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Oh my Karen, your great niece is completely adorable. Thank you for the compliments on Cody. He's already 6'2" and the last time we were at the pediatrician he told me he's not done growing yet! WHAT!?!?! Impossible. I was very proud of my boy and even better he was very proud of himself.

Hi gang. Looks like you all have been busy in my absence. Thursday night I went to my spa night and it was AWESOME!! Nothing like a facial and foot soak to make you feel better. Great thing is I get to do it again in 2 weeks. Friday I ran some errands and cleaned my house. Saturday I got to pick up my Cody from his…

Well, I logged everything yesterday. Barely came in under calories but that's ok.....I logged! Everything! All day!! I count that as a win. Not much going on here. It's so quiet with Cody gone to the Academy. I'm so proud of him for sticking it out. I know the physical part isn't easy on him but I'm hoping this gets him…

Ok, don't anybody faint or anything but I promised Karen and Nancy that I would be back soon and here I am. I really don't have any reason why I was gone so long except for a very long list of sad excuses, which is just that excuses. I just took a vacation from it all. Thankfully I'm still in the same weight range. I got…

Happy Friday my friends!!!! I hope everyone is having a great day. The weather is absolutely beautiful, especially considering how horrible the rain has been most of the week. Nothing too exciting going on around here. I did go to the doctor for my yearly check-up and he was quite pleased. Even though I weighed the same…

Nancy - love finally being able to see a picture of you!!!

I missed the first week, but I'm going to jump aboard the train for week two. My goal is to get my behind back to the Y, no excuses!!!! I'm shooting for 3 days.

Thanks guys. It was a very special day. Thanks Nancy. I figured I would be fighting the girls off by now but he's not even interested. He's 6'1 1/2" without his shoes but at least 6'3" with them on. The first picture of the two of us we're on flat ground. The second one I'm actually standing on a step and he's still taller…

WhooooHoooo, Karen!!! So happy for you!

Hello my friends. The wedding was absolutely amazing. Our church family really pulled through for us. I'll post some pictures after I get them. The last 2 days I've been a complete bum. I was so exhausted from the rush and I didn't know just how much till the wedding was over. And then today we got 6 inches of snow and…

Thanks Karen. I just have a few details to work out and I'm done. I can't believe how easy it's been. Of course, since we're keeping it simple that helps.

Thanks Zach, we are very happy

Thanks Nancy

So glad to see you back. It's always helpful when your spouse is doing it too.

I did: The Mover and Shaker (I actually did it standing up though. Michael had some music on so I jumped up and started dancing. He just laughed) The Wall (Street) Sit (I didn't quite it where my thighs were parallel to the floor but I did get farther every time I did it) The Patient Printer (this is an easy one to do…

Hi guys, figured I'd pop out of hiding and say hi. I've been following everyone but just haven't been posting. I lead such a boring life that there's really never anything to report. I wake up, get Cody off to school, clean, cook, do laundry, do my bible study, watch tv, play on the computer, get some exercise in, go to…

Ok, so I did my initial weigh-in early last week (right after this was posted) but I normally weigh in on Saturday or Sunday. So, if I understand correctly, for this week I can wait to weigh-in on my normal day of Saturday or Sunday?

Thanks Norah! I'm excited and ready to get back in the full swing of things.

Ok, got my spreadsheet set up but the bottom tab is still calling me "Challenger 2" and I don't know how to change it. Help! Please.....

Count me in too. So sorry to hear about your losses. I'm going to try to add me to the spreadsheets. I'll give a shout out if I have trouble.

I don't make New Year's resolutions personally. I find they set me up for instant failure. But I do try to list some goals to work on every year. Unfortunately, I work on some of them year after year, lol. So here is my list for 2015: Health and Fitness 1. Exercise regularly a. Get 30 mins of some sort of exercise a…

Well, hello my friends. As you can see I'm still alive and kicking, lol. Sorry I just kind of fell off the face of the earth. No excuse really except I just took some time away. Thankfully even with the holiday and all my baking I'm still at the same weight I was when I disappeared. I'm glad to see that Karen is back. I…

WhoooooHoooooo, so happy for you Pat. That's so awesome.

This has been a major issue for me and one I have put a lot of emotional work in to. You can't lose as much weight as I have and not have sagging skin. I would love to have the extra from my abdomen and thighs removed but the insurance calls it cosmetic no matter what my doctors say. My orthopedic surgeon has even told…

Definitely not silly, VERY awesome. You should be proud

Hi Zac, sorry to hear about your cold but glad things are going good for you. I've done some searching for new exercises. It's so hard for me. I've been fighting my weight for almost 40 years so there are very few exercises out there that I haven't tried. Things are ok here. The tests that my primary ran gave us no…

Zac, I'm with you. When I look(ed) at the total amount of weight I need(ed) to lose it is very overwhelming. Once upon a time I weighed in at over 500 pounds. The thought of losing 300 pounds......wow, boggles the mind and instantly sets me up for failure. Now grant it I had a huge help in my journey with my gastric…

For me personally, it has to do with honesty and knowing myself. I know that in order to be successful in my journey, I have to be completely honest with myself when it comes to what goes in my mouth. But, I also know that if my diary is open I wouldn't be. I wouldn't want everyone to see when I slip up and eat something…

BTW, congrats on getting the weekly challenge. I didn't come close :-(

Thanks Nancy. I'm not losing a lot right this moment but everything must be shifting around because everyone I see comments that they can tell I'm losing weight. I'd really love to see 250 again but if not I'm happy where I am. I saw the doctor on Friday and they ran some blood work. Hopefully they can figure out what's…