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Judy

I lost 3 pounds! I'm down to 233, for a total loss of 42 pounds!! More people are starting to notice, and I feel great!

Today is the official weigh-in day for my first mini-goal -- I was supposed to lose 28 pounds by today, and I've lost 42! I'm already halfway to my 2nd mini-goal. Part of that is because I lost 11 pounds the first week, but I'm so glad I've stayed ahead the whole time -- it really helped to motivate me. Even though I still weigh a LOT, I feel so different already. My face looks different, and I can feel a collarbone for the first time in ages!

Way to go Lisa, it does make you feel good when people notice. Keep up the good work. I lost .4 pounds this week which I am okay with, I went out for a birthday celebration to a mexican place and I was not good at all. Though I paid for it with severe heartburn for the next couple of days. Getting old I guess, plus I am sure my body said what the heck!
Fiona

Lisa, whoo hoo!; you are rollin'!

I'm at 150.0. Took about 1 1/2 - 2 wks to get from 150.8 to 150.0!! My Gosh, what in the world. I've started the Wendie Plan and I'm debating going on to the 20pts/day instead of 22 pts/day. If you think about it, with the flex pts, it's a big difference per wk... I'm trying not to be down about it; but it's so hard when you don't see at least a 1 lb per wk drop. And I thought that this was really gonna do it- esp w/ my exercising more and all.. Oh well, we'll see what next Wednesday holds.

Sometimes the last few pounds take a bit longer. half a pound loss per week isnt so bad. I look at any little bit of a loss as a good thing.. heck, even maintaining is better than I was doing when I was gaining!

I'm sabotaging myself right now to the point I'm unsure what to do anymore. What a vicious circle. Money is stressing me out right now to the max and I'm having a difficult time when I'm not able to buy my more expensive healthy alternatives for food. Especially when I'm trying to get "back in the swing". So I get stressed and eat things I shouldn't but are cheaper, which stresses me out even more because now I feel guilty and awful about myself.. which only proceeds to deepen my feelings of failure. Which only makes me want to turn to food even more. I know the key for my mind right now is to get a few good days under my belt, once I get back into exercising and eating right, I generally stop craving other things as much. But I think my problem is I keep looking too far ahead and letting one bad day ruin my week. I need to take this a day at a time.

One thing I realized is right now I'm craving warm foods. Eating my apple and yogurt today was hard because I just didnt want something cold. I also want a snack when I get home from work around 3pm, so I'm making myself something warm as a snack today. I'm going to beat this today.. I got what healthy options I had left in my pantry/fridge and made a plan for the rest of the week. I figure if I look at it like "this is all you can afford to eat today, Gina" I'll stick with it and not trip myself up.

Today's menu:
breakfast - piece of string cheese and toast
snack - apple, fat free yogurt
lunch - chicken tortilla soup, leftover salad w/ ff dressing
snack - toasted ham sandwich
dinner - bbq chicken, potatoes "au gratin", green beans, biscuit, tomato
evening snack - 100-cal bag of popcorn
total - 28points

Hope everyone else's week is going better.

I know it, Gina. That's what I've been telling myself every since I "lost it" on Thursday. The last pounds are harder.
Speaking on money: isn't it a hot mess how the healthier foods are the most exp?!?!?! Then everyone has the nerve to talk about obesity in America. You almost can't afford to eat healthy or lose weight. I spend more money in the grocery store than I did when I was 200 lbs!!! How much sense does that make? We sure can't blame it all on inflation... The organic fruits are outlandish in price, the healthier cereals are at least $1.00 more, the bread is about $1.00 more; AND the healthier foods are rarely on sale w/ their counterparts and if they are it's no where near the same amt off!!! Don't get me on the soapbox about that!