Hey everyone. It is a new week and time for a new thread. It is weigh in day for me and I am down 2 more pounds!! It was also my birthday on the 7th. We celebrated by taking a trip out to Mendocino/Fort Bragg for the weekend. It was beautiful the weather was perfect!!! I am so happy that I was able to celebrate and yet still be faithful to myself and the goals I want to accomplish. I am now below my drivers licence weight . Next year when I turn the big 40 and start a new decade of life I hope to do it with a better image of myself and a healthier body to take me into the years to come. Have a great week everybody

Happy Birthday Goinggal!!! And CONGRATS! on the 2 lbs!! mine is sneakin up on me this wednesday! Kudos on beating ya license weight! thats a biggy! .. ya kno I don't even know what weight is on my license.. but i am pretty sure i uhm .. minimized the truth just a tad! one day tho I will make it to that weight!! laughs .. altho .. I have to renew my license this week so uhm .. hmm..what weight will I be now!?? maybe I will make an event out of gettin my drivers license pic done .. fix my hair and make up and everything ..who knows .. i MIGHT just get a decent pic this year! .. who am i kiddin?!

I weigh in thursday .. I really dont' like my weigh in's to be on thursdays .. it seems it gives me license to misbehave on the weekend. Anyone else have an odd weigh in day? I use WW so thats why its so late in the week ..and lets just say I like their scales better than mine... think i need new batteries in mine .. theirs just seems to be more consistent. so like I was askin .. anyone else have an odd weigh in day? and how do ya get yaself to behave on the weekends!?? I am thinkin I should check into a health club from friday after work to monday mornin! with some kind of health drill sargeant! .. hmm.. there is an untapped idea right there! wonder how much people would pay for weekend captivity! or does the National Gaurd have that locked up? lol eh .. sighs... oh well .. someone else will develop the idea and make millions and I will be kickin myself in the butt in about 20 years goin dangit! ok .. rambling is done .. have a great day everyone!!

Congrats GoingGoal on the 2 pounds gone, and happy b-day!

Owira, I get through the weekends the same way I get through everyday. I have before pictures up on my fridge of me with my kids at 187 pounds. Everytime I go in the fridge at meal time I am at eye level with those pictures. It works every time. As for parties and holidays. I let myself eat whatever I want on major holidays like Christmas and Easter, but not everyday parties unless it's mine or my children's birthdays.

I lost more last week. About 2 pounds, so I'm feeling good. Have a good week everyone.

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE TICKER:

11 weeks 'till Christmas! In a week maybe we should do a half-way check-in. Discuss our goals, how we feel about the first half of the challenge, etc. Just an idea.

Going Goal- I am so glad you had a great birthday! Sounds like you are really in charge of your life. Doesn't it feel good? Congrats on those two pounds!

Owira- My weigh-in day is Wednesday, which is the day I chose. I like it, because Wednesday is my day to sleep in and catch up on homework. I always like to be able to weigh in first thing after I know I have had a full night's sleep. No alarm clocks on Wednesdays, it is amazing! As for the weekend... I guess I am lucky because I never really got into the mindset that weekends are the time to go crazy. Can you just plan a few treats into the weekend? That way you are enjoying yourself, without going crazy.

Moto- Congrats on the two pounds! Your loss so far is really inspiring.

Well, I am still liking the Weight Watchers so far. I really do feel like I get to eat a lot, and I am losing! Woohoo! Now for my weird question. Does anyone else feel their weight loss in their cheeks? I know this sounds crazy, but when I am losing weight I really think my cheeks are sort of tingly. LOL, if it makes me feel better I guess it doesn't do any harm to think that.

Hi everyone! Hope you all are doing okay. Sorry I've been MIA. My computer caught a virus and my profile was wiped clean. Now I have to take it to get the virus out but I have to wait till next week when I get paid. *sigh* So it'll be a while before I'm back on fully. I'll try to check in as much as I can. Peace yall

Good MOrning!!!!! Well, I really have not lost anything, So I am starting to doubt I will make my gaol at all. It is dissapionting and I wanna give up. But I know it's not easy. SO I'm trying to hang in. The odd thing is My pants are baggy on me and I'm constantly pulling them up so I think I am loosing inches. But at this point in the challenge I should have been at least 6 pounds in my goal. But Still going Strong and hanging in there.

Ya'll have a GREAt day and drink your WATER!!!!

I had a NSV today I was doing bus evacs (most of you know now that I am a school bus driver) and one of the male teachers came up to me and said- "Hey are you loosing weight? It really shows you look great!" That made my day

GG: WHOOHOO! I had a teacher say the reason you can't tell on me is because my clothes hide it. I don't have the money to reinvest in clothes. Not even cheap good will ones right now. I do know when I reach goal, my dad is giving me $1k to buy clothes with.

Whoever asked about the scale. I weigh daily but tend to believe Saturday because that is the day I sleep the most (the rest of the week I barely sleep) and that affects the scale.

I've got so much going on I don't know where to begin. My MIL and SIL will likely be evicted soon. We've been having to deal with that. I'm exhausted from work (elem. school). I've decided to go back to school starting in January so I'm working on paperwork. I will likely have to move out of my place ASAP because they raised the rent too much. Im on new meds and I think it is making me too jittery and anxious but I have dry mouth which sounds like a bad thing but its keeping me from eating too much. Can't complain there. My husband keeps flying out of town leaving me with the kids. I don't mind but I have to get up even earlier in the morning and I can't stay at work to fininsh stuff there instead of bringing it home so much. Groan.

I don't think on the weekends I go crazy but its easier to slip cause of running here and there .. like football games friday nites .. and saturdays usually my sons have me running here and there and it just makes it easier to make bad choices. I am pretty much maintaining my 1-2 lb weight loss ..but I know on the weeks that I barely make 1 lb i can look at my weekend and pretty much see where I set myself back. Altho I will take my 1lb loss and smile and move on .. sometimes it just gets to ya ... tomorrow will be hard cause there will be a party at work with cake and such and I will have to remember to be smart! anyways ..have a great day everyone!

The scale is moving! Oh, weight watchers, how I love you. Heh... I lost another two pounds this week. So, after a week and a half on this program, I have lost 3 pounds. That is exactly in the steady weight loss range I want to see! It feels SO good to see the numbers going down. So, I saw 181.5 on the scale this morning. Seeing a number in the 170's is really getting me excited!!!! At one point I said I wanted to be at 174 by Halloween, which seems pretty hard now, but at least I am moving. Whoohoo! Can you tell I'm excited?

Owira- when you explain that there are just more chances to have those treats on weekends, that makes so much sense to me. Tough, but not impossible to get past. Try not to get too down about the little things, though! Hope that the party at work went ok.

Deafinly- Sounds like you have an enormous amount on your plate right now. Best of luck getting through it.

GoingGoal- YAHOO on that NSV! Some times I think that compliments from guys seem better than compliments from gals...

Jelly- If you're losing inches try not to worry! With all the exercise you're doing, I bet you're building tons of muscle.

Jasons- Good luck with the computer. I LOATHE computer problems.

oy .. i think i gained 20 lbs just sniffing that german chocolate cake .. and i couldn't say no ..sheesh ..was made for me .. so had a slice.. and savored every bite!! and worse I had to bring it home ..thank god for teenage boys .. it won't last long in this house!!!

Ok so for my b-day present I decided on a treadmill .. long story but I haven't been getting my exercise in regularly and have come to the conclusion that I will have to get it in the mornings .. ok so I know most people would say just go for a walk .. well .. I would .. cause I live in the country and it is feasibly a great idea ..except for one thing .. snakes .. I live in west texas and the rattlers are movin constantly and I am petrified, terrified, whichever word you want to use of snakes .. so other alternative is to drive 10 miles into town and go to the gym then drive home and get shower and get ready for work .. I have been thinking about this for a long time now and just sent hubby to pick up one that is on sale for a decent price .. it may not be top of the line or really great ..but if i use it regularly and it doesn't gather dust ..than I will invest in a better one later down the line. seems like a good compromise to our budget and me!

well guess I am going to go .. TBL is on in about 30 minutes ..and I have fallen in love with that show!! take care chicks!

Hey everyone. I've been basically off the wagon for a few weeks now and having a hard time starting up again because I am back at my origional weight. The good news is that I applied for a job at a community center that had a gym in it and if I get hired I will have somewhere to work out!

Jelly, I think you are probably losing inches. Typically afterwards you start losing the pounds. Don't worry. Also these challenges are friendly wagers. They are not a means to cause people to want to give up completely due to frustration. I have to remember that myself when I see that I am nowhere NEAR where I was supposed to be. Absolutely keep going. Keep truckin along. This is for YOU not for a wager. I'm sure you know that. I'm sure you are making it closer to your goal than I am and I'm sure you are just speaking out of frustration. Grr..Me TOO! I do have good news to report. My plateau is slowly coming off. I lost another pound this week!