I'm one more MFing loser to tell you MF works, when you work it.
Working full time and grad-school full time has kept me busy. But MF has continued to be the best thing to keep my eating under control, provide me with energy, and sharing your successes has kept me ultra-motivated. Since I've started, I've "watched" 24K and Ms. Shrinkingwoman quickly drop those lbs., the Donnas and Kristi (congrats on surgery okayed) keep losing and motivating everyone else to follow along, Dean and Rae successfully maintain their weight, and countless others share their difficulties and successes with everyone. I get so excited for each and everyone of you when I read your roll-call posts and see your losses. Please know how motivating and inspiring ALL of you on this forum are. Thank you!!!
One thing I read repeatedly (especially from the "newbies") is struggling with the numbers on the scale. I calendar my daily food intake and my weekly weigh-ins so I can watch for wt. loss patterns and see if I'm making any mistakes or need adjustments. But I only post my monthly loss so I don't drive my self crazy(ier). For example, my Sunday weigh in showed me at 185, yet this morning was 188 as Aunt Flo decided to come visit today (nice timing, she must have wanted to be here for my monthly weigh in
) So, I'll take the 188, know that water-weight will be gone in a few days, and probably take a few pounds of flabbage with it. 
I hope this helps some of you deal with those days/weeks/months when you don't reach the short-term goal you had in mind. Trust me, I was thinking 20 lbs/month when I first started MF, then I wanted 15 lb. Now I realize each month I'm feeling healthier and happier whether it's 10, 11, or whatever. (I hope I still feel that way if it's ever less than 10
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Something else that helps (and is a little scary) are the compliments. The first 2 months, no one noticed or said anything. Then, these last 2 weeks, people have not stopped telling me how good I look.
The scary part is that little devil in the back of my head tonight that said, "Hey, you look great, you feel icky anyhow with aunt flo here, why not have that big bag of chips you've been thinking about for the last 3 days." Fortunately, I pictured the bowl of MF soup I would be having when I got home and chomped on some pickles and salted celery w/ salsa to get rid of the pangs for salty/crunchy food.
I have every intention of reaching goal and looking and feeling the best I've felt in years. I can do it because of MF, all your words of support and motivation and inspiration on this forum and because of all the wonderful things Nancy has written, said, experienced, and shared. Thank you! (and just a little plug to get your newsletters back.
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So, keep up the GREAT losses everyone! Success to us all.
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