Hope everyone has a happy, candy-free Halloween!
Sorry about being MIA for the past several days. Been tied up dealing with my Dad's health issues. At 86, he takes a bit hand-holding when he isn't feeling totally up to par. He was ALWAYS there for me when I was a kid so I don't mind, but sometimes I do run out of time to do other things...like cooking, cleaning and like posting on this forum.
~Stew, I have to ask, why the frownie face on your post yesterday? Are you seriously unhappy that you didn't meet your (IMHO, totally unrealistic) goal of dropping 20 pounds over the course of the month??? Most people on this forum - or on ANY diet for that matter - would be ECSTATIC over the 11 pound loss you did achieve! Maybe if you had a couple of hundred pounds to lose, losing 20 in a month would be doable. But at your weight, dropping 11 pounds is 4% of your TOTAL weight and more than 15% of the excess weight you had on Oct 1. That's AMAZING PROGRESS! The quickest way to self-sabotage your WOE is to set unrealistic goals and then beat yourself up when your body won't (can't) meet those goals. When we feel like a WOE isn't working, that's when we give up on it. So please my friend, no more frownie faces when you've LOST weight. Even if it isn't disappearing quite as fast you might like.
~Toddy, we will miss you. Come back anytime...or just pop in now and then and let us know how things are going. You fought long and hard and to get down to ONEDERLAND and "stick the landing" and I'm rooting for you to continue on down but understand that sometimes one needs a break from daily weighing and posting. We'll be here when you're ready to come back.
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2014: Jan/~265/253/245/241/236/231/226/220/213/209/203
2015: 202/198/194/191/190/186/184/179/179/174/174/172
2016: 173/175/???/175/174/176/174/173/172/171/nov/dec
10/01: 171
10/02: 172
10/03: 172
10/04: 173
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10/06: 173
10/07: 174
10/08: 174
10/09: 174
10/10: 174
10/11: 174
10/12: 173
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10/14: 172
10/15: 172
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10/17: 174
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10/19: 172
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10/21: 173
10/22: 174
10/23: 173
10/24: 174
10/25: 174
10/26: 173 (weighed but forgot to post)
10/27: 173
10/28: 173
10/29: DNW
10/30: DNW
10/31: 174