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[lifelovinaries]

Well, i woke up feeling WONDERFUL this morning...even before stepping on the scale. I am now down 2.5 for this week!!! WTH??? As i stated earlier in the journal, i didn't remain compliant on thanksgiving but i didn't over-indulge, either. As of yesterday i had that .7lb gain and i drank about 3 million oz. of water (actually, 160oz) Good thing i like water! I was peeing so much, i thought i would be at goal this morning . I am on cloud 9 today, not only because of the weight loss, but just because. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that even though i wasn't completely OP over the holiday, i was easily able to jump right back into it. My weightloss had slowed during the past 2 weeks (.7 and .8 losses)and even tho i knew i was going to jump right back on plan after TG, i HATED the thought of another slow week or even a gain. NOTE: i am not condoning nor recommending eating off plan but maybe thats what MY body needed...a little extra calories/carbs, to let it know that it was ok to let go of the weight, i was not starving. However, i must admit, with that extra food in my body, i was feeling bloated, tired, kinda lethargic. My weight loss could also simply be contributed to the "plateau stage" that i passed. Hopefully, i won't be hitting one of those anytime soon. So, i will still keep plugging along. I am 8.7 lbs away from the weight i was last time i stopped MF here on the forum (215lbs). I am looking forward to seeing that 215 come and go on my journey to onderland! I will be measuring myself Dec. 1st to see how many inches lost so far.

[Out*With*The*Old]

Hiya, Ovary Chicky! I saw your post in roll call and wanted to stop in and say congrats!! I'm glad the scale moved SO well for you and I'm glad you're back OP! Best of luck for a rockin' week!!

[bikipatra]

Glad the plateau is over! Wishing you a early winter Onederland.

[CGal67]

Congrats Erica!

[lifelovinaries]

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[lifelovinaries]

Wow, i am just realizing that i read thru all the other posts every day, post elsewhere and then i don't have time to post in my own journal. I haven't really needed to vent much, i have remained compliant, etc. But OH YEAH, even though i am a daily weigher, i didn't weigh myself on Tuesday. I felt FAT for some reason or should i say i felt fatter when i got up in the morning...so i skipped the scale. But i weighed myself on Wednesday and was actually pleasantly surprised, 223!!. In skipping my Tuesday weigh-in, i felt that i had cheated myself. i wasnt able to enter my weight on ALL of the software that i use (fitday, support in motion, extrapounds). Wow, how many different places do i need to go to track my weight????? Either way, i woke up again this morning, with a lot of those fat feelings but decided that i was not going to skip the scale. 222.6. Woohoo! What a way to start my day. i know that the two weeks that my weight loss was sooo slow, it was almost depressing to step on the scale KNOWING that it was going to increase. I think i could have dealt better with remaining the same over the increases. I am sooo glad that the scale is moving again. Hope i don't see a plateau for a looong time coming.

[Out*With*The*Old]

OvaryChick, I'm so glad the scale is moving for you again!! It's a great feeling, no??

I'm a scale whore, myself. I weigh EVERY SINGLE MORNING.....I also weigh at night before I go to bed - lol. I'm a freak, I know - - but I can typically tell by my night weight roughly what I'll be in the morning. The other day when I lost 1.2 pounds, for example, I went to bed weighing less than I had that morning. I never ever ever claimed to be normal - - but I am, indeed, missing part of my brain so whaddaya expect?

[Charity]

I am so glad to see you are doing great! You had a slow first few weeks but you stuck it through and remained upbeat and look at you now...fat melting away!!!!

Awesome!

[CGal67]

Great job Erica!

C

[bikipatra]

OvaryChick, I'm so glad the scale is moving for you again!! It's a great feeling, no??

I'm a scale whore, myself. I weigh EVERY SINGLE MORNING.....I also weigh at night before I go to bed - lol. I'm a freak, I know - - but I can typically tell by my night weight roughly what I'll be in the morning. The other day when I lost 1.2 pounds, for example, I went to bed weighing less than I had that morning. I never ever ever claimed to be normal - - but I am, indeed, missing part of my brain so whaddaya expect?

I used to be so scale obsessed and such a poor sleeper that I would weigh myself three or four times during the night. It actually was kind of cool to watch it go down all night each time! It is a sickness but I can relate. And sometimes I would be thirsty but would only allow myself a sip of water so I could have my best reading when Im finally got up for the morning.

[lifelovinaries]

OvaryChick, I'm so glad the scale is moving for you again!! It's a great feeling, no??

I'm a scale whore, myself. I weigh EVERY SINGLE MORNING.....I also weigh at night before I go to bed - lol. I'm a freak, I know - - but I can typically tell by my night weight roughly what I'll be in the morning. The other day when I lost 1.2 pounds, for example, I went to bed weighing less than I had that morning. I never ever ever claimed to be normal - - but I am, indeed, missing part of my brain so whaddaya expect?

Are you kidding me? Weigh myself at night? After drinking over 100 oz of water a day? I couldn't do it. I am not that much of a masochist! If i did that, i would probably wake up in the morning having a twinkie for breakfast with a mcdonalds shake to wash it down. But yes, i am glad that the scale is moving again. I knew it would happen eventually, i just had to hang in there.

[lifelovinaries]

I used to be so scale obsessed and such a poor sleeper that I would weigh myself three or four times during the night. It actually was kind of cool to watch it go down all night each time! It is a sickness but I can relate. And sometimes I would be thirsty but would only allow myself a sip of water so I could have my best reading when Im finally got up for the morning.

You are tooo funny! I don't know if i could put myself thru all that torture. I struggle enough with weighing every morning and feel like i am cheating myself if i skip a day.

[lifelovinaries]

kym, charity, c, biks, thanks for stoppin in and supporting me. You guys all keep me going. Guys, just to let you know, i have a competitive spirit by nature so if you see me comparing myself to you (hehehe kym!), it's all out of love and my self-motivation. I am using whatever tactics it's gonna take to get me there! Oh, and charity, you try to up the bar and go 6-0? How dare you!! Dang it, no L&G for me! I'm gonna have to raise my own bar now! Only kidding. I am in a happy place, even when the scale was stuck, i knew it had to move again at SOME TIME! Thanks again guys. But charity, i'm watching you! Kym, i'm watching your dust! C, i REFUSE to wait for you to catch up to me but i'm throwing the rope out to keep us connected! Biks, what can i say...you are WAAAAY too far ahead for me to even see right now but i'm coming for you too!

[lifelovinaries]

Ok, this morning was a good weigh in, i'm actually down 2.2 so far this week. Fitday is telling me that i have lost an average of 3.24 lbs per week and says that my projected 4 week is 209 on 12/29/07. I love it! I recently started using fit day and still haven't gotten all of the MF info in there to completely use it to log my meals so i am still using supportinmotion too. I had previously been eating my L&G at work for lunch (well, around 1 or 1:30). Yesterday, i decided that there weren't too many healthy choices there so i had some celery and a bar. Well let me tell you, I was SO HUNGRY yesterday. As soon as i got home, i downed a shake. I actually wanted something more substantial (like another bar) but i knew that was not an option. I had to wait for that shake to hit my stomach and disperse itself. Whew, i made it but had to munch on about a tbls of roasted soy nuts. I don't know whether these are OP or not but it was all i could do to keep myself in line. I checked the nutrition facts and it didnt seem as though it would throw me out of ketosis or add too much of anything (carbs, etc) so i went for it. Of course, i had to try to flush everything out with water. NOTE TO SELF: keep eating your L&G at work!! At one point, i was having trouble fitting all of my meals in eating the L&G early but it seems as though if i save it for later, i need more. Everything is trial and error. I know it's my body going through phases because there are some days when i do a full fast and STILL have trouble squeezing in all 6 meals. I guess i just have to try and feed the hunger as necessary. OH WELL!

[bikipatra]

Good loss! Maybe even more by tomorrow!