Christie - thanks for the support! I am starting to get a bit nervous but then dh and I will talk it over and he makes me feel better again. I am so ready to be a WOMAN again. Right now I go braless two thirds of the day because bras are useless...I don't go out in public but at home no one can tell...SAD but true. Is that TMI? I would really LOVE to be getting a tummy tuck too but then I think it would be starting to let vanity take over...I could lipo this and tuck that and so forth but then it is more than a personal issue ya know??

Bina- WAY TO GO! You are doing great. My tummy is the first place it goes and the last it leaves... I guess it could be worse I could have fat ankles.

Kelly- How are you this week? Are you still eating pretty healthy? I envy you on that! I am not doing so good with that since I am sick and feeling crappy. Speaking of dh is taking me and Riles to lunch so off to shower.

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Good job everyone. Y'all are doing great.

Christie ~ Isn't it great to SEE results? Helps keep you going.

Karen ~ How long to go...then WE'LL be bugging YOU for pictures (still waiting for my dad to send them, BTW).

As for me, I forgot to tell y'all, but a week or two ago, I noticed what my mother has now informed me is called 'crepe-ing' (don't know how to spell it), where the skin is really loose on top from the weight loss, and if you sorta twist it, it wrinkles up. All I know to do is stay hydrated and tone up, and give it time to tighten up. It's weird, but it's kinda cool so see something like that. I don't think I've really wrapped my brain around the fact that I've lost SO much.

Can I have a 'biggest looser' tiara? LOL! Oh, I can't wait to get to 199! SO cool that will be. Its also weird to see how my body has changed in the past 10 years. I'm loosing a lot more from my butt and thighs, and heavier in the torso more than when I was younger at the same weight. Some of it probably has to do with the muscle tone I had back then (I was a dancer in high school).

Gonna need to tone the tum-tum.

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I have exactly 26 days...I should make a ticker.....What do I call it the TA TA countdown?

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*giggle out loud*

Yes. "26 days until my TT surgery".

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LOL at Karen's TA TA ticker!

Karen-I heard they can take the fat from your tummy and use that for the BA, so you get a tummy tuck and a BA all in one!!!

Steph-you definitely have earned the "biggest loser" title!

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Steph~ We need Cristina to make you a biggest loser tiara!

Bina~ Great job on the weight loss this week! You might be this weeks biggest loser! This is fun, we should keep this theme going.

Christie~ I kind of took a two week break during Easter and the week after. I bet you'll jump right back on the bandwagon soon!

Kelly~ How are you feeling?

Chrystie~ YAY For a three pound weight loss! That's awesome!

Karen~ Make a tata ticker!!! LOL!

So i got in my 5th workout last night. I'm starting to feel crappy (cough, sore throat, headache and body aches) so I think I'm done for the week. I'm going to try and rest this weekend as much as I can with a 7 month old all by myself. (dh is working this whole weekend, 7-7. yuck!)

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This 'tata ticker' thing is cracking me up.

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Bina that is not true about what you heard. LOL I wish it were that simple. That would be great! Okay countdown up and running...I went subdued

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Karen- You are a riot!

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Christie I love your flip flop blinkie. I too am one flip flop loving girl!!! I saw some cute ones today while I was out!

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Karen- I LIVE in flip flops. Rainbows are my favorite. I have 2 colors and currently have my eye on the pink ones.

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LMAO@ the ta-ta ticker. {{{hugs}}} I just love ya, Karen.

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OOOOOOOOOOOOH I love Rainbows but I don't have any. I saw them today at a shoe store I was in but I couldn't come off $45 for flip flops??? I wear American Eagle ones. Get new ones each year. DH says why do you need 10 pairs of flip flops EVERY year?? I say have you seen the ones from last year??? They get worn OUT I wear them so much.

Steph-

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Bina, Chrystie - YAY for your loss!

Christie - Thanks for being proud of me. As soon as DH gets home, I'm out the door for tonight's interval run.

Karen - Lovin' the ticker. It would be great if it was like the pg tickers - instead of saying "overdue," It would say "My new Ta Ta's should be here by now." I've finally gotten a handle on WW and I am eating good this week - I'm using some of my flex points, but I don't feel starving all the time like I did a week ago. I did make Bina's Diet Coke Cupcakes.

When I looked in the mirror yesterday morning, I actually felt GOOD a/b myself. Not compared to 3 years ago, but from where I've been in the past few months. I've been standing up straight which makes a huge difference. DH told me I look better, but I never know whether that's the truth or not. BUt, the teacher across the hall from me (who notices everything a/b everyone's weight) told me that she's noticed how much better I'm looking in the past 2 weeks.

Jenna - see above, mostly. Also, I don't think I'm letting things bother me as much lately. W/ hearing a/b that toddler's death and one of my best friend's dad dying from cancer, and all the other tragedies in today's world, I'm letting go of more little stuff and counting my blessings more. Now if I could just get 30 minutes a day to be totally alone, and a date w/ DH ...... Good luck this weekend - Toby is working later shifts 2-3 days/week now which has some great benefits, but those evenings like tonight when I'm alone and Hannah's super cranky are hard. Plus I feel like I don't see him much.

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Kelly ~ That's great that you are feeling better. Good! Yay!

*Steph is wearing one of the sz12 pants today*

I keep having this pants issue...I'm loosing so much in my thighs and butt, not nearly as much in the middle; I'm in a much smaller pants size, but I'm tall, 5'9", so I keep skipping around between too big-too small-too short-too long-just right for 5 minutes... I'm not quite tall enough to be a true 'tall' length unless I have on some sort of heel, and I'm too tall to be an 'average' length. But I need the 'talls'. And they're hard to find. My mom's several inches shorter than I am, so anything I get from her I have to be careful with (it's her grey pants I have on today). But my boss asked me how much I've lost. He does that every month or two, I guess on a day when it strikes him. I'm still realizing how much of me is 'gone'. How much less there is. Probably b/c I still have some excess in the tum-tum, and I don't feel like my face is so much thinner, though the multi-chin look is mostly gone (just the one extra if I lower my head). *shrug* Ah well, we should all have so much to complain about. There have been times over the years where I said I'd have killed to weigh (xxx) again...and I'm doing it. It's just peculiar to be hitting weights I remember from 10 years ago, but not looking the same, you know? My brain is still trying to compute it all I think.

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Steph- I am in the same boat with pants and I am willing to bet Karen is too. I buy talls from New York and Company to wear with my heels or danskos and then I have a few things in average that I wear with flats. Not two completely different sets just a variety. LOL

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