Toobig-Me too.. I am down another two pounds despite having a lot of restaurant food this past week, brownies and birthday cake and waffles. I have been careful about portion sizes though.

So I woke up to being 217 this morning and lost two pounds. I'll take it though! I slept in today and didn't go to church since I was up so late trying to finish reading for schoolwork. We are probably going back over to my sister in law's since they should be going home today from the hospital later. Have a great day!

Toobig - Yay! Except that now you have passed me!! I need a kick in the pants, that's for sure.

Blonde - Glad you are doing so well... Don't worry about the FIL. Sounds a little wacky to me.

Turns out I'm up to 210. I have been feeling "ravenously" hungry for the last few weeks, eating everything in sight. Mostly because things at home haven't been going that well. Yesterday finally had a talk with my husband about some of our issues & ended up asking him to move out. Not quite the way I wanted things to go, but better than feeling miserable all the time. Maybe now I will be able to focus more on my goals, rather than getting caught up in our drama.

So we shall see.

brat- Have fun holding that baby!

Anne- Yikes!!! I will be thinking about you, there is nothing worse than trouble with the spouse!

EZ- Hope you are doing good!

Does anyone know what happened to jendiet?? We are missing some folks.

I was down another half a pound today!!

I will catch up tomorrow gals.....celebrating the news tonight my first GRANDbaby will be a girl!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EZ - Seems you are surrounded by women!!! Congrats!

Hubby has moved to a hotel for the rest of the week. We've got an appt with a marriage counselor tomorrow. Not really sure where all this is going, but suppose I am mentally preparing for things to go either way. Sad to say, the only parts about splitting up that I worry about are telling my parents (they will FREAK) and the $$$.

"Down" to 208 this morning. It would be nice to get back on track!! Think I shall get honest and re-set my tickers to reflect where I actually am, not where I WAS before.

HI TEAM

Well I am still swinging back and forth between 187 and high 189...at least I haven't been in the 90's for a while...BUT!!...I can't get below 187 either

When I look back I can say.... with all due baloney respect....I have not made any drastic changes for a length of time loooong enough to do any good.

However, thinking about it it seems that most days I eat like I di after I reached goal and wanted to splurge just a little....that handful of chips...that cheese nacho for breakfast...bringing home less leftovers on date night dinners...going from that 2-3 beers a day to 3-5 again....

In the next few months I really have the chance to eat right and plan properly as work should be pretty slow for me unless we pick something up on the remodel end. We do have a couple projects out there I should be into the end of the year.

I have been getting my walks in with the dogs since last week-end...awesome weather here for it too...in the high 70's most days with cool mornings and evenings.

BRAT I hope you are getting over the fil pressure As we get older we find ways to "ignore" those that irritate us for various reasons. We can see that their life is not my life! Allow them to be miserable in their own skin but don't allow them to hurt you!

TOOBIG I love that steak/shrimp/bbq chicken diet...patent it...you'll be rich!!

MINDY continued prayers for your sister

ANNE I am so sorry you are going through this. I hope it all works out...20 years ago I went through a divorce I did not want....long story, but all worked out well for me...my only advice is "do the right things" in all matters...it will pay off eventually

Well TEAM I hope to get us up and going strong again...I have work tomorrow but may be off the rest of the week...I just really never know...

Be good

Met with a marriage counselor today, who gave both of us alot to think about. I am feeling somewhat hopeful we can work things out.

208 again this morning. Was feeling a little down about my lack of progress & back sliding... then reminded myself that my lowest since finding 3FC is 201. I decided that SEVEN pounds of backsliding is not a disaster. I prefer to think of it as a reminder or maybe a warning to get back on track.

I resolve to be under 200 by the end of 2010. Anybody else have any New Years goals they want to commit to here??

I'm with you Anne and just wanting to be under 200 pounds by the new year. But to tell the darn truth if I can just hang on to my losses through the holidays I will be thrilled.

Glad things went ok with the counselor. Do you think you guys will go back?

know I have not been getting here very much. I just don't have much to tell. I gain 5 pounds before TOM, lose them and then gain them again. Not making any progress downward. I may be joining that gym and working out with Kelly again. Gonna see if I can swing it.

It is tough to be stuck like this. I am not happy to settle for this weight, but cant seem to get it to budge. Maybe the gym would help. We"ll see if I can manage it.

Now that that is out of the way.

Anne- I have been struggling with what to do with the ex-husband live in, for a while now. I think I am about ready to ask him to move on. Just cant seem to get the courage to say the words. It is tough. Good luck to you, I know how complicated things can be.

Hi Gals ~

Well I was down a pound this morning and worked a ton of calories off at work today...soooo...if I don't over do the beer or dinner tonight I should be OK...

man is it HOT here...91 when I got home from work at 3:30 PST...cooling just a bit...

I will check back....

EZMONEY- I usually do a good job of ignoring my FIL.. This time around was very difficult since he kept mentioning my mother since he thinks he knew all about my mother and her battle with breast cancer and he even compared all of his family deaths to my loss at one point one night. I found out that my sister in law told him to flat out not to say anything about my mother and told him that I was having a hard time with the loss of my mom and he did anyways repeatedly. Congrats on the baby girl and the pound lost!

AnneL- So sorry to hear about you and your hubby. Hope counseling goes well!

Toobig and AnneL- I definitely wanna be AT or under 200 myself by Jan. 1st.

Mtiger-Hope you can swing joining the gym!

I am at 217 still. I think I may be battling a cold. I hope not. We went from temperatures of mid 80s to 50s with a pretty cold breeze this week so it may just be the weather changes. Have a great day all!

Well, the counselling session with hubby was good. The counselor had some good insights and was able to talk me down off the ledge. DH has moved back in for now... and we will continue meeting with the counselor.

Mtiger- Glad I'm not the only one going thru this. It's such a big decision and I want to make the right one, so I don't have regrets later.

Thank you so much to everyone else for the support!

Looks like there's a few of us wanting to get under 200 for New Years... Maybe we can keep each other honest & on plan. I'm at 207 today, but struggling because I baked bread yesterday. WHY do I do that to myself?!! Grrr.

My dad will be back permanently on the 18th and my whole family is freaking out. My aunt is 65 going on 12 and I am wondering if I will end up in jail if I slap her.

I can not believe I just said (typed) that. She is really making me crazy. If my dad had any idea how much drama she is trying to stir up he would give her a talking to, but because he is so sick I have not said anything to him. He will be back here soon and I am afraid they are going to end up in a big fight. It is always something.

I came...I read...I weighed 187...will post later...tomorrow....