I don't know why, but seeing 230.0 on the scale today made it feel much closer to onederland. It will feel even more so when it reads 229.9!

I tell you, our mind is a funny, funny thing!

I was extra careful about my eating this week and I guess it paid off; I got a 4.5 pound woosh, putting me back to the all-time low I reached of 205.5 last month. Didn't go running as planned last night, but will be doing it tonight instead. I'm in the middle of week 8 on C25K so I'm almost done; after that I figure I'll run for half an hour every other night and see if I can increase my distance any.

I'm hoping I can get under 200 in another month or so! :running:

Way to go Elladorine! You are SOOOOO close! but more, you are doing so great which is really hard to do as a new mom.

Thanks, Melissa! It's been exhausting, but I feel so blessed to have a hubby and MIL that are so supportive and helpful! It's also been much easier now that I'm finally on anxiety meds, as it has eased a lot of the daily stress. I just keep reminding myself that I have to be healthier to be here for my family.

I'm so happy to see you making progress! I could tell you were really down when you first returned but you seem so much happier now. :hug:

Broke into the 220s today. Seeing I only have to lose 50 some pounds seems so much better than 60 some pounds.

"I don't know why, but seeing 230.0 on the scale today made it feel much closer to onederland. It will feel even more so when it reads 229.9!

I tell you, our mind is a funny, funny thing!"

Your doing awesome! Just keep it up and you'll get there.

Well weigh in today was 211.8. 12 more lbs and I'll be in onederland, I can't wait!

Inching closer! Great job!

I'm down to 239.5 today. 40 to go!

Way to go Streudel!

And I have a jump up on the scale today, but I'm pretty sure it's water weight from having pie and ice cream yesterday. It was a pretty active day overall and spot on despite the dessert. Even my calories for the day weren't high - around 1750-1800 which, including a dessert, is pretty good! But even with the jump up on the scale, it didn't go to the 230s!

I am so jumping back on the Onderland bandwagon. I have spent a year making excuses for my weight going back up from 225 to 263. Fact is, I hit 225 and got complacent and lazy.

Here's to starting again. I can't wait to toot my Onderland horn.

Hey all!! I am on the quest to onederland as well :dizzy:

My goal is to be there & stay 1 plus pound away by the end of May. I am excited to join and get support of others with the same goal :kickcan:


lets gooooooooooooooo :D

I am hoping to be solidly back in the 50's this week. I know it is only Wednesday, but I am going strong and am only having mild sugar cravings. So far I am able to beat them.

I was wondering if there is a group set up, or only this thread? If there is a group, please let me know and I don't want to miss anything.

Chathi888 there are various groups in the support group... Things like, getting out of the 250s, 100+club! etc. this is Judy a thread for those who feel the same about that number 200.

Down a bit more! My goal for May was 226 (losing 7 pounds in May), but I would be extra happy to get to 225. That would mean 50 pounds to go.

Lost half a pound this week, putting me at an even 205. I'll totally take it. :carrot:

What's more exciting though is that I managed to run my very first 5k this week! :running:

Way to go Elladorine!

The last time I had a toe even slightly in onederland (198) was at the end of 2012. Since then I've had a hard time keeping focused on making good food choices and keeping active! The end of this winter/early spring was probably my worst, not caring at all about what I was doing to myself or telling myself I'll get back on track "tomorrow". Tomorrow never came and here I am. Getting my eating back on track and trying to squeeze in exercise when I can! Shooting for onederland before the end of this year.

Yay! I met my monthly goal today and just in time as I'm about to hit my two week (plus) stall out once my period arrives. (Boo!)

So.. that leaves 26 pounds to go. Much better than the 42.6 pounds I had to lose when I started on April 1st!

I have had such a great week, I am dreading the weekend. What is worse, is I am dreading Memorial weekend more. We are going camping. Yikes four days of junk food avoidance. I will have to be very diligent.

berryblondeboys You're doing awesome!

cathi888 I know that feeling of worry before a camping trip :/ Are you planning the food or is someone else? The last few camping trips we went on, I've still brought some junky snacks to appease the bf, but I also bring along more fruit and veggies and healthier snacks (apples w/PB, kiwis, carrot sticks with individual packs of hummus). It helped me make some better choices than I usually do. Have fun and don't stress too much!

I am still so close yet feel so far from Onederland. I keep saying "maybe next week." My weigh-in this week was the same as last. After a completely abnormal week for eating and some time off from the gym, I am looking forward to getting back to my normal routine.

Hi everyone! I'm on a mission to get to onderland. Well, I've been on this mission for 10+ years, since I left onederland. :) The last few years I've been saying that I'll get there by the time I turn 30, but that being in a few weeks, it won't happen.

However, I'm down 30+ pounds from a few years ago. I lost even more on Ideal Protein, but it's not sustainable in the long term for me. I need to keep it low carb and keep up the exercise (I'm doing c25k... killer) and trying to eat reasonably.

So, hi! :wave:

edit: I remember you, Melissa! Welcome back!

Hello fellow Onderland pilgrims!!

Glad to hear you're having such a great week berryblondeboys, cathi888, and Elladorine! :cp:

I'm happy with this week myself. I've lost 2.5 lbs., putting me at 237 with 37.5 to go to Onderland. :D

So many people doing great and inching closer!

I'm in. I have been in a funk the last couple weeks because of some lack of support (just flat out criticism from family). I haven't gained any weight for a couple months which is great, but I'm still dying to get to onederland. Until then I need to focus on loving myself and taking care of my body, and not becoming upset because of the 2 at the beginning of my weight and just throwing in the towel. We can do it!

I did it! You guys have been so awesomely supportive. It felt like I would never get here with how slow the loss has been lately. :) I'll be seeing some of you on the other side very soon it seems!

Woohoo!!!! that's great! Fingers crossed that you stay below 200 too!

Congratulations! :congrat::hat::cp:

Thanks guys :)

Congratulatons. You are a great inspiration!

Scale had a big drop today (1.4 pounds). It will probably go up tomorrow, but it's at least heading in the right direction! Once I get out of the 220s, MAN... I will be counting down the DAYS until I expect to be out of the 200s.

Hmmm... if I were to make a prediction (if I stick on plan as I have been), I think I'll get there by the end of September. I cannot keep losing at the pace I am now (I wish, but aint gonna happen).

That seems SO LONG FROM NOW!!!! But.... I'll get there, right? RIGHT!!!

So close, 200.3 today! My plan affords me very slow (but very permanent) weight loss so it may be another couple of weeks before I get below 200 but I'm so close I can taste it.

Wannabeskinny you'll be there so soon! I know for me it felt like forever, but hopefully your body will be kind and let you cross the threshold before you know it :D

Well, cousin's graduation and a trip to Vegas didn't do as much damage as I thought... back down to 200.8 (4 days after getting home from Vegas). Sooo close.... :-)

Glad to see everyone else staying right on! Way to go, folks!

Oh Melissa, just keep telling yourself how much you're looking forward to fall, and it'll fly by! :D

Last night's weekly weigh-in caught me at 203 (I initially weighed-in at 203.25 but then I realized my phone was still in my pocket)! :lol: Regardless, I'm excited; I was only hoping for 204 so that makes me one pound closer than I anticipated. Who knows, I might have a fluctuation bite me next week, but I know I'm heading in the right direction. Every single time I drop, it's an absolute new low for me.

My goal for the Fourth of July is 198, but I'll be super-stoked if I'm anywhere below 200 at that point! I can totally make that, and it'll give me something to brag about when we're off visiting family. ;)

So Close!!
 

I remember the first time I felt REALLY fat. It was 2nd or 3rd year university where it really started to set in - lots of beer and 24 hour grocery stores that sold pies are deadly when you're a 20 year old sorority girl with an affinity for partying and staying up late. And boy am I paying for it now! My weight got up to about 203/204 and probably stayed like that for a year or two until about 2009ish when I went to the gym and dropped about 30lbs. And then it came right back on.

Fast forward to January 2014 when I reached my all-time high of 229... Eff that was disgusting. I have no will power and a problem with portion sizes - and a bf who loves carbs and pie... The good news, is since January I've lost just over 17lbs and I'm ALMOST at my 10% mark.

That means I'm only about 12lbs away from ONEDERLAND!!! It makes me sad that the first time I realized I had a ton of weight to lose I was only about 5lbs away from onederland, and now it has taken me about 5 months just to get to 10lbs away from where I was before... blah. BUT at least I'm losing, and I feel like i'm in a whole other frame of mind than I was when I first started those few years ago.

And if feels good to be able to say I have lost 17 frickin' lbs!

And now that onederland is only 12ish lbs away, I CAN TASTE IT!! And then from there, it's all cake!

(just realized how much I used food adjectives/metaphors in this post lol, freudian slip much?)

Anyway, help me stay motivated to get to that magical land!

I have 27 lbs to go until my minigoal but I'm feeling great. I've lost 50lbs and 3-4 pants sizes and a couple shirt sizes. Even lost 4 dress sizes. I'm built weird and my belly is going away very slowly but it's going away. I weigh 25lbs less than my husband. He just inherited some xl mens tshirts bc they were too big!

Everyone is doing so welll! Yeah! Keep it up, you'll get there.

Well I weighed in at 209.2 yesterday, bounced back to 209.6 today, but that's ok. :)

I'll be there soon enough.

I am hoping by July 1st, 2014. Or sooner.

Yes had to throw that 2014 in there!! haha

That is so close it hurts!

GOOD JOB! Travel is so hard for weight loss!

Yes, well I don't fall to rush here too quick as my older son starts college dn it's another grueling year of school for the younger guy. I'll be patient!

And you are getting there and I'm sue it feels wonderful to have one new low after another. You have been so diligent!

I stepped on the scale in late Hjanuary or February and saw 225 and I had guessed right it would be 225. But I couldn't get control of my eating then. By April 1st it had jumped up to 243.6 so, I gt it.

Great going! It's so amazing to me how we are all so different when it comes to where we lose and how fast or slow the dress size change.

Lol at the 2014. And that is the right attitude. You will get there if you put in the work and you know it!

I just reached what seems to be a plateau... I'm trying to mix things up to get going again. I also am hoping to be in onederland by July 2014! I weighed in at 208 the last two days... We shall see what happens next. Right now I'm working on pumping up my self worth because I'm about the go see my family for the first time in about a year, and the self image bashing and "your fat and unloveable" bs will commence about as soon as I land at the airport. Anyone have tried and true ways of getting people to butt out of your weightloss journey? Or inspiration for a specially ordered thick skin?

I'm so close to it that I'm getting anxious, just a few lbs away. June is gonna be my month. I wanted to lose 1 more lb this month to make up for my slip up in April when I only lost 4 lbs instead of my monthly goal of 5. Despite my ups and downs I have at least noticed that I'm finally starting to look like I have lost some weight this year. I lost 2.5 inches around my waist. Loose pants are starting to droop and fitted shirts fit better. My mom says my arms look slimmer. It's given me a boost in confidence to notice the progress in the mirror, but I still want to see that 199 on the scale.