Countdown to 199

[Cheryl R]

Onederland???? How cute... where did that come from... I like it.

[becky160]

Count down to 199 - My Stats

91/08/03 - 233
07/09/03 - 231.2
14/09/03 - 229.0
21/09/03 - 225.3
28/09/03 - 224.8
05/10/03 - 223.1 Total = - 9.9 lbs

[sunshine2]

Becky - :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: LOL, :lol: :lol: :lol: the joke on page 50 was funny and cute, thanks for sharring.

Well, weight is still staying, no whoosh fairy has visited me, but I know she will be coming soon, I just feel it!

[becky160]

sunshine :sunny: ,

How can you feel that you are about to have a whoosh???

Stay tunned, I willbe posting more funny jokes! :p :p

[PinkBunni]

I can hardly wait to reach 199!! It is my STG right now. I have slowed down in my weight loss to only 2-4 pounds a month, normally after TOM makes a visit. But at least I am not gaining :) I hope to be UNDER 200 by Christmas.

[fishie48]

I appear to be stuck, maybe super glued to 200, so near and yet so far.....

[Zora]

Hey fishie, Where in upstate NY are you? I grew up in Plattsburgh.

[fishie48]

Not that far north Zora, I'm in the Saratoga Springs area. I have a daughter who lived in Potsdam. North Dakota is a long way from NY. Do you still have family here?

[Zora]

Hi fishie,

Yes, pretty much all my family lives in the Plattsburgh area. I was just home in August visiting for 2 wks. I really miss the Adirondack Mountains! I ended up here as my ex-husband was Air Force. We went from Plattsburgh, to Okinawa, Japan to here. I stayed after my divorce. It's nice to see someone on the forum from "home"! :)

[becky160]

:cheer: :cheer:The whoosh Fairy visited me!!! I am down to 220.9 Pounds, 2.2 lbs less since last sunday!!!! . This is sooo exciting!!!! :cheer::cheer:

Want tips to break a stall? Check my journal for more details. :thup:

[fishie48]

Becky, How many calories do you average in a day? Was the refeed more/less/same calories as usual?

[becky160]

Katie,

During September, I was loosing weight when I first started having between 1000 and 1400 calories, many times a little less. Then got into a plateau. I could not figure out what I was doing wrong, until this month. So I increased my calories intake to be between 1600 and 1900, and seems to be that this is helping a lot.

About the refeed, is important that you take 1 calorie/ for each basal metabolic rate calorie you need + 20% more if you are slightly active, and 50% more if you are Active.

During refeeding, you need to have 60 - 65% of carbs, 20% - 25% proteins and 20%-25% fat.

The carbohydrates should come from High Glycemic foods:

Bread, pasta, rice, etc.

I suggest you check this page for more info on refeeding and the Leptin Hormone:

www.theministryoffitness.com/mof/library/articles/article18.htm.

[badgoat]

Reporting in with a loss to a new low of 218.5. I had wanted to be at 199 by this week, but my loss has been much slower than I'd originally anticipated. Maybe by Christmas. Now that would be a great prezzie. :)

badgoat

[becky160]

09/09/03 - 230.6 Initial weight for this thread
16/09/03 - 229.0
23/09/03 - 226.4
30/09/03 - 224.0
07/10/03 - 220.9
13/10/03 - 219.8 Total = - 10.8 lbs

I'm stepping behind your feet Badgoat!!!!! :yay: :Party: :yay: :Party:

Had to change my stats. I got my beginning date completely wrong. (got confused with another thread). Tomorrow tuesday I will enter my weight again. Also every Tuesday from now on until I reach my goal (199 lbs).

[GabrielleG]

Hi everyone is it to late to join up? I was looking for a challenge or a buddy of some sort who wanted to do 199 by january 2nd. In other words make it through the big hollidays without cheating or getting off track. I'm not sure how realistic i'm being now that I have slowed down my weight loss by moving on to OWL, but the way I figure it there is no harm in trying.

Gabrielle

[becky160]

Hi Gabrielle! :wave:

Welcome to the thread. We o not have a weigh-in day. Your start day is today, so you need to enter today's weight. Next Monday, post your weight stats. I wish you lots of luck. Come at any time if you need support and help.
You can PM me or visit my journal.

See ya!

[huggs2ewe]

Well I so slowly move closer to onerland.
I will wt in tomorrow morning and see the damage if any that was done with 2 thanksgiving dinners. I will say I didn't do to bad at all. I did have some wine and liquers on Saturday night. Did ok last night too but had a very small piece (maybe 1/4 cup) of a crustless pumpkin pie and a tablespoon of homemade cranberry sauce. I didn't have any gravy, potatoes, or STUFFING. So I think I did very good. We will see what the scales say tomorrow.
keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for all the support you guys have been sending my way.

[fishie48]

Well I finally made it. I remember reading this thread from beginning to end months and months ago, following everyone's journey. Pinkcaddy started this so long ago and set the pace to reaching the goal. Took me almost 8 months but here I am, and mighty happy to be here if I do say so myself.

[GabrielleG]

Lise our Thanksgiving is over a month away but I'm already gearing up for it. Less then a month later I have my birthday and three days later christmas then new years. I've run into problems durng this time of year before. But I've never lost 35 pounds before.

Thanks for the welcome, Becky. I'll post my stats down below. I seem to have dropped another . 8 from yesterday. No way I'm changing the number in my official stats, though. I don't trust it.


October 13, 2003 =214.2

[becky160]

Fishie,

Congratulations!!!!! You have changed your stats and now you are on Onerland!!!!! http://www.kurts-smilies.de/trink6.gifhttp://www.kurts-smilies.de/trink6.gifhttp://www.kurts-smilies.de/trink6.gif
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you have done really good. You are a great example of encouragement. Of someone who has set her goals and always achived them, you are...

F A N T A S T I C !!!!

[huggs2ewe]

FISHIE.... way to go 61 #'s since April... you are another inspiration. I'm afraid mine isn't going as fast but I am in Awe and inspired. You must be thrilled with the changes. Don't leave us yet now that you have joined onerland. Keep inspiring us.

[GabrielleG]

Fishie that is so awsome. Congratulations!! Don't forget to add the date to your second goal reached, too.

Gabrielle

[fishie48]

Thank you everyone for your good wishes. Now the goal will be to not let the scale creep back up. I'm going to be extra careful the next few days. Good luck to all and of course I will stick around to encourage and support.

[Zora]

Congratulations Fishie!!!!! You are definately an inspiration!!! :cheer:

[becky160]

09/09/03 - 230.6 Initial weight for this thread
16/09/03 - 229.0
23/09/03 - 226.4
30/09/03 - 224.0
07/10/03 - 220.9
14/10/03 - 219.8 Total = - 10.8 lbs :yay: :yay: :yay:

[Zora]

Woohoooo!! You go Becky!! :cheer:

[Sela]

Fishy,
WoooooooHooooooooo :cheer: :yay: way to go!

[irisda]

I get the shivers down to my livers just thinking of onederland! Im up for the challenge. I am hoping that I can be there by the end of the year!

Oct 14, 2003.

[becky160]

Irisda,

Welcome to the thread. Congratulations on your huge weight loss!!!!

http://www.uk1.de/smilies/animated/gruppe/22.gif

[Zora]

Just checking in... still hovering between 224-225. I get weighed tomorrow, so hope to see a loss. Keep on keepin on everyone!

[huggs2ewe]

I've stayed the same this week, I feel so close and hopefully I will be in onerland in a couple of weeks. I must drink water... I have set reminders on my outlook here at work to remind me to get water and drink it. I have good days then... mess up. The water makes such a difference it's unreal. I have to keep at it... but I pee all the time:rolleyes:.

keep up the good work all and will check in later.

[becky160]

09/09/03 - 230.6 Initial weight for this thread
16/09/03 - 229.0
23/09/03 - 226.4
30/09/03 - 224.0
07/10/03 - 220.9
13/10/03 - 219.8
20/10/03 - 218.5 Total 12.2 lbs lost!http://www.kurts-smilies.de/up.gif

23.5 Lbs lost since August 1st!!!! :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:

[GabrielleG]

After my origional post, I promptly went up a pound or two. I wasn't worried about it since I was expecting my TOM. Sure enough It dropped back down plus another pound.

October 13, 2003 =214.2
October 20,2003 = 212.6

[pinkcaddy]

Wow! Everyone is doing so great! I have been off the computer for the last couple of months....luckily have stayed on Atkins...but not 100%. I am tired of hovering at 189 so been back on induction for the last few days. Way to go everyone!
Victoria.

[huggs2ewe]

I realize I am in the snappy turtle family. But I am slowly ever so slowly inching down to onerland. I'm down 1# this week and it has stayed down so hopefully by Tuesday I will be down again (official wt in but I wt on Friday to see if it stayed). I am loosing about 5 #'s a month now which is better than nothing but I so want to be the exception and drop to goal by say maybe Xmas:Party::Party: but realistically I am better going slowly and have probably a better chance at keeping if off.
Keep up the great work!
Nice to see you back on line Victoria .

[becky160]

How is your saturday!

Hope fine, mine ok. Did not do absolutely ANYTHING but my dinner. Slept all day (Went to bed at 9am). Woke up at 9 pm!!!!

Feel sick...I think I am about to get a cold. Can't breath by my nose!! and can't stop caughing! aha haha, yok!

But I FEEEEEL GOOOOD tararararara!!
Same weight...and very close to the 215's.
I have to admit, that this week has been very bad for me
No Protein in my fridge...some ham...a hard like a rock salami...some "Fridge dried cheese" and "Expired eggs"....

Anyone want to donate Becky 1$ so she can continue with this WOE? (Any currency accepted) :lol: :lol: :lol:

[GabrielleG]

Not much by way of loss to report for me this week. I seem to be doing a lot of fluctuating, down and up, during the week. I'm thinking about adding the green tea extract to my diet to see if that will help.

Gabrielle

October 13, 2003 =214.2
October 20,2003 = 212.6
October 27,2003 = 212.4

[Zora]

Been a very stressful weekend and week thus far. The only thing I have been losing is my mind! I need to get back on track and FAST.

[Sela]

Im determined to get down to 199 before January, its gonna be kinda hard cause I still have 20 pounds to go..but I'd like to be in ONEderland by 2004. I think Im going to have to add some exercise, and go back to induction.

[pattie]

Hi to all
Happy weekend,sorry I have not been around much..we have colds here and I just have little energy to do day to day chores .
But dropping by to say Hi and I hope by next week to beable to cross the boader to ONERLAND!! I have tried to stay with WOL and have not cheated one day yet. But I have 3 days planned before the end of year 1) My birthday ,I will eat what ever I want the whole day and go out to dinner with my DH 2.) Dec 13th our annual Fondue Party 3.) Xmas . Then it is back to normal WOL until I hit my goal weight:)
Thanks to you all for the support,encouragement and insperation..all of you have been so fantastic!!
HUGS :)

[pinkcaddy]

Hello everyone. I am so excited for us all! It is so great to have this thred to cheer each other on.
Groovy girl, I had no idea I would cry at 199. I did! For a couple days! I called my friend and told her and I just started bawling...and that was it, the floodgates opened. Probably cried off a few pounds!


:cheer: YOU CAN DO IT TOO!
I will be here cheering you all on, I know what committment it takes. One day at a time, one pound at a time, You WILL reach your goal!

[Chloesue]

Hi Everyone,
I haven't checked in with all of you in some time.I continue to lose so I am now 15 pounds away from 199.I have now lost 30 pounds and quite a few inches.Started exercising to the Leslie Sansone's Walk Away The pounds Super Challenge 4 mile walk 2 weeks ago.I do the 2 miles which takes 30 minutes.It really gets you moving.I would highly recommend it.Hope to get down to 199 by January 1st.
Good luck to everyone.
Nancy

[pattie]

WOW I made it!!!! Hello Onerland :)

This morning I wiegh 198!!! Yippy but most of the credit goes to all of you here. Thanks for all the insperation and support.
Sorry I do not have much time to post sooo much going on here before Xmas. I will try to stop by agin later today.
Thanks and Hugs to all.

[Zora]

Congrats Pattie!!!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

[huggs2ewe]

:cheer: :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:way to go Pattie:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

you are officially in ONERLAND:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[fishie48]

Congrats Pattie, quite an accomplishment, especially losing 40 pounds to go with your trip into onederland. Keep up the good work.

[pinkcaddy]

Congratulations Pattie!!!! You did the work and you deserve the credit! You did it! Yeah!

[sjkling]

congrats! what a great accomplishment!

[GabrielleG]

Congratulations Pattie hows the weather in onderland? It's cold as sin here and getting colder by the moment. I was supposed to post on monday but I didnt get my laptop back untile today so here I am. I had a bit of a scare with my blood preasure sunday. I worked at the NW Womens show for my company and on a wim stuck my arm in one of those inexpensive blood preasure meaters. It said I was 151 over 91 :-(. Anyway the lady told me some of the things that I could do to correct the problem. Loose weight..,well we know im doing that already, cut alcahol and cafine consumption... I rarely drink either of those things as it is,and cut salt. That one got me thinking. I did a search on the net for information on how much I should be eating and realized that I had been eating entirely to much. I have no difinitive numbers but lets just say i made no effort to watch my sodium and I think i had let myself go a little overboard with it the last two weeks. I even noticed on friday when I snuck on the scale that i was up a few pounds. So I emediatly as of that moment cut out a lot of the salt I was eating. When I weighed in on monday I was down to a new low. I'm hoping the salt was not only responsible for the high blood preasure but water retention as well. Here are my stats sorry for babbling :-D

October 13, 2003 =214.2
October 20,2003 = 212.6
October 27,2003 = 212.4
November 3,2003=210.8

[pattie]

Hey have to say thanks for all the wonderful words from all of you. It is so wonderful to be able to talk to people who understand where "you" are coming from.
Hi GabrielleG..I have been watching the weather from the PNW ,thats where I was born and grew up..With floods and now the cold, so strange for this time of year.
My Mom told me they had a bit of snow in Tacoma already!
Onerland is truly wonderful I can see my goal now ,and it feels more obtainable now..but still 40+ # to go :) This wol is easy and enjoyable....Big test is the Holiday Season coming up, I have alllowed myself my very first cheat days(3). I will eat what I want on those days and plan to follow induction closly during this time also.
Have a wonderful day everyone and thanks agin for all the support!!

[swsunny]

Hi everyone! I'm new to the forum and just found this thread... and thank goodness! One of my major milestones will be to reach Onederland and I can't wait! I haven't been there for a sustained amount of time since my junior year of high school (7 years ago!). I reached it briefly about a year ago, but it only lasted for a couple weeks and I started gaining a lot and I wasn't on Atkins yet. Hopefully I will be there by Christmas (sooner would be lovely!)... so I'll be counting down! By the way, does anyone else find weighing themselves only once a week as agonizing as I do?? It's almost too much for me to take, but I know it's what I need to do... anyway, just wanted to say "hello!" to you all. Congrats on everyone's accomplishments so far! You should be proud...

[Zora]

Hi Sarah, :wave:
Welcome to the forum and to the thread!! 20 lbs by Christmas sounds pretty reasonable. Good luck to you and hope to see you around!

[badgoat]

Hey gang,

I haven't been here in a while, mostly because I've been staying off the scale after I started a weight lifting program in September. I'm at 211, so just 12 more lbs to Onederland. When I found this thread in June, I'd hoped to be at 199 by my b-day but that didn't happen. Deadline-goals are good to have but I found that I was losing much more slowly than I'd have liked (don't we all!) and got pretty discouraged. It's possible I might make 199 by Jan. 1, but I'll be thrilled if I don't gain any...usually I gain 10 lbs over the holidays! Come by the "Hold It for the Holidays" thread if you want another motivational thread.

Happy trails, good people!

badgoat

[Zora]

I restarted Iinduction on Sunday and lost 6 1/2 lbs this week! YES! I am back to where I was before 2 weeks of emotional eating kicked in. Now, I can continue on my weight loss journey. Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday.

[huggs2ewe]

way to go Zora. Thats my plan too I am going to restart Induction on Monday x 2 weeks. Will KISS it a bit as well to see if I can jump start it to get closer to my Christmas Challenge.

[Zora]

Thanks Lise! Good luck on Induction!

[GabrielleG]

Hi everyone here are my stats. Looks like the lowerd sodium and increased water is still working. I also realized I haven't had any diet caffine free pepsi in about two weeks too.

October 13, 2003 =214.2
October 20,2003 = 212.6
October 27,2003 = 212.4
November 3,2003=210.8
November 10,2003=206.2

Gabrielle

[Zora]

Congrats on your loss Gabrielle! Way to go!

[GabrielleG]

Thanks Zora. Much appreciated.

Gabrielle

[Zora]

You're very welcome Gabrielle!

Well, I weighed myself this morning and I'm down another pound! That's 11 lbs in 10 days. This is freakin amazing! I guess going off my diet for 2 wks and then getting back on really kicked my body into losing weight again. Not that I would do that intentionally every time I wasn't losing. It was a BAD 2 wks filled with emotional eating. Took the day off from work today. Felt good to relax. Hope everyone had a great day. Take care.

[GabrielleG]

11 pounds in 10 days? OMG Zora that IS awsome! Did you change anything or was it really the change of pace?


Gabrielle

[huggs2ewe]

WOW is right Zora, I've heard other people say that as well they up their carbs and then get back on track. Good for you!

I'm trying to get back down to Induction levels although I remained LC I was way up there and not loosing. Hopefully this will kick start me too. I really want to be in onerland for Xmas. that is 8 pounds to loose.

[Zora]

Thanks everyone. I really think it was the change of pace, although I didn't intentionally do it. I was having a hard time and resorted back to my old ways for 2 weeks. You know, comfort eating. I'm back in control now. I haven't seen a loss in 2 days, stayed the same weight, so my body is probably adjusting to the big loss.
Huggs and Gabrielle, you are so close to Onederland! I am so envious! I want to be there SO BAD! You guys are doing great!

[huggs2ewe]

Well I wasn't going to wt in this week but couldn't resist. I'm down.... YAH finally. I was up 1# last week at 208 now I'm down to 206.3. I'm keeping my carbs down to 20 but I haven't given up my LC muffins for breakfast. Can't seem to get back to eggs every morning though I have had them a couple of mornings.

So thanks Zora I am slowly inching closer and closer to onerland. I can't wait. People are really noticing my loss as well which makes me feel good. Mind you I am wearing snugger clothes than I used to. My shape has changed, a lot of the wt is off my mid drift so the new snug sweaters look ok on me. It's so strange to eat this way and see your body change. this is my new WOL.

[Zora]

Huggs,

Congrats on your loss!! That's great that people are noticing your weight loss. I guess I am a little frustrated that more people haven't noticed mine, or maybe they do and choose not to say anything. A few people have noticed at work, and my BF notices, but geesh, I've lost 60 lbs! I want people to say, "WOW, you sure have lost a lot of weight!"
I guess it doesn't help that I still wear most of the same clothes. They are really big on me. I am down to a size 22 pants from a tight 28, but I wear my size 26 pants to work. I haven't broken down and bought new clothes yet. I try them on at the store to see what size I'm in, then hang them back on the rack. Maybe I'll buy some when I'm down to a 20. :lol:

[huggs2ewe]

Zora

I bet it is the clothes, I think people are noticing mine because I have bought new clothes and they are snugger and show the fact that I lost wt rather that the baggy hide me clothes they are used to me wearing. If you can I would go out and buy a couple of pieces not expensive because you won't be in them long:clap: but I bet you your losses will then be noted. Everyone will be very surprised. But then you could keep the "tents" on and do a grand entrance when you are way down... they will think you were on Extreme make overs:lol: .

[Zora]

Huggs,
I bought 2 shirts and a winter jacket at the second hand shop awhile back, but you're right, I should buy some pants. I hate to buy new. Just as you said, I won't be in them long, and it seems like a waste of money. Maybe I'll run by the second hand shop this weekend. I laughed so hard at the extreme makeovers comment. :lol: Did you see that show last night? I'd LOVE to be on there once I lose all my weight. I visited the web site once and looked at the application. It's HUGE!

[GabrielleG]

Zorra and Huggs hardly anyone notices for me as well. I still wear some of my clothes to work because I have a messy job. I have given away the bigger pants though and i'm going to keep moving down in those too. The few people who have noticed said they can see it in my face. Those comments didnt come untile i had lost about 30 pounds.

Gabrielle

[Zora]

Gabrielle,

Geesh, isn't it so frustrating? Well, WE know what we have lost and how far we have come, and that's what really matters!
Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

[GabrielleG]

Morning everyone. I had a hard day yesterday so I didnt get a chance to post. I made it to the 205's last week and im still there.

October 13, 2003 =214.2
October 20,2003 = 212.6
October 27,2003 = 212.4
November 3,2003=210.8
November 10,2003=206.2
November 17,2003=205.8

[fishie48]

Zora, I've lost a little over 60 pounds too. A few people noticed after I had lost about 40 and said they could see it in my face. Until I started wearing smaller clothes, most didn't. I recently bought some new outfits. Went from wearing a 20W/2X to a size 16 pants/XLshirt. That was a big difference and everyone noticed. I seem to be leaner than I used to be when I weighed this much about 10-15 years ago.

[Zora]

Happy hump day all!

Gabrielle, congrats on making it to the 205's! YAY for you!
Fishie, I guess I won't expect people to notice my weight loss until I buy smaller clothes. That's great that you are more lean at your present weight than before. I am the opposite. I haven't weighed this "less" since 1999, but I seem to have more belly fat now than back then. I REALLY need to start exercising. I was doing good for awhile and then lost my exercise partner. I know this is no excuse. I recently cancelled my membership at the YMCA because I wasn't using it, but I have a treadmill, hand weights, ankle weights, and a ton of different exercise tapes at home. I just need to start USING them. Someone kick my butt into gear please!
Oh, I'm up a pound today, and I haven't cheated at ALL. I think it might be some water retention from the salty pork rinds I had last night. Blah. *shaking my fist at the evil scale*

Have a great day everyone!!

[Zora]

Hi all,

Well, that pound gain came back off along with another one, so weighed in at 216.50 today! Woohooo! Only 1.50 lbs to go to get to my mini-goal of 215 and 10.50 lbs to go to get to where I was when I was 9 months pregnant in 1988 (206 lbs). :lol:
I made the Zucchini Lasagne last night for dinner, and since my son wouldn't touch the stuff, I have a ton of leftovers! That just means more for me!! :lol: I just had some for lunch today. MMMMMmmm. I wonder if it freezes well? Anyone know?
Hope everyone is having a great day today!

[Zora]

Happy Friday everyone!

I forgot to weigh myself this morning (that's a first!), but I had so much on my mind I wasn't thinking straight anyway. It has been a stressful day. I'm not going into details here, but I am looking forward to the day being over!
Anyway, I did something that I was kind of proud of last night. I actually admitted to my BF what I weighed when we met (280) and what I weigh now (216.50). NO ONE besides my doc and my ex husband have ever known what I weighed. We started talking about Atkins and my goals etc, and I made him promise he wouldn't love me any less when he heard the evil numbers. :lol:
It was kind of freeing to tell him. He was not the least bit concerned with the numbers and said that I am doing really good and he is very proud of me. Whew!
My BF and I may not always get along (who does?), but one of the biggest reasons I love him so much is because he loved me at my worst. He has never judged me.

Have a great weekend!

[Zora]

Hellooooooo? Anyone out there?????? :)

Down a 1/2 lb today, so I'm happy about that. Weighed in at 216. I am one lb away from my mini goal of 215. I added 206 to my mini goal list. That's where I was when I was 9 mos pregnant in 1988.
I kept a pair of pants that I wore when I was 280, and I tried them on today. They are HUGE. I could slide them down my hips and take them off without unbuttoning or unzipping them! YES! My ex-husband came over this morning to help me fix something in my apartment and I tried them on for him. He was so surprised how big they are.
I've been up and cleaning and doing laundry since 9:30 am. My whole apartment is done except for my bedroom. I'm one of those people that sticks everything in the bedroom that doesn't belong anywhere else and then shuts the bedroom door. Needless to say, it's a weekend project in itself, so I will be working on it through tomorrow evening. :lol:
I bought my Thanksgiving turkey last night. Only 35 cents a lb. Just need to get all the trimmings now.
Guess that's all the news. Have a great day all!

[Kyla772]

Hi I am here. My name is Kyla and I am at 206. I want to be at 199 soon!!! I am so close. Do you guys weigh in once a week and report here? I think that's a good idea. Does anyone want to do that with me? I think friday is good. I weighed 206 yesterday (friday).

[Zora]

Welcome Kyla! You sure ARE close to ONEderland! WOOHOOO! People seem to pop in whenever, but I will check in on Fridays with you. :) I'm at 216 now.
Have a great day!

[Kyla772]

Thanks Zora!!!!! I have been having a hard time finding someone to even respond to any of my posts and it is nice to have someone to weigh in with. It really helps me to know that if I weigh and I have cheated or gained I am going to have to report it. you know?
It is so cool to see that you have lost so much! Wow!!!!! I am diabetic and it is really hard at times to stick to this. Yesterday I had to go off because my blood sugar went low. then today the same thing. but before I would have figured i might as well take the would day off and start again the next. but I am not going to do that. I am going to LC the rest of the day now that my blood sugar is good. I have lost 9 pounds so I know i can do this!!!

[katwoman]

Hi, this sounds good to me too. I'm much further away than Kyla--but am looking forward to getting there.

Zora, couldn't help noticing how close our beginning and ending stats are--when did you start? I started Atkins May 16.

[Zora]

Hi Katwoman and welcome!
Yes, our stats are real close! I started Atkins on April 15. Hey, you're doing great! Keep up the awesome work!

Kyla, we can all do this together!! I don't know a whole lot about diabetes, but be careful, ok? I did have gestational diabetes. I almost had to go on insulin, but got it regulated by eating better.

Making porkchops for dinner. I'll check in again later. :)

[Kyla772]

Yes, I will be careful. when my blood sugar goes low all Atkins rules are out the window. that is why it takes so long to lose I think.But I am still losing so that is good. I have my goals set real small so I don't get discouraged. I know I can hit 198.That is my next mini goal.

[Zora]

Good morning!
Hope everyone is having a glorious Sunday.
Weighed in this morning at 215 - made my mini goal! :yay: :yay:

Kyla - Small mini goals are what keep me going. Plus if we lose slow, we are more apt to keep teh weight off. You are so close to ONEderland. You CAN do this!!! :)

[TerryLynne]

I just made it to 250 :cheer: :cheer: so now my next big goal will be ONDERLAND with a few mini goals along the way :p I'd like to join you guys if you don't mind. Love spending time with like hearted people :rheart: especially ones who are so successful!!!! :clap:

I weigh in on Thurs. and this Monday will be my four month anniversary!!!! 48pounds gone yee haw! I just love this WOE I am never hungry and finally have hope that I will see my goal!

[Kyla772]

well, I am little bummed! I want to tell you guys what has happened and then maybe get some advice or something....Help!!!!
I am Diabetic and so my blood sugar went low Friday. So I ate a bunch of things i normally shouldn't but had to to keep me alive. but then last night I went out for my anniversary and went to a steak house so I wouldn't mess up. But I did. dang! It has taken me 6 months to lose 15 pounds. And now I have gained some back and only show 9 pounds lost. I mess up after a low blood sugar attack and when I am feeling deprived! Can you guys help with any advice or suggestions? I am not asking for advice about my diabetes. Only motivational advice. Help please!

[Smoosh]

Hi All!

I thought I would join the countdown to onederland! I am currently 221.8 lbs and like everyone else in this thread, would like to see that 2 magically change to a 1 one happy morning!

I didn't think at 263.5 lbs, I would ever see 221 lbs, let alone 199, but now I know better!

Here's to wishing us well! :cheer:

Robyn

[Quest]

Hi everyone. I am also close to onederland! I seem only to lose weight in the second half of my monthly cycle, so I expect in about two weeks I may see a few more pounds go...depending on Thanksgiving events!

Kyla, there are quite a few people following LC here who are diabetic. I don't think you have to go off the WOE if your blood sugar drops, but I am not sure.

Diane

[Kyla772]

Hi Diane. well yes, I do have to go off if my blood sugar goes low. The reason is because unlike a type 2 diabetic my pancreas does not work what so ever. So to make a long story short when my blood sugar goes low if I don't get it up in a hurry I can be passing out and in the hospital. my blood sugar has dropped as low as 20 not because of Atkins but just because. So I don't want to end up there.
There is everyones history for the day. LOL But I am back full force today and ready to hit 199!!!!!

Kyla

[Zora]

Welcome TerryLynne, Smoosh, and Quest! It's nice to see that this thread is finally getting more action!! :)

Kyla - Like Quest said, there are lots of people on the forum following LC who are diabetic. Maybe you could submit a post in the "Low Carb Health & Technical Forums" section of the forum and other diabetics could share some info with you.

I'm down another half pound today. I can't believe how close I am to Onederland. I never would have thought this back in April when I started Atkins. I haven't weighed this since 1989.

Well, my break is over. Back to work I go. Have a great day everyone!

[Smoosh]

My official weigh in for the Onederland challenge is 220.8 as of this morning. I weigh myself every Monday (or every day for that matter) and will post accordingly :wiggle:

I have to get my head wrapped around the amount of weight I have lost. I have lost 40+ lbs and am still wearing my size 22 clothes! I decided to go out and shop a bit today and was extremely surprised to find I fit in to a comfortable regular 18 and snugly into a 16! This means I can spend less time at the plus size stores :roll:

[Kyla772]

Smoosh
That is so great that you have lost 40 pounds! Wow!!!!!!! Isn't it awesome to wear a different size?! I heard Dr Phil say to throw away your clothes that don't fit you any more. he said it is harder to gain it back if you know you will have to buy more clothes. I think that is a good idea. so what have you figured out this far? And what are some things you have learned? I am looking for things to help me.

[Smoosh]

I'd have to say I learned more than a few things.

1. Buy a good scale.
2. Don't weigh yourself every day.
3. Drink plenty of water (I don't drink enough :nono: )
4. Plan your meals. Cook a week ahead if necessary.
5. Mind those sugar alcohols.
6. Pork rinds rock!
7. Surround yourself with a great support system and if possible, like-minded individuals.
8. Calories do count in my case. I can't eat everything I want and lose weight. Believe me, I've tried. :lol:

The most important thing I learned was to be patient. When I first started dieting, I thought "my goodness, it's going to take forever to lose these 113lbs" and had to virtually drag myself through the first leg of the diet. It's only now that I look back and feel that I have accomplished something. A pound and a half a week doesn't sound like much in the beginning but when you look back later on, it all adds up!

I just purged my closet....can you believe I sent 6 garbage bags of clothes to charity? Now, I have very few items. I just don't see any value in buying anything yet (unless it is on sale cheap).

Robyn

[GabrielleG]

hey all its my post day so here I am. Ive lost nearly ten pounds since i joined this thread. I think thats pretty darned good.

October 13, 2003 =214.2
October 20,2003 = 212.6
October 27,2003 = 212.4
November 3,2003=210.8
November 10,2003=206.2
November 17,2003=205.8
november 24, 2003= 204.4

Gabrielle

[ncwingnut]

Hi all!

I am new to the boards over here and would like to be a part of this group...I am anxiously awaiting the day that I can wake my husband up and say "Honey! Look! I did it!!!!"

I am hoping to be 199 by the new year, though I know that is probably reaching, especially since I know that I am gonna eat some no-nos this weekend.

Congrats to you all on your losses so far!

We can do this!

Lynn

[Smoosh]

Gabrielle - Congrats on your progress! You are so close to Onederland you can probably taste it.

Lynn - Welcome to the group! I look forward to your input and encouragement.

Robyn

[huggs2ewe]

Well guys I am finally inching my way downward a little bit quicker. Yesterday I wt in (always check my w/e progress) and I was 206 (206.14 to be exact). Well last night I got back on my treadmill and have committed to myself to get back into that routine. When I looked back my progress slowed when I stopped the exercise. SO........

TODAY I wt in at 205 (204.83 to be exact). I am flirting with 204..... that would be just over 5 pounds to ONERLAND.... I am more confident now that I may get to Onerland by XMAS.

IT IS A GOOD DAY!

[Quest]

I stepped on the scale today and saw 203! Then I stepped back on and saw 205. Oh well! That 3 will be back pretty soon, don't you think?

Smoosh, I read your tips and I agree, except for the pork rinds. Maybe I need to try another brand or flavor but they aren't working too well for me!

[katwoman]

Hi all,

Great to see all the progress. Love the tips--and the pork rinds. I breaded some venison steak with crushed pork rinds a week or so ago. It was melt in your mouth good.

Best to all throughout Thanksgiving weekend. I've scheduled a cheat for one meal--then back on track.

[GabrielleG]

Smoosh thanks for the congrats and the tips as well. I wish someone had consolidated things for me about six months ago. I try not to think of onderland to much. Would you believe it still seems unatainable?


Gabrielle

[sybs]

Hey I just wanted to stop in and say Hi to every one and "be good" for the upcoming holidays. I've found a lot of what I crave is mental and if I can focus on what it will feel like to be thin..then I can overcome most cravings! Well good luck!
P.S. I'm also on my way to onderland...this am I weighed in at 202! Whoooo Hoooo!

[Kyla772]

Wow Sybs!!!!!! If you do really really well and make sure to rink a ton of water I bet you can be at 202 by the 28th like you wanted to be!!! Keep going girl!
Guess what everyone????I am at 206 again.I am going to keep going here. I am going to try so hard to not mess up at Thanksgiving. I am really nervous. Are any of you going to eat things that are not LC on that day? Who thinks we should allow some things and who thinks we should not eat anything lc? I am wondering how people handle this. It will be coming again in a month. All of this food stuff. Sheesh!!!!

[Zora]

Hello everyone!

I'm still at 214.50 but that's ok! With all the stress I've been under the past few days, I'm just thankful I haven't lost it and ate everything in site. I haven't cheated at all.
Kyla- My Thanksgiving is totally low carb this year. I hope it turns out ok.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day all!!!!

[Smoosh]

Hi All!

I know I am supposed to drink water (I posted to that effect below) and have done in the past, but lately, I am not on the band wagon. Someone help me to get my head wrapped around drinking so much water! I cannot keep up with it...especially since I hate the taste of it (yes all water). I just need a trick that will keep me going.

What kind of difference does one see in weight loss when drinking more water?

I was excited to get below 220 this morning. I am not changing my profile until weigh-in on Monday but thought I would put it out there. My mini-goal is just 6 lbs away and I am less than 20 lbs from Onederland....sounds like an amusement park lol.

Enuf about me...everyone is doing fabulously! I can't believe how close some of you are to getting past that dreaded 200. Do we have a Onederland award that we give out 'round here?

I'm thinking I should get back to work.

Robyn

[Zora]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Weighed in at 214 this morning. I have busy cooking my low carb Thanksgiving meal. The menu is as follows:

The Turkey of course
Apple Almond Stuffing
Faux Potatoes (made w/Cauliflower)
Green Bean Casserole
Gravy
Dessert: Pumpkin Bake w/ whipped cream

I am sooooooo hungry. I haven't eaten all day, so I can pig out at dinner. :lol:

My son agreed to eat everything but said no way to the Green Bean Casserole. He will have peas instead.
We plan to eat about 4:30 or 5:00.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving!!

[Kelly_L]

Hello All:wave:
Mind if I join you? I would really like to be at 199 by new years and I know it's a bit of a stretch but I have to try.
I was on another thread but it fizzled out. You guys seem really good about keeping this one alive and I look forward to chatting with you all.

Kelly

[Quest]

Just finished Thanksgiving dinner. It was technically LC but included a lot of cream and butter. I also had more vegetable carbs than I would normally allowed including a smallish amount of sweet potatoes. Ok, a serving of sweet potatoes. The scales will reflect this but I'm sure things will be fine in a few days. I made a nice traditional meal for my family!

[Kyla772]

Ok I couldn't keep it together!!!!!!! But you know I am not going to get all over myself. I will start again tomorrow. I ate turkey, potatoes and the rest was lc until i ate the pumpkin pie with cool whip and 2 rice crispy treats and a little cheese cake piece. But it could have been worse.I know tomorrow I will weigh more but i am pretty sure i can get it off right away!
Kelly_L welcome!!!!! I am in with you. I want to be 199 by Christmas eve! And holding steady. ( not going up but down after 199.)So that is my goal. that way everyone can keep checking on me. :) i seem to need that motivation! ok everyone have an awesome night and i hitting the water starting now hard!!!!! ;)

[Zora]

Welcome Kelly! Glad you found us! I am also shooting for 199 by New Year's Eve.

Whew! We ate at 4:30 and I am still stuffed! :lol: I had just the one meal today. Even though it was low carb, I'm sure I surpassed my 20 grams of carbs allowed for the day. I will weigh on Saturday and skip tomorrow.
Have a nice night all.

[fishie48]

I made it through the holiday, but I know I ate over 50 carbs and over 2000 calories although it was pretty much legal stuff. The pumpkin cheesecake pudding put me over, but now today is a fresh start. I made a traditional meal for family so all the leftovers are in the fridge.

[Kelly_L]

Hi everyone

Thanks for the warm welcome.:)
I peeked at the scale today (I usually weigh in on Sundays) and I’m down to 210. I’ve got my fingers crossed that I can be down to 209.5 or better by Sunday, that would keep me consistent with a 1.5 loss each week. I have a few mini goals - first was to be down to 210 by the end of the month and it looks as though I'll be doing that and the second is to be at 205 by my Christmas party on Dec 13 and now 199 by New Years. It seems to fit into my schedule perfectly.
I started a modified BFL exercise program this week and I’m hoping to see some results with that. Gotta start tightening up this extra flesh....
Hope eveyone has a good day.

Kelly

[Zora]

Happy Monday all!

I said I wasn't going to weigh until tomorrow, but I couldn't resist and weighed this morning. Holding steady at 214. :) :yay:

[Smoosh]

Happy Monday Zora? Did you enjoy your Thanksgiving a little too much lol.

[Kelly_L]

Woo Hoo Zora

You made it through a holiday and didn't gain!!!!

[Zora]

LOL Smoosh! Since I had yesterday off work, I keep thinking today is Monday! :lol:

Thanks much Kelly!

[Smoosh]

lol Zora...and here I was sitting here trying to figure out which time zone was 3 days ahead of us!

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving! Now if we can all just make it through the next month..... :yum:

Funny thing...I went in to a 'regular' store the other day looking for clothing. Considering I was a size 22 for quite a long time, I haven't shopped in a non plus size store for years. I felt so self conscious. It was like a paranoia. Like everyone was looking at me wondering what I was doing shopping in the 'regular' size store...thinking I didn't belong. I have to get my head wrapped around the weight I have lost.

I am shopping the sales right now. Buying things that don't fit me just yet, but will fit me in a couple of months. I get great deals on summer/spring leftovers that I'll be able to fit in to come the warm weather.

Tell me I'm not weird. :daze:

[Kyla772]

Guess what? well, I gained a lot of water weight and so I thought I should start drinking more water. So today I filled up a gallon of water and I drank the whole thing!!!! I am so proud of myself! I know it is not a pound lost or anything but today was an awesome day. I ate well and drank the gallon of water!!!!

[Quest]

Well, since I've joined this thread I've made no progress toward my goal! At least Thanksgiving doesn't seem to have done any lasting damage. I was 206 the day after, 204 the next day, 205 today.

[Kyla772]

well Quest hang in there. I mean you have lost already 50 pounds! I would love to lose 50 pounds. So keep on going.

[fishie48]

Quest, I know how you feel. My weight loss has slowed to a crawl. Maybe our bodies just need to re-adjust for awhile. Actually the weight I am at now was a weight that I was for about 10 years so I think my body thinks this is where it should be. Wrong....but I think its going to take longer than I'd hoped.

[GabrielleG]

hey everyone,

I too survived one holiday. Three more to go ( my birthday). I didnt lose any weight this week but I did maintain. In fact I had gone up to 204.4 and Ive been steady at 204 even for the last few days. I am pretty happy with that because like fishy, though I stayed legal, I had a lot of carbs. By the way I had decided to forgo stuffing all together but while shopping for hourderves I ran across henrys low carb stuffing as well as turkey gravey. it took me a minute to get used to the stuffing but it was actualy pretty good. sausege mushrooms and onions for the most part. Thing is it was 8 carbs per serving. The gravey was three. But very good for a last minute purchase and I think it kept me from eating the carby stuffing that we also had in the house. All in all im really really proud of myself. Its like conformation that wether i get that last fifty off in six months or a year it will come off eventualy.

Gabrielle

[Smoosh]

Good Monday Morning All!

Weigh in day for me. 216.8 this morning. That's 4lbs lost this week. Guess I gotta keep drinking that water!

Hope you all have a great day!

Robyn

[Kyla772]

Smoosh, Have you noticed more of a weight loss when you started drinking more water? How much are you drinking? I have started drinking a gallon a day. this is my 3rd day. I am very proud of myself!

[Kelly_L]

Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a good weekend.

I weighed in on Sunday and was still down to 210 so I can officially say I've lost 50 pounds on Atkins and met my November goal! That’s a loss of only 1 lb. this week but it's still a loss. Might have been better if I hadn’t had that light beer I had at the hockey game on Saturday...oops

Congratulations Robyn on your 4 pound loss. I'm hoping that extra water will get me a visit from the Whoosh Fairy. I just bought a water cooler for the office and I hope to increase my consumption by at least 1/2 litre or more a day. The problem now is that since we moved to new offices I now have to go outside and into another building every time I need the WC. Guess this will take a bit of preplanning.........:)

[Smoosh]

Kyla - I couldn't tell you for sure what the water does for me. Over the last few days I have been drinking 109 oz of water and it fills me up so I am not hungry. I make the assumption that it'll help but no one seems to be able to give me an answer to the question either. I posted a query before but I don't think anyone saw it.

Thanks for the encouragement Kelly! Needless to say, I make a trip to the WC every 15 minutes or so lately lol. Guess it's well worth it...but I'll see what happens after a full week of water.

[Kyla772]

Smoosh LOL I totally know what you mean when you say you are going to the bathroom every 15 minutes. LOL I was at the gym today for 2 hours and my mother in law was laughing so hard because i kept having to go. It is funny!!!!

[pattie]

Hi all!
A late Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Here in Germany we do not celebrate Thanksgiving(good as I am not tempted..bad as I miss having the Family and friends and the goodies) But next year our friends asked if I would do a complete Thanksgiving for them. I am so excitied..they do not know candied yams,cranberries,or pumpkin pie!! I think it will be great fun. :)
Well I was down 2# this week..steady as she goes..hope to make my mini goal of 187 be Xmas.
Take care & Happy LCing!

[Smoosh]

Good going Pattie! Your mini goal is only 5 lbs away and I am sure you'll make it!

[QuickFast]

Hi
I am new and have never really used any online forums. So if I goof up..
I have been on atkins since 9-17-03 and am very happy with it. I feel better
than I've felt in years and have alot of new energy. Someone several posts back said this diet "made sense"... I completely agree. The only diet I had ever tried was low fat about 6 or 7 years ago.. it gave me a little success but was very difficult to adhere too. Atkins on the other hand is easy to stick with.
Im 214 today and would also love to hit 199 by new years.. but if I dont I know I will very soon after.
Sometimes it seems slow going.. (I have already had a couple plateau's) but Im the kind who weighs 3 or 4 times every day, so maybe it just seems slow going :)
Since my weight fluctuates, I have noticed kindof a pattern.. I am always looking to beat my last "low" weight. I can usually do that every 2 or 3 or 4 days.
Anyway holy cow the food is good huh? I would feel almost sinful if I were to describe the stuff I been eating hehe (like cheese wrapped in bacon.. omg!)

[badgoat]

Hi gang!

Just happy dancing over hear to spew joyful thanks to the Whoosh Fairy for delivering me from another 3 lbs! Happy, happy!

For the newbies and other "heavyweights" like me, I got to this thread at 237...now down to 204. It really does work if we stay the course. It seemed impossible back in June...now I may reach 199 by January. What a great way to start 2004.

Less is more in 2004!
:lol:
Blessings to all you wonderful Losers!
badgoat

[Smoosh]

Sadly, I have never had a visit from the Whoosh fairy. :thdown: I do lose about a pound every 2 days though so I am pretty steady. Congrats on your loss badgoat!

Welcome to the group Quickfast. We seem to have the same weighing habit lol. I never count my ups and downs until weigh-in day though (Mondays) because my weight can fluctuate with the tide :lol: We're here to get you through the plateaus so lean on us when you need a friend (humming over here).

Have a great day everyone!

[Smoosh]

Where is everybody? Did you leave me all alone on the way to Onederland?

[Kelly_L]

I’m here, I’m here:)
I do my weigh in on Sundays so I forget to update my process elsewhere.

Had my Dr. appointment yesterday and had an "official" weigh in and according to their records I have lost 67 pounds since a year ago September!!! great but distressing because I was obviously heavier that I thought. I also had them check back on my file and I haven't been this light since 1992.
Hey Qickfast, welcome to the thread. Noticed our birthdays are really close-but no comments from you about me being older okay!!

Wow Badgoat a 3 lb whoosh. I think that’s only happened once to me when I first started.

Hope everyone else is doing good.
Kelly

[Zora]

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry I haven't posted lately but my hard drive went out on my computer and it's in the shop. I'll try to post while at work when I can.
Looks like everyone has been doing great!! Congrats!
Also, a big welcome to the new people on our thread!!
Everyone keep working hard and see you all soon!!

[Smoosh]

Can you believe I had pork rinds for dinner last night? I ran out of carbs at lunch because I had some garlic sausage (4) and french dressing (5) on my Quizno's salad. You can bet I am bloated today. The scale showed a 2 lb weight gain!!! :lol:

[Kelly_L]

Smoosh

I peeked at the scale and I'm up 2 lbs as well. I think it's because I haven't been drinking all my water. When the weather gets cold the last thing I want is water. I want hot chocolate!.. with marshmallows....:lol:
Kelly

[Smoosh]

or in my case...ANYTHING that is NOT water :lol:

[huggs2ewe]

Hi all.... Well I am inching so much closer to onerland. Posted a 2# drop this week. My answer to my turtle losses is my TREADMILL... I must do that or I don't loose very much. I stopped exercising in Sept and dah .... slow to turtle pace. I must keep it up... my hope is to be in Onerland by Xmas. If I keep up with the exercise I think I can do this.

HUGGS to all you loosers :).

[Smoosh]

Talk about frustration...I've been up 2# (compared to my Monday weigh in) since Wednesday. Knowing that I restrict my calories and never go over my carb allotment, I couldn't figure it out. Then it happened... TOM.

So I guess there will be no weigh in on Monday. I couldn't imagine how far I will be up with all this bloating! The benefit is that come the next week, I will surely be below my mini-goal of 213.5lbs.

You're going strong Huggs! I know you can make it. Only 3lbs to go and you'll be off on some other thread somewhere...sending the odd message to let us know how wonderful Onederland is. :wave:

Have a great day everyone!

[GabrielleG]

Hey folks I hope everyone is doing well. It isn't my post day. I'm just cleaning up my dates in preperation for Monday's official weigh in.

October 13, 2003 =214.2
October 20,2003 = 212.6
October 27,2003 = 212.4
November 3,2003=210.8
November 10,2003=206.2
November 17,2003=205.8
November 24, 2003= 204.4
December 1, 2003=204

[Quest]

I am not showing much progress. The scale hints at 203 but won't stay there. The only thing left is exercise, I guess, but the President's Fitness Council just announced that exercise doesn't really contribute to weight loss, just to preventing gain. Of course, you can find a study to say anything!

[Smoosh]

Good morning all! Today is cooking day. I plan my weekly meals and do all the cooking on Sundays. That way I can preplan my days and not end up eating pork rinds for dinner like I did last Wednesday! :roll:

Have a great day!

Robyn :rheart:

[Zora]

Happy Sunday everyone!
My computer is finally fixed and I can get back to posting regularily on the forum. :yay:
I have been off plan the past 3 days, but tomorrow I will weigh and post the damage and get back on track. I am still trying to figure out why I eat when I am anxious, stressed, etc. This is such a mental battle as well as a weight battle.
Have a great day everyone!

[fishie48]

Zora I'm just like you, eating when I'm upset, but I've been able to just eat the low-carb legal stuff, even though it could be a whole bag of low carb candy. Chocolate is my drug of choice.

[Kelly_L]

Happy Sunday everyone

No change in the scale for me this week but no gain either. Entered my stat's in mybodycomp a week early because next weekend is going to be nuts with the Christmas party and the company and bottling the wine..... I usually do it once a month so the results a more noticeable. But even with only 3 weeks separation the results are still encouraging. I'm down another 1.6% body fat and my total inches lost is 8.71.

Did a bunch of cooking last night. DH is working nights so this gives me so free time in the evening to get stuff done. Going out to do some Christmas shopping now.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Start Current Loss
Weight 260 10 50
Chest 51 44.25 6.75
Waist 48 39.5 8.5
Hips 57 49 8
arm 14½ 13.5 1
thigh 28 28 0
This Weeks Average (source grams cals %total)
Total cal: 1595 Fat:116 1047 67% Carbs:23 76 5% Fiber:50 0%Protein:103 411 26%

[Quest]

I'm posting a weight of 202 now! (Two pounds less). Oooh...very close to onederland, but at my new slower weight loss rate it may take a month more! I guess that's ok. I will still be low carbing when I reach goal and beyond, so does time matter?

[Smoosh]

Good Monday Morning All!

No weigh in today because of TOM but I just wanted to stick my head in the door and say Hi :wave:

Hope everyone had a legal weekend. Enjoy your week!

Robyn :daizy:

[Kelly_L]

Hey Quest, Congrats on the loss.

Hey, I have a question for everyone. Do any of you find it harder to loose weight when the weather turns cold? I once went to a specialist who analyzed my blood and skeletal measurements and asked where my ancestors where from. He then told me that I would always struggle to maintain a healthy weight unless I drastically changed my eating habits and life style (which I have now done!). Also, I didn’t have the type of body shape or metabolism that would allow me to be really thin (I'm a Hunter/Gatherer type?)

So what I am wondering is do any of you think that the body tries to conserve the fat stores for winter? Or is it just a bunch of malarkey? And it’s harder to loose because we are more inactive when the weather is bad and tend to eat more comfort foods.

[huggs2ewe]

Well, I will weigh in tomorrow and check on my progress but I had a bad w/e. Could have been worse but I had a couple of philo pastery appy's... 5 carbs each which added up to 15 really quickly a drink, some nuts... it all added up way out there. So hopefully I have gained the 2#'s I lost last week. I also went out to eat several times this w/e. Other than the bar - b -que sause I was legal but I feel bloated.

Definitley going on the treadmil tonight !!!

[Kyla772]

you know I think we do gain or don't lose as much in the winter as a whole. i really think our bodies react to the whether because we are not able to be as active. plus look at how many holidays are in the winter. Thanksgiving and we all gain there. Christmas. there are parties and celebrations with food. Then there is ever valentines day that is surrounded by chocolate. see what I am saying? And if you get snow just to go to the gym is a hassle trying to get your car there and dug out. So there is my opinion. ;) But we can do this!!

[GabrielleG]

hey everyone I did loose a bit this week.
October 13, 2003 =214.2
October 20,2003 = 212.6
October 27,2003 = 212.4
November 3,2003=210.8
November 10,2003=206.2
November 17,2003=205.8
November 24, 2003= 204.4
December 1, 2003=204
December 8, 2003= 201

Gabrielle

[Smoosh]

Great going Gabrielle! 2lbs left to go! woohoo! :yay:

Can I ask a naive question? Where do you get the image in your signature that indicates your weight loss total?

Robyn :daizy:

[Smoosh]

Hey Kelly!

The only reason I find it harder to lose weight in the winter is because I tend to eat lighter in the summer. I am also indoors more and if I don't keep myself busy, I start to focus on food to combat my boredom.

Have a great night.
Robyn :rheart:

[addicted2s]

Do you have run for one more ? I'm so close I can taste it, i'd love to have the extra support .

Tina

[Smoosh]

You are very welcome to join us Addicted!

I see you and I are basically at the same weight. Here's to hoping it won't be for much longer. ;)

Robyn :rheart:

[huggs2ewe]

Welcome addicted!

Wow Gabrielle you are getting so close.

I slipped a bit back up to 204 today... overendulged this w/e and didn't have time to get on the treadmill... you think walking the malls and xmas shopping would count... I was exhausted :(. Anyway this week is just as busy but I will try and get on tonight before my hair cut and again tomorrow night. Thursday is our staff xmas party, saturday is a party, sunday is a kids party... then I come back to work for a rest lol.

[AJ_0001]

Hi - I'm new here - can I join here too? Seem to be stuck at 218 for a few weeks but I've come so far - someone make me stop the alcohol on weekends!!! I'm sure that's my problem but I LOVE MY RED WINE... :-( and I've already quit smoking, junk foods, I exercise - I just have to be more focused, I guess. You are all doing great!

[GabrielleG]

Thanks for noticing my loss Smoosh and Huggs. Smooch do you mean where did I get my snoopy pic? I have a couple different pics of that on my desktop so I just uploaded it.

Gabrielle

[Smoosh]

I mean the blue image in the bottom of your messages that says "I have lost 49 pounds". A lot of people have them and I am curious as to where the image has come from and if it updates automatically.

Have a great day all!

Robyn :rheart:

[Smoosh]

Welcome to the group AJ!

[TerryLynne]

Robyn go to http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=95688 :)

[GabrielleG]

Terry beat me to it. It's the second link on the bottom of that list. And nope it doesn't update automatically. You have to change it when applicable.

Gabrielle

[Smoosh]

Thanks TerryLynne and Gabrielle! Can you believe I have been over and over those newbie questions and didn't find a thing :rolleyes:

Thanks again for your help.

[Zora]

Hello everyone.

Just checking in real quick. I was definately off plan for 5 days and gained 9 1/2 lbs. I sure hope a lot of it is water weight. I am back on track today and need lots of encouragement. I am so glad I have this forum. I'm definately not going to make 199 by Dec. 31 now. :( I will get there though. I think I will set my new target date for Feb 14, Valentines Day.
Hope everyone is doing well and will try to check in again soon!

[Kelly_L]

Hi Zora

Keep your chin up, 199 will happen. It's a tough time of the year to be eating this way. Society seems to conspire against us and every place you go there are displays of food or someone is offering sweets. All we can try to do is make smart choices most of the time and if we slip now and again we know we can get back on track. So no guilt cause it's in everyone’s nature to deviate now and then. And hell look at me, I’ve been sticking with it-no cheating and I have been stuck now at 210 for almost 2 weeks. So I think giving the body a bit of change confuses it and you start loosing again. You may end up doing better than the rest of us.
Kelly

[Smoosh]

I NEVER deviate. I may fall off the wagon or have an illegal snack or cheat, but never do I deviate! :roll:

The main thing that inspires me when I gain (or don't lose for that matter) is looking at how far I have come. Remember Zora that 199 is 58 lbs closer than when you first started. The hardest thing to do is get back on track because we all know how easy this WOE is to follow.

I bet that you have some water gain in there somewhere. I can't see a 2lb a day gain over 5 days. Have heart. I think it will all balance itself out in a day or two.

[sybs]

Great news and I just wanted to share...I weighed in the morning and I'm donw to 201! That's the lowest I've been since....I'm not sure when, but it's been a while! I'm so excited! Whoo Hooo!

[GabrielleG]

Zora, Kelly and Smoosh are right. Some of that has to be water. I think its' a checks and balance system that some of us have to keep us going in the right direction. I've heard of people on this forum georging themselves and not gaining any weight and I think to myself, if that was me i'd be in trouble. Always trying to see what I could get away with.

Sybs awsome news about the 201 keep us posted. I bet you will be at 199 in no time.

[Quest]

I think I'm putting my onederland goal on hold...it's too much like waiting for the watched pot to boil! It's gotta happen eventually but I don't want to spend all my energy waiting for it!

[Smoosh]

Congrats on the loss Sybs! We've got a few of you lucky souls around here who are knocking on the door to Onederland. Such an inspiration!

Quest - I bet you blink and those 2 lbs will be gone! Let us know when you make it.

[Kelly_L]

:wiggle: Way to go Sybs. :wiggle:

Diane, I'm with you on the pot boiling thing! I'm going to concentrate on just eating healthy stuff for the next few weeks and stay off the scale!!!! Well till Sunday anyway.
Kelly

[addicted2s]

Hi All,

18 lbs sure seems like a bunch. But I think I can make it by the end of January.
I haven't been in onehundred land for over 18 years.

Congrads Sybs.

I weigh on Monday. I think I put back on a few of the pounds I lost when I was so sick. But I don't think I put back on all 4 of them.

Everyone have a good weekend

Tina

[sybs]

Thanks for all the congrats ladies! It feels good and tomorrow will be my last weigh in for a while. Watching the scale everyday is a no-no for m, but I've been so excited about loosing the weight that I can't help it. So after I weigh in Friday morning I'll wait at least 2 weeks before weighing again. But you all keep up the good work!Looks like a few of us are on the same page and we should all make it to the 1XX's very soon!
God bless!

[GabrielleG]

Hey everyone, I made it to 199. Well 199.6 to be exact but heck I figure I can see 199 on the scale so that counts just as good as anything. I actualy hit 199.8 about three days ago but I was sceptical. I held at 199.8 yesterday and I was down another .2 this morning so I am officialy posting it though it isnt my postday. Here are my stats from start to onderland.

October 13, 2003 =214.2
October 20,2003 = 212.6
October 27,2003 = 212.4
November 3,2003=210.8
November 10,2003=206.2
November 17,2003=205.8
November 24, 2003= 204.4
December 1, 2003=204
December 8, 2003= 201
December 12,2003=199.6 :exclm:

[huggs2ewe]

:yay: :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:
WAY TO GO GABRIELLE
AWESOME YOU ARE IN ONERLAND
:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

[huggs2ewe]

Well I'm back to were I was last Friday which is good as I was out at a Xmas party last night. But had a great LC meal, steak with prawns and butter and a salad so the 2 glasses of wine were the only high carb I had!

Lets see how I do on Saturday's party, it's a buffet dinner so hopefully I will continue to be good. I understand Quest not wanting to obsess about it but I am so close and just want to get over that hump to Onerland!

Great job all you losers!

[Smoosh]

AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Gabrielle..CONGRATULATIONS! I noticed your weight on the water post and almost replied right there. Then I noticed I was in the wrong place.

To quote Huggs: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:

So what's it like on the other side? Is the grass really greener over there? :p

[Kelly_L]

Wow Gabrielle,

:dazzle::dazzle: :dazzle: Fantastic :dazzle::dazzle::dazzle:

I was just looking at your stats and we started within a few weeks of each other and I just got to my 50-pound loss too. You reaching that goal has given me renewed determination. So thanks for sharing.

Kelly

[GabrielleG]

Thanks smoosh Huggs and Kelly.

Smoosh I'm not sure if the grass is all that much greener but boy what a rush it was to see that 1. I also had the added gratiffication of going shopping for work clothes. I landed a new job so I have no choice. I found out that I'm a 16 now. I used to be a 22/24. I also hit the 50 pounds loss mark today. So all three made for a great day.

Gabrielle

[Kelly_L]

Gabrielle
A 16! that's gotta feel great. I used to be a 24 and while I was out shopping yesterday I put on a jacket that was a 16. I didn't say it fit good... I just said I put it on.. :lol: I'm still a borderline 20 to 18.
Again congratulations on the loss and the new job as well. Hope it's doing something you like. That's always a bonus!

Kelly

[Smoosh]

I'm in a 16 now too. I get a kick out of being able to walk in to a regular store to shop. I consider myself to have good taste in clothes and had a real difficult time finding anything that suited me in a plus size. These days, I feel like I can really express myself. I get a lot of compliments on the way dress now. :thup:

[huggs2ewe]

Yup, we will all soon be in the regular stores, I am finding I still gravitate to Penningtons but can never find anything small enough... I've more sucess with the regular stores and am fitting into a regular large now and 16 pants.

I had to go and buy a new bra and have gone from a 44 to a 38 :wiggle:

[addicted2s]

Congrads Gabrielle.
Oh how it must feel to be in a 16. I haven't seen that size since Junior High.
Tina

[GabrielleG]

Kelly I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I will love it. I used to love my old job but when we got bought out all that changed. Hey huggs what is penningtons? Is it a store for big women? I went to nordstroms rack on a desperate wim to find clothes for work and I got lucky lots and lots of great stuff. Also Ross was a great sorce.

[huggs2ewe]

Penningtons is a plus size clothing store (Canadian I think... thought there were some in the US?)... usually not bad in the style department. did all of my previous shopping there, have to find a new place now :). Liking Northern Reflextions which is classic styles... sweaters and such mostly cotton. With working in the community I have become more casual in my dress so their styles will fit in great.

[Smoosh]

Pennington's is Canadian owned (by Reitman's) and is sadly one of the only plus-size women's stores left in Canada. My tastes gravitate more toward their MXM line, which is more trendy and funky.

Addition-Elle is another plus-size retailler. They too are owned by Reitman's. The style is a little more upper scale, and pricey for that matter than Pennington's is.

[Smoosh]

AJ - Are you still around? How are you doing out there?

[fishie48]

I agree with all the posts above, it was so good to finally be able to buy regular clothes. I'm a 16 now too, I actually think I'm wearing smaller clothes than when I weighed this much before. I weighed 187 for my daughters wedding 10 years ago and wore an 18W. Go figure??

[Smoosh]

I wore smaller sizes when I was this weight a couple of years ago. I carry my weight in my abs and stomach and I think I've got extra flab this time around.

[addicted2s]

My weigh in was today... 215 . Thats down 2 more pounds. It was also my mini goal for Jan 11th. So I guess I will set a new goal. I'm going to try for 200 which is going to be a real stretch.
I can't wait to wear a 16 again, those of you that are now are so lucky!
Tina

[Kelly_L]

Weigh in today and still at 210. :( At least I didn't gain from my scheduled cheat. And I really didn't cheat too badly. Lots of wine and some starches but no sweets. Our Christmas party was lots of fun but I'm glad it's over. It was a lot of work putting it all together. And I have to confess that it wasn't totally willpower that kept me away from the sweets- I was so busy doing the prize draws that the desserts were all gone by the time I was free to indulge:lol:

Congrats on your loss Tina, you'll be back in a 16 in no time!

[Smoosh]

I weighed in yesterday morning because I had planned a cheat for last night and knew I'd be bloated today (boy am I!). Down 2.8lbs to 214. I am .5lb from my mini-goal!

Congrats to all who've lost this week! Congrats to all who didn't gain! Congrats to everyone who has the wear-with-all to stick to this WOE even through the ups and downs!

[Zora]

Just popping in to say hi. Weigh in for me is Friday, so I will post then. Hope everyone is having a great week! Keep on keepin' on!

[Smoosh]

Hey Zora! How you making out? Haven't seen you in a few days.

[Zora]

Hiya back Smoosh! I'm doing alright, just have a lot of stress right now, plus my grandma in NY passed on Sat. I cant go to the wake (the service is on the east coast), so I'm upset about that too. Since I'm an emotional eater, I went up some pounds, but I'm back on track. Things will get better though. Tough times never last, but tough people always do, right? How are YOU?

[AJ_0001]

Hey Hi there all!!! Thanks for asking about me - I'm here but it's so hard to get a chance to get to the forum from work :-) need my job to aford all the new clothes I'm going to have to buy lol! I am happy happy happy - I am down to 211 today! That's 4 lbs since last Tuesday!!! 200 is starting to seem real now...
Regarding clothes shopping in Canada, do you have Cottage Cove in BC? It's similar to Northern Reflections in style, and the sizes are roomy and comfortable - I was wearing a 16 or 18 in their stuff last summer at my highest weight (260) but would never have fit those same sizes in anything else - was popping out of my size 18 Gloria Vanderbilt stretch jeans from Zellers and refused to buy something bigger - that's what finally motivated me to do something!

I'll try to stay in touch more often - you guys are all great!!! Thanks for the support!!

PS - Zora, so sorry for your loss. Hang in there - you have the strength to get through tough times, and your friends here will help boost you up if you need it...thoughts are with you.

[Zora]

AJ.. Thanks much for the well wishes. :)

[Smoosh]

Zora - sorry to hear about your loss. It's always worse when you can't be with the people you love at a time like this. Keep your spirits up hun.

I am doing great. A couple of parties this week so I've got a cheat or two planned. Not planning on any real weight loss for the next two weeks. I am .5 lbs from my mini-goal however so that'll suffice for now.

My boyfriend doesn't know (it's a surprise for him), but I rented a limo for this Friday and invited a few other people to come along for a limo party. We are going to drive through the neighbourhoods looking at Christmas lights and having a bit of "Christmas cheer". Gosh I am glad I can have rum on this WOE! I mix mine with Crystal Light for a punch like drink.

AJ - nice to see you pop in. Congratulations on the 4 lb loss. Being close to your current weight, I too can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

I've never heard of Cottage Cove, but if it is like any of the Northern stores, I probably wouldn't shop there anyway. My style is a lot different.

I've been finding a lot of great bargains at Sears lately. They are clearing out a lot of stuff and I am getting some great deals on clothes that I will fit in to in a month or two. I refuse to buy anything with an "X" or a "W" on it because it is a waste of my money at this point.

Home sick today with a cold. Trying to recoup a bit before Friday nights festivities <cough><cough>.

Gotta go make lunch...what to have what to have....

[Smoosh]

OMG Zora, I just noticed that you have lost a few pounds this last week or so...not bad for someone who is 'emotional eating'! Congrats!

[badgoat]

Ok, so I've been sick and probably dehydrated and all that but just for today, I'm claiming it...I could get hit by a bus tonight and no one would ever know...

I saw 199 this morning!

Keeping the faith,

badgoat

[huggs2ewe]

:Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party:

I say take while you can!
It will stick!
Way to go badgoat!
:Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party: :Party:

[Smoosh]

Hoorah! Way to go Badgoat! :Party:

[GabrielleG]

Badgoat awsome! Way to tough it out. I hate being sick i'm a absolute baby where that is concerned.

Gabrielle

[Smoosh]

Although my weigh in is not until Monday, I had to post! I surpassed my mini-goal this morning with a weight of 213lbs! Yah! 50lbs gone forever!!!!

Next mini-goal...Onederland! Just had to share :roll:

I joined also the 15lbs by Valentine's Day challenge. It fits right in to my mini-goal of reaching 193.5lbs by March 31.

[Quest]

Badgoat, you're proving it can be done. I am in a holding pattern but trying to enjoy my improved appearance rather than think about the evil scale.

[huggs2ewe]

WOW Robyn you really are loosing fast!
I am down this week now at 202 (201.98 to be exact :)). I really want to be down to Onerland for Xmas, it will be a real insentive to staying within this WOE over the holidays. I will keep on my treadmill which has really made a difference this week. Maybe I will make it by the 24th even if it is only 199.9 at least it will be a one:yay: .

[Zora]

Hi all,

It's Friday and I'm checking in to report my loss for the week. I am down to 214.50 and re-met my mini goal of 215. I am back on track and sticking to plan.
Smoosh, thanks for noticing and congrats on your 50 lb loss! WOOHOOOO! :)
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and congrats to all the losers!!!!!

[GabrielleG]

Looks like everyone is doing awsome. I had a hard hard week LOL. I honestly thought I would still be at 199.6 I usualy loose at least .4 a day. I think 199.6 must be one of those weights that my body likes.I went down to 198.8 yesterday morning and held steady today so I changed my stats.

Gabrielle

[fishie48]

Congrats badgoat on reaching Onederland. That's such a great accomplishment.
So sorry to hear about your loss Zora, my grandmother is 96 and in a nursing home in Michigan. I only see her twice a year and she is really failing now.

[Smoosh]

Thanks for the support everyone!

Gabrielle - glad to see you are well back on track. It didn't take long at all. You must have picked up a lot of wind in your sails :yay:

Huggs - I've got my fingers crossed that you lose those pounds by Christmas. As a matter of fact, I put in a call to the tooth fairy (she is a close relative of the Whoosh fairy, but I've never met the Whoosh fairy so I gotta go with who I know) and she's gonna see what she can do! :angel:

I drank a little last night (mixed Crystal Light with rum). I couldn't even taste the rum for some reason. I didn't end up drinking as much as I had planned (I guess that's good). That works out because I had thought for sure I would wake up with a weight gain like I always do after I drink, but I didn't. Phew!

My weigh in is Monday and I hope to be down to 212lb. I can't wait to get under 210! That'll possibly happen by January 1.

[Zora]

So sorry to hear about your loss Zora, my grandmother is 96 and in a nursing home in Michigan. I only see her twice a year and she is really failing now.

Thank you so much fishie. I wish the best for your grandmother. I hope I can live as long as they have, ya know?

Everyone have a great weekend!!

[huggs2ewe]

Thanks Smoosh for the "tooth fairy" lol.Send me those vibes :). I'm going to be really good this w/e. No party plans etc. will keep to plan, drink the water and get on the treadmill. I will feel so hyper if I get to onerland. My last wt in will be on Wed as then I am off till Jan 5 and I wt myself at work. Don't even have a scale at home... I would be compulsive anyway... wt myself every day... probably 2x a day. So I will not know the effects of Xmas until well after the fact which hopefully I will be on tract the other days if I stray over xmas.

[Smoosh]

Zora - I was looking through the member photos just now and came across yours. I'd have to say that you do not look like you would weigh 213lbs. I don't know where you carry your weight but you look great.

Huggs - I know what you mean about the scale. I mentioned in another thread that at one time, I had 3 scales. I would step on them one after the other to see if the first and second one were right. That's compulsive lol. I now have 1 scale and although I weigh myself everyday, I've had to learn to only record the weight I am on Monday mornings.

Fishie - Thanks for coming back to this thread to support those of us still on our way to Onederland. You are an inspiration!

When I first joined this challenge, I read through all of the posts. I was quite entertained by Becky160. Is she not around any more?

[Kelly_L]

Hi Smoosh

Becky moved on to a different site due to a disagreement with the forum moderators

[Smoosh]

Thanks for the info Kelly. I quite enjoyed her posts and was looking forward to her encouragement. C'est la vie. Everyone else here is just as great!

[Kelly_L]

Broke my 3-week stall with a 2.5-pound loss.

Going though a bit of depression and not sleeping well due to a very sick pet but I'm trying to stick with the WOL.

Don't think I'm going to see 199 by new years but I'm keep it as my mini goal for now until I can figure out a realistic date to change it to.

Congratulations to everyone who survived another holiday week.

[Smoosh]

Good job Kelly! I, on the other hand, only had a 1.5lb loss this week, which is unusual for me. Normally, I lose at least 2-3 lbs per week.

Can't wait for the holidays to be over to get back to my normal patterns. I had rum twice this week and that definitely plays havok with my system.

Have a great week everyone!

[Zora]

Zora - I was looking through the member photos just now and came across yours. I'd have to say that you do not look like you would weigh 213lbs. I don't know where you carry your weight but you look great.

Smoosh, you are such a sweetheart! Thank you so much. I tend to carry my weight in my butt, belly, and boobs. lol Hopefully all 3 will continue to diminish.
Congrats on your loss for the week!!

Congrats to everyone else as well. Kelly, I hope you and your doggie both feel better soon.

Take care all, and have a very very Merry Christmas.

[Smoosh]

Good Morning everyone! I just wanted to pop in and say Happy Holidays and wish you all a visit from the Whoosh fairy.

[Quest]

Every little loss counts ladies! I saw the scale move (2 pounds) for the first time in about 10 days, and look what number it took me to!

[Kelly_L]

:yay: :yay: Congratulations Diane :yay::yay:

[huggs2ewe]

way to go Diane... you are ever so close to onerland.

I on the other hand went the other way up 1.5 back to where I was last tuesday. It's getting close to TOM again and I over endulged a bit when I was baking the low carb goodies from Karen's article in the Paper find it at http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=153371. The squares are a bit time consuming to make but well worth the time OMG are they good. the cookies are great too not to sweet. these will be my treats for Xmas. I may or may not share... haven't decided yet :). But as they temp me to over do it... better eaten up quickly so that I'm not too tempted even though they are low carb it still adds up.

Hope every one has a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[fishie48]

I am posting this to all the threads that I frequent, so please excuse me if I am redundant....
Just want to wish all my low-carbing friends a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah or however you celebrate this time of year. It can be a challenge when so much of celebrating with family and friends involves the sharing of food and drink. I just want you all to know how important you have become in my life and what a source of support you have become. Almost 10 months ago I started this journey and I like myself so much more than I did back then. I wouldn'g have gotten to this place without all of you. Thank You dear friends!!!

[GabrielleG]

Diane thats so awsome! Congrats.

Gabrielle

[Zora]

http://members.aol.com/GFBrenda/merryxmas.gif

[Smoosh]

Congratulations Diane! :Party:

Today, I had the only Christmas dinner I plan on having. There really wasn't much for me to eat except turkey. I hate being at someone else's mercy. I did have 2 tablespoons of cranberry sauce though...there's 14 carbs down the tubes lol. I am lucky I ate light today. Now I am trying to eat without eating carbs so that I can eat enough calories but not eat more carbs. So pork rinds it is.

Hope they rest of you fair well with your holiday eating.

[Zora]

Hi everyone!

Almost forgot to check in today. Was up 2 lbs this morning to 214. I think I ate too much pumpkin bake on Christmas, or maybe it was the salt in the ham. Who knows, but I have been fighting these 2 lbs for awhile now. Up 2, down 2, up 1 1/2.... you get the picture. I can't seem to get below 212. I think I need to up the exercize.
Anyway, have a great weekend all!!

[Kelly_L]

Weigh in day today and I didn’t gain this week. Yay!! :yay:
Did a quick measure and I lost 1 inch off my waist and .5 off my hips since Dec 7. Nothing off my thighs though. I really thought the stationary bike would help that area but I guess not yet.
Changed my 199 goal to Feb 1
Start - Current - Loss
Weight 260 - 207.5 - 52.5
Chest 51 - 44.25 - 6.75
Waist 48 - 38.5 -9.5
Hips 57 - 48.5 - 8.5
arm 14½ - 13.5 - 1
thigh 28 - 28 - 0

[Smoosh]

Ack! I didn't lose anything this week, but I guess since I didn't gain, that should be a silver star for me. I hate that feeling of there not being any progress after a week!

212.5lbs this week! Zora, I, like you, seem to be hovering. :thdown:

[Quest]

I am still at 200! But I've only been there about a week so I'm not really complaining. TOM arrived unexpectedly early yesterday, so I wonder if that will be enough to nudge me to onederland? Time will tell....

[Smoosh]

My TOM is due next week. I gain during the 6 days it lasts and then it's like a week before I get back to normal. That leaves only 2 weeks of trustful numbers on the scale AARRGGHHH! :lol:

[Zora]

Happy Tuesday all!

Hope everyone had a great holiday. I've been off plan the past few days, but I'm back on STRICT induction starting Jan, 1. I haven't had any alcohol since July, so I think I may have a few New Year's Eve!

Everyone have a safe and happy New Year!!
Much love,
Brenda

[huggs2ewe]

I wasn't going to wt in until next monday but I went in for a check up and had to be wt. I'm still the same I was on the 24th which is up from the week before but it's TOM. So I am at 203. Won't make it to onerland for New Years but at least I didn't gain during the holidays, which is a good thing.:) Back on induction like everyone else which will be great to kick start the wt loss again.

[pinkcaddy]

Wow!!! Everyone is doing so great and so close to 199! It is awesome. Looks like there is going to be a whole lot of low carb partying going on in January! I have been suffering from a little carb creep but haven't done too bad. (Not too good either!) I got a bunch of new Atkins stuff for Christmas and today is back to day 2 of induction. I think it will be the kick start I need to get out of the 180's.
Happy New Year everyone....it's going to be a great year for all of us!

Victoria.

[Quest]

In my post yesterday I wondered if TOM would nudge me into onederland (I usually lose just before and during TOM) and yes, I hit 199 this morning! Usually I would wait another day to change my profile, but I think the symbolism of this occurring on December 31 requires recognition, don't you?

[Smoosh]

Congrats Diane! Here's to hoping it sticks! Sounds like a wonderful start to a new year!

:yay: :wiggle: :roll: :yay: :wiggle: :roll: :yay: :wiggle: :roll: :clap:

[pinkcaddy]

Way to go Diane! Happy New Year to you!! An average of 8 pounds a month is excellent...just what the Dr. recommends. Congratulations!

[Zora]

Happy New Years everyone!!!

Congrats Diane!! You are surely an inspiration!
I've basically blew my WOE the past few days. I haven't weighed myself in about 3 days and I'm skurrrrrred!!!! :lol: I will weigh tomorrow morning and see the complete damage! Jan 1st it's back to strict Induction for me! Let's start the new year out with a BANG!

I wish all of you and your families much peace and happiness for the coming year and always.

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[Kelly_L]

:Party: Happy New Year Everyone:Party:

Congratulations Diane. You have really started off the year with a bang.
I'm up 1.5 pounds but official WI is on Sunday so I have my fingers crossed.
I did my body comp and in 3.5 weeks I did lose 2.79 inches and .91% body fat so I'm quite happy with that.
But I feel really FAT today, more so that usual so I must be retaining water. All the more reason to get back at it, right!
Hope everyone has a fabulous day
Kelly

[Quest]

Thanks everyone for your support! I decided not to weigh today (although I didn't overindulge TOO much yesterday)...but let me keep my happy thoughts going!

[Kelly_L]

Weigh in today and I'm back down to 207.5, lost the pound and a half that snuck up on me the week before. As of yesterday I started seriously exercising again so I should see some results next week. My tummy is sore from yesterday’s crunches but that means I gave them a good working.

Hope everyone else if doing well.

Kelly

[GabrielleG]

Diane how awsome and yes I totaly think it was symbolic. Sorry im late witht he congrats by the way.

Gabrielle

[Zora]

Good evening all!

Weighed in today and down to 215.50. The holiday gain is quickly going away and for that I'm thankful. 3 1/2 more lbs to go to get to where I was before all hell broke loose!
I'll check in again later in the week. Congrats to all the losers out there!!

Everyone have a wonderful week!

[huggs2ewe]

Hi all, been reading but not taking much time to post. Back at work tomorrow and will wt in to see if the Doc's scales were right and I didn't gain. It was TOM as well so hopefully I will be down but I can hold onto that TOM wt for up to a week afterwards. I really have not been to bad over the holidays but did have a bite here and there. Hopefully that will not make to much difference.

Great going Zora, you will get back on tract. Especially with the holidays over we can all get back to basics. But we made it through. :yay: :yay::yay::yay::yay:

[Quest]

Diane how awsome and yes I totaly think it was symbolic. Sorry im late witht he congrats by the way.

Gabrielle

You can keep on congratulating me, Gaby and I will do the same for you! so far the loss seems to be sticking. So far I am only in onederland naked first thing in the morning :blush: .

[huggs2ewe]

Diane I'm hot on your trail. Wt in at 200 this morning, very excited. that is a 3.5 loss from Dec 24 but of course it was TOM as well at the time. Next week hopefully I will be joining you in onerland.

I am so so close I can't wait. It has givin me even more momentum

[Kelly_L]

WooHoo Lise

Got my fingers crossed for you. You are so close you can taste it!
Kelly

[GabrielleG]

You can keep on congratulating me, Gaby and I will do the same for you! so far the loss seems to be sticking. So far I am only in onederland naked first thing in the morning :blush: .


Hey Diane, that's the only time I weigh. Otherwise your weighing your clothes, shoes and everything you ate. You'd never get a acurate weight unless you wore the same clothes everyday. At least that's what I think.

Gabrielle

[pinkcaddy]

When I look at the collective number of pounds we have lost it is amazing. So many of you are so close. I love keeping tabs on this site! It is so exciting and motivating. Gives me warm fuzzies all over!

[Smoosh]

Thanks for your continued support pinkcaddy! :yay:

Today was weigh in and after 3 weeks, I finally lost a couple of lbs. Scale says 210.5 today (notice how I am a bit leary :lol: ). I did see 209 point something so that's just around the corner! Yah!

[Kelly_L]

Hey Robyn

Nice photo in your avatar. Thought you said you didn't smile in photos? You should, you look fantastic.

Kelly

[Smoosh]

Thanks for the compliment Kelly :blush:

Actually, I don't smile in my comparison photos because I don't feel I get a good representation of my face when I do. When I reach my final goal, I'll put up a smiling comparison photo you can be sure of that :thup: