okay, how crazy am I? I've been tracking my calories and trying to stay really close to 1200 calories. Trying hard, hard. hard to loose weight. Working out, drinking Water, and watching my calories.

Well, last week I said "to hell with it. It's not working my way, and I have a fill scheduled." I had a couple of days where I was above 1600 or well, darn close to it anyway. Ice cream, chocolate, chips, snarff.

I figured that I would punish myself by going to the gym and using the scale. (The dance studio doesn't have a scale that I've found...) Well, imagine my surprise when I discovered that I'm down a pound.

I haven't been around much, so I just saw this. Congratulations!!

Good Job Vines,

Keep on Truckin' (downwards)

I need to see the scale move here soon myself , I have been stuck for months. These last 5 lbs are killin me to get off.

Congratulations!

Way to go Vines! Take them any way you can get em!

okay, I had my 3rd fill wednesday, but I'm not going to weigh myself for a while. It is just too painfull. sigh.

So, Jessie said that 1200 calories is too many, she said I might need to go down to 600 calories a day. This is shear madness. sigh. Well, because I wasn't losing any weight at 1200 calories, my new goal is 1000 calories.

today I was about 1000. Yesterday was about the same. *sigh* I can't seem to get my Protein in then.

Yeah I didn't want to say it, but I kind of thought you might need to go down to 1,000. I know that's what I need to do sometimes to get that darn scale to move. It seems like if I keep to 1000 4 days a week and 1200 the other three and get a minimum of an hour of AEROBIC exercise in each day I'll lose 1-2 for that week.

Remember, this low calorie regemin is NOT FOREVER. Losing and maintaning are two very different things and I do think those of us who have gone up and down for years have certainly trained our bodies to put up more resistance!

So Crystal, at the next Bash are you going to give us all belly-dance lessons? I'd love to learn some moves as long as Lisa & Jenna don't get out the darn cameras!

I am a firm believer in a "cheat day". It makes the other days liveable and even gives you something to look forward to. What I love about the band is that I know from now on whenever I have my "cheat day" I am not going to overeat. I am just going to eat stuff that I won't eat the other 6 days a week.

I am sure if you had those 1600 calorie ice cream, chocolate chip days every day you would not have lost a pound. But you seem predominately on track, so don't worry!! Great job!

You GO Girl!!!!! Its not often that happens....COOL BEANS!