Daylight come and me want to weigh in!!
Good morning you wonderful people! I feel awful - how are you?! 
How was your week? How’s your eating and exercising going? How can we support you as you endeavor to change your body? Tune in to the comments to find out the answers to these compelling questions and more as the exciting ladies and gent of OWOA do the unthinkable and publish their weight on the world wide web!!! Today on One Weigh Or Another!
I’m not weighing in, personally. My weekend was a nice as you could expect, considering. I’m very well looked after. I’ve had very nice get-well gifts… But I’m still in a lot of pain, and certain biological issues are all gooned up.
Put it to ya this way, I went to the ER last night - and all the people in the waiting room were giving me that sweet “Oh look - she’s having a baby” smile. I look about seven months pregnant…and I’m NOT. Very uncomfortable.
But I imagine that I’m losing…cause goodness knows I’m not eating much.
Comment by blestwithsons — August 27, 2007 @ 5:44 am |Edit This
330/302/301
Down i more pound again this week. I am so encouraged now that I am consitently losing. I am marveling at the fact that today my baby starts kindergarten. School begins this morning and all my children will be there. I am sad. Hey there my friend blest let me know if you need anything.
Comment by Kellie — August 27, 2007 @ 5:56 am |Edit This
210/154.2/145
Down two from last week, and I didn’t weigh in until after breakfast because I forgot it was Monday. Got to get back on the treadmill. Got to.
Blest, we’re all praying for you!
Comment by Jana — August 27, 2007 @ 6:42 am |Edit This
212/187/145 up 2.
I literally cried this morning. I have been busting my katoosh since getting back from WA and just keep bobbing around. I seriously worked my hind quarters off and then I stayed away from things I’m not supposed to eat which is great considering our weekend. We took the kids for their first trip to the fair and I ate NOTHING there.
Then yesterday we went to aquarium in Chat. and I ate what I should.
I’m seriously in tears here. I’m practically ready to start a “diet” just to get that initial serge of weightloss!
Comment by Tami — August 27, 2007 @ 6:44 am |Edit This
Good Morning Ladies!
Oh my gosh Blest, a trip to the ER?!?! I hope you get to feeling better very soon. You’re in my prayers.
Kellie, great job on another pound! You’re SO close to your goal…have a great week!
And Jana…another 2 and that was after breakfast…yeah!
Tami, I’m so sorry that you’re feeling down and not seeing the results that you expected. I know it’s easier said than done, but your body is probably just trying to get readjusted after being on the road. You know how the scale plays tricks on us…you can be up 4 lbs one day and down 6 the next…we just never know. But you’re doing great…eating the right stuff, exercising…the scale might not show it (YET) but you’re feeling great and as soon as your body adjusts, those numbers will start reflecting it. Don’t give up…keep on trying…those numbers WILL go down!
Comment by Cristina — August 27, 2007 @ 7:44 am |Edit This
I forgot to post my weight…I haven’t weighed in since August 6th!
239.8/221.6/200 Down 2.8
Bring it on 2teens!
Comment by Cristina — August 27, 2007 @ 7:45 am |Edit This
143/125.5/120ish
up 1 (I was a little piggish over the weekend…parties where there is always food out are the worst for me…mindless eating…)
Blest–I will continue to pray for you. I know it’s not fun but thank God you lost the weight so they could find the thing!
Kellie–way 2 go! Keep it up!
Jana–you go, girl!
Tami–don’t be discouraged! You know you did the right stuff. The scale can be a deceiver!!! I have been there, girl! I bet you either are putting on muscle or next week you will drop the 2 and then some…or maybe something in between. Seriously, don’t listen to the lies of the scale
Christina–great job! Come on, 2teens!
Comment by Brandi — August 27, 2007 @ 8:55 am |Edit This
264/240.8/130 - minus 23.2 lbs so far, only 1.8 to my next short term goal, and less than a pound to the 230s!!! MOST COOL. Lost 2.8 lbs this week.
I’ve discovered that yes, indeed, I do have ab muscles. And they hurt when you use them a lot. But I don’t hurt as much as Blest - I am praying you feel a lot better soon. It must have been terribly bad to do an ER visit.
Weigh to go on the loss, Jana and Kellie and Cristina! It’s fun to watch the scale going down.
And Tami, hang in there - my weight fluctuated a lot this week - if I’d weighed in on Thursday, I would have had a gain (was retaining water). Keep trying and doing the right things and we’ll be praying for a great result soon.
Brandi - I know what you mean about the parties with the food laying around. I’m looking forward to the kickoff of small groups in our church this fall - but with it comes the return of “food and fellowship”. I’m trying to start planning ahead for that. Hopefully I’ll be able to get everyone on board in my small group to root me on and not try sabotaging my way of eating!
As you can all see, I’m quite hyper this morning. I am having a fabulous day. I love these days when they come - storing up some sunshine in my soul.
Comment by Tracy — August 27, 2007 @ 9:15 am |Edit This
131. Feeling very lazy and trying to be good but it’s hard.
You all are an encouragement! I didn’t even feel like checking in and there you are - the faithful.
Blest, hope the pain diminishes quickly! Don’t worry about weight losses or gains. Just rest and get better!
Tami, yes, don’t listen to the scale! Feel good about the fact that you ARE eating right. The weight loss will eventually catch up. You know, I’ve also noticed that if I don’t get enough sleep and/or am too stressed out, my weight won’t budge. That may be effecting the scales even though you have been doing so good in the food area.
Comment by Anita — August 27, 2007 @ 2:14 pm |Edit This
Why can’t I comment? Grrr
The site is being mean. Just cos i went on holiday for a couple of weeks. Does it not love me anymore?!
Comment by Debbie (trying a different version of my name to see if it will work!) — August 27, 2007 @ 2:21 pm |Edit This
Ok, so I finally managed to comment.
I am Debs, OWOA member, but for some reason the site has not been letting my comment today. I’ve finally managed to do it using a different name and a different email address. It wouldn’t eve work if I was logged in to the site.
I wrote a weigh-in comment earlier, but it wouldn’t work so I emailed it to Blest instead. If she’s feeling up to it it might appear at some point, otherwise I will write another one tomorrow!
Well done everyone, and don’t be discouraged Tami. You’re doing all the right things, it’s just the scale being difficult!
Comment by Debbie (trying a different version of my name to see if it will work!) — August 27, 2007 @ 2:25 pm |Edit This
Home. very tired. site ate my comment so will weigh in properly tomorrow am.
Comment by Elly — August 27, 2007 @ 2:52 pm |Edit This
216/185/140 - no change.
I hope the site is more welcoming to foreigners soon!
Comment by missy — August 27, 2007 @ 5:07 pm |Edit This
216/202.6/150
Down 1.
I was hoping that I’d be really good last week and break 200, but instead I cheated a bunch in the beginning of the week. I was really down without realizing why, and finally realized I’m just burned out from the last two and a half months of my husband being deployed. I was way overtired and frustrated with my kids
But my dad is here visiting this week, so hopefully that will help me recharge and get excited about losing weight again!
Welcome back, Debs and Elly!
Comment by Christy — August 27, 2007 @ 8:08 pm |Edit This
Hello, everybody, I have been away for a while. I have not figured out a good strategy for exercising (remember when the toddler kept waking up while I was gone? I could only take so much of that) and we were away on vacation (bad food choices galore) and I have been a giant stressball with the start of the semester (still more bad food choices). (Huh, spellcheck is telling me that stressball is not a word. IT IS SO. Spellcheck is also telling me that spellcheck is not a word, so what does it know?)
So I was startled to see this morning that I am 10 pounds above my goal.
Comment by CJ — August 27, 2007 @ 8:11 pm |Edit This
Hello all! Back from holiday too. We had fun and did some walking and mostly ate good things (if you don’t count the odd ice-cream or fish and chips
).
Numbers: 200/167/160
I can’t remember how much I was at the last time I weighed in, probably about 167, so no change, which is pretty good really. On the other hand, over the last week or so, I’ve not been as strict with myself as I ought to be, so decided to go back to phase 1 for a week or two to get myself back into the groove again.
Comment by Bekki — August 28, 2007 @ 1:52 am |Edit This
294/263.2/260
Yesterday I was up a bit (can’t remember exactly how much) since my last weigh-in on the 6th. However I know i had a fairly carb heavy weekend, and I weighed at lunchtime rather than first thing like I normally do, so I’m just hoping that the trend is downwards again this week!
Comment by The person formally known as Debs — August 28, 2007 @ 9:53 am |Edit This
ok finally. site is iffy not letting us post and our internet has been acting up as well.
This morning, one day late.
220/178/168
Up 3 over the 3 weeks since last weigh in, and up a bit more over my lowest. O well I would have liked to maintain but holidays have included fish and chips and ice cream (definitely not South Beach) culminating in weekend at my mother’s who cooked lots for us.
Back on the wagon now I think.
Holiday was great. Being home not so great. Still fighting the bedbugs! Wearing me down. School starts for me on Monday. Funeral today of a colleague. It was good though - she was a believer so sadness mixed with joy.
Nice to be back in touch with you all. Bird is so funny. Blest is being Blest despite her pains. get better soon Blest. Keep hanging in there folks. we can do this. weigh to go!
Comment by elly — August 28, 2007 @ 10:41 am |Edit This
Yikes, Blest - I hope you are feeling better very soon!
We had a wonderful holiday - a great two weeks together as a family, visiting some good friends who live way too far away! I definitely ate too much while we were gone (why must our friends be such good cooks??!) but weighed in this morning just barely making my goal of staying in the 140s while on vacation!
152/149.5/128 - I’ve run the last couple of nights and it feels good to be doing that again. My little girl is three months today and I feel like I should be further along, but I know I just need to be patient and KEEP AT IT!
Comment by Dawn — August 28, 2007 @ 1:33 pm |Edit This
I’ve been in Charlotte all week and haven’t had internet access…
I’m down 3 lbs! Yay!
Comment by Gina — August 29, 2007 @ 7:18 pm |Edit This
Out of town and still down? Not easy. Yea, Gina!
Comment by missy — August 31, 2007 @ 9:28 am |Edit This