Holding on!!!!!!!
 

Didn't start (make that restart) induction until Wed. the 3rd. I am now back in ketosis and already down 2.5 lbs. I have been getting at least 68 ozs of water each day, but no exercise since the 3rd. I will try to night, if I can get the thoughts out of my mind about working 16 hours on my feet in the morning. Sometimes that mental picture does me in. If any one has any ideas for snacks I would love to hear about them. I can't seem to take the sugar alcohols. I will stall. Not sure about splenda yet. I hope not. It's hard to know about all those good treats out there and not be able to eat them :cry: . Lets hear it for will power :cheer: I hope everyone has a good weekend! Thanks for your support.

Cheat free
 

Question? How can I get the cheat free with the # of days on my posts??

you are so lucky
 

hi!
Well I am writing to all of you , because I wanted to say that you are really lucky. Here in Spain we do not have all the ATKINS, LC indulges!!
so it is really hard when you want a chocolate, cake or ice cream!
Yesterday I was doing great, but then at night we went for dinner at a Friend's house. I could not resist the frech potatoes, the shrip rings, and other food which I do not know how it is called in english...I feel awful, and think that I am out of ketosis, so I need to start over!
Need to get some ketosticks at the farmacy...
I am so glad for all of you who have joined, even a little late. Here you will find the support and motivation you need.
Are we posting our weekly weight on monday?
What do you think if we all do so?

don't know yet how to post my picture...please help!

SEE YA ON MONDAY!

Have a great weekend!

I am in a litlle late it is Sept 5th!

I think I am 175 so 165 here I come!

Tab

Hey Everyone,
The scale was only down two lbs today so that got me a little bummed. The first week is always my biggest weight loss. So I went to the gym and worked out and tried to up the water. 300 situps....I always see inches more than pounds but we are so programmed to look at that damn scale!!I got down to only 2 diet cokes today without having a seizure. Just maybe I'll be able to give that up soon... Stay motivated this weekend!!!

Rachet,

That's 2 pounds less than you were a week ago....:) And much better than nothing! Keep it up, you'll get there!

Hi Guys -
Didnt have a chance to post yesterday, was busy with one of my many bride friends at a Bridal Show. I have 3 friends getting married this upcoming summer (2004), and this is my main motivation for losing weight. As I am in all of the wedding parties...and if I am going to spend a fortune of three bridesmaids dresses, then I am going to look damn good!!!! :cool:

I did get thru the fudge challenge, thankfully! :yum: And you know what? When it was all said and done, it felt really good to have the determination to turn it away.

Ratchet - 300 situps!!! :hyper: I am impressed...no wonder you see the inches rather than pounds coming off at first, we could all learn a lesson from you!

Tabno1 - welcome! :wave: this is a fabulous challenge that we have all joined, everyone here is so supportive!

Hope everyone is having a sunny weekend! :sunny:

Talk to you all soon!

Hi everybody.... today is my fun day..... Saturday is the day I pick to just have fun.... I dont exercise or watch what I eat really. It keeps me off staying on a plateau... but then I start back on Sun-Fri... I am proud of you all of you guys for posting and checking in.... I cant wait till Monday to weigh in cus I can feel my jeans fitting me better. I am trying so hard to stick to this.... also about that fudge barbie was talking about... its true once you pass something up you shouldnt be eating it feels so good....proud of yourself. Hey today we went to arts/craft show I love those... anyways I usually get me a funnel cake... I kept walking around and telling myself how much better my jeans will fit at the end of the month.... I didnt get one even though it was my fun day.... I was so proud of myself so I bought me a bracelet. That felt better than a funnel cake... now that I am at home and miles away from that cake... I am glad I didnt eat one. I cant wait till Monday to see if we all lost. Its almost a week for us... tommorow I run and exercise again... talk to u guys later.

Yeah last night before we went to a football game, they all decided we were going to a Pizza place for dinner HOW CRUEL! But anyway while they were eating that pizza I was a good girl and had salad bar! I was so jealous, but new if I cheated it would only be cheating myself!
Well I thought I would share I am really trying to stick with this!

Kind of a rough day
 

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend.

I didn't have alot of time to eat my meals today because I was playing in a ball tournment for most of the day. I only ended up eating about 10 grams of carbs. Now I'm pretty hungry, but I don't want to give in and eat anything at this time of night (11:30pm).

Tomorrow may be even worse. The tournment continues with our first game at 9:00am. If we continue to win, we could end up playing 4 games...back to back! I'm thinking I better take a cooler bag full of exceptable foods to get me through most of the day.

I've been weighing myself for the past two mornings (even though I told myself I was only going to weigh once a week :nono: ) and it appears that the scale hasn't budged. I hope the whoosh fairy pays me a visit before Tuesday's weigh-in. I'd hate to have a stall this early on in my efforts.

Take care ladies, and see you on weigh-in day.
Tracy

well it seems to be the weekend to be tempted. the girls at work showed up with cookies, chips, salsa and ice cream. I guess i could eat the bag it came in. I did well though. Just stuck to chicken and salad. I'll go for the LC bar later when i need a choc fix. Stay strong everyone!!!

long day
 

I did well yesterday, I worked 16 hours and mananged not to give in to feeling sorry for myself and going on a binge. The only bad thing was the late (10pm) taco salad without beans or shell, and diet coke. But that diet coke was great! The first one in 4 days. I am lucky to be taking off what I gained during a 2 week binge quickly. I think a lot of it was water also. So I hope to hit the 10 lbs early, but it won't mean that much. I will try for extra if I can. I put on 8 lbs during my 2 week binge. I wonder how that is possible to regain so quickly. But I have to quit going all out if I cheat just one time. I can't seem to find the middle ground. If I want that one ice cream treat I have blown it for the day, which turns in to the week and so on. Plus I have to have all those high carb goodies before I jump in again. :bash: This has got to stop!!!! I know what I am doing but I still do it. But not this time. This time we are all going to have a great month and get rid of those 10 lbs. :cheer:
Everyone have a wonderful w/e, and may the willpower be with you!!!

ooh! are we supposed to do daily check-ins? I'm sorry I haven't!
This week (week 3 of induction) I added nuts and I think I might have gained weight... I'm really mad! I'll know for sure tomorrow on the official day.
So, what do you really think of water? I so don't drink any. Do I need to? For real... And I'm a bum about exercising. Some days I take my baby and 2 dogs for a walk but we don't get a good speed going. You're all really going to help me stay motivated, I know!
THanks!!!!

YUPPI!
I could finally post my picture.
How to do it:
1) go to your profile
2) select "use custom AVATAR" (yes)
3) upload your picture which has to be 100 pixels by 100 pixels (you can make the picture size modifications in the "Microsoft photo Editor" .
and ...that is it! I was breaking my head trying to figure out how to do this...
I cheated this weekend. I have to admit it. Now I feel really bad, because I have gained some (almost 2) pounds.
Need to start all over... :( grrrrrr.

Hope you had a great weekend...

See ya tomorrow.

Meghan:
What you have done is admirable...really!
Imagine, today, my husband asked me to make a pizza for lunch...Even though i only ate the cheese, ham and peperonni, I had and entire glass of COKE! and a bite of pizza bread....grrrr.. Could not resisit. And guess what...for dinner, I had a baked potatoe with mushrooms, cream and cheese cream my husband did, which I have to admit was delicious!You said that if we cheat, we only cheat to ourselves...and that is very very very true.
I feel owful.
It seems that weekends play bad tricks on us!
You are a winner! Keep up! :)

Hi everyone....... I am soooooo happy today... its Monday and I just got off my scale... I LOST WEIGHT 2 POUNDs.... I got on it again and again to make sure I was seeing right. I almost cheated yesterday and now I am so glad I didnt. I kept looking at my new bracelet I had rewarded myself with and thought... nope I am worth not cheating. I want to cry... I now weigh 122 pounds... the lowest in years.... I made myself a super healthy lunch for today... gonna drink my water I am drinking about 96oz a day... I fill up my water bottle its a 24floz one and walk around with it all the time... I fill that thing four times a day so thats about 96ozs aday... sometimes I drink 8 of em... it depends but not less than four...I run for an a hour a day.. I tell myself I am worth that hour. I give so much of myself to my job... my son... my hubbie.. so that hour for me is just mine. I am glad I do that now... I am so happyyyyyyyyy.. I would love to lose two more pounds for next week but I am sure that is unlikely cus I am gaining muscle too. I lift weights so I can feel my arms getting firmer... I can now wear those sleeveless shirts... I wouldnt dare get caught with em when I was 187... since I started losing they started to hang on me.... I invested in some weights and lift those everyday.... my arms are much firmer. Love you guys... post in and tell us how you are doing... remember were in this together.. I was thinking if I lose my weight this month I am buying me a leather chair with an ottoman.... I want that next to my fireplace sooooo bad. I will reward myself with that. Later y'all.

well like so many of you, the weekend was bad for me. hubby didt have to work so that means of course that he sits home and eats all day so that means it is hard for me. igave in. as of friday I hadnt lost any this week. i have a dr. appt. wednesday so i will post my weigh in then.

i think i will start a post with everyones weigh in that way you can just copy it and add your weigh in that way we will have just one post to see everyones weight. if you dont want to do it that way you dont have to, i just thought it was a good idea.

WEIGH INS

NAME SEPT. 1ST SEPT. 8TH

thenewme 124 122 -2
stacysheil 175
barbie 180 172 -8
liddle 139.5 138 -1.5

i hope this turns out alright, well it doesnt look the best in the world, maybe somebody can fix it better

Morning all! Well yesterday was my personal official weigh in day and I was down 1.5 lbs. Doesn't sound like much but that puts me at a new low. I have also been lifting and usually gain some water weight when I up the weights and that hasn't happend. My measurements are also changing. Clothes are fitting differently and that's all the encouragment I need. Well, that and this site! :) I've been maintaining for so long
( bouncing within 5 lbs. up and down ) that I know there is NO way for me to loose 10 lbs in one month but I have a mission and I'm gonna give it all I got!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!!!!

Heather

ps. YES! WATER, WATER, WATER!!! You need to be able to flush those keytones out of your system! Besides, if your body doesn't get the water it needs, it'll hold on to what it has. It takes water to loose water!

Weigh in
 

Hope everyone had a good weekend! This weekend was very challenging for me, but stepping on the scale today made it worth it. I am down 5 pounds since I started induction last Wednesday.

I know a lot of that is probably water, and loss will slow down, but for now it is a big motivational boost.

Reading and posting has really helped to keep me on track. Thanks, guys!

Hopefully I did this right:
thenewme 124 122 -2
stacysheil 175
barbie 180 172 -8
liddle 139.5 138 -1.5
VanCityGrl 187 182 -5

Happy Monday!
 

Congratulations to you all! Had a very busy week and even busier weekend, but I managed to stay on track and lose 2lbs this week. Yaaaaahhh!! :Party:

thenewme 124 122 -2
stacysheil 175
barbie 180 172 -8
liddle 139.5 138 -1.5
VanCityGrl 187 182 -5
Tracy213: 207 205 -2

Have a wonderful week!

Congrats to those of you who have posted that you lost weight this week. I'll be wieghing at the gym in about an hour and will post then. I know it will be a minimum of 2.25 pounds, but I am hoping to see a bit more as well.

Those of you who had a bad weekend, food-wise, don't beat yourself up over it. It happens to the best of us. Just get up, dust yourself off and keep going. We will all reach our goals with determination and perserverance!

Not That Bad!
 

Yesterday i was really disappointed because I thought that I gained weight.
I started the the Sept challenge on the 2nd of September and weighted 233 pounds. this morning I weighted myself and I am at: 230.17 pounds
a diference of 2,83 pounds.

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I am so thrilled and happy to know we are all losing.... this has kept me motivated and accountable... today is Monday guys and I already posted my loss... but wanted to get back on here and encourage us again. I was reading an article on Saturday about weight loss and it made a good point about water.... it is a good source of weight loss because it flushes our system, hydrates our skin, keeps our metabolism regular, so many benefits. I love my water!! At first I didnt but as I see my clothes feeling better and my skin looking cleaner I love it. Hang in there guys.... we might get pretty close to our 10 pound goal at the end of this month.... we have 3 weeks left..... we can do this together. I am so proud of everyone who posted. And remember to achieve the results we want for tommorow we need to start today!!!

forgot to enter my weight on the list
 

thenewme 124 122 -2
stacysheil 175
barbie 180 172 -8
liddle 139.5 138 -1.5
VanCityGrl 187 182 -5
Tracy213: 207 205 -2
becky160: 233 230,17 - 2.83

ok, you all have made me look really bad (just kidding) i am so glad everyone has lost except me. but, it does give me the motivation to do better this week. i did really good until sat. afternoon and then i blew it.
i am working on getting the bad stuff out of my body, so far i am on my 12th glass of water and it is only 12 in the day.
congratulations to you all for such a good week.

Congrats everyone! well I made it through 4 days in New Orleans ( glaad that is over1) Even ate at Olive garden with no bread sticks!!!! But did eat a few LC bars, didn't know we are nit suppose to on the induction. Anyway weighed in this morning at 160, Thats down 3 pounds I am sooooooooo happy! well off to week 2.