Bentley - Ditto on you being totally gorgeous. I will now quote one of my all-time favorite movies, Mean Girls: You're a regulation hottie!

Taylor - Hope your back is feeling better!

Silver - Can't wait to see the wedding pictures!

okay that just seriously made my freaking week....oh and that is sooooooo one of my fav movies ever! thanks for the major confidence boost....i just wanted to throw out there that i think all you guys on the board are beautiful!

i like Zoolander- "she's so hot right now!"

I had my first big NSV today! I was running around like an idiot because i had no jeans that had no holes/stains/tears on the bottom/had been taken up, and i thought "wait, there are those black, non stretch jeans that havent fit since about a week after i bought them. I wonder..." and i got them out of the wardrobe and tried them on...and they fit! My size 12 non stretch denim jeans fit

so i wore them aaaall day

Actually I think half of 3fc are stunners, I bet you're all the reason I cant get boyfriends. (Please dont correct me here and tell me it's because of other reasons, haha)

WTG on the nsv ghost. I love it when a good pair of jeans fit

I've not had a good week food wise, iv been eating a lot of crap but v fortunately haven;t gained. I wish I could at least a steady 2lb a week instead of one. *huff*

Go Icon! There is nothing like fitting into jeans you had once grown out of. I STILL have a pair of blue jeans from 8th grade...when I was 17, I couldn't get them past my thighs, but now I can pull them on without even unbuttoning them. I would never wear them in the light of day...they are hideous but styles were different in 1997...but I love being able to fit into them.

So I went out to eat again tonight and I feel a lot less guilty thought I know I ate too much bread, but I don't feel like I over ate, so that's good. And then my aunt and I went to the book store and she was convinced at that nearly 5 guys were staring at me. I would like to state for the record that I didn't see any guy staring at me, but my friends do say I'm oblivious to male attention.

BTW: my butt was looking even bigger tonight. I had on a tighter shirt that went in at the waist. I'm used to guys staring at my chest...LOL! I love V-necks, And I'm so short so they have to look down at me and their eyes always wander to the cleavage, but the staring at my butt is kind of new. I'm not really comfortable with it.

Cali I know what you mean... I've always hated the attention there too (but I did have some nasty remarks in high school) but now I'm kinda liking it Also...guys are just like that, I cant tell you how many conversations my chest has had with guys LOL.

thank you guys its the very first time ive actually been able to do something like that, that i couldnt have done months ago. It makes up for being sick and not working out this week >.<

give those guys the deadly female evil eye cali. that should stop them dead in their tracks. or you can just take it as a compliment

Spoz, I'm trying to take the good with the bad. I mean, my Butt and me have never been on good terms, but it does look better. I grew up with a very square butt..I gained all this weight pretty much eating and sitting on my butt...let's see, it has been called a droopy pancake and a wide screen TV. But since losing weight, it's...er I guess rounder and bubble ish..LOL! it's just the kind of butt that draws attention...especially in new jeans.

LOL! I'm horrible...you said only half of the 3fcer are stunners, I'm sitting here wondering which half I'm in. Just ignore me...;-)

Well, I'll let you have the compliment anyway , you're in the good half. Actually, I'd have said all of 3fc but I haven't seen everybody lol. (but I'm sure they are haha)

lol the way you said it was more bubble ish just made me laugh id say you are definately one of the hot chicks here

Thank you all for the kind wishes!

Just when you think you've prepared for everything something happens. My future FIL checked into the hospital yesterday with a condition called cellulitis (I know,when I first heard the name of it I thought "well I have that, too"), but it's really an infection under the skin. We went to see him in the hospital, and he looked terrible, pale and weak, under all these blankets and trembling like crazy. I went to the nurses station to see if they could help him since he was shaking so much, and the nurse said "he said he was fine when I checked on him." It was all I could do not to scream at her "does he look like he's fine?" So she came and took his temperature and it was 103 degrees. She very casually said "well, I guess we'll put some tylenol in your IV." I'm so heart broken. After we visited with him yesterday, I burst out crying. His parents were supposed to fly out today. My future MIL is going to go on without him. He may or may not be able to meet up with us by next Friday depending on his condition.

Thank you girls for all your support. I couldn't ask for better friends.

Well today marks a new day. Last night was a hard one for me...my back was in pain, I felt like horrible...ya know those nights where you feel bloated, ugly, fat and useless? Ya, I had one of those. But I made it through without a binge, only 3 fries.

My back is still hurting today, a lot. I think I may have pinched a nerve...if it doesn't get better by the next time I see my dad, I am gonna get a doctors appointment. I also think that the lack of working out is having a toll on me - I really wanna get back on that elliptical!!

Sliver I am so sorry, honey! I only wish the best for your future FIL!

cali HAHA, your butt and you have never been on good terms! I was laughing so hard when I read that! But I can totally relate - my stomach and I aren't even on speaking terms! Haven't been for years! And 5 guys staring at you Go hot mama!

Icon Congrats about getting into those jeans! I bet that feels SO GOOD!

To Everyone

silver: that sounds horrible! skin infections are so nasty, at least he's in hospital where they can give him the right medical treatment (even if they dont give him the right personal treatment, hmph)

Thanks taylor, it does feel SO good! I weighed myself today, down 1.4kg!! (about 3 pounds?) So that explains why i am able to get back into them when do you next see your dad? I would go see a dr as soon as poss, but im a sucker for pain

Well, after much soul searching today I believe I am going to give atkins a rest and go back to calorie counting.

I felt like I was floating away in grease and couldn't have my regular coffee (only decaf!! which was not working for me) and I actually yearned for my blueberry and oatmeal breakfast.

Atkins did open my eyes to a few things and that is different meats I can eat (within limit) when I was calorie counting before I just stuck to chicken...day in and day out...and it bored me. I gained some awesome low-cal stuff (like porkchops cooked in diet cherry cola) and cheeses which I love (again, portions) and to stay away from the "evil white stuff" which I did anyway. I just can't stop eating my fruit and having some wine with my Dad when my calories permit. Atkins also shrunk my stomach because I didn't feel like eating anything...nothing seemed....clean. (Does that make sense? But hey - if atkins works for you...good for you! I have nothing but support for those who are on it!)

I just need to be true to myself and I know cutting out anything won't work for me or my body - plus - I NEED my coffee.

My back is better today, went walking around The Taste Of Colorado (we won't get into that...tomorrow is a new day) and it didn't give me too much trouble.

Anyway, tomorrow I am going to make friends with dailyplate.com again and my fridge is already full of great veggies and stuff. I just can't wait to eat blueberries and oatmeal for breakfast tomorrow.

Also, thank you guys for listening to my rant. It fills my heart to know that I am not alone in this journey and I have friends like you who know I how I feel. It makes me feel like I am not the only crazy one.

I'm so glad I was out of town for the Taste of Minnesota this year. BBQ + me =

Also I sort of wish there was a smiley that I could welcome you back to calorie counting with (yay calorie counters!). But the only thing I can think of right now is those little girls from The Shinning for some reason. "Come calorie count with us. Forever and ever and ever."