Low Carb Archive - Day of celebration!!!!!

I sure wish I had more hours in a day so I could post in here more. I used to belong to 4 groups, plus I liked to surf the other threads too. I just could not keep up with them all. :dizzy:
But I still have a fond place in my heart for those here in Low Carb so I had to come share my good news with all of you.

Last year I lost 33lbs doing low carb. Proudly sailed throug Thanksgiving last year too. Then a bite here... and a bite there. Christmas was just toooo tempting. I even did pretty well... but not well enough. It got me off track and onto a road of destruction. I eventually GAINED all my weight back...plus 15 more. That is a total of 48lb gain. It took me until Oct of this year to get back on LC.

Well as of Today.... I have been on my LC program for 2 full months !!!!! I wish I could weigh today to get my 2 month total weight loss but unfortunately I have to wait till Mon or Tues. :rolleyes: As of Nov 23rd I have lost 26lbs. I am hoping for 4 more to make it an even 30. Fifteen for each month. :)
I will come back and post my total. I only plan to weigh once or twice a month.

I wanted to come in here and share this so if there are any others out there who are struggling to get back on program... don't give up hope.
I have a new "respect" for this as a way of life. Not a diet to go on and off of.
That is especially important for me to remember since it was this time of year that cost me so much last year.
Trust me LC friends.... Those candies and pies and cookies and dinner parties with high carbs chips and pastas ARE NOT WORTH IT !!!!!
If I could turn back time I guarantee I would take that lost YEAR back and let them keep all those carbs.

Remember.... I did NOT go on a carb fest. I only had a few bites here and a few bites there. But it never stops there. It always is leading you back to the old familar ways that are so comfortable to us.

Enough soap box preaching. That is not why I came in here.
I only wanted to share my joy and offer HOPE.
Before Low Carb... I was truly HOPELESS.

May everyone enjoy a low carb holiday season...
...enjoying family and friends instead of high carb pies and candy.
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This post was edited to correct the weight loss. It now shows correct weight totals.

Good going, 2Cute.
Now are you just getting up or just going to bed?

Hi Ruth... I am not doing either. I have been up all night and can't sleep. This happened last night too. :rolleyes:
I may have to ban myself from here because I get soooo addicted.

I don't know what is up with this non sleeping pattern I am in.
I don't know if I should be glad to have this site to come to or sad that this site is so addicting I can't sleep. ?????

I think it is just the excitement of being on program.
I just want to shout it from the rooftop.

LOL! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Everyone else is asleep!

LOL LOL ..... sorry. .... LOL

Here is a picture of me when I used to be 2fat2Bcute... LOL
I couldn't sleep then either... you can see how differently I handled it then. :lol:
Look at those carbs !!!! :eek:

Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!

Thats exactly what we need here SUCCESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love Leens

THANKS

Looks like I'm not the only one who's been up all night! Frustrating!

WTG 2cute!

J

That's fantastic Cute! Way to go! :)

Way to go, I really love hearing that someone can do what you did. I lost 20 lbs when I first started LCing and made some bad choices around the holidays and I gained it all back also. I have been struggling for over a year now to get back op as well as I did the first time.

Contrats to you 2Cute!

j enny :smug:

Well I wish I was coming in here to tell you all about the 4lbs I wanted to lose... but alas... I am not. :( I only maintained. It was a HUGE disappointment but I am not detoured from my determination !!!!! I know I have followed program and I know that if I continue to follow program it WILL COME OFF.

One thing I am learning this time is that I have to change MORE than just the food.
I have to change my ATTITUDE.

In the past after such a disappointment I would say "What the he**" I would return to my old habits.
Or I would say... "I am going to just eat today and start again tomorrow". But tomorrow seldom came.
On a few occasions I would say " I am never going to eat again".
But that is not a solution either.

TODAY I am just going to continue with my game plan and eat my low carb meals. I am not going to "cheat" just today. I am not going to throw in the towel. I am not going to cut my food in half either.
I AM GOING to drink my water, be more active, feed my mind good thoughts and wisdom by reading and posting and most important... I AM GOING TO REMAIN LOW CARB FOR LIFE.!!!

I have NEVER felt so good as I feel on low carb.
I have NEVER been so happy as I am on low carb.
I have NEVER had so much control of my eatting as I have on low carb.
Why would I give up all of that SUCCESS just because on a given day, at a given time, I did not weigh what I wanted to weigh?

But.. keep an eye on me. Because I will lose those 4 lbs before the end of the year. ;)

2cute2bfat: I post in the thru thick & thin and I remember you. You use to post in there and yes I understand its very time consuming and you can post only so much. I come over to the LC site to browse to see if any new recipes or ideas. I find your posts encouraging and wanted to thank you.:) And youve been doing great with your weight loss. Keep it up .:)