Hi All,

Thank you for everyone's support. My DH came home and is recovering nicely! I am having a hard time getting out of the carb addiction I currently have. I need to get away from them! I have worked out 3 times this week already which has kept me at a balance so I did not gain anything this week. I thought the fill would help, but I have only lost 1 lb since the fill 2 weeks ago.

It sounds like a lot of us are having a problem lately. I have heard about the 6 month plateau which I think we are at. We are all so used to losing at a pretty good clip when we slow down or plateau we get frustrated. We we all need to kick our butts to get back on the right path. I know we all can do this challenge!

Here is the latest (let me know if I missed you so I can update the numbers):

Name Start Finish Loss to date (1/22/09)

Gilta 174 162 3

Accountess 231 218

MistyD65 249.4 237.4 3.6

krtork 205 195 7

Charlietuna XXX -10

di1138 XXX -15

innotu XXX -10 3

Brad 202 187 5

legdxdlr XXX -15

nic XXX -17

amaltha 166 157

lanakila 268 258 1

Shelleyelise XXX ??

Ninner 341 299

heartfire 191.2 181.2 2.1

Gary B XXX -10

charlie4171 208.6 199 .3

k4str 213 200

Mommie2 XXX -20

Brendaanise XXX 155 166.8

lellow 169.8 159 5.2

maleliz777 257 247

edel 195 185

Kaytatree XXX -8

Hang in there, Gilta!

I'm glad to hear DH is home and doing well. You must be so relieved!

I'll get you some numbers tomorrow.

Have you thought about doing the 5-day pouch test to get you off the carbs? I think good carbs are fine but it you're worried about it then that might help.

Best wishes!

I've been doing okay, actually, which I suspect is a combination of getting back to regular exercise, having good restriction, and an increased metabolism maybe?

Starting weight: 169.8lbs

Today: 161.7lbs

Loss: -8.1lbs

Lbs to go to Valentine's Day goal: 2.7lbs

No change...but no gain! :tt2:

Glad to hear all is fine with DH Gilta! Now you can focus without so much stress and distraction!

I'm just about right on target - maybe a slight bit behind, but not enough to sweat over.

START: 202

TODAY: 195

GOAL: 187

Brad

Started: 191.2

Today: 188.7

Total: -0.4

Needed: -7.5