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Thanks everybodeeee!!!! Jo, yes i am feelin quite peachy! I was just trying to figure out exactly how long it had been since i weighed under 200#. I think it was waaayyyy back in 1996. And i say to myself now, "How could i let myself go for so long????" I guess the important thing is that i am doing something about it, no matter when i chose to start.

My tummy is feeling a little better today. But last night was rough, i was getting scared because i could "hear my heartbeat" (i hope some of you can understand what i mean). I knew it was because of my lack of nutrition for the previous 2 days, many levels within my body were way off. I woke up this morning with the "shakes". I almost panicked. Of course, instead of thinking that i REALLY need to get something in my system, i automatically thought, "if i go to the doctor, he might tell me that i have to stop Mf, I CAN'T do that!" Well, this morning, i was able to stomach much more (so far i've had 3-1). I'm struggling to find a way to fit in 2 more supplements. At least the "shakes" have gone away and although I don't have the feeling of hunger (not at all) and my stomach is still a lil queasy, i feel MUCH BETTER than over the weekend. My friend called this afternoon to see if i wanted to go to the gym. Unfortunately, i think i am off exercise until Wednesday, i just didn't get in enough calories on sat. and sun. to sustain any exercise. Thanks for all the congrats. Really makes me feel even better!

[lifelovinaries]

Good Job...I'm looking forward to twoderville.

:roflmao: twoderville...i like that one! Keep at it and you will be there sooner than you think.

[dede4wd]

I'm SO glad you're feeling better and keeping food down!

[Out*With*The*Old]

CONGRATS on the new club AND wonderland AND 5 friggin pounds! HOLY SMOKES you're rockin' and rollin' girl!!! I'm so sorry I missed it!!!!

sorry to hear you haven't felt well, I hope yer all better soon and work calms down for you too! OMGosh can you believe January is almost over?!?!?

CONGRATS!!!

Let me tell ya, I saw yer ticker said 43 pounds to go and I was like HOLY COW!!!!!!!!! I thought, OMGosh you're getting soooooooo close!!! Then I realized mine says 47 which is only 4 more pounds so that made me feel good too but man 43 sounded SO close!

I gotta scoot! Hugs!

[ChynnaDoll]

such an EXCITING race between you 2..lol!..waiting with bated breath to see who'll get to the finish line FIRST

Keep up the great effort!
GOOD LUCK!!

Loula

[dede4wd]

You guyz are both doing so well!!!!!!!

I'm going to be like the bratty little sister chasing the cool kids saying "wait for me, wait, can I come too? I'm telling the sitter if you don't let me come"...all the way to goal! Won't I be annoying?

[Mike]

I saw yer ticker said 43 pounds to go and I was like HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!

Me too. Doing great Erica. I'm looking forward to when mine has only 43 lbs to go. I mean, okay, so I've lost 180 lbs, but I'm still obese. Heck, a BMI under 30 will be awesome (I started over 60).

Keep up the great work.

[MerryMary]

I saw yer ticker said 43 pounds to go and I was like HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!

Me too. Doing great Erica. I'm looking forward to when mine has only 43 lbs to go. I mean, okay, so I've lost 180 lbs, but I'm still obese. Heck, a BMI under 30 will be awesome (I started over 60).

Keep up the great work.

All in due time, Mike!
180 lbs.? You are a walking miracle.

[lifelovinaries]

CONGRATS on the new club AND wonderland AND 5 friggin pounds! HOLY SMOKES you're rockin' and rollin' girl!!! I'm so sorry I missed it!!!!

sorry to hear you haven't felt well, I hope yer all better soon and work calms down for you too! OMGosh can you believe January is almost over?!?!?

CONGRATS!!!

Let me tell ya, I saw yer ticker said 43 pounds to go and I was like HOLY COW!!!!!!!!! I thought, OMGosh you're getting soooooooo close!!! Then I realized mine says 47 which is only 4 more pounds so that made me feel good too but man 43 sounded SO close!

I gotta scoot! Hugs!

I was waiting for your RITZY arse to get here!!! Well today my ticker is even better. Can you believe, I am finally on the downward slide towards goal? I know you hit it a few pounds ago, but now i know how you feel. There is no way in heck i could allow myself to mess this up now. That's like putting a 50% down payment on a car and not bothering to pick it up...WHAT A WASTE! So here we go... to the end.

[lifelovinaries]

You guyz are both doing so well!!!!!!!

I'm going to be like the bratty little sister chasing the cool kids saying "wait for me, wait, can I come too? I'm telling the sitter if you don't let me come"...all the way to goal! Won't I be annoying?

sssshhhhhh...jeez, just come on. We are only going to goal. This time i will be GLAD for you to come along with us. Don't worry about the sitter, she fell asleep on the couch with a big bag of M&M's in her hand. So hi-ho hi-ho, it's off to goal we go...

And look at you! 208. I know that you only have a pound or two til you are overweight! YAY! Of course i know because we are the same height Don't worry, i'm sure we won't leave you far behind.

[lifelovinaries]

I saw yer ticker said 43 pounds to go and I was like HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!

Me too. Doing great Erica. I'm looking forward to when mine has only 43 lbs to go. I mean, okay, so I've lost 180 lbs, but I'm still obese. Heck, a BMI under 30 will be awesome (I started over 60).

Keep up the great work.

thanks mike. Hey, look how far you've come! You may still be obese but you are putting forth the effort to change that, as well as help others, such as myself change it. And believe me, i remain humble because i know i am still only a few bags of chips away from obesity. Although i feel comfortable with the program, i don't know if i will ever feel completely safe.

[Out*With*The*Old]

You guyz are both doing so well!!!!!!!

I'm going to be like the bratty little sister chasing the cool kids saying "wait for me, wait, can I come too? I'm telling the sitter if you don't let me come"...all the way to goal! Won't I be annoying?

Girl, you are only 6 pounds away from me! Pop that Macy's thing you got going on and you'll leave me in the DUST! Looks like a three way race to me! Don't cha think, Chicky!!!

[Out*With*The*Old]

CONGRATS on the new club AND wonderland AND 5 friggin pounds! HOLY SMOKES you're rockin' and rollin' girl!!! I'm so sorry I missed it!!!!

sorry to hear you haven't felt well, I hope yer all better soon and work calms down for you too! OMGosh can you believe January is almost over?!?!?

CONGRATS!!!

Let me tell ya, I saw yer ticker said 43 pounds to go and I was like HOLY COW!!!!!!!!! I thought, OMGosh you're getting soooooooo close!!! Then I realized mine says 47 which is only 4 more pounds so that made me feel good too but man 43 sounded SO close!

I gotta scoot! Hugs!

I was waiting for your RITZY arse to get here!!! Well today my ticker is even better. Can you believe, I am finally on the downward slide towards goal? I know you hit it a few pounds ago, but now i know how you feel. There is no way in heck i could allow myself to mess this up now. That's like putting a 50% down payment on a car and not bothering to pick it up...WHAT A WASTE! So here we go... to the end.

YES, it feels GREAT, doesn't it? I am going out of town all next week and I have to go shopping AGAIN! I just bought pants 2 weeks ago but they're too big! I do have a size 10/12 suit that I can wear again (wore it twice in 2002 before my fat butt grew out of it) but that is the only 'bottoms' I have that fit! I won't mind buying new clothes when I am at goal but I feel its such a waste to do so now! Oh well, I must though and I'll be thankful that I work from home and can get by with a few things during this journey.

You know, I'm so happy that we're on the downhill slide! I could care less who crosses the goal line first as long as WE CROSS IT!!!! It won't be long - it won't be long - it won't be long!

~Ritzee

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DAY 100

Ok, well today is my 100th day on plan. I can not claim 100 days in a row of compliance because i ate off plan a total of 3x; once at Thanksgiving, once at Christmas and once when i had that darn cracker! That last one was the only one that was not planned. So although i may not be able to claim 100 days of 100% compliance, being on the plan for 100 days is nothing to shake a stick at. I also am proud of myself for jumping right back OP after making the choice to eat off plan. Obviously, i had not had the strength to do that before. Well, here i am 100 days in and on the downslide. Hey scientifically, i should pick up speed since i'm on the downslide right? We'll see. My weightloss to date is 43.2lbs (i know many of you see it in the ticker but i type it for future reference because my ticker will change), i have 42.4 left before i hit my goal. I am averaging just a little under a half pound per day but then again, my loss last week of 5.1# really helped boost that average. As i always say "whatever...i'll take it". I always knew i wanted to lose the weight but when i would look at the fact that i wanted to lose almost 90 lbs, the thought alone would sometimes become discouraging. I finally just had the mindset of I AM GOING TO GET THIS DONE!!!! Even though my ticker originally showed that i had 85.6lbs to go, i never really focused on that part. I set small milestones for myself. My very own 5lb club, then the group 10# club, then my own 15# club, the group 20#, group 30# and before i knew it, i was in the 40# club. breaking it up into smaller amounts in the very beginning seemed much more attainable. By the time i hit 40# (and i was there before i knew it), i knew i was almost halfway there. It also made it easier at times, knowing that i had a racing buddy in this whole thing. When my numbers would act funny, i could look at her numbers, since we were so close in numbers, when i knew she was about to enter a new club, I knew i wasn't far behind in entering the club right below hers. (:wave: ritzee! )This made it easier for me. I knew i was doing what i was supposed to on plan and as long as i didn't alter what had been working, i would be fine. I LOVE this plan. It has brought me to a point where i now KNOW i will weigh 155 in the next few months. I'm too far into it to turn back now. I'm too far gone to stop. I just had to wipe away a couple of tears because i'm finally seeing that THIS is REALITY. I'm getting there. DECIDE. COMMIT. SUCCEED. For once, i am truly seeing my success in this weightloss thing. "If i can do it, ANYONE can." I know this sounds so cliche and i used to hate seeing this statement but it is so true. I've now learned to look at it positively. In saying it, i am not stating that I'm weak with a lack of willpower, etc so if i can do it, ANYONE has to have more strength and willpower than me so they can do it to. I now say it knowing that YES, i do have the strength, we all do, we just have to find it within ourselves. Where i previously thought i was weak, seem to be my areas of strength, it's all in our own perception of ourselves. I picture myself smaller and healthy in my mind, i visualize my scale saying 155 and I know that one morning i will wake up and it really will say 155. I don't know why God finally decided it was time for me to recognize this inner strength, but i thank Him daily.

[Out*With*The*Old]

I'm SO proud of you!! You really are doing an AWESOME job and getting soooooooooo close!!!!! I know we'll get there - and it won't be long!!! YIPPPEEEE

Yeah, I wish the downhill slide thing made me pick up speed but I dunno that it did! BUT I'll take what I can get - - heck, this week I've even been OK without my scale addiction. Amazing what having a life will do for me -

I look forward to finishing this thing with you!!!!! Let's do it!