3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community - IP Weekend Chat - 29 April

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Originally Posted by ontariophotogal (Post 3828269)

Haha, how awesome did THAT feel! Good for you :)

I had an NSV today too, my hairdresser walked into my house, whom I haven't seen since starting the program and the exact words out of her mouth were "Wow Stace, you look f*****g awesome". LOL! Felt good :)

WI# 10 for me tomorrow, will also be the start of a temporary phase 4 for me as we leave for our trip Monday....looking forward to some real carbs tomorrow LOL.

Actually, it was really weird. I guess I haven't discussed the details of the program with a guy before. I felt strangely uncomfortable.

Congrats on your great NSV. That must have felt great! Good luck at your WI tomorrow and have a great time on your vacation...

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Originally Posted by 2RIDEROLLERCOAST (Post 3828606)

Good morning IPers. Hope everyone has a fantastic day.

ONDERLAND at last....
Last night was WI # 11 2.5lbs... so total 43 lbs and 21.5 inches in 11 weeks. I am happy about that but.... as my wis have been slow my coach and I have decided no restricted items to see if we can shock my system to losing more. So I have decided to do IP Bootcamp this week, and see what happens. My coach is now on vacation for 2 weeks so I am hoping to be at 50lbs by the time she returns. It has been an amazing journey and more and more people are noticing, even my coach has commented. The ways I noticed are.... sorry guys but new bra and new undies.. never even thought about size change in undies but boy were my old ones baggy... funny how all of a sudden they are fine and then oops boy these are baggy.

Hope everyone has a great weekend I had the last week off as I needed a break and got some spring cleaning done and raked part of my yard before it started raining... at least we didn't get snow like they were forecasting... well it is just about 7:00am and my dogs are wanting their walk so Off I go.. Staying OP :hug::hug::hug::hug:

Congratulations!!:carrot: What a huge accomplishment! I'm noticing the bra thing too. Use to wear it on the biggest closure, now I'm on the smallest. Pretty soon I will have to move to a smaller size altogether. And it's weird cause I wasn't looking or didn't think I needed to lose that much in that area, but I guess it comes off everywhere!

Have a great weekend everyone!!;)

today is WI # 3 for me! i am so excited and nervous. EVERYONE send prayers my way!

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Originally Posted by crystalchuckgracie (Post 3828710)

today is WI # 3 for me! i am so excited and nervous. everyone send prayers my way!

You will do great!

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Originally Posted by juiceman11 (Post 3828712)

You will do great!

THANKS! you rock juiceman! you give everyone such great support

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Originally Posted by locks (Post 3828546)

Good morning IPers, sitting here watching the wedding on tv sipping the ip chocolate drink thinking wow I love crossing my legs now~~ Hope everyone has a supper IP day.

Locks, You made me smile! :) I thought the same thing about crossing my legs the other day! lol

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Originally Posted by 2RIDEROLLERCOAST (Post 3828606)

:congrat: That is awesome!! I am hoping one day I will see onederland also, it has been YEARS since I have seen that! Keep up the great work!!
Have a great weekend and good luck with the boot camp!

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Originally Posted by TWoww (Post 3828686)

Morning everyone! Well the Calm is def starting to work, I'm sure it will take a few days to get regular. I am going to hold off on weighing on my scale till Sun morning. I was able to wear a pair of size 6 jeans yesterday that I have not been able to wear since last summer (my weight gain happened from May-2010- Jan-2011 while hubby was deployed to Iraq and daughters 9 y/o BF lost her battle with brain cancer). IP has actually done a lot of good for me in these last 18 days. I am now power walking in hopes to start jog/running again. I used to run and compete all of the time. I am also happy to say that I have been 18 days free of an eating disorder that I had for most of my adult life. I would binge and purge. Well glad to get that off my chest! Thanks for all the great support and advice, looking forward to a busy fun weekend outside! :carrot:

That calm is awesome isn't it? Keep up the good work! I understand about eating and stress. My dear friend lost her battle with cancer a few days ago and I've been struggling to stay OP. Tonight is the funeral and I'm going to eat at home before but I am most likely going to have a drink.

I had an NSV last night - I was trying to figure out what to wear and decided to try on some clothes that I haven't been able to wear for the last couple of years - and they fit! I couldn't believe it. I figured I would try them on to see how much further I have to go until I fit in them, and found out I already do!

I'm having a harder time picking out clothes because I have more options now, and I don't have to pick out things that hide my flaws. It's exciting and overwhelming.

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Originally Posted by juiceman11 (Post 3828645)

You are averaging 3.9#'s a week. That is a great number especially for a female. I do wonder why your coach thinks you should be lossing more? IMHO you are doing great and would hate to see you do something that frustrates you with the program and makes it more of a chore, i.e. bootcamp. Keep at it and I hope you see better results. Look at it from your perspective, how do you feel about your weight loss? Are you happy? That is what matters.

I think the biggest problem is it took me three weeks to get under 200lb and that was frustrating. Before that it was 2 slow weeks then a big week, well it has been 3 weeks under 3 lbs so I am a little unhappy with that but I am happy that I am still losing and that is great. I think a week without restricted won't kill me so we will see next friday if it helped or not. Thanks for your advice you are always helping us.

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Originally Posted by crystalchuckgracie (Post 3828710)

today is WI # 3 for me! i am so excited and nervous. EVERYONE send prayers my way!

No prayers needed you are going to do GREAT!:dancer::dancer::dancer:

Off to help a friend put in baseboards but I just wanted to THANK everyone for their kind words and encouragement... Have a great weekend!

Yay! for under 200 2RIDEROLLERCOAST That is so exciting. I can't wait to be there myself. I feel like just hitting that goal after 10 years of being over is going to be amazing! Good for you!
I'm getting bored with some of the foods, I still happily eat the omelet everyday but the drinks I used to like are boring me, bought some of the premade pudding and mixed in some cooked rhubarb mixed with a little splenda and that was good.
Also tried the plain pancakes this week with the IP maple syrup, oddly not that bad but I find I'm craving the syrup at odd times in the day.
I'm also doing the NOvacleanse right now and found my numbers were up this week, I hope it continues...:)
Lots of gardening today... then a little yoga tonight.
Hope everyone has some sun where they are :)

:bravo: Yea!! Congrats!!

Happy Friday everyone!

:congrat: to those with good WIs and NSVs!

:hug: to those who need it!

Stay strong!

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Originally Posted by 2RIDEROLLERCOAST (Post 3828606)

:bravo: Way to go!!!

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Originally Posted by TWoww (Post 3828686)

:hug: to you! It is so nice to learn of you overcoming such difficulty. I wish you much better times from here on!

I am sure you will run again in no time!

Have you heard of the "Couch to 5K"? I know a lot of people who have done that with great success.

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Originally Posted by crystalchuckgracie (Post 3828710)

today is WI # 3 for me! i am so excited and nervous. EVERYONE send prayers my way!

Sending good vibes for you WI today: :goodvibes: :goodvibes: :goodvibes:

Well just came back from WI and I am up 1 lb this week. Could be because my TOM is next week. I have also been not measuring all the time either so back to measuring all my veggies. My meats are always measured and pre packaged so that is good. This weight gain just showed me that I am not perfect and need to really focus on the program a bit more. Off to Vegas again next weekend so I will miss my WI next week, so looking forward to a nice number after I come back the following Friday.

I do have one NSV while I was at my IP appointment today I was asked to come in next week for their meeting they have about the program and speak to folks that will be new to the program. They thought I would be a good person since I have lost almost 70 lbs in 4 months and one of their clients that have lost so much in a short period of time. I really felt great about that and honored. So I am looking forward to doing that next week.

I hope everyone has a great day. Congrats to all WI's and NVS's today.