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If it's only a couple of pounds, you could be retaining water.

Welcome Faith!

sw, it's frustrating when the scale goes the wrong way isn't it? It happened to me for 3 weeks, and I finally dropped again this past week. Keep at it. Our bodies sometimes want to hold on to more fluid. You may have added more muscle. Keep going and you'll see that scale move again.

Bleh.... I am so tired today. I don't wanna go to aerobics class. ButI don't wanna skip it either, since it's only once a week.

I just keep telling myself that after class I get to go home and veg.

after class I get to go home and veg

Or go home and eat veg(gies).

Go kick some ass in class.

Yipppeeee!!!

Got on the scale and it's down a pound.

I went and had bloodwork this morning, so we'll see if this all paid off.

Of course, I realized last night that my fat intake has actually been too low and that could make some numbers worse! I have to get this balance right, but I'm getting better at it.

Hope everyone is doing okay today. Everybody get moving today.

I went to class- and I did eat some veggies with dinner when I got home.

On my way out of class the teacher said that my body was already changing and to keep up the good work.

I have a yippee too....I got up this morning and the increase on the scale disappeared. I will weigh again later to see if it is down because for some reason, in the last month or so, I'm down a little lower after I've been up for an hour or so. I guess it's water retention or something. I noticed yesterday that I went to the bathroom a lot more so I think I was just holding a lot more fluid the last few days. Who knows why but it finally melted off....

Broken....what health problems are you worried about with your health problems? My triglycerides were bad when I had mine done six months ago. I'm excited to go back and show him how much weight I've lost and how much healthier I'm getting. I've got a very strong family history of diabetes and my mother's father died at age 47 of a heart attack. So I've got either great longevity in my family or really crappy genes. I'm hoping to get healthy and have the longevity.....lol.

Where's cocoabean? Haven't heard from her in a while either. Hope she's doing okay.

Everybody's doing so great. Keep up the great work !!!

I have really tried to stay focused this week and it is paying off. I already feel better. I stepped on the scale this morning and I'm down 2 pounds.

DCK, that's great that you went. I haven't been to an aerobics class in so many years - I'm too self conscious to go!

SW, I have pcos and I get bloodwork every 6 months. My cholesterol's been borderline. My triglycerides have been bad, but when I went at the beginning of January they were through the roof! That was the kick in ass that I needed to do this.

I had to go back at 3 months this time because I was also vitamin D deficient and my potassium was up a bit.

I'm really hoping that things have turned around.

I will keep my fingers crossed for you. Being healthy at least gives you the best option of being well for yourself....just remember that.

I am officially down 31 lbs today. I finally had the melt off of extra weight that was burdening me for no reason. I am very happy I stayed on task and didn't let that distract me.

I had a patient again yesterday tell me how wonderful I look. I had one last week that told me I look like I've had a complete makeover. It's nice that people are noticing the change. I just can't believe how much better I feel about myself.

I know this sounds mean and I don't mean it to...

I have an identical twin sister. We've always looked alike but as we got older, she put on a lot of weight. She is probably 60 or 70 lbs overweight. I have always struggled with 20 until the infidelity struck me. Anyway....I've been seeing her for baby showers and holidays and I look at her and see what I had done to myself. I love her dearly and she's comfortable (or so she says) with her weight but I am not. That is one thing that gave me the incentive to get my rear in gear. I have seventeen pounds to goal and am feeling great. I saw her a couple weeks ago and realized again how happy I am that I'm doing this for myself. I wish she would for health reasons but it's her life and I won't intrude, she's an adult and knows what's at stake.

A mirror didn't do it for me because I dodged them. Cannot avoid when your twin is standing in front of you and you look just like her. I had 48 lbs to get to goal from my highest in January. I have never been this heavy. Seventeen lbs to go and I will be there !!! I am going to likely lose 50 lbs just for the cushion and so I can say.....I did the whole 50 lbs !!!

I'm getting there....one pound at a time. I know it's all going to slow down now that I'm getting so close. I won't let it deter me. I will get this done and STAY there this time. I know what to do and my mind is in a lot better place now to do it.

I'm proud of each and every one of us....it's a commitment to ourselves and I'm happy that we've taken that step. It's a big one and a life changing one !!!

I am sooooo exhausted. Our town is flooding. The adjacent town put up a levy and some flood gates and the water is moving more to our area as a result. We're safe but a lot of areas aren't so we went and sandbagged for 3 hours. I cannot feel my arms. I took the boys with me so they could do the community service and see the devastation floods can do. We tried like heck to save an old man's house. We left and they were still working on it. I bet I lifted and passed over 300 bags of sand and gravel. My arms are numb and feel like noodles....OMG it is exhausting but rewarding. The community and surrounding communities are being so cool. They brought in food and water and misc stuff from surrounding restaurants so everyone was fed and had enough to drink.

I am going to lay down for a bit and then I'll write more in a while. I'm whipped. I am not upper body strong but I did my share today.

The river is not supposed to crest until tomorrow evening. It's got another seven feet it's going to come up. What a mess and what a tragedy for those homes and business. I'm just glad we live in a dry zone.

I got lots of arm and ab work today and even bench lifts type exercise with those sandbags for more than 2.5 hours straight. Whew.....I have no arm strength at present....lol.

SW, that is the best thing I read all day. Not that people's homes are floating away, of course, but that the community is all coming together as you described. You pitched in and got a workout all at the same time.

Oh my body hurts today. I did the elliptical late yesterday for 25 minutes....it was all I could handle after sandbagging for three hours. I went again this morning and burned 300 calories. My arms, back and torso are so very sore but I'm working them anyway.

I did fall a little bit last night. I was bored and unsatisfied with my dinner....it was good but I really wanted to go out to eat. I was all alone with a bag of baked cheetos again. Did some damage but oh well. I got back on program again today. I still had bank points so it likely wasn't a disaster but I didn't plan to fall that bad. I ate about half the bag out of boredom. I know better than to sit down with the bag but I just said what the heck and munched.

One day out of many....I'll survive. The scale was fine this morning so I was fine....lol. No panic....lol.

Hope everyone else is doing well. Other than my aching body from sandbagging, I'm doing okay.

Part of me feels like I should work out after work today because there will probably be lots of eating tomorrow.

But I feel like ASS today. My body hurts and I am super tired. I made fish for dinner last night and it didn't turn out- I think I might have undercooked it. So I didn't eat it. I had 3 bites and decided to toss it. So all I had for dinner was the frozen french fries I made for a side dish and the apple I grabbed on my way out the door. I had so much running around to do last night I never really had time to eat anything else.

Might be why I feel so yucky.

Would it be so terrible to skip working out and go home top take a hot bath instead?

It wouldn't be so terrible. Hardly the end of the world. But Kitty, I can bet the farm that you'll feel so much better if you plug through. Or go in starting out to at least do half. Or even 25% of your regular. Anything is better than nothing. And usually, it's the first 5 minutes that suck the most anyway. Go eat a high-protein snack, drink some water, and get moving! Energy creates energy.

Maybe just 20 minutes on the bikes....

I just had a protein bar and some water. I am feeling a bit better.

Maybe the working out won't totally suck. One more hour of OT to go first.

Thanks Annben

I lost another pound on Thursday, but that was before a company party later that night that involved fried food and LOTS of alcohol. Ugh. Time to get back on the wagon!