Hi there, haven't posted in a couple days. Going through a "down" period, but working to snap out of it.

Still hovering around 155, but after 8 lbs of water and several inches from different places from Thursday to Saturday my body is probably like, "well, you can wait for another drop."

Right now I'm just trying to motivate myself to do my morning exercise! The mountain is covered in mist, and I no longer have 2 hours at my disposal so 200m intervals will have to do.

I'm pretty confident I'll see at least a 4 lbs loss for the end of the month if I cut dairy and follow my plan to the letter.... Anyone have tips on how to stay out of the fridge in the evenings? My only problem is the evening. I can go all day doing anything - even the most extreme restricted diet (ok, unless I'm major PMSing), feel great, have loose pants, and then blow it in the evening with as much calories as I ate during the day.

Keep at it everyone so we can feel good about this an join another challenge once we're successful with this one!

Meg

Stacysheil

That is great advise...
I am with you, I'll take any weight loss there is...my weight fluctuates also, but overnight i can gain about 2 lbs.

Anyway, since yesterday I have been very hungry in the AM...I am wondering now (after reading NAT and Annie-Pie piece) if I am eating enough fat..

Come to think of it, when I wasn't working and made bacon and eggs for breakfast, I used to have to remember to eat something in the afternoon...

Think I may have to start getting up and making breakfast before leaving home at 8:15 AM for work...because I have been eating some deli slices of chicken or turkey with a smig of mustard for breakfast w/decaf herbal tea and equal...

That must not be enough...I have just been so afraid of eating so much fat...going against the long time "mental programming" of cutting out the fat...

Because I had lost 13 lbs without even exercising, just eating the scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast and salad lunch time and a broiled steak w/salad for dinner....

any advise, suggestion ladies?

Hi Meg....my problem is the morning...

Anyway, what I'm mentally doing is figuring out why the morning crave and how to make myself realign...because this can potentially ruin my program...

Have you noticed a "time" frame when you have the urge? or noticed any "emotional" urges?

When I used to have a evening problem after kids were in bed and I'm watching TV to unwind or my hubby likes to snack (he's slim as a stick-eat all kinds of junk and will loose before he gains) that used to get me to go to the fridge...

What I do to help me is chew gum...or drink water slowly (sip on it) or eat a salad or just go to bed...

When it use to be really bad I'd eat a small piece of whatever real slowly.

It is miserable for me when it seems I'm about to mess up my plan....like now..this morning craving has got to go...because I have at least 10-15 more lbs to loose before end of October...

my goal is 23 lbs down by october...I started at 223, now at 210 and I've got to get a handle on this AM thing or I'll gain those back..

Meg_S, I'm sure you'll see a drop soon..

Keep up the good work...

hi Meg: I have the same problem as you. I had done real good yesterday and we went to the auction and got home at bedtime. Well, for some reason I thought I had to eat something before I went to bed. I should have just went to bed. I only had a spoonful of peanut butter (which has not effected me yet, thank goodness) but still I would have been much better off just going to bed because I woke up starving this morning.

estherm: I also had your problem too when I first started this woe and I still do sometimes. I was so scared of eating too much fat and then afraid of not eating enough fat. But you have to even it all out for this to work. Try tokeep around 70% fat. It does work and it will also keep you from getting so hungry. Do you like deviled eggs? That should be a good snack to keep your protein and your fat. Hope I helped. Have a good day.

ya it's strange how once good things start to happen ie: fat loss, something subconscious seems out to sabotage the efforts so you can't get past a certain point. At least that's how it is for me. I travel a lot, and am usually at my best when I've been home and able to concentrate on things for a few weeks. I will ALWAYS plan ahead on how to do things "right" while on vacation and somehow it never works. I always give in and eat - I don't even necessarily eat a lot, but just eating a little of the wrong things is enough to send me backward.


I think I'll do the gum and water thing, or tea or anything other than food

take care everyone!

Meg

Hi everyone! It's Wednesday,

Tomorrow I am only working a half day so that I can go to the chemo vet for my Golden....We are not going to do the chemo, just want to get as much info on Bandit's cancer as I can and then I'm going to get copies of his medical records and then we are going to see the holistic vet. It's going to be a long, hard road, but I am going to extend his life as long as I possibly can.

Then Friday, I am taking off work and we are going to central Florida to camp and ride our all terrain vehicles. I can't wait to get out into the country and leave this city life behind.

Annie: I am glad that I inspire you to exercise. I think it is essential in moving my scale along... My letter writing hasn't gone too well as I guess I have been on my own pity trip. I did however write a long letter to my fiance about our Golden Retriever and how we will make it through this together....

Alex: Sorry, but mentally I cannot handle weighing myself at night. It's enough to send me over the edge. I think I'm about a 5 pound difference by 4 p.m.

Fishburg: Sorry to hear about your FIL. I will keep you in my prayers. I hope you have fun watching the whales...

Maureen: I loved your idea about having the flowers given to the meanest person in the store! That's quite a hoot! I think I will do that but it will be for the person with the most kids in line with them.. I really feel for them too!
45 minutes of exercise! You are really progressing girl!!!!!!! YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW PROUD OF YOU I AM!!

Sheila: Regarding your question about measuring tapes and checking on the inches....This is why I just can't measure. First of all, you really must know how to measure correctly and I just never learned how to do it. Secondly, when I have tried to measure before, it was never right to begin with and I never saw any inches disappear therefore I knew it was me and not the tape.

Estherm: Yes, eat fat! I eat fat all the time and lose weight faster when I do.

Meg: Nightime eating is hard for me too. I try and have SF jello on hand at all times. This way, if I have the urge at night and I eat my jello, it is VERY low in calories, fat and carbs. I know we are not counting calories or carbs, but when you eat late at night, we should be!! If I eat the SF jello at night, there is no change in the scale. Anything else, forget it, the scale moves up the next day.
Otherwise, I have to just go to bed early... I also exercise every night pretty late, take a shower and then I just don't have much time to snack.

Susan: Glad to see you have a nice side effect to hyper thyroidism....Losing weight at your rate is quite spectacular!

Hi to Karen and everyone else I may have missed!

Last night: Walked 10/ran 20/walked 5/Kickboxed for 10/Lower Body weights and ABS for 20/Vacuumed and Mopped entire tile floor of house. I was a bit tired after all that!

Food today: cheese, peanut butter, steak and salad

Hi Everyone,

Gosh I haven't been here for a day or two and how our little group has grown. Welcome to all you new members! I am very busy at work and don't have a lot of time but I wanted to check in with you guys.

I will try to post better tomorrow.

Hugs

Karen

Hi again everyone,
I try to check in often if I dont seems like I miss commenting on someone.

No annie it wasnt a horse auction. We go there friday. We bought a Tenn. Walker Mare a couple of months ago so we could breed her with our Tenn. Walker Stud. Well, come to find out she was already a month pregnant when we bought her so now we just have to wait. We dotn know what she is bred with right now, but it will be here in May or June I think.

Denise: You need to come to my part of the world, lol. We go riding all the time. I live up a holler that is half a mile long and parts off into so many different directions you can ride all day and never ride in the same place.

I found a new snack or lunch or whatever you want to call it today. Someone suggested I use low carb tortillas and turn it into pizza since that is one of my big weaknesses. So I did and I love it. I just made it like regular pizza and rolled it up and ate it. So good.

Hello ladies...I enjoy reading all the happenings.

Meg that Jello things does sound good..I use to make jello, but the kids don't want to eat it and I threw it out after a while..

Thanks for the eat fat advise...I will go shopping for I'm out of eggs and bacon...the kids wanted pancakes and bacon for dinner last night...they don't eat eggs-allergic.

Well great evening to all....

Wanted to say, I look forward to a prompt each morning in my email..it sets off my day...

Thanks you all for being great and for being there!

How do I change the option to have private emails?

Hi Stacy,

Yes, I have heard about the Hatfield/McCoy trails near you. I would love to check them out!! Where we ride in Central Florida, we have 40,000 acres of private land-not open to the public so I know what you mean about riding and finding new places and seeing new wildlife. I love it. I just might take you up on that!

Just wanted to say Hi to all.
I bought a new scale today, it's alot easier to read.
I differ in weight at night from 2-4lbs , usaully depending on my daily intake of food & water. I drink tons of water.
Made a pumpkin pie for the Hubby last night. Used Splenda instead of the 1 1/2 cup sugar.
I had a very small piece with no crust. Not sure on the carb count because of the Splenda. With out it , it was about 3.875 per serving (w/o crust).
I'll have to sit down and figure it out later.
Well I wish everyone the best.
Happy LC wishes to you all. Tina

Tina,
You oughta be congratulated for taking the pie thing serious enough to count the carbs. How much splenda did you use? 1/3 cup = 27 pkts, which equals 27 grams. But remember that's for the entire 1/3 cup.
You reminded me of a recipe I made last week. Got it off the Atkins site I think--pumpkin pie mousse. Sprinkle a pkt of knox over 1 cup cold water. Set 5 minutes. Mix a small can of pumpkin pie mix with cinnamon, spices etc with a couple eggs and splenda, I think. Don't quote me. Use the recipe on the site!

Family was nice enough to eat it. As I did after-dinner clean-up, I noticed the pot of water/knox on the stove with the pumpkin pie spices... DUH I had forgotten to add it to the recipe. BLEGH no wonder it didn't taste all that great!
LOL

Annie

Hi All... sorry I haven't been here much lately. Hope everyone is doing ok. I saw the specialist yesterday and it's a done deal. I am having my thyroid destroyed on Tuesday because it's gone hyper again. I'm freaked out because I am taking radioactive iodine and then I can't touch anyone, have to sleep alone, etc etc for 4 days, but my doc says he fees 3-4 weeks! anyone have any experience with this? I guess my easy weight loss will soon disappear. Thank God I'm almost there!!

Susan

Hello! This morning showed a positive result.. the scale was on the UNDERSIDE of 155 even though I am swollen from it being the week before TOM. I actually expected to see at least 157-8 this morning just from how I feel.

I got some japanese noodles yesterday called konnjaku. They're incredible, I got the ones that look like glass noodles and these wide flat ones. The texture is amazing, they have no taste, when you fry them they take on a meaty texture. And they have 0 fat, 0 protein, 3 carb (which are all fiber) per serving. They saved my butt yesterday at dinner. I had used most of my calories for the day (yes, calories are restricted) and was fretting about what to eat. Even a tiny portion of 1 hard boiled egg with 1tb mayo and 1/2 oz bacon is a lot of calories...... VOILA! Noodles fried in 1tb coconut oil with some prepared curry sauce added. WOW.

I also made a vanilla pudding using stevia and this "gum" flour that the noodles are made from, 1 tsp is like 10 tsp of corn starch in terms if thickening power so I was able to use water and cream and a couple eggs and am very happy with the results. It won't kill me on the calories either. This means I will be able to make thick vanilla/chocolate shakes with very little effort

Just happy about my new found food tools!