Nope, not close at all. My goal for this challenge was 232. I'm still 10 pounds higher! But if I can just wear the dress Wednesday night without it clinging too tightly I'll be satisfied.

I forgot to post here yesterday...oops

B: nuts, string cheese, ham, water, coffee @ work
L: Atkins bar
D: something with hamburger. fried cabbage.

Well today is the day I was shooting for. (I know I said the 14th, but I made a mistake it is today). I'm not at the 232 I wanted, but I am at 239. I'm not sure the dress is going to fit. It didn't fit yesterday when I tried it on, so that is a disappointment. It is cut rather tight around the hips and belly. I can wear it, but not feel good in it. We'll see what this evening brings, whether I feel like trying it or not.

Still 232 feels within sight since I finally broke through the 230's barrier.

Awww... Sherry, I was going by the tickers.... I haven't got down to where I want to be either. I was 176 in January before I changed BC pills and skyrocketed up 15. I've lost 5 of those 15 on this challenge, so I don't feel too bad.... But I understand how you are feeling! don't give up!!!! As long as my wedding dress fits by like September, I'll be happy!

Today's eats:
B-oatmeal, kefir, sf syrup
L-TT bar, veggies on the road
D-Salmon and veggies (on the road)

Way to go Sherry. 239 is awesome.

ham, string cheese, nuts
1/2 pork chop, brocolli & cheese
Steak, fried cabbage, green beans

Well we went to our special event tonight. My daughter looked beautiful. She was the prettiest girl there. I know, that shouldn't be my focus, but I loved looking at her, she was beautiful. I took some pictures I'll try and upload them when I get a chance. She had on a hairpiece I bought her and I wound some silver ribbon through it, a choker with the same silver ribbon and a blue cloth and feather rose attached to the choker. The dress was white with a blue satin short jacket over it (with a white "frog" style closure). I made the jacket and it looked nice. Then white pantyhose and sparkly silver shoes. She got so many compliments.

I wore a skirt and jacket, not the dress I wanted to fit into. But I looked ok too.

I had to laugh, there is this young man that my daughter kind of likes, and he is so shy he never talks. So I'm always talking to him, trying to encourage him to not be so shy. He usually talks to me no problem, but tonight I think my daughter looking so pretty made him extra shy. He couldn't seem to even say anything as long as she was near. In the mean time his parents were borrowing his cell phone to take a picture of my daughter. He was so tongue tied it was hilarious. I knew then that he must like her a little too. Otherwise it wouldn't have mattered to him that much.

I told my daughter that later and she blushed.

Anyway scale dipped another half pound and I made my goal for the month. 238. Setting a new goal of 235. Then one for 232. For this challenge I was already supposed to be at 232, but it didn't happen. Maybe before long it will. I'm in moderate to deep ketosis.

awww how awesome!!! Sounds like true love
I'm super proud of you Sherry, you've hung in there and that's what counts!!

me, I'm just eating what I can afford to put in the fridge right now which isn't much. I have celery and peanut butter and a head of lettuce but no ranch

so I will be making due with that

b: eggs
l: unsure
s: shake

MUST EXERCISE TODAY.

anyone up for starting the 'hot mama on moms day' challenge?? I'm ready to run away from this one, I have done terrible.

No I wouldn't call it "true love" maybe "childhood crush". My daughter likes different boys as often as she changes her shoes (sort of). But the shy young man is someone I like and value. So I thought it was cute that he seemed even extra tongue tied, just because my daughter was looking so cute.

Today is the 14th I know a lot of you set your goals for this day, how is everyone doing?

I originally set my goal for this date (although it should have been the 12th) and I think that I may make it today to the goal I set. 232 is what I wanted and the scale this morning read 233.5. Since I'm fasting the weight is coming off really fast. In the evening it is usually a pound or two lower than it was in the morning, so I may just make that number. Hope so.

Yesterday was an especially busy day for me and I got tired. So I almost broke the fast due to that. I did eat a couple of tiny amounts of a couple of things, but I didn't eat much and didn't actually break the fast (to my way of looking at it) because the amounts were so small and I resisted the urge to give it up all together. So I'm not sure how much longer I will go on this way, but I've loved the results so far. I started the week (on Monday) at 245 and this morning when I first got on the scale it read 233.5 That is 11.5 pounds in only 4 days. Yeah I know, it is mostly water. Yeah I know it will come back on as soon as I eat. But I really needed to know that my body was capable of losing more. I was getting discouraged to the point of giving up last week with all the ups and downs and my body acting like it just didn't want to give up any of these extra fat pounds.

So we'll see. My record for fasting was 8 days. I haven't gotten there yet. I did that when I was fairly thin, so I believe I can last that long at least. But we'll see. One day at a time and at the end I hope to be making good choices and breaking it gently and reasonably.

Just out of curiousity how do you break a fast? It seems like meat would be hard on your system to jump back into. Do you introduce veggies first?
Just curious.

The site recommended going to juices first. I've broken it with milk before because I felt that would be easiest on my stomach. I'm not sure what I will do this time. I might try the juice thing. Maybe vegetable juice rather than fruit juice (which seems too acidic to me).

I checked this morning and only lost 1 pound overall. I gained 4 overnight, I'm thinking water weight, I hope it's not the new pills. I can't afford to gain anymore!

So much for this challenge, hopefully the next one will be better.

well, didn't reach my goal either but I halfway made it

walked 3 miles today

b: ham
l: an orange!
s: hamburger? salad??

Well I exceeded my goal, but a day late. Scale was 231 this morning and my goal was 232 for yesterday.

Congratulations to you all !!