I still am battling my virus bug, so I have not worked out in a couple of weeks. Been doing well on keeping track of calories though and trying just to rest as much as possible. As soon as I do too much then I start to feel like I'm relapsing. I figure it is best to then stay away from the work outs. Sometimes you have to have common sense!

I am on week 12 of the eating plan!! I must say I expected/hoped to lose more than the 14 I've lost so far, but I'm ok with the difference I suppose. I knew I'd be slower since I was eating 1200 calories instead of 1000 and only doing 2 sets rather than 3 of the exercises. My plan is to start over at week 1 with eating and exercise since I've fallen so far behind in the exercise.

The end of this month I go in to order my dress for the wedding!! I hope by then to be down another dress size.

Come on ladies!! Check in and lets keep our motivation and momentum going no matter what!!

On another note, I really think my hormones are at play. A month ago I had that really bad week where I put on 4 pounds of water. Many of you thought it might be 'that time of the month' and because I had a hysterectomy I couldn't really say. I am also of the age where menopause would be starting to kick in, if I hadn't had the hysterectomy, and since I still have my ovaries there is legitimate reason to wonder about the hormone factor.

Since I had the drop of 3 pounds in a week about 2 weeks ago I went back up those 3 pounds and have stayed there the past two weigh ins. So, my thought is, since it was just over a month ago, almost the same thing happened that it is indeed 'my time of the month' and hoping that next week I'll see a drop in the weight again.

Thanks to this forum, and posting regularly I was able to piece this together.