I lost another 2 pounds as of today. I have been trying very hard to get some exercise in and not let the temptations get to me and it seems to be working. Hopefully thes last 87 pounds will just fall off. I can't wait. Hopefully by next summer I will be skinny. At least it doesn't hurt to hope.

Finally I am through one of the biggest hurdles I have had since starting with NS.  I went to a family reunion, had a wedding anniversary and a birthday and haven't gained any weight.  Hadn't lost any either until today and I have lost 2 lbs.  Now that doesn't sound like much but when you still have 89 pounds to lose every pound counts.  Got to get to work so I will try to write more later.  Have a great day!

Haven't written in a while due to being so busy at work but thought I would take some time tonight. Had my picture taken this weekend with my granddaughter who was going to Homecoming and couldn't believe how different I look even after 29 pounds. Just wish it would go faster. However, I have been struggling lately. It seems like everytime I turn around they are having food days, family reunions, wedding anniversaries and birthdays. I just can't seem to get a break. The biggest issue I have is that yesterday we had a family reunion. I decided to eat but not overeat which I did but not sure I made the right choices. However, I didn't want to deprive myself of everything. I thought a little bit if it didn't get out of control wouldn't be too bad and I didn't do too bad. But here is the clincher. This next weekend my husband and I are celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary and my 53rd birthday. We are going on a dinner train. I tried to chose wisely so hopefully I will stay on track. I chose chicken marsala which doesn't sound like it will go too bad. I have asked a counselor to call me to discuss but they haven't called back. Wish me luck, I think I am going to need it.

Well I have finally gotten below the 100 pounds to lose.  I now have 98.  This was one of my big goals since I started out originally with 176 to lose and when I joined NS I had 124.  I am so excited and I hope everybody has as good of a day as mine has started out to be. 

Well I went to the Iowa State Fair last Sunday and ate a couple things off my diet. However, I have been good otherwise and managed to stay the same this week. I also got to see Heart and Journey and had a blast so it was worth it.

I have been working so much overtime I haven't had time to write. Also my big boss does not approve of blogging at work so the only time I can do it is at home. After working 10 1/2 days and 5 hours on Saturday I don't even want to sit in front of a computer. However, I am doing great. I weighed myself this morning and unofficially I have lost 20 pounds. The official weigh in is tomorrow. I need to have my daughter come over and take my measurements because I know I have lost inches. I hope everyone is doing great and you have a great weekend.

Well I have lost a total of 15 pounds and I am feeling so much better about things. I finally got up and started walking. I find that I really like to do it once I get going. I know that if I don't talk myself into not walking I will do so much better. It will also help my knee since I just had it replaced and I need to build up the muscles around it and strengthen it. Oh well! I am feeling really good and I hope that everyone is doing great. Thank you NS for getting me going. I wish I done this when I was younger. My mom would have been so happy. I hope she is seeing me now and is looking down on me smiling.

First of all I want to say thank you to all who responded to my last blog. There were a lot of ideas and thoughts there for me to look into. However, I need not have been concerned as I lost 3 pounds. YEAH I have been seeing a doctor pretty regular since I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in March. I had my knee replaced in February which has limited my ability to exercise but not entirely. I need to do more than I have been doing no matter what. I can't run but I can walk and need to do that a little each day or at least every other day. Again thank you all so much for responding. It is so nice to hear from all of you.

I have been so faithful on my diet and I am so afraid that I haven't lost any weight for the 2nd week in a row.  Tomorrow is the date that I weigh in but I am worried because I too have been checking the scale daily and I had seen a slight weight loss but today it showed the same.  I know you flucuate daily so I am going to have to quit weighing daily so I don't get bummed out.  I can't afford to continue this diet much longer if I don't see results as I just don't have the cash to do so.  Any suggestions will be appreciated.

I can't write too much because I am at work but I believe I am back on track.  Was really bummed about no weight loss last week but it seems as if I have lost inches and unofficially (since I weight on Saturdays) the scale is going down. 

Well at the end of my fourth week and the weight loss was a big fat zero and I am depressed. Don't get me wrong I anticipated that at some point I would plateau but not after 4 weeks when I have another 113 pounds to lose. I just hope this doesn't set me up for failure because I really want to get the rest off but if it happens too many times in my journey I wonder if I can afford to continue. I am spending money on this diet that I don't really have but I am hoping to get rid of meds to justify paying for this. I am struggling to buy enough food to go with this and it hurts (my budget). I knew it was expensive but I figured I wouldn't eat out anymore and that would pay for the cost. Well I am going to get off the money kick. I am also struggling with exercising. I am so big and have knee and back problems that I haven't exercised which is probably why I hit the plateau. I wish I had a buddy close by that I could experience this journey with but I don't so I am on my own. I really need some motivation. Sorry to bumm anyone else out. I just was hoping to lose at least a pound. I would have been happy with that. ARGHHHHHHHH