Back in the saddle again. . .

marlamp10 · 01-05-2013, 09:07 AM

. . . And I guess that's the most positive thing.

December was pretty much a bust. My rotations were steady with one MD per week through the 18th (all my holiday eating events were happening on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, so I just went for stability). By this time I was officially down 1.5 lbs and had seen a lb or so lower earlier in the week.

Then on the 19th I was hit with the flu and didn't eat much for three or four days. By the time I was eating normal calories again, it was Christmas week, I was still feeling crappy, and rotations went out the window.

The worst part about it was I was doing some serious carbcentric emotional overeating during that week (first Christmas after losing my brother last year, other family issues, illness, too much solitude, blergh. . . ). I mean, embarrassingly bad, like food hangovers and upset stomach. And it didn't start tapering off until after New Year's. In fact, I just had my closest to "normal" UD two days ago, and my first official DD yesterday.

Here's the upshot:

Last weigh-in on December 18 was 220.2.

First weigh-in for 2013, after all that food chaos and one DD, was 221.2.

After all that food chaos, this pretty much puts me at a maintain for December. But it's hard to get too upset about it. It could have been MUCH worse (and December usually is)!

KeirasMom · 01-05-2013, 09:39 AM

Put it all behind you and carry on. You've got this!

TryingJudd · 01-05-2013, 09:43 AM

Sounds like a pretty good result and a good jumping off place for even better results in 2013. You got this!

LoCarbGal · 01-05-2013, 10:35 AM

Wow, you did GREAT Marla! I would be thrilled to only be up one pound after all that. I'm sorry it was a rough holiday season for you. Very glad you're back with us. Onward!

sunday · 01-05-2013, 10:44 AM

I would say that 1 lb is success! I love that JUDDD has allowed us this one thing, when we look back and track our UUAD, we really have not done much damage compared to past experience.

Love your signature quote as well!

Carly · 01-05-2013, 10:55 AM

Juddd is just amazing! I saw 134 twice in mid-december but eventually settled at 137.7 for the maintenance break that I took and entered at that weight on 1/1/13. 2 DDs later (and 2 UDs of course, too) I'm at a new low!!!!!!

It still blows my mind!!!!

Luna Loca · 01-05-2013, 11:21 AM

Marla, I'm sorry for the turmoil and illness that you went through. Hopefully you've come out on the other side of all that. Good for you for getting back into rotations, and to know that you didn't do anywhere near the damage you thought you did is wonderful! You've got this, and there's a hopeful future ahead of you!

Flossyliz · 01-05-2013, 12:38 PM

Wow Marla. That sounds like a victory to me!

SlimNana · 01-05-2013, 12:57 PM

Happy & Healthy New Year Maria!

On that JUDDD magic working so well for you over the holidays!

angie1 · 01-05-2013, 01:00 PM

That sounds like a great scale victory to me!!

awesome!!!!

Kissa · 01-05-2013, 03:00 PM

Marla, after an exceptionally tough December it is so good to see you right back on track and looking forward to a year of great losses.

Only 1 lb up through the holiday season is a triumph.

marlamp10 · 01-05-2013, 10:21 PM

Kissa and Carly and Dawn all have new pics! You all look so pretty.

Thank you, all of you, for the positive remarks. Honestly, even though I'm a little disappointed I didn't manage a bit better, I really agree with you. In comparison to other holiday experiences, my December outcome was really amazing.

I'm really ready to get back into this and try to make some headway on the next 10 lbs. AND I'm sort of hoping my UD overeating will start to settle down. My stomach is tired of it, and I keep thinking my brain will get tired of it. I need to find that Off switch for the autopilot. . .

gotsomeold · 01-06-2013, 05:32 AM

Marla!

You did amazingly well over such a stressful, party-hearty time.

Get the DDs under control first. Concentrate there. And keep telling yourself UDs will follow. Don't be upset if they don't at first...eventually your body will start to believe what your mind is telling it.

Flutter · 01-06-2013, 07:45 AM

I am in awe of you! I am just getting through a nasty stomach flu round myself so I completely understand. I'm not sure how I'd do if I had Christmas parties, etc, starting up right now just when my stomach is getting ready to eat again.

You did MARVELOUS! Add in that you're ready to start back on rotations and I bet the 10# will come off quite fast now. Congrats to you! Getting started again is always the hardest part and WANTING to after doing no weight damage is awesome!

01-05-2013, 09:07 AM	#1
marlamp10 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: OK Posts: 245 Gallery: marlamp10 Stats: 251/220.4.0/140 WOE: JUDDD Start Date: JUDDD start 08/09/12 at 238	Back in the saddle again. . . . . . And I guess that's the most positive thing. December was pretty much a bust. My rotations were steady with one MD per week through the 18th (all my holiday eating events were happening on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, so I just went for stability). By this time I was officially down 1.5 lbs and had seen a lb or so lower earlier in the week. Then on the 19th I was hit with the flu and didn't eat much for three or four days. By the time I was eating normal calories again, it was Christmas week, I was still feeling crappy, and rotations went out the window. The worst part about it was I was doing some serious carbcentric emotional overeating during that week (first Christmas after losing my brother last year, other family issues, illness, too much solitude, blergh. . . ). I mean, embarrassingly bad, like food hangovers and upset stomach. And it didn't start tapering off until after New Year's. In fact, I just had my closest to "normal" UD two days ago, and my first official DD yesterday. Here's the upshot: Last weigh-in on December 18 was 220.2. First weigh-in for 2013, after all that food chaos and one DD, was 221.2. After all that food chaos, this pretty much puts me at a maintain for December. But it's hard to get too upset about it. It could have been MUCH worse (and December usually is)! __________________ Marla "I don’t believe in optimism. I believe in optimal behavior. That's a different thing ... Action is hope. At the end of each day, when you’ve done your work, you lie there and think, Well, I’ll be damned, I did this today. It doesn’t matter how good it is, or how bad - you did it. At the end of the week you’ll have a certain amount of accumulation. At the end of a year, you look back and say, I'll be damned, it's been a good year." --Ray Bradbury, R.I.P.

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01-05-2013, 09:39 AM	#2
KeirasMom Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 7,346 Gallery: KeirasMom Stats: 277.6/155-159/165, 5'9", 40 y.o., Hypothyroid WOE: In Place of a Roadmap Start Date: Maintenance 1/23/13	Put it all behind you and carry on. You've got this!

01-05-2013, 09:43 AM	#3
TryingJudd Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,683 Gallery: TryingJudd Stats: Started Judd on 3.26.12 WOE: Judd Start Date: 3.26.12	Sounds like a pretty good result and a good jumping off place for even better results in 2013. You got this!

01-05-2013, 10:35 AM	#4
LoCarbGal Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 2,893 Gallery: LoCarbGal Stats: 318.5/206/140 5'4" 46 yrs WOE: Atkins 1/27/12 - 54.5 lbs: JUDDD 9/4/12 - 58 lbs	Wow, you did GREAT Marla! I would be thrilled to only be up one pound after all that. I'm sorry it was a rough holiday season for you. Very glad you're back with us. Onward!

01-05-2013, 10:44 AM	#5
sunday Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Heartland- smack dab in the middle Posts: 4,528 Gallery: sunday Stats: 225/145/ ... WOE: Perfect Health Diet- 16hr Daily Fast Start Date: JUDDD - 2/01/12 Began at 200, Goal 130	I would say that 1 lb is success! I love that JUDDD has allowed us this one thing, when we look back and track our UUAD, we really have not done much damage compared to past experience. Love your signature quote as well!

01-05-2013, 10:55 AM	#6
Carly Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: New York Posts: 4,225 Gallery: Carly Stats: 199/123.2/126.8 5'2" 36yrs Size 20/4P WOE: 5:2 to maintain Start Date: 2/21/12- Low carb (199lbs) 3/28/12 JUDDD (189lbs)	Juddd is just amazing! I saw 134 twice in mid-december but eventually settled at 137.7 for the maintenance break that I took and entered at that weight on 1/1/13. 2 DDs later (and 2 UDs of course, too) I'm at a new low!!!!!! It still blows my mind!!!!

01-05-2013, 11:21 AM	#7
Luna Loca Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Austin Posts: 11,236 Gallery: Luna Loca Stats: 303/159/159 WOE: JUDDD Start Date: 10/17/10 started JUDDD on 1/28/12 at 198	Marla, I'm sorry for the turmoil and illness that you went through. Hopefully you've come out on the other side of all that. Good for you for getting back into rotations, and to know that you didn't do anywhere near the damage you thought you did is wonderful! You've got this, and there's a hopeful future ahead of you!

01-05-2013, 12:38 PM	#8
Flossyliz Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: England Posts: 930 Gallery: Flossyliz Stats: start 150 now 126 WOE: JUDDDD Start Date: August 27 2012	Wow Marla. That sounds like a victory to me!

01-05-2013, 12:57 PM	#9
SlimNana Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 485 Gallery: SlimNana Stats: Age 54 5'6" WOE: IF 16/8	Happy & Healthy New Year Maria! On that JUDDD magic working so well for you over the holidays!

01-05-2013, 01:00 PM	#10
angie1 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 455 Gallery: angie1 Stats: 185/182.8/155 - 5'5	That sounds like a great scale victory to me!! awesome!!!!

01-05-2013, 03:00 PM	#11
Kissa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 16,464 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/124/126 5'3" Age 65 WOE: JUDDD/5:2 Start Date: 2001 Atkins -50 2011 JUDDD - 10	Marla, after an exceptionally tough December it is so good to see you right back on track and looking forward to a year of great losses. Only 1 lb up through the holiday season is a triumph.

01-05-2013, 10:21 PM	#12
marlamp10 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: OK Posts: 245 Gallery: marlamp10 Stats: 251/220.4.0/140 WOE: JUDDD Start Date: JUDDD start 08/09/12 at 238	Kissa and Carly and Dawn all have new pics! You all look so pretty. Thank you, all of you, for the positive remarks. Honestly, even though I'm a little disappointed I didn't manage a bit better, I really agree with you. In comparison to other holiday experiences, my December outcome was really amazing. I'm really ready to get back into this and try to make some headway on the next 10 lbs. AND I'm sort of hoping my UD overeating will start to settle down. My stomach is tired of it, and I keep thinking my brain will get tired of it. I need to find that Off switch for the autopilot. . .

01-06-2013, 05:32 AM	#13
gotsomeold Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga Posts: 3,287 Gallery: gotsomeold Stats: 175/127.6/GOAL at 128, size six fits! 5'4, 60yo WOE: JUDDD, PHD Start Date: LC/EFGT - 9/15/11, JUDDD - 1/1/12	Marla! You did amazingly well over such a stressful, party-hearty time. Get the DDs under control first. Concentrate there. And keep telling yourself UDs will follow. Don't be upset if they don't at first...eventually your body will start to believe what your mind is telling it.

01-06-2013, 07:45 AM	#14
Flutter Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,442 Gallery: Flutter Stats: 190/144/135 5'4" 43yo WOE: SB/JUDDD Start Date: SB 2/05; JUDDD 11/12	I am in awe of you! I am just getting through a nasty stomach flu round myself so I completely understand. I'm not sure how I'd do if I had Christmas parties, etc, starting up right now just when my stomach is getting ready to eat again. You did MARVELOUS! Add in that you're ready to start back on rotations and I bet the 10# will come off quite fast now. Congrats to you! Getting started again is always the hardest part and WANTING to after doing no weight damage is awesome!