So my weight didn't come off very quickly after Thanksgiving, but I was able to put on a pair of pants a size smaller this morning. I've been going to the gym too, so everything is tightening up.

esmeralda

I went to my sister's house for the day. She cooked, I brought a few sides with me. It was my sister, her husband, three of his best friends, his best friends wife, her daughter, my daughter and three teenage boy neighborhead kids.

I always struggle with a little jealousy and bad feelings at my sisters house. The guys are all pretty 'cool' and I always wonder why I'm not 'cool' enough for them. It's always easy for me to blame it on my weight. But really I know that's not true. I recently had a lovely little love encounter with a very young very handsome young man. I hadn't shaved...

esmeralda

I started a thread entitled, "why I am not planning on low-carbing for Thanksgiving. It opened such a can of worms.

One thing that came out of it was the scary fundamentalism that people have,not just about this diet but about life in general.

Words were thrown around like, "you'll be sorry" and "slippery slope" etc. I think that telling people that just one bite of a potato will send them off this diet and back into gaining weight is rediculous. We have to live in this world and ergo we have to learn to be around food. We need to learn what...

esmeralda

I guess I really have to remember to trust in this WOE. It seems like I lose a pound every three days or so. That is 10 pounds a month which puts me at my goal in six months. Just in time for spring . Trust in the woe, ummmm.

esmeralda

I knew I was spoiled when I lost 8 pounds so fast, but now it just doesn't want to go away at all. It's just not ok with me to stay the same weight 4 days in a row.It's disheartening. I think I need to seriously up my water in take for a start.

esmeralda