Hey y'all, it's Monday.

And have I got some news... I hit 25 POUNDS today! I lost 1.8 this week to make my total, 25.6. I am really excited. After giving me the award (as well as the 16 week award), my leader asked what losing 25 lbs has changed for me. And I almost started crying. I did choke up for a second. But I really think the biggest change is that my personality is starting to come back. I used to be a pretty goofy, outgoing person. Not so much a class-clown type, but witty. And for the longest time, I am just realizing, I had been kinda subdued. It was almost like I had been just trying to blend in. Instead of drawing any attention towards myself.

So for me, my 25 pound loss has brought back some of my sass!

Thanks for listening. I don't have many girl friends, most of my friends are guys. Which I haven't felt too comfortable talking about losing weight with them. So on here is really a good place for me to chat with some chicks and get some feedback. So, thanks for reading my rant. Hope yalls weeks are going good as well.

Congrats!!! 25 lbs is AWESOME!!

I totally know wh at you mean, too, about having been subuded for so long. I've only lost 18, but I do feel like some of the old me is coming back

Oh wow girl, great work!!!! thats so exciting. So you got your charm? I am looking forward to getting mine soon as well. I also used to be very outgoing in highschool and then afterwards became much more withdrawn when i started to feel so badly about my weight. I figured there was nothing i could do about it. Here i am today, 21lbs lighter and feeling like a million bucks. So i know how you feel chicky. Keep doing what your doing!

ugh i hate the scales at WI =p the first one (by the door) is ALWAYS has a higher number than at home. The one in the middle is perfect. Usually the same number i expect to see. And the 3rd one, well its a hit or miss...
at home i was 196.6. There i was 198 T_T

anyhow i canceled my membership, but they talked me into e-tools only... (significantly cheaper a month, and that's the only thing im really interested in.) But i feel silly, before leaving WI today, i bought the books thinking i'd have to do it alone, at home... I wonder if they'll let me return them? lol

Thanks Rose & Mercury. I's still riding the high from yesterday. Haha.

I'm on the hunt for new recipes. Anyone got any websites they would recommend?

Hi everyone,

Wanted to introduce myself around these parts. I lost 54 pounds on my own, gained 17 of it back, and have rejoined Weight Watchers to give myself a kick in the butt to get back on track. I did WW in the past on the old Points system, and I am finding that Points+ is a lot better for me with my specific medical/dietary issues (PCOS, blech).

Anyway, all that to say, this week I lost 2 pounds, bringing my total up to 5.6. I got my "first five" sticker (and I wanted to say "it's actually my first forty-three, thanks!), and I am feeling really good about everything. Looking forward to interacting with you gals as I progress towards the second half of my weight loss journey!

Lost 2.6 and received my stay and succeed charm at my meeting. =o) I can taste ONEderland and overweight category. I'm almost there.

Which one is the 'stay and achieve'??

PS- I think they need a cuter charm for 25 lbs. It's boring.

16 weeks

I never got anything for 16 weeks!! i will mention it to them when i go in this week lol. Is it a sticker? I find they dont tell you about the milestones at my place, i have to tell them or ask them for stuff. "Should i be getting my 5lb loss sticker?", "Should my points be going down now?" etc. The answer i always get is, "oh yeah, i keep forgetting to tell people that!". ugh

mercury your place sucks!
my place write it down on a post-it note.
Sometimes they'll ask if you're staying. sometimes they dont.
everyone gets congratulated, then the leader will ask if there is anything else

I got a charm to go on my keychain thingy. Which lives in the console of my car. And I swear my fiancé is going to break it. He fiddles with it.

At our meetings the receptionist calculates the total that everyone there that meeting lost together. Then the leader gives out awards. She gives everyone hugs on te bigger accomplishments and asked what difference they have seen and if they have anything to say. Sometimes they forget some bc the computer doesn't alert them to it. Like 15 lbs. For some reason the program doesn't. But the ladies are usually really good about lookin out for awards.

I'm nervous right now bc I think my leader might be having to move to a different location. Which would actually be closer to my house. But it would be farther away from my moms house. And we go together.

I had my first gain at my weigh-in tonight. But even though I'm not *happy* about it, I'm trying not to let it get me down too much. I realized tonight that due to being sick for a week, and then going to visit my best friend for a week, I haven't exercised in two weeks. Oops! Plus (tmi) I've been constipated for nearly a week, and I swear I feel ten pounds heavier. I don't know if that would have anything to do with the fact that I'm 1.8 pounds heavier this week, but I suppose everything combined.

So, as my WW leader always says, tomorrow is another day, and I am going to go right back on the wagon. Tracking, exercising, water intake...I am going to be hardcore about it. I doubt that at this point I'll meet my mini-goal of losing 31 pounds by my 31st birthday (I have 8 pounds to lose in 11 days for that one, so....probably not!) but if I don't meet it by then, I'll meet it soon afterwards.

*sigh* I knew I'd have a bad week. I guess I just hoped I'd get lucky again. *L*

I'm sorta freaking out about the flooding possibly that could happen here. I dont wanna get water again. But Im trying not to turn to munching as a stress reliever.

anyone seen spooky?