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Yes, I am feeling very determined.....just got to keep motivated!!

Me too......starting out for the second time. I need to lose over 50 and I am over 50 in years. Please add me !

Thank you Peanut - not least for keeping up with the technology! Well done! A respectable finish for everyone I think, though well done to the Black Team! And well done to my wonderful sisters in Yellow! And look out, because I believe the candy canes are on their way......

I've felt sooooooo well supported on Round Two - I have felt genuinely sorry and sad when we lost people too! Looking forward to Round three... I'm in i-candy canes - anyone know how to get the team photo?!!!!!

one pound down - Yay, yay, yay! Thank you everyone - and thank you Peanut!!!!!! I am looking forward to seeing the results - fingers crossed Team Yellow.... And now the sad part, where I metapmorphose from being a Yellow Team member to being part of the illustrious i-candy cane Team!! Happy days! x

I try to wait for the surprise on Friday, but some mornings I just can;t resist getting on the scales when I wake up.... I am getting into a routine which I love . Sexy in Six and MfP really work! Go Team Yellow!

Fingers crossed, I should be at least one whole pound down this week - fingers crossed! x

As I slowly reduce each week, I am finding myself excited to discover slightly looser waist lines , oh, and shoes that fit. I hadn't really realised how large I had got. It's not the thinness I aspire to, so much as the ease with which people move, The flatter stomachs , the fact that cardigans and jumpers don't rise up…

I haven't either ,but today I found myself wondering about this very thing. I've been losing weight very, very slowly but it had been a downwards trend (yes, yellow team!!!). Part of me wants to turn slender in a week or two - but I've resigned myself to the fact that this is a long distant run. Still , right now I am…

Plateaux........... Mmmmmmm, I don't think I know anything about plateaux as I am still at over 220+pounds. However, using MFP I am shedding SLOWLY - annoyingly slowly sometimes. So, I think I am on a plateau but it is ever so slightly tilted....... So, is it a plateau? And whether it is or not, I would like to formally…

yep - best thing ever - I agree!!!!

I totally agree!!!!

I want to change the world!!!! So, in terms of self-improvement I want to develop the skills in order to be able to do that...... When I say change the world, I mean be brave enough to stand up to injustices. I have so much to learn, but at least I am willing!

Well, I start really being careful about how much of something I am eating - not guessing, which is what I'm prone to do. I also don't want to let Peanut down......! I also do feel motivated by the challenge - this feels like we really care about each other, this e world we are inhabiting. I'm not used to it, having passed…

At my work , at this time of year, a mountain of goodies appears in the staff room. Today was no exception: a total of five cakes graced the table. I see them when I am feeling the most nibbly.If anyone is around I say out loud that I won't have anyone because I have to be good. People seem to accept that now, so that is…

Well done Team Black - but Yellow Team , an impressive effort!!!! Well done everyone! Monday QOTD: Firstly, I would like to be more accurate in my measuring and weighing all I eat. Such a chore - but it is a very good way of my learning how many calories there are in each food. What has worked well: logging - that single…

Yipeee! Peanut - you are absolutely amazing! Thank you! xxx

Sarahkatara - Don't beat yourself up - rule number one! First two weeks of this challenge and I gained both weeks, third week down 0.1............and then this week it was a joy when I stood on the scales! Don't fret, just keep your resolve - tomorrow is another day, and next week is another week! GO YELLOW! xx

Tomatoes (fresth) on unbuttered toast with seasoning and a squirt of low fat mayonnaise Scrambled egg - 1 egg plus 1 egg white - on toast fish - all kinds except shell fish or squid! But maybe that's not a snack..... water biscuits

I had a health scare(suspected stroke/high BP), and I have relatives that I fret about too.... my doctor recommended MFP and haven't looked back though I am on medication. Today I saw a 'more mature' tall woman wearing a long sweater over leggings - and I actually thought to myself , one day you will look like that! ALso,…

Santiea - come back when you graduate!!!! I don't feel we've been carrying you at all - you have been a complete inspiration to me. I know how hard it is when work gets stressful - and for the second week of this challenge , it was nearly impossible for me to log in. So I do understand - but you are amazing, so don't go…

yes, great questions and inspirational answers. If I go out, I find myself thinking about you all! I went to a party and chose fruit salad over desserts dripping with cream because I could hear your voices over my shoulder, I kid you not! Yes there is solidarity in this e community and I am so grateful for it. Have i lost…

hello yellow team! Ebj - you must be so motivated - only 3 pounds away!!!! I had good news on the scales this morning - finally - so assuming I can keep on the right tracks, should be a good result on Friday! I am really keen for the scale to show two hundred and twenty something - today it was 231.8 - so close, so close!

I found myself feeling very excited today when I opened this post to get the results! So, well done Red Team but YELLOW - I have such a good feeling about our team. celebrity to help motivate me: I'd like to have one of the Strictly Come Dancing coaches, or (but I'd have to be feeling very brave) Torvill and Dean. I used…

looking good

I like the poem - thank you! Sadly, this week I am only down by 0.2......but at least it is down, and I am feeling stronger and more on the case now. Thanks , without a doubt, to the awesome solidarity of the SIS/Yellow Team !!!! Actually, a sneak look at the scales today shows I've gone down more, but I've already…

Just watched the link - hilarious! Not my kind of music though x

QOTD Thursday: I know weight loss takes up a lot time in our lives. What are some of the hobbies or activities you like to do outside of the gym in your spare time? It does take up a lot of my time - I hadn't really appreciated how much! Outside of the gym - I'm yet to pluck up the courage to join a gym, so I don't really…

EMD - sadly can't see the video in the UK - but hope it inspired the rest of you! The video/youtube dimension could be useful in our quest..... Hope everyone is OK and feeling confident about Friday. Having let you all down two weeks in a row, I'm feeling confident about this week. Yay!!

IS THERE A SONG OR MOVIE, POEM or PAINTING that has inspired you in your weight goal quest? PROUD (Heather Small) I look into the window of my mind Reflections of the fears I know I've left behind I step out of the ordinary I can feel my soul ascending I'm on my way Can't stop me now And you can do the same (yeah) What…