TODAY IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19th 2015

BIGGEST WINNER GAME #28 began SUNDAY 11/15/15 and will end with weight SUNDAY 11/22/15

It is OPEN TO ANYONE THAT FOLLOWS DADR or DANDR..1972 or 1992
Positive attitudes and a sense of humor is a big help.

[SIZE=3] We have learned and keep learning how our bodies adjust to the ever changing dynamics of life. We follow the Philosophies set forth by DR ATKINS in DANDR..1972 or 1992 versions.
It does not get easier as we get to goal and we accept that we will keep trying and not give in to old habits. We move forward, even if we take steps backward, we strive for success.

Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around!

from Dr. Atkins now:

"Your attitude toward your own body makes a difference. Some people think that it’s their fate to be overweight. Not so. Nobody needs to be overweight. these pessimists are the victims of a misconception. They think you can be on a diet part of the time and stay slim. They go away to a spa or a diet camp or they go on Metrecal for a while and feel that should take off the weight and solve the problems. That’s not how a lifetime problem is solved. I constantly have to remind my patients that taking the weight off is not the objective; keeping it off is. …"

”As long as you look upon being off your diet as a part of your future plans, you will never solve your weight problem. This can only happen when you accept the reality that if you have a weight problem for life, you must stay on a diet for life.”

Dr. Atkins, on the subject of Maintenance (pg 286):

"Q. Once I get the weight off and am a normal person again, why can't I maintain this normal weight by merely eating normally?

A. Because you only look normal; inside your body is the same metabolic abnormality that made you overweight in the first place…"

(pg 261):

"The main change that has to be made is in your head. Success in maintaining your trim figure and your zest for living is guaranteed if you can achieve this radical change in your thinking.

If you have a chronic weight problem it is essential to totally accept, fully understand that your fat is one symptom of a lifetime disease. Your metabolizing processes are and always will tend to be abnormal. Yes, even if you get slim and stay slim.

Many medical studies have shown that the biochemical responses of a formerly overweight person, such as the excessive insulin release when carbohydrates are eaten, are still quite different from a never-overweight person. In other words, you cannot eat what normal people eat and expect to stay thin.

So say this to yourself over and over until you've got it through your rebellious head: "My tendency to overweight is one sign of a chronic metabolic disorder. My physiology doesn't handle certain kinds of food as slim physiologies do. I mustn't try to compare my eating habits to those of a person who has never had a weight problem. Not now. Not ever. I have an illness, a lifelong illness. I can't cure it, but I can control it."

Basic to controlling it is to understand that it is a permanent condition...about which you can do a great deal. Controlling isn't all that difficult. Thousands of successfully slimmed patients are evidence of that."
WE ARE THE A-TEAM
Name..................start wt.............current..........#HAVE LOST

Paulette...........217.8...............217.2.................0.6*

Cricket................161.8................157.8..................4.0*

Barb......................182.0................180.8.................1.2

Himi ......................193.3...............194.5.................-1.2

Chrissie ..............166.5................166.9................-0.4*

Kathy .................148.5.................146.6................1.9*

Jodi ....................xxx.x..................xxx.x.................x.x

Tam ..........................LOA til nov 27th.........................




TOTAL LOSSES

NAME...........started............at #...........AS OF..............at #............lost

Cricket.........11/28/13.........224.0.........11/15/15..........161.8............62.2
(original start 320# 1996 loss 190# 1997....total maintained 162.8)
Kathy...........12/02/13.........235.0.........11/15/15...........148.5...........86.5

Paulette........02/02/14.........331.8.........11/15/15...........217.8.........114.0

Himi.............12/26/14.........294.0.........11/15/15..........193.3..........100.7

Chrissie........01/05/15.........222.2.........11/15/15..........166.5............55.7

Jodi..............01/05/15.........153.0........11/15/15..........142.5............10.5

Barb.............03/29/15.........212.0........11/15/15...........182.0...........30.0

Tam.............07/11/15..........329.4........11/15/15...........267.0...........62.4

TODAY IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19th 2015

BIGGEST WINNER GAME #28 began SUNDAY 11/15/15 and will end with weight SUNDAY 11/22/15

It is OPEN TO ANYONE THAT FOLLOWS DADR or DANDR..1972 or 1992
Positive attitudes and a sense of humor is a big help.

We have learned and keep learning how our bodies adjust to the ever changing dynamics of life. We follow the Philosophies set forth by DR ATKINS in DANDR..1972 or 1992 versions.
It does not get easier as we get to goal and we accept that we will keep trying and not give in to old habits. We move forward, even if we take steps backward, we strive for success.

Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around!

from Dr. Atkins now:

"Your attitude toward your own body makes a difference. Some people think that it’s their fate to be overweight. Not so. Nobody needs to be overweight. these pessimists are the victims of a misconception. They think you can be on a diet part of the time and stay slim. They go away to a spa or a diet camp or they go on Metrecal for a while and feel that should take off the weight and solve the problems. That’s not how a lifetime problem is solved. I constantly have to remind my patients that taking the weight off is not the objective; keeping it off is. …"

”As long as you look upon being off your diet as a part of your future plans, you will never solve your weight problem. This can only happen when you accept the reality that if you have a weight problem for life, you must stay on a diet for life.”

Dr. Atkins, on the subject of Maintenance (pg 286):

"Q. Once I get the weight off and am a normal person again, why can't I maintain this normal weight by merely eating normally?

A. Because you only look normal; inside your body is the same metabolic abnormality that made you overweight in the first place…"

(pg 261):

"The main change that has to be made is in your head. Success in maintaining your trim figure and your zest for living is guaranteed if you can achieve this radical change in your thinking.

If you have a chronic weight problem it is essential to totally accept, fully understand that your fat is one symptom of a lifetime disease. Your metabolizing processes are and always will tend to be abnormal. Yes, even if you get slim and stay slim.

Many medical studies have shown that the biochemical responses of a formerly overweight person, such as the excessive insulin release when carbohydrates are eaten, are still quite different from a never-overweight person. In other words, you cannot eat what normal people eat and expect to stay thin.

So say this to yourself over and over until you've got it through your rebellious head: "My tendency to overweight is one sign of a chronic metabolic disorder. My physiology doesn't handle certain kinds of food as slim physiologies do. I mustn't try to compare my eating habits to those of a person who has never had a weight problem. Not now. Not ever. I have an illness, a lifelong illness. I can't cure it, but I can control it."

Basic to controlling it is to understand that it is a permanent condition...about which you can do a great deal. Controlling isn't all that difficult. Thousands of successfully slimmed patients are evidence of that."
WE ARE THE A-TEAM
Name..................start wt.............current..........#HAVE LOST

Paulette...........217.8...............217.2.................0.6*

Cricket................161.8................157.8..................4.0*

Barb......................182.0................180.8.................1.2*

Himi ......................193.3...............194.5.................-1.2

Chrissie ..............166.5................166.9................-0.4*

Kathy .................148.5.................146.6................1.9*

Jodi ....................xxx.x..................xxx.x.................x.x

Tam ..........................LOA til nov 27th.........................




TOTAL LOSSES

NAME...........started............at #...........AS OF..............at #............lost

Cricket.........11/28/13.........224.0.........11/15/15..........161.8............62.2
(original start 320# 1996 loss 190# 1997....total maintained 162.8)
Kathy...........12/02/13.........235.0.........11/15/15...........148.5...........86.5

Paulette........02/02/14.........331.8.........11/15/15...........217.8.........114.0

Himi.............12/26/14.........294.0.........11/15/15..........193.3..........100.7

Chrissie........01/05/15.........222.2.........11/15/15..........166.5............55.7

Jodi..............01/05/15.........153.0........11/15/15..........142.5............10.5

Barb.............03/29/15.........212.0........11/15/15...........182.0...........30.0

Tam.............07/11/15..........329.4........11/15/15...........267.0...........62.4

No change for me today which is okay since I've had losses the last couple of days. I'll update in a separate post in case Himi gets a chance to post before I'm done.

I just winged it with the cream gravy. I poured some turkey juices in a little pan and brought it to a boil - boiled it until it looked thicker, then added some cream. Not a lot of cream, maybe 1/4 cup? Anyway, I continued to simmer it then until it was thicker. All this happened while the turkey was resting before Ed carved it. I was also getting other things together at the same time, so I never timed it! I just kept looking at it until it looked thick enough. Of course I had to stir it a lot.

I did not make a lot, and I bet it would take a lot longer if you were to make quite a bit of it! But my gravy seemed to take about 10 min or so???????? It made just enough for my plate of turkey!

TODAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th 2015

BIGGEST WINNER GAME #28 began SUNDAY 11/15/15 and will end with weight SUNDAY 11/22/15

It is OPEN TO ANYONE THAT FOLLOWS DADR or DANDR..1972 or 1992
Positive attitudes and a sense of humor is a big help.

We have learned and keep learning how our bodies adjust to the ever changing dynamics of life. We follow the Philosophies set forth by DR ATKINS in DANDR..1972 or 1992 versions.
It does not get easier as we get to goal and we accept that we will keep trying and not give in to old habits. We move forward, even if we take steps backward, we strive for success.

Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around!

from Dr. Atkins now:

"Your attitude toward your own body makes a difference. Some people think that it’s their fate to be overweight. Not so. Nobody needs to be overweight. these pessimists are the victims of a misconception. They think you can be on a diet part of the time and stay slim. They go away to a spa or a diet camp or they go on Metrecal for a while and feel that should take off the weight and solve the problems. That’s not how a lifetime problem is solved. I constantly have to remind my patients that taking the weight off is not the objective; keeping it off is. …"

”As long as you look upon being off your diet as a part of your future plans, you will never solve your weight problem. This can only happen when you accept the reality that if you have a weight problem for life, you must stay on a diet for life.”

Dr. Atkins, on the subject of Maintenance (pg 286):

"Q. Once I get the weight off and am a normal person again, why can't I maintain this normal weight by merely eating normally?

A. Because you only look normal; inside your body is the same metabolic abnormality that made you overweight in the first place…"

(pg 261):

"The main change that has to be made is in your head. Success in maintaining your trim figure and your zest for living is guaranteed if you can achieve this radical change in your thinking.

If you have a chronic weight problem it is essential to totally accept, fully understand that your fat is one symptom of a lifetime disease. Your metabolizing processes are and always will tend to be abnormal. Yes, even if you get slim and stay slim.

Many medical studies have shown that the biochemical responses of a formerly overweight person, such as the excessive insulin release when carbohydrates are eaten, are still quite different from a never-overweight person. In other words, you cannot eat what normal people eat and expect to stay thin.

So say this to yourself over and over until you've got it through your rebellious head: "My tendency to overweight is one sign of a chronic metabolic disorder. My physiology doesn't handle certain kinds of food as slim physiologies do. I mustn't try to compare my eating habits to those of a person who has never had a weight problem. Not now. Not ever. I have an illness, a lifelong illness. I can't cure it, but I can control it."

Basic to controlling it is to understand that it is a permanent condition...about which you can do a great deal. Controlling isn't all that difficult. Thousands of successfully slimmed patients are evidence of that."
WE ARE THE A-TEAM
Name..................start wt.............current..........#HAVE LOST

Paulette...........217.8...............217.2.................0.6

Cricket................161.8................157.8..................4.0

Barb......................182.0................180.6.................1.4*

Himi ......................193.3...............194.5.................-1.2

Chrissie ..............166.5................166.9................-0.4

Kathy .................148.5.................146.6................1.9

Jodi ....................xxx.x..................xxx.x.................x.x

Tam ..........................LOA til nov 27th.........................




TOTAL LOSSES

NAME...........started............at #...........AS OF..............at #............lost

Cricket.........11/28/13.........224.0.........11/15/15..........161.8............62.2
(original start 320# 1996 loss 190# 1997....total maintained 162.8)
Kathy...........12/02/13.........235.0.........11/15/15...........148.5...........86.5

Paulette........02/02/14.........331.8.........11/15/15...........217.8.........114.0

Himi.............12/26/14.........294.0.........11/15/15..........193.3..........100.7

Chrissie........01/05/15.........222.2.........11/15/15..........166.5............55.7

Jodi..............01/05/15.........153.0........11/15/15..........142.5............10.5

Barb.............03/29/15.........212.0........11/15/15...........182.0...........30.0

Tam.............07/11/15..........329.4........11/15/15...........267.0...........62.4

I didn't get a chance to get back on last night. My mom had to go to the ER and we didn't get home until after midnight. Everything turned out okay and she just has to do some follow-up today. I updated the Chart this morning. I'll check back in tonight. Good luck everyone!

hi. heading for eye doc in a few.up with figgin bicep tendon crap all night.Fell like a zombie.
BARB.. good to hear your Mom is ok.Our crew or some of us are sure having enough health things with family,friends and selves!
Carl helped me feed this morning for Jodi. She was volunteering to stay for NOT mandatory so she is moved to bottom of that list. Better to do it when she wants rather when she HAS to. I out her on deferred line for after TG day. Have no idea whather weight is.
heading out to peeper man and shop and then come home to weigh and collapse. Yes, Didi early weigh in..relects my late night bacon snack ugh..who knowes if it is down later.but I am maroon on a stick

TODAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th 2015

BIGGEST WINNER GAME #28 began SUNDAY 11/15/15 and will end with weight SUNDAY 11/22/15

It is OPEN TO ANYONE THAT FOLLOWS DADR or DANDR..1972 or 1992
Positive attitudes and a sense of humor is a big help.

We have learned and keep learning how our bodies adjust to the ever changing dynamics of life. We follow the Philosophies set forth by DR ATKINS in DANDR..1972 or 1992 versions.
It does not get easier as we get to goal and we accept that we will keep trying and not give in to old habits. We move forward, even if we take steps backward, we strive for success.

Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around!

from Dr. Atkins now:

"Your attitude toward your own body makes a difference. Some people think that it’s their fate to be overweight. Not so. Nobody needs to be overweight. these pessimists are the victims of a misconception. They think you can be on a diet part of the time and stay slim. They go away to a spa or a diet camp or they go on Metrecal for a while and feel that should take off the weight and solve the problems. That’s not how a lifetime problem is solved. I constantly have to remind my patients that taking the weight off is not the objective; keeping it off is. …"

”As long as you look upon being off your diet as a part of your future plans, you will never solve your weight problem. This can only happen when you accept the reality that if you have a weight problem for life, you must stay on a diet for life.”

Dr. Atkins, on the subject of Maintenance (pg 286):

"Q. Once I get the weight off and am a normal person again, why can't I maintain this normal weight by merely eating normally?

A. Because you only look normal; inside your body is the same metabolic abnormality that made you overweight in the first place…"

(pg 261):

"The main change that has to be made is in your head. Success in maintaining your trim figure and your zest for living is guaranteed if you can achieve this radical change in your thinking.

If you have a chronic weight problem it is essential to totally accept, fully understand that your fat is one symptom of a lifetime disease. Your metabolizing processes are and always will tend to be abnormal. Yes, even if you get slim and stay slim.

Many medical studies have shown that the biochemical responses of a formerly overweight person, such as the excessive insulin release when carbohydrates are eaten, are still quite different from a never-overweight person. In other words, you cannot eat what normal people eat and expect to stay thin.

So say this to yourself over and over until you've got it through your rebellious head: "My tendency to overweight is one sign of a chronic metabolic disorder. My physiology doesn't handle certain kinds of food as slim physiologies do. I mustn't try to compare my eating habits to those of a person who has never had a weight problem. Not now. Not ever. I have an illness, a lifelong illness. I can't cure it, but I can control it."

Basic to controlling it is to understand that it is a permanent condition...about which you can do a great deal. Controlling isn't all that difficult. Thousands of successfully slimmed patients are evidence of that."
WE ARE THE A-TEAM
Name..................start wt.............current..........#HAVE LOST

Paulette...........217.8...............217.2.................0.6

Cricket................161.8................157.8..................4.0

Barb......................182.0................180.6.................1.4*

Himi ......................193.3...............194.5.................-1.2

Chrissie ..............166.5................165.9................0.6*

Kathy .................148.5.................146.6................1.9

Jodi ....................xxx.x.................xxx.x................x.x

Tam ..........................LOA til nov 27th.........................




TOTAL LOSSES

NAME...........started............at #...........AS OF..............at #............lost

Cricket.........11/28/13.........224.0.........11/15/15..........161.8............62.2
(original start 320# 1996 loss 190# 1997....total maintained 162.8)
Kathy...........12/02/13.........235.0.........11/15/15...........148.5...........86.5

Paulette........02/02/14.........331.8.........11/15/15...........217.8.........114.0

Himi.............12/26/14.........294.0.........11/15/15..........193.3..........100.7

Chrissie........01/05/15.........222.2.........11/15/15..........166.5............55.7

Jodi..............01/05/15.........153.0........11/15/15..........142.5............10.5

Barb.............03/29/15.........212.0........11/15/15...........182.0...........30.0

Tam.............07/11/15..........329.4........11/15/15...........267.0...........62.4

down a pound this morning!

PAULETTE.......i'm so glad my "salty pork fest" did not have lingering effects
thanks for the gravy details!

walking dead CRICKET.......good luck at the peeper doc!
i hope your bicep pain subsides soon
as far as the pizza toppings go, i wait for the slice to be room temp, then it just peels right off with NO crust remnants
sauerkraut with honey? sounds peculiar
how did you get your sauerkraut "crispy"

BARB.......congrats on the toddler slide
glad your mom is

have a fantastic friday everyone!

TODAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th 2015

BIGGEST WINNER GAME #28 began SUNDAY 11/15/15 and will end with weight SUNDAY 11/22/15

It is OPEN TO ANYONE THAT FOLLOWS DADR or DANDR..1972 or 1992
Positive attitudes and a sense of humor is a big help.

We have learned and keep learning how our bodies adjust to the ever changing dynamics of life. We follow the Philosophies set forth by DR ATKINS in DANDR..1972 or 1992 versions.
It does not get easier as we get to goal and we accept that we will keep trying and not give in to old habits. We move forward, even if we take steps backward, we strive for success.

Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around!

from Dr. Atkins now:

"Your attitude toward your own body makes a difference. Some people think that it’s their fate to be overweight. Not so. Nobody needs to be overweight. these pessimists are the victims of a misconception. They think you can be on a diet part of the time and stay slim. They go away to a spa or a diet camp or they go on Metrecal for a while and feel that should take off the weight and solve the problems. That’s not how a lifetime problem is solved. I constantly have to remind my patients that taking the weight off is not the objective; keeping it off is. …"

”As long as you look upon being off your diet as a part of your future plans, you will never solve your weight problem. This can only happen when you accept the reality that if you have a weight problem for life, you must stay on a diet for life.”

Dr. Atkins, on the subject of Maintenance (pg 286):

"Q. Once I get the weight off and am a normal person again, why can't I maintain this normal weight by merely eating normally?

A. Because you only look normal; inside your body is the same metabolic abnormality that made you overweight in the first place…"

(pg 261):

"The main change that has to be made is in your head. Success in maintaining your trim figure and your zest for living is guaranteed if you can achieve this radical change in your thinking.

If you have a chronic weight problem it is essential to totally accept, fully understand that your fat is one symptom of a lifetime disease. Your metabolizing processes are and always will tend to be abnormal. Yes, even if you get slim and stay slim.

Many medical studies have shown that the biochemical responses of a formerly overweight person, such as the excessive insulin release when carbohydrates are eaten, are still quite different from a never-overweight person. In other words, you cannot eat what normal people eat and expect to stay thin.

So say this to yourself over and over until you've got it through your rebellious head: "My tendency to overweight is one sign of a chronic metabolic disorder. My physiology doesn't handle certain kinds of food as slim physiologies do. I mustn't try to compare my eating habits to those of a person who has never had a weight problem. Not now. Not ever. I have an illness, a lifelong illness. I can't cure it, but I can control it."

Basic to controlling it is to understand that it is a permanent condition...about which you can do a great deal. Controlling isn't all that difficult. Thousands of successfully slimmed patients are evidence of that."
WE ARE THE A-TEAM
Name..................start wt.............current..........#HAVE LOST

Paulette...........217.8...............215.2.................2.6*

Cricket................161.8................157.8..................4.0

Barb......................182.0................180.6.................1.4*

Himi ......................193.3...............194.5.................-1.2

Chrissie ..............166.5................165.9................0.6*

Kathy .................148.5.................146.6................1.9

Jodi ....................xxx.x..................xxx.x.................x.x

Tam ..........................LOA til nov 27th.........................




TOTAL LOSSES

NAME...........started............at #...........AS OF..............at #............lost

Cricket.........11/28/13.........224.0.........11/15/15..........161.8............62.2
(original start 320# 1996 loss 190# 1997....total maintained 162.8)
Kathy...........12/02/13.........235.0.........11/15/15...........148.5...........86.5

Paulette........02/02/14.........331.8.........11/15/15...........217.8.........114.0

Himi.............12/26/14.........294.0.........11/15/15..........193.3..........100.7

Chrissie........01/05/15.........222.2.........11/15/15..........166.5............55.7

Jodi..............01/05/15.........153.0........11/15/15..........142.5............10.5

Barb.............03/29/15.........212.0........11/15/15...........182.0...........30.0

Tam.............07/11/15..........329.4........11/15/15...........267.0...........62.4

Another whoosh of 2 lbs for me today. I am below my average of 216 now, although this last stretch of 220's probably raised that damn average a bit. 3.2 lbs to go to get back to where I was at the end of last month. I got down to 210-something a couple days previous to the end of the month and I am (as always) hopeful to pass that number up quickly!!!!!!!!!! If I do reach that level again I will not expect it to stick around for long, but it will be such a happy sight to see again.

Today will be my last weigh-in until Sunday night. I do not want to record that number as it will not be accurate, so I am going to wait until Monday morning to report my weight. So today's weight will have to be my total for this week. And I am happy it is in the proper direction!

I was up so late last night and was unable to submit my mailer to the printer because they did not provide a job number. So I have to wait until they are ready this morning before that can happen. It is OK because I am sure there will be changes this morning and I can make sure everything is spiffy and ready before I submit it.

I have to start getting all my stuff ready to go to the cabin this morning, too! Fill cat boxes and food bowls, pack clothes, bring toiletries, etc. Speaking of toiletries, I bought tons of tampons and pads yesterday because TOM decided to show up - but today it has mysteriously disappeared..... I am sure it will come back with a vengeance, but it is curious. It would actually be nice not to have to deal with it this weekend! We have no running water at the cabin, and all clean water is brought in by us in jugs. We also have to use buckets of river water to flush the toilet, so it is a lot of trudging up and down the hill to river's edge with big buckets of water in tow! NOT something I want to do numerous times this weekend.

I am VERY HAPPY we do not have snow on the ground this year, even though it is great for hunting. Last year we had quite a bit by this time. But it makes things more difficult with the water-toting. I only hope we get lucky and shoot both our deer early so we can get the heck out of Dodge and come back to civilization sooner than later! I will be tired of roughing-it by the time we get home, and the first thing I will want is a nice, clean, soapy shower, filled with suds that smell like Irish Spring, warm, clean water running trough sudsy hair, and a big fluffy bathrobe with puffy Packers slippers on my feet!!!!

BARB & CHRISSIE - congrats on your losses today!!!!!!

I hope everyone has a loss today and TGIF and all that stuff. I doubt I will be able to get back online after this, so have a great weekend and see you all again Sunday night or Monday morning!!!!!!

congrats on another BIG whoosh!!!!! way to go girlfriend.....2.6 lbs loss for the week is most excellent
God bless you woman......i have absolutely NO interest in doing any of the things you have just described (except the shower/robe/slipper thing)
have a great week-end!! good luck

TODAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th 2015

BIGGEST WINNER GAME #28 began SUNDAY 11/15/15 and will end with weight SUNDAY 11/22/15

It is OPEN TO ANYONE THAT FOLLOWS DADR or DANDR..1972 or 1992
Positive attitudes and a sense of humor is a big help.

We have learned and keep learning how our bodies adjust to the ever changing dynamics of life. We follow the Philosophies set forth by DR ATKINS in DANDR..1972 or 1992 versions.
It does not get easier as we get to goal and we accept that we will keep trying and not give in to old habits. We move forward, even if we take steps backward, we strive for success.

Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around!

from Dr. Atkins now:

"Your attitude toward your own body makes a difference. Some people think that it’s their fate to be overweight. Not so. Nobody needs to be overweight. these pessimists are the victims of a misconception. They think you can be on a diet part of the time and stay slim. They go away to a spa or a diet camp or they go on Metrecal for a while and feel that should take off the weight and solve the problems. That’s not how a lifetime problem is solved. I constantly have to remind my patients that taking the weight off is not the objective; keeping it off is. …"

”As long as you look upon being off your diet as a part of your future plans, you will never solve your weight problem. This can only happen when you accept the reality that if you have a weight problem for life, you must stay on a diet for life.”

Dr. Atkins, on the subject of Maintenance (pg 286):

"Q. Once I get the weight off and am a normal person again, why can't I maintain this normal weight by merely eating normally?

A. Because you only look normal; inside your body is the same metabolic abnormality that made you overweight in the first place…"

(pg 261):

"The main change that has to be made is in your head. Success in maintaining your trim figure and your zest for living is guaranteed if you can achieve this radical change in your thinking.

If you have a chronic weight problem it is essential to totally accept, fully understand that your fat is one symptom of a lifetime disease. Your metabolizing processes are and always will tend to be abnormal. Yes, even if you get slim and stay slim.

Many medical studies have shown that the biochemical responses of a formerly overweight person, such as the excessive insulin release when carbohydrates are eaten, are still quite different from a never-overweight person. In other words, you cannot eat what normal people eat and expect to stay thin.

So say this to yourself over and over until you've got it through your rebellious head: "My tendency to overweight is one sign of a chronic metabolic disorder. My physiology doesn't handle certain kinds of food as slim physiologies do. I mustn't try to compare my eating habits to those of a person who has never had a weight problem. Not now. Not ever. I have an illness, a lifelong illness. I can't cure it, but I can control it."

Basic to controlling it is to understand that it is a permanent condition...about which you can do a great deal. Controlling isn't all that difficult. Thousands of successfully slimmed patients are evidence of that."
WE ARE THE A-TEAM
Name..................start wt.............current..........#HAVE LOST

Paulette...........217.8...............215.2.................2.6*

Cricket................161.8................157.8..................4.0

Barb......................182.0................180.6.................1.4*

Himi ......................193.3...............194.5.................-1.2

Chrissie ..............166.5................165.9................0.6*

Kathy .................148.5.................146.0................2.5*

Jodi ....................xxx.x..................xxx.x.................x.x

Tam ..........................LOA til nov 27th.........................




TOTAL LOSSES

NAME...........started............at #...........AS OF..............at #............lost

Cricket.........11/28/13.........224.0.........11/15/15..........161.8............62.2
(original start 320# 1996 loss 190# 1997....total maintained 162.8)
Kathy...........12/02/13.........235.0.........11/15/15...........148.5...........86.5

Paulette........02/02/14.........331.8.........11/15/15...........217.8.........114.0

Himi.............12/26/14.........294.0.........11/15/15..........193.3..........100.7

Chrissie........01/05/15.........222.2.........11/15/15..........166.5............55.7

Jodi..............01/05/15.........153.0........11/15/15..........142.5............10.5

Barb.............03/29/15.........212.0........11/15/15...........182.0...........30.0

Tam.............07/11/15..........329.4........11/15/15...........267.0...........62.4

Got errands before work...BBL

POLLISAN~~~ I am already tired of roughing it just by reading about it! WOWWEEE... have fun and hope you bag your limit fast too! GREAT WHOOSHIES AS WELL All holding hands and doing the happy dance for you !!

CHRISSISUNSHINE~~ NICE LOSS!! fantastic my dear lady!!! WTG Trust me.. the topping from pizza can be stone cold and I WILL find a way to get the dough of the crust..forks scrapping works really well ..so, None for me..

OK.. PEEPER DOC: 1,2,3,4,FIVE hours later I got to leave!! YES, 5 hours in a huge freezing office with about 100+ other freezing people. They had computer trouble for over an hour and all got backloaded..everything is computer generated. So, I have seriously dried eye that is secondary to the bad astigmatsim which is why there is always bblurred vision..well, not always but there is a hzy deal..when my eye is moist the clarity is much better. Have drops ( AGAIN with the damned drops) and go back Dec 11th.) At least I verified with 3 people and the surgeon that this was included as post op care no co fee or charge to me..YEA.. I was able to get the ballon bands from Wallyworld.3 in a box for 8bucks and change.Different tensions for each.The had them individually but was not certain if the color coding was the same..it is.. so I used one to tie the user one to to increase the lenght.They get tied to a rail and I use it to gently pull sideways and outward and then inside. NOW about the flipppin pain. It does improve with motion during the day but let me tell you that it is escrutiating during the night still hours. I fall asleep easily and when I go to move.. OWOOWOWOW!!! catch you breath from pain kind of deal. I took one Lortab and one Ibuprofen and then less than 2 hours later..maybe even only one.. I repeated that.It did help the painbut by then I ad to get up and feed the horses.Carl was the hero.My knight in shining armour and got out of bed to help me.He was exhausted too. So after the eye doc I did go shopping a t Walmart and found a little pouch of chia seeds. I am intrigued that I might be able to creat a tapioca kind of dessert with it. I'll soak them in HC/and a little water.. add sweetener and vanilla.If I don't like it, I know someone here that rides horses that will eat it!I bought a premade chicken there..I was starved and bought it since it wasn 50% off!Got home and put eveything away and ripped the pittiful little 2 wings off and gobbled them down.Now at 5:10P am having the little leg and a couple of sandwich stuffer pickles.That will do it for tinigh..OOPS.. got a can of mixed nuts and stuffed a few in my face.I had not eaten since 8PM the night before.STARVED!! Reweighed and weigh is same as yesterday..so, SUNSHINE.. had over those keys to Mable

I'm truley pooped and heading to bed as soon as I finish eating!
Hope everyone has a great night..see ya in the morning xoxo

KATHY.....congrats on another -0.6

g'nite ladies.....see you in the morning

CHRISSIE>>> happy dreams... the cole slaw is right out of the jar and is not mushy as if it were well cooked for franks so it is still cruncy or close to it LOL.. haveing some now at 7:30.High in sodium so I will be water logged.

Of course the eye drops would have to corticosteriods.. like prednseone.. will I ever be off this stuff? I want to sleep but if I do so now I will be up later..uh.. hell i am up anyway so why not!
This chart is going to change in a little bit.

TODAY IS SATUDAY, NOVEMBER 21th 2015

BIGGEST WINNER GAME #28 began SUNDAY 11/15/15 and will end with weight SUNDAY 11/22/15

It is OPEN TO ANYONE THAT FOLLOWS DADR or DANDR..1972 or 1992
Positive attitudes and a sense of humor is a big help.

WE ARE THE A-TEAM
Name..................start wt.............current..........#HAVE LOST

Paulette....................217.8...............215.2.................2.6

Cricket....................161.8................157.8..................4.0

Barb.....................182.0...............180.6.................1.4

Himi .....................193.3................194.5.................-1.2

Chrissie ....................166.5................165.9..................0.6

Kathy .....................148.5.................146.0................2.5

Jodi .....................xxx.x..................xxx.x.................x.x

Tam ..........................LOA til nov 27th.........................

TOTAL LOSSES

NAME...........started............at #...........AS OF..............at #............lost

Cricket.........11/28/13.........224.0.........11/15/15..........161.8............62.2
(original start 320# 1996 loss 190# 1997....total maintained 162.8)
Kathy...........12/02/13.........235.0.........11/15/15...........148.5...........86.5

Paulette........02/02/14.........331.8.........11/15/15...........217.8.........114.0

Himi.............12/26/14.........294.0.........11/15/15..........193.3..........100.7

Chrissie........01/05/15.........222.2.........11/15/15..........166.5............55.7

Jodi..............01/05/15.........153.0........11/15/15..........142.5............10.5

Barb.............03/29/15.........212.0........11/15/15...........182.0...........30.0

Tam.............07/11/15..........329.4........11/15/15...........267.0...........62.4

I tried to get all the lines in line and names as well..OY..anyone wishing to challenge thier OCD, go for it and good night!