I ws thinking about why people do not always comment on weight loss. I think part of it is because if they say "Did you lose weight?" and you are not dieting then the thought is there "Should I be dieting?" "Are they saying I am fat?" Believe me we know what we look like. I am glad that not too many comment on my weight loss. I am at a point in my life where I do not want to call attention to me. I want my life to be about others. I am glad for this forum-it gives me enough at this time. The few I have told about this comment and I know what is happening. That said I did wear a new dress for the wedding last weekend. I ordered it on-line in the spring to wear to my daughters' college graduations (2 graduated) but it did not fit. I never got around to sending it back. Now it fits! How fun for me!

Good morning everyone,
How is everybody doing today?






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Great! how are you?

going fabric shopping, can't get any better :)

It's week 12 for me and I am only down 21 pounds. Not too happy about the progress. But I will keep going.

WatKat.... are you doing strictly IP or are you doing a modified program?
That does seem pretty low overall for 12 weeks.
Have you been dropping a little every week or have you stalled quite a few weeks?
Any info you can contribute, maybe someone can come up with a reason.
Let us know.

Back is sore today, little one wouldn't sleep last night so the wife took him to bed with her and I just left him asleep and slept in my chair since he was sleeping so good in my spot.

Wayward, I went over everything with wuv2 a couple of weeks ago and have been on track. Since then I have lost 1 pound in 2 weeks. I just can't figure it out. I am having everything I am supposed to have and not cheating. I just don't know.

But if you think about it, 21 pounds is still nothing to slouch about.
That is still quite a chunk of weight of your frame.
Sorry you are struggling, one of these weeks you will have a huge loss though and then all they hard times won't matter.

So you DID have a good loss and you were worried about WI'ing in...shame on you....great job!

Another hot day here in the south but hey I'll take it instead of Rain! I am feeling better today than the last 2 days my tummy has been churning for 2 days and I haven't changed anything that I eat so I may have caught a stomach bug or something. Yesterday when I had my WI I didn't feel like I would of loss anything at all so I was happy with the 1.5lb loss, I just wasn't feeling right. Today I feel like I've lost 5lbs over night, its crazy!

Watkat, get that word ONLY out of your vocabulary!!! its 21lbs GONE not, ONLY 21lbs....its 2-10lb bag of potatoes GONE from your body, you should be very proud of yourself for that. You might want to see maybe if Longdivision could maybe help you out with your eating, I believe she is also a vegetarian and she has loss like 90lbs or so. Have you looked to see if there is a thread about Vegetarian's?

Hooray! Another pound gone! Since I spent more time off program this week than on program I am very thankful to have lost a pound and to not have gained. Minus 22 works for me today! :)

I agree with you Wuv, 21 pounds is great. it's 21 pounds you will never see again. you just have to keep doing what your doing and it will come off, maybe not in 3-4 months like you want it too but eventually it will come off!!!! Keep at it.

Great job!! keep it up!

Wow, great job everyone!! Nice to read of everyone's successes, big and small!!

I, on the other hand, am up 2.5 total since my last weigh in. Last Thursday I was 142.2 and today I was 144.8. I haven't seen that 142 number except a few times a few weeks ago ang the scale has just been up. I, too, haven't been following protocol as well as I should, but I am otherwise comfortable with my choices/approach/modifications except that I am not seeing any loss and now a gain. I sound like a broken record, but I am completely baffled.

Anyway, today was the last day of the estrogen pills they have me taking and I am really hoping that my "gain" was merely bloating / water retention from that (although I don't think so). Only time will tell...

Gooood afternoon... well.. i didnt sleep all night...i was literally up for the entire night...i finally got some shut eye as of this morning at 8am...and i got 3 hours??? im sooo tired..

Good news!! I weighed myself and i finally did it!!! I finally lost that stupid 20th pound!!!! YAY!!! so technically i lost like 2 pounds so im happy...

I hope everyone is having a good day..i will check in later..but right now.. i need a nap!!!

Hang in there Coliep! Dont give up!

Sorry been really busy today... congrats on finally getting that stubborn 20th pound Port!!!

So you are still working at the same job? I thought you quit last week, did you end up going back and getting it back then I take it?

I'm sorry and I truly mean no offence but I'm baffled. You say, "I, too, haven't been following protocol as well as I should, but I am otherwise comfortable with my choices/approach/modifications except that I am not seeing any loss and now a gain."

You haven't been following protocol (as well as you should is kind of meaningless because you either are or you aren't - it's a no cheat diet). You say your comfortable with your approach. But obviously you're not because you are unhappy and puzzled by your inability to lose.

What happens when you do follow protocol as laid out? do you still gain? If you do then that would be baffling. but if you don't, then it's only baffling that your baffled.