Hi
Quillie!
I'm still here too! I'm doing an Ideal Protein Diet on my own; I buy EAS shakes and other store foods that have a similar amount of calories, protein and carbs as the IP products. I found all the info online on how to do it on my own. I can send it to you via PM. Do you want it? IP is pretty expensive but it's great; there's no way on earth I could afford the real deal with three kids, two dogs, a cat and a husband to feed.
Hello
Clmiller!
Maybe having a lower calorie intake? I know that for me, what does it, is a calorie intake of 1200. But I'm short and don't do much physical activity (I'm an online college professor when I'm not studying so I sit around a lot).
Hi
Mumofmany!
I have never drank alcohol, but as someone with a carb addiction of sorts I could tell you that going back for one glass can be a slippery slope at the moment because you quit it recently. That is literally what happens to me and carbs so for a while (i.e.: months) I abstain from consuming any carbs and then I incorporate them slowly in a very controlled way, occasionally, because at that point the need and the want for it is so far gone that I know I can control myself and eat, say, a slice of pizza without eating the whole thing, and knowing that the following day I'll go back to eating healthy.
That's my advice, not that you asked, hahaha! It might be a little late. LOL
Good luck!
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I'm still around the 190s too... last week was disastrous. I went back to not eating healthy at all toward the weekend and I felt disgusted with myself and my lack of self control so I kind of gave up for a few days to hit rock bottom. And I gained 4 lbs.
By Sunday I looked at myself in the mirror and it hit me like it did last year: I am tired of feeling like this, I'm tired of feeling unattractive when I look at myself in the mirror, and on the other hand I know I can lose weight because I did it before, and I know how to do it, and I know how AMAZING it feels! I need to remember both the negative and the positive of this process--leaving the negative behind and pursuing the positive.
See, I think that what happens to me after having a baby is that for the first 2 weeks or so I get this rush: I don't have a baby bump or water retention so I look awesome! It's like rediscovering my body, my waist and my ankles. But there's no effort implied in it. The weight just goes away on its own while I chug down a dozen donuts because it's not fat but water and belly shrinking. And then it stops, and that's when I'm supposed to start taking care of what I eat, but I still have the rush in my head so it has not clicked that I need to put some effort on my side to keep that rolling. I reached that point on Sunday, finally. Along with this whole epiphany. And for me it's a necessary evil, to feel ugly and self deprecating. I cannot change if I'm happy, or okay with myself.
So yesterday I went back, no fooling around, to my very strict Ideal Protein-like diet that I did last year, and here I am. Day two and I'm missing my carbs and feeling woozy like I know I would but feeling amazing because I know this is what it takes. This is what put me in such an amazing place last year! And this time it will a long-term thing. Yeah, I'm not planning on getting pregnant again for a loooooong time! LOL
Anyhow... I don't want to over think it because between this frustration and the exhaustion of the sleepless nights, a colicky baby, school, work, and two other kids, I'm going to drive myself nuts. 
