I am grossing myself out!!!

I have eaten all sorts of nasty things for the past 2 or so weeks. I am embarassed to even write it. I need to get back on track. I know I keep saying that.... but i really need to get it going... :-(

Sorry I'm late

209.0 no big deal. I need to get in the gym!

The Stats

Jake's weigh in - 139 grrr


Nick...................2.189%
Annie.................1.659%
Aileen.................0.648%
Michelle..............0
Jake....................0
Teresa..............-1.526

Mark didn't post. But if he stayed the same as last week he was at 1.780%

Michelle & Nick

Michelle - 146
Nick - 268

aileen's weigh in

122.6

up from last week, but i'm not too worried. i'm feeling much stronger and have much more endurance. i have been eating crappy- today especially. and i still need that shrink. called someone that was referred to me last night..... no answer. it takes a lot of nerve to make the call- i don't know why. haven't tried again yet.

Teresa Weigh In

So I am working from home today and forgot to weigh myself this morning. Then like an idiot I decided to weigh myself after eating some wheat pasta for lunch. 133. I'm guessing if I had weighed myself when i first got up i would have still been at 131 but oh well! I'm sure my honey wheat blueberry pancakes this morning didn't help either but they were GOOD!

Inspiration (I hope)

So I get constant emails every day about weight loss and eating healthy, etc. Two of them from this morning talk about what happens when you mess up. Here is one email newsletter I received on diet slipups:

The poet Alexander Pope said it best: "To err is human, to forgive divine." Everyone on this diet is human, and everyone is going to cheat. If it's not a slice of cake at an office birthday party, then it might be potato chips during the big game, or those irresistible doughnuts. Cheating occurs especially around snack time, when you're going to be craving your favorite comfort foods. Remember the second part of the quotation and forgive yourself for your transgression — don't destroy a day of good eating because of a silly mistake. Just because you ate a candy bar after lunch doesn't mean you should skip having a healthy dinner! You're up to the challenge of staying on course, even after a little misdirection.

The other newsletter is more about missing a workout:

There will be times when you might have to miss a workout. Just don't get upset over it and let your distress overtake your motivation.
Missing a single workout in no way means that you can't stick to an exercise schedule. This would be a self-destructive mind set. Allowing such negativity to intrude in your life might even make you miss a string of workouts, or set you up to fall off your diet. Let it go and focus on doing your next workout, and your next, and so forth.
Says Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper: "It doesn't matter how far off track you've gone if you just make a concerted effort every day--the smallest step--you can get control of your life again."
Take a lesson from competitive athletes: Do mental warmups. Start thinking about the benefits of your upcoming workout. The calories you'll burn. The muscle you'll firm. Your body reshaping itself, all in the right places. The stress-relieving chemicals that will flood your system. Imagine how invigorated and rejuvenated you'll feel.

Annie's weigh in

160

Not panicking

so 125.5 this am. But I'm a little bloated and last weekend was so bad. I have worked out Wed, Thu, and this morning. I actually couldn't fall back to sleep this am after I woke up at 5:20. I was thinking of staying in bed since it's really crappy weather in CT, but I kept thinking about the new jeans I bought and not gaining weight.
Anyway, I just want to remind everyone, you can screw up, just don't make that an excuse for being bad all week. One screwup will not make you gain 5 lbs, but screwing up all week will. Every meal is a new experience and you can make it healthy.
Have a great day!

i am hopeless

I am so friggin stressed with everything, I can't stay focused. a little bit of green lemonade for breakfast- like 6 oz... b/c i was running around. then a whole panera sandwich. NOT healthy. and a bag of their chips. and half a cookie. and a bite of brownie. I need to get a shrink or something.

Tuesday

I did really really well all day until... after dinner I had an ice cream sandwich. it was super yummy and nostolgic. I think i'm having a sandwich for lunch today, so that kills the diet already... :-/

Holiday weekends are bad

I also ate and drank waaaaay too much. Gotta get bakc to the routine and eat better. Luckily the leftovers from the picnic is actually healthy. I'll be eating grilled chicken for the next couple days along with this mango, avocado and black bean salad. Yum. Unfortunately, being hungover Monday meant that Brian and I ordered Chinese, so I had those leftovers last night.
But - back to class this am. I'll be sore. And I'm definitely planning on going to the gym the next two mornings as well. I haven't dared to get on the scale after the weekend, so hopefully if I watch what I eat and make sure I go to the gym, the damage won't be that bad.
Have a great day!

ew!

my weekend was just nasty. i ate and drank quite a bit. trying to get back on my diet.... i may need to find some new motivation...

Back to the grind

No change in my weight for last week. Sorry I was away all weekend and didn't get a chance to post. My weekend could have been worse but it also wasn't great. I'm feeling pretty gross today. Can't wait to hit the gym. Hope everyone had a good holiday!

Weekly Stats

Nick................2.554%
Mark...............1.780%
Aileen..............1.620%
Annie..............0.430%
Jake................0.000%

Michelle is up a little bit and I had no weight for Teresa. Sorry for the delay folks.

M & N's Weigh In

Michelle - 147.5
Nick - 267

Friday..... sigh

I don't even want to talk about what I ate yesterday.... ugh. But I should.
B- ??
L- about 3/4 of one of those sausage sandwiches again. after all the drama to get the sandwich on Thursday, the machine eventually spit out 2. I traded 1/4 of it for 2 crab rangoons from amy. And a bag of munchos. I'd like to say Amy and I split it, but.... I actually just gave her 2.
S- I made brownies late on Thursday. they came out all messed up but yummy. so they were all crumbled up in pieces.... I was munching on that with some coffee. I have no idea how much I had. Good thing is- they were super sweet and rich, so I couldn't shovel them into my mouth.
D- Venison chili. I made a pot the other night... it's pretty "gamey" so I may have to dump the rest.

no exercise. I was supposed to go to the gym, but I was trying to make this cake for Amy's bday dinner tomorrow. and I failed miserably!! I was working on it all until about 10pm. I am going to the gym in a few mins to do my "homework" then run to the grocery store and grab more stuff to hopefully have a successful cake this time......

annie's

162

Mark

209.6 - Well I'm very happy I finally met my first real goal weight. My final goal is 180, but I don't expect to be there until the end of the year. I hope you all had a good week. I struggled because of work. I did not get to the gym and I did not sleep enough. I has alcohol last weekend so I'm sure that slowed me down. With the long weekend I am hoping to relax a little bit. Have a great holiday everyone!

Jake

139

:-(

Sarah's weigh in

okay, so i'm not doing the contest, but I'm in such a habit now of weighing myself every friday and posting I can't help it.
123 this am. I figure the range that I want to stay in b/c I know my weight will fluctuate, is 120-125. If I go over 125, I know that I should watch my food intake really carefully. But for now I'm maintaining. I feel great.
And last night I was bad too. I tried to not drink last night at the bowling event for work, but my first game really stunk, so one my teammates told me i needed to drink to be better. and I was! 147 was my high. But I only had a small piece of the quesadilla and it wasn't that good so i didn't even finish it. But I did have 3 Buds. oh well. I'm pretty sure this holiday weekend is going to be bad. But I'm planning on going to the gym so hopefully that makes up for the bad foodness a little.
Have a great weekend everyone!

oops

So I forgot to weigh myself this morning, I'll do it tomorrow morning. Did half an hour on the elliptical and back yesterday at the gym. Then I met a friend for dinner and was trying to be healthy getting the portabella wrap but of course he wanted to split the quesadillas. *sigh*
I think I'm going to have to really count calories from now on. I need to actually list it and see it, not just try to keep a tally in my head. I have a feeling that's what my problem is. Plus I need more cardio!

Aileen's Weigh In and Thursday

121.4 Thank you, Personal Training!! Because it sure wasn't my eating that helped me drop a few lbs....

I feel so out of control with my eating!! I had no green lemonade, and I just get in moods when I just can't fight my food cravings :-(

B- Orange
L- Country sausage sandwich thing from our new sandwich vending machine and about 1/2 a cucumber. Despite a few vending maching problems, I fought my way through so I could have the damn sandwich. I don't even want to know how many calories/fat were in that bad boy.
S- Lots of those chocolate w/ coffee bean things and coffee. I gotta make them disappear (and I don't mean by eating them....)
D- Salmon with green salad and balsamic. I got the wild caught salmon this time (we usually get the farm raised which is much fattier). I like them both, but it was nice to have the leaner cut. still yummy and had a good texture, too.
Super late night- I tried making brownies from scratch. I used the wrong pan (I suck) so they were super thick and fell apart. They sure are yummy, but are in a million pieces. just begged to be picked at.

Exercise- personal training session #3. He says I've been making steady progress, and we're onto a new type of routine on Tuesday. He changed my "homework" though. Instead of 20-60 mins of cardio of my choice per day plus ab excercises, I have to burn 100 calories on the treadmill walking at any speed I want, but at 15% incline (the highest it goes!!)... and he doesn't let me hold on. I've done this for 2 mins at the longest, and I always feel like I'm gonna fall off!! and plus the same ab exercises. I feel more sore today than I have the other times, but it's a good sore :-)

Wednesday

Not a great day yesterday....
B- green lemonade, strawberries. tried to eat an ugli fruit but it was super sour.
L- green salad with grilled chicken and home made balsamic dressing
S- milk chocolate things with coffee bean pieces in them.... a lot of them. and coffee.
D- Mark's mom made dinner.... yummy antipasto platter with summer sausage (i think), havarti, artichokes, roasted red peppers. I ate a little too much cheese and sausage. then pot roast, green salad with strawberries and blush wine vinaigrette, and broccoli. And red wine.

no exercise... except moving some boxes to storage.

Busy Week

Hey everyone! It's been insane this week. I've been doing pretty well on eating though. A few drinks Monday night after softball for a friends b-day and I'm sure some food I shouldn't have had. Other than that though I've been eating fairly well. Belly dancing Tuesday, bike ride Wed, and I'll be doing cardio today. A little snack today a but healthy one. I'm feeling great - I got 8 hours of sleep last night which is a freaking miracle!! :-)

Wed morning

So this am was my first class with the trainer since I left for vacation. Ouch, she really pushed this am. It felt good though. I feel like I'm back in my routine already. I made a couple salads for the next couple days for lunch last night. I also made some organic butternut squash raviolis too. They're 230 calories per serving, so it should go well with my salad and hopefully keep me satisfied most of the afternoon. That's totally a danger area, I always want to snack and I try to tell myself to finish my tea, then maybe a snack.
Have a great day!

Tuesday

B- Green Lemonade, strawberries
L- green salad, balsamic dressing, small piece of grilled salmon
Oops- bag of small cookies from the vending machine with a coffee... gave away about 1/4 of the bag (bag was 1 svg) so at least that helped. oh- and 2 bites of mom's leftover cheesesteak from lunch :-/
D- grilled chicken breast and grilled zucchini and squash

30 mins on the arc trainer. I usually do the weight loss program, but I changed it up and did the intervals. that really had me sweating!! and when I got home I did my exercises that the trainer gave me for homework.

Feeling pretty good today! although I have to stop having a coffee around 430 in the afternoon... maybe that's what's messing up my sleep. I brought in some decaf and I still have a bunch of tea. ..

Have a great day, everyone!!

Monday

B- Green lemonade, 2 peaches
L- Chicken wing, fish ball (it was really little. and fried. damn food from the asian food store... my weakness....), green salad and 2ish (maybe even 3) servings of these turkey snack bite things. only 60 calories a serving, so I guess going over wasn't that bad....
S- 1/2 banana (was a little over-ripe)
D- about 6 oz of grilled rib eye steak with grilled asparagus

Went to the gym for my 2nd personal training session. he didn't ask me if I did my homework, thank God, so I didn't have to lie to him!! :-P Chest and quads feeling a little sore. I already feel so much better adding the exercise into my routine. Having him push me to finish all my reps is really awesome.

Where did the weekend go?

Yankee Stadium and then Beer Fest this past Saturday....lots of drinks. Yesterday some chocolate chip cookies. No work out other than walking around and yet this morning the scale said less than it did Friday. I don't get it. I'm definitely hitting the gym today and then have a game tonight! Hopefully it gets warmer outside! This cold, rainy, gloomy weather is seriously depressing me.

Oh Monday

I miss vacation. Anyway, I think I'm back on track for working out. Got up at 530am and did about 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights.
I was a little bad with food over the weekend. Saturday wasn't bad, but Sunday Brian and I snacked a lot and then went to Ruby Tuesdays for dinner with his sister. I had shrimp and tilapia with rice and broccoli in some sort of sauce. It was yummy, but probably 1000 calories. Oh well. Today's a new day. I had a whole wheat english muffin and 3/4 cup of cinnamon cereal for breakfast. And I made a spinach salad for lunch for today. Yum.
Have a great day everyone!

Weekend...

This weekend was just a whirlwind of careless eating...

Saturday- apple pie (fried) and an eggroll from the filipino woman at the farmers market... green lemonade, appetizers and cocktails included: tortilla chips and salsa con queso, breaded chicken fingers, pizza dip, bagel chip things, chocolate chip cookie (only one, which was amazing), vodka and juice (about 3)... wine, vodka tonic.... (sigh)
Sunday- seaweed salad and an order of spicy tuna rolls, guacamole flavored tortilla chips and salsa, and salmon and salad for dinner.

Did my personal training "homework" yesterday.... i have yet to do it today. does wii fit count as cardio???

Better workout

So I headed back to the gym today and had a much better workout than Friday. It felt good to do more and push myself harder. Hopefully my Wednesday class won't kill me this week with so much time off from working out.
I hope everyone has a great week!

Round 3 First Week Results

Nick..........................- 5 lbs...................1.824%
Mark........................- 2 lbs...................0.843%
Jake..........................- 1 lbs....................0.719%
Michelle...................- .5 lbs...................0.342%
Aileen......................- .2 lbs...................0.162%
Annie......................+0.3 lbs..................-.184%
Teresa....................+1.0 lbs..................-.763%

Have a great week everyone!!!!!

Marks weigh in

Thanks Terrie and Deb. I got your cards/checks! Thanks!

Weigh in - 211.6

Not bad considering that 22oz porterhouse I had on Wednesday. Exercise is my goal this week.

annie's

163

Michelle and Nick

Michelle - 145.5

Nick - 269

They're in VA for the weekend. Eat and drink up kids. :-)

I still need Mark and Annie

aileen's weigh in

no change - 123.2

I'm hoping to make more progress next week. I went to the gym this morning- first personal training session. it went well. he changed it up a lot so I wasn't bored. He gave me daily homework which should keep me motivated.

Not really a weigh-in

But I'm happy b/c I'm almost back down to prevacation weight. I was 122 before I left. I was 126 Tues morning and this am I was back to 122.5.
I did yoga last night and I finally got my butt back to the gym this am. It was tough. Everything was harder than it was 2 weeks ago. Can't lose focus though.
Anyway, I think the reason why I've lost most of the vacation weight already is food intake. I'm back to eating healthy with stuff I make myself which helps a lot. I totally gorged myself on vacation. 2 plates at breakfast, 2 plates at lunch, lots of drinks, and an appetizer, soup and entree at dinner every night. It would have been a miracle if I didn't gain weight.
Everyone keep up the good work!

Teresa's Weigh In

132

on the bright side i was actually in bed at 10:47 last night! i actually got 6 hours of sleep! that's huge for me. now maybe if i keep doing that I'll lose some weight!

Jake's 1st Weigh In

138

I would have preferred more but I lost focus after Tuesday morning. I'm not sure why but my sleep pattern suddenly got all screwed up. I need to fix that. It's key for me in order to make this work. Here's hoping for a better week 2!!!

uh oh

I just shared a large thin crust domino's pizza with Mom, Dad, and Amy. and some cheezy bread.....

Wednesday

B- Green lemonade, grapes
L- Spinach salad with grilled chicken, hard boiled egg, bacon, with bacon honey mustard dressing (not the healthiest, but i didn't "miscombine" my meal... yay!) skipped the croutons, cheese, and the yummy croissant that they serve with them at Rucker John's....
D- Spinach salad with tomatoes, cucumber, honey mustard dressing

Had a consulation with the trainer at the gym. My cardiovascular and muscular strength (and one other thing he measured) were all "POOR." my flexibility was very good though. at least i have that going for me!!! he also took my circumference measurements and they were shocking. i signed up for 8 sessions, first one is tomorrow morning at 6am. wish me luck!!

Is today over yet?

I'm tired and hungry today! I already had some yogurt with granola and pretzels this morning. At least I brought a healthy lunch and am going to the gym at 10:30. I skipped yesterday and my body is yelling at me for it. I used my new grill last night to make a healthy turkey burger for dinner. it's so fun having a grill! now maybe i'll go back to eating tons of veggies like i used to. that is, if i am ever home to make them...

Another meaty day!

This week has been tough. It started with a weekend at the beach. It is always difficult to be good with Atkins when you eat at a restaurant. I am always aware of what I am eating, but you never quite know what they put in it. This week has been a little bit of a strain because I am doing off-site training. I am eating lunch out every day and I am drinking too much coffee to stay awake! I have not been to the gym this week, but I am not going to stress about it. Next week will be back to normal and the gym will be a priority. I hope you all are doing well.

Tuesday

Breakfast- Green Lemonade, grapes
Lunch- small piece of salmon (it was the last of it!! finally!)
Dinner- went out to longhorn to finally use this gift card that I won in a raffle thing at christmas... had a green salad with a tiny sirloin steak, no croutons or cheese on the salad- and a tiny bit of honey mustard.
Had a nonfat cappuccino with 2 sugar in the raw before dinner on my way to an off-site meeting.... i barely drink coffee anymore so I was super jacked up!! haha

meeting w the personal trainer this afternoon.

Crazy Day

My coworkers just forced a piece of cake upon me! What's up with that?! And of course this happens the day I decide I'm going to try to take a trip at the end of the month. I need to get serious if I am gonna wear a bikini.
Hit the gym and played softball yesterday. Was good and only had two Bacardi and diets at the bar, but I did eat a ton of peanuts cause i was starving and hadn't had dinner yet. Today has been better other than the cake. I'm gonna do cardio after work and then belly dancing.
Ok back to work quick, before someone else shows up at my desk. Hope everyone is having a good day!

I'm back

Hi everyone!
First off, congrats to Mark! He did awesome! Everyone else did great too!

So I'm back from vacation and I didn't do a thing and I totally gorged myself. So I gained back 4 lbs. oops. Now, I know I'm not doing the contest anymore, but it still helps me to post what's going on and have some accountability. Is that okay with everyone?

So today I'm back on track. Tea, 1 cup of organic cinnamon cereal, an apple and pb for breakfast. Lunch was sweet onion chicken teryaki from Subway (6 inch). I haven't been to the store yet since we got back late last night. I'm planning on running around the house tonight, cleaning and doing laundry and some weights and stuff too.

Monday

B- Green Lemonade, Pear, Banana
L- Green Salad with Salmon
D- Salmon with sauteed spinach and mushrooms

We have a ton of leftover salmon from Sunday.... I think we finally finished it all!

I still haven't been able to get my lazy ass up to go to the gym. I am calling back the trainer today regarding personal training... we're playing phone tag.

Monday/Tuesday AM

Monday was ok for me. I had soup instead of lunch that the guys had. I still ate with them, which is the best part anyway. Split Pea for me. That's the first change I'll be making. Lunch choices. For now, it will probably be soup that's high in fiber and veggie servings and a yogurt for an afternoon snack. I think my eating has always been pretty moderate anyway so it's once again getting my body moving and keeping it moving.

Tuesday AM - Ms. Dakota and I went for our 2 mile walk.

My lungs have been feeling better. Maybe I'm opening them up?? Anyway, I'm curious to see what happens after I work downtown all day today. I haven't been there in a week and this is the best my lungs have felt in a long time.

Day 1 (although it's technically day 4...)

Mark and I went down to Atlantic Beach this weekend. Yay! But I went nuts eating...
Friday-
B- Fruit and Green lemonade
L- fried shrimp and a few fries :-(
D- salad, broiled flounder and steamed spinach :-)

Saturday-
B- Green Lemonade, 2 eggs, 2 slices dry wheat toast, home fries :-(
L- fish taco and side salad
D- Salmon on green salad

Sunday-
B- Green Lemonade, Orange
L- Cheeseburger w no bun
D- Mother's day dinner- we had quite a spread... tempura calamari, salmon, steak, salad, lobster, and fruit tart for dessert. I had a little of everything.....

Trying to get back on track today. this week I think I am going to look into personal training at the gym.

Day 1

Ok.... I know I'm committed to this thing when:

• Goober disturbs my Saturday morning sleep at 5:20 AM
• I don't flip out
• I put on my sweat pants and my sneakers (instead of punting Goober)
• I grab Ms. Dakota and take her for a 2 mile walk at 5:45 am on my day off (instead of punting Goober)

Michelle and Nick

Michelle - 146
Nick - 274

Weigh in

213.4 - still lost almost a pound despite the trip to PA and no gym this week. I've been fighting a cold all week, but I feel pretty good. Good luck everyone. Aileen and I are on the beach!

Teresa's Weight In

131 lbs.. :-(

I did back at the gym today and was then sabotaged by the cafe cause i got Genoa Salami in my wrap instead of ham! ugh! And I skipped cardio yesterday and have a feeling I won't get back to it until Monday. It's been a crazy day and the weekend is looking the same. Mets game tomorrow and then I'm taking my mom to the winery on Sunday. I'm gonna have to really try to be good!

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

My week of careless eating is over. :(

I;ve been eating all the left overs, snacks, chips, cakes and dips for the whole week. Soda after soda. Now, its time to get back on track. UGH!!! LOL....

No more cupcakes for breakfast! They were good though. LOL!


162.7

Weigh In

Jake, so happy you've joined us- but then again, i am scared to get my ASS beat!! lol

Anyways, I weighed in this morning at 123.4 which is AMAZING considering my week of eating. I had one fried chicken thigh (skin and all) and 2 biscuits, and 1/4 of an italian sub.... FOR LUNCH!! just thought i'd get it in before the contest started ;-)

I am going to try and get back on track wtih my raw food thing. I wish there was an easier way to make my green lemonade.... it takes so much time, but i guess it's worth it.

Motivated?

139.

I can't believe that after 9 weeks I am back to the original weight I started at during the first contest. I gained 5 1/2 lbs in 9 weeks? At this rate, I'll be a nice plump sausage by year's end. Make that a bratwurst. UGH.

That being said, I will also consider that gaining 5 1/2 lbs after quitting smoking for nearly 3 months is pretty damn good. It could have been a lot worse and it means I still have a bit of a handle on my eating. It's the damn lunches at work that kill me.

I am newly committed and after 4 hours of sleep last night, 9 altogether in two days :-(, Ms. Dakota will now be going for a walk. (lungs, please cooperate)

I am sooooo in this thing!!!!!!

Have a great day everyone!!!

Where are all the posts?

Good morning everyone! No gym for me yesterday which sucked, I hate when I can't get there. I am supposed to have a softball game tonight if it ever stops raining and I'm hitting weights at 10:45! I've been feeling a little snacky today though and I'm trying to be good.
What's everyone been up to lately? It seems like no one has been posting!

A- I totally agree with you on July 4th! :-)

good timing!

i love that the weigh in is just before july4th- so i wont feel bad about having independence day cocktails!!

Round 3

So far for Round 3, we have the following:

Jake
Annie
Aileen
Mark
Michelle
Nick
Teresa

Any other takers? It seems everyone else has disappeared. What's up with that??

Weigh in on Friday May 8 and final weigh in on July 3. How fantastic is that???

Mark, I can't accept the word 'donation'. You EARNED every nickel of your winnings. Enjoy those steaks!!!! I'm excited to 'compete' this go round.

Donations

Please send your 20 dollar donation to 2956b Kinsey Loop. Winterville NC 28590

Proceeds will go to buying some good steaks! I am looking forward to round 3!

Where to send $20

Where do we send the $20 for the PHAT club winner?

croutons are also the devil

So- i was following my usual routine... green lemonade, fruit, salad, 2 slices of sprouted grain bread with organic butter.... then after lunch i still wanted to munch on something!! there happened to be a bag of croutons in my food drawer from before i started this diet. after munching on "just one," it turned into me finishing the rest of the bag. luckily there were only a few handfuls left in there. my stomach is totally yelling at me by cramping up in a serious way... :-/

Mondays!

So i was determined not to snack all day and what did i do? snack of course! i don't know what it is about being hungry on Mondays. at least I hit the gym already and did chest (75 lbs on the flat bench press today!) and am hitting the gym in like half an hour for some quick cardio and then a softball game at 6 if it's not raining too hard. plus the scale said 131 today which is better than Friday's weigh in! hope everyone had a great weekend!

excited for round 3!!

Hi everyone!

I ate like crap this weekend but I was SO happy to see my family and platy family!!

As much as i am loving my new diet, I really need to come up with some kind of maintenance plan. I am looking forward to hopefully losing another 10 lbs... but then what? I'm not quite sure how to maintain without totally depriving myself. As you guys know- I am a total foodie and love experimenting at new restaurants (especially when traveling), trying new recipes, and just eating good old comfort food that remind me of different times in my life. I know that portion control and exercise will do it, but historically, my weight has been such a total yo-yo... and I am SO scared to gain back those 25 lbs I've lost in the last year and a half. I just know i am very susceptible to weight gain... because i get comfortable and start eating like I used to.

Anyways, in the meantime, raw food and green lemonade it is!! :-) At least I got a little binging in this weekend before we start again!!!

Andrew's Final Weight

175

The Results

.............Weight Lost... Percentage Lost
Mark.......20.8 lbs....... 8.851% <---20 bucks each to the winner!!!
Angela.....16.0 lbs.........8.040%
Aileen......10.0 lbs.........7.507%
Annie.........9.0 lbs.........5.294%
Sarah.........5.0 lbs.........3.937%
Deborah....4.0 lbs.........2.424%

Teresa and TL have probably both built up enough muscle mass to kick all our asses!!

The rest of the folks...... I don't have numbers for :-(

It's MARK!!!

I'll post everyone's results in the morning. I still don't have everyone's final weigh in :-(

Send your money to Mark!!!! 20.8 lbs. lost. 8.851% lost. That is absolutely fantastic!!!!

Everyone did such a great job. I don't want to minimize anyone else's results and I'll post final numbers when I have it all.

"Weigh" to go everyone!!!!!!!!!

Annie's final weight

161! When is next weigh in for round 3?!

Bad Poster

Well, I have not been good at posting, but on the last weigh in I am 161 pounds. I am really slow in taking this weight off-Though when I started, which was before the PHAt club, I have lost a total of 12 pds. My slowness in taking this weight off may have something to do with the fact that I love to go to restaurants and have a couple of drinks and eat!!

I think I may have subconsiously not posted as much as I should have because I was a bad eater and exerciser more then 50% of the time. Oh- and I used to be the BEST exerciser- completely committed, but turned 40, and used that as an excuse to take it easy.. No good- I am at my happiest when I am out there in the sunshine being active!!!

My goal is at least 15 to 20 pds and I am still working on it. Monday I start a new plan. Kostas is back from Scotland and we have a wine and jazz festival tomorrow and do not want to ruin it by having to watch what I eat and drink!! I will have to say, though I still embrace life through food and drink, I have been eating smaller portions and making BETTER choices, though not the right choices yet. These things take time!

Finding that motivation is my pitfall!! I feel fabulous and great even though I am overweight, humm, even though I don't look as great in clothes, and I LOVE clothes, obviously it is mental work to still feel fabulous! I really do want to be where I was at when I was in my 30's!!! It is possible. But with that said, I always say, always embrace your beautiful body, fat or thin!!! Confidence is what is sexy!!!

Congratulations to the winner!! You got my $20 :-)

Teresa (doesn't want to) Weigh In

Ok I was tempted to lie on this one, but I won't since I'm pretty certain some of this weight is from being a bit bloated. 133 - ugh the numbers are going up instead of down. I played softball last night and had a few too manys beers after the game plus some late night chinese food since I never had dinner. At least it was tofu and veggies but I know that orange sauce I got on the side can't be too good for me.

Anyway, did chest at the gym today. Not sure if I'm gonna end up doing cardio, I'm pretty tired and kinda blah today. I know I should be happy that I've gained strength but all I want is for the number on the scale to go down and it doesn't seem like that will ever happen again!

A, Mark and Ange's weigh in

Mark - 214.2
A - same 123.2
Ange - same 183

Sarah's final weigh-in

122. I made my goal weight! (not sure if the nasty cold helped, but I'll take it)

Thank you everyone! This has been a huge help to me in focusing. It's been great to be able to talk about my struggles and when I do well.
Good luck to everyone!