Anyone want a buddy or to help a newbie?

[alaskanlaughter]

i started LC again on april 1st...last summer i LC'd and lost 15 pounds, stopped LCing over the winter and maintained my weight loss, started again in april and didnt lose as much as expected, in may i've been counting calories first and making LC choices secondly...its worked better since i've done that because it makes me watch my portions better

started in april at 214 and today am 201

[MzMelissa]

Where to start WOW you guys are awesome great jobs with the losses chamie, alaskan, Kim you go girl 199, I cant wait to be you....

Chamie splenda does not stall me either, although I still cook with it I am using stevia in my coffee, just because its concentrated, more expensive per box but last 4xs as long.
HippyGypsy welcome we are glad to have you join us I also have 6 kids they range from 21 years to a 1 year old can't wait to compare tales of childhood...lol

jennbaker did you get everything you wanted for your birthday?

[chamie]

alaskanlaughter-Wow, you are doing great! Good Job!

MzMelissa-Well, I broke down and drank a Diet Rite Tangerine soda....we'll see how it affects ketosis in the morning.I love stevia! I was introduced to it in 1989 when I was in high school. I was an an eco-friendly outdoor club and when we would go on a trip we would buy our groceries at a healthfood coop. It was great! Everything was in bulk and we had to bring our own containers....you know conservation and no landfill garbage. Anyway, we would use stevia instead of sugar for our cereal, drinks etc. It came in a very fine, dark green powder.


Jennifer

[jennbaker]

chamie: Glad your hubby is home and doesn't need surgery right now. Hope he gets better soon! Congrats on the weight loss! That's awesome! Chamie - I haven't had any trouble with splenda but I also don't drink soda. I did have trouble with weight loss the first time b/c I was drinking carbonated flavored water.

Alaskan: Congrats on the weight loss! I weigh myself tomorrow. I'm really hoping to be under 270 (even 269.8!!!)... we'll see!!!

Melissa: My motorcycle hasn't come in yet. I'm disappointed. Even if it comes in today I can't get it home until Tuesday. I can't ride on the highway yet so someone will have to ride it home for me and my motorcycle guys are working. But Hubby will be off Tuesday so he can do it for me. I'm waiting patiently (stoopid delivery people!!!).

[ummrashid]

Hello everyone, Sorry I have been MIA, No i didnt fall off the wagon...my computer did. I have not been able to get on in a few days but Im back and off to read and TRY to catch up. Being off the boards for 3 days is like missing 3 weeks of school. HOw is everyone doing?

[ummrashid]

chamie
Congrats on your loss. Doesnt it feel great., How is your dh?, sorry to hear about his gall bladder , I hope he is doing better now.

hippy. I home you enjoy this group as much as I do.

Way to go Alaskan. and you can totaly make it, just kepp doing what your doing

Kim . How is your vacation coming along? I worry about being able to stay on plan when we go on vacation.
Melissa How are you? Sorry I have been MIA , things are really picking up around here now that school is out.
Hey Jenn.
A motorcycle, how cool Now you need a sexy black jacket and some leather pants to go with it


Im doing great , feeling good this morning, I tried to catch up I hope I didnt miss anyone. Yesterday was crazy, I had to take the truck to get the 30,000 mile service done, dmv to renew registration, grocery shopping, the kids needed summer clothes and shoes so that was a 4 store ordeal, and I had to go pay bills,not to mention a few other errands and I still managed to comehome and do an hour of 10 in 10 callenetics, this WOE is great, and BEST of all I am down to 289 this morning, I know it will bounce up and down a few days before it really sticks at 289 but I can live with that. Whoooo Hooooo Im in the 280's. off to change my stats, even if it does go back up Im claiming 289 till my next official weigh in thursday
How is everyone else doing?

[duece49424]

Hello - I tried lc a year ago, and never could stick to it. Found this thread and you seem to give support to each other the way it should be. I tried several other threads, and I did not seem to fit in, or whatever. I think it could be just me feeling that way, but I am looking for help, as i don't have it at home. They all talked about fishing, hunting, and other things, which is nice as they all have become friends, but right now, I need so much more than that. Do you think that this could be for me here? mzmelissa - thanks for starting this as your words could have come right out of my mouth. Guess there are more people out there like me than I thought. Thank you, thank you.

[chamie]

how is everyone!
All is well here! I am still on the LC WOE with a vengence! I feel so strong. 10 days and goin strong! I am so looking forward to seeing what week 2 brings for weight loss. It is week 3 that I am worried about. I seem to get discouraged with slow WL by that point and give up. Maybe I won't even get on the scale during week 3. I will admit that I am a ketostix addict thru and thru. They are my daily measurement that this WOE is what works for me! The sticks are always deep, dark purple. As dark as they can get. I even up'ed my fluid intake thinking I was on the dehydrated side.....nope......still the same.

b-smoked beef sausage
l-chef salad with blue cheese dressing
d-planning on steak on George Foreman grill (its raining like crazy)

Jennifer

[jennbaker]

just dropping in to say Hi!!! I'm in a chemistry class and I'm finding that it's going to take all my time... Booooooooooooo! But on the other hand, I'll hopefully get an A YEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!

Take care!

[realityjunkee]

Hey all! My vacation went great, spent too much money and added back cheese to the WOE for the week, but still lost 1.9 lbs! It looks like everyone is doing well...mzmelissa how are you doing? Ok I hope!

Kim

[ummrashid]

Originally Posted by duece49424

Hello - I tried lc a year ago, and never could stick to it. Found this thread and you seem to give support to each other the way it should be. I tried several other threads, and I did not seem to fit in, or whatever. I think it could be just me feeling that way, but I am looking for help, as i don't have it at home. They all talked about fishing, hunting, and other things, which is nice as they all have become friends, but right now, I need so much more than that. Do you think that this could be for me here? mzmelissa - thanks for starting this as your words could have come right out of my mouth. Guess there are more people out there like me than I thought. Thank you, thank you.

BIG Duece. Im sure you will fit right in here. What plan are you doing? I hope that we can help keep you motivated and feel supported enough to make this WOE for life. Come on and jump right in!!!!

Originally Posted by chamie

how is everyone!
All is well here! I am still on the LC WOE with a vengence! I feel so strong. 10 days and goin strong! I am so looking forward to seeing what week 2 brings for weight loss. It is week 3 that I am worried about. I seem to get discouraged with slow WL by that point and give up. Maybe I won't even get on the scale during week 3. I will admit that I am a ketostix addict thru and thru. They are my daily measurement that this WOE is what works for me! The sticks are always deep, dark purple. As dark as they can get. I even up'ed my fluid intake thinking I was on the dehydrated side.....nope......still the same.

b-smoked beef sausage
l-chef salad with blue cheese dressing
d-planning on steak on George Foreman grill (its raining like crazy)

Jennifer

Hey Jennifer 10 days whoo hooo, dont even let the scale demon get you off t rack, you KNOW this WOE works so if the scale is going to derail you ditch it. I read another thread where someone put a note on the scale that said "take me" and put it out in the hallway, I thought that was cute. I could never part with my daily weigh ins but I ahve learned how to use it as a tool to evaluate what I am doing rather than a guage for my success ( I say that today, dont ask when its TOM ) but I dont let it make me go off plan if I can help it.

Originally Posted by jennbaker

just dropping in to say Hi!!! I'm in a chemistry class and I'm finding that it's going to take all my time... Booooooooooooo! But on the other hand, I'll hopefully get an A YEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!

Take care!

Hey Jenn, I love chemistry, dont worry put the time in , you will feel great that you did when your staring at that big A.

Originally Posted by realityjunkee

Hey all! My vacation went great, spent too much money and added back cheese to the WOE for the week, but still lost 1.9 lbs! It looks like everyone is doing well...mzmelissa how are you doing? Ok I hope!

Kim

Hey Kim , Congrats on the 1.9 pounds that's great that you lost while on vacation. KUTGW

HOw is everyone else doing today?
take care and have great LC day

[MzMelissa]

Originally Posted by duece49424

Hello - I tried lc a year ago, and never could stick to it. Found this thread and you seem to give support to each other the way it should be. I tried several other threads, and I did not seem to fit in, or whatever. I think it could be just me feeling that way, but I am looking for help, as i don't have it at home. They all talked about fishing, hunting, and other things, which is nice as they all have become friends, but right now, I need so much more than that. Do you think that this could be for me here? mzmelissa - thanks for starting this as your words could have come right out of my mouth. Guess there are more people out there like me than I thought. Thank you, thank you.

Hi Jane and welcome, best of luck, I know you will do great. Just pick out anything that we say that helps and hold on to it....I know that if I hadn't been on the boards reading my first few weeks that I would have gotten discouraged when my weight loss slowed, but even though I went from losing 8 pounds a week the first few to only 1 pound this week that I feel (smaller) this week. I also have huge loads of energy. I have to remind myself that this is a lifestyle for me that if I go back to eating the carbs that make me feel bad I will get back the weight that goes along with it.
Ummrashid, Chamie, Jennbaker,alaskan, glad you are all doing great, as I said only 1 pound this week but I feel great, clothes are getting looser so I am still excited and feel better.

[MzMelissa]

Originally Posted by realityjunkee

Hey all! My vacation went great, spent too much money and added back cheese to the WOE for the week, but still lost 1.9 lbs! It looks like everyone is doing well...mzmelissa how are you doing? Ok I hope!

Kim

Great job girl, losing weight on vacation says alot about a person....lol
U rock!

[chamie]

How is everybody on this Wednesday morning!! I am good. I weighed in last night and the scale seems to be stuck.......Funny thing happened though.....I went to Walmart last night and had to stop in the restroom. When I went to wash my hands I swear I looked like I had lost weight in the mirror! I was so shocked! I have only lost 6 pounds.........how is it possible to see it already??Even my clothes are loose!The scale, however, has stood still the last few days (which I am OK with because I have stayed on plan and expect a whoosh soon)How do I explain this?

Hey Jennifer 10 days whoo hooo, dont even let the scale demon get you off t rack, you KNOW this WOE works so if the scale is going to derail you ditch it. I read another thread where someone put a note on the scale that said "take me" and put it out in the hallway, I thought that was cute. I could never part with my daily weigh ins but I ahve learned how to use it as a tool to evaluate what I am doing rather than a guage for my success ( I say that today, dont ask when its TOM ) but I dont let it make me go off plan if I can help it.

ummrashid-Thank you! I need all the support I can get!!

You know, I am due for TOM any day now.....could that be why the scale isn't moving? Do you guys experience te same thing??

Jennifer

[jennbaker]

Chamie

A lot of people lose inches and the scale doesn't budge. I haven't done my measurements (scared of them!) so I don't know how my inches I've lost. I'd guess it's quite a few b/c my clothes are fitting better.

Hope you're all doing well. My bike finally came in today so I'll be getting it soon. I have to swing by there tomorrow to give it a peek and confirm that I'm buying that bad boy. Oh, sooooooooooooooooooooooooo scary!!!

Chemistry is going well. First test tomorrow morning. I'm ready!!!

That's really the only upside to this class going so fast... there's no time to forget what I've learned! I'll have to remember that next time I want to run my book through the shredder.

I'm sticking to WOE... I've upped my veggies, hoping that'll make a difference. All I can tell so far is that I'M STUFFED!!!

[ummrashid]

Melissa,
One pound is great, a while back there was a post of what a pound of fat actually looks like and its a very big deal. At least that number is getting smaller thats what really matters and your sticking to plan and doing great so just keep it up , and lets make this forever!!!!!
Jennifer,
TOM wrecks havc on me, not onlt does the scale freeze but it goes up on me, but I track my weight daily now, so I know to expect it, and I see a pattern like I got down to 289 and then back up to 291 and its been bouncing back and forth between these numbers, today its back down to 289 again but thats jst how I lose, in a few days it will go down to 288 or 287 and then bounce between 287 and 289 for a while, but knowing that about my weight has helped me not obsess about a gain or a stop on the scale, expecially when I know I am doing everything right with my eating. I even cut out cheese and nuts to see if it would make a difference and nope, so why torture myself, this WOE is doing what it does best I just have to stick to it, so dont fret, and you can look foward to that nice woosh when your TOM is over.
Jenn Way to go ,you will be riding that bikei n no time, I hope you will post a pic. I took my measurements half way through but it ended up being more of a discouragment because I didnt pay close attention to where I was measuring so when I went to re- measure I couldnt figure out the right place, so I gave up on those numbers. About the clothes fitting, I must have looked like a sausage before in my clothes. At over 300 pounds I pretty much lived in sweats and spandex and stretchy things so I am noticing that I have to pull things up a bit more, my tight jeans now fit, I cant even imagine what I looked like b4, but I do have moments when I look at myself like Jennifer did and I see WOW a big change. Another funny thing that happened I was walking into a store and I saw my full body reflection and I didnt recognize it was me, I didnt see the HUGE person that I used to see when I walk past my own reflection , its weird, on the other hand sometimes I look at myself and cant figure out where 30 pounds went too, its really a big psycological thing.

ok I am rambling now, Happy Thursday everyone!!!!!!!!

[chamie]

How is everyone today?
I am good! The scale showed a WL today......I weighed in at 269 last night! I am so happy that I will never see the 270's again!!
ummrashid- I think I am the same way so we can vent together!!
jennbaker- goodluck with chemistry and your bike....you'll be great!! Oh, and just so you know- I didn't do my measurements either....too afraid!! But, I had an employee wellness profile a month ago and they did basics- like bust, waist and hips- so when I lose a bit more I'll ask for them to remeasure me.

Jennifer

[alaskanlaughter]

its been a super busy week getting ready for our summer program, which started yesterday....im almost too tired to write today...holding steady at 202 now and ive been walking my TAIL off....same story, nother work day lol

[CindyGEyes]

Hi everyone hope you don't mind me popping in...i have been around for a few years and keep falling off the wagon..this is a great place and i know i have to stay strong...i'm a mother of 4 working full time and thats where i go wrong at work we all eat fast food daily i get bored with the things i bring so i eat with every one else but his weekend i'm going to research some ideas for lunch so i don't get bored...i look forward to getting to know you all better..


Cindy

[jennbaker]

Cindy: I spend a LOT of time researching recipes. That's the ONLY way I've been able to make it work this time. Good luck in your search!

[ummrashid]

Welcome to the gang Cindy.
Alaskan looks like its time for you to change those stats to 202 whoo hooo. Almost in wonderland!!!
Jenn, how did the bike check out?
Jennifer Way to go on getting into the 260's I know it feels great, cant wait to get there
Melissa Jane , kim Hope your well, where are you and the others? I hope everyone is hanging in there.

[jennbaker]

Oh bike is PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDY!!! She's a pretty pretty girl. She should be coming home in the next couple days (whenever we can coordinate it). I'm hoping to get my first ride Sunday.

[MzMelissa]

Hi everyone, hope everyone is well. I am still on track, being a good girl....

Enjoy that bike jenn, wish I wasnt a big chicken (never been on a motorcycle)

Ummrashid, alaskan, chamie great job all. Been a crazy week.

Cindy welcome, hope all is going well.....

realityjunkie, duece, hope you are doing great as well.....

[ummrashid]

Melissa, staying on track is great . Way to go!!!
I have been staying on track as well except y esterday I used way to many of my allowed 20 carbs on peanuts, I see now that I have a really bad portion control issue when it comes to nuts, it caused me to only eat 2 cups of salad because i spent the rest of my carbs on the nuts, I know its not good, but I still stayed under 20 carbs.

Jenn. Whoo Hooo, Sunday ride sounds great please post and let us know how she rides..
Its the weekend here so Im just checking in, trying to plan some fun things for the kiddos, so i wont be checking in again till the weekend is over, maybe, lol