***Stillman's MAY "Get 'Er Done" 2008***

[cskies]

Hey guys!! How's it going?

I got done mowing my front lawn...I need to weed eat but don't feel like it tonight.
I need to get started on my evening 3 miles soon.

Did well with eating today although I did forget and grabbed a handful of roasted almonds...I need to put them in a high cupboard!!

Diana...hope your day was spectacular!!

[KSS]

hello everyone...
so TOM decided to show up with a vengence... I feel like cr*p. Geeze men have it so lucky not to deal with this. In addition to feeling yucky it always screws my loss up for at least a week sometimes up to 10 days. GRRRRR!!!
Sorry.. just had to vent!!!

[cskies]

Good Morning!!

Quick check in...getting ready to do my morning 3 miles on the treadmill!

Back at my signature weight of 142!! Yay!! So I am looking at 10 days on stillman's!! Hope we all have a great day!!

[LoveJohn]

Hello Everyone!
Weekend went pretty well other than spending a lot of time at hospital with a friend who has bone marrow cancer, depressing and sad but life's reality is that you keep fighthing. He was able to go home yesterday with a new regimine (sp?) of chemo and steroids so we're hopeful that he will be with us a while longer. He's fought this horrible disease for 5 years now....My friend's never ending spirit and determination gives me courage to keep fighting this weight thing head on.

Jane

[DEBI IN OHIO]

Jane sorry to hear about your friend...
I worked all night, just got home and im starved...making my new favorite breakfast..
4 mini sausage patties, 2 scrambled eggs, one slice of american cheese
bad news is.....Totals calories-744... fat-63... carbs-5 ... protein-34
I have to play taxi for mom and brother today and be back at work by 330pm YIKES

have a good day!!!

[onefitgal]

Hello All.

Ball tonight and I'm still at 133. GRRRR

Dress is snug but I am going to make the best of it and I am going to EAT!!!

I will feel bad in the A.M. but WTH!!!

The wine bottle oops (glass) has my name on it!!!

Hope everyone has a great day and Stays on plan...

[magickal1]

cskies - yay wtg girl ......

kss - I totally agree men have it so much easier......

jane - Im sorry about ur friend I will keep him in my prayers

deb - ur always on the go girl

onefitgal - hope u had fun !!!!!!!!

im still at the same weight finaly feeling a lil better I hope i start losing i think like kss said tom messes me up for about 10 days to then getting the flu right after didnt help things out, but i wanted to say screw it and just eat wat i want I am so glad i didnt cuz it woulda just set me behind even more so i plan on posting and keep motivated and push thru this , I know my body is working hard to fight off the flu so im just trying to talk myself into a theory......

menue
b-poached egg turkey sausage patty
l-fish [ tilapia]
d-hamburger patty

[AmyInTX]

jane~ my MIL is fighting cancer too ... the disease is horrid, but it has brought our family even closer! hugs to to you him!

onefitgal~ hope you enjoyed your bottle of wine haha!

magickal~ i am sure your weight will drop very soon! i was gonna try the turkey sausage but was skeptical... how is it?

deb~ that sounds like a hectic day! hope you get some rest!

kss~ yes, i agree ... if only they had to deal with TOM once year it would kill them! haha!

hope everyone has a great day! i went swimming yesterday and it felt great! makes me want to put a pool in my backyard! oh and yesterday was my 7 year anni ... went to breakfast...nothing special but who cares! haha!

B- 2 eggs
L-tuna; cottage cheese
D- chicken wings

[scarletakb]

Sorry to interrupt. Could I ask a question?

I just started stillmans today... (I'm doing the all meat option).. and I'm wondering how long I can safely stay on it? I have about 100 pounds to lose... can I stay on it the whole time? I'm guess it it would take me 4-6 months? is it ok to do nothing but protein for that long?

[magickal1]

to answe ur question its wat i do i did try to have a refeed day but didnt work for me made want to binge so i just stick with protein , and when u want to re add veggies do it real slow with like half cup of brocolli 2 times a day with a meal slowly addin in green veggies is a better way to readd into induction atkins, but all i do i protiien and i have the best results when i do take a multi and mineral vitamin

[scarletakb]

Magickal1, how long have you been doing stillmans for, and how much have you lost? I've really let my eating get out of control... and I have NO summer clothes that fit! I really don't want to have to go buy more.. would rather lose to get into the pretty ones I alreay own.. I just don't know how much to expect to lose..

[LaRon]

Hi Everyone...

Sorry been missing for a bit. Been busy w/girl scout season end of the year parties, baseball games etc. I also wasn't on plan the last couple of days. I gained about 5 of the 8 pounds that I had lost. Very disappointing. I have exactly 1 month from today my baby turns 1 and I want to at least be at the starting weight that I was when I got pregnant. So....I have to lose 20 pounds...not sure if it is reachable, but I'm gonna try.

I was really upset at myself for falling off the stillman wagon, but all I can do is get back up and start today again at this point.

Hope everyone is doing well........one day at a time......

[Determinedtolose]

HI Everyone!

Oh wow, I forgot to post here today! My bad! LOL!!

I've stayed on plan all day, yippeee!

Glad to see everyone is doing great! And those who are struggling, I hope you do well! Don't give up!!!

I noticed Slatman hasn't been here! Hope he's doing well!!

Here's my menu:
B-2 hamburger patties
L- 2 chicken brats
D- 1 patty, cottage cheese

Everyone have a great evening. I'll be watching Dancing with the stars and Am Idol.

Love Ya!

[cskies]

Stayed on plan today and was "just Stillman QWL"...no stillman my way!!

B- coffee, cottage cheese
L- left over sirloin steak
D- grilled hamburger...1/3 pound!!!

no extras...no onion slice, no nuts...nothing not allowed!!

I am going to get to goal and I am going to do stillman's his way to do it!!

diana...I was wondering about slatman too..hope everything is ok!! Glad you decided to check in and we didn't have to send out the troops to find you!!

LaRon...sounds like you always have a busy time...keep up the good work with your weightloss...you will get it back down!!

magickal...hope you had a good day...and that you are feeling better soon!!

scarletakb...glad to see you here...I think you can safely follow stillmans until you get all the weight off you want!!

amyintx...hope you enjoyed your anniversary breakfast yesterday!! Swimming sounds FUN!! I haven't been swimming in years...hope you get that pool in your backyard someday!!

onefitgal...hope your Ball was alot of fun and you enjoyed every bite of good food there was to have!! I am sure you looked dazzling in your dress!!

DEBI...hoping that you survived McDonald's with the fifth graders and I am not talking about the food!! ;p

Jane...is it hot enough for you out there in western Kansas? Sorry to hear about your friend but I agree that things like that make me more aware of how I need to take better care of myself!!

KSS......yeah I don't like TOM much either!! Hope your day went well!

Shari...yep..you better come and post!! Doesn't matter if you are doing stillmans or not...we want you here and sharing!!

LeRae...did you get any of that rain that we didn't get...we could use a lttle now!! Hope your gardens are doing well!

Chronie...hope you had a great day!!

Meekness...are you doing ok...I know you had an accident ...hope everything is ok!!

Hello to everyone and if I missed you and I know I missed a bunch...sorry...but get in here and give us some details!!

SLATMAN....hope everything is ok with you!! Did you go on vacation and forget to leave us a note??

Gotta go get my evening 3 miles in...did get the morning ones done on time today!!

[Determinedtolose]

Hi! Denise, good for you on staying on Stillmans! I did too!!
Except, I'm drinking some coffee with a little cream in it. I was craving coffee!

I've got my dr's appointment this Thursday, and I was thinking about fasting until the time so I can get my blood work done right after. Only thing it's at 1:45 pm. I wonder if I can hold out that long.
I guess I'll find out!


Hi LaRon, I know how hard this is to do. I've had my upsets as well, but it's so easy to lose what you've gained. Don't worry, just go back and start up again. Make sure you eat enough so you don't get cravings.

[cskies]

Diana!I was wondering if you had the doctor's appointment yet or not... hope you can hold out until after 1:45..pretty sure you can!! Yeah...I haven't done strict stillmans since I got down to the 140's and then I wonder why the weight isn't coming off anymore!! So I am getting my game on and working stillmans so the weight can get lost!! lol I think I jinxed myself when I set a goal...should have just kept looking ahead and grabbing the numbers as they disappeared off the scale!!

I like my coffee too and I can do it without cream but I understand your wanting some in your coffee...it tastes so good that way!!

[cskies]

Magickal...so glad you didn't go off stillmans and pushed through!! Good for you! It is so hard some times and especially when you don't feel good but you would have felt even worse if you had gone off and gained!! The food only tastes good for a moment but the weight loss feels good all the time!!

[Determinedtolose]

Denise, you know, when I started exercising, I thought the weight was going to come off faster. But it's not. I have stayed on plan really good during the week and exercised, but it seems like nothing is happening.

Although, I am able to fit into my size 18 jeans pretty good. They are tad bit snug, but wearable. I have 3 pair of jeans that are the same style. 1 would fit great, but the other 2 for some reason didn't fit me like the other. I tried all three of them on Sunday and they all 3 fit now!

I'm going to keep on going on some type of lc, but it's getting harder for me to do Stillmans.

[cskies]

Diana...I don't know that the exercising helps with a much faster weight loss (although I am sure it does help!) but I will have to say that for me the exercise helped firm up what weight I did lose and while the scale might not always tell me what I want to hear the measurements made up the difference!! I feel healthy and I feel good in my clothes!! Isn't great when your clothes fit and you look good in them!!

[Determinedtolose]

I guess thats the main point of exercising! With the way my jeans feel, maybe the results from exercising!

That's what I needed to know and hear Denise! Thanks!!

[cskies]

DianaLove the new avatar and you can really see in your face that you have lost weight!! WOW!!

Seriously...the exercise will do a great job of making your weightloss more noticable and you will definitely get noticed!! And not just by your DH!!!

[cskies]

Got my 6 miles on the treadmill done for the day so I am going to call it a night!!

It's been a good day!!

[Determinedtolose]

Goodnight Denise and Thanks!!

[LaRon]

Hi everyone! Thank you for the words of encouragement, you are the best! I am determined not to cheat until I eat a piece of my daughters 1 year old bday cake on 6/21.

I too, am guilty of coffee, but w/a little HWC. Cannot shake it at all! But I have lost before on it so I think we are ok??? Tried drinking every kind of tea under the sun but it just doesn't do, not in the morning anyway. I can hang w/the tea at night but coffee in the morning is just perfect.

Everyone have a great evening!

[shari]

Good morning,

Quick post..got to get the kiddies ready for school...to want to say nd I'm still here, holding on to eating just lc. Trying to 'psych' myself into doing stillmans again soon. Like you, Denise, I see a goal in mind...and want to get there...

Diana, what a beautiful avitar..you're one pretty lady I have to say, I don't LOVE to exercise yet, but after being on this journey for many years, I have been at a certain weight both, with exercising and not. I was able to fit into a size 12 when I exercised and was still wearing a 14 when I didn't. So for me, I doesn't make me lose faster but I does take off inches and make my clothes fit better...as long as I keep carbs low. That motivates me. Plus, it does relieve stress.

Gotta go, will check back later. Have a good day everyone!!

[cskies]

Morning!! Thought I would check in real quick...half way done with my morning 3 miles!! Feeling good in my size 8 jeans...I do have a pair of 6's that fit but will wait to wear them until hopefully next week...I can fit into dockers and other pants/slacks size 6 just fine but the jeans must be a bit not forgiving on the stretch factor!!

Saw the scale take a bit of a dive downward!!

B- 2 hard boiled eggs
L- last of the left over steak
D- hamburger pattie

Hope everyone has a GREAT DAY!!

For us it is the last day of school here! Yikes!!