Hi ladies, The inlaws are still here, and driving me crazy. Had 2 chocolate bars and icecream for dinner :barf:, but have been doing ok otherwise. I'll be back on track tomorrow.

Hi Nikki,

Using Excel, I put the week of (example June 17-25) in the left column. Across the top is Sunday, Monday... etc in each of seven columns. The column after Saturday is the weekly weight average numbers. It takes the inputed weights for the week and averages them. The next column takes the previous week's average and subtracts from it this week's average to tell me what I've lost on average this week. The last colum takes the beginning week's average and subtracts this week's average telling me what I've lost total since I started keeping the record.

I input a new weight every day, but only count the weekly weight average as my "true" weight. That way minor fluxuations up and down don't bother me so much, and even if the scale isn't moving today or yesterday I can still be down "on average" from last week.

I posted about it on another thread and offered anyone who wants a copy of it to PM me and send me an email address and I'll share it. You have to have Microsoft Excel to be able to use it, but I think that program is probably in most computers now.

It was a suggestion made by the Hellers the people who wrote "The Carbohydrate Addict's diet". They suggest weekly weight averaging. I just put it into a format that does all the math for me.

The reasons they gave is that our bodies fluxuate from day to day and we may be high in water one day or high in salt and so the scale may jump several pounds, which if we are looking for a new low every day may be discouraging. On the other hand if we only weigh once a week we may hit a low one week and a high on that day the next week and never see that our average weight is actually down from what that number shows on just one day of the week (the day we weighed). This too can get discouraging.

But by weighing every day and considering the "average" to be our true weight, then daily ups and downs tend to cancel themselves out, and we can see a general trend toward a lower weight week by week, if we are working the program.

I've been here before, I've been away, I tend to do really well for awhile and then get discouraged and give up. I think the discouragement was from expecting too much, too soon, so I'm trying again and using a more moderate approach. I think this particular tool will help me in that aspect of things.

Hi everyone , I've been missing a couple days. My new grandson was born at 5:09PM yesterday. He weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and was 20 inches long. I was with Samantha throughout labor and delivery and I cut the cord. He was face up so pretty bruised, but mom and baby are both doing fine. He wasn't due til July 9th, but he made an early arrival. (actually sinc Sam had such a late Ultrasound her due date was most likely not accurate.) He does not have any signs of being premature. Samantha's soon to be XH did not come to the hospital to see the baby. Said he was "too busy". I stayed the night at the hospital with Samantha and we kept the baby in the room with us. Neither of us really got any sleep. When I came home today, I took a 3 hr. nap.

Whitney, the other pregnat SD was due to deliver on June 13th and still has not delivered. She isn't too happy that Samantha delivered first. LOL. I am expecting a call anytime now that Whitney is in labor.

Morning all!!

Why is it that once we leave the beauty shop, we can never get our hair to do the same thing again!!!.....argh....my hair is driving me nuts!!!...but i got a lot of compliments on it, and i think im getting my way more...mmmmmm..interesting...

Just put some cubed steak, bell peppers, and tomatoes in the crock pot for pepper steak to have at dinner....hubby will prolly turn it off before he leaves for work at 11:00, it will prolly be done then.

two more days and my son will be home!! i cant wait to see him, i miss him so much. his birthday is friday and i will prolly buy a bday cake for him, cooking it myself is too much temptation. i have been looking for a cake reciepe so i can make a small serving of a cake for me, so i dont feel deprived during the celebration.

lillybelle - :bb:new baby!!! grandbabies are the best..glad you got some rest

sherry - your spreadsheet sounds great! thanks for sharing it

punce - sorry about the in-laws, here's some :hug::hug:for ya

bbum - have a good walk:running:

Nikki and Robin :hug::hug: hi guys!

everyone have a good day!!!
Jae

Congrats on your new grandbaby lily

Jae- Never fails that you can't get your hair the same way lol.

Sherry - I may use your system it sounds like it makes sense to do so.

I had a bad weigh in today. The scale hows a 4 lb gain. I have stuck to my plan to the letter. I am thinking I may need a new plan. It is my TOM but still a 4 lb gain is excessive.

Nikki

Congratulations Lily!!

Punze~ good going getting back on track!!

Jae~ Ive never liked my hair after I leave the hairdresser. I always go right home and style it myself :lol:

Things are still going well, yesterday was a bit rough. I had the jitters, and I thought it was because I wasnt eating enough carbs. Sure enough, thats what it was. Usually my 3rd week of any program does funky things to my system. So I switched up my eating yesterday, and Im feeling much better. Oatmeal is on tap for breaky this morning :lol:

Have a great day ladies.

Good Morning Ladies:)

Not feeling well this morning. I have some sort of a stomach virus. Not going to be dieting today,just drinking chamomile tea and little plain toast,and good old chicken barley soup on the menu.

Have to go, will post later when I feeling better


Hugs :) BB

Hi everyone,

I'm trying once again to pull myself out of the trenches of over-eating and get back on plan. Hard to do, but completely necessary. We have had so much running around to do and unplanned events and dining out lately that sticking on plan went out the window. But, today will be better.

Ladies, thanks for all the Congrat's on our new grandbaby. Hope the other one gets here soon. Whitney, the other mom, is miserable and depressed. She has gained over 70 lbs. and the wt. gain is bothering her greatly. (She was always the thinnest of all the 5 girsl). She bought her a treadmill and I know she is very determined to take the wt. off after the baby arrives.

It is raining and storming hard here. So much for yard work today. Tehe.

I have a huge pot of stew with lots of my fresh garden veggies that I cooked late last night. DD had already cooked dinner last night (burgers,just what I needed) so I made the stew for tonite.

hello I am new to low carb and started doing ******* about 2 weeks ago. I have tried weight watchers too and lost 45 pounds before stalling and then gained everything back. I am saying I am doing ******* but making sure my carbs are at 20 grams a day, drinking lots of water and 30 minutes of exercise a day. I have lost 7.8 pounds in the 2 weeks I have been doing this. Although I have not been a 100 percent faithful, I have still lost and happy with it. I am not wanting to lose a lot of weight fast but feel if after losing 4 pounds on weight watchers a week, why not see what kind of results I get from trying the low carb *******. I am in so much need of know if I am doing the right things, how to not get bored with my meals, and if you have any advice to give someone new? I never claim to be an expert and welcome advice for any and all who have been successful on the low carb lifestyle.

hi Ladies:)

I''m feeling a little better, now that I had my chicken barley soup.Its amazing how that soup helps the system


Sherry-Thats a great way to battle the scale. I have been doing that for a while,but mine chart is in a note book.Weeks Average Weight,that what I'm doing but I never subtracted last week weight with this weeks,Yikes and all the time I though I was stalling. I now see that I lost almost 1 lb so far this month.


Lily-Congrats:cheers: on you being a grandma:bb: and hope your other DSD :preg: will have hers soon.You'll be back on track again.You only had a minor setback. We're expecting a little storm our way also.I guess the gardens need watering.


Jae-not walking to day as I don't feel well. Its the $64,0000 question??? why we can't keep our style that the way beauty salon do, they be out of business if we knew their :listen: secret.


Nikki-Sorry:sorry: about you gain, If its not TOM it could be sodium intake or are you drinking enough water??? When the boy get dehydrated it keeps all the water from previous days which is water retention.


Robin-Thats what I think is wrong with me not even carbs.I'm adding them back in to my main meal at dinner time.
Now that I'm on fitday I can see that my carb intake and fiber is going upward.Just have to watch that they don't up too far.


Have great one

Hugs :) BB

Morning all....1 more day unitl i see my son:celebrate::carrot::carrot: his plane gets in at 9:00pm friday. since hubby gets off of work at 830, he is going to the airport to pick him up. i will have to try to wait paitently at home until they get here:dizzy: i am taking a few days off next week to spend time with him, he goes back July 1st. Then on the 7th my daughter is getting married...whew!! i tired just typing it all out....:D:D

BB - glad you are feeling better..:hug::hug:

nascargirl - :welcome3: to the low carb wol, i dont claim to be a great success but what i did to make this doable for me is found reciepes that i love. i researched on the net, looked at the reciepes here and asked for favorites. hope you have much success!!

lillybelle - arent those fresh veggies great? :hungry:i am getting squash, peppers and tomatoes out of my garden and they are heaven!

nikki - isnt the scale a meanie sometimes? drink lots of water, maybe that will help:hug::hug:

Robinw - i have to switch things around sometimes too...glad it sloved your jitters

Have a great day everyone!!!
Jae

Enjoy your son when he gets here Jae :hug:

Well, I did really good all day yesterday......until supper. Which wasnt until 730 last night. It wasnt all that bad, but it certainly wasnt good. We worked nonstop all day, and finally I said to dh, I quit lets go. So off to Kostas (our regular restaurant) we went. I didnt want the souvlaki, so I had the fish instead, but because I was tired, I didnt ask the right questions. So it arrived battered and deep fried, I asked to switch the fries to soup, but it arrived a thick creamy noodle mixture. So, I thought "to heck with it" and ate my soup and fish. It was all good :lol: Then came home and watched ghost hunters and munched on cheese flavoured rice cakes :lol:

So, its a fresh start this morning.

Hi Ladies

Robin New day fresh start. I like your attitude!

Jae Enjoy your family.

Nascar Welcome to the group

BB Hoping you feel much better today.

Lily I can imagine being depressed gaining 70 lbswith a prenancy. Maybe she will join you on the low carb way of life. Again congrats on the new baby!

As for me the weight gain must have been my TOM. Today my TOM is over and I am back down to 151. I'm hoping to see at least a 2 lb loss this week.

Nikki

Hi Ladies:)

I'm feeling ok this morning,I guess it was some kind of bug.

Does anyone that is using Fitday know how to calculate the recommend requirement charts.My average calorie count for this week was 1200 cals. I can't believe is so low,as I was having way over 1300 per day according to my calculation. My range according to WW pt system is 1300-[22p]--1500-[25p]

I guess I need a better calorie & carb counter.The only thing I don't like about Fit Day is that they generalize the foods lists and it takes to long to calculate every ingredient in a recipe.

Weigh-in tomorrow morning as Dh is taking me out for lunch to celebrate my birthday and I'm going to splurge. I'll start getting serious again Next mouth.


Jae-I'm so happy:carrot: for you,enjoy your time with your son & family event.


Robin-Evenings are a hard :yes: to be in control food wise, I have the same problem,even eating allowed foods.Can't seem to lose. I like watching :ghost:Ghost Hunters:ghost: also,watched the end of the show as I was watching a movie called Project X.


Nikki-You'll get down there. Glad :yes:it was TOM that made you go up.



Have a great one


Hugs :) BB


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*blows the dust off this account* I'm baaaack. :D

And ten pounds heavier than last time, darn it. Thank you, Lexapro.

I'm also having much more trouble with my lupus pain, as well as a few ups and downs with my blood sugar. So having (hopefully, FINALLY) learned my lesson, I'm back to low-carb, and I know I need to stick with it. The hubby and I have been on Induction for three days now, and are getting past the worst of the carb cravings, thank goodness. And I SO look forward to seeing that number on the scale drop again!

So, anyone remember me? :D