ANOTHER WEIGHT POST...

HEY MARY JO!!! PLEASE we love sharing and hearing of your success!!!! YOUR very determined and strong and i admire that. I am going thru a rough patch...i feel i dont have the right to complain but my weight loss is stalled ( i never really stalled ever). BEING i never truly had a stall i dont feel right complaining about it. SO i am getting worried. MY appetite is bigger and it scares me alot. LISA

thanks so much, lisa. that means a lot. i know the stalls are hard to deal with. my longest has been about 2 weeks, and these days, even after the stall, i drop 1 or 2 lbs. but since i am so close to goal, i suppose i can't expect a 5 lb loss in a week! complain all you want, girl! that is what we are here for. we are a family, we are here to encourage each other, through the good and the bad. stay head strong. even though your appetite may be getting bigger, just remember to make the right choices and don't let the demons beat you! you have also been very determined through this journey and i know you will succeed. have that same faith in yourself! the hard part for me right now is fighting off the feeling of "one or two of ______ won't hurt me, i have lost all this weight, i can afford it". sooo hard to fight, and i am not always perfect. but i do have to fight this off because i know it will only lead to my old eating habits. we are here for each other. don't ever hesitate to come and complain. look, even though i am 8 lbs from my goal, i will still come here if i am having a hard time! you guys are the best! hugssssssssss

MaryJo, Hun that is just awesome and I know it has to make you feel sooooo goooodd.... CONGRATS You have done so good and are such an inspiration here and to me , thanks for that! Take care Debra P

WooooHooo! Congratulations! You are doing so well! I'm really proud of you! Keep up the great work! Hugs, Jen

thanks sweetie! i love my OH family! hugssssss

Well this is wonderful news! You have done so well on this journey and the transformation is great! I just read your profile, and for some reason I didn't realize you were a single mom. (me too) That is probably why you are so strong. Keep up the good work, and I hope things are better for you now. I know plenty about those tough times. You are beautiful and so are your kids. I'm surprised you don't have a sugar daddy knocking at your door. Hey, but then again neither do I. (gotta work on that) But I forgot, I don't let men come to my house. Nway, I am so proud of you and know you will hit your personal goal of 120.

"But I forgot, I don't let men come to my house. " ME NEITHER GIRL! not that i really have a choice anyways, i live in a 2 bedroom apartment. my son has his room and my girls share the other room. i used to sleep with them in the double bed, but it was killer on my back! so one night i fell asleep on the couch and woke up not in as much pain, so now i sleep on the couch every night! i just did a check on your profile, too. you are doing soooo awesome! and i know you won't let them food demons get you, look how far you have come! and i am willing to bet that you are pretty strong as well. we will win!!! funny thing, i have been alone for so long (5 years), i don't even really like the attention i get from men. sure, there is part of me that would love to find mr wonderful, have a husband and father for my kids and live the family life. but then there is the bigger part of me, that just wants to focus on my kids and me. i don't want an "outsider" intruding and trying to take over. we struggle, boy do we ever, but i like being the provider. raising my kids on my own, is the one thing i take the most pride in. being successful in this journey runs a close second! thanks so much hun, i am proud of you, too! you have had to go thru a lot and you are still going strong, making a success of yourself. you should be very proud and i am sure your kids are very proud of you, too! i miss you, please try to get on the boards more! hugsssssss