No change.

Going2: thank you for the kind words it means a lot!
After this weekend with my daughter I have her Monday night but I think she is with my ex husbands Tuesday night through till Sunday night. Although I am working mon-wed I am off Thursday and Friday so I can live at the gym all week and decide if I want to do keto or low carb or healthy protein shakes and the best part is I will have the time to post and be mindful of what I am eating. I was eating junk in my car this week and whether it was because I was in traffic or stressed or whatever the case there are a million other ways to cope with my issues and a few of them are listen to a pre-recorded OA meeting on the a vision for you website or even go to an online OA meeting on my laptop at a place with WiFi - or read or journal or work through lunch or go to my gym and have a healthy lunch or even eat what my co worker eats she seems pretty thin! Lol

Entropy39 - Keep your own action words you just wrote with you when you need some motivation!

I'm so envious of peeps who lose their appetites under stress---am the opposite! Shoot, I even overeat when I'm bored or happy, hahaha!

Having a bit of a funk here, think the impending holidays with no family and our dwindling group of friends (common for our age group) is weighing on me, plus worrying this is what our retirement is going to be now, kinda boring.

Yah, "in a funk" is another reason to overeat, heh heh.

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......191.5..........2.7
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
4........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.0..........4.0
4........Auggie........242.2......237.2......241.2..........4.0
5........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
6........Melilotus......196.........191........196.5...........5.5
6.......ferrygirl........171.........166.........171.5..........5.5
7........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
8.......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6

Its more normal to increase eating under stress conditions, so just consider yourself "normal".

DH was T-boned by a distracted driver, clearly totalling the farm truck. I didnt sleep that night until 3am, and coulnt eat the next day. FIRST time ever. Usually Im hunting for sweets when in stress.

Im learning to manage distress, to control the intake. Its a long process to become a Shoalin preist.

On my phone but 226.5 today.

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......191.5..........2.7
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
4........Auggie........242.2......237.2......241.2..........4.0
5........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.5..........4.5
6........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
7........ferrygirl........171........166.........171.5..........5.5
8........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
9........Melilotus......196.........191........199.5............8.5
10......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6

I had an almost perfect diet + exercised but still ... went up. One word: menopause.

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......191.5..........2.7
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Auggie.........242.2....237.2.......240.8..........3.6
4........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
5........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.5..........4.5
6........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
7........ferrygirl........171........166.........171.5..........5.5
8........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
9........Melilotus......196.........191........199.5............8.5
10......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......191.5..........2.7
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........jschwab......227.0......222.0......225.0..........3.0
4........Auggie.........242.2....237.2.......240.8..........3.6
5.......Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
6........jschwab......227.0......222.0......225.0..........3.0
7........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
8........ferrygirl........171........166.........171.5..........5.5
9........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
10........Melilotus......196.........191........199.5............8.5
11......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6

The last time I weighed myself was last mon 11/18 on the morning of my birthday and I was 162!!!
Considering I tried low carb in February and was down to like 145 in feb I definitely am concerned. I think I need this challenge more than ever before!!!
People don’t realize how addictive carbs and sugar is —- no one would give alveolus to a recovering alcoholic or drugs to someone who is in narcotics anonymous but if you work in an office and you are a size 10 or 12 you get offered food all the time and unless you say no or I can’t eat that people will not understand. My brother recently had a borderline diabetes scare and ended up low carbing and losing weight for his health. Maybe I need to start getting scared /motivated
Or at the very least take out some of my size 6 and size 4 dresses and hang them up in my room every day to motivate me ??? They are in the pack of my closet and that is not good for motivation at all

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......191.5..........2.7
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........jschwab......227.0......222.0......225.0..........3.0
3........Auggie.........242.2....237.2.......240.0..........3.0
4.......Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
5........jschwab......227.0......222.0......225.0..........3.0
6........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
7........ferrygirl........171........166.........171.5..........5.5
8........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
9........Melilotus......196.........191........199.5............8.5
10......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6

224.5 today but I was up all night peeing every hour. I think I'm coming down with something and flushing. Will update list when I'm at my computer.

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........jschwab......227.0......222.0......224.5..........2.5
2........Going2........193.8......188.8......191.5..........2.7
3........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Auggie.........242.2....237.2.......240.0..........3.0
4.......Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
5........jschwab......227.0......222.0......225.0..........3.0
6........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
7........ferrygirl........171........166.........171.5..........5.5
8........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
9........Melilotus......196.........191........199.5............8.5
10......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6

I'm afraid my weight loss is due to this laxative regimen the GI doctor put me on. Cutting back the dose.

A fall from grace after a horrid last week carbo-loading, so I did this to myself! Starting off this week with a protein shake after 18 hours IF, "Going2" try and eat light the next few days cuz we know this weekend will be rough with loads of cals. and carbs---gobble-gobble!

Entropy39 - Motivation is a weird animal, right? Sometimes it comes easily and other times its a fight to get it onboard. It's tough in an office setting to keep saying no to all the goodies and pressure, feel for you. What has helped me is planning ahead, having food options ready and accessible.

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........jschwab......227.0......222.0......224.5..........2.5
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
2........Auggie.........242.2....237.2.......240.0..........3.0
2........jschwab......227.0......222.0......225.0..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
3........Going2........193.8......188.8......192.6..........3.8
4........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2..........5.0
5........ferrygirl........171........166.........171.5..........5.5
6........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
7........Melilotus......196.........191........199.5...........8.5
8........Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........jschwab......227.0......222.0......223.5..........1.5
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
2........Auggie.........242.2....237.2.......240.0..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
3........Going2........193.8......188.8......192.6..........3.8
4........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2..........5.0
5........ferrygirl........171........166.........171.5..........5.5
6........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
7........Melilotus......196.........191........199.5...........8.5
8........Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6