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Good morning I Peeps! There's a coat of snow in the valley and it's truly lovely. On to a big day of Thanksgiving prep!

Good morning, and happy eve!

It is rainy and cold here today, yucky, yucky. But, hey, a day off is a day off! I will be going with hubby to his WI and then shopping and cleaning up.

Big victory this morning- I decided to weigh myself mid-week since we are starting P2 today, and I hit my goal weight! That is some BIG motivation to stay OP tomorrow.

Have a great day, IP'ers!

~Renee

Congrats on meeting your goal today! That must be a great feeling.

Yay for you. Congrats

Not WI day for another 5 days for me. I've been suck for more than a week. Decided to WI this morning and lost a pound. Although a pound isn't so exciting I am now in the 170's. I am thrilled.

Congratulations Renhag on meeting your goal

Jenna - it must feel great to have the scale moving again.

Happy Wednesday everyone. I have another cold, second in 6 weeks. I will have yo try Lisa's chicken soup.

Congrats and good job! You have done so well on IP and always have the best advice and outlook on things. I always love reading your posts! You will rock maintenance. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

morning yall!! Been a while since I updated- I'm finishing up Phase 3 (although, I kinda pretty much went from phase 2 to phase 4-shame shame!!) but I have done really well with maintaining which is something totally new to me! I'm so excited to have made it this far & feel comfortable buying a bunch of clothes in the size i'm in because I know i'll be able to wear them FOREVER!! lol I start with a personal trainer on Monday- i'm 50% excited, 50% scared! It's going to be hard but SOO worth it!! Can't wait to be in the best shape of my LIFE!!
Happy thanksgiving to all!! <3

It is always a wonderful feeling to drop into another weight range! WTG!

Congrats ReenHag!

Look at you! Your picture is amazing and you have lost 70 lbs! Enjoy shopping for new clothes. That was such a strange thing for me, as I just didn't know my style or really recognize how things looked on me. I have never liked shopping but actually enjoy it now. You will do so well in maintenance. Good luck with your workouts!

Congrats, I bet that put some sun in the rain today, and now shopping will be much more rewarding!,

Good Morning!!

Morning everyone from a Snowy Canada!!! I am kind of glad its cold, i cant wait till I am on ip longer and in the spring bring out all my section of too small clothes........lol. I used to have a fat section, and a One day section...my one day section if filled with frilly girlie clothes......cant wait to test them out in the real world and not be the fat girl with the pretty face!!!

Happy IP POWER to everyone today!!