I just got off the treadmill, I only did about 20 minutes tonight. I had considered taking the night off completely but instead just took a lighter night instead.

Major leg workout at the gym today...and I feel good!

I'm down another 2 lbs, despite the past 2 days worth of being bad. I suspect it's just the water weight coming off, but I'm going to attribute it to the gym just so I feel better! :D

great job osuche and maddy ... way to keep at the physical work ... Lil ... weekends are social times, sometimes that means we go over on the calories, hope you enjoyed your dinner out!

I did well today, I'm still just happy that my seat belt keep being buckled ... and that it wasn't just a fluke or something. Finishing up 7 weeks of being on this new healthy lifestyle, I'm not sure I've ever managed to make it this long without consistently cheating, I know the longest I've ever made it on such a plan and stayed pretty much with it is 10 weeks, I've decided my next big goal/milestone will be the 11 week marker .... after that I'll figure a new goal that isn't about length of time, but it seems to make sense for this period of time for me. :)

Down 2 this week despite dinner last night. Mr. Lil got me a frig for my classroom so that I can take salads, wraps, and frozen entrees to work if I want now. I noticed my dress slacks were even looser in the waist this morning. Another 5 and I'll be buying new pants again.

I'm also down 2 this week, that puts me at a total of 15 and 7 weeks straight on the downward slide. I'm having a hard time eating all my points as of late. All of last week I had between 2.5 and 5 points left. From the reading I did this weekend it seems that I should be eating those plus the 2 activity points per day that I've been getting before I send my body into starvation mode.

Yea Lil and Maddy .... way to go!!!! ... Mr. Lil is wonderful to have done that, he impresses me more with each new thing you mention about him! Maddy, keep trying to get the points in .... I know in my past attempts that not eating as much as I should was always the start of my cheating cycles ... you're probably much better than me, but for me it would set off a complicated set of thoughts that sent me in the wrong direction ... and of course the body holding onto it's weight isn't good either. Good luck to all for another successful day and week!

I did the treadmill thing earlier today - went for about 30 minutes, 1.6 miles. I'm adding banana's to my daily routine - they are a higher calorie fruit, but the potassium should pay off in the exercise.

Good job maddy, the bananas are a great idea for you!

I made it through today ok, was munchy/hungry all day ... I'm at the beginning of my pre-hut week, so I'm glad to be going back to the office tomorrow where my thought process is in gear most of the time, instead of just sitting around the house trying to get little projects done, but not really having to be focused on anything in particular.

oh man I'm over my calories a lot lately and I'm making excuses.

Lilith, is there anything we can do to help?

fzzy, workdays sure are easier - I hope today was an easier day for you.

I just got off the treadmill, I did 35 minutes - 1.9 miles. I thought about going longer, but I was noticing my hands were swelling and getting sore. I think I need to find a way to keep them elevated more during my walking.

No but thank you for always offering. This is my battle. I'm at that point, forward or back.

I'm so proud of how well you are doing on your treadmill maddy.

thanks maddy, so far the eating part of my day has been much easier ... work gives me other things to keep focused on and that is helpful! ... and I too am proud of how well you are doing on the treadmill.

Lil ... we're here to support whichever way you choose to go .... we want you to be happy!!!!

I'm pretty certain that this week's weigh-in Friday morning will not bode well. I don't think I've gained, of course, but I'm not seeing the scale moving much. It's a pretty stressful week for me, though, as I'm going through my first trial with my new attorney boss, plus the fact my children leave Saturday and my sweetie leaves Sunday, each to be gone a week or more. I'm hanging in there and trying to remain positive, but I've used up more of my flex points this week than I have in the seven weeks I've been doing WW. It remains to be seen how that affects my weight come Friday.

IAKG ... congrats on just making it through to this point ... there are those tough weeks now and then and if you are able to hang tough through til they are over ... it's a success!!

Finishing my day within my calorie range ... yeah! thank you everyone for being here together for me and everyone else!!! :)

maddy~One thing I wanted to mention about your treadmill activities (which are going great, I might add) is that you should watch to make sure you are staying in your target heart rate zone. If you are higher than your zone (in "cardio" mode), actually you are burning something other than fat. In "fat burn" mode, which usually has a much lower heart rate range, you are burning off more than likely what you want to focus upon.

I've found when I've done my treadmill time is that I actually have to walk at a slower pace than maybe I want to do in order to keep my heart in the right range. Gradually, over time, I realize that I'll be able to pick up the pace and still be in "the zone."

fzzy~Great news on the calories!