Lishar - Congrats on 40lbs lost!!! Feels good, doesn't it?? I hear you about the being depressed part. The holidays in general, despite all their happiness and cheer, are actually a depressing time for a lot of people, even when it doesn't fully make sense. It's called Seasonal Affective Disorder having to do with the longer nights and less light. So yeah, just know that you'll make your way out of it, and until then you have a great milestone to celebrate

Pink - Very exciting about your wedding coming together! I know the next few days are going to be madness, but I'm very happy for you and all that you have ahead of you. Hang in there!


For whatever reason, I went 'food nuts' yesterday. Ate waaaay too much, and I don't even know why. Perhaps I have a little bit of the S.A.D. myself. Ha, I never realized it spelled 'sad'. Anyways, so yeah, last night I went crazy with the sweets. That's usually the indicator that I'm going to be on TOM soon, oh joy. I've GOT to reign it in, if nothing else but so I can keep my control through the holidays. This is always where I lose my mind and gain weight back, so I have to be vigilant this time.

One day at a time, am i right?

LebenAlles I was wondering about SAD too. I have lived up here for 15 years. I think it was hormones having a wack at me. I am feeling much better this week.

I hope everyone had a nice holiday. I was suprised at how quickly I got full. I did eat a slice of my pie (turtle pumpkin pie). That was my only splurge. I made myself butternut squash instead of mashed potato and it was really yummy. Almost half the calories.

Still staying on plan. I just need to ramp up my exercise again.

I've gotta say, I've been absolutely terrible this past week. Not just thanksgiving, but the whoooole week. Now, usually this would be the point to where I'd say 'screw it' and keep eating the way I have been. But I say I've had my holidays, enjoyed myself, and now it's to the point to where I'm not enjoying it anymore. I'm tired of not feeling healthy. So, I'm just going to pick up where I left off and make better choices. I've got four weeks left til my vacation to NYC, plenty of time to lose 5 or 10 more pounds, feel better in the new clothes I bought for the trip, and gear up for allll that walking I'll be doing during the trip.
I gotta say, I'm really looking forward to going back to healthy eating this week. My body really misses it.

I have had a rotten week too. Thanksgiving was bad. Friday was perfectly on plan. Saturday was the worst. Today, not high calorie, but bad calorie choices. (Swedish fish and licorice made up 90% of my calories.) I have had a hormonal, ex-filled nightmare of a holiday weekend.

So, yep, I relate to both Lisha and Leben Alles. And I am also really needing to get back on track. My ex made me feel really guilty about gym time, but screw him. He should be smart enough to encourage gym time. Makes me sssooo much more pleasant.

Tonight - the weights. Tomorrow, eating much more healthy foods. Tired of feeling like crap.

Looks like we've all caught the overeating bug. My calorie limit is 1,700 and I ate 2,346 calories today. They were not all good choices either (about 900 calories were comprised of tootsie rolls, popcorn, resees puff cereal with milk, sun chips, and a verners pop). I ate all that and today was a rest day for exercise too. Yeeeaaaaaah. And the crazy thing is.....I'm still hungry lol. I'm sure the day won't do much harm in the long run.

Tomorrow is a tough workout day so maybe that will help utilize some of the calories I ate lol.

I feel you ladies! We are not perfect but we will get there! :)

I caught the same bug. Meh.
Super stressing but in a good mood at the same time (how is that even POSSIBLE??) about this Saturday. I only work today and tomorrow then I will be off for a week, our friends are coming in Wednesday so we have to go pick them up from the airport about two hours away (yay mini road trip!!!) and then his family is coming in town. More on that family stress later.

I am looking forward to getting back to a normal routine after the wedding and fun stuff, and once my husband is cleared from his cardiologist to workout again we are going to start Insanity. He said I won't be able to keep up with him, I said he's never seen me go hard on a workout. I now have extra motivation to push through, so after the wedding I am going to get a head start by doing the fit test a few times and doing some of the extra DVDs they send. :lol:

Oh and I weighed in at 225. Glad I lost a teeeeeeny bit, but I still feel like there is no excuse why I am still above 224 after almost two months of staying OP. I'm guessing there needs to be a change made somewhere in my eating...

Yeah, I'm in the same boat as a lot of you - caught the overeating bug. In my case, I was alright up through Wednesday evening, and then we all went out for Chinese, then of course I hosted Thanksgiving. Ate too many leftovers and too much in general. Yesterday I was back to tracking my calories!

Are you guys accepting new members to the group? I have been planning a one-year commitment for 2013, but tomorrow so more than a year I guess, then I just found this challenge thread and got so excited! I would love to join in and learn from those who have already made some progress on this commitment.

Purplefirefly - Welcome! Hop right on in, it's open and free for all. :) What kind of commitment are you setting for yourself?

Last night was pretty crappy. The power went out in the neighborhood and while it was out in the middle of the night, my 4 year old starts puking. Looks like she's caught the stomach virus her sister just got over (6yo). Can you imagine how hard it was to clean up puke in the dark with no power? lol I had to use my cell phone flashlight but didn't have much battery power left. And whatdaya know? As soon as I hop back into bed after cleaning (4:30am), the power comes on lol.

I'm also just tired in general. I'm actually ready for this Insanity round to be over. I have all of this week and next week left but I'm just sick and tired of going hard every single day. It's definitely time for a switch up in exercise. I'm so ready.

How is everyone?

Purplefirefly - Welcome! Congrats on making the commitment and like Angie said, feel free to jump right in with details and what not.

Angie - Very awesome that you're sticking it out. I imagine that the results so far have been noticeable though, as far as toning and all that good business. Do you do any before and after pics to help track your progress? I can understand where you're at though. Sometimes you just psychologically need a slooowwww down period. Breakneck speed is hard to maintain. Oh the long journey of weightloss.

Day one of RFL for me today. I went out and bought some meat meat and more meat yesterday (or should I say, poultry, fish and more poultry)...already had a ton of veggies. This should be interesting. Again, I'm not expecting this to be sustainable and I know I might gain some of it back when I go off of it, but I bought two pairs jeans, several sweaters, and a pair of black dress pants for my NYC trip purposefully tight and uncomfortable with the hopes that it would motivate me to lose. Well, the trip is 3 and a half weeks away and things aren't going well. And money doesn't grow on trees. So I gotta step it up and make something happen so I can fit into those things. I think a good ten pounds will do it for me. So here we go...

Actually, I didn't stick it out lol. I put the Insanity DVD in....half-a**ed the warm up and first interval, then turned the DVD off with 35 minutes left. I'm burned out. For 10 weeks straight (with this being the 11th week), I have exercised 6 days a week, TWICE a day. I was going to reduce my exercise after Insanity was done, but that reduction is going to happen starting today LOL. I won't be finishing the last two weeks of Insanity. I'm completely okay with this. I've already done a full 9 week round and got in a full 7 weeks in the second round, so that's 16 weeks of Insanity I've done! I'll still be doing my Chalean Extreme (which I still absolutely LOVE) and my 30 minute cardio sessions at the gym (I'll be focusing on my running). I'll still be working out 6 days a week this week and next week, but only once a day now which I can handle...and no cardio everyday. I'll end up putting Insanity in my rotation where I'll rotate between the massive amount of exercise DVD's I have.....so I'll still end up doing it but not everyday. I feel good about this change! LOL! :D

I also want to change up my macros. I've been reading a lot about a ketogenic diet and I want to give it a try. I think I'm going to put together some meal plans in the coming weeks and see how it works for me.

With RFL, do you have to severely restrict your fat intake?

Hello Ladies. I am going to try and get back on a routine again. I have not gotten back after my oldest was sick for a week. Plateau again. My eating has not been great but not really bad either. I am just not exercising like I was.

Angie you night sounds horrible. My oldest was always really good about getting to the toilet. My youngest not so much. She is as bad as the animals getting it all over the carpet. Take a break. You have been going really hard. I totally understand you not finishing after the night you had.

Lebenalles good luck on your new diet. I am just calorie counting with My fitness pal. It seems to be working. I just plateau a bit more than I would like.

Welcome purplebutterfly.

Just checking in very quickly. So glad you're here, Purplefirefly.

I have been avoiding 3FC so I didn't feel as guilty about the fact that even after a very good eating/exercising day on Friday, I went off the rails Saturday, restricted calories but ate empty calories Sunday, then back to really poor eating yesterday.

And today is a new day. Checking in to 3FC, seeing all of you and hearing about how you're fighting through your struggles, and being accountable.

My very stupid plan for the day: I am way behind at work. I am exhausted from family drama. And I have no patience for planning food today, and I am SICK of what I have been eating. So, for today, all I will eat is protein bars. I have them at my desk, I have been avoiding them and missing them, and I can restrict calories easily on them. I know they're glorified candy bars, but at least they have both protein and some other nutrients. For today, it will work. Tomorrow, I will be smarter. And I will hit the weights.

Plus I weighed today and updated my ticker. Always makes it easier for me to feel more energized when I'm "starting over" when I have an accurate ticker. I will not leave it at my low weight and then fight to get back down to that weight. I want to move it for every hard-fought pound. Because even when I put on stupidity pounds, they're hard to get off. And I want credit for them, dang it.

Laurie - I did the same thing with my ticker today. Although, I just realized that I must've mistyped because it says "247945 lbs gained, 248080 lb. to go. Don't give up!" Ha!! Funny stuff...certainly glad that isn't the case, good lord. But yeah, I had gotten down to 247.7 before thanksgiving, but since I went batsh*t crazy....yeah.

Anyways, I think all of us are needing a recharge. And really, we don't have to feel bad about that. We're all doers. Not just talkers, but doers. And if we need a break, we'll take a break. Then we'll jump right back in there, and start doing again. Like good ole Lyle said in his book, sometimes you just need a break psychologically. It's good for the soul.

I'm finding that about every 20-25 lbs or so, I have to change things up. I started with WW then 25 lbs in I hit a plateau. After six months of plateauing, I switched to MFP. That got me through the next 30 lbs and now I'm needing a kickstart. So RFL it is. When I get back from NYC, who knows what I'll do next? One thing I can guarantee though, is that I'll be doing something. I'm doing this.

I'm with you guys - I'm going to have to redo my ticker. I'm not very good at keeping it updated. I was lower than what's stated on it, now I'm higher!

angieand2girls - wow, you must be fit! Insanity and Chalean extreme are tough workouts! I'm obviously larger than you, and I find it difficult to exercise vigorously without hurting myself when I'm above about 180. In the mean time I'm doing Leslie Sansone and water aerobics classes.

Coffeelover - I definitely was not fit when I started LOL! I've progressed as time went on and I'm definitely more fit than I was when I started. I do feel that my muscles have conditioned immensely to allow me to do Insanity at a heavier weight. Chalean IS tough, but I've always had the ability to develop big muscles and have always been strong for a woman. I actually had my testosterone tested a few years ago and supposedly it's above what's normal for women. Maybe that's why I can handle tough workouts? LOL! I keep hearing that women won't bulk up when they lift heavy because they don't have as much testosterone....and then I wonder about women like me....who have above normal levels. I guess time will tell if I end up looking like He-Man LOL!

Some of you ladies are doing RFL. I found a website that discusses it so I'm going to read up on it to see if it's something I'd want to do to bring in some change. :)

I gotta say, today was hard and then again it wasn't. I wasn't nearly as hungry as I thought I'd be, but I also wasn't very thrilled about the limitations of my menu. There's no grey area to this RFL. At first I was afraid it'd be like Atkins where you're eating bacon all the time, wrapped in butter...but RFL restricts fat intake as well, so no bacon and definitely no butter (which is something you asked earlier, Angie, and I forgot to respond...sorry!).

I love vegetables and I love lean meats. So that part is a win win for me. But I also love to snack. And even more so, I LOVE dessert. I only had 7 grams of sugar today. I think the only time that has happened...oh wait, that has never happened. And wow, even though I got my 85g's of protein in today, I had very very little calories. Like...crazy little. And that seems weird. I think I'm going to have to get creative and figure out how to make different things with the small choices I have available. I think I could do some chicken lettuce cups with some modifications to the sauce. And a turkey patty with sauteed mushrooms could be good. Hmmm...

Angie, I'd be interested to see that website you found...

I have to keep remembering that this is a 'safe crash diet'...or as safe as you can get it, at least. It's a jumpstart, not a permanent thing. And something I've discovered about myself in the past year is that I actually do have willpower. So yeah...I can do this.

Sorry for the 800 peptalks I give myself on here. I think half the time it's really just me trying to convince myself of something...trying to ingrain it in my brain. Sometimes it even works!

Maybe it's because I'm tired and a little emotionally fragile, but I laughed so hard at this, I started crying. Suddenly, my 2-pound gain seems completely innocuous. Good luck losing your 250000 pounds!

I also love that you said that about talkers and doers.

And Angie, I love how you keep things in perspective!

Super low calorie day for me, plus lifting. Not the smartest combo, but that's how it works out sometimes. Tomorrow - back to 'normal' eating. :-)

Laurie - Ahhh the laugh-cry. I feel like I do that a lot more these days. But seriously, compared to the 250000 I have left to lose, a couple of pounds ain't nothin!

So this RFL thing works. Or at least the first day did. 246.8 this morning. Down 3.4 lbs since yesterday morning! Holy crap. I know that's pretty much the rest of the water weight from Thanksgiving but 246.8 is 246.8 and I'm pretty damn pleased. And get this...I'm already in one of the sweaters and pairs of pants that I started this diet to fit into! WTH??

I'm already working on a plan for not gaining everything back when I stop the diet, and I hope it works. I know I'll gain at least a little back, but maybe I can stop myself from gaining it all? We'll see. I can definitely say, though, that the first day was a success!

LebenAlles - it's a forum on lylemcdonald.com. The only thing that makes me nervous is the low fat lol. I've been losing eating a moderate amount of fat (maybe 30-33% of my calories) and going too low fat makes me angry....literally LOL! I feel anger and generally I don't feel as good (I've tried low fat before). Of course RFL is a non-permenant thing so I'm sure the weight loss boost is worth the reduction in fat. :) Here is the link:

http://forums.lylemcdonald.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7

All I know is, I'm definitely ready to change up my meal plan. I've never done low-carb before but it's really peaking my interest.

Today has gone pretty well so far. Since I quit Insanity, I decided to go to the gym this morning (instead of the afternoon) and I pushed myself further on the treadmill. I went 2.65mi in 35 minutes. I jogged the first 1.5mi nonstop and while increasing the incline every 2 minutes. My quads are screaming at me right now lol...but I'm pretty proud of myself. I used to jog the whole 35 minutes straight which is what I'm building back up to. Now time to stuff my face. :D

Angie - Yeah, I kinda went a bit psycho this morning when I couldn't find anything to wear, ha...so it might be taking its toll on me. The thing is, it's working. Really well. And I don't feel constant hunger either, which I didn't expect. Cravings, yes, but not hunger.

245.4 this morning. That's about five pounds already, on day 3. What I'm hoping to do now is to lose as much as I can before going absolutely nuts, then come off it slowly and still have a big loss.

Laurie - How have things been since you've come off of it? Or have you?

haha! That's hilarious! I had a funny mental image of you rummaging through your closet! lol! I'm so glad it's working for you. How many calories do you end up eating in a day on average? You definitely have the right idea about coming off it slowly to maintain what you've lost while on the plan. 5 pounds in 3 days is pretty impressive!

Laurie - I too was wondering how RFL went/is going for you. :)

Lishar - how have things been going? Have you broken past your plateau?

My experience in a nutshell. Started RFL. The first six days, averaged a pound per day loss. Woo hoo. Went into PMS mode, didn't really lose much. Hit Thanksgiving, and family stuff plus the typical 'I feel so deprived' mindset, plus my ex giving me grief about gym time = a mini-breakdown. I would do great on my lifting days, progressively worse on my non-lifting days.

So, 219.4 when I started on Sunday, November 11. Down to 213.0 by November 18. Out-of-control week plus PMS, and up to 216.8 Tuesday, November 27. Decided to go off RFL (which I was only actually doing every other day, and completely off the rails on non-lifting days) to regroup.

So, I am now doing what I was doing before I heard of RFL, but still taking supplements, and planning to restart Sunday. I was down to 213.6 yesterday and a new low of 212.2 today. I am also post-TOM and shedding carb bloat again (plus the icky but real factor of expelling the weight of waste from too much food).

So, I am a mix of weird facfors, so it's hard to tell what coming off should look like. But happy to be eating my protein bars for the next few days (and honestly, I allowed myself one post-lifting on RFL most of the time anyway as an incentive for getting to the gym), and should be ready for the next real push on Sunday. Would love to be in Onederland by New Year's, but it's an incredibly long shot at this point.

Angie - Clothes were flying everywhere and lots of four letter words were said. It wasnt a pretty sight.

Laurie - That's not bad at all. Just a 3lb gain? I can deal with that. I can't imagine trying to do this right at Thanksgiving time. I'd go nuts. But hey, you're right about at the 60lbs lost mark, too. Very awesome. Long hard road, eh?

As for me, I'm doing it very strictly. Every day, only eating things off the list, taking the supplements, no exercise and all that jazz. For me, I'm set for 85g of protein a day and right now that's about 500-600 calories. Which makes it sound like I'm starving myself, but I'm really not. I am starting to feel pretty tired though. Not sickly feeling, but not as much energy. I guess that's to be expected. For me, though, the tired doesn't compare to how awesome it is to wake up in the morning and see that damn scale go down. That can set me in a good mood quite easily, despite an utter lack of wardrobe.

Oh, and I read part of that forum and apparently Lyle actually comments on it, which on its own is very cool...but most of the time he kinda comes off as an a$s. I mean, i see where he's coming from since people ask things that are in the book, but jeez. He gets down right snippity.

I am so happy you are rolling through it! Just to be clear, I don't attribute the 3-pound gain to coming off of RFL. I attribute it to the 64-ounce Coke, the ice cream, the cookies, the high-sugar cereal, etc. I ate terribly on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Lots of extra, high-calorie, carby food equals temporary crazy weight gain, no matter the plan, at least in my experience.

Laurie - your Thursday/Saturday/Sunday sounds like my today. Today I just felt like eating...and I went ahead and gave myself permission, with the promise to myself to not do it again until my weigh in two months from now. I mean, a couple extra calories here and there is fine every now and then, but I added a WHOLE LOT of extra calories...like an additional 1,600 on top of the 1,400 of my on plan food. I usually don't have the urge to eat a lot but today it's like my body wanted FOOOOOD LOL! It was mainly carbs too. I hardly ever do this so I don't feel too bad.

But on a positive note, I went to try on some clothes today to see what size pants I'm in now. On July 2, I was a 24W. Today, I fit into size 14's! They were a very comfortable fit too (no muffin tops). I had room in them. So I went home to try on the 12's in my closet and they zipped and buttoned but created too much of a muffin top for my taste, so I'm not ready for them yet. I also bought some spanx to help with my loose skin on my stomach. Ugh. I've never been this loose before having kids and being obese, but it is what it is. I'll just have to deal. I still look good. :D

I don't know why I feel the need to correct this, but Friday and Sunday were good days, cuz they were lifting days, and exercise keeps me on track. So, Thursday, Saturday, and Monday were my bad days.

Woot! Angie, you are ROCKING this. I love that you know you look good. :-)

angie - wow! that's a remarkably smaller lower half! But don't get me started on Spanx! lol

I finally stepped on the scale yesterday after not weighing myself since before Halloween. I expected that I had gained back the weight I had lost (8 pounds, so not a big deal). But surprisingly I had lost a pound. I've given it some thought and decided to try more of a 'habits based' approach. Basically just clean eating without following a specfic program or counting calories. I'm going to give it a month and see what happens. Very long story but I'm also a binge-eater and my doctor has put me on a low-dose of Prozac and from past experience I know that this reduces the binging. Strict diets increase the amount of binging so...I'm just going to build clean eating one habit at a time.

Angie - That's awesome! Both the fact that you were able to give yourself a much needed break without feeling guilty AND that you're in a comfortable 14. That gives you the leeway to be able to shop pretty much anywhere you want, which is pretty exciting if you ask me.

Coffeelover - Congrats on losing instead of gaining! During the holidays that's an even better accomplishment...you should be proud

Laurie - Sounds like moderating your 'bad' days to every other day really helped out. That might be a tactic I use to taper off of this thing in a few weeks. Though in NYC, moderation will be out the window for sure. Bakery's are planned on a daily basis, h*ll yeah!

243.4 - I have to admit, I'm getting addicted to this scale dropping business. At the rate I'm going, I'll have hit my first RFL goal (and subsequently my first NYC goal) by midweek next week. Only four pounds away from that one! And so far, I'm sleepy but still not feeling crappy, so that's good. From all that I've read, though, the second week is much much harder.
I did come up with a few 'recipes' for the plan that are making it easier to not get burned out, so that helps. If any of you ladies decide you want them, let me know!

241.6 this morning!! So freaking close to the 230's and my 'acceptable' goal for December 21st/NYC. Going to shoot for 235 once I hit the 239 goal.

Had my first free meal and it was glorious. Hummus and Gyro on pita from my favorite Greek restaurant, and half a brownie and a cupcake (red velvet with cream cheese frosting from a bakery down the street...oh. my. god.) for dessert. Might have stretched it with the dessert, but it was WORTH it. Definitely helped with the deprived feeling and gives me an even greater will to keep going. I am curious as to how it will effect tomorrow's weigh in though.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

I have been so busy. I am sorry for not checking in. I just feel guilty about posting but not reading all your post. I will try to do that soon. I am doing OK. I still have not made it back to the gym. DH even commented tonight. I will try and get over there Monday. No childcare on the weekends and DH works all weekend (nights). We see him about an hour each day when he works.

I think I broke my plateau. I lost only 6lbs in November. Not great but I guess its better than nothing. Keeping on plan expect for the exercise. I reduced my calories to compensate.

Have a great weekend everyone.

243.2 this morning. That free meal set me back a couple of days which has upset me, but I shouldn't be surprised. 7 lbs in a week is still pretty great.

I was back on plan yesterday and will continue for the rest of the week. I was planning another free meal tomorrow or Wednesday since I'm allotted 2, but I don't like how much it set me back. I'm fine with not having another til Saturday. Hopefully tomorrow shows some more progress.

Hope everyone is well.

Checking in. My dad came to town nd my daughter had a birthday. Got chaos at work and things at home. My food and exercise choices have suffered. Plus,I have sort of got the 'new relationship and that's where I want to focus my time' thing going on. Back on it today, baby. I am at 213.0 as of this morning. Going to lift, eat right, and hike some trails this evening.

I finally got back to the gym today. I forgot lunch so we had to come home. My husband volunteered to take the kids back for the afternoon while I went to the gym. He can be sweet. I was able to walk 3 miles in an hour not great but I did it. So that is what matters.

I made the best dinner. Crockpot roast beef with asperagus and Yorkshire pudding for the family. I had a sweet potato. I love yorkshire pudding. I might have a slice or two on Christmas.

LaurieDawn my DD birthday was Monday. I hope things settle down for you.

LebenAlles I hope you get back to where you want to be. I have been up a pound or two since my drop last week.

I've totally blown the diet out of the water. I guess that's the problem with these quick fix diets. You can be bee-boppin along, doing well, and then BAM, the cravings strike. I'll do fine until dinner and sometimes even through dinner, but right before bed I just SNAP...and end up ending something I wouldnt eat normally. Like putting ice cream on a chocolate graham cracker and calling it an ice cream sandwich. WTH? And today I bought my kryptonite...those little debbie christmas trees. And Cheetos. I havent eaten either of those in a long long long time. I have lost my mind.

So right now my plan is to just not gain ALL of the weight back in the next few days and to start back up again with RFL on Monday. I think I started it too many weeks before my vacation and psyched myself out or something. And I also think that the free meal might not be a good idea for me. At least not the way I did it. Cuz man, I was ROCKING it before that free meal. Durn! Oh well, lessoned learned. Now I've just gotta reign it in.

Laurie and Lishar, glad you guys checked in. Wonder how Angie is doing? Holidays are tough.

Hi ladies! Sorry I haven't checked in. Last thursday, after my chalean extreme workout, and after having ate all my calories for the day, my body wanted food soooo badly. Or maybe it was my head? Either way I was hungry as crap so I binged. I ate whatever was in the house (cookies, chips, cereal, etc). I counted every calorie though. I stopped at around 3,497 calories for the day. My carb intake was massive....522g. Oddly enough, I didn't feel that bad about it...so I went to bed. But when the morning came (last friday), I was supposed to exercise and I didn't even feel like doing that...and I was STARVING when I woke up (damn carbs). So right then and there, I decided to start my fast. I was away from the boards because I know fasting isn't supported here on 3FC so I didn't want to post, but I do it for internal healing, both mentally and physically (I've improved my health quite a bit). Anyways, I had one planned for next week (which was planned back in July as part of my 1 year health & fitness journey), but I started it early. I'm not exercising right now, but just focusing myself inwardly. My food demon is very much still alive lol. I've kept him at bay for a good while, and I wonder if I'll ever be able to rid myself of him completely. I never want to go back to going crazy with food...or losing my control completely. But I admit...I love food! I'll check back in several days ladies! Keep pushing! And I am NOT giving up! :)

Lenbenalles I hear you about cravings. My DD Loves cheetos and I had a few from her bag last week.

Angie hugs about your binge. I have never fasted but I know people who do. How long will you do that?

Not much new here. Keeping on keeping on. I was down to 223 but that did not last long. Trying to get back there. I ate before being about to weigh this morning so oh well no weight today. I have not decided if I will check in the morning.