Talk about a weird month .... 7/14 -5.4, 7/21 +5.4, 7/28 -9.2 and 8/4 -1.6. It feels super to have two minuses in a row. Really trying hard to avoid bad choices.
Wearing shorts today that were to small in March. Barely able to keep up today!! It feels good to know inches are changing even though scale isn't moving.
Had a nice fresh salad today for lunch. May add some ham and have one for supper.
Since starting low carb my body feels so much better. My constant sinus issues are better. Praying it continues.
So proud of you Judy!! We can do this! We know how!! I am amazed at the energy increase since losing.
Vortex how are you doing??
Deb, Clothing size changes are a very visible and great feeling reward. Can't beat NSVs! Congrats!
I stayed POP all week. It didn't show on the scale this morning but since I was up .2 lb. (1.6 oz) I'm not going to let it get to me. I'm just hoping it will make next week even better and blame the gain on H2O!
We are officially in a period of very hot, very humid, tropical weather. We are expecting another for or five days before the temps drop from the upper 90s into lower 80šs and the dew points drop from the upper 70šs into the low 60šs. It will still bother this "Cold weather is the best!" girl but nothing like the hot stuff we are suffering through now.
Hubby went to the dr on Wednesday. We hit our 6 month mark on Tuesday. His labs were perfect and his dr is over the moon excited!! His A1C dropped from 7.8 to 5.3!!! Dr cut his med in half. She said low carb is working for sure and said keep it up!!!😀
I am still stuck at 40lbs but still at it!
How are you Judy??
I went up 1.2 this week. Made some bad choices and definitely let the stresses of life grab me by the throat and screamed "EAT!!!". I'm back on program and yesterday was POP. This week will be better!
Great job sticking to your goals Deb (and your DH too). Fantastic Dr.'s appt!!!!!! Keep it up. It's working.
thought I would share a little victory here ..
I have lost a total of 66 pounds since feb!!! ! and part of this is the support found on these forums to help with sticking with my program!
Good morning all. Thank you for sharing your victories. Gives me strength to push thru. And thank you for sharing your struggles, i know that i am not alone. I had a small slip up last night, had 3 small chocolates which was not planned. Today i need to find some alternatives and plan to allow myself some chocolate.
j-ann, sorry to hear you are struggling - you can get through this
Opine - I found that substituting something I didn't love ( eg: wouldn't binge on) but was similar worked for me for a while (I still had to watch it though) - I did better with 70 or 80 percent dark chocolate than milk, as I really wasn't tempted to over eat it. I have heard some people do ok with cacao powder in a smoothie, but in the end I guess decide whether it works better for you to plan to eat a few every day (and work it in your calories) or do the exercise needed to burn it off (make it seem less worth it) or just cut out sugar (if that won't make you binge)
for me, I left myself ice cream as sweets I can have (I can't stop when it's candy or cakes or similar). I don't/can't keep ice cream in the house, but if really want it - I go out for it. most of the time, I don't bother, because ice cream is so-so for me. This weekend was my birthday and instead of cake, I went out and had a fancy sundae with in house made hot fudge and real whipped cream - lots of calories, made me go through sugar withdrawal again and now I have to drop my calories lower this week - a pain in the butt in a lot of ways - but I didn't feel totally deprived, which triggers candy binges in me
ee happy dance!!
So proud of you!
You stuck with it through thick and thin and broke through.
and part of this is the support found on these forums to help with sticking with my program!
ladies.
