May 20: 303 (Started Atkins)
Jun 30: 288
Jul 31: 278
Aug 31: 274
Sep 30: 271
Oct 1: 271
Oct 2: 271
Oct 3: 271
Oct 4: 270
Oct 5: 270
Oct 6: 270
Oct 7: 270
Oct 8: 270
Oct 9: 270
Oct 10: 270
Oct 11: 270
Oct 12: 270
Oct 13: 270
Oct 14: 270
Oct 15: 270
Oct 16: 270
Oct 17: 270
Oct 18: 270
Oct 19: 271
Oct 20: 271
Oct 21: 271
Oct 22: 270
Oct 23: 270 (Is there such a thing as 269 on my scale?)

10/1: 159 Day 1 on plan
10/2: 158 Day 2 on plan
10/3: 158 Day 3 on plan
10/4: 159 Day 4 on plan-
10/5: 159 Day 5 on plan
10/6: 159 Day 6 on plan. I am in some serious deep purple ketosis!! WOOHOO
10/7: 158 Day 7 on plan
10/8: 159 Day 8 on plan....
10/9: 157 Day 9 on plan. This was a nice little surprise this morning
10/10: 157 Day 10
10/11: 156 Day 11 on plan!! This A-72 thing seems to be working
10/12: 156 Day 12 on plan
10/13: 156 Day 13 on this wonderful plan
10/14: 155 Day 14 !
10/15: DNW Day 15
10/16: DNW Day 16
10/17: 155 Day 17
10/18: 154 Day 18 on plan-
10/19:154 Day 19
10/20: 153 Day 20
10/21: 153
10/22: 153 Day 22
10/23: 153 Day 23

10/1 159.8
10/2 158.7
10/3 157.8
10/4 156.5
10/5 156.3
16 days of eating and being merry (no drinking except tons of sparkling water)
10/22 160.7
10/23 160.3

Good job everyone you are doing well and staying on plan. Jeannette and Louise you are getting great losses this month.
Renee you are rocking onederland
Tam, look how far you are down since the first of the month.
Wow, Diane welcome to the group you are moving right on down.
Nrracing congrats on the new baby. Look how far down you are overall.

And to my fellow turtles, Dale, Toddy, Tina. Kina hang in there you guys, sticking on plan one day at a time is the key to success slow as it may be.
Hope I didn't miss anybody if so it is certainly unintentional (spelling?)

Started 8/17/2015 Custom Plan: 265.5
September: 244.4
Here we go, Lets stick to our plans and NO CHEATS. Good Luck to all.
10/1: 245.0 Scale was the same each time I will take it
10/2: 244.0 Oh yeah now were cooking
10/3: Out of Town
10/4: Out of Town
10/5: 242.6, I am going down. I did not know it would be but I was very strict out of town and got some exercise.
10/6: 242.6
10/7: 242.2 it was .6 the 2nd time, but I will take the .2, I am kinda holding and dropping some. Its still early. Hope everyone is doing well.
10/8: 241.8 going, I messed up on the previous number above, I added 2 pounds LOL
10/9: 241.2 small drop is better then none
10/10 – 10/18 I did and did not weigh. I was on the road.
10/19: 237.0
10/20: 236.2
10/21: 236.0
10/22: 236.2
10/23: 237.0 Meh, I come a long way (maybe to much jerky)

Thanks omablue, good to see you back.

Is it me or are we all in a pattern?

July 31 - 211
August 30 - 203
September 30 - 199
October 1 - 198
October 2 - 198
October 3 - 198
October 4 - 198
October 5 - 198
October 6 - 198
October 7 - 198 I know a big drop has got to be coming soon. I will be ready
October 8 - 198
October 9 - 198
October 10 - 198
October 11 - 198
October 12 - 198
October 13 - 197 Yippee!
October 14 - 197
October 15 - 197
October 16 - 196
October 17 - 196
October 18 - DNW - not at home
October 19 - 196
October 20 - 196
October 21 - 196
October 22 - 196
October 23 - 196

July 11: 329.4 Change my life date
July 30: 318.2
Aug 31: 303.8
Sep 30: 286.4

October:
1:.. 286.0
2:.. 285.2
3:.. 284.6
4:.. 284.0
5:.. 283.6
6:.. 282.4
7:.. 282.0
8:.. 281.8
9:.. 281.8
10: 281.2
11: 280.6
12: 280.6
13: 279.6
14: 278.8 50.6 lbs down today...
15: 278.6
16: 278.8 boo a blip up. Oh well
17: 278.8 Nuttin' honey :/
18: 279.4 Dang, not liking this trend at all
19: 278.4 Down a lb to a new low.
20: DNW No access
21: DNW
22: 278.2
23: 279.0 meh

Dr. office weight 9/21 = 212
9/30/15 = 209.8
10/7/15 =204.3
10/9/15 = 205.8
10/12/15 = 205.6
10/13/15 = 204.6
10/14/15 = 204.4
10/16/15 = 204.2
10/19/15 = 203
10/21/15 = 202
10/23/15 = 201.8 This is yesterday's. Steady going down bit by bit.

May 20: 303 (Started Atkins)
Jun 30: 288
Jul 31: 278
Aug 31: 274
Sep 30: 271
Oct 1: 271
Oct 2: 271
Oct 3: 271
Oct 4: 270
Oct 5: 270
Oct 6: 270
Oct 7: 270
Oct 8: 270
Oct 9: 270
Oct 10: 270
Oct 11: 270
Oct 12: 270
Oct 13: 270
Oct 14: 270
Oct 15: 270
Oct 16: 270
Oct 17: 270
Oct 18: 270
Oct 19: 271
Oct 20: 271
Oct 21: 271
Oct 22: 270
Oct 23: 270
Oct 24: 270 (This is getting ridiculous.)

10/1: 159 Day 1 on plan
10/2: 158 Day 2 on plan
10/3: 158 Day 3 on plan
10/4: 159 Day 4 on plan-
10/5: 159 Day 5 on plan
10/6: 159 Day 6 on plan. I am in some serious deep purple ketosis!! WOOHOO
10/7: 158 Day 7 on plan
10/8: 159 Day 8 on plan....
10/9: 157 Day 9 on plan. This was a nice little surprise this morning
10/10: 157 Day 10
10/11: 156 Day 11 on plan!! This A-72 thing seems to be working
10/12: 156 Day 12 on plan
10/13: 156 Day 13 on this wonderful plan
10/14: 155 Day 14 !
10/15: DNW Day 15
10/16: DNW Day 16
10/17: 155 Day 17
10/18: 154 Day 18 on plan-
10/19:154 Day 19
10/20: 153 Day 20
10/21: 153
10/22: 153 Day 22
10/23: 153 Day 23
10/24: 153 Day 24

Well I knew those nice drops couldn't last forever Although the scale hasn't moved in 5 days I am feeling fabulous because I am now at 24 days on plan- no cheats! So as long as I am patient, persistent and stay on plan I am a success!

Susan- welcome back We missed you
Hothunt: Just keep working it- it will happen!
Dino: Wow you are on a nice downward trend! Good for you !

Jun 30, 188.8
Jul 31, 182
Aug 31, 176.6
Sep 30, 169.4
Oct 1, 169.2
Oct 2, 170.8 Pattern strikes again ;
Oct 3, 168.4 Kicked that pattern to the curb.
Oct 4, 168.8
Oct 5, 168.8
Oct 6, 168.8
Oct 7, 170.2 Pattern kicked in big time. sighhhh
Oct 8, 168.8
Oct 9. 168.8
Oct 10, 168.6
Oct 11, 168.4
Oct 12, 168.0
Oct 13, 167.2
Oct 14, 167.8
Oct 15, 166.8
Oct 16, 167.0
Oct 17, 165.8
Oct 18, 165.2
Oct 19, 166.8
Oct 20, 166.4
Oct 21, 166.4
Oct 22, 165.6
Oct 23, 166.4 playing in the pattern
Oct 24, 165.6 I do this every time there's a 5 or 10 lb 'marker'. Hopefully I'll whoosh by 165 tomorrow.


Louise

HOME AGAIN AT LAST!!! It's been so long, I had a hard time even finding my last post here to copy and paste!

(Jan 1: 201)
(Feb 1: 199)
(Mar 1: 194)
(Apr 1: 191)
(May 1: 190)
(Jun 1: 186)
(Jul 1: 183)
(Aug 1: 179)
(Sep 1: 179)

10/01: DNW
10/02: DNW
10/03: DNW
10/04: 174
10/05: 174
10/06 to 10/23 ... DNW. Dealing with family issues out of town
10/24: 174

So I managed to maintain despite no scale, totally haphazard meals, tons of stress, plus living out of a suitcase for the past 2.5 weeks! Feeling pretty proud of myself. Surviving the past two months of my life without going on a carb binge tells me I really CAN do this for life.

Got MIL buried and then flew straight to NC to deal with Dad and step-mother again. With me running interference for him (explaining to staff why he was unhappy...why he can't/won't do that for himself I do NOT know!) he has decided that the place he and stepmother are currently living is okay after all. Actually, the staff has bent over backwards to be helpful. It is NOT easy with her in the secured Alzheimer's wing and him out in the general population area and constantly wanting to spend time with her. Especially since, when he starts to leave to go back to his room, she wants to go with him so that it breaks his heart all over again to leave her. But, I helped him work out some non-verbal ways to cue the staff in the Alzheimer's wing that HE was reaching the end of his strength and now they know that when that happens, one of them needs to come get HER and talk her into going off with them to do some activity so that he can then slip quietly away without tearful demands from her that he take her home with him. Hopefully, as staff turns over -because there is ALWAYS a constant turnover of staff in such places - older staff will cue the newer ones on how to deal with him and her. So, fingers-crossed, Dad will remain reasonably happy and I won't have to make another trip out there for a couple of months at least.

While I haven't had time yet to catch up with all of you, some quick scanning while I searched back for my last post tells me that a lot of you have had a VERY SUCCESSFUL month losing weight. I look forward to catching up on the details! CONGRATULATIONS to all you big losers and maintainers and never-say-quitters!

July 31 - 211
August 30 - 203
September 30 - 199
October 1 - 198
October 2 - 198
October 3 - 198
October 4 - 198
October 5 - 198
October 6 - 198
October 7 - 198 I know a big drop has got to be coming soon. I will be ready
October 8 - 198
October 9 - 198
October 10 - 198
October 11 - 198
October 12 - 198
October 13 - 197 Yippee!
October 14 - 197
October 15 - 197
October 16 - 196
October 17 - 196
October 18 - DNW - not at home
October 19 - 196
October 20 - 196
October 21 - 196
October 22 - 196
October 23 - 196
October 24 - 196 - Surprise...

10/1 159.8
10/2 158.7
10/3 157.8
10/4 156.5
10/5 156.3
16 days of eating and being merry (no drinking except tons of sparkling water)
10/22 160.7
10/23 160.3
10/24 160.5

Welcome back Bev, I am glad that things are looking up for your parents. It is really hard.

July 11: 329.4 Change my life date
July 30: 318.2
Aug 31: 303.8
Sep 30: 286.4

October:
1:.. 286.0
2:.. 285.2
3:.. 284.6
4:.. 284.0
5:.. 283.6
6:.. 282.4
7:.. 282.0
8:.. 281.8
9:.. 281.8
10: 281.2
11: 280.6
12: 280.6
13: 279.6
14: 278.8 50.6 lbs down today...
15: 278.6
16: 278.8 boo a blip up. Oh well
17: 278.8 Nuttin' honey :/
18: 279.4 Dang, not liking this trend at all
19: 278.4 Down a lb to a new low.
20: DNW No access
21: DNW
22: 278.2
23: 279.0 meh
24: 277.4 A little whooshie.

Bev: Welcome back, sounds like you have had a long arduous journey, It is hard living so far away when our loved ones need us. Glad you were able to stay on plan.

Susan: What a wonderful trip you had, glad to see you hop right back on your plan. And thank you...I thought this month had been a slow one, but so far down 9 lbs. I have been lucky to have averaged 12-16 lbs a month, was hoping to keep up the trend.

Dale: I'm sure you will hit the new decade soon.

Jeanette: Doing great!

Sarah: You are coming down, even if slow, it is always better than going up.

Diane: Keep up the great work.

Louise: Doing great!

NR: Your losses this month are great.

Well done!! my goodness you've had quite the time of it. good luck with your dad and step mom. My mom is in an Alzheimer's unit and the staff turnover is quite amazing. but then it's such hard work. wow - takes a special person to do that.

so glad you were able to maintain. that is an AMAZING accomplishment given the stress you were under. Well done.