ICU - you will be back in the 140s in no time with your discipline, I'm sure!
petra - you are doing great - woohoo!
realme - we're headed to costa rica for some sunshine and sand (and sloths apparently ). Good for you for staying on track!
So, according to my new digital scale I've lost a few pounds but the new scale is still showing above ticker so I'm just going to leave it there until I catch up. Bummer that the old scale made me think that I'm skinnier than I am but whatever - I'm going to focus on how my clothes fit in the meantime
Hope you all nail your thxgiving goals! (I won't but my clothes are looser than when we started, and not from stretching out ).
dancer ... I was checking the Chicks for a Challenge thread yesterday (never been there before), and I see you recently got a big promotion! Yay, you! Congratulations!
Hovering 8oz above ticker - 150.0. These swings of 3-4lbs up and down are getting tiring ... I wish I could figure out exactly what it is that makes me blow up like a frightened puffer fish. It's something besides salt. I have some suspicions about artificial colors - going to have to investigate.
petra - thanks! I did a full-blown elimination diet a couple of years back when I started the Ultrametabolism program, and happily didn't have any issues with those. I did an IgG (I know, not totally reliable) and it came back "sensitive" to strawberries, kidney beans, and garlic of all things. None of the readings were significantly high, but I do look for those when I have this water spike. I think ... I've been eating organic/unprocessed for so long, that I'm getting sensitive to artificial junk! Which is kind of cool - I can use the negative reinforcement!
ICU - thanks! you are a sweetie! How interesting about your water retention - I am curious to hear what you figure out. Do you find the water retention makes your clothes fit differently or is it so spread out you barely notice?
I've been a pescatarian and eating clean for 14mo now and I can't eat anything processed anymore, It does not agree with my stomach. Which is a good thing, it really prevents you from even wanting it.
What a wild swing - 148.5 this morning! Not changing ticker yet - this is too good to be true. We'll see what Friday brings ...
Dancer, I can usually see it in my eyelids, fingers, jawline, waist, collarbone. So I'd have to say it's almost like a layer under my skin. Wonder what my poor internal organs are subjected to? Thank goodness going back to clean takes it right back off!
Fruitlady - wholeheartedly agree with you. Not to mention that most of the time it tastes pretty bleh too - nothing but salt and chemical aftertastes.
With all the technical issues on this site, I thought I better post my weight while I got the chance. 228.6 this morning. Have been in the 220's all week so it seems to be official. I'd like to be about down 1 lb more but I'll take it. Have a good holiday everyone. I have to work today. Someone has to take care of the sick people on the holidays, you know.
Petra, congrats! How come nobody's taking care of sick servers???
Well, I'm at 150.5 this morning, likely because of the hard workout. Only had 1600 clean calories yesterday, so that wasn't it. Disappointed, just a smidge, but it's just a date on the calendar. Ah well. Good behavior today, and then on the Christmas.
One postscript from Thanksgiving: I may not have seen a number on the scale this morning that represents what I wanted ... but ... I have returned from the dreaded Thanksgiving dinner, and I brought the day in at 1550 calories.
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