The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Janae]

Jenn-

I just wanted to say I am SOOOO glad you are back home and the camping trip is all just a (happy?!??) memory!!!

OK...tomorrow is a new day...you will start fresh. You will enjoy your MF schedule, as you have come to know it...or in "tweaked" form...

Either way...just float through a few more days on the program and see if your weight loss does not begin again. I know how hard it is...we get spoiled with MF to the quicker losses. I sometimes forget the days of weighing in at WW andlosing .5 pound or nothing at all...or the days on Atkins where I lost acceptable some weeks and some weeks lost nothing.

I know all the talk of averaging your losses doesn't help as much when you are newer on the plan ( I have less time in than you do!)...but it made alot of sense when I read Jo's post on plateaus and saw her numbers.

Most of all...I just wanted to say I am rooting for you! And that I've thought about you all weekend with your off can and clorox wipes!

I will be watching as the tide changes and you are (joyfully) losing again!

[Prancer]

Janea makes a good point....talking about what Jo posted. I often look at what people have lost...like Jo for example and I say well she lost so many pounds in certain months. So I open the old computer calculator and do the math and say "wow she has lost 3.75 pounds a week" But that is my assumption not fact. Everyone has plateaus, right? I dont know how much Jo has lost each week and maybe one week it was .5 and the next 6...who knows. If someone were to look at my totals they would see 18 pounds in 4 weeks...that is 4.5 pounds a week which isnt what happened. So here I am to officially say "I"M A NUT" I need to move on and just work the program, look back at this and say "Lesson learned and look how far I have come"


Ok so back on program today. Up one pound because of my cheat...to be expected. So I am starting week 5 at 246. If I dont get my behind off the couch and this computer I will never get my housework done. I have a ton of stuff to do today around the house and errands to run. I am excited to be back on plan today!

Thanks for the support everyone!!

[Prancer]

Well Week 5 day something or another (lol lost track). Things are looking better. Back to 244 today so I again match my signature. That is 2 pounds down from yesterday. Pretty decent and hopefully a trend.

I got an email from HA yesterday and he agreed with what you all here have said...stop eating the bar for breakfast and cut the soy crisps down to only a couple times a week. He also told me to stop weighing myself every day (HA that is like saying stop breathing) and do it once a week, taking measurements then too. Funny Funny man.

I am a number freak and I like spreadsheets and graphs (why I do the weekly stats here...curiosity) I did a whatif spreadsheet for myself to show how quickly the lost pounds would add up by losing 1, 2, 3, 4 or even 5 pounds a week. With 5 a week I would be and Olsen twin by Christmas. It seems encouraging to me because that doesnt seem very far away. So after thinking about something that was posted here yesterday I went back and said well if we do this month to month what would it look like? So I made a spreadsheet with my start date and weight of June 19, 262. Then July 19 I put in 17 pounds lost (where I was yesterday) and then copied that 17 for each month to follow. Still by Christmas it shows me about at goal. Bottom line. Dont get hung up on the weekly loss, look at the big picture. I have already checked off several of my goals on my list and that is more important then the daily number.

I am off to get ready for the dentist. My older son seems to be coming down with something so I am going to mother him now. Then I need to look into the Milk Thistle that Joy told me about.

Have a good day and thank you all so much for your support. I would have failed by now if it werent for everyone here!!

[Janae]

Jenn...

I just want to say I am SOOOO pleased that you are doing better! You sound so much happier...there is a joyful attitude behind the words you worte today and it is really wonderful to hear!

Having the scale be kind to you is helpful...but just as much...you seem to have a new perspective that is not just based on the number on the scale today!!!! Everyone is different...but I know I have to balance my dependence on the daily scale number because it can keep me on task when it is good...but, it can make me so frustrated when it is not good that it affects my mood and really puts a cloud on my whole day!

SO...we are all learning- but it sounds like you have actually crossed a hurdle! In my opinion, it approximates a non-scale victory! So...I trust that you will see the scale move down more consistently but most of all...that you continue steadily through your journey to health and being the size you desire to be!

Keep smiling!

[Serendipity]

My nose was itchin' and sure enough there's my name mentioned above, lol. Actually, Jenn, my average is 2.72/week. You are right, it's much easier to look at the big picture than at all the ups and down's. They could drive ya crazy!

[Prancer]

Janae you are right maybe it was a NSV for me to go off plan for a dinner and get right back the next day. I'm not having any trouble with it either.

Sorry to make your nose itchy Jo. I tend to see everyone's losses then I figure out how many months and divide from there. Not a very accurate system. 2.72 a week is a good number.

I was much hungrier yesterday then I have been lately but I think it was because of my cheat. I ate soy crisps yesterday and today so now I have to swear them off for the rest of the week. I only had them today because I went too long between eating. I had a meal at 10am thinking the dentist at 10:45 would get me home before 1pm. Well no after the dentist then going to pick up my kids by the time I got home it was after 1:30pm and I was starving. Now I need to sit down and figure out where I am at for the day and what I am going to have for dinner.

[dede4wd]

Jenn,
You sound SO much better today! Good! I did my own math and I WISH my weight came off at 3.94lbs a week, but it DIDN'T! It is closer to my monthly total which is 15.77777777.

I was the same way. Not only did I weigh every day at the beginning, I weighed in every time I peed! Yikes! Talk about violent mood swings! None of it is pretty. It was quite a battle getting myself to weigh every week only (done once by sending the scale AWAY).

Dont get hung up on the weekly loss, look at the big picture

This is the MAIN thing. I'm a firm believer that this journey of weight loss leading to improved health is 85% mental. Maybe 90%. You're doing GREAT and it IS a NSV that you jumped RIGHT back on plan!

Janae and Jo are very wise and have given you great advice. I just wanted to chime in that you're doing GREAT and I'm thinking of you!

DeDe

[Prancer]

Grrr.. why do these pages refresh? I just wrote a ton and it was gone when the page refreshed.

I was yammering on about how exciting it is to see the pictures of others. People that arent me yet I am thrilled by their before and after photos. I make Dh look at them. And then I brag about the people like they are me or something. Last night he saw Dede and Lori and got to hear how much each has lost and how great they are doing. MF and this site are the best things that have happened to me in a long time.

Week 5 is under way and doing ok. We went out to dinner last night and I had a chicken ceasar salad for dinner. Forgot to ask for the dressing on the side. I skipped my last MF because I knew I had done damage with the dinner. It was a fantastic salad tho, a TON of chicken, I didnt have to worry about getting a good 7oz. Dh had the same. It was funny when we were done I had left some lettuce because I didnt want to over do the green and I had a line of croutons all around my plate. DH had only a couple strips of chicken left.

I need to still get past the scale addiction. Maybe it will come in time. Maybe I will just get sick of weighing myself. Right now I feel like it is my reality. I have to remind myself every morning that the weight really has come off and I am not dreaming or it didnt magically appear again over night. SO 243 today and it is officially 1 month since I started and I am down 19. Cant argue that.

My older son has decided to have a collection. He chose the caps to my water bottles. THe poor boy is going to be drowning in them soon. It might be fun to see how many are there after a while. Maybe I could retile the kitchen floor with them or something.

have a great day everyone!

[Prancer]

Idle fingers Idle Mind leads to idle munching. I'm kind of worried about how I am feeling right now.

I had a semi planned cheat a couple days ago. Then last night we went to a local place for dinner and I did ok if you minus the LOADS of salad dressing then today the kids and I went to applebees. Once again OK minus the asiago cheese and the dressing which I did the fork dip with.

I am afraid I am starting to purposely get lazy. That can lead to issues...and before ya know I am sliding down the much talked about slippery slope and have landed BAM at the bottom on my fat bottom. I have done this dance before.

I had my L&G for lunch today. It was weird. We went to the track tonight and my legs felt weak and my stomache queasy. We did two laps and I had to quit. Dont think it helps that it was 90 degrees out. Still I felt so weak. I have been really full of energy since I started MF...much more then before but this week has left me feeling very tired and weak.

Can you tell I am talking to myself, just rambling. I am scared I am going to lose it and hit the drive thru tonight. Because the kids and I ate out for lunch we didnt have a real dinner here. DH made himself pasta roni. I love pasta roni.

[Prancer]

Captains log day something or other July 20

My kids can sure make me wake up grouchy. I got up peed and jumped on the scale to find one more pound off. That makes 20 now. Cross the hall to turn of the AC in the boys room only to find a HUGE mess. Seriously how do they keep doing this? Right there my day starts to go down hill. How can two little people so cute make such a mess?

Babysitting my friends two kids today. So 5 kids under the age of 7 today. I think I will kick them all outside and mow the lawn while they play. She always pays me when I watch them so she can work so I will actually make like $30 today. That's two boxes of shakes!

I was wicked hungry when I went to bed last night but it was my bad. I totally didnt feel like eating when it came time for my 8pm MF. So I cheated and just ate soy crisps. Then 3hrs later when I went to bed I paid for it.

Hopefully today is much more compliant.

[Prancer]

Goals Set and Met.

I wanted to post this once and forgot. I emailed it to DH today.

Weigh less then My father in law (253) DONE
Go from extremely Obese to obese DONE
Get below 250 DONE
Last 4 weeks DONE
Survive camping on track DONE
Lose 20# DONE as of today

Only one not met:
Lose more then 2# a week. Not accomplished due to the plateau. Average however = 20# @5.5 weeks = 3.6

[Prancer]

What a long day. My friend Carrie called this morning and told me her dog was hit by a car last night and killed. My husband and I got the dog for her from my brother, it was a carin terrier named Belle. Her kids were so attached. It was awful. So when I was out doing errands I stopped by and offered to go with her and the kids to a movie and lunch to get them out of the house and get their minds off of it. So we were gone all day. The two of us and 5 kids under the age of 7(same ones I babysat yesterday). Loooong day.

I was down another pound today. Looks like the plateau is gone. Hopefully my eating out today and messing around with my suppliments didnt hurt me. I have been having 3 shakes a day and today I havent had any yet and had oatmeal and a bar already. It scares me.

Our scale is digital and when you get on it starts really low then flicks around until it rests on your weight the blinks 3 times when it is set. I find myself worried every day that the number is going to go back up to my start. It is weird. I'm afraid this is just a dream now that I havent lost all this weight already. I weigh myself during the day when I have full clothes on and food/drink in me and then see that number and convince myself that I am going back up again.

I need a new hobby.

[Prancer]

End of week 5 and I am down 21 pounds. I feel a plateau right now. I have been the same for 3 or 4 days now. Not stressing because I did eat out for my L&G 5 times last week I think. Applebees twice and TiPi twice. Applebees was pretty darn compliant with the grilled chicken but TiPi is a fantastic chicken ceasar salad but WAY too much dressing.

I am going to run out of bars before my next order...wonder how that will effect me. I also am banning soy crisps from my orders. Too easy to go overboard with them.

[Prancer]

Mid week 6

I am still bouncing around on 241 242 241. So tomorrow is the day the scale goes away. Tom is going to take the battery (or the scale, not sure which) away and only give it to me on Sundays. Today was my first 100% compliant day in a while. What that means is no take out or eating out. I dont do horrible with my decisions but restaurant food is not as good and there are hidden things in their food...like sodium. I am kind of anxious for school to get started again so we slow down a bit. Well then again that means football starts and 3 dance lessons a week. Luckily dance tends to be early in the evening but football will be rough. Either way it is going to be easier because I wont be running around all day every day and we wont be making last minute dinner decisions. I will also be walking in the morning again.

I have that day one headache going on.

Did the stats for the site again this week..3.222 for an average. It would have been higher but I didnt count some people who had wicked high losses from two or more weeks. Thought that would screw up the average.

I need to get a life. Bored creating weightloss stats. Talking to myself.

[Mike]

I'm with you on the getting back to routines thing. For some reaon I think I tend to be able to focus better when I am teaching I have get back to my typical teaching MF routine. Oatmeal at home, shake at 10, soup or chili at 1230, bar afterschool, snack around 430, dinner, cocoa or pudding at 9.

Also, number crunching and making stats might keep you focused on other things than food, so keep it up.