Originally Posted by wuv2bloved (Post 4110200)

Week #30 down another 2lbs....I'll take it!!

Originally Posted by SarahDC (Post 4110280)

Great! You were mentioning your waist shrinking thru the week, how did that measure today? Just curious :). Your clothes should be to you by the end of the week!

Originally Posted by wuv2bloved (Post 4110283)

WOOHOO!!!....it measured 51 :) so it was a 2 inch loss....super excited about that!!

Originally Posted by SarahDC (Post 4110291)

That is awesome!! My waist hasn't moved for a couple weeks so hoping Friday will be different but if not I know it will happen eventually. Last week was arms & thighs which hadn't moved for a while so they all take their turn :).
How did your talk with the lady from IP go? Just curious what they recommended. I didn't have a chance to ask my coach yet.
Keep up the great work and dedication, you are doing so well with this program. Have a great day!

Originally Posted by LadyDi2010 (Post 4110351)

Im feeling a lot better today, i hate being so cranky and my husband pointed out that I'm a pain the butt when I'm cranky so no more haha. Good juju thoughts :) I don't have a weigh in until Dec 1 so heres hoping i do lose some lbs! Maybe i need to take my measurements and that will help in my good juju. Haven't done measurements since day 1 on my diet.

My good news also is that my husband who is not on plan, has lost 10 lbs since i started my diet. I am so proud of him! Just making the small changes at dinner has helped him so this makes me happy :)

Originally Posted by Wayward (Post 4110255)

Lady,
A follow up to what I was saying last night:
You are going 7 hours between bouts of protein, also according to your numbers you lost 10 pounds the first 2 weeks, and then you are down another 4 in the second 2 weeks, which means you lost 3.5 the third week and then had a slow loss the 4th week.
That is still a 3.5 average per week at this point, we all have our slow weeks.
My wife gained a pound 2 weeks ago and she had been on plan for 16 weeks straight, but she turned around and lost 5 the next week.
Plus you are only trying to lose about 30 pounds all together, so you lost almost half of it in a month and you are that frustrated?
You are doing fine thus far, we all have slower weeks, and your percentage isn't near as high as some that you are trying to lose.
Losing 40% of your weight you want to lose in a month isn't bad, just remember each time you cheat you are going to hurt yourself for up to a week depending on what you do.
Some people take 5-7 days to get back into ketosis, so it's just not worth the cheat.
Just stay focused, and keep looking towards the end.
Heck even I lost 1 pound 3 weeks ago, and that is with someone who has averaged 4 pounds a week for 3.5 months, yes it was frustrating, but I turned around and lost 4 pounds the next 2 weeks in a row.
Be patient, it will come, ok rambled on enough.
I still think you need to keep your protein a little closer to 4 or 5 hours apart, and eating a little late for dinner isn't bad, I don't eat until about 9-9:30 each night.

Originally Posted by Wayward (Post 4110373)

A lot of people have a week or 2 that they are slow in the first month, measuring could make a big difference.
Also are they doing your body fat % at your clinic.
The last week I lost 1 pound I gained 4 pounds of lean mass as well, so really it's almost like it was a 5 pound loss for the week.

As for the cost, not that you are extremely overweight or anything, but weigh the cost of the diet against pretty much and medical problems or just the eating out and junk food costs and it kind of seems irrelevant by comparison.

Glad to see you are being more positive, that makes all the difference in the world when dieting.

Originally Posted by wuv2bloved (Post 4110527)

Wayward how late did you stay up last night enjoying that Kindle fire?

Originally Posted by Wayward (Post 4110531)

Oh not that late, but after the wife went to bed, I did spend about another 90 minutes reading the users manual, downloading apps and books and creating shortcuts on it.

Busy week this week since the wife is already starting to work later than normal. So probably won't get a ton of time with it until this weekend.
Little guy is too interested in anything new right now to have a brand new toy and not expect him to want it lol.