[TooManyDimples]

So, big ole unexpected whoosh this morning putting me at 237.2. I'd say the fat fast did it's job. My results from it are 4.8lbs in 5 days. Hopefully most of it stays off as I go about my business and eat a bunch of delicious (but completely Keto) meals this weekend. If I'm still in the 230's Monday morning I'll trust it's time to officially graduate to the next thread.

Lemon I don't even want to smell those rolls! They are so stinkin good. I can't touch them so I wont.

Ubee a fat fast is where you get the majority of your calories from fat. It's kind of Keto on crack. I want to do a traditional water fast at some point and I wanted to kind of practice for that so I kept to almost completely liquids. Mostly BPC. My calories probably ended up around 1300 every day. Since it was mainly liquid my digestive system is basically empty and not weighing me down so that's mainly why I expect a bounce up on the scale when I start consuming solids again. Here is a blog post about it that you might be interested in checking out. https://ketodietapp.com/Blog/post/20...de-to-Fat-Fast

Time to get ready for my day. Looks like rain so my dreams of a pool day are probably crashed. Got to get out to the grocery though and a few other errands to run. I hope everyone has a fabulous day!

[Ubee]

lemonthyme love questions of the day! I vote to get a size lower. One time I bought the size I thought I was in and they were too big. I buy the cheap packages at Shopko when they have their back to school. They hold up really well and are a decent price.
Green tea makes me pee. I love it for weight loss. I wish I could drink it because it really helps me lose weight. I think it may speed up your metabolism or something?
Synthroid is not a cop out! Who is she the diet police? Seriously it makes weight loss more difficult. See why we hang out on this forum? People in real life can be so difficult when it comes to supporting our weight loss.

Kim now that is a whoosh! Glad to see your fat fast paid off. Thanks for the link. I may do one next week to get down into the 230's.

The scale ticked up to 241 this morning which is really good considering the feast I had yesterday. Wedding today and a birthday party tomorrow. That fat fast sounds like a real possibility next week.

Have a good day.

[lemonthyme]

Well I'm back drinking the green tea. What can it hurt? Maybe it will help, that's my hope. Tomorrow I will hop on the scale. I haven't bothered w it during TOM. It's always high and disappointing. So tomorrow I'll step on and hope for the best.

Ubee: funny I just got the shopko flyer today for low prices of season sale and undies and socks are buy 2 get 1 free with a sales price I think. I'll have to check it out.

Am: tomorrow my ils are taking kids back to school shopping. That's a great help. I've gotten all the supplies and backpacks and the first pair of shoes. So I'm grateful to have some help w the clothing budget. I'll be going with to help pick out.

Hopefully everyone is having an nice weekend. I hope to get to the pool here this evening but we may have to squeeze in between raindrops.

[LauraRVA42011]

Hey all!

Sorry I've been MIA. Work was crazy and I wasn't online much. Had a work party on Thursday and there was a slight uptick as I ate more carbs than usual. Friday night we went to the movies and I enjoyed just one drink. I didn't overindulge in any other way and it paid off. I had another tiny uptick from the alcohol. Yesterday I returned to low carb cautiously and am happy to report that I not only erased the gain but also got into the 230s! I weighed in at 239.8, exactly 60lbs down from when I started in January.

I'll stick around for a while until I'm well ensconced in the 230s. The next thread covers the 230s and the 220s so we'll be hanging out there for quite a while. We will all be moving over in no time.

Onward and downward!

[Ubee]

60 pounds down and in the 230's!

Laura!

[lemonthyme]

Laura: yeah for you! Fantastic and a big accomplishment!

Hello all!

Am: well I got in the scale and it settled at 245.2. I won't be joining any of you soon in the 230s as I think you are all on the cusp of getting comfortable in those lower numbers. I'll just keep working with it this week. I have PT this week so I can a bit more direction. Besides I have a doctors appointment next week and I'm sure she'll point out my dieting isn't working super well as I'm over what I was a year ago. The only good point is she doesn't lecture too long as she's a bit overweight as well and understands the fight to loose and keep it off.

Clothes shopping w/the kids today should be fun. Maybe I'll keep an eye out for something new as inspiration to continue to loose and fit into. I'd love to take advantage of summer clothes sales for Florida trip but I aim to be smaller than now so guessing isn't quite where it's at w/ continuing to budget.

So I aim to do better today. I've added green tea back and will see if that helps curb some of my afternoon struggles for sweets. I also will be hauling my water w/ me wherever I go. That will help me from straying for the bad liquids. I'll get it going again - darn TOM. I sound like I'm grumbling again. Some days I just wish it was easier.

Happy Sunday all! May you all have good news I'll be rooting for you all!

[Ubee]

lemonthyme sorry I got distracted and didn't respond to your post this morning. Let us know if the tea helps. Did you buy some new underwear? We may not get to the 230's as soon as we wish but we will get there.

Laura I am so grateful that you stayed the course after your difficult week. It is a great example and I am going to remember it. I think you are one of the most impressive examples of staying the course as best you can even under extremely difficult/life changing events.

My scale was 244.4 today. The food was so salty at the wedding, everyone was guzzling water.
My weekend had really good times and some crappy ones. The wedding and one party was wonderful.
I am letting too many people have too much influence in my life. The fact that those people are our adult children is the worst part. I have always struggled with boundaries.
I am going to use this new word I've heard about that word is "NO!"

[TooManyDimples]

Hi all. So as expected the scale bounced back up this morning. 239.8 ha! I was just happy that I stayed in the 230's. I half expect to see it go up more tomorrow. So I wont be sad if it does. I woke up later than I wanted this morning. I needed some extra sleep it looks like. We were going back to school shopping and I wanted to get my day started so I skipped my workout this morning. Will make it up and do a double circuit tomorrow.

Congratulations Laura! Today we're weight twins.

[LauraRVA42011]

Thanks everyone for the congratulations!

Ubee I feel like you and I have been keeping the thread alive so I'm not leaving until you are. I don't care which thread I'm in, the conversation is what matters and you have helped keep me going more than you know. A wedding and birthday party are challenging enough on their own, I can't imagine dealing with both in a short time! You will erase the uptick! I know you can!

Here is an excerpt from another post I made about this past weekend's challenges:
It was a struggle I'll admit. At one point I saw a really amazing looking ice cream cone on an Instagram post and it took EVERYTHING in my will to not give in and get one. Eventually it passed but before it did I came up with a strategy of making "soft serve" out of a Medifast shake in case I couldn't shake the urge.

Hope everyone had a healthy weekend!

Onward and downward!

[TooManyDimples]

Felt blah when I got up this morning so just decided to skip the scale. My mood might not allow for much room to see another uptick on the scale. I'm thinking might be PMS. I have been pretty regular since starting Keto and have also started EARLY a few times for the first time in my life so I'm not going to count it out. Either way it's another day and I intend to stay on track and just keep in mind my body is going to do what it wants. I have no control over the hormones just what I put in my body.

Hope this week is kind to everyone.

[lemonthyme]

Morning! I am late posting today. I had PT and then a quick bit of shopping and finally home. I had hopped on the scale today I don't feel like talking about that albatross. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Since meeting w/PT, she has changed my exercise - I have been loped down to 5 minutes. If I do this daily without issue, I can go to 10 next week. She had originally told me 20, but after discussing what i am feeling, backed me back down. Well. So I will try to go tomorrow morning for my 5 minute work out. WOOT.

Do you think I can help loose anything in 5 minutes? Probably not, but maybe it will help my body burn a bit more efficiently. Who knows.

Somedays I feel like I am starting back at the beginning. however, I will just have to battle on back and get someplace where the number doesn't feel so overwhelming. When I look at the big picture - it sure as heck is! Maybe I should change my ticker down to a 10 lb loss? Do many of you keep 2 or more tickers for that reason?

Off to go check my lotto numbers, as I win almost as much as I lose weight - NOT AT ALL or REALLY WELL. I can hope on both happening!

[Ubee]

Chin up lemonthyme. They say weight loss is 90% what we put in our mouth and 10% exercise. Don't get me wrong exercise is very important for our health. We can lose a lot just by what we do and do not put in our mouth. I try not to look at the big picture but my next small goal which for now is 239. We are all going to get healthy and lose our excess weight!

Kim very true words. I don't know about all of you but I've found I really need the support on here during my hormonal times. One day at a time one bite at a time.

Laura thank you. Your words meant a lot to me. I think it is interesting because I am always so grateful for everyones support. It is like at Christmas, it is through giving that we receive. I never think of a compromise like you did. This all or nothing thinking is something I have really been working on. I obviously still have a ways to go.

Today was a busy social day but I really missed reading and posting throughout the day.
The scale is still up so I must get and stay focused before the next social event lands in my lap.
Let's all get a good nights rest, eat healthy and get out of the 240's and into the 230's for the last time. Downward we go ladies.

[lemonthyme]

Hah! I'm about 180 calories over with my dinner. I snacked today but I guess I'd have to say good things mainly: watermelon and kohlrabi. I suppose it could be worse. It was my avocado. Those buggers are a lot of calories but if I don't eat the other half it gets tossed. Occasionally one of my kids will eat it but that was a no today. And my protein bar while shopping I was ravenous at the time. I probably would have done better. So those were my pitfalls today.

I think I have DH on board to exercise and diet with me. His belly is out there too and overall I think we'll be better off if we loose it for all facets of our life. So I've told him if I go for my big 5 mins of workout tomorrow early and get back home in 15 mins he can go exercise thereafter. I said hey I can't do more than 5 mins this week a day. I know it sounds like it's barely worth it but the gym is 5 mins away so it's not too bad. Hey even if my 5 mins sounds ridiculous but allows me to move down the scale then I'll try it.

Hang in there girls! We all have daily challenges from seeing a spouse eat something you want to your child to your mood to your TOM: there is always something lurking to pull off us off. I send us all wishes that these stay away the rest of the week. My mini goal this week is to find 243 again and go from there. Here's to trying.

[lemonthyme]

Morning! Like others I'm here to celebrate a 2lb drop. This morning I'm back down to 245.2. So I can celebrate that this little movement. And I went and cycled however I chose to do 8 minutes and my warmup and cool down but prior to both those I got in 2.3 miles. Things are feeling ok thus far. On top of that I got DH out the door to go move now too. Good for him. I told him he didn't have to do an hour Just go move. Hopefully this puts him in a good outlook.

I've got eggs on to boil and coffee brewing. I'll contemplate what my day ahead may be. And of course try to plan out my meals. That helps too especially around snack times. And I need to make a grocery list. I'll get it all done.

Good luck ladies. I hope your scales were kind to you this morning.

[TooManyDimples]

Morning all. Well I can definitely tell I'm retaining water. So it looks like it shall be a scale free week for me. I've been perfect with my eating and exercise but I have no doubt the number is back up in the 240's so why depress myself when I know it's hormonal water weight. It really stinks we have to go through this every month. I have no keto treats in the house so I can't loss my mind and binge on them. It takes a very severe case for me to go off keto so I think I'll be fine this go round. Just can't wait for it to be over!

Lemon good for you and your hubs. It's always easier when you're doing it together.

Hope all have a nice day.