I w/i just before I got in the shower and guess what?!?! I'm down to 189!! It may be the biggest fluke in the world but I'll take it. :dance:

Melissa, Congrats on your loss! :bravo:
Man, we're doing great. This is turning out to be a very short (four weeks) and very successful challenge. Good for us all and keep on keepin' on!!!! :woo:
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

good going Melissa and Sandra,,,,,i knew you could do it

Thanks for that great reminder, Melissa. It's cute and reinforces what I want to do in these upcoming days. Good luck to everyone. Looks like we've got Thanksgiving on the run. :woo:
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

I can't believe how soon Thanksgiving is!! I don't think that I will reach my goal, but hopefully I can get closer so that my Christmas/New Year's goal will be more attainable!! :D

WoooooHooooo!!!
 

Well ladies, I'm down another pound this morning. I'm so excited. I'm 3 pounds from my Thanksgiving goal! :carrot:

Patti, Melissa, and Sandra-Congrats on your losses!!! :bravo: :cp:

Tanya, Judy, and Vivian-How are all of you doing? We can do this. :goodvibes

I think it all boils down to....how bad do we want it? I'm ready for changes in my life. I want to be healthy above all. :ebike: I love this little fella on the bike.

:woo: Kim, that is fantastic! You are going to reach your goals. :high:

Kim, this is fantastic! :cp: :bravo: Your weight loss is following right along with your attitude to make this verrrrrrry important.
Thanks for asking about me. It's been a little tough, but I'm working on knocking off one pound this week that *stays* knocked off. My total goal for Thanksgiving was 4# and I still think I can pull it off. The cheerleading helps and so do the :goodvibes:
Good luck to us all. We can do this. We are doing this. Change the impossible to I'm possible!!!!!
Judy Itry
2234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

Congrats, Kim!! And thanks for asking. I'm doing fine now. :)

I realized on Friday that I had no idea how much I was eating. My weight loss had stopped (I know, after only a week, I shouldn't worry) and I didn't know whether I was eating too much or too little. So I added up the calories and points for what I was eating every day, to check, and it came up only 16 points. Only 906 calories.

I mean, holy toledo. I eat all. day. long.

Ugh. So I started eating more, even if I'm not interested, and today I was a pound lighter. What a weird thing metabolism is...

That's my biggest problem too, Tanya. I think I'm being really good by watching portions, and it turns out I'm eating too little much of the time. And then when I think I'm losing (or gaining, for that matter) it turns out I'm just weighing stomach contents. I need to train myself to eat a steady amount in order to have steady losses.

When I made this batch of chili, I purposely didn't use any oil, and I used 99% fat free ground turkey. I eat that or curry for lunch almost every day (and I know the curry has even fewer calories!) I think maybe next time I'll put some olive oil in it. I mean, my lunch bag is already full every day. I don't have room to keep adding food! :lol:

I can't believe I'm trying to figure out how to eat more calories... :eek:

Wow, I wish I had that problem! :lol: I need to learn how to love up on some veggies and fruit more. I know that's a problem for me.

hi, chickies. i'm home. i'll wi tomorrow. it prob won't be good. we'll see.

I wish I had that problem too. I constantly think about food unfortunately. I've started to replace some eating with some activities like exercise at the gym and tennis. I'll be starting back to college in the spring too, so that should occupy a lot of time. I'll be working full time and going to school fulltime. Plus I have a 14 year old. I'll be busy.

Hey Chickies,
Please send me some good vibes. I'm struggling right now and think it is about only needing to lose.4# to be 30# down. Its the repeat of the Halloween Challenge where I went against my best interests by eating too much as we got closer and closer to our Halloween WI. There's something inside me that wants to sabotage and it feels miserable. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Good luck everybody. So many of us are successful right now. Cheers to everyone who is doing it and cheers to everyone who's trying!
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

I'm a little disappointed this morning; I was the same as last week. I had SO hoped to be in the 140s by my birthday but I guess there's still time if I buckle down.

Judy, self-sabotage is my middle name. I'd write a best selling book and become a millionaire if I could figure out why we do that.

Good luck to everyone! 10 days until Thanksgiving!

Me too!! Everytime I have gotten in the 140's, I've went on a MAJOR binge and gotten back up to 160. It's happened 3 times this year. I have no idea why I do this. For some reason I was back up 1 pound today. I guess it was from the Smuckers yesterday. I'm not changing my ticker though because I know it's fluid and hopefully it will be gone by tomorrow. We've got to stay focused and motivated and quit sabatoging ourselves. Like I said before....how bad do we want it. Well I really want it this time. I just keep reminding myself of that when I want to eat something I shouldn't.

Judy and Kathy- :hug: :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes :goodvibes

*good vibes to Judy*

*trying not to think about self-sabotage*

Kathy, Kim, and Tanya,
Whew! Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone. It really makes a difference. I am going to fight this undermining myself that I do. I am going to be successful. I am going to keep on posting positive reminders to us and to myself that if we work this, we can be thinner and healthier. Yay!! :woo: And thanks for the hugs. They mean a lot. You're absolutely right. Thanksgiving is a full 10 days away. Plenty of time to make a difference. :goodvibes: and :grouphug: to us all.
Judy Itry
234.6/205.2/thinner into onederland :cool:

Okay,
Proof that positive vibes make a difference. Last night I had to have dinner out (eating out is really not all that much fun anymore because I reallllllly want to get this weight off). I had something that worked on Core this summer and it worked again for me. At my official WI at WW's this morning, I was down 1.8#. Feels good. Since Halloween I've lost 2.2#. I wanted to do better than that, but I'll take this and run!
Good luck to us all. :goodvibes: (For those curious, we ate at Country Kitchen and I had a small sirloin steak and a baked potato w/oil instead of butter--for whatever reason it seemed to be just what my body needed because my weight was down this morning). Thanksgiving isn't here yet and we have plenty of time to lose more weight.
:cp: We can do this.
Judy Itry
234.6/204.6/thinner into onederland :cool: I am down 30# since 2000.

Good weigh in Judy!! Kathy and Kimberly you two are soooo close to your goals! Dont get yourselves down. Even if it comes off in .25 pounds at a time..you will get there!! Just think how far you have come already. You two are inspirations to the rest of us.

Yay!! Good work, Judy! :D

judy, i just read your post asking for help. how are you doing now? i hope all came out well for you and you're still op.
kathy, kim, tanya, and judy--me, too. sometimes i think we have a built in sabotage system working on us.

i am back op now. i haven't weighed since last week. i have to confess i've had some rocky days. i don't know what thanksgiving day will be like on the scales. guess we'll find out.

Judy, :woo: You go girl!!! Big accomplishment!

Sandra, are you still planning on going to WW tomorrow? And I thought that you were weighing yourself daily? You are doing great. Don't give up!

For some reason I'm back up on the scales to 157.4. I've been faithfully eating core. I haven't even had any peanut butter in a couple of days. I've been working out 5 days/week too. I have been trying to eat at least 100gr of protein daily too. I've never been able to do that. Maybe the scales will show a loss soon. It can be discouraging, but I'm pressing on. I know that my 10's are getting baggier. Maybe I should just make my goal a size 8 rather than 143 on the scale.

Hi Fellow Challengers,
I'm back on track. I have to remind myself that every day can be a challenge. That I need to want to be thin and fit more than I want to eat. We're doing this. Shaky days go away, but the determination stays with us.
Tanya and P.A. Yay!! :cp: :woo::hat: Weigh to go in losing weight.
Kim, Don't give up because I've had it happen that when I do the "right thing" and exercise more, I gain weight. Guaranteed if you're eating right that the weight gain is only water being held by the tissue next to your overworked muscles. That is always temporary and will go away. You're doing great! :tread:
Sandy, I'm much better thanks. I did need help and the gals were great to chime in. My scales were goofy this week. Unfortunately I'm a person who has to weigh myself every morning. When the scales went up two pounds I couldn't figure it out and was very worried. But staying on Core helped me out and I'm ready to lose another pound this week. Your 3# down :good scale: is great. Keep up the good work!
Judy Itry
234.6/204.6/thinner into onederland :cool:

Well, I had a major binge last night and I'm feeling pretty down about it today. I know it's not doing me any good. I went ahead and changed my ticker back. Today's a new day, I know. I'll try to do better.

Kim, I don't know how tall you are, but I wear a size 8 and I'm still at 152. Maybe size is more important than the number on the scale -- after all, who sees the number except for us and the doctor? Some of my 8 pants are a little tight, but jeans fit perfectly so I'm happy with that. I hope when I'm to my goal (someday) that I'll still be in 8s but more comfy in dress pants.

I say SOMEDAY because we had a Thanksgiving lunch at work and I ate. And ate. And ate. It doesn't help that the table is like 4 feet from me, and everywhere I go I have to pass it. I even brought my sandwich but it's still sitting in the fridge. I'll just have to drink the heck out of my water and hope that I didn't do too much damage.

On a happier note though, Judd drank his Slimfast and didn't even glance at the table. He's so good.

Kim and Kathy,
I'm sending you a :cb: and a :carrot: to cheer you up. Is it too pushy of me to remind you that when we eat more than we want to and are in the dumps, that the very next meal puts us right back on track. Sometimes our binges are bigger in our minds than in our stomachs and we can rebound as long as the next meals are okay.
I'm sending :grouphugs: and :idea: about :stress: to help us all do better and make this challenge successful. I'm keeping my big goal in mind which is to be in onederland by New Year's Eve. :goodscale: to us all.
Judy Itry
234.6/204.6/thinner into onederland :cool:

Thank you Judy for the reminder. Pushy? Not at all, but if anyone wants to be, I certainly need it!!!

Tonight I'm making the Two Pepper Chicken for Judd and I'll take LO to work with me tomorrow (unless I decide to do a total fast until my Saturday night mexican food blow-out).

Why is food so important?

Today's not been much better. I worked in the cath lab today and I'm working in the ICU tonight and have been weak again today. I've been pigging out on candy bars and peanut butter..yikes! I'm mentally preparing myself to be back on track tomorrow. I won't make my Thanksgiving goal but I'm still going to try to get as close as I can. Thanks for the bananas and carrots, hehe.

melissa, i did go to ww today. i had been weighing daily but stopped last weekend. i've done a lot of damage since then. anyway, tonight at ww i got revitalized and am back on track. thank you for the encouraging words. i'm proud of you for what you've accomplished.

kim, i think making a size goal instead of a number goal is a good idea. i know we all tend to let the scales determine how we feel. maybe our clothes would be a better indicator of how we're doing.

judy, i'm proud of you for sticking with core even when the scales weren't being friendly.

kathy, that judd is an amazing dude, isn't he? how much has he lost now? i am so proud of him for being so determined. and you? you're close to goal! i'm proud of you, too.

kim, i'm most likely not making the thanksgiving goal either; but think how much we could have gained if we hadn't been working on this goal. kind of scarey, isn't it?

i think we all need to focus more on all the good choices we've been making. the poorer choices are fewer and further between. that's pretty good. we're definitely making headway. i can think back to both my grandmothers and know how big i could be if i weren't here with all of you. thank you all again for your continuing support.

for this support i am thankful for sure. (getting kind of mushy, aren't i?--but i am sincere.)

-.5 that makes 2 gone for my christmas challenge

congratulations, patti. i am proud of you.

i rejoined ww last night. i am headed in the right direction now.

ww had a quote by thomas edison on the message board:

"There's always a better way to do things..........find it."

Kim, :hug: Hope you're having a good day!

Patti, great job!

Sandra, I'm proud of you for going back to WW. Thanks for your sweet encouragement too.

I did w/i this morning (although the past several weeks I've been doing it on Saturdays) and am still at 189. :cp: I'm happy because I was afraid it was just a big fluke last week. :lol: So I'm feeling good and pretty satisfied. But I've decided this morning that I need to get SUPER serious at least for a few weeks--because I have no pants!! I only have two pairs of work pants that fit me (appropriately!) right now. I am in between sizes. My size 16 khakis are way too big and the 14s are too tight. I'm in trouble! So I really need to kick it into high gear to get back into those 14s, so that I can have a wardrobe again. :lol:

Patti, great news on the scale. :goodscale:
Sandra, weigh to go in rejoining a WW mtg. I always do better when I use the discipline and accountability of their scale. Also, glad you liked my idea of weighing in the morning and then attending a mtg. later. It works out great for me. (I used to spend my WW WI day on pins and needles not wanting to drink too much water or eat too much so I could get a good weight on the scale. I know it sounds silly, but that's what I used to do.) Also, I love the idea of congratulating ourselves on getting closer and closer to how we want to live our lives and use food within that context. None of us is perfect, but I think we're all getting better. :cp:
Melissa, isn't it great to hold onto a loss and know it's for real? Congrats!! And I love the effort you're putting in to get into a smaller size pants. Man, I would love to wear a size 16 and I can invision it if I keep on keepin' on.
Good luck everybody. We have a lot to be thankful for.
Judy Itry
234.6/204.6/thinner into onederland :cool:

judy, you're going to be in those 16's soon. you're doing great.

melissa, 189 sounds good to me. soon i'll be there, too. i can feel it coming.

Sandra, I hope so, cause I miss our simultaneous weight loss. :lol:

Judy, I love your positive outlook and encouraging words. I know that you are doing well and will continue to do so. You're right, we have so much to be thankful for. :D

judy, i love your positive attitude, too. it's contagious.

melissa, how's your day going?