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Thanks ya'll. Its rough enough being sick. It's even rougher being sick, taking care of house, and 4 kids with a husband who works crazy hours as well as living with my mother-in-law. Add in trying to lose weight and I'm pretty sure I'm borderline psychotic ;) lol

Are you only eating 1200 and exercising or are you eating 1200 and exercising AND eating back someor all of your burned calories? If you aren't eating back to at least 1200 calories you might be under feeding yourself.

Your now photo is exactly how I want to look :) Congratulations on all you have accomplished!!

My tonsils are swollen :( I feel like crud and haven't had any energy for 2 days now. I'm not sure if its because of the drop in calories or this bug or what. Eating some left over split pea soup for lunch. I've definitely go all my veggies today.

You got it!

Hi Tina :) I'd love to have a horse some day. I'd much prefer it to a bike :)

Florida gets a good amount of rain in the spring/summer. And the mosquitoes will carry you away in the summer, that is, if the heat stroke doesn't first!

Happily :)

Just needed to pop in and tell you I am completely and utterly jealous of every last one of you. Signed, The Scottish by birth, but born in Florida (Inverness, FL which evidently is sister city to Inverness, Scotland. I think I was born in the wrong one!)

The challenge starts today!! Come on over and join in the fun and friendly competition!!!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P_bFP7uWanuFRS5PIn6VFsOIpSuOCesUZGWgt4h1bnU/edit Made another one for weigh-ins so we can keep track. I want to try to be down to 215 by then.

As long as you post your totals here I'll add them up :) The google doc is just so I can keep them all in one place for everyone to see.

Bump so others may join. The link for the group is above!!

Here's the doc including those who have showed interest. I'll edit it as needed if more people join :) I'll also try to make it prettier LOL https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iEXOMNIDdiEbKAdYlmWTHUV8VFbcp4gkHvHnrvppa6k/edit

If you haven't already please post in our Stats and Info Sticky Thread :)

I can do that :) As long as everyone posts their daily totals I'll keep them running.

Hi Jennifer! I'm a crafter as well. For a long time I was making new outfits/clothes everyday. Its all on the back burner right now, but I hope to get back to it some day. My favorite part was creating my OWN patterns.

Hi Sherri! I loooove motorcycles :) I'm a total passenger though. Maybe some day I'll get up the nerve to take the course to ride, but for now I'm happy to sit behind hubby and cruise. Welcome!

Sherri- The CoTD is just extra fun. I hadn't really thought about assigning it a point value. What does everyone think? I think a daily tally would be the way to go that way we can each keep a running tab of how we are doing.

Happy to have you!!!

Starting Weight: 222.3

So, as someone who is far off from goal, calculating it on the low side (activity wise) is OK as long as we are eating back enough to cover the BMR?

I weigh myself daily, but I do that because I know if my weight spikes that something I did the day before has thrown my body off. Either too much salt, or not enough water, or my calories in were more than calories out. I only officially call my weight on Sundays. Don't get discouraged over the number on the scale. Focus…

I swapped out 2% milk in my smoothie for skim. Couldn't taste any difference. Perspective for me: For breakfast I made a smoothie. Admittedly there was enough for 2 people to drink and be satisfied, but I drank it all :) I'll be full until lunch I guarantee that! Mixed frozen fruit, skim milk, sugar free pudding mix, small…

I'm with you :) I've always been the fat friend. I want to be the one rocking cute little bathing suits and shorts and dresses that show off my back and arms without feeling like a whale wrapped like a sausage!

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I've had every intention to on multiple occasions. I think I actually did the first 2 days once. Its always lingering in the back of my mind to do, but the impact on my knees right now would be too much.

You are on fire! Keep it up!

Well I had every intention of getting both the fruits and the veggies in. I have the fruit covered hands down. My apple this morning and a fruity milkshake (instead of cake) tonight for my daughters birthday party. I have homemade split pea soup in the crockpot right now. Its been cooking since 2, but not even close to…