Hi Chicks! How is everyone doing this week? This has been a spectacular week for me! It was my birthday on thursday...(turned 32 wow), i bought a new 2011 car on my birthday... my very first brand new car from a dealership!!! yaaay!!! and i lose 1.5lbs yesterday at WI, which put me at 40lbs loss total. I am very proud of myself, i never in a million thought i would be 40lbs lighter so soon. in a little over 6 months, i feel i have come so far. I am so so so motivated to get this done. I wanna see my pictures up on the goal threads by next summer Im going to do this!

Wow, what a great week mercury blue! Happy Birthday and Congrats all in one!

I'm excited this week, I'm going on a road trip to visit someone in California. So freaking excited I can barely stand it Its a huge step in my journey of self acceptance to go and I can't wait to see him.

I was super productive yesterday (cleaned and sewed myself a messenger bag) but the downside is that I ate crap and feel ****ty today. ugh.

Thanks Patchy You live in Vegas?! Thats awesome! Have you ever gone to that gun store there? I think its off Tropicana or something like that. My boyfriend and i are hoping to get out there soon and that gun shop is the top of our list. I totally wanna cross off "I have shot a machine gun" off my list of things to do lol.

California sounds pretty awesome too! Have a really awesome time there. Grats on your 60lb loss too girl! wow i cant wait to get there too. I think we are the same weight right now! exciting

Congrats, mercury and happy birthday! I'll be 32 in October although I still feel the same as I did in my early twenties! Kinda makes me sad to think I spent SO much of my life overweight....but at least I'm finally doing something about it! I'm 3 pounds away from losing 20 and I know it's not good to expect too much but I SO want to hit it this week! I know it's unlikely, but a girl can dream!

wow i know exactly how you feel. I spent my 20's basically being depressed and not wanting to go out and do stuff instead of fixing the reason i felt the way i did. I guess i needed a little boost of maturity to help me do it. I am ready now...and i feel great

Dont put too much pressure on yourself to lose those 3lbs. Worst thing to do is set yourself up for it to not work out the way you want it to. Sounds like your doing an awesome job so far

OMG mercuryblue! First, happy birthday And that is so awesome for your 40 lbs lost!! Congratulations! You're such an inspiration! What brand of car did you bought? I understand how excited you must be about that, there's nothing like new car smell

I managed to kick away all the weight I gained during my vacations but I'm like super stressed out, I have 3 going out in restaurent planned for next week (going to see my cousin to see Blink 182 show YAY, the next day having dinner with a friend who's moving away, and the next day I have a dinner with my hockey field team). I'll have to make some really wise choices but I'm going to have a lot of pressure. The friend who is moving away always want to get bottles of wine and always blame me when I bail on that... I'm not looking forwart this dinner at all.

Thanks!! I pick up the car on Tuesday and i am DYING! I want to get it so bad and Tuesday cant come fast enough lol. I got a 2011 Kia Soul "Burner" edition. Its a pretty funky car, but it fit my personality the very best I tend to forget sometimes that ive lost 40lbs already. And then i suprise myself everytime i think about it. Like.... why on earth did i not do this sooner?!

Dont worry about your dinners out, never stress girl. When i have to go out for dinners i eat real light during the day (zero point stuff - veggies/fruits is what i normally do), then i will pick something lighter from the menu. I went out for lunch and for dinner on my Bday, but i tried to keep it under control. For lunch i had an awesome salad with turkey deli meat on it, I ate half a peice of bread and gave the rest to my boyfriend lol. I felt i did ok. I know you can too. As far as the wine goes, friends should always understand when you tell them "no" if you dont wanna eat something. Especially if they know your trying to cut down and eat well, they shouldnt expect you to drink it! So dont feel pressured. Let us know how it goes!

Oh I love Kia's car!!! Really good choice!

For the dinners, I bought a huge box of salads and a lot of veggies so I can have some really low points lunch for the 3 days of dinning out and I'll try to have something light from the menu. Still, we're going to eat italian and at the Baton Rouge the next days.. Their menus basically scream ''Hellooooooooooooo, carbs!''

For the friend, she knows I'm on WW and everytimes she sees me she's like ''wow it really shows, good for you, can you talk to my bf about it lol'' etc etc. And then when I want to bail on sometimes like wine it's like the end of the world.

Though lately she's the one whose been complaining that she started to gain pounds... But do not blame the alcool, can't be the alcool right!?? :O lol

i found some wireless from the neighbours, in the back yard, so i thought i'd come on here, say, hi, hello. Im not MIA =p
but my diet is non-existant. And i dont like it.
i havent weighed myself in about 2-3 weeks and i havent watched what i eat. I try but by night time, when im alone in this empty house, and the baby is asleep, i just eat. Pure boredom. >_<;
I've gotten back into Zumba this week, so at least im trying to stop it somewhere, but every day i try to not over indulged, i do it.

that is all. I hope venting it will mentally help me follow through.
Thank you for readin, and i hope to steal this person internet more often. LOl

Jinksie,

You are so funny! I think you should invite some friends over and play some cards or something. Also, I started to learn to knit last year, keeps the hands busy in the evening.
Hug the baby!

It's cool to have news from you, Jinksie! Hang on to the Internet stealing! yay! LOL

Ya we missed you Jinksie Hope all is well for you right now.

I am down FORTY!!!!!! 40.8 actually. I am so excited.

I truly think having this forum has played a part in my success.... So thanks, yall!!

thanks all.

so i did it, i weighed myself this morning. I've gained 3lbs. Which you could say wasnt too bad in the scheme of things, but it is just 3lbs too much!

The only thing i've eaten today was at Golden Corral, cos i mowed someone's lawn - and i didnt over do it there, and im have no intentions of eating more... I will be stern with myself.

I used to crochet, but seeing as i'll probably be moving in about a month, i got rid of all those kinds of things. Perhaps a little ahead of myself.

YAY CATA

Congrats, catahoula!! Forty! Such a milestone! And you're so close to your goal

I used to know how to crochet, but I kinda forgot how to start the dam* thing. And well, I only do scarf. Lots and lots of scarves. lol