Good Afternoon. I made goal today! feeling super stoked. I am so glad that I resisted that urge to cheat over the weekend. I am starting phase 3 tomorrow. and then in two weeks maintenance. I was so scared of starting phase 3 but now I am so ready to be there that I'm excited. I also feel confident that I can do this and I think that is helping me so much.
The increase in confidence is one of the things I enjoy the most on this diet.
Good Afternoon. I made goal today! feeling super stoked. I am so glad that I resisted that urge to cheat over the weekend. I am starting phase 3 tomorrow. and then in two weeks maintenance. I was so scared of starting phase 3 but now I am so ready to be there that I'm excited. I also feel confident that I can do this and I think that is helping me so much.
Congrats!!! What an amazing feeling I'm sure! You will do great! Good job!!! I can not wait to feel the same!
I had an awesome weekend. My step-mom and my mom told me to stop looking at myself as if I am still the same person 60lbs ago. They said you are different, your not a fat person anymore so stop wearing all your clothes that you have. (My clothes are all too big and I don't want to buy new ones yet so I have been wearing them they are more comfortable now is my excuse lol)
So they piled up some clothes for me from their closets and I was like no way am I going to fit these. It's impossible maybe in few more months. So they forced me to try things on. So I did and was I ever shocked. I was wearing size 18W-22 Pants and I fit in a pair of size 14 jeans. I was speechless and then I tried on smaller shirts and I could see my figure. It makes alot more sense now to wear proper fitting clothes than hiding in my old clothes. I have a job this week to go through my closet and get rid of all the big stuff. I am excited.
It was a great confidence booster this weekend for sure.
Have a great day everyone!!
OMG... Congrats!!! Good for you!!! I'm sure you looked fabulous! I also tried on smaller clothes this weekend and cleaned out my closet for the 1st time. It was nice to pull out the stuff i coudln't wear anymore because they were TOO BIG rather than too small and maybe later! lol AWESOME AWESOME! Keep up the good work!
Moving is challenging in itself. Add to that the culture shock and it can be as you say, "interesting." We have moved a lot. Some moves better than others. Kudos to properly fitting undies. I think the ones I wore before were probably always too small so they are fine now. LOL! That was just something I never really paid attn. to. Working on getting better fitting bras which is proving to be more challenging than I thought.
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Moving is a chore! I'm a Navy brat so it was not that big of a deal to me as my son and my fieance.. but since i always moved to metro area's this was the 1st time moving from a metro area to a small town (i call it) from a pop of 300k to a pop of 70k and 1/4 of the size lol so it's been yes.. interesting
Haha... well even being a big girl.. i always made sure i was cute and sexy. So i always tried new underware and bra's.. haha.. i now call it my "future investment that i didnt know about" Yeah bra's another issue. I have always loved the Lane Bryant ones.. so now it's gona be hard to look for others. Seeing how the other day i went to put my bra o and had to latch it in the inner one, and it seemed a bit too loose. But.. that's ok! Better than too tight! lol
Hello everyone. I started IP Thursday afternoon. I made it through the weekend with some HUGE temptations and no cheating. My wife was baking cookies and cakes this weekend. The whole house smelled good enough to eat. I took off for a few hours with the kids. Went to the doctor today for an appointment and asked to get on the scale, not normal for me. I am already down 20#s but I know most if not all of it was fluid. But the pitting edema in my lower legs and feet is GONE so I'm pretty happy about that.
Good Afternoon. I made goal today! feeling super stoked. I am so glad that I resisted that urge to cheat over the weekend. I am starting phase 3 tomorrow. and then in two weeks maintenance. I was so scared of starting phase 3 but now I am so ready to be there that I'm excited. I also feel confident that I can do this and I think that is helping me so much.
I had an awesome weekend. My step-mom and my mom told me to stop looking at myself as if I am still the same person 60lbs ago. They said you are different, your not a fat person anymore so stop wearing all your clothes that you have. (My clothes are all too big and I don't want to buy new ones yet so I have been wearing them they are more comfortable now is my excuse lol)
So they piled up some clothes for me from their closets and I was like no way am I going to fit these. It's impossible maybe in few more months. So they forced me to try things on. So I did and was I ever shocked. I was wearing size 18W-22 Pants and I fit in a pair of size 14 jeans. I was speechless and then I tried on smaller shirts and I could see my figure. It makes alot more sense now to wear proper fitting clothes than hiding in my old clothes. I have a job this week to go through my closet and get rid of all the big stuff. I am excited.
It was a great confidence booster this weekend for sure.
Have a great day everyone!!
It's a big day when you start to see your figure and as time passes you will see more and more of it. In the early days I was more comfortable wearing my older sizes more loosely. It felt comfortable to me. I had my favorite clothes that were nicely worn in and I felt and looked like me. Plus, I loved the looseness. It took me a while to start wearing newer clothes and the smaller clothes from the back of the closet. They were much more fitted and it took me a while to be comfortable with how snug things were again.
Well, after my trainwreck of eating all those nuts last week, I made my confession to my coach and she laughed. I kind of dreaded my weigh-in, but I went down 1.5 pds !!!! All this incredible food for the past week and I lost weight! Unbelievable... I am so happy!
Magicpinecone - Phase 3 and 4 are wonderful. You will be so happy. Enjoy and good luck! I started a thread on breakfast ideas when I did Phase 3 - some helpful hints there.
Good Afternoon. I made goal today! feeling super stoked. I am so glad that I resisted that urge to cheat over the weekend. I am starting phase 3 tomorrow. and then in two weeks maintenance. I was so scared of starting phase 3 but now I am so ready to be there that I'm excited. I also feel confident that I can do this and I think that is helping me so much.
Hi all! Tried to log in earlier today, but was having trouble getting 3FC to load, but now it works and I'm in for my fix! Missed you all this weekend, but I was on a women's church retreat w/ no internet, and it's too hard to read the boards and post from a phone... (tiny screen!!). I'm really proud of how well I've been staying OP. Only challenge was that we hit a traffic jam on the way home from TN to OH, and all I had with me at dinnertime was a bar (and had already had a bar for my afternoon snack), so had two restricteds in one day.
WI tomorrow!! So glad to have found this diet. I love how you see results. All weekend when people were offering me stuff I can't have, I'd say "next year" or "once I reach goal" - not forever, just for now. No slips down the slippery slope!!
Good Afternoon. I made goal today! feeling super stoked. I am so glad that I resisted that urge to cheat over the weekend. I am starting phase 3 tomorrow. and then in two weeks maintenance. I was so scared of starting phase 3 but now I am so ready to be there that I'm excited. I also feel confident that I can do this and I think that is helping me so much.
Hello everyone. I started IP Thursday afternoon. I made it through the weekend with some HUGE temptations and no cheating. My wife was baking cookies and cakes this weekend. The whole house smelled good enough to eat. I took off for a few hours with the kids. Went to the doctor today for an appointment and asked to get on the scale, not normal for me. I am already down 20#s but I know most if not all of it was fluid. But the pitting edema in my lower legs and feet is GONE so I'm pretty happy about that.
I am so glad you found us You will find great support and information on here.
Hello everyone. I started IP Thursday afternoon. I made it through the weekend with some HUGE temptations and no cheating. My wife was baking cookies and cakes this weekend. The whole house smelled good enough to eat. I took off for a few hours with the kids. Went to the doctor today for an appointment and asked to get on the scale, not normal for me. I am already down 20#s but I know most if not all of it was fluid. But the pitting edema in my lower legs and feet is GONE so I'm pretty happy about that.
WOOHOO!!!!...20#'s is great, just wait til your first WI day....you will be jumping for joy and making everyone here JEALOUS!!...but what everyone has to remember is that you are a GUY and have a lot of weight to lose so you will lose faster than most!...Congrats!!
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USMCVET - great job getting thru a challenging wknd. Even 20lbs of fluid is still 20lbs!!
WUV - I, for one, am glad that you are addicted to the Boards - I don't know what we would do without you.
What an amazing feeling I'm sure! You will do great! Good job!!! I can not wait to feel the same!
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