NorthernChick and hhm: You guys are doing so great that I want to check out the 30 day shred! It sounds awesome (and awful-lol)

WannaBfitnessbuff: Welsome!!

dehtripper and angelic fruitcake: Great job on the work outs! I really need to up my exercise--you guys are so inspiring!

Well, I was up to 174.4 today and felt really bloated. Not sure what's going onm but I drank a ton of water today. Hopefully I'll see a little whoosh over the next few days.

Anyone I missed: Have a great evening!

I lost a little of my bloat today. I'm back down to 173.4. I am so ready to see the scale go down and stay down.

Wow, everyone's doing sooo well! Absolutely inspiring. Northernchick - 15 pounds in april?!?!?! Ahhhhh-mazing. I hope upping my workouts gives me similar awesome results cause I'm always afraid it going to slow my progress to really work on muscle tone.

Speaking of workouts - my legs are on FIRE. Could barely make it down the stairs this morning. No gym for me today, just [hopefully] light skating at derby tonight.

This morning was my weigh-in. Even though I went off on the weekend, I still managed 0.8 lbs, which I am truly thankful for - I'm at 40lbs lost right on the dot!!!!! Its great to consistently weigh below 174 as well - so glad to not be bouncing back to obesity. I think I'm gonna go to the grocery store and hold some 10lb bags of potatoes to soak it all in :)

yea!! i've been looking forward to joining y'all as a bonafied 170something and this morning....i'm 178 !! Everyone is so interesting on 3FC and i enjoy reading your words while we fight the good fight. =D
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Seems it's about time for me to join this thread! I was at 179 last time I checked, and I'm hoping to be down to 170 or below by the end of the month. :carrot:

Yay! welcome sunster and chronostasis!!!

Alright gang, I am committing to getting to 169.9 by June 1. I weighed in at 177.2 this morning. I am hoping to amp up the weight loss by starting the C25K program. Has anyone else recently started or finished? I don't have an ipod touch or smart phone so it looks like I may need to purchase a stop watch to time myself between intervals. Anyone else starting up an exercise program?

Suds: I started C25K at the beginning of April. I'm currently on week 5 and I love it. I've seen a lot of progress since I started and I can't wait to be able to run a whole 5K!

Angelic: That's great! I am using the program for training for a half marathon in January. From everything I've read on training for a half, you have to get good at running at least 3 miles consistently. I am far off from that point, but am working on it. Right now I can run at least one mile without rest. Looking forward to joining the movement.

Suds - I highly recommend c25k too. I couldn't run at all before and can at least do 2 10-min miles without stopping. Next run should take me to 2.5mi in 25 min. Its a really great program.

Hey Suds! I have the exact same goal! 169.9, HERE I COME! I am 0.8 lb up from Sunday, but I am weighing in under 180 consistently..so i am down!

I also had an excess of butter last night (within calories but still...butter is butter!) lol it was sooo worth it! 177.7 today! I am debating changing my ticker but I promised to only change it on Sundays :D

NorthernChick13: I only change my ticker on Monday and only count my Monday weigh-in even though I do weigh myself often during the week. I was still 174 this morning.

I just finished Day 1 of 30 Day Shred and OMG! I'm dying! I'm not going to do it 30 days in a row, but I want to do it on days I'm not running. I also want to get back into yoga. I was thinking of doing it before bed, I always sleep well when I do that. We'll see.

Hey, everybody! Looks like you all are doing great! Welcome to the newbies! :D

I didn't mean to disappear for the last few days. I was burying my head in the sand bc I have been working my way down through the 170's *again*. Ugh! Well, if this is my final journey down (PLEASE!), I will still have gotten through them in fewer trips than I did the 180's. After my crazy off plan day on saturday I went up to 176.6 after having already got to 171.something. So frustrating! And today I'm at 174.4, so not even halfway back to 171 after three days on plan and exercising hard. But I think I usually am fully recovered by about five days. I am pretty sure it's 90% water. Those d*mned carbs! :dizzy:

Wow I can hardly imagine the 160's. I did very briefly dip down into them about 3 years ago. I was installing laminate floors in my house and lost 8 lbs during the process which at the time puts down to 168. And it was just ontime for vacation where I looked great in pictures, but also returned home solidly back to the 170's. After that I just gained and gained slowly up to 190. So for me 160's are going to be a pretty big milestone. And perhaps my last decade? I secretly want to end losing the weight in the 150's. But if I feel good and can maintain the 160's without much trouble I am talking myself into settling there. Even since I can remember I've wanted to lose weight. Even when I weight 155 in my early 20's. I don't want to feel like I always need to lose "5 more pounds". So this journey is it. And when I look and feel "good" cause perfect doesn't exist, I'm stopping. Whew didnt expect to go off on such a tangent :).

My goal is 175 by June 1st. I'm excited for you ladies
Reaching for 169. I hope to be doing that for July!

Suds14 and NorthernChick13- I'm another one with a June 1st goal of 169.9. I can't even believe at this point that that is actually a possibility. I only lost 4.5 pounds last month but I'm really going to try for that extra pound to hit the 160s. Insane.

I also want to be in the 160s by June 1st! My goal is actually to lose at least 6 lbs this month. That will bring me to 168.

I was at 173 this morning, so the scale is now inching down slowly. I really want to be in the 160s by May 19, but that does not seem very likely. I'm going to really try to stay on plan and exercise though, so you never know! Carbs are definitely my trigger right now, so I need to stay away from white, processed carbs!

I love how active this thread is getting! We are unstoppable!! I weighed in again this morning and I finally realized why my mid-week weigh ins suck...lol when I am home on Sunday, I will wait one or two hours to pee a few times, getting the lowest weight! If I am in a rush in the workweek, I can't sit around and wait! Haha Only 3 more days till my usual stealthy weigh in!

I have a pile of "almost zipped up" pants as well. I hope they fit in the 160's!

You all are rocking the scales! Nice work! I have been blessed with my monthly gift so the scale was not quite so kind to me this morning. 169 seems so close and yet so far away. I was STARVING last night as I was studying for my grad school exams. I warded off the hunger with gum and water...trying to stay on track. Hope you all are having healthy and happy days!

177.4 today! Drops for 3 days straight. That's exciting.

Wow so many getting so close to 170! How totally exciting. I saw the scale bump up a but this morning 186.2. So seems so far from counting down the 170 decade with all of you. I'm a bit puzzled to the lb up. Calories were good yesterday, but I ate some salty triscuits and didn't have as much veggies and whole foods as I usually like too. I wonder also what Insanity is doing to my weigh ins? I'm not going to let myself worry about weigh ins for now. I know this program will give me good results, even if the scale gets confusing.

Anyways good job ladies and I find it so motivating to read about your journey down this decade!

I weighed in at 175 today and it's just put me in a meh mood all morning, it's also the TOM for me so I really shouldn't get to me!

Everyone seems to be doing great on here!! :)

I'm loving this thread, too! I think it's actually kinda helping me along. :D Usually when I start posting to this sort of thread it messes me up, messes with my mojo or something. But I feel the opposite this time.

And too funny about peeing a few times. This morning I paused before stepping on the scale and seriously thought about taking off my tee (I always weigh in underwear and tee shirt), and then I thought if I do that, then I just won't really know that true weight and won't be happy even if it's low. What a mind game the scale can be!

Awesome streak! :carrot:

I'm sorry! It'll come back around in a couple of days.

And wannaB, you too, two or three days from now this will all be a blur and you'll be on your way!

I was at 173.4 this morning, so I'm going to consider that fully recovered from my cheat on saturday (it seems to always take me four days on plan to recover from one crappy cheat day, need to remember this for next time!).

Tomorrow I'm going thrift store shopping! :D I decided on sunday that if I stayed on plan all week I'd go to a couple of thrift stores on friday and I'm actually kinda excited about it. The only clothes I've bought since I started losing have been an item here and there from costco. It's pretty fun to even fit in the sizes they have at costco (although, now that I've been losing, they have gotten more plus sized things!)... but it's not the funnest clothes shopping experience. I love thrift store shopping, but I've avoided it for a long time bc it's really no fun to look for size 22's at the thrift store, always a disappointment. But I think I may be at the point where I will find some stuff my size. :D I'm about a 16 in pants now, my 18s are falling off, but the only pair of 16s I have are a little tight. And since it's the thrift store, I think I may buy at least one item a size down for motivation.

Rubidoux: Good job losing the splurge! Have fun shopping today--I hope you find lots of awesome stuff! I love this thread too. You guys are so supportive and posting really keeps me accountable. Plus, when I post and talk to you all about my weight frustrations, triumphs, etc, I don't have to talk about it as much at home. As super supportive as my DH is, I know that he gets tired of weight loss being my main topic of conversation!

Hhm: I hate my TOM weight too-- you know you can't let it get to you. Just wait for the inevitable whoosh!

I was at 172.6 this morning, so I am pretty happy! I'm really hoping it sticks and I can be at 172 by Monday!

Congrats Jennifer. Rubidoux - have fun thrift shopping! I've been pretty much living in Costco athletic jackets lately. I thought I didn't like Costco but recently it has everything I need for sooo cheap.

Well, I know I lost a solid 1 oz yesterday, haha. I shaved a small section of my head, thus removing a couple long (read: heavy) dreads. I feel crazy but I weighed the ones I cut and with a little math figured I have just about 1 full pound of hair left on my head.

Good morning, ladies! I saw 176.5 ahaha! I also had a bigger workout yesterday, and therefore more calories. mmmm thank you, Jillian, for enabling me to eat my bbq burgers!

Hahah have a great start to the weekend, everyone! I had a wonderful NSV last night. I have new groceries in the house and I wasnt stuffed, just not hungry anymore. I could have easily eaten thousands more calories. I started to think "I deserve it...just a little treat won't hurt!" and then I remembered that my old patterns got me to obesity, and I need to think of fuel as food. I stayed in control! So, this weekend at the bar, remember that it's okay to indulge in good food, but do your best to do so within your calorie allotment :) I feel so much today knowing I didn't veer off plan yesterday!

Hey gang. I just put together my FAVORITE go to meal...a peanut butter banana smoothie. So quick, easy, filling, and so so tasty. And only 6 weight watchers points plus! The secret to making it the best, creamiest smoothie ever is frozen banana chunks. Yummo!

Hope everyone is doing well. I've been avoiding the scale as it is my time of the month. I think I'll check in tomorrow to see if there has been a whoosh. For no I will keep sipping on my smoothie and working on the last few projects to wrap up the grad school year.

Happy day to all!

Well, this week hasn't exactly gone as planned. My 11-month old was sick for a few days. With DH out of town, I was in solo-mommy mode and my eating and exercising obviously sat on the back burner. I was as good as I could be, however, and I'm now down to 178.4. One more pesky little pound until I'm officially at 100 lbs lost!

I'm gonna join in, I've gotten down to 167-170 three different times now, and I have never been able to stay there/lose more weight!! :( I feel like crap at the weight I've let myself get to due to stress, so losing 16 pounds to get to 170 is my first big goal!

186.0 this morning. So just floating around that mid 180's mark. Ran 3 miles this morning. Just finished a healthy and VERY filling lunch. In and hour and a half or so ill get my "insanity" video on.

summer love- I too have gotten down to 168-170 range twice I the last five years and stalled there both times. I really want to break down at least to 160-165 range. Kinda feel I want to be 155 just because its been my goal weight for years now. But I know I need to break the 168 barrier for sure.

dehtripper: I love that you weighed your hair--lol! I would have done the same thing.

NorthernChick; Great NSV! Grocery day is always a little scary, and you resisted like a rock star! I hope I can do the same at a banquet I'm attending tonight.

Suds: That smoothie sounds delicious. Recipe?

allieballiebee; Wow! Almost 100 pounds. Amazing!!

Summerlove: Welcome, you can do it!

Jennifer--the smoothie is super simple. I blend/magic bullet one cup of skim milk, a frozen banana, and 1 tbsp of peanut butter. I've also added a drop or two of honey. So so yummy. And the protein from the milk and peanut butter keeps me full.

Allie, Wow! You need to celebrate big! That's amazing!

NorthernChick, It's grocery day here and I'm holding my breath! I think I'll be okay, but I ate something off plan. It was six ginormous strawberries. I should have weighed them so I knew for sure how bad I was being. But anyway, my dinner was kinda decadent -- six insanely large strawberries, lol, one ounce of this crazy yummy cheddar/parmesan cheese (I don't even really like cheddar that much, but this stuff is off the hook :D ), and 2 dark chocolate wedges. But I decided I was going to forgo my *watching Dexter with dh snack* so that I could have this decadent dinner, so I am a little nervous that I'll crash and burn later tonight.

Jennifer, we're neck and neck! I was 172.4 this morning. :carrot:

I had a great shopping trip today. I got a bunch of stuff, two dresses, both fit but one will look better a few pounds down the road. A pair of shorts I can barely zip. lol I was too lazy to try them on and they looked like they'd fit. But it will be fun when I can get in them. And then I think I got about a bazillion tops, mostly tanks for summer. Two of them are quite awesome, like I can tell they are going to be my favorites for the foreseeable future. Oddly, they're the same top in different colors, one is a 1X and the other is a 3X. They're both really flattering on me if I may say so myself, but even the 1X is probably bigger than it's supposed to be on me. But I really like big flowy tops, and these are nice and drapey. It was fun, though, that I was fitting into the size large tops. I bought one and it does fit, but I think I'll feel more comfortable in it in another ten pounds or so.

Rubidoux: It sounds like your shopping trip was fabulous! I love to shop. We are neck and neck. Hopefully we both see 169._ soon!!

I was at 172.2 this morning, so I'm happy. We had a scholarship banquet last night for DD, and I ate a little off plan. Luckily the plates were tiny and I only went to the buffet table once, or it could have been ugly! I also had 2 large glasses of wine! Fun night and DD got a nice scholarship! I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

Jennifer and rubidoux you are both so close. Congrats!!

My weight has gone way up since I had a couple extra calories worth of chocolate on Thursday night. I weighed in at 175 Thursday morning, which was the same I had been since Monday. I had a bit of a stressful day so I thought what the heck, I'll open the last package of Easter chocolate I had. I had about 400 calories worth of chocolate, which put me about 200 calories over for my day, but still no where near maintenance calories and yet Friday morning I woke up and I was at 177.2. Yesterday I was at 176 and this morning I'm back up to 176.8. Both Friday and yesterday I was under my calories and yesterday I spent 6+ hours walking around a couple different festivals. For the first time in 6 months I'm really started to think, what's the point? Now I'm not going to give up. I really can't as my fiancé has just started trying to lose weight and he's the cook and I really am proud of my improved fitness level now that I'm exercising a lot more. I think I am going to TRY (easier said than done) putting less of an emphasis on what the scale says and use my fitness level/measurements as my main goals/motivation.

Good luck to everyone on reaching 170. I still hope to get there soon and I will still check in when I do weigh in.

Rubidoux and Jennifer, glad to hear I am not the only one who both loves and loathes grocery day! haha

And Changegirl, I HEAR YOU! I have a 7000 calorie deficit this week but only saw 0.4 drop this week. Sometimes it takes a while to show! So long as you know you've been on plan, your body will figure it out! For me, it MUST be water retention from the bacon wrapped scallops I let myself have! While I am sorry you are frustrated, it's good for us to see each other in the same situation! I always think "Oh, that woman must just have water weight...she's gonna be fine!" but then I can be in the identical boat and think "OMG MY LIFE IS OVER!" lol we'll keep each other's weight loss in perspective :P

^^This cracked me up because it describes me perfectly!! It's just another reason why these boards are so fabulous--they keep us sane! I was at 172 this morning, so the scale is slowly going down. While I'd always like a bigger loss, I'll take what I can get. I have a ton of work to do around the house (both inside and out), laundry, grocery shopping (must resist lure of new food), and essay grading today. I'm hoping to burn a bunch of calories working. DH and I will also take our 3.5 mile walk this evening. I hope everyone has a fantastic Sunday!!

Haha, thanks Jennifer!!

THANK GOD, I saw movement this morning! 175.4 baby!!! I was ready to happily accept the 0.4 loss I saw yesterday, but now I get 1.5!!! Just 0.4 more until a new carrot man and I get to open my next secret motivation letter from my boyfriend! And then...omg..170 = HALFWAY and 40 lbs gone! Feelin' good! My rate of loss is slowing down...but hey, if that means I am getting thinner....I won't complain...a lot... !

You all and your AWESOME losses are making me want to get on that scale. I've been off the scale since Wednesday (but I did peek on Saturday morning) and don't have another official way in until this coming Wed. I'm feeling good about this--on track and increased activity. Also I just printed the squat, crunch, plank challenge. Healthy and happy days to all!

I'm one week into weight training with friends. I'm interested to see how it effects the rate of my loss. Regardless it does I know it will help my tone a lot whether or not the scale moves. There's worst things than staying in the 170s :)

Though I have been cravvvving protein like no one's business lately too. I could gladly eat my weight in plain tofu (not that that would be a good thing to do).