Yeaaaaa 10 more pounds until I move to the next thread. Awwwwwwwwwh yeaaaaaaah. 260's took forever. Time to bust out these 250's. Hope everyone stays motivated!

WTG Charitymarie!!!!!!!!!!! You're so close to being OUT of this thread!

I am stuck at 257.4, BUT I think it is a combination of a few things: I am eating too much salt, not drinking enough water and I've been creeping up on TOM for over a week now, like it won't just come and then go away (sorry! TMI!) and my body is a little sore and soreness for me, equals water retention.

I know the soreness is associated with exercise, I like to push myself, but I maybe need to take an extra day off this week, maybe ice the old legs, we'll see.

Anyway, I AM very excited about my official measurements; I took a look at Forever21's measurements (don't judge me! I love it there! LOL) and I am pretty much officially in their 3X size (which is a 17/18), the measurements are (vs. my measurements):

Bust - 49" vs 48" (ME)
Waist - 42" vs 38" (ME)
Hips - 51" vs 51.5 (ME)

However, I am NOT yet in their size 20 jeans, because of my thighs!!! My thighs have gone down from almost 34" to 31.5" and F21's thigh for their size 20 jeans is 30.75", so I have another .75" to go until I can wear their jeans!

Anyway, the point is, I am not going to let this number throw me off; I have let it do that in the past and it stops NOW. On wards and DOWN wards!

Gosh I know ALLLLL about hips and thighs keeping you out of a size. Pisses me off. BUT I would rather carry my weight in my butt than my belly, so i can't really complain too much. If I have to be 130 pounds over weight, at least I maintain a waist, boobs, and a whole lot of a$$.

Aunt Flo decided to move on, and I think i got my whoosh. 255.0 this morning... but it was my sister in law's scale, not mine, so it might not be accurate. That said, in the past, that scale weighed me heavier than my own, so I decided to take it. Maybe I'll wake up at my own apartment tomorrow and be down even more? One can only hope.

But since I'm accepting my weight at 255, that means I'm fifteen pounds down!!!!!! Whoop whoop!!! 2.5 more pounds before I'm 25% of the way to my summer goal!!!

Happy Friday Peeps!

I had a pretty darn good start to the day with my (new!) scale showing me 253.6! Woo! I was pretty worried that I was going to just break even this month. I would LOVE to hit 50 lbs lost before the wedding I'm going to in two weeks! I'm kinda excited to get all prettied up for the day too.

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend and has better temperatures than our -57 (with the wind) forecast for tomorrow!

My damn weight has been hopping up and down 4 pounds. Irritating. Just go down.

It took a minute but I am finally in the 260s!! Hello everyone

Hi everyone!

I just became a member and am teetering right around 260, so am happy to have found this thread.

You all made me laugh, because I can totally relate to being confounded by daily weight fluctuations and yelling at the scale not because I don't like what it is saying, but because it doesn't make any sense! ("Go home scale, you're drunk," may have actually come out of my mouth the other day.)

Keep up the good work everyone! (And keep those NSVs coming on those days when the scale seems drunk...)

Gr. I got down to 255 and then promptly popped back up and teetered around 260... I think it's a mix of TOM and I think I've been too strict... I've gone almost a month without any cheating, and the past week I've been eating super low calorie due to getting busy and skipping meals... Some days less than a thousand calories which is really bad.

Today and yesterday i ate kinda crappy... And weirdly I DROPPED weight. So I'm thinking about trying calorie cycling or making sure to incorporate a cheat day every week to kick my metabolism in the ***. I also went grocery shopping and got lots of healthy easy snacks so I can force myself to eat a few bites every hour whether I want it or not.

I WANT to get down to 252.5 pounds. 25% of my goal. I'm tired of hanging between 255 and 260. I want it gone.

Woohoo! I finally made it to the 250s today! *Happy dance*

258 -

I've been incredibly sick the last couple days. I either eat nothing or I eat something terrible. Sinus infection, strep throat, tired all day...

I was lucky to have the weekend off work, I dont even know if I can make it this week working 12 hour days... These 250's are going to be worse than the 260's!

On top of being really sick its TOM for meeeee. Maybe I can manage to stay strong on the late 250's and at least not inch upwards. Who knows, with as crazy as bodys are sometimes maybe it'll make me lose a few pounds instead of me fearing a gain!

Stay strong everyone~~ That 240's thread is so close for so many of you!!!

I'm feeling worried . . . I don't want to go back up to the getting out of the 270's thread . . . I'm at 270.2 right now, and went all the way up to 273 three days ago . . . but it's my time of month, so hopefully that's all it is. In better news, I've started doing yoga and really love, love, LOVE how it makes my body feel. How you all doing this lovely Monday as we head into another week? Great, I hope!

254.2 today. I'll take it. I really hope to make it to the 240's soon. Not that I'm not enjoying you guys in this decade, but I'm ready to move on!

Signed up with a new fancy gym yesterday. Long and the short is: Personal trainers are f-ing expensive! There is an intro program that is much more my speed. I'm hoping that the gym's hefty price tag keeps me going all the time.

I ordered a yoga mat off the internet that should be arriving in a day or two, I am looking forward to starting Yoga soon!

I stepped on the scale this morning and saw 259.3! It was an exciting moment and definitely one to keep me motivated. Although yesterday I did my first round of monthly measurements and love having that as a NSV to look forward to.

Silverfire I know what you mean about hating to shell out for a pricey gym... But if it is more comfortable to you and more likely to keep you coming back, then it is worth it. Right now I am a member at a local boutique gym because I feel more comfortable than at my local big box gym. I have been going 5x a week. I find that anything more for me stresses me out, and anything less and it doesn't become a priority.

Also, is it possible to add members to our fit bit friends? If so, how? Thanks.

I was back up to 259 on Friday. I didn't post about it because I was ashamed. Things have been rough and my eating and exercise habits are suffering because of it. One of my cats died on Thursday... It was really sudden too, I woke up and found him dead. He was old and had some health problems but he was totally fine the night before. He was the cat I was closest to, who has gotten me through so much. Both of my parents died in 2013. And over the past 2 years I've had 3 cats and a rabbit die. It's hard to feel positive about anything.
I'm trying really hard to look at this gain positively though. I see people here excited about hitting 259 and I remember how excited I was to get under 260. And how excited I was to get under 300. Just a year ago that seemed impossible. I'm going to try to focus on my fitness levels and eating habits more than the scale. It's hard to not want to race through the weight loss but I know that I'm better off doing it slowly anyway.

250.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not sure if it's because I spent all last night sicker than a dog and puking my guts out, but I'll take it. I weighed myself on my other scale just be be sure at it said 249.6! WOOOO! I might be out of the 250's, despite the fact that my steps have been abysmal this last week.

Silverfire I took a Yoga class and absolutely loved it! I really want to get back into it, I went 2 times a week for 12 weeks and my flexibility improved so much!