It's March 1!! Spring is almost here. I have been doing a 20-30 min walk at least once a day every day, and I feel great. I know it's not much, but it is a step in the right direction. I have been sticking to plan. I have a lot of stress at work, so that might not be helping my weight loss, but there isn't much I can do about that.

Have an awesome weekend!

Yay for March 1st!! now if we could see a little sun today it would be perfect..

I feel that any movement is good - it doesn't matter if it is 10 min or and hour or more - I'm trying to work back up in my steps - after a achilles tendon flare - it is going slow -- but it is going :D

Not only it is March 1, but it's FRIDAY!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the encouragement Rho! The achilles tendon flare sounds painful, hope it gets better soon.

Up 2 pounds and it is my own fault - not indulgences but portion size this week. I'd like to be able to report 209 at some point in the next 2 weeks sticking to plan - mini goal for me!! I did walk alot this week and I feel great about that!!

Food is taking up my waking and sleep time - I even had a dream last night that I was ordering dessert in a restaurant and then changed my mind and said "No Thanks!"

Plan for this week: Portion control and food/excercise diary

I use an app on my phone called Loseit to log my foods - I think that just keeps me aware of what I am eating to log it - it has become habit to me now so I don't stress about it --

try upping your fat a little - it will help you feel fuller -I put a tsp of coconut oil in my coffee when I drink it even - and be sure to drink enough water ...

And remember if you have upped your exercise recently your weight may go up a bit in the beginning - my non scientific reasoning is your body holds on to water when you first start exercise or if you do something different like shovel snow or something -

just keep plugging away it will happen -- tweak your portion size but don't stress about it - maybe download the Atkins shopping list (I think it is called that) for the level you are on and just eat those foods (that helped me) and if I am hungry between meals I grab 5 or 6 olives, an ounce of cheese cut up and 3 or 4 cherry tomatoes that I cut in half and I have that with a glass of water - eating it slowly -- I find that it is helps 98% of the time - I like the green olives because they have a sharp taste that sometimes takes care of any cravings and all the fat in the snack makes you feel happy too -- and if I am still by chance hungry I will make a cup of coffee -

Believe me I know frustration - I have been stuck since August playing with 2 lbs - up then down then up -- I think I may have finally broken thru it and am hoping tomorrow to get into a new decade of numbers - I would LOVE to be near or at goal on June 1st which is my 2 year anniversary of LC'ing -- I just realized yesterday that It has been that long and I cannot
believe it - I have occasional feelings of I want something (like frying up potatoes, onion and peppers last night for hubs) but it is momentary - then I melt some butter and add some blue cheese to it and stir it up and pour it over my steak to go with my veggies and think to myself - this is a diet? and I get on the scale and lose weight the next day and smile to myself about my poor deprived self :D

My scale was up 3 pounds this morning, but I'm hoping it's just water retention. I've been walking every day, and I already feel less tired after I walk. My food choices were not too bad this weekend, but judging by the gain, I'm sure they could have been better.

Lulu- good luck trying to control portion sizes, you can do it!

Rho - congratulations on breaking your plateau!

I'm down a pound but have been bouncing up and down between 198 and 201 for what seems like an eternity. (Ok, two weeks.) I'm down four pounds from where I was a month ago, I know I should be happy....just impatient I guess and want to see the scale go downdowndown instead of downupdownup.

But on a good note, Spring is on the way!!!

I'm not gonna officially join because I just came back and this challenge is already well under way. But I am gonna be counting down to 165lbs by st. pat's day. I'll catch the next one from the beginning and officially start with everyone else.

Good Luck!

Rho/PrettyMom Thanks for the support!!! So happy to report 210 this morning!! Going in the right direction again!!I never thought about exercise "holding on" to weight so that really gave me something to think about!!

Bobbette I can honestly say I can't wait to have your problem and for my weight to start with a "1". I agree downdowndown is where we all want to be!!!

SunnyWelcome!!

Hey guys! Just a quick check in :)

I weighed in at 161.4 this morning, I couldn't believe it! Since I've been doing induction on and off for so long (over a year now) I decided I should just up my carbs to prevent me from needing this big cheat blow outs. I'm eating around 50-60 g net a day and still losing and feeling great :)

Stephanie that's awesome!!!

Thanks Lulu NH!

Thanks, Bobette!

I hope everyone is doing well. Not quite sure I'll see 159 in the next 10 days but still feeling good and doing well.

Thought I would take a break from low carb for a few days and I feel like crap. Why don't I remember this each time it happens? Going to induction levels again.

Hi Everyone - Just checking in - 209 this morning!! So happy to change my ticker!!! Moving slowly in the right direction!! Looking forward to 208!!