Happy Monday everyone! Here's this week's thread. Last week's is closed. Post your weigh ins and everything else here. I usually weigh in on Mondays but so much stuff is happening this week including my mama going out of town and Charter FINALLY sending someone to fix our internet on Tuesday so I don't know what day this week I'll weigh in. TTYL!

Updated List:

Shari ~ 249.8
Chicky ~ 219
Rosario ~ 229
Donna ~ 167.2
Brandi ~ 177.4
Heather ~ 146
Butterfly28 ~ 267
Abby ~ 161
Noelle ~ 187
Elyn ~ 141.8
Randee ~ 233
Morrigan ~ 188.4
72butterfly ~ 217.5
Annie ~ 193
Chrissy ~ 199.6
Katie ~ 157
Groovy ~ 150
Lorra ~ 226

Happy monday everyone...well I'm down 1.4lbs this week which puts me at 167.2...My goal this week is to eat healthy all week and to exercise at least 5 days and to get some good rest by going to bed at a good time...

good luck to everyone at weigh-in

Good morning everyone!!!

Donna- Good job on your 1.4 lbs this week! Keep up the good work!

My weigh in is tomorrow, as of yesterday I was 1 down lb, but im not going to count it, as tomorrow is my WI.

Have a great day all!

Congrats to you on your loss. I didn't have a good week. My second straight week without any major loss.

I didn't exercise for 3 days this week and had 4 high calorie days, one day was over 3000! I was addicted to rocky road ice cream this week and have decided that I just can't have it in the house. Luckily I didn't gain because my average intake was 1,800 for both this week and last week, but I did take in too much sodium and am carrying a little water I think.

But I'm trying to write it off as my body needing a break form hard core dieting, and that at least I have 4 weeks left to be on the straight and narrow. Today is a new month and I hope that the break will help my body lose faster now that I'm going back to exercising 6 days a weeks and keeping the calories low. I'll post if I lose any during the week...ok ok wishful thinking.

up one pound. not really feeling good. but i'm glad you gals are losing.

Chicky-no gain is always a good thing!!!

I didn't post my 2 lb gain last week, but I lost 3 this week and am down to 188.4. With 4 weeks to go, I think I have a pretty good shot at getting under 180 lbs. I started off great today with just under 1200 calories.

Congrats Donna and Morrigan!

Chicky, I can only hoped that I'm lucky enough not to gain this week.

Rosario, hows the family visit going?

Still haven't been able to weigh in but I went ahead and changed my ticker. I figure that no matter how much I've gained, getting to 240 by Memorial Day is still doable. Now, if by some miracle I actually lost some weight, then I change my ticker again. But that's highly unlikely.

Hello everyone,

Ugh, glad this Monday is almost totally over. What is up with Mondays? Well, at least it was beautiful today.

Don't worry Rosario, 1 lb is nothing. I'll tell you a story. I was doing this diet once where I actually went to visit my 'weight loss counselor' who was this crusty mean-spirited woman. Anyway, I stepped on that scale and had something like a 7 lb weight gain in one week. So, it could be worse. I eventually lost it again; I just had to get back on track, that's all. You can do it!

Annie

Well I'm down .2 of a lb this week to 177.4. It sucks because from Wednesday last week till Sunday I was down 2 lbs to 175. Then on Monday my weight went back up to 176, then today it's up to 177 again. I'm sure the extra water weight will be gone again, but it's frustrating sometimes.

On a good note, I lost 1/2 inch on each waist, hips, arms, and 1 inch on my thighs. I also gained 1/2 inch on my chest which is good. hehehe

I'm going to adjust my goal for this challenge. There is no way I'm meeting my original goal now. I don't want to feel like a failure, so I'm adjusting it so I can feel good at the end. I'm also going to adjust the tickers. I'm going to try to lose 4 more lbs. The way my body has been working lately, I'll be lucky to get that.

The longer I can maintain my weight, the more hope I have to be able to keep it off.

Well girlies...I had my weigh in and im down another pound. Im so glad. Losing anything will make happy though lol. I dont like it when the weightloss slooooooooooooows down!!! I was losing like crazy when I started lol. Oh well.

Morrigan- good job on your 3 lbs!! Thats wonderful!! Im sure you will get 180 soon!! Keep it up!!

Chefbran- good job on losing inches!!! That reminds me that I need to measure soon! Ya know, ive lost 32 lbs but im not in any smaller size clothes..Im not sure why. Its irritating me!!!

Have a GREAT day!!

Good morning everyone... I had WI on Sunday. Quite bummed that I gained .6lbs. I've been posting here for a while this morning and I must say...I'm feeling better. I've got a goal. I've got a plan. Now I'm gonna stick to it.

Wow...isn't it amazing how just a few hours can change your whole attitude.

I probably should change my MD to a more realistic goal...I don't want to not reach a goal again and I doubt I can loss 3.5lbs each week for the next four weeks. However...I'm gonna go back and look over my journals from when I was losing the weight fairly quickly and see what I'm doing differently now. I'll do that tonight and change what I need tomorrow. That gives me four days to work the changes before I WI on Sunday. If I notice a big change then I'll keep my ticker the same....and if not then I'll set it more realisticlly. I'm ok with not hitting my goal as long as I've lost most of it...even though I'd love to reach a goal on time for once

Okee dokee...I measured myself finally and since Jan 3, ive lost 28 inches!!! I cant believe it!!!
Right arm-1
left arm-1
right thigh -1
left thigh -2
right calf -0
left calf -0
stomach -9
Hips -4
Bust -4
waist- 6

I totally cant belive all those inches ive lost!! Then WHY cant I fit into smaller clothes LOL

How often do you measure yourself? I didn't measure when I first started (silly me) but I did measure in March. How soon should I measure again? What does everyone else do?

Are you maybe comparing plus sizes with misses sizes? I know for me they aren't the same. Like a plus size 14 isn't the same as a misses size 14. Surely you've gone down sizes with all those inches lost. It took me awhile to be able to actually go down in size, but I have and you've lost more inches than me.

Plus sometimes different brands have different measurements even though they have the same size number. I have three pairs of size 16 pants. One is almost too big, one fits good, and the other gives me that tummy roll over the top of the jeans. They are all different brands. That could be it too. What I did was to go out (by myself) and try on different sizes in the same brand and do this for a few different brands. This gave me an idea of what size I am now and made me feel good about being able to fit into misses size clothes. Sure I'm on the larger end of the misses sizes, but I'm still there.

I measure myself once a week on my weigh in days. It's just something I like to do. It's nice to see the difference especially when the scale doesn't move much.