Monday Morning Weigh Ins

YAHOO Steph.... Your in the 160's... Doesnt it feel great!!! Girl you have come ALONG ways. Well I lost ONE lb... HW- 292 SW- 282 LW 157 TW 156 People are telling me if I lose anymore I will be to skinny....I think their crazy, but Im ok with where Im at.. Just dont want to gain! Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL WEEK! Stacey

Thanks Stacey!! And way to go on your loss this week too! And ppl keep telling me the same thing but my ultimate goal is to have a normal bmi....and most ppl just don't get it. But I am still striving to reach my goal. Hope you have a wonderful week too! Steph

Hi everyone! With a new year here...even though we're already 1/2 way through the month I'm going to try to at least start posting on the Monday Morning Weigh Ins. I'm looking for some new motivation to push myself under the 200 lb mark. HW & SW 354 LW 215.4 CW 214.6 Lost just .8 this week for a grand total of 139.4 lbs. I'm joining a couple of "challenges" to help get motivated and to push myself. We're doing a Wellness Challenge at work - we're getting points not only for weight loss but also for exercising, bringing lunch to work, doing good deeds, doing something for ourselves, many other categories. The "kickoff" for this is Thursday so I'm excited. Wednesday will also be the start of Lighten Up Iowa. It's a statewide challenge and I'm the captain of a team of 7 (including myself) and we're competing against other teams across the state for % of weight loss and total minutes of activity. I'm pretty pumped up for it so hopefully both programs will help me do well! Looks like you're all doing really well - keep up the good work and talk to you next week....hopefully sooner though! Carrie

Sounds like you have so cool programs going on Carrie! I think working with a team and being the leader will be great motivators for you and you will be under the 200 mark in no time soon! keep up the good work!

Carrie, I absolutely love both of your new committements and believe wholeheartedly that being a leader and captain of a support group is what has helped me be so successful. I feel that I am looked up to and by gosh, I better be successful, so that others can be motivated and uplifted to reach their goals. Best of luck on this and keep us posted on how it goes. I love both of these and may even adopt some of the ideas into my support group (which currently has about 40 members (20 very active)). I may even see if the Women's association that I am treasurer of at work wants to do the Wellness Challenge at work, simply because I love the idea the concept. I might ask you for some details, if you are okay with sharing, etc. Thanks for sharing this info. Good luck!!! Hugs, Lindy

Hey everyone- Looks like a great week for everyone across the board!!! Hubby still has pneumonia and the I spent the nite in the ER with one of the triplets with croup. 6 hours later, a steroid shot and a breathing treatment she's good to go. It was the first time one of them hasn't gone to school with the others. the boys seemed to handle that a little better than she did. On a positive note I lost the weight i drank- I mean ate in Costa Rica. So that's good... HW 250 SW 241 LW 135 TW 128 BMI 20.7 Thanks everyone for the prayers- I'm not as cranky- but still tired!!! Have a good week- Holly

Holly - I am not sure how you do it with triplets. You must be exhausted. With the twins and my 11 yr old I am wore out by the end of the day. Sorry to hear that you had to spend the night in the hospital with your daughter. Is she doing better? Hope so. LOL @ you losing the weight you drank huh??? WOW, I guess you did, 7 lbs??? HOLY COW!! Did you work out like crazy or starve yourself? I guess if it was jus****er then it came off by itself??

Actually I lost it over 2 weeks- and it came off pretty easily- I'm definitely NOT starving myself- so it had to have been mostly water... I'm really not a big drinker- we'd just go down and sit by the pool after dinner and the bartender was always refilling my wine glass. Then in the afternoon I always had a frozen strawberry daquiri with the teenagers- and those are like 300 cal a pop... I didn't exercise like I normally do- but was active... it just makes me aware of how easily I could gain it back... Bryce is doing much better thanks- a little whiny- currently sleeping!!! AMEN!!! Brit

LOL @ you lost the weight you drank in Costa Rica!! Glad it came back off for ya! And glad your daughter is feeling better and hope that hubby is up to 100% soon! Take some time out for yourself too!

The 160's- that's awesome Steph!!! Congrats- Holly