<b>Mish19</b> Way to go! That's practically a whole pound, gone forever. I'm glad to see that you appreciate the progress you made this week. Losing weight slowly helps to insure that we will have less chance to gain it back after we have lost all we want to lose.
Good job, this week, Michelle. Are you feeling proud of yourself? I hope so. <i>We're</i> all proud of you.
<b>KathiWithAnI</b> As long as you are bouncing <i>somewhere</i> is all I ask
<b>WOO HOO!!!</b> Good job. Another pound gone forever. You are definitely working your way toward goal. Isn't it a great feeling to realize you are successful at this weight loss stuff?
Be proud of yourself, cutie. I'm proud <i>of</i> you!
<b>Tink33</b> What kind of negative remarks? They think you are too thin or not thin enough? Do I hear the footsteps of that California green eyed monster?
Ignore them. What do they know? All of your WISH friends think you have done a wonderful job and you know how wise all of us are. We say ignore those grouches
I'll bet you keep that committment to exercise, this month, Lesley. You are such a determined person and I know you will succeed at this new goal.
I am just so tickled that you are maintaining your weight and still check in on us, here on WISH. Having a WISH friend at goal is very helpful and motivating for me. Keep up your good work, cutie, you are doing great!
<b>O'BWV</b> Thank goodness you threw in that "hooray".
Another two pounds gone forever. Personally, I would be bouncing with joy all over the place but you are much classier than me, you have that little basic black "hooray", instead
I love your new clipart, very attractive and flattering. You are doing just great. Your success helps keep me determined and motivated. I'm proud of you--I hope that <i>you</i> are proud too.
<b>ohMom</b> Way to go! Good job. Another pound gone forever <i>and</i> you are only three pounds away from a new clipart. You are just doing so well, isn't it a great feeling? You are on your way to goal and approaching it at a steady pace. I'm so happy and proud for you.
You are an important part of my support group, you have a wonderfully positive attitude. You keep me beaming with pride. I hope you are feeling proud of <i>yourself</i>!
<b>AlreadyexcitedGrammy</b> You ate petits fours and you <i>still</i> lost 1.5 pounds? That's not against the rules? Are you <i>sure</i>?
Well, okay, if you say so. Another 1.5 pounds are gone forever. What a wonderful success you are. You are really good at this weight loss stuff.
Isn't that new clippie just gorgeous? It looks great on you. I'm really proud of you for sticking with this and sharing your success with us. It helps me to see my WISH friends succeed. It proves to me that I will succeed too.
I knew that you could do this all along. Never doubted it for a minute. You are just too determined and motivated to not succeed. Don't get too attached to that new clippie of yours, you know as well as I do that you will be trading up again soon.
<b>December99</b> Okay, first of all...it's <i>good</i> that you maintained your weight despite impending TOM. I'll bet that you actually lost but are retaining fluid. (grrr...that stinking bloat fairy!

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Now, you and I need to have little talk, Christine:
<b>next week I know won't be good.</b>
I need you to explain more about that. Seriously. Do you mean that you expect to gain fluid or maintain your weight again? Or do you mean that you know you will be off plan next week? Because if you mean that latter, you need to get yourself a plan.
Plan for <b>success</b> and you will achieve it. Perhaps not on your timeline but you will still succeed. I know you can do this sweetie. Look at how well you have done so far! Hang in there and come here to WISH if you need help next week. You know that we are always here if you need to talk. You know that we care. Come to your support group and we will help you out.
You never give up your clipart. You earned it and you get to keep it. Is that a deal? If you earned a paycheck for working one week and then didn't work the next week, would you think you should give back the salary for that first week? I don't think so. You are a success, you earned a 10 pound loss clipart and it is all yours to keep. I imagine you will be trading up again in a couple of weeks, though
I'm anxious to see how you do after next week. I'll bet you show a good loss. After all, you maintained this past week and biologically speaking you ordinarily would have gained, I think that is a <i>very</i> good sign. Be proud of yourself, you are doing just great, sweetie.
<b>flbeachbum</b> WOOHOO!!! Another pound gone forever. You sure are calm about that, I would be jumping all over the place if I had lost a pound. I'm pretty impressed with you, you are definitely a success at this weight loss stuff.
Aren't you proud of <i>yourself</i>? I'm proud of you. Just think less than one half pound more to lose and you will have a new clipart. That's exciting. Good job this week.
<b>jenny2</b> <i>HOLD IT!</i> Is that a sad smilie? I'm sorry sweetie--no sad smilies allowed on WISH. It's against the rules.
We both know you didn't "pick" enough to gain a real 1/2 pound. Sounds to me like the bloat fairy has been to your house. Probably encouraged to visit by all of that picking you did. But the good thing about this is that you learned something from this teeny gain. You learned that you need to journal your intake everyday.
I just love finding the silver lining in situations like this. If you learned something last week then that calls for a grin or a smile, anything but a sad smilie.
Besides, we don't concern ourselves with what happened yesterday. We only worry about <i>right now</i> and <i>right now</i> you are determined and motivated and back on track. You're doing fine. I'll bet you show a loss next weigh in.
Be proud of yourself! You learned a valuable lesson this week and <i>I'm</i> proud <i>of</i> you.
<b>yasuern</b> Okay, now wait a minute. Let's back up a little. You had a terrific weight loss this past week but you aren't celebrating at all. In fact....you are sort of saying that this loss isn't a good thing because you aren't going to make the goal you set a timeline for. That's sort of a downer, don't you think? While you say you are thrilled with your loss you don't really seem to be.
So......let's try it this way:

<b>WOOHOO!!! yasuern lost 3 whole pounds this week. That's 12 sticks of butter--60 slices of bacon--that is <i>success</i></b>
Yep, I like that better. How about you? You need to appreciate your success and celebrate a little. Don't you know how empowering your success is for your fellow WISHers? Your success helps keep us motivated and determined, so celebrate when you get the chance. If nothing else a good celebration makes me smile. We all need to smile, you know. Now, I'm really proud of you for losing <i>3 whole pounds</i> this past week. You need to be proud of <i>yourself</b>. You are doing <i>great!</i>
WISH is just the greatest place, isn't it?
<i>Today is my weigh in day. I am happy to report that ten pounds of that fluid left with me by the bloat fairy is gone. Only two pounds remaining, isn't that great?</i>
I really love reading about the progress my WISH friends make each week. If you lost even one ounce, congratulations. If you gained anything, don't give up, those pounds will go away, just keep working as diligently as you have been working. If you maintained your weight, congratulations and WOO HOO! That is a very good sign that you will be able to keep your weight off when you have lost all you want to lose.
Onward and downward, my friends. We are all on our way to goal and <i>nothing</i> is going to stop us. Thanks for being here to help me along the road to goal, I truly appreciate each and every one of you.
Katholyn