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[Slimmin']

Wow... Memorial Day was not good. I struggled and struggled all the long weekend with wanting things not on plan. A little "cheat" here and there, two bars on Saturday, a bite of baked bean juice (minus beans) on Sunday, and a hot dog (weanie only) on my Monday L&G (not exactly L or G). Nonetheless, guilt overwhelmed me and I cancelled my weigh in appointment for Tuesday morning. My scales showed no fluctuation up or down but I just couldn't bring myself to face the music.

So....my conversations are LOUD about all the reasons why this is going to be a lonnnnnggggggg haaaauuuuulllll. I'm more than a bit discouraged at my losses the last two weeks of just 1.5 pounds and then 1.25 pounds. I get that it is in the right direction but I find myself frustrated nonetheless. 69 pounds to go seems like an insurmountable mountain. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!!!!!

Oatmeal this morning, coffee, water....attitude adjustment..... what's next?

[bikipatra]

Oatmeal this morning, coffee, water....attitude adjustment..... what's next?

What's next is weight loss if we can be patient and follow the program. I slipped in the middle of the night and I have had one shake and in 30 minutes I will have another. Just three hours at a time is what I'm doing. My relapse scared me because I didn't sit and struggle with the impulse, I just did it without thinking. But I skipped a supplement so I was starving. So I do have a plan. 5-1 and water, just like what works for everyone else who loses weight and how I have lost 65 pounds even with my gain last night. You can do it too. One shake at a time.

[Slimmin']

I guess I just have to stay focused on the fact that it is a process, not magic. Thanks!

[Tawanda]

I guess I just have to stay focused on the fact that it is a process, not magic. Thanks!

Dang, this one is good!! It is a process and it is not magic---I find myself a bit embarrassed when I have a mental tantrum that the weight isn't melting off like ice at the equator.......I want instant gratification for my avoidance of eating like a glutton instead of just relishing the fact that I can control my desires when they aren't healthy nor helpful in getting me to goal.

Thank you for your comment above. I'm going to write it down and tape it to my computer desk where I'll see it often.

[Serendipity]

Slimmin, 69 pounds may seem insurmountable to you, but many of us here have lost much more! 69 pounds is very doable. By the end of summer you could be half way there! Don't get discouraged thinking about the number of pounds you need to lose, just keep focused on staying compliant. The pounds will melt away faster than you think.

[Slimmin']

My next little goal that I was looking forward to achieving was being able to say I had "officially" lost at least 25 lbs. Did that!!!! Friday's scales were good to me and a three pound drop took me to a grand total of 26.5 lbs lost! Hurray!!!!!

Did a little celebratory shopping (retail therapy when it isn't such a good day). Bought slacks a size smaller than the last pair, which were considerably big on me on Thursday.

So now I treck onward to the next goal. 225 by my birthday on July 11. That means 17.5 lbs in 5.5 weeks, or about 3.5 lbs a week. Hmmmm....pretty aggressive goal. Am I setting myself up for failure? Suggestions boys and girls? I'm thinking as I write this that I may need to rethink that.....

[queenielou]

Hey slimmin,

Will it really be failure if you only lose 15 pounds by July 11? Or only 10 pounds? Even if you don't lose 17.5 pounds by then, you will have lost something and probably much more than if you weren't doing MF.

All the small losses will add up!

Good luck!

[Slimmin']

Great point.

[DonnaS]

Congratulations Slimmin on that awesome weight loss. I hope I can do as well as you have. My Medifast finally arrived today so I'll start shakin those pounds off in the morning.

[Sojourner]

69 pounds to go seems like an insurmountable mountain. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!!!!!

Here's one for ya', Slimmin' ~

"You can only see as far as your headlights,
but you can make the whole trip that way."
~ E.L. Doctorow

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[Slimmin']

I love that!

Feeling great this morning! Went to a happy hour that my company hosted for some physicians last night. Of course the cocktails were flowing and so was the crab dip, bruscetta, etc., etc., I set my mind on what was important to me (getting healthy and losing weight), had diet coke and one of my shakes. We made a big production out of shaking it in a martini shaker and pouring it up in a martini glass. Everybody had fun with ME staying on plan. Gotta love that.

[bikipatra]

I love the martini touch! So James Bond!

[DonnaS]

That's so cool, good for you!

[Slimmin']

I weigh-in officially tomorrow but I feel a little stuck. Out of town for the past four days and had to modify a little bit more than I intended (two bars instead of one a couple of days, didn't get all my MF meals a couple of days). My scales were exactly the same this morning as they were last week.

I am so results driven. Results motivate me and I tend to collapse into the "what is" when there are not results that I want. What I know is that this is a one foot in front of the other plan and I need to just stay the course.

Is it possible that just that little bit of deviation could have stalled my weight loss for a whole week? We'll see tomorrow.

[DonnaS]

I am so results driven. Results motivate me and I tend to collapse into the "what is" when there are not results that I want. What I know is that this is a one foot in front of the other plan and I need to just stay the course.

I'm at the end of my third week and weigh tomorrow too. I'm very result driven also and I know that I can't continue to lose 6 lbs. a week so I'm expecting a lot less. All we can do is stay the course and do the very best we can; I believe the results will follow. Good luck to you tomorrow.