Need 2 Lose 2 Win :)

[shari]

Originally Posted by lorettahd

Hey Pati, can't wait to hear about your trip

Ditto! Miss you!!

[Deb294evr]

Miss you Pati!! are you back yet??

[12yrslater]

I am back! Boy did I miss you guys...Running through here today...Realllllly busy day and upcoming weekend. Vacation was wonderful (I am still off of work ) I will post more about my trip on Monday.

For the hear and now, I just wanted to come in and tell you guys how baffled I was that I went 8 entire days w/o weighing in and without watching what I ate. I came back to a ZERO GAIN! This morning I had dropped 2 more lbs (again, eating what I want?) I am now at 183.5. This is a brand new low (I think I lost track after not keeping track). Anyway, my summer goal is 175. I am 8.5 lbs away from that goal. I just can't believe it's happening without me doing a darn thing.

Next week, I am going on Atkins....Not only cuz it's easy for me but because even tho the weight is down, I am sorta poking out in the tummy area. I know for a fact Atkins will remove that I am gonna do atkins WITH A FEW FRUITS!

That's all for now...

Wishing all of my Friends a wonderful EASTER! God bless y'all

[shari]

back Pati!! Wow, that's incredible...congrats on the new low without even trying, how about that?! Great summer goal that is definitely attainable!!

[Deb294evr]

YES WELCOME BACK!!!! So happy to see you and that is AMAZING how you did.. so proud of you!!!.. Your body is lovin something you are doing!!.

Just really excited to see you get closer to your goal, and you will do it!! Details on your trip when you have time!..

[12yrslater]

Thanks Deb

Well I am back at work but extremely tired!!! DD is so sick When we were in Cali she caught a bad cold. No biggie but it went to her chest and she is quite congested. I've been putting the nebulizer on her since we got home and to make matters worse, on Saturday she came up to me with chills and fevers. Yep, she now has the stomach flu on top of her congestion!!!

I too caught her cold (I caught it the day before we left Cali! I was a hot mess on the airplane! ) Anyway, I have bronchitis but I know how to live with it. I get it when I get colds so it's no big deal to me (especially since i have a rx for antibiotics which the doc doesn't want me on unless I get REALLY BAD). Any way, I have had this since end of last week. YEP DD and I are a mess!

I woke up and weighed in this morning and am still at my lowest. No big deal. I'm no longer in a hurry to lose weight. I am glad I am maintaining while eating well (shoulda seen what I ate yesterday! YYYIIKKKEES). I was going to start Atkins today but I am truly not prepped and I have no desire to worry right now...I am currently running on about 2 hours of broken up sleep...You can see why I have zero desire to care.

Soon as we are better, I will give the diet a major push...

Cali was fun!!! The wedding was beautiful! I met SOOOOOO much family. I didn't even really do touristy things because we spent the entire time at one family members house or another. I am so glad I went and so bummed we had to leave so soon! I plan to go back soon to go look around the tourist places since we already met the entire family.
We went to San Bernadino, Los Angeles and Hollywood. I did miss DH and DS SO MUCH THOUGH. We never vacation without each other so I felt a bit off but I am glad I did meet so much family! I think there's a picture floating around that was taken during the wedding of JUST "THE COUSINS". I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY OF US THERE WERE!!! I kid you not, probably over 40 cousins alone! LOL

Well, I better get to cleaning my mess of a desk. OY VEY!!

Have a great day all.

[Deb294evr]

AWWWWWWWWWW Poor baby girl and you!! GET WELL SOON!!

I am so glad you enjoyed your trip, but I know how it gets too short!!.. Take care of yourself and your baby, and have a wonderful week! Missed ya!.

[lorettahd]

Morning Pati, congratulations on not gaining any weight that is awesome Glad you are back with us.......have a wonderful day!

[shari]

Hope you both feel better. Sounds like you had a ball! Congrats on maintaining..that's wonderful.

[12yrslater]

Morning Friends

Well not much to report. Still weighing 183. Not bad. Current size 12s are getting big Working my way towards 10s which I would love to be in during the summer. My goal weight is 175 so I'm 8 lbs away from that. Not doing anything right now to get there but hopefully when this bout of illness leaves our home, I will be able to concentrate on obtaining that goal.

Thanks for the well wishes all! DD is slowly but surely getting better. Still lots of pain and complaining but it's normal. Me? I feel my bronchitis is getting better as well. Unfortunately, my stomach is a wee bit queasy. I pray I don't get her flu! *sigh* What is one to do when the little ones share all their germies

Hope you all have a FANTASTIC DAY my Friends!

[Deb294evr]

Keep getting better you and your baby girl!! SO JEALOUS of you being so small Pati!! BUT THRILLED FOR YOU!...

[12yrslater]

Originally Posted by Deb294evr

Keep getting better you and your baby girl!! SO JEALOUS of you being so small Pati!! BUT THRILLED FOR YOU!...

Thanks! But I highly consider myself small

Have a great productive day Deb Deb

[Deb294evr]

Originally Posted by 12yrslater

Thanks! But I highly consider myself small

Have a great productive day Deb Deb

will do!!..

[shari]

Hope you both continue to recover well. It's almost a miracle to not get sick when the little people get them. Congrats on the 12's getting smaller..what does the scale matter when you're shrinking in sizes?!! Plus, most of my stalls usually mean SHRINKAGE going on

[Gracie514]

Good morning Pati!!!

[12yrslater]

Morning loves!

Not much to report on the weightloss front. Same weight. I am however starting to feel like myself again. DD is well on her way to getting rid of the stomach virus she had! Boy was that one a doozy!! She's been sick since Saturday. I would have thought it would have been over and done with but no sir, not yet At least she is eating now

I have been going back and forth on what to do once I feel better - what woe I should go to? LOL) On one hand I would love to do Atkins again then I start to think of how much my weight goes up if I even so much look at something "carby". Then I think maybe I should do plain ol JUDDD, then I think maybe just maybe one very short round of p2 like Gracie did to get the 10 lbs off? Oy vey....DECISIONS. DECISIONS. DECISIONS.

[Gracie514]

Hi Pati! That stomach virus is a doozie!!! My two sisters and their husbands all got it. My sister was driving home from work freezing cold with chills and trying not to um, Bernice in her car!!! LOL My BIL was laying on the bathroom floor because he didn't have enough energy to move

I'm interested in the plan you are going to pick! Right now I'm doing nothing by the book and mangling two plans together I'm doing JUDDD and attempting P3 (no sugar/starch) but I'm also above my LDW. Easter weekend was a killer for me We should just make up our own diet plan - maybe it's good to keep our bodies guessing?

[12yrslater]

Originally Posted by Gracie514

Hi Pati! That stomach virus is a doozie!!! My two sisters and their husbands all got it. My sister was driving home from work freezing cold with chills and trying not to um, Bernice in her car!!! LOL My BIL was laying on the bathroom floor because he didn't have enough energy to move

I'm interested in the plan you are going to pick! Right now I'm doing nothing by the book and mangling two plans together I'm doing JUDDD and attempting P3 (no sugar/starch) but I'm also above my LDW. Easter weekend was a killer for me We should just make up our own diet plan - maybe it's good to keep our bodies guessing?

Your poor sister and BIL!!! Gosh I hope they get well soon.

Well we need to figure something out! LOL I am steady. My weight is literally sitting pretty (ok not "pretty" but ya know what I mean! ) at 183. It won't go up. It won't go down. But that's cuz I am not doing a darn thing. I was just waiting to get through vacation to get going again but then came bronchitis for me and flu for dd. It's time to get the scale moving again.

Keep us posted on what you decide Gracie!!!

BTW - I do agree that it is a good thing to keep the body guessing. Maybe it helps?

[Gracie514]

Originally Posted by 12yrslater

Your poor sister and BIL!!! Gosh I hope they get well soon.

Well we need to figure something out! LOL I am steady. My weight is literally sitting pretty (ok not "pretty" but ya know what I mean! ) at 183. It won't go up. It won't go down. But that's cuz I am not doing a darn thing. I was just waiting to get through vacation to get going again but then came bronchitis for me and flu for dd. It's time to get the scale moving again.

Keep us posted on what you decide Gracie!!!

BTW - I do agree that it is a good thing to keep the body guessing. Maybe it helps?

183 is GREAT! I plan on sticking with JUDDD - P3 style and see how it works. I'll feel better once I get back to LDW. I figure if I'm craving sugar I can always grab an ATkins bar (no sugar). I always ate them on P3. I'll keep you posted on how this progresses.....

[12yrslater]

Originally Posted by Gracie514

183 is GREAT! I plan on sticking with JUDDD - P3 style and see how it works. I'll feel better once I get back to LDW. I figure if I'm craving sugar I can always grab an ATkins bar (no sugar). I always ate them on P3. I'll keep you posted on how this progresses.....

GOOD LUCK!!! You WILL get to your LDW again! I'm positive!!

[Gracie514]

Originally Posted by 12yrslater

GOOD LUCK!!! You WILL get to your LDW again! I'm positive!!

Thanks!!!

[shari]

Glad you and DD are getting better. Wow, what a virus! I think it's good you're maintaining eating what you want. I agree with Gracie, it seems good to keep the body guessing. You only have 8lbs to get to mini-goal, whatever you decide will get you there...you're sooo close!!

[shari]

Morning Pati!

[Gracie514]

Hi Pati! Happy Friday

[12yrslater]

Morning loves


T.G.I.FREAKING F!!!!!
<--ME

Well, I did lots o' damage yesterday (on purpose). I wanted to get the scale moving again and although I said I didn't want to do anything yet or wasn't sure what to do, I was actually realllllllly hungery and almost without much thought I said, UPDAY!

Had Subway for lunch (6", diet pop, chips)
Had a few crackers w/ham when I got home
Nachos (home-made. DH makes KICK ARSE ONES!). Diet pop.
Lindt dark chocolate but the one I had was the orange flavored one and it does have alot of sugar.

Aside from that I had my regular coffee in the morning and water throughout the day. (not enough water yesterday either).

Anyway, got on the scale and it finally moved!!!! UP!
I am up two pounds. 185.5. Making today a DD to see what happens tomorrow. So I guess for the here and now, I'm juddding?

Today I will wing my down day as I am not prepped but I am normally pretty good at IFing during my down days and I will follow suit. I will also be following Ms. Gracie's dinner of steak and veggies.

This rotation as I started it works well too tho. Cuz I have nothing planned for today and tomorrow I am going out shopping with my DD and sister and going out to breakky

Well, that's that! Hope you all have a GREEEAAATTT weekend!

Will try to check in tomorrow with what happens on the scale!

[shari]

Good morning Pati, hope you had a great weekend. Good luck with JUDDD!

[Deb294evr]

Morning Patikins!! YES, enjoy whatever plan your body chooses, but you know JUDDD works wonderful for you!.. Have a great Monday!

[12yrslater]

Morning my dear friends

I think the old Deb is in me now!! Always trying something "new"! LOL Well, as of Saturday morning (weigh in) I was then 7 lbs away from my goal weight for the summer which as you guys know is 175 (meaning I lost a lb). That said, Saturday was an up day. Sunday was "supposed" to be a "down day" but life happens! I was out all day with my kids and my sister and her kids and my down day turned into an upday. I panicked a nudge because I know there is NO WAY I could make today a down day! (plans all day).

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I grabbed my pellets I said I would make yesterday and today load days and try to make the next few weeks low cals (my own foods not p2 foods but still keeping it quite low). So that's my "plan".

I did get on the scale this morning and I managed to gain 3 lbs with my debauchery of a weekend!

So I need the lower cal days to see if I can get rid of the weight! Tomorrow will be day one. Wish me luck for I will need it! LOL

[Gracie514]

Awesome! I'm sure you'll get there with the pellets. I have been thinking about jumping back into P2 to get to goal too. I would also like to see the 170's before May comes around. I could actually just call what I'm doing an interruption and jump back in. We'll see, I'm enjoying eating!!

[12yrslater]

BTW - Don't judge me if I can't make too long on low cals! I may come back in here after a couple of days and tell you of a "new plan"!