Everyone can have a bad day every so often, and honestly, it can sometimes be really good for your weight loss because your body starts to think it doesn't need to hold on so tightly. I would not recommend doing it often, of course, but it never hurts to indulge and enjoy yourself when you have the right occasion. At least, that's my way of thinking.

So far this week I've done pretty well with not snacking on anything other than veggies when I get home, and I'm hoping this will be long enough to make me stick with it. Yay for challenges! Also doing pretty decent on the 30 minutes per day, which is a pretty nice accomplishment for me.

I have my doubts that this weigh-in will be spectacular due to other issues and bad timing, but either way, as long as I don't gain too much, I'll be thrilled.

Looking forward to Thanksgiving next week! Not only do I get the day off (:D), but I'm going to let myself enjoy it. I doubt I'll eat as much as I ever have, and I won't be losing my mind with it, but I'm going to eat what I want and be full. Maybe I'll take a walk with my parents that night.

Another successful day with the food challenge! Tomorrow is a big day, and it starts at 7am. I hope I have enough energy to make it. Have a good night!

Happy Saturday Ravenclaw!! interesting day yesterday. i got pulled to my old department yesterday d/t their short staffing. it was crazy busy so the boss bought pizza since no on could go for lunch break. i didn't eat any and i also avoided the wonderful looking brownies someone brought in. was sorta nice to be with my old coworkers again. i didn't have time for a workout after work before my dinner plans unfortunately. i suppose i didn't do all that badly with dinner compared to what i used to do, but went WAY over and didn't even attempt to calculate calories. another blown weigh in tomorrow i suppose. had a really nice evening and really did enjoy the dinner (cup of french onion soup, crab cake salad, home made fries, 2 light beers :drinker: ).
off for yet another fresh start this week :grumble:

Great job with the challenges, guys! Good ways to help keep us on track. Just stopping by to say hello before I start my workout and then start sorting clothes and getting some laundry and other housework done (woo, fun day, yeah? lol). Weigh-in tomorrow for me, but good luck to everyone!

And congrats again, Sue, on your loss!

(p.s. In the spirit of thankfulness, I'm terribly thankful for you and everything you do to keep us moving and informed. You're the best!)

SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which means its a new week for me and by golly I'm going to kick this week's BUTT!

Today's Stats:
exercise (30 minutes)- +1
Food (veggies at every meal)- +1
Spirit- +1
House Points- 60

Weekly Stats:
OWLS- 3
House Points- 60

It was such a busy day that I almost forgot to check in. I hope everyone had a good Saturday!

I've been SWAMPED at work and school so I have completely thrown exercise by the wayside. I have kept up with food though.

Weekly weigh-in:

Weight: 143.5
Owls: 7
House Points: 50

I promise to have more house points next week... it will be much easier since I have no papers due and 2 days off from work!!

Hi guys, weighing in at 63kg / 138.8lb today.

Yay! Finally a loss . I think it might be because I'm sick at the moment, but whatever, I'll take it . It also brings me past my 10kg lost mark which was my initial goal when I started on MFP.

I got my first noticing moment (I can't figure out how to phrase that better lol) last weekend as well - haven't seen my cousin since June and she was like "OH MY GOD! You've lost so much weight!" :happy:. That felt good. I've had a couple of friends say something, but I've talked to them about being on a diet and they see me all the time, so it was nice to hear that it's noticeable from someone who hasn't seen me in a while.

Anyway, I now intend to get down to about 53kg... which is about 22.5 on my BMI. So, I'm hoping that I can get to that by next Christmas. I'm well aware by now that weight loss is a slow process for me and the key is persistence. And I'm cool with that, because I've actually reached the point where I'm really happy with my body now. I don't feel gross or like I'm busting out of all my clothes, which is where I was at when I started on MFP, I've actually gone down a size, and I'm just ~comfortable. I've realised that me continuing on and aiming to lose another 10kg is more about health than appearance and that's a nice realisation to come to .

I'll be participating in the challenges and so on for this week as well, now that I'm feeling better and I'm done with uni for the year as well.

Honestly, I'm *really* pleased with this week's results. I didn't hit my mark every day for my challenges, but I only missed two days of each, which isn't bad at all. AND, I genuinely thought I'd either gain or just maintain this week, and I actually lost a good amount of weight! Woooo! Now the trick to reach my monthly goal is trying to lose .7 pounds in 11 days....with two Thanksgiving dinners in the middle...

Weigh-in: 230.6 (down by 2.4 - woot!)
House Points: 287
OWLs: 15
Spirit: 5
Food: 5
Exercise: 5

Checking in!

Weight: no change (277) :mad:

House points: 371

OWLS
exercise/food: 1
Spirit: 3?
Total: 4

Really, really going to work on getting those OWLS this week!!

Wow - its been quiet on here today... I hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday! I spent a good part of the day watching the HP movies with my son. Tomorrow, I have the surgery done on my other eye and when I get home, we're all going to watch both parts of DH back to back. :bigsmile:

Have a good night Ravenclaw!

Hi Ravenclaws!

Another busy day. Had an impromptu family get together today, which I saw as a pretrial for how things will go on Thanksgiving. It was a success! Stayed away from the pie, and even played tennis with my cousin. I'm actually looking forward to the holidays now!

Sunday was GORGEOUS up here in the north. We raked leaves (sore arms to prove it). I also hopped on the treadmill for a half hour last night, so already building up the house points!

good morning Ravenclaw! really bad day yesterday. i worked overtime in the ER during the day, went for groceries afterwards (got lots of yummy healthy stuff), then spent the evening in a different ER with my husband. got home a little before midnight after eating about 550 calories all day!! stopped for fast food on the way home d/t starvation/ease of access/stress. totally blew what would have been a really good day.

weekly stats;
weight 173 which is a 1.2lb loss

OWLS: 19
*checkin-7
*food-6
*exercise-6

HP: 224

not a bad week, but i'm not loving how this week started ( 0 OWLS and 0 HP yesterday)

hope everyone has a great week. best of luck with your surgery sue :flowerforyou:

I checked in yesterday, just on the wrong thread!

Weight lost, 1.2 lbs, CW - 183.0

I think I have 1 spirit point, for 1 OWL

90 minutes of exercise.

Time for my nap