpoint or fieldcrest) I have some from our first home - towels we bought in 1987 - and they are as thick and lush as they were 20 years ago!!

I haven't tried either of those and I only bought some Feta. Hey, Chellez, are we going to Greece? I have to watch myself with cheese since I can soooo easily overeat. Like today I had 3 servings of cheese - cheddar with bfast, cottage cheese with lunch and feta with dinner!

Fran - Wow, thanks for the shopping tip for Alabama! Are you from there? Dh is from Selma. DH left when he finished high school and has never lived in the south again - but he is so proud to be from there! He goes back almost every year, but I haven't been there for 2 years now. We will probably go later this fall. I HATE it there in the summertime - EXCEPT for the AMAZING garden produce. I would almost go in the summertime again just to taste the watermelons! (And to have my SIL's scrambled eggs which I swear she adds *something* to, but that she vehemently denies.) We are so sheltered here in the Pacific Northwest from *most* extremes (save the occasional volcano that blows!)when it comes to weather, so it's hard to take a short trip when your body requires 3 days alone to adjust to the humidity.

congrats everyone on doing so well this week!

grrrr.......I'm having a terrible time with 'mouth hunger' right now. geez. I am truly not a bit hungry in the stomach but boy is the committee wanting and encouraging me to eat. Cuppa tea will hopefully satisfy. And, I'll go put my nose in a book and NOT dive into any food.

Oh, and breakfast this AM......1/2 cup cottage cheese and 2 naked sausages. Can't wait for my fresh salmon and salad, with blueberries for dessert, in about 3 hours. yum.

So I need a bit of advice. For Valentine's Day, DH got me a spa gift certificate. Hand & foot treatment, plus my choice of either a massage or a facial. I had in mind I'd get a massage as my 'reward' for getting under 200lbs which I am not yet. Also I think I'd feel to uncomfortable with my body to be able to relax for the massage. But I really WANT a massage. I have had bad neck pain for 3 days now so it almost seems it couldn't come at a better time. But I can't shake the feeling that I don't 'deserve' the massage and should just get the facial instead. What would you do?

Go get a massage! Your hubby wouldn't have gotten you the certificate if he didn't think you deserved it! Just look at the time relaxing as a break from your everyday norm and you'll end up refreshed and ready to tackle your under 200 goal.

Otherwise I'd be happy to use the certificate for you!

I'm so thrilled with the results this week....

I made a point not to plug in the totals equation until I got all the weights in cause I knew it was going to be a great week. I got them all together and plugged in the total equation... I had to do a double take

Anywho I'm going to post results! we are Biggest Losers this week!

Heather, go get your massage We set up rewards for ourselves, but you never know what the future holds and you have to bend and move with life. Hubby wants you to have the massage, and you do deserve it, so I say go on and get it. Sometimes we have to do things out of our comfort zone, but in the end it is usually worth it. Go do it you'll be glad in the end I'm sure.

My legs are so sore from my Jillian workouts that I was going to use my once a week day off exercise today...but that means not working out during BL I could call it a light day, but I really think my legs need a break. The calves were so sore last night I couldn't jump on the trampoline, so I guess a day off it is.