Welcome, coffee shopgirl! Hopefully we can all make it down to 170 together!

I'm stuck at 179 also. Today was my lowest, though, at 179.4. I'm not feeling too bad about it though bc I had 2 1/2 cupcakes and some chips on the day before Easter at a party. I'm actually happy the damage wasn't worse.

We'll get there!

I was at 179.2 this morning. Too much wine last night. Maybe if I can stay OP today I'll see a 178 tomorrow! Problem is today is my anniversary and we are grilling steaks!

Aww, happy anniversary! Steaks are actually perfect for my plan, but I never make them at home. I have only had steak once in the five months or so that I've been back to working at this.

I was at 178.4 this morning, a new low (this time around). I'm looking forward to when I get below 173, so I can leave off the "this time around" and get into all together new territory.

I didn't work out today bc I woke up w a terrible sore throat. Now I'm feeling quite a bit better, so I hope that holds and I can exercise tomorrow. And I hope it doesn't cause me to pop back up to 179 tomorrow. I'm so sick of 179! lol I wasn't there for all that long but I was at 180 for weeks.

Happy Anniversary jennifer!!

Ahh I hope you do too!! I think I'll be lucky if I'm 178 tomorrow!! I ate so much at my aunt's house yesterday and I still feel full blehh

but OMG I fit into my size 12 express jeans again!!!! I never saw my weight loss (physically) until then but I'm so excited!! Although really weird bc my old navy size 16s fit just fine, but oh well.

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

I was at 178.8 this am! Hopefully the 8 will stick! I was 179._ for ever! I can't believe how close so many of our weights are. We can reach 170 together!

Hhm6: congrats on the size 12s!! Woohoo! I have yet to try mine on--maybe next week!

Rubidoux: Way to go on the loss! It feels great to be out of the 179 range! Steaks on the grill at home are amazing! We only do that once every few months, but boy my strip was melt-in-your-mouth yummy!

Have a great week, all!

Ooooh, I'm happy you got out of 179! Woot! I was back up there today. lol 179.6! So irritating, but I know it happens that way a lot and I have to just hold on for a couple of days until it sticks.

Now I want a steak!

I was at 178.2 this morning--the farther I get from 179 the better! Hopefully the scale will keep moving down!

Hey all! Cain join in too??? I was 179.6 last week and really hoping not to pop back up into the 180s but ended up 178.0 at my weigh in this morning

The last time I felt fairly healthy was after working a highly active job and that was 170. Also I'm excited to see 174 - it marks both my halfway point and when my BMI is no longer obese. I have a big conference to go to mid may and would really like to at least be 174 by then.

Gah! 179.4 today. I think I'll be back down tomorrow. It has been forever since I've gone down several days in a row. Seems like lately I've been going down-up-down-up a lot before going down to a new lower weight.

Dehtripper: Welcome! I want to hit that 174 no longer obese BMI too!!

Rubidoux: My weight is doing the exact same thing. It's driving me crazy! Who knows what I'll weigh tomorrow!

Random question (don't want to derail this thread or anything but haven't had any response on my last thread!)

Do you guys do weights? squats or anything? I am beginning to see a shape on me (a waist in particular lol) and was advised to do squats but i dont want my arms to stay the same while im toning down my lower half, any suggestions?? I dont want to go back to the apple shape I had when I was bigger if I can avoid that!

Thanks guys!

Hey guys, I'd like to join this group. I normally don't click on the 'weigh loss support' group, but there is some awesome stuff here!!

I hit 179.8 about 2 weeks ago, and I was super excited, as it was a decade I have never seen. After that my weight loss really slowed down, I hit 179.3 at one point it didn't stick. Then last weekend I went out of town with some friends. It meant we drank the whole weekend and ate at "Western" restaurants that we don't have in our tiny town. That all meant my Monday weigh in was 181.3. I was soooo disappointed, I was hoping to never see that decade again. I stayed away from message boards because I was embarrassed. As of today, I'm technically back in the 170s, my scale is metric so I was 81.8 kg which is 179.96 pounds!!! At this point, I'm just looking forward to getting below my low of 179.3, but 170 seems even better.

Hhm6: I am not doing much but walking, but I bought kettle bells and pinned a squat workout! (Now I just have to start!). If you're worried about upper body, I'd use light hand weights while you squat!

Changegirl: Welcome! I'm glad you're back in the 170s! We will all get to 170. I love support of these boards.

I was at 177.8 today, so I think I'm over the mini-plateau I hit at 179! (At least till TOM next week!)

Woohoo Jennifer! You're doing great!

My weight loss has slowed down majorly these past few weeks, I can never lose more than a pound a week. I'm being really good this week so I hope I'll see a solid two pound loss on Monday. I was 176.4 last Monday.

hhm6: I really want to strength train but I don't have access to a gym or home equipment. I started running (with the Couch 2 5k program) and a friend sent me a strength training program for runners which uses only your own body weight. I haven't started yet. I also downloaded an app called Sworkit and it can create a workout for you, using the equipment you have (none in my case) and focusing on the body part(s) you want.