Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't been very chatty. I think I'm coming down with the stomach flu. Or at least it feels like it.

Happy Friday to you all. I am so happy so many people are posting by the end of the last challenge there were just a few of us left posting but it was easier to keep up with everyone.

Not to much to report. My official weigh in is tomorrow so hopefully another pound is gone. I have been quite bloated lately so I am working on that. I did squeeze into some jeans I have not worn in 3 years. I am happy I can wear them but what drives me crazy is they are actually abigger size than the jeans I wore earlier this week. I wish sizes were more regulated. I have worked diligently this week to clean out my closet and get rid of my bigger clothes I am taking some to consignment and others to good will. My husband did the same and we finally have room in our closets. I mentioned room to buy more but he rolled his eyes at that idea.

Hope everyone has a great day!!

ellgee - You can weigh whenever you want as long as you have it posted by the deadline. So if you are weighing on Fridays, then this Fridays weight is the weight you will need to use for your post. And of course you can go ahead and post it as soon as you weigh, you don't have to wait until Monday.

I was just reading through the posts and Cakebatter just reminded me of something I was trying to forget. Remember how optimistic I was about what I would lose this week? I just remembered that TOM is going to hit me right on my weighin day. I just hope that I've lost enough so that I can hide that stupid TOM bloat..........otherwise I'm going to be very upset!

Hi Everyone! Today was my weigh-in day. I can not tell you how excited I was to see......259.6 this morning!!!! A loss of 11.2 pounds! I've been following WW old "quick start" which only allows 20 points no matter what you weigh. A couple of days ago I switched to the old 1-2-3 Success Program and upped it to 28 points. It's been hard, but sooo worth it to see that number drop. I know much of it was water, but it still made me smile!

Congrats! That deserves a great big veggie dance!

Congrats timeforme! Red team's gonna rock the weigh-in this week. I weighed in today as well and was pleasantly surprised to see a 2.2 lb loss. That in addition to the 4.4 from last week makes an overall 6.6 lb loss for week one weigh-in. Woot!

Woot!!! Way to go on the weighin, for both of you

Thanks for the info Montecristo. Hopped on the scale this morning and after being sooooo good all week AND exercising, I am up .2 from Monday.

I may wait and make Saturday the official day.

BUT from starting weight I am down so no big worries.

Have a great day!

Thank goodness you are all out there. I just shipped my last one off to college and I now feel as tho at least my red teammates depend on me.

Down 5 lbs. this week headed into the weekend and I'm determined to keep it that way!

Good luck to us all this weekend!

I have finally mad a little movement on the scale. I am back to 179.6. I have seen this number once and am happy to see it again. Now I must go lower.

You will all learn very quickly that I go up and down like crazy. It just seems to be how my crazy body works. It is hard to deal with, but I have learned that I just have to stick with the plan and eventually good things happen. I also lose very slowly, but it ain't comin back on.

I just need to whine a little. I've realized that I've been basically the same weight this whole summer. I keep losing and gaining the same 5 to 7 lbs. Its driving me crazy. I looked at pictures from the end of July, and I was 232. I'm 230 now. Some of it is my own fault, but then sometimes its just my stupid body, and then regardless of how well I do during TOM, I still gain 3 to 4 lbs, and then it takes a week to lose that weight again.

ugh. I think I need to cut my calories. And actually stick with counting everyday again.

*cries* I want to be under 230!!!

Jaytee - 5 lbs is great!!

ANd Mtiger, it sounds like our bodies are similar.

Hi everyone, hope you had a good week. I am so happy that it's the weekend finally!

Anyone have any ideas for a week 2 challenge? Let me know, I've got a few, but would like some team input on it.

Keep up the good work team!