For the past few weeks I have been hovering in the low 200's with the exception of a week where I got sick and ended up gaining weight. On Monday 12/21 I was 200.2 lbs....

I'm so close to Onederland - but my period is due on 12/26 and my weight is up to 201.8 today. I'm following the program, and I know this is temporary, but my goal was to be be under 200 by New Years.

It can still be done...it's just SOOOOO CLOSE. I haven't weighed this low since high school. In fact, I can't ever remember being this low as an adult. I remember being in the 220's and thinking how big I was....I never imagined getting up to 295.

I know it's strange, but seeing the "1" as the first number just holds a lot of meaning for me. Really, I don't think physically I will feel any differently at 199 than I did at 200.2 but MENTALLY it means everything.

Thanks for listening & Merry Christmas!

@@Margie122 - I totally get what you are saying and you are officially a scale junkie. I am a card toting member too. Keep hydrating and getting that Protein in even though its nearing that time of the month. Watch really close the salt content and get outside if you can and walk, eat protein only, rake leaves, drink Water, shovel snow, drink some more water, build a snowman (sorry I live in Fl)

IT WILL HAPPEN {ONEderland}

Jane13 - I'm near Boston and we are having record temps...will be 68 on Christmas Eve so I might be grilling outside in shorts and a t-shirt. According to the weather guys/gals up here it's NOT Global Warming (so I don't have to feel guilty for loving the warm weather) it's el nino.

Salt - I love it and I do need to watch it, so thanks for the reminder! Onederland here I come!

Don't you just hate that? I swear I stalled for like 2 weeks right before I hit onederland. And the scale was bouncing all around it before.

It loves to play with our emotions.

@@Margie122 - you have lost more than I have but my doctor would like me to lose about another 30-35lbs so we are tracking about the same. I weighed 282 in Jan/Feb of last year and I have been on every holiday challenge and have yet to hit my goal. My current goal is 179 but I am hovering around 184. My hope is to hit 182 (-100) at least by 12/31/15...so I am right there with you. I will be raking, drinking Water, taking down decorations, eating Protein, cleaning/organizing, drinking water the next few days....see a similar pattern?

WE got this - 1-2lbs by the 31st!!!!

@@Babbs - I adore you and your posts, you know that right?

sorry @@Margie122 did not mean to hi-jack your post....

Well you may not get there by the date you want, but rest assured you will get there. Onederland certainly is a magic milestone for most of us . Merry Christmas to you too!

I'm right there with you! My goal is 199 by New Year's and I'm at 203.8. It's been 17 years since I was in onederland and I'm so ready to be back! Just keep working. We'll get there!

Babbs - thanks for the encouragement

Jane13 - hijack away - no worries!

borg/assimilated - yes I will get there eventually I know

jjmama - we can do it!

Even if I don't hit Onederland, I have still gone down from a size 22 to a 16 and that is pretty darn good.

Truth

@@Margie122

You will get there! I promise!

You and I are the same height and have the same goal! I a, just under 10 pounds away and I have been stuck for a couple weeks now.

I have noticed in the last couple of weeks that my body makeup is changing a lot.

I have become very Boney all over and part of me is now in the mindset that losing much more is not a good thing for me given I plan to have some plastics done in the areas where I have a lot of loose skin.

I am definitely second guessing my goal at this point but whatever happens happens. So, I have been staying off the scale the last few days.

You will definitely get to onederland, unfortunately that fluctuation always drives you mad. Once you are down to 195 you will never see that crappy 2 number again.

Good luck and Happy Holidays!

I am right there with you! Been 'stuck' at 203 for a couple of weeks and really wanting my weight to fall below 200. We know it will, right? Patience, sticking with the plan, etc, etc.

Here's to new and better bodies in the new year!!

I am right there with you! Here's to Onederland before the New Year!!!!

I'm right with you girls. I get to 199 and stay there for 3-4 days , then it is back to 202 or even 203. Up and down, up and down. Can't wait to get under 200 and stay there. It has been 15 or more years since I was at the number.

So do you have an update? I hovered on 200.2 - and over for weeks before I finally hit 197 all of a sudden!

Yes I am currently at 195. I had been hovering between 196 to 198 for about 4 weeks. I am finally losing again and in Onederland for good!!!