I began IP in September 2013. At that time, I had a bunch of clothes that were too small for me to get into. I had honestly forgotten about most of them. Today, I found the box - and guess what?! Some of them are actually TOO BIG now! I'm so happy! I mean, I loved those clothes, but I have a small pile of clothes I thought I would finally fit into this summer, and now, I have to give them away! YEA!!!!!
schenectady - the rain was nice wasn't it? Cleared the air up some which was nice.
I totally understand the lack of motivation on some days - only thing you can do is power through and (in my experience) the next day is much better probably because you feel proud of yourself for powering through!
lisa32989 - you are so right about mindset. I started IP absolutely determined that I would see it through. I don't know that I ever had that kind of mindset before when it came to my weight.
Fearciuil - hooray for you! That is outstanding! I admire how determined you've been and boy has it paid off for you!
zephyr1973 - Yeah you! Doesn't it feel great to have to replace clothes because they are too big? I pulled out some summer shirts I put away last fall thinking I could make them work this summer. No way - off they went.
I am indeed taking this day to relax. Vacation time will be meager this year as I have to apply 5 days to medical leave in July and another 5 days to medical leave in January. So enjoying the few holidays I get.
I'm in a similar boat as you drd - I am not foreseeing any vacation time in the near future. We're moving offices next month and then my workload will increase for at least a couple of months after that. Trying to time surgery sometime towards the end of the summer when I'll be able to take a couple of weeks off to recuperate.
I may try to get a couple of 3 or 4 day weekends in there, but that's about it.
My stomach isn't happy with something I ate yesterday. I hope this passes quickly. I'm not "sick" just feeling "off". The nice thing now is that it leads me back to P1 options.
Weirdly, my digestive system seems to prefer P1, although it is hard on my thryroid long-term. I wish all my body systems would get on the same page!
We're back from our weekend getaway to a cottage at the shore. It was SO nice!
I donned a bathing suit and would not allow myself one moment's self-consciousness. Bless these wrinkly thighs -- at least they're trim! We had so much fun. And I'm proud to report that I stayed 100% OP. I even dragged my husband and son into my way of eating for 2 dinners with a steampot dinner of seafood; I threw some corn on the cob in there for them. We were happy as clams and I was totally OP. Yay!
Came back with a head-cold, though. This is the first time I've been sick since being on IP. Haven't taken anything for it as my weigh in is tomorrow and I'd like to see how it looks after this weekend.
I have had low thyroid (hashimoto) for years and was just wondering what kind of advice your endo has given you about IP. Mine didn't seem to have anything to say.
Absolutely Lisa! The support I got here made a huge difference to me and, well, my results speak for themselves!
So all the newcomers, if you want help staying 100% this is the place to get it. You can't go wrong with such motivated, supportive people!
Well, this was the message I was looking for.
I've mentioned before that I did IP in 2012 and while I did lose quite a bit of weight, I'm seeing more and more how wrongly I did it. I counted lettuce as part of my 4 cups daily allotment and sometimes only had lettuce. I had built in cheat days every 3 weeks. I didn't look into it for MYSELF. When I say for myself, I mean that I didn't research it like I should have and just took things said for granted. That is not a slight towards anyone on here; not at all. I'm the kind of person who wants to fully understand the how's and why's and I'm making sure I'm doing that now.
This isn't something I'm going to do for a few months. No. I'm tired of being morbidly obese. Some of the things I cannot do right now are beyond embarrassing and make me ashamed. That little voice in my head makes it tough to battle at times. I've been doing really well, I think. Even then, today I had the thought of "wow, I can really feel it in my body already" and then that quiet voice said "you're still over 300 pounds, what does it matter if you can feel it?" And I just got angry at myself.
Um, anyway. I hope to be a part of the 100% group. I need strong people who won't just take my "oops, slipped up today" or people who will not tell me it's okay, just build in a cheat day. So... hi, 100%!
I agree 
