1. What types of food did you eat this week? Chicken Fajita Pita (Jack in the Box), Chicken with a creamy tomato sauce, teryaki chicken with sauteed mushrooms/onions/broccoli, Chicken with hot garlic sauce (chinese), reduced fat peanut butter/sugar free jelly sandwiches, LOTS of veggies/fruit .... BUT I have been bad... lots of carbs - pretzels, reduced fat cheez-its 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? I have jogged 3-4x so far. I did good this week!! 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? I actually GAINED 2-3lbs!!! That puts me at 158, so total loss is 117 since my highest, and 104 since surgery. Anyone else experiencing plateaus/gain? 4. What was your biggest challenge? The factors that caused my weight gain are interrelated... 1. I'm about to start my period (that's always been good for an extra 4-5 lbs) and that in turn caused 2. Craving carbs and calories in general!! I had about 3 days and I just carbbed out but I'm back on track now. 3. We had a very emotional week at school with the program "Every 15 minutes" that simulated the death of students from alcohol-related car accidents... very emotional, only to be intensified by my time of the month! I'm a little worried because I am starting birth control and they always say there's weight gain with that so we'll see. 5. We've all pretty much reached 9 months by now, how are you at your goals? Are you where you are supposed to be? I guess I didn't really have "set" goals but I am happy where I am at. I'd really like to break through into the 140s but that's been hard. I think my final goal is 140-145 so I'm getting close. I finally broke into the 150s and am happy about that but I have to work a lot harder now. So, I'm 9 months out, have lost 104 lbs since surgery and am at 158 and am in a size 6/8. Am I where I'm supposed to be??? *Fun bonus question: What is your favorite room in your home? Why? What color are the walls? I think my favorite room is my living room because it's where I can just kick back, relax, watch TV, listen to music, play with my puppy, etc. It's very peaceful. The walls are like a cream color or something.

Katrina- Congrats! You're doing wonderful! Keep up the good work! Christina S

1. What types of food did you eat this week? filet, chicken, crab, broccoli, whole grain crackers with swiss cheese, turkey pepperoni chips. 2. What types of exercise did you do this week? Each night I worked I rode my exercise bike for at least an hr. 3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? lost 3 lbs....total 161 4. What was your biggest challenge? Eating enough food on my days off. I seam to do much better at work then home 5. What do you use as inspiration to keep working hard towards your goals? Reading and working on an overeaters workbook. Plus dressing pretty helps. I try to dress up more than I used to and looking good makes me want to keep it up as well. *Fun bonus question: When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? A mommie...and I was never able to do that

I slowed way down in month seven and eight and now Im back to losing really fast again. Two a week. The thing that got me going was eating more protien. I wasnt eating enough. So I bought these little steaks and have two a day and whamo..kicked it back in. Good luck and congrats on the weight you have lost so far!

Misty- You're doing great!!! Keep up the good work and you WILL reach goal! Christina S