Sue - Congrat on your 2lbs loss!! And I am SO jealous your teen is licensed! It is a dream of mine that my DS drives himself to before or after school activities. You have got gotten yourself countless extra minutes of sleep. ;) prayers you get equally as good news for your DH this week. Good for you to plan your stay with IP friendly foods!!

DD - I have to hit you up for some must do's in Labrador. My Dad just booked a cruise and will be visiting your fair land in August. Very happy for him after a tough couple of years. He deserves to take his bucket list cruise continuing onto Greenland, Iceland and Europe.

One - amazing how our well planned days can get away from us. I would be more annoyed at the "peer pressure." Just come to lunch...come have a drink with me. I continue to struggle mixing socializing with IP. At this point, you would think I'd have run into every scenario. I am sure the damage is minimal and you are already back at it! You got this! :)

Went on an hour long walk with a girlfriend tonight. So glad to walk outside before the heat gets unbearable. Still threatening rain with more in the forecast. We are usually into the 90's by now. I was actually kind of looking forward to seeing how my new svelte body would handle the TX heat...wouldn't you know we are having a cool spring!?! Still bringing my jacket to work everyday and using my space heater. Tiredof being COLD!

No movement on the scale today. TOM decided to make an early appearance and 2 days of excersize probably has me retaining some fluids. My coach texted and wants me to come in another day next week (my usual day falls on Memorial Day) so I agreed to go in on Tues for a weigh in. My DH is off work 6/1 so I told him he has to come with me to my final WI on P1. Thinking it will be an emotional visit.

CenTXChk: It will be an emotional experience, take plenty of Kleenex... I am glad your hubby will be there to witness it & celebrate with you and your coach. I hope they give you a spa certificate or flowers or some other lovely acknowledgement.
Very inspirational!:congrat:

Liana

I am interested in your thinking at this point about the wine and the lunch.. I find that I really Really Really need to dig deep sometimes to do the right thing! I am wondering if we would have given in so easy at the beginning when weight was coming off fast and furious? Interesting to think about...is it boredom getting the best of us? We know from experience we can deflect the peer pressure....we have done it for months.

Cen~ That certainly will be an emotional day on the scale for you ...good your hubby can share.

I spoke with my coach yesterday about when to phase off...not that I am close to goal, but this will be my next step. She gave me some info on phase 3. She said basically phase 2 is one week of adding protein to you lunch. I don't think I am satisfied yet with my weight loss, but I like to plan, LOL.....

I have a junior parent college planning meeting this moring with DS's guidance dept. Then I have a dermatologist apt, followed by a real estate appointment followed by 4 hours in the office and the come home to our stock broker is coming over tonight for our annual meeting. No I don't have a moment to spare today LOL...Our stock broker is a high school friend of hubby's so I am throwing some steaks on the grill for dinner for us. Maybe I will stop and pick up some asparagus too...

Awesome news on the loss, I hope you get the same joy from stepping on the scale and seeing onederland but lose the apprehension that you might not see it.

And congrats to your son, it's an exciting thing :)

My thoughts are with you and your family, wishing for great news on Friday.

Thanks Oneuh, I don't feel to bad for drinking, I don't do it often, but I'm annoyed at myself for the hangover :) We are still hanging on to low temps, and getting the occasional flurries, it will be nice to get the warmer weather as it can get quite hot here.

I don't think the lunch switch and one glass of wine will affect you negatively and I hope things start to move before your next WI

CenTXChk, Your father's trip sounds amazing! I will have to gather some info for you.

And how fantastic about your last P1 WI, I'll bet it will be emotional, you've done amazingly :)

Good morning! Scale didn't budge an ounce this morning, but considering incoming TOM not a surprise. Actually my coach said she'd take a flatline, as often ladies gain up to 2 pounds. I'm cranky and feeling blah about everything, including this stupid diet (not really but ugh!). :p

I hear you JJTx! TOM has me up .7 this morning after a banner OP day AND walking nearly 3 miles yesterday evening. Poop. I know it is not true weigh gain but stinks none the less. Hang in there girlie!

Same for me today on the scale reading - precisely the same weight today as I had at last week's official IP Weigh In.... but I will take it! Much better than an uptick, and besides, on Thurs AM last week my Aria read 162.6 and this morning it was 160.2. So I figure I am doing something right, and I should feel good about it. :D

I confess, I am past the days of TOM but I remember them well... I hope you are feeling better about life today, Jen!!!

My NSV for today is hitting 10,000 steps with my Fitbit - first time I have come anywhere close to 10K steps! Nothing like a hour of pretty fast ballroom, latin and swing dancing to make up that missing 3 to 4K steps...!!

WTG One! 10k is quite the accomplishment. :carrot: When I first got my Fitbit I thought I would shoot for 10k a day and quickly settled for 5k a day. Most excersize days I can usually get to 7-8.

Still no downward movement on the scale. It is taunting me because I only have 11 more days in P1 (for now). Maybe tomorrow...

Hope Braeil is having a good trip. Sure has been quite around here lately.

Most people in the states are looking forward to a long weekend to celebrate Memorial Day. Anyone have any big plans? DD has a bball tournament. We also have a party Sun night at some friends. It will be an early evening as both DH and I actually have to work MD.

I addition to walking tonight I tried to do some crunches. Wow, I am out of shape so I you tubed core excersizes for beginners. No Jillian Michael's excersizes for yours truly. No, I am doing the old lady videos...and struggling at that. Ugh, well I guess I have something to work on. What is funny is I signed up for a kickboxing class with my coworkers. Who am I kidding !?!

Hope everyone is having a great OP week!

Saying hello bright and early .. have to be at the hospital for the necular bone scan for DH at 7 then surgery is scheduled for 11:30. Pray for me that we get some answers today.. I can't take much more...
My bag is packed with IP snacks as well as cucumbers and peppers for lunch...I am sure I am not going to be hungry but will try to make myself eat...

Best wishes Sue! Take care of yourself and your DH. Keep us posted. We will be thinking of you all! :hug:

Way to stay positive about the scale not budging you are definitely doing things right :) And WTG on reaching 10k steps!!! That might be why you aren't showing a loss you are probably holding on to some excess water :)

Don't let it stress you CenTXChk, it's counter productive :) Just relax, focus on staying OP for the next 11 days and I'm sure by the end of it you'll have had good losses :) If not on the scale, then with fitness and muscle build :) And kick but in that kickboxing class, you can do it!!

Thoughts are with you and your family Sue, I hope you get your answers and that it's good news. :hug:

I was just mentioning in the daily thread how my mom was in the hospital the last couple of days and she just texted me to say she is being discharged. Of course trying to get specifics from her is like trying to get a brick to talk to you, but as long as she's doing better.

We had a long weekend last week, so just a regular one for us here. I have no big plans, just work on my parka so that I just have to sew on my fur for last class on Tuesday (I will post pics once I am done, I am quite pleased with how it's turning out!) and be lazy, maybe some housework :) Too wet for yard work yet, but there is only two little piles of snow left on the yard!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend, Sue, hopefully you guys will be celebrating good news!!

Yay for the NSV on the steps, and boo to non-budging scales! :p You are definitely doing things right, don't worry and keep on trucking!

I have had a helluva week, to be honest, work, weather, feeling blah. I ate a couple of oreo's Wednesday night, then yesterday I started taking the Gynema supplements my coach gave me last week. I have to say I think they're working, I didn't want anything sweet yesterday and this morning my husband picked up our favorite donuts for our son to take to school, and I didn't even twitch when they were in the house!

Praying for good results, and a calm day for you Sue! :hug:

You know stressing makes you hold on to your weight, right? :dizzy: I know you're worrying about the slide into P2 (who wouldn't be), but you just need to relax and work your plan - your body is going to do what it's going to do. Maybe put your scale away for a few days? (I know, easier said than done!)


It's another soggy day in Central Texas, and more predicted through the holiday weekend. Am hoping to get some family time outdoors, but we'll just have to see. We need the rain, but it's draining - I need some sunshine!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!! :)

Wondering how things have gone for Sue today - fingers crossed for good results and no complications.

I have had an ok day with food today - trying to keep busy cause I seem to be hungry when I have time to think about it....

I made bone broth in the crockpot this week and I had some today to go with my lunch salad. I beat one egg and one egg white (counting these as free for today), brought 2 cups of the broth to a rolling boil, and then drizzled the beaten egg into it while stirring with a fork.... if I could have used cornstarch in the broth this would have worked to make egg drop soup like you get at the Chinese restaurant... without the cornstarch, you don't get the ribbons of egg, instead little clumps. But I added some chopped scallions and chopped mushrooms and a little bit of sliced summer squash, just for interest. This was very tasty and a nice addition to my food intake with little addition to the calories or carbs.

When the hungry's dropped in around 3pm, I had a bag of IP Sea Salt and Vinegar Crisps and that has filled the need for something quite well. I wonder if the Gynema supplement would help.... waiting to hear more from you, Jen, on how beneficial it is.

I have lots of house pick up to do before the cleaning lady comes tomorrow, and then lots of housecleaning alongside her during the day... no cha cha workshop for me this weekend :(

But... I go to Hilton Head early in the week for a 10 day trip that should be mostly vacation. I plan to get some dancing in while there, and lots of walking on the beach. I got a new swimsuit at Soma - my first tankini.... fits well and has layers that cover the old lady midriff.... but it's pretty difficult to ignore the loose skin of the upper arms and the thighs when in a swimsuit. Good incentive to walk as much as I can and to do some water aerobics in the pool. :cool:

I did get my blood work test results back and found that my Vitamin D was low -- I think I owe thanks to Ro22 for the info that made me sure to check that out! Doc recommended 2000 IU's a day of supplement.

In addition, my Triglycerides dropped by almost half - this was good because mine have always been high.

Everything else was close to what it was before my major weight loss, although, surprisingly, my blood work was all pretty normal when I weighed 225 and had it checked last year. I am grateful that I did not have medical issues driving my need to manage my weight, and I am grateful for the improvements that I was able to achieve. I am also going to become more outdoorsy in the sun to help with the Vitamin D thing...

Long post today... glad to be able to share with you guys - you are always so supportive!

Cheryl - So glad you got that checked! I'm surprised how much I am hearing more and more about how this is an issue for people.

I haven't posted in a few weeks as I have been on the road with business, birthday, etc. I haven't dieted in 3 weeks and am dearly paying for it - when I didn't lose anything in week 3 back on diet 3 weeks ago after all the health crap, I was sorry for myself that resulted in 3 weeks of eating what I want and the expected large weight gain.

I will start again knowing that it will take more than 3 weeks to undo the damage of 3 weeks of non-dieting. I am going to start Monday again, but I don't know what I am going to do. Perhaps, I will ignore advice, etc and workout right from day 1 as I think the most punitive aspects of not dieting and rapid weight gain results from no strength training. I know this - I am not going to obsess over the scale like I did - I only care about how my clothes fit at this point.

Like all of you, I am anxiously awaiting an update from Sue.