OMG the link to the newbie cafe is not working, I had a panic moment when I thought I had lost you all and would not be able to find you again! It was very sad as I was only thinking on my drive to work this morning how it seems that we have lost some people in transistion, I was kind of hoping Niccole would find us, well really I was hoping everyone would come back to us but Niccole comes to mind as she was talking of maybe doing her first half this year too
I had to get to this post the scenic route, I hope I find my way again if they do not fix it!
Anyhow if anyone wants my email so we can keep in touch if this place ever crashes on us it is bodaciousx and it is at that hotmail.com place.
Mel you are doing a race the day before the 1/2! Whatever happened to taking it easy and carb loading the day before! I cannot wait to see your pics and read your report.
Happy the geese thing was cute at the meeting, Geese are okay but they left sooooooooooo much darn geese poop on the track this year, I was tip toe running around it all!
Indian food rocks, I have not had any in so long tho, I cannot trust myself with the nann!
My hair only ever looks that good once every six weeks, I do like my hairdresser muchly, I don't know how I will ever replace her in the Redneck riveria
She says she loves me too, I am very easy and open to her ideas, I sit in the chair and say tidy me up and she does. She used to ask if she could do this cut or that colour but she doesn't bother anymore, as long as I leave with no grey I am happy and I trust her judgement so Ij ust tell her to surprise me, this time we went more red, Lifen it was quite blond spring last year but I think I am diggin being darker for now .
Lifen you asked the plateau question......I had two major plateaus, one I was happy with and the other not so much
The first one was when I had lost 40lbs, so I was down to about 188, it had come off quite easy and fast and I had this idea that I wanted to just maintain that loss, don't exactly know where the idea came from but it was totally in my head that I had done this work and now I wanted to take some time off and learn how too maintain that weight, I took about 3 months where I was not strictly following WW but I was more mindful and I did manage to maintain, That was the happy Plateau
I think maybe deep down I was scared to lose nearly 100lbs and get there and not know how it live with it so I wanted to break it up some.
The second plateau hit last summer. When I went on my cruise mid March I was 157, at the end of June I was 157...arrrgghhhhhhhhhh! I know exactly what happened here
I was surrounded by people who remembered me at 228, every other person I saw was like 'look at you, you look awesome, fabulous etc etc etc' While in my weak way I was saying back to them "oh, maybe I do but I still have 30 odd lbs to lose' my mind was starting to believe them, maybe I did look good, maybe I did not need to look better. I had so many people telling me I did not need to lose anymore, LOL I had people asking friends of mine if I was anoexic! So anyway I believed them, I lost sight of my focus, I thought I knew the program and could do it alone and stopped paying for online and plateaued
That was the one I am unhappy about! I look at pictures of me know and compare them to last summer and I am so glad I saw the light!
People will say the same to you and do not believe them, set your goal and stick to it, I had to tell myself they were seeing me clothed and clothes hide many sins and naked in the mirror I saw the truth, I did need to get to my goal, so, after a 2 week pity party where I gained 8lbs I took myself to my very first meeting and here I am today
I am trying to find a spinning class, this week is kind of full of activities for me and they conflict with the class times, well there is a 6am one but that would mean bodacious leaving her bed at 5am which ain't going to happen! I walked past a spin bike today and it's seat in all its angular jagged glory stared back at me, that was scary! Today I rode the normal looking bike at the gym then some weights, my son went with me as he wants to lose weight before his wedding. I am trying to get him on the C25K so he can run the heart run with me in April. He needs to do something I am guessing he is up to 290, he is tall but still 290 is a lot and I worry over him.
Catch you all tomorrow
Lifetimer still learning to maintain :)
Starting weight 228.5
Goal weight 135
current weight 139
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Congrats on the WI. Question for you....when did you feel like you hit your first plateau? How much had you lost at that point? I've been doing really well but for some reason I keep fretting over hitting a plateau.
) So - she'll be part of the cheering section along with DH and my parents. It's going to be so much fun running this long race with my cousin (she's like a sister/best friend) and her husband. I'm not going for time at all... just to enjoy the race with her 
