Kristip,
Your constant losses are impressive. What are you doing to make this happen?!? Nice work

The only thing that I have come up with is eat less, like under 1200 a day, but that is hard to follow so I stay around 1500 plus an hour of cardio and mantain. You seem to have this figured out!

I just found your explanation. Yup, eat less. I give you credit for being able to do that.

And I give you credit for the amazing exercise you do, and do so consistently, Jen. It takes a lot of mental strength to keep up that kind of regimen, and not everyone is willing and able to put in the work.

Start: 120.6. Goal: 115

7/1- 120.6
7/2- 120.8
7/3- 120.3
7/4- 120.6
7/5- 121.4 TOM started
7/6- 120.9
7/7- 120.0

7/8- 120.6
7/9- 120.5
7/10- 119.7
7/11- 119.0
7/12- 118.3*
7/13- 117.8*
7/14- 118.4*

7/15- 118.6*
7/16- 118.6*
7/17- 118.1*
7/18- 117.7
7/19- 117.1

*out of town, different scale.

Yep. Still at 900 calories. I cheated up to 1000-1100 occasionally this last week while on vacation but also increased activity. Honestly, it's not much different than I ate most of my life. I was always around 110 until the last 3-4 years when my weight ballooned due to lifestyle changes. The only thing I really stay away from is alcohol. And then sugar and simple carbs.

Thanks! I will just be glad to get past this all-consuming stage. I had a pretty healthy diet when I wasn't binging, and now that I shook the overwhelming carb cravings I am hoping someday, whenever I decide I to move into maintenance, I will do okay at it.

SW 146.2
GW: 139.8

July 1 -- No WI
July 2 -- 146.2
July 3 -- 143.2 (-3.0)
July 4 -- No WI
July 5 -- 143.6 (+0.4)
July 6 -- 144.4 (+0.8)
July 7 -- No WI
July 8 -- 144.8 (+0.4)
July 9 -- 143.4 (-1.4)
July 10 - 142.8 (-0.6)
July 11 - 142.2 (-0.4)
July 12 - 142.4 (+0.2)
July 13 - 142.4 (0)
July 14 - 141.8 (-0.6)
July 15 - 141.6 (-0.2)
[>>>>> -4.6 halfway through the month]
July 16 - 141.2 (-0.4)
July 17 - 140.8 (-0.4)
July 18 - 140.4 (-0.4)
July 19 - no WI, not near a scale

You are ALL an inspiration for me! Keeps me going...

Like KristiP, I am very low-cal, less than 1000 cal/day (pretty low-carb too; I focus on lots of veggies and protein). I haven't yet ramped up my exercise. I think I will have to consume more calories when I exercise, and I just wanted to get my weight down a bit before then. At least out of those dang 140s...

Thanks for starting the thread, and good luck this month!

We are away and I don't have a scale, so who knows until July 5.
We are at a bluegrass festival in Morganton, NC. Yay!

Goal- Anything under 120. Maintain under 120 lbs. On 6/30, 118 lbs on lower scale which is 1 lb lower than my other scale

7/2 119.5 lbs on the scale at Planet Fitness
7/3 121 lbs ?? Not morning, hope that's why, scale at Planet Fitness
7/4 who knows?!?
7/5 118.4 lbs on my lower scale
7/6 117.8 lbs (LS)
7/7 118.7 lbs (LS)
7/8 118.7 lbs (LS)
7/9 120.4 lbs (LS) ugh.
7/10 118.8 lbs (LS)
7/11 119.2 lbs (LS)
7/12 118.6 lbs (LS)
7/13 118.4 lbs (LS)
7/14 118.2 lbs (LS)
7/15 120.4 lbs (LS) ??
7/16 119.2 lbs (LS)
7/17 120 lbs (LS)
7/18 119.8 lbs (LS)
7/19 118.2 (LS)
7/20 118.8 (LS)

Emma,
How far under 1000 are you staying? I maintain at 1500 with exercise, 1300 without, so something has to give, and it's either eat less or exercise more

Thanks!

Start: 120.6. Goal: 115

7/1- 120.6
7/2- 120.8
7/3- 120.3
7/4- 120.6
7/5- 121.4 TOM started
7/6- 120.9
7/7- 120.0

7/8- 120.6
7/9- 120.5
7/10- 119.7
7/11- 119.0
7/12- 118.3*
7/13- 117.8*
7/14- 118.4*

7/15- 118.6*
7/16- 118.6*
7/17- 118.1*
7/18- 117.7
7/19- 117.1
7/20- 118.8 (mexican food and rum. enough said.)

*out of town, different scale.

7/1/15 - 148.2
7/2/15 - 147.8 (that was unexpected)
7/3/15 - 146.6
7/4/15 - 147.8
7/5/15 - 147.6
7/6/15 - 146.8
7/7/15 - 146.4
7/8/15 - 146.6
7/9/15 - 145.6
7/10/15 - 147.2
7/11/15 - 148
7/12/15 - 149
7/13/15 - 146.4
7/14/15 - 145.6
7/15/15 - 146.0
7/16/15 - 146.6
7/17/15 - 144.6
7/18/15 - 142.6 (after practically fasting the day before...)
7/19/15 - 144.6
7/20/15 - 147.2 (had lots of salt to rehydrate after a run and some pickles from a farmer's market... hoping it's mostly water...)

Official starting weight: 105.8 (last reached goal, 105.65, Sunday, 6/28/15).

Goal for next weigh-in: 105.4

7/1 - 109
7/2 - 108.4
7/3 - 107.4
7/4 - 106.75

Official weigh in, Sunday, July 5: 105.4

Goal for next weigh-in: 105

7/6 - 107.95
7/7 - 107.85
7/8 - 107.95
7/9 - 106.95
7/10 - 106.6
7/11 - 106.9

Official weigh-in, Sunday, July 12: 105

7/15 - 111.7
7/16 - 111
7/17 - 109.7
7/18 - 109

No official weigh-in for Sunday, as I didn't lose , but the unofficial number is 109.6. I tend to have most of my calories at night, so I think a lot of this is food/water weight. But I didn't have three up days, due to a trip, so there's that.

Next goal, without a date, is 104.6.

7/20 - 109.65 Surprised that this didn't go up by a lot more, as yesterday was kind of an up day at 2400 calories. We shall see what we shall see at tomorrow's weigh-in...

7/21 - 108.75 Down again, even though, as I mentioned above, Sunday was a 2400 calorie day. That is an interesting data point for the Scientific Method Diet (ScMD)!

I am doing a version of Ideal Protein (using my own products). When I plan out my days well, making lower carb and higher protein choices, I usually end up around 900 calories (~90g protein, average 30-40 NET carbs, and I hit almost every nutritional measure daily before supplements). It's weird, I never thought such low cal could be enough, but it is working out so far and is the only way I have found that I can lose weight. When I was just calorie-counting but including lots of carbs, I felt like I was starving on 1400 calories and never lost any weight. Even on South Beach, I only lost weight if I stayed on their Phase 1 the whole time (which is very similar nutritionally to Ideal Protein) ... even THEN, it took ~6 months to lose 13 pounds (from 142 to 129 )

Since I don't exercise much now (just yoga and walking) I know for sure that I will have to increase calories to support that when I start running and/or weightlifting again.

BTW - I will start exercising for real within the next five pounds (which is about 2 months or so) because I am FLABBY. My age and general out-of-shapeness have caught up with me apparently.

SW 146.2
GW: 139.8

July 1 -- No WI
July 2 -- 146.2
July 3 -- 143.2 (-3.0)
July 4 -- No WI
July 5 -- 143.6 (+0.4)
July 6 -- 144.4 (+0.8)
July 7 -- No WI
July 8 -- 144.8 (+0.4)
July 9 -- 143.4 (-1.4)
July 10 - 142.8 (-0.6)
July 11 - 142.2 (-0.4)
July 12 - 142.4 (+0.2)
July 13 - 142.4 (0)
July 14 - 141.8 (-0.6)
July 15 - 141.6 (-0.2)
[>>>>> -4.6 halfway through the month]
July 16 - 141.2 (-0.4)
July 17 - 140.8 (-0.4)
July 18 - 140.4 (-0.4)
July 19 - no WI, not near a scale, but it was a bump up
July 20 - 139.8 (-0.6) Truly a momentous achievement. The 130s haven't been seen by me--except for two single-readings that lasted ~ 1 day each--since 2012.

Happy Dance!

Now to make this last more than 1 day this time ... last time I binged myself right back up to the 150s.

Start: 120.6. Goal: 115

7/1- 120.6
7/2- 120.8
7/3- 120.3
7/4- 120.6
7/5- 121.4 TOM started
7/6- 120.9
7/7- 120.0

7/8- 120.6
7/9- 120.5
7/10- 119.7
7/11- 119.0
7/12- 118.3*
7/13- 117.8*
7/14- 118.4*

7/15- 118.6*
7/16- 118.6*
7/17- 118.1*
7/18- 117.7
7/19- 117.1
7/20- 118.8 (mexican food and rum. enough said.)
7/21- 119.0 Ate the second piece of pizza. And it was good.

*out of town, different scale.

I'm back to work this week, so I'm back to only getting my "official" empty weight on the weekends.

ha... kristip - I had a second slice of pizza last night, too.... and then I followed it up with a third... (It was home made, though... Same amount of calories, but it makes me feel better...)

7/1/15 - 148.2
7/2/15 - 147.8 (that was unexpected)
7/3/15 - 146.6
7/4/15 - 147.8
7/5/15 - 147.6
7/6/15 - 146.8
7/7/15 - 146.4
7/8/15 - 146.6
7/9/15 - 145.6
7/10/15 - 147.2
7/11/15 - 148
7/12/15 - 149
7/13/15 - 146.4
7/14/15 - 145.6
7/15/15 - 146.0
7/16/15 - 146.6
7/17/15 - 144.6
7/18/15 - 142.6 (after practically fasting the day before...)
7/19/15 - 144.6
7/20/15 - 147.2
7/21/15 - 147.2

Emma, wow! I read that as "achievous moment" - and it is! Your hard work is totally paying off.

Btw, thanks for sharing your eating plan. It's obviously a winner, and will no doubt help a lot of others who are looking for a successful, sustainable approach.

Start: 120.6. Goal: 115

7/1- 120.6
7/2- 120.8
7/3- 120.3
7/4- 120.6
7/5- 121.4 TOM started
7/6- 120.9
7/7- 120.0

7/8- 120.6
7/9- 120.5
7/10- 119.7
7/11- 119.0
7/12- 118.3*
7/13- 117.8*
7/14- 118.4*

7/15- 118.6*
7/16- 118.6*
7/17- 118.1*
7/18- 117.7
7/19- 117.1
7/20- 118.8 (mexican food and rum. enough said.)
7/21- 119.0 Ate the second piece of pizza. And it was good.

7/22- 117.6

*out of town, different scale.

I'm back to work this week, so I'm back to only getting my "official" empty weight on the weekends.