Happy Monday to all of you...

I want to start a scale challenge...this is for all of you (including myself ) that get on that scale more then once a week...

Today I have made the challenge to myself to only get on it every Monday morning..

As of this morning my weight is 229

This is a great way to not obsess with what the scale reads through out the week if I have some challengers to do it with me

Next weigh in Monday 7/27

Any takers??

Betty , Don't get discouraged. I just went threw (and may still be in a slump). I stayed the same for almost 6 weeks. Then last week I decided that even though I was moving inches around I wanted to do a reality check and I started writing every thing down I was eating and in the honest amounts. In tracking my food again I found that I had gotten off on what I was supposed to be doing so now I'm back following it well and I'm seeing the benifits.

Last week I lost my first pound in 6 weeks and today I lost another. So it appears I may have broken threw. But the important thing is I feel great and doing things I wasn't before and I know these pauses in weight lost, as upsetting as they are, are only temporary. The band helps cause in other diet attempts this is when I'd get upset and stuff myself back to higher weight. Band won't let me stuff so I just keep trying to follow my program.

Good luck and don't give up the faith

Thanks Greg! I have been watching what I eat too, so maybe if that is part of the problem I can nip it right away.

Don't hate me -- I lost three pounds last week, no thanks to good behavior. The flu robbed me of my appetite. I actually ate a Krispy Kreme donut on Wednesday because I was afraid my calorie count was getting way too low! Well, now I'm feeling a lot better and ready to eat again. I see a plateau in my future -- sigh.

I'm done 1.5 lbs. I find it amazing. I've been eating alot more lately and I think it's time for my first fill. I find I lose more when I eat more, perhaps I was eating too little.

Zoe,

Sorry to hear you were under the weather. Glad your better.

But thanks for the tip on how to bring up calorie count when you feel it may be to low.

One of the guys at work just won a free trip to Vegas at a cop's donut eating contest. He ate 7 Krispy Creams in one minute. Hell I could do that banded LOL But I didn't enter cause I was afraid my Dr. would throw me out of his office window if he heard I did ...lol...Might have chanced it if Dr wasn't on the fourth floor

243, have another bowl of ice cream.

Hey Greg, do you have to be a cop to enter that donut eating contest? Because the smart money would be on me. Tell your doctor to move to a lower floor so you can get in on the fun.

Well back to my old ways lol. No loss this week. But still a happy camper for what I have acheived so far.

Zoe

Not real sure you'd want to go up against cops in one of these contest. You could get hurt lol...Or if your beating them they just might trump up a charge or two to get the handcuffs on you and slow you down.

Well I'll tell ya... there is going to be another jump on the scale sometime this week because I am still up that one pound from last week... My rings are usually so loose that they won't stay straight and this morning they are too tight... oh and Aunt Flo is commin... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Okay... done feelin sorry for myself... back to busting my butt for nuttin... okay... I guess I wasn't done feelin sorry for myself. :cool:

I'm right along with you Greg and Darcy, no loss for me either! I have been sitting at this same place for a long time, and I am ready for it to move down a little bit.

Don't worry, I figured it out....Its the weather...I'm blaming it on the weather.

Think this will work and for how long can we get away with it????

184.50

1/2 lb loss for me this week

Well, at least someone has lost this week! Congrats Michelle!

Greg, Darcy, Betty -- You have all done incredibly well with your bands! Look at your overall stats. Wow! You're all headed in the right direction and are inspirations to new bandsters. Those plateaus will end soon and you'll be back to your losing ways.

Congrats Michelle!

Miss Zoe... I am staying away from the scale right now because I am still P.O'd and am having visions of a Tanita in flight. :cool: I am happy with my overall loss... just pouting... and PMSing. THis too shall pass and for the overall health of my Tanita... it better be soon!