sigh of relief!
 

I was one uneasy girl stepping on the scale at WW tonight. Much to my delight I had a loss. 1.4. I have now lost 42.2 lbs.

I am heading out of town tomorrow, Staying at my parents cottage in Twin Lakes Wisconsin until Sunday. Mom, Dad, my Sister and her family will all be there. I went to the Market and purchased food that will help me stay OP. My husband is always supportive. The rest of the family tries too. Vacations are always diffucult, you feel like you want to cut loose while on Vacation. I am going to stay focused on what I really want, and that is to make my next mini-goal, to get under 300. :halffull:

MR2, don't beat yourself up, just pick youself up, and start again tomorrow.

TKM, I get the munchies so bad just before my period starts, I feel like a bottomless pit. I hate getting through those days.

Lolita, thanks for the encouragment, glad what I shared helped. That's what it's all about in here, helping each other reach our goals. We all have setbacks, and successes. That's just life. We just need to keep trying.

SpecialK, can't wait to hear how you did!


Chat with you all again next week.

Take good care,

C

The Kidsmom,
Well what I feared happend. I gained back some of the weight I lost.. :( The good news is that I am not surprised. When I first started trying to loose in late June. I wasn't doing a very good job with my eating. So frankly, I just probably lost from eating so little. Now that I am doing WW, I am eating more. I have been doing the Flex Plan but I am thinking of switching to the Core Plan. My husband basically said what you did, for me to keep exercising because I will see a vast improvement if I just keep up with my exercise.

Sorry you had a slump. I know what you mean about munchies during your cycle. Same with me! I feel like I need something sweet like cake or cookies around that time. I have those Oreo Thin Crisps that are 100 cals per pack. I am going to try them when it's my time. Or find a low fat cake of some kind.

MeRam2,
Man, you have it rough. I am sorry to hear you had a rough time. Not to lecture but you may not want to skip your main meals... but instead just count the points for the food stuff you ate at the store. I say that because I notice when I skip meals that all I do is gain weight! It's very odd. You could always do the salad thing for dinner and lunch when you have a small binge. That's what I try to do when I have a off program day. I just make a salad with lost of veggies and 1/2 cup of diced grilled chicken for my lunch and dinner.

Don't be to hard on yourself. This weight loss thing has it's ups and downs. We have to get back up.. and believe me I know it's much easier said than done!

CurvyChick, You are very welcome. It sounds like you will be having some fun staying at your parents cottage. It's so nice to hear that your family is trying to help you. And what I fantastic husband you have, the support make all the difference. And I know what you mean about vacations being difficult but I see you have a game plan which is awesome!

Originally Posted by Freedom&Light:
I have almost 200 pounds to lose, but I'm focusing only on my 10% right now- I want to hit that by my birthday on Sept. 19! :D

Freedom - that is soo neat! We share the same birthday :dizzy:

ANyways - I'm Darla, started WW about 2 months ago and so far have lost 16 lbs. My overall goal is to get below 160 - 100 lbs from where my weight loss journey started.

Morning all! Thanks for listening girls! I do feel better today - I even did the 20 minute Blast Off with Richard Simmons this morning. :ebike: The first excercise I have done since I started 6/7/05! I hope to keep that up. I thought maybe exercise every other day and I'd try to walk the others!

Well, again, thanks for being here! Off to work I go! :rolleyes:

You guys have a great day and DO GOOD!!!!!

Okay, T minus 5 hours until the big weigh in. haha I am going to work out at Curves again tonight before I go to the meeting. Just going to make the rounds of town and get it all done. haha Plus, it will give me more motivation to really work it out tonight. :D I had my first workout yesterday morning and I felt so so so good afterwards. I really love the regime of it and the way it is set up. It is a fun workout. They measured and weighed me. She told me their scale weighs heavy, so I was like great, I'm going to see a bigger number than at WW. But I didn't. A smaller number. Whoo hoo! haha But, we'll see tonight what the true number is. I'm so excited to go. Anyway, talk to you all later when I find out!

Whoo hoo!
 

Okay, I lost 6.4 pounds in my first week! I'm beyond motivated. Plus, I had an amazing workout at curves....i am so excited!

6.4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way To Go!
 

YEAH SpecialK! What a great beginning--I'm going to have to live vicariously thru you for awhile, I'm sure. Tomorrow's WI will not be pretty. That's a great 1st week (or any week) loss!

Ram--you are a brave, brave woman to work in a chocolate shop! I would be doing quality checks on everything all the time! :) Do you know how many points are in the 'good stuff'? I've decided that only the 'good stuff' makes me happy and I would rather eat smaller amounts of that than twice as much of the fake stuff. Maybe you can plan a small quality test just once a week? For me, it would be totally unrealistic to NEVER eat chocolate. BTW, the WW 2pt chocolate bars aren't bad. They are teeny tiny, but if I take really small bites and drink milk with them, I do fine. Good luck!

Curvy-way to go-another loss! You are doing so great--I'll have to live vicariously thru you too! I know you will have a great vacation--when we were in Colorado a couple of weeks ago, we went hiking almost every day. Since our kids (10, 5) were with us, we couldn't power-hike (as if that was an option!), but went nice and slow and stopped often to look at plants, animal tracks and take pics. Maybe you can sneak off for some solo walks!

Lolita--don't forget that muscle weighs more than fat---all that exercise has got to have built up some muscles! Hang in there!

Dakota--welcome! I absolutely LOVE your 'race to ONEderland' tag line. That is SO a goal for me..........I can't even fathom my weight not starting with a '2' or a '3'. Once I get there, I truly don't care if I'm at 199.9 for the rest of my life--just breaking thru that barrier will feel amazing.

Good night to you all and good luck this week. Tomorrow is my WI (not today like I wrote yesterday.......antibiotics are affecting my brain!) and I hope you won't hear my screams of frustration from wherever you are! :) But I bet I will get re-motivated--cause I'll be sooooo mad at myself that I will re-commit on the spot! Stay tuned next week!

:cb: SPECIALK way to go!!!!!!!! That is motivation!!!
TheKidsMom - It is really stupid on my part to be working there! :shrug:
I worked at the police dept prior to that and I thought that was stressful! :stress: Well.............Now I believe this is 10 times as stressful! We don't just make and sell chocolate, we sell TY plush/beanies, and Yankee Candles. So, not only do I eat all the chocolate, I spend all my money on Yankee! haha! Definately not a good place for me to be working. But the atmosphere is so stinkin' pleasant! Well Good Luck on your WI today. I'll keep my fingers crossed!
Lolita - Thanks for the advice - definately I will try the big salad with 0 or 1 pt. dressing the next time I do that.

PS - Oh yea............I do take the ww 1 pt. candy to work with me.........BUT...................
And as far as the points for the "real" stuff......it depends, the mint creams are only 2 pts., but the peanut butter cups (my addiction) and the raisin clusters are all around 3 or 4 pts. each. BUT I CAN'T EAT JUST A COUPLE! Once I start it's all over! :shrug:

Well have a great day everyone!

New here
 

I'm new to this site. I had a starting weight of 277 pounds about 2 years ago. I've lost down to 265 currently... I'm not losing as fast as I want. I've gotten down to 251 a time or 2, but keep working my way back up.

I'm at WW now for a few months and am trying to get past that road block.

Right now my goal is to break 250 before seeing my liver specialist on Aug 4. (I have a chronic liver problem which weight loss is recomended for)

I look forward to getting to know you all.

Ebhamom (Tina, IL)
mom to Erin 17, Becca 15, Hondo 13 and Adam 6

Hi Tina & Welcome! Good luck getting to that first goal before seeing your specialist! :crossed: I'll keep my fingers crossed! I lost 101# on WW in 1998 and I maintained for a couple of years and then up and down since then. More UP than DOWN though! My start this time was 242 with my first goal being under 200. Even if it is 199.9#! I'll take it! lol! Well gotta run. See you all later! :wave:

i'm baaack
 

Hi Everyone,

MeRam, How are you doing? You have a tremendous amount of temptation all around you, and look how well you do most days, that's quite a testament to your strength.

TKM, how did you do at WI? Don't beat yourself up, Just use your anger to refocus.

I had my WI this evening. I lost 5lbs. I lost some post cycle bloat, and I stayed OP. I can't believe it, my total loss to date is 47.2 lbs :D I can almost taste a 50 lb loss. I still have so much more to go, but I feel so svelt. A big girl like me feeling thin....kinda silly huh?

hope you are all doing well. :wave:

C

Morning Everyone!
 

Welcome back Caroline! It's been pretty quiet around here! 47.2# WOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOO! Yep, 50 is right around the corner! :cheer: Things are going good.............I lost 1 more! Was hoping for more, but.............thats ok. Leaving for vacation in about 1 hour and will be back on Saturday. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I packed all healthy snacks except for some chips for the kids. :corn: Well I'm off to the beach! :sunny:
Everyone have a great week and I'll check in Saturday!!!! :cp:

1.8....I'll take it. haha
 

Hey all! Well tonight was way in. I lost 1.8. I'm more than happy with that considering I've got the bloat happening. lol It wasn't a gain! Hooray. haha I've lost 8.2 in two weeks. It feels good to say that. We had a great meeting tonight. A woman was in tears because she was under 300 pounds for the first time in 15 years or so. It was very touching. Made us all thankful for the program and one another, and motivated. Anyway, congratulations are in order once again Curvychick! Way to go! -Kim

2.8 lost for me this week, after a gain of .4 last week.

I'm slowly but surely heading towards my goal....