Hey everyone!! The good news is I survived my daughter's birthday party, I did what you suggested shr1nk1ng and made myself some healthy snacks for when I had a minute and realized I'd forgotten to eat. I made them first so I could munch while making her treats and her face was a picture, so horrified that I had all these veggies out and no sign of any of the pink cakes she had specifically asked for, lol! Well, it was great and most of the girls were helping themselves to my snacks too so my daughter even got into the veggies in the end - a small mom victory for sure!

Great job on having healthy party snacks, Vix! I love the fact that the kids were interested in the healthy veggies as well as the pink cakes too!

I thought I ate a bit too much yesterday again, but the scale is down to 144.0!

I think the steady drops are because I'm walking so much on my treadmill. I've replaced my CC obsession with a treadmill walking obsession. It seems that I have to obsess over something and I just have to accept that. Today I won't have as much time for walking and I know in the long run I will be walking less in general because my obsession will move on to something else.

But even if I am exercising less, my WOE does not require me to obsess over it in order to maintain. So if my fixation moves on to some other aspect of life, I think I will still be able to manage my weight (at least, that's the plan!).

So glad it worked out well for you!

As for me, I made Dreamfields (low-carb) lasagna the other day for the family, but it was a DownDay so I had not planned to have any. However, after an emotionally draining week and an insanely busy weekend, my resistance was at an all-time low and I binged - and I do mean BINGED - on lasagna. Thank God it was Dreamfields. But still, I ate thousands of calories of the stuff. More carbs than I have had since October. Ugh.

Then the next day (yesterday) I was ravenous all day long (thank you carbs) so I overate yesterday too, though it was all low-carb stuff.

I haven't weighed in for two days because I have been waiting until I stop feeling bloated.

Today I am back on plan and I am not giving up! I plan to weigh in tomorrow and hopefully the damage will be small. I expect to see a one pound gain on the scale tomorrow morning and then I can progress downward from there.

I think one overeating episode since October isn't too bad, so I'm not going to beat myself up over it. Just dust myself off and move on. However, note to self: NO MORE LASAGNA. lol

I know right!! I think it was because I made all the veggies so colorful and then there was fruit too which everyone likes. I think my veggie hatred as a child came from only ever being served soggy broccoli and carrots, but now I know what I like I can make things how I want and not dread eating them like I used to.

Yoyoma, at least all your obsessions are healthy ones!! I'm really interested to know more about your WOE - is it something you designed yourself or did you find it from somewhere? I'm doing ok with mine but I could always do with some ideas as I don't want to get bored and sometimes I feel I'm always eating the same because I know what to expect from it but then I wonder if that's bad for my body to be used to the same thing all the time.

Shr1nk1ng, I do not blame you for ravaging that lasagna, the combo of meat and cheese and pasta is enough to make even the strongest person crumble. I think you have done great to only overeat once in all that time!

I'm happy to say i finally dipped below the 149 mark..not by much but its still nice to see a different number on the scale. Every ounce counts at this point.....

Zumbachica, congrats on making progress! It's the trend of the direction, not the speed that matters.

Shr1nk1ng, sorry the lasagna triggered you. I personally have to be careful about a lot of foods (lasagna would definitely be on my list of foods to approach with caution). I gave up rice cakes for Lent, but I think I am really giving them up for good (mostly, at any rate, lol).

Vix, my WOE is roll-my-own. I have enough experience at failed maintenance to know that I don't want to count anything permanently. So, I do a combo of pretty much everything else, lol. I have a small eating window (6PM - 8x PM), lowish carb, wholeish food, volumetrics-ish (start each meal with raw fruits/vegs until mostly full), Mediterranian-inspired (healthy fats: EVOO, goat cheese, avocado, nuts), BCT-inspired (eating slower), eliminates trigger foods, eat all I want of protein and veg in my window, 2 squares dark chili choc for dessert (dark + chili = nontrigger for me). Can also have hi-fiber cereal w/whole milk or SF fudgesicles if I want more "sweets," but I usually don't. Coffee w/NFPM and stevia allowed all day (hitest in AM, decaf in PM), Lots of trial and error and continuous tweaking. Eating out for dinner once in a while is pefectly fine and I usually make some attempt to eat in a similar way, but there's no rules about it. It probably sounds crazy-making, but most of this is just habit for me now. I kept adjusting things until they worked. Also, a strong focus on getting enough sleep helps everything else.

Anyway, things went pretty well yesterday, and today I am down a smidge to 143.8(!)

I think I need to admit my defeat and come back to this thread.

I did not weigh in this morning, I am around 144 I am sure. Weigh in to follow tomorrow.

Hi Sum, sorry you had a setback, but sometimes things happen and we stumble. What counts is getting moving in the right direction again!

The scale was up a bit to 144.2 this morning. I suspect it's sodium-related, but it's just a blip, so no problems.

It's not a defeat unless you give up. Let's do this thing TOGETHER!

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I have a hugely busy day today, so I will just say: my fat fast worked! I am pretty much back to my pre-binge weight. Today's a DownDay, then another fat fast day tomorrow. Tomorrow or Saturday I'll check in with a new low weight and a blood ketones/glucose reading.

3/4:147.0
3/6: 145.6
3/8: 145.2
3/9: 144.2
3/11: 143.8
3/12: 143.0
3/14: 141.8
3/19: 143.2
3/20: 142.0

Shrinking, you're living up to your user name!

I ate out last night and the scale bumped up to 144.8 (oops, originally typed 148.0) this morning. Although the scale bumped up, eating out doesn't risk throwing me off-track the way it used to with CC, so I am still happy.

Hi everyone!

Great work shr1nk1ng - you really are sailing through this decade!!

Sorry that you're stuck back with us lot Sum, but we can all support each other and get down together, like shr1nk1ng says, it's not a defeat, just a small bump in the road, so let's carry on towards the end!

I hear you about eating out yoyoma! I'm down a pathetic 0.2lbs this week, I think in part because I went out to a work function last night and a lot of the food on offer seemed very rich and salty. I tried not to eat too much but I guess the calories added up, or the salt made the difference this morning. If it's that at least it will come off soon enough.

Thanks for the info about your WOE yoyoma, very interesting and it's great how well it's working for you!

hi all,....i'm at 148.8 again, not making much progress...but happy to be below 150. I hope to be below 140 by memorial day weekend. I love reading these posts, you are all very motivating.

3/4:147.0
3/6: 145.6
3/8: 145.2
3/9: 144.2
3/11: 143.8
3/12: 143.0
3/14: 141.8
3/19: 143.2
3/20: 142.0
3/21: 140.8

Wow.

But a fat fast surrounded by two down days turned out to be more than my body could handle. I was deferred from donating plasma today because my iron levels were one point too low. I bought a liquid iron supplement; I plan to take it tonight and again tomorrow morning. I'll try to donate again tomorrow.

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