Oh Sue - you have dealt so well with so many daily challenges, crazy schedule with the hockey playing son, and what appears to be a very active social life. You are running circles around most of us and your average monthly loss rate is spectacular! A one pound bump cannot become a showstopper - you are too good for that! So glad you got right back on the wagon!

Also - regarding wine/alcohol - I think it's like the last thing we can transgress with without upsetting ketosis... Just a small quantity can probably do big damage to our chemical balance that's making IP work for us.

I had the one lb bump myself a week ago.... I know what a downer that is - I got religious about 100% OP and had a really good week. If I did it, I know you can do it !

:cheer2::cheer3::cheer::cheer3::cheer2:

Joining too!
 

Hello...I'd like to join your group too. I started in mid June but didn't start following these threads until later....so I have always felt bonded to you ladies!! We are going to make our goals and then survive through maintenance together.

Wow!!! what a popular crew is building up here!
Sure OhZoe -- glad to have you with us! JJTX's idea of a Summer 2014 group is beginning to form already!

I know the feeling....we are planning for the summer college huntin trips now. My son is a junior this year. We have looked at 1 already and are seeing another March 1. The big ones he wants to see that involve travel will,have to wait till hockey season is over!

Welcome to our group! Ha my waist is down like 13 inches....bust like 1/2 that....ugh

Thanks! You know I will stick to it, just amazing what a downer that 1lb can be on your ego. Here you think your plugging along so good and whamo. :dizzy::dizzy::dizzy: But I have been op all weekend and I am hosting a superbowl party tonight of friends and neighbors....plan is in place. Nothing else I am making will tempt me.

:carrot: welcome aboard.....I am technically a June started, but fell in with this group since the beginning.

Off to a quick trip to the store this am before DS's hockey game. Then home to prep for our annual Super Bowl party.

Our new bedroom furniture was delivered yesterday...so modern...changes the look of our bedroom completely. I love it.

Oneuh - thank you for the warm welcome! It's nice to be part of a group that has been doing it as long as me and understands the ebb and flow of this diet.

Super Bowl Sunday DONE! Again I made it thru without a cheat....that damn scale better move tomorrow lol...

Snow day here today. There are tons of desserts left. I am planning on freezing some of them for when my son has his friends over. The rest will be in a large black bag outside for garbage pick up! At least I have DS home today to help clean up the aftermath..

Mornin' y'all! And welcome Shasta and OhZoe!! :)

Had a busy weekend, and a busy week ahead! For "superbowl snack" I made a dip with roasted red peppers that I found at Whole Foods and cauliflower. I loathe cauliflower but was very happy with how it turned out. Ate it with a pack of vinegar crisps - yum!

WI tomorrow, home scale is giving me a pound so we'll see what happens. It will also be a measuring day, and my coach wants to take progress pics.

Sgrealtor1 and JJTx -- Best of luck with your weigh in's tomorrow.

I managed to generally avoid any Super Bowl partying - I had my nails done and survived a flood of water overflowing from the upstairs laundry room thru the ceiling of the kitchen onto the gas range... after the clean up upstairs and in the kitchen, I had a fairly normal evening dinner, IP compliant... but in all the run around I forgot all about water. I was up 1.5 on my home scale this AM after such a nice whoosh yesterday morning. Exasperating, but I am on program today, so I hope all will even out in the end.

Tomorrow I will find out what the round 1 payout from my Diet Bet challenge will be... cannot wait to find out!!

Oneoh - Gosh it sounds like you've been thru the ringer between laundry room floods and flat tires!

Ugh sorry about the flood! Sunday since I was hosting, I forgot to have my snack.....I was up on the scale yesterday, but I am hoping that was false and I am back down at least that 1 I gained last week... Wi is later today since my coach called last night her daughter has a delayed opening in school today so she had to move my appointment..

Down 2.2 today, it's been a stressful week so I will definitely take it! Also down 3.75 inches overall from 2 weeks ago. My coach wanted to take progress pics so I spent a few extra minutes on my hair and makeup this morning. :D

Sue- hope that pound whooshes away, looking forward to good results for you today!! :hug:

Oneuh2 – Yikes! Sorry about your flood. Hope everything is okay. Nothing like a little stress after a nice relaxing mani!

JJTx – Another great loss. So exciting that your coach is taking progress photos. Can’t wait to see the before, during and after. My coach took photos when I hit 70lbs lost (although she hasn’t shown me the before or during yet).

Had a good 4.2lb loss this week, which is nice since I only lost .2 last week.

Question for you ladies, I have gone off plan for a scheduled vacation last summer (had just started the plan and had lost 20lbs at that point) as well as Thanksgiving and Christmas day. I have been invited to my company’s executive retreat at the end of this month which is a really big deal. I’ve never been invited before so I’m not totally sure what to expect. I work in the restaurant industry so food and drinks are always in excess at any company event. I’ve been to a couple dinners and been able to stay OP but I am starting to hear about agenda for this trip and am thinking there is NO WAY I am going to be able to be 100% OP. BBQ, drinking, fancy awards dinners. Breakfast and lunch are buffet style. Initially I thought about making it work but now I am leaning towards taking a couple days off. :devil: I’ve been dealing with some diet fatigue so it is enticing. I haven’t had any problems getting right back OP to date but hate to extend P1 any longer than possible. I am really on the fence….:dizzy:

I also have friend who’s DH is planning a surprise 40th birthday party with a daylong winery tour around the hill county for a group of us in April. It crossed my mind of taking that day off too.

Is my resolve weakening or are these realistic exceptions after being OP 8 months?

:carrot::carrot::carrot: Nice Loss!

Nice Job on the scale today! Good for you..... My 2 cents on the retreat is that you can only do the best you can do for yourself. Try to keep yourself as accountable as possible. Buffets are easy for me to stay on plan. If you have something a bit off, oh well...Get right back on it as soon as you can! Good luck!

So my WI today was down 3pounds AND 1 inch down in chest, waist and hips! :carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot: Maybe I am glad I had the gain last week...NOT LOL

great losses ladies!!!! :cool:

CenTxChk - when I went on vacation a few weeks in the program, my coach said that if I needed to, to go Phase 2 for a couple of days - maybe that's an option for you? Otherwise, take your IP products and OP snacks, and as Sue says work around as best as you can. I know the diet fatigue is raging, but try not to let it take you off the rails.

Ugh grim, sorry to hear about your water disaster. Hope it's a good payout for you. :)

Saw your post on the daily thread that you have lost inches! Way better than those mean scales. Congrats. :)

Isn't it weird how stressful weeks happen and we can STILL lose weight? Don't know about you, but in the past I'd definitely have eaten to compensate for it. Congrats on the loss and the inches gone. :)

Congrats on the nice loss! :)

Could you contact the caterers for the retreat and find out in advance what the food they are likely to be providing is like? If you get a nod then you can plan what you need to take around what they are serving.

It would be a shame to delay yourself on P1 BUT how often do these events come around? Will trying to stay as compliant as possible distract you from what you are there to learn/enjoy/do ? By now you know how to eat real food without over-indulging so the only weight you'd potentially gain is replenishment of the glycogen stores and you'd lose that in the first week back on P1 anyway.