Restarting on March 11th- who's in??

[asdf1234]

real quick for the sickies!

[DairyQueen]

good morning everyone!! well glad to see you're back on plan asdf -- i'm just plodding along waiting for some serious downward action.... i was great yesterday-- went to the eastern shore and had a hard boiled egg and 1oz cheese (from the 7-11), then a one-egg omelet with cheese and mushrooms for dinner with some lettuce. i am going to get some SF jello today --- i hate jello but it's something to put in one's stomach.... and with a T of cream it can actually be ? sorta good?

[dansamy]

The scale at work reflect 234 now. Progress. Easter Carbicide didn't derail me too badly.

[Milaandra]

I think I may be officially stalled already. I've seen a little movement in inches, but no movement on the scale since the first week.

I'm pretty depressed about it actually. I'm in ketosis every day...a bit less this week because I think I cracked a front tooth last week and couldn't get in to the dentist until this upcoming Monday, so I've been avoiding food that must be bitten or requires major chewing in case I knock my tooth by accident and make it worse. On Atkins, that doesn't leave much! So my carbs were a bit higher this week, but not enough to knock me out of ketosis.

Just stress?

Come on, whoosh...

[cherpare]

Hope all is well with you and the hubs asdf.
Hope everyone is well and staying on track! I have been bad logging on but am still on track
Last night I had a close call with a barbeque chicken pizza and cheese sauce that i dearly love. I considered allowing myself a piece or two but then I remembered ALL the many times i've innocently done that and ended up getting off my diet and not being able to get back on for months and months so i decided it wasn't worth it. Plus i prob. would'v e gotten bloated and maybe started having cravings. I think i may be gluten intolerant so it prob woulda made me sick. Instead I made something different (getting tired of same foods) that i had printed off a lc site years ago. It was tasty !! It was a tuna, creamcheese, parm, mushroom, onion, etc thing heated on stove. I had green beans with it. Sooooooooo glad i didnt' give in!!!!!!
This morn the usual eggs.bacon.coffee
*I wish my weight would move. I've been stuck at this weight forever!!*

[DairyQueen]

allo allo
i've been very good this week and weight is starting 5o move downward again.
.

[DairyQueen]

Hi everyone! Well, i'm in a good mood cause i'm down a pound...easy to do because we performed last night at a party ...at a barbeque restaurant... The best in the universe (or at least the east coast)... And if there's food where we play i usually ave a plate for after the gig. Well, my food got taken away and i never saw it (the best brisket!!).
Aw well, maybe today i go searching for pilled pork!!

[iheartbacon27]

Hi all! I wanted to pop in quick and say hi! Going to sit down tonight and catch up on posts...Ive been SO busy with work orders! I cant keep up and it gets stressful...on the wonderfully bright side...Im on track better than ever and even though my scale is still without a battery...I KNOW ive had a whoosh!! I wore pants yesterday that I havent worn since Decmeber and they were comfy! Hooray! I cant wait to weigh and see what the scale says!! Ive been running alot lately and its getting much easier on my knees too...ok...Ill pop back in tonight to catch up on posts and chat a bit more :-)

[iheartbacon27]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I jsut ate easter candy! What the heck?! I wasnt even craving! It was like totally mindless! ANd I was so proud of how well I was doing...Boo! I did have a very stressful day with work...I am going to start really checking myself when my day starts to get so swamped I get stressed and work out extra...it seems when I do that I dont cheat..I didnt workout today and that never helps...back on the wagon...I will say though..I am VERY proud of myself for not binging! I ate some and stopped and I am sitting here now not craving anything but brussle sprouts so thats pretty awesome! Back at it tomorrow..now I gotta put myself back in ketosis :-(

[Milaandra]

I had two...count 'em...two days off! After more than a week of eating soft food and staying in ketosis, I finally cracked on Sunday because I was just really hungry because of the limited choices. Then yesterday I had run out of yogurt, so I didn't eat anything until I got back from the dentist around 3 p.m...same deal, I was hungry and my teeth were achy and I didn't want to do any hard chewing. It turns out I was right...I had cracked my front tooth, so my dentist had to remove the cracked part and build it back up. Front teeth are the worst because of getting that needle so close to the nose. It's still a little achy today, but not much. The good news is, the National Heath in Scotland rocks! I can't believe how cheap it was to have it fixed!

So back on the straight and narrow today, and I treated us to sirloin steaks and broccoli for tonight to celebrate the new beginning.

I think it's tougher to check for change at a bigger weight. When taking measurements, fat squishes awfully easily, so it's hard to tell if you've taken your measurements the same way twice. I tend to go with overall trends. Weight...well, we know how disceptive the scale can be and when you are clinically obese, water does strange things in bigger quantities, so five pounds or so fluctuation in a day isn't unusual. Even with clothing...I have a variety of fit in my closet. Fat girls tend to wear clothes designed to hide the body, and I'm a sucker for sale items. So I have pants that are a bit baggy, but look fine with something over top of the waist. Skirts that are a bit too tight, but who will see that with a long top? Etc., etc. I spend quite a bit of time trying to remember how something fit before I started the diet.

Sunday I wore a pair of tweed trousers and was surprised by how loose the waistband was...is that weight loss or were they always loose in the waist? Who knows!

I need to just have faith and wait for the unmistakable pay off.

[Milaandra]

According to my last set of measurements, I have lost two inches off my ribcage and an inch of my breasts, for a total of 3 inches off my bust measurement, 3 inches off my waist, one inch off my belly, one inch off my butt, and a half inch each off my thigh and calf. Nothing off my upper arm.

[DairyQueen]

mil - you are so right about measuring. i can only tell by what used to be too tight but now fits comfortably (yep that's starting to happen). and the bigger you are/ heavier you are, it takes more pounds lost to make a difference.

Question about brussels sprouts-- how many carbs? in a small one vs large one? is it around 1 carb per sprout? cause that's a lot?

[asdf1234]

hey guys just going around my threads saying that i will be MIA until may, have alot of work to do for the end of the semester so i gotta catch up and wont be able to write as much. but i shall be back and i better see you guys doing great!

[DairyQueen]

I'm eating so cleanly. this weekend i'll drop a pound I betcha!

[DairyQueen]

yeah buddy! things are looking good!

[dansamy]

I weighed yesterday at work. 230. I'm doing terrible at logging my food on any of the calculators. =/ I ran out of ketostix, but at this point, I know what will and won't knock me out.

[dansamy]

Did everyone leave?

[DairyQueen]

I'm here.... Just slammed working... Today is my first day off in 3 weeks"
I made opsie rolls for the first time ever last night... And they turned out great!!!