Operation 5-10 lbs as of 4/1/11- (thread cont.)
 

Ok, the previous thread is 24 pages long now, and I thought we could use a new one; hope that's ok.

Weight was back to 124 and change today, making a liar of me (hooray), though I'm still over 2 pounds higher than 2 weeks ago. Thanks to those who responded to my rant. Yes, I've tried it all by now. All I can do is keep plugging away with the calorie-cycling, do as much exercise as I can, and try try try not to binge out of self-pity.

Krampus, your food is so strange there. We have a Baskin Robbins not far from me, but I've never heard of those sundaes. I've noticed before that a lot of the things you mention eating are not ones I can find here (or, would have to look really really hard to find here). Did you grow up in Japan or the U.S.?

Anyway, I'm unlikely to post much until I get back from D.C., so I hope everyone has a successful, on-plan week.

Happy travels, neurodoc! I'm an American citizen, Japan is just where I've been working for the past 3 years as an English teacher. Everything is weird here but I'm going to miss it so much when I leave. I can't believe it's down to the last four months.

I have always been a "live for today, you might die tomorrow" kind of person, so I went for a run last night despite knowing I really shouldn't due to injuries. First time in several weeks. I felt great after the first 5-10 minutes - fantastic runners' high, beautiful scenery, perfect music. I had missed it so much. Went for maybe 45 minutes before I got bored and a little tired with very few walking breaks.

The Achilles is screaming obscenities at me today but I woke up feeling thin and excellent. Couldn't help noticing my suit jacket buttoned comfortably this morning, first time in a couple weeks' time at least that I've felt comfortable in it.

Neuro, a lot of chains offer different foods depending on the country they are in. Like, you can get a teriyaki burger at McDonald's in Japan. Actually I think a lot of chains offer smaller portions in other countries too. :p

Happy Friday everyone!

neurodoc - will keep you posted on my appliance use. and have a great trip!

krampus - glad to hear that not having a plan is working out for you. maybe a dose of no thinking normality is exactly what you needed.

Yesterday was a bit crazy in a wonderful way! I took 80 people on 2 buses up to Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe to celebrate a work milestone. It was 70deg but with an insane snowpack (12+ feet feel in the last 2 weeks). Tons of fun, but lots of challenges to my plan. Bus fed us bagels for breakfast, the drinking started before 10am, lunch was chilidogs and there was an open bar and catered spread at 4pm. Rather than consider each indulgence I decided ahead of time to have *none* and packed my food. I didnt even feel tempted, since I had just decided in advance, woo!

I was rewarded this morning by weighing in in the 120s for the first time since the beg of Jan!!!

Nice one xty! Good work on avoiding triggering carbs.

paperclippy - teriyaki burger indeed, there is also the "Big America" burger series featuring g*d-awful abominations named after U.S. cities - currently "Miami Burger." I haven't tried any of the Big America burgers for rather obvious reasons.

I had a bit of an episode when I was trying on clothes over the weekend. I tried on some shorts at a juniors' chain clothing store and couldn't get the size "LL" (LL is XL) over my hips and thighs. How frustrating!

Also in a moment of weakness I weighed this morning. I won't post the number but it was disappointing. Still, liked my reflection a lot when I walked past shiny windows and mirrors today. I'll chalk that one up as a victory. Also, dress that was a squeeze a week ago feels less squeeze-y today.

I've been spinning my wheels for many months now, but there has been a collusion of occurances that have seemed to respark my mojo. Excuses just really don't cut it. The only reason I am not meeing my weight loss goals is because of the choices I make over and over again. Today will be day 4 eating on plan, and I feel good. No cravings or bloating. I know what works, I just have to work it.

Happy Monday!

I seem to be back on track, too. My weight loss efforts stalled out in October when it got cold and life got crazy. I've gained 10-15 over the winter months, but now with the warmer weather, it's like I'm back to where I was last spring when I started. I have a completely different attitude, I don't mind hunger so much, I'm focused on thinking and eating like a slim person. I'm far more active, and I'm burning off my nervous energy being active rather than by nibbling. It's like I've come out of hibernation or something. I just finished 4 days on plan and am down a little over a pound. Part of that is normal loss from my monthly cycle, but it's nice to see the loss and not just have the normal gain followed by no loss.

krampus - you should not at all feel bummed out for not fitting into asian juniors sizes!! they are 13 year old girls clothes meant for girls who even as full grown women/adults have very narrow hips and bums, so yeah no being bummed about that :P

midwife - congrats on a few days on plan, keep it rolling.

I was so good all weekend. Saturday I attended a brunch for a non profit and didnt indulge in the fried cheese things served. Weighed in Sunday at 128.4 and was feeling awesome. Today? 130? Makes literally no sense. I ate the exact same foods Fri/Sat/Sun in the exact same quantities/times and hydrated similarly. No sodium red flags and not TOM. *shakes fist* These are the types of days that frustrate me, because it just doesnt seem to make any sense.

Oh well - can only keep going. Tomorrow ends my 21 days of super strictness to get myself into the right pattern. Will be upping fats/carbs and diversifying foods (slowly) to actually start enjoying foods again.

Hope you all are having a better Monday than I am :|

Hi chicks.
I did really well last week, food, good, exercise, good. Weight, relatively unchanged. And then there was Sunday.....
What I realize is that my cals are within loss levels but choices--- the carb kind. even tho they were reduced carb tortillas, there were plenty of them.

I have been trying to convince myself that I have developed an allergy to wheat. That might help me make good choices ;)

Thanks for the sanity check xty, may I also remind you that the 130 is with almost certainty a "distant stars and galaxies" fluctuation (poop weight? random water retention?) and you shouldn't feel down about it because you've completely recovered from sugar binges?!? Not fitting into Asian juniors sizes is sad because I am Asian and my hip bones are probably 10 inches apart at the widest point, BUT I need to remind myself that I am a corn-fed American with a history of being overweight and very muscular thighs.

pageta, kittycat40, midwife Glad to hear you guys are doing well staying on plan and being back on focus. I hope I will join you in the "feeling sane and making progress" camp very soon.

I was really hungry for seemingly no reason yesterday - maybe TOM is coming, maybe I'm ovulating, who knows? Not being on the pill anymore means I have no idea what my body is up to; I've always been really irregular with TOM and stuff. I ate considerably more than I should have including grazing on muesli all throughout the evening. Woke up and my face feels enormous and my whole inner dialogue is just "I feel disgusting" on a loop.

Krampus, the Japanese women's sizes are smaller than US junior's sizes! I went traveling around Asia when I was at my high weight and couldn't squeeze into the largest adult XL in any of the stores in any country except Singapore (which, for some reason, had larger sizes). I would bet a Japanese junior's size would be about the size designed for an 8 year old in the US.

:wave: Hi, everyone!

Returned from St. John somewhat unscathed - an extra pound or two that I can attribute to unusual food and probable artificial colors (I mean, c'mon - the grenadine in a tequila sunrise ain't natural!). I will post a few pictures as soon as I can get them off the camera. The whole island is eye-candy to the extreme - neon blue warm water, soft blue skies, island breezes, and wildlife galore. For me, it was a tropical version of Alaska - no pictures will do it justice, but the memories ... !!! I will NEVER forget looking up as I was snorkeling to discover that I was swimming blissfully toward a 4-foot barracuda, who was regarding me with total fearless top-predator curiosity! Had I been a squid, I would've "inked" him and fled. I merely peed and fled. :lol: Just kidding. Sort of.

Now, back to business. :D

I saw a new low on the scale this morning so I am sure that tomorrow morning my weight will be up, even though I was good again today. This warm weather really has me back in gear. It's such a relief. Winter was much harder than I thought it would be. Really, I had no idea.

April 23 will be the one-year anniversary of when I started on this journey at 188 pounds. A year ago I had no idea I would be where I am today. I weigh less than I have my entire adult life. As in, since the 8th grade.

But I still have 20 pounds I want to lose. Just to see if I can get there. I would be perfectly happy at 135, but I want to see what 124 would be like (BMI=20). So I'm in the maintenance range but still trying to find my new set point. We'll see where I am next fall (the end of the losing season for me, it seems).

Just a quick checkin...weight is down to 128! And today was my first day on phase 2 of my plan. For the last 3 weeks I ate low cal, low carb, low fat and only a handful of foods to make it easy to not screw things up. Starting today and for the next 3 weeks I will up the cals incrementally, up the fat, and up the carbs a tiny bit (but really Im thinking Im destined for a life of relatively low carb).

And I grocery shopped. I dont do that since Im prone to insane binges. But I mostly bought protein staples to encourage/enable the low carb thing. I can do this!

ICUwishing - soooo jealous. sounds phenomenal. I desperately need a vaca! I shall go dream of sunsets and blue waters now :)

I caved and weighed again today. Somewhere between 132 and 133, which is less than my last weigh-in. I'm super constipated too. Not the horrible crisis I'd made it out to be in my head, honestly. I am fairly confident I won't binge any time soon, so now to be more calorie conscious without going insane.

Beautiful mostly-sunny Saturday. It's good to see the sun again (but I'd love to have the 83 degrees with it!).

My world got rocked at work on Thursday. I've often said that the only reason I stay where I am is because I dearly love working for my boss. The guy is smart, young, fit, good-looking, and a born leader. He also is married and has two young (infant and 2) daughters, so he treats his employees the way he wants to be treated - lots of flex-time, telecommute options, etc. He announced he's moving to our product development group to take over the reliability management. Great for corporate, great for him ... and I'm suddenly the interim "quality point person". I refused to let anybody call me the interim quality manager - my lack of managerial ambition is renowned (I am a REALLY good "Indian"). So, I pouted my way through three days of food and alcohol disregard and am coming out the other side. And it's TOM as well. Fabulous.

It's spring. Change is in the air. I became motivated enough on Friday to register for the coursework that will help me become a licensed gemologist/insurance appraiser - quite excited about that. My spouse has decided (after seeing pictures of himself in his bathing suit on the beach) that it's time to try a little portion control :D, so he's been asking some questions and thinking about his approach to food.

Good quote - "I'm not retreating, I'm just advancing in a different direction." :lol:

Good morning!
 

It's time for me to join this thread. I've been up around and slightly over my red line weight for months now.

Last 2 weeks I totally let myself lose control and now I weigh 141 lbs. - 6 lbs :o over my red line weight.

I know what I have to do to get back down to the weight on my ticker. I'm keeping 133 lbs. there as a reminder of what I can do.

Time to do it.

Great Monday all!

Dagmar :sumo:

krampus my niece lives in southern Japan and she is there teaching English. She took three or four years of Japanese in college and applied for a government job in Japan to teach English for a year. She applied for a second year, but she's worried that due to the devastation the government might not renew her contract. They certainly have a lot on their hands with all that.

I'm trying a new attempt to stay away from nightly cocktails. I bought some Clamato juice and will make myself a vodka-less Bloody Mary each evening. I know it's still pretty empty calories, but I think this will work for me and it will be far fewer calories than glass after glass of wine.

Okay folks, I am in it to win it. I want to be 133 this summer and I'm toeing around 138 right now (up 3lbs in the past week apparently). That's 5lbs to lose. I have been eating poorly and barely exercising. I can't increase the exercise right now due to injuries, but I can certainly clamp down on my calories.

This is such a cyclical problem. I can't exercise because of injuries. If I don't exercise I lose motivation to eat well. Because I'm upset about my injuries, I turn to food to make me feel better. As a result I just end up gaining weight. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow and hopefully something useful will come out of it, whether it's a new treatment to try or a referral to someone else. I need to stop allowing myself to eat junk because I'm upset.

Numbers **** aside, I feel like I lost 10 pounds overnight simply because I stuck to healthy on-plan eating and exercising yesterday. Being a little hungry no longer feels like an emergency; in fact I am learning to savor and enjoy it. After starting today with 100 pushups, it really feels like I'm "back."

Like I do, I'm shoving the mammoth task of moving my life back to the U.S. into the closet and tackling new projects, namely a musical collaboration with my boyfriend. We've never played music together despite both being pretty active with our respective instruments, so this is exciting.

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paperclippy, that was a big reason I started binging and feeling so down and distressed - that awful feeling where you feel yourself getting flabby but you can't do anything about it because putting more stress on the injured areas could cause permanent damage. I really hope your doctor visit brings you some answers or at least some peace of mind.

alinnell, depending on where your niece is I might know some details about renewal as it sounds like we work under the same program (JET)? PM me if you'd like. I was offered a renewal and I am not exactly a superstar employee; I hope she can get a second year!

Mudpie, I'm 6 lbs over what I had hoped would be a red line weight too. Best to you!

I knew there was a "scientific" reason I loved my chips . . .

. . .but the link I tried to insert here just disappeared. Basically they did a study involving salt and what areas of the brain were affected when we ate it.

"It seems the salt has a very distinct impact on how we feel, according to a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Increased sodium levels increase the circulating and brain levels of oxytocin — a hormone that decreases stress and increases social behaviour. At the same time salt also suppresses angiotensin II, a hormone that increases stress response."


krampus I hear you on feeling a lot better after getting back OP. I managed to eat one banana last night as a snack.I am down 2 lbs. from yesterday as a result of making the correct choices!

jessica :hug: Hope the doctor can do something positive!

alllison How did the "mocktail" work out last night?

Good Tuesday all - stay strong!

Dagmar :dancer:

Krampus, yes, I do think she's there under the JET program. Interesting. I'll have to figure out just where she is and let you know. EDIT: She lives in Hitoyoshi-shi, Kumamoto, Japan and is in the JET program teaching ALT at Mizukami Jr. High, Iwano Elementary/Nursery, and Yuyama Elementary/Nursery. She's also into triathalons, boating and skiing.

I had a good (not great) day of eating and exercise yesterday. A renewed feeling that perhaps this time it'll stick. The mocktail did help, but I should try to find an alternative to Clamato--first three ingredients are water, tomato juice and HFCS. Somewhere in there is also beef broth and clam juice. Not the healthiest, but I don't like regular tomato juice as well. Time to investigate options.

I think I'm going to jump in and join you all as well if that is okay.
I maintained my weight very well (123-125) for almost three years, and for some unknown reason it keeps creeping up the last few months until this week when I hit an all-time post weight loss high (132). I swore I would never go over 130. I returned from a trip to Vegas a week ago so perhaps the weight gain is delayed? I was 130 when I got back and 128 two days later, but then the scale jumped up. This morning I was 130.2 and I am determined to get back under 130 and stay there!

Like Jessica I have thyroid issues (Graves Disease) but they are SUPPOSEDLY under control. I have my physical in June and if my weight isn't under control it will be on the top of my list of questions. I may also make an appointment to see my endocrinologist though I'm not sure that he can or will do anything if my "numbers" are okay.

I'm trying to change up my food choices to shake things up a bit to see if that helps.

The only other change I made was starting Bikram Yoga 2 weeks ago. I'm really enjoying it and thought that sweating for 90 minutes a day (with heart pounding!) would make me lose weight if anything??? I bought a 30 day pass so I'm going most days but once it expires I'll have to decide how much/if I want to continue.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

BTW... my sister-in-law's sister also was living in Japan when the earthquake hit. She lived in Sendai and was teaching English. After being in a shelter for a couple of weeks, she was evacuated to London (where my sis-in-law lives). She wants to go back to Japan but doesn't know when or if she'll be able to.

Wondering ... just how bad is the sweet and sour sauce used in the Thai version of sweet and sour chicken? I left about half of the rice, and I did not dredge the stuff through the sauce - just let it drip through to the bottom. I wish I'd taken a picture of it - it was colorful with all of the peppers and pineapple, and less than half a cup of chicken.

Almost 100% OP yesterday. I ate a spoonful of PB in the evening though (caved when DH sat down next to me with a PB sandwich).

Trying hard to stay OP today. I just need to hold out for one more hour here at work, then I'm stuck at PT for a while so nothing to eat there. When I get home it will be late enough I shouldn't be hungry after dinner.

All riiiight, weighed in this morning at 60.0 kg or 132.3 lbs. Lowest I've weighed in 3 weeks and down more than 2 kg since Monday. Have been totally on my "fast loss" plan, under 1400 calories the past two days plus ample exercise and (mostly) clean eating. Yesterday the only sweet things I ate were an apple and some sliced pumpkin.

It's making me feel so good that I actually got up at 6 this morning to run 3 miles before work. Really set a great mood for the entire day; hope this lasts for more than just a spell! I'm ready to see kilo-weights in the 50s again.

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alinnell As far as I know, Kumamoto's goings-on should not be affected by the earthquake/tsunami at all. Seems a lot of Boards of Education follow a pattern; when cutting ALT positions, they just don't recontract third years. First years are often relatively safe from cuts. Hope she can stay! My boyfriend lives in Kumamoto City, it's a nice (if stupidly conservative and old-fashioned) place.

Mudpie Nice work! Bananas are pretty great but I think they're partially responsible for errr irregularity problems so I'm taking a break.

traveling michele Funny how easy it is to find yourself above "never again" weight - wishing you the best in your loss! I'm really relieved to hear your sister-in-law's sister was safe. One English teacher in my program died in the disaster and many, many others including a couple friends lost their homes. I hope she can go back someday.

ICUwishing I doubt it's "bad" at all, how can anything so delicious and colorful really be bad? ;)

Yesterday (day 2 of being OP) was really hard. Usually it's the third day for me. I had a headache :headache: after the post adrenalin crash :faint: associated with breaking up yet another dogfight (Miss Chloe is going to wear her muzzle and stay on leash all week if she has to). Couldn't shake it.

I ate a bun with margarine after my evening banana. DH had been popping microwave popcorn and the smell :drool: was through the house. I'm trying to stay away from eat-in-front-of TV snacks like popcorn and chips so the bun with marg was the alternative. 280 cals I didn't need but craved.

I am down to 138 :goodscale: from Monday's 141. Mostly bloat but I'll take it!

Anyone care to comment on the sodium in diet soda? Does it make anyone retain water (like sodium rich snax)?

Great hump day all!

Dagmar :yoga:

2 days pretty much OP for me. I haven't managed to stay under 1400 cals but I did stay under 1500. Weight is back down to 136.6. My wrists are starting to feel a little better so I might be able to get back to *some* exercise soon (bike perhaps).

I need at least 1 week OP for my stomach to readjust to eating less. DH and I will be on a couple crazy diets in the coming weeks. Next week is Passover, so we'll have some low-carb craziness. DH also ordered the P90X system and wants to try following the diet in it once Passover is over, so we'll be doing that too.

Got some blood drawn at the doctor's yesterday so we'll see if my thyroid is acting up again. They're also testing my vitamin D levels. Maybe I just need to start taking multivitamins again...

Because I do WW, I don't track my calories, but instead track "points". I'm still going to do that but I'm also going to use a calorie counter for at least a few days to try to pinpoint where my calories are and see what I can tweak. I was reading that bananas can be EITHER constipating or cause diarrhea depending on the person and how ripe the banana is. I've been eating 2 or sometimes 3 bananas a day (and have been plagued with constipation issues), so I'm cutting them out as of today to see if that helps anything.

I'm trying not to get too depressed about my weight. Dh keeps telling me I'm obsessed about my weight and exercising. I know he is tired of hearing about it. I have an optional meeting after work today and I think I'm going to skip it so I can go to Yoga and Target. I was looking to dh for support and not guilt, and he said I should go to the meeting (unpaid by the way) and not be so obsessed about exercising. Sigh....

krampus - thanks for the reassurance! I've had a lot of luck with my "non-beige" food standards. I may never know what they used for the sweet side of that sauce - best case, honey or real sugar ... but I decided I'm not going to make myself crazy over it. :D Please continue to post your inspiring return to the groove! Love your new profile pic, btw!

michele - yup, yup, yup - today I am a full 6 pounds over where I swore my red line was going to be. I never wanted to see anything in the 150's again. I think I've been here in the Operation 5-10 thread for what, a year and a half, the majority of which has been spent in the 150's. So far, I've been more annoyed than depressed ... but I haven't been trying like you have, and no one's going to call me obsessed. Heck, I haven't even been diligent.

Dagmar - welcome aboard the thread! May your stay be short. :D I saved a clip of Saef's "graduation post" - I expect to use it somewhere around mid-July, if the plan goes according to plan. I too fall prey to the salty/crunchy combo, far more than sweet stuff; I may never be able to comfortably eat a single serving of chips or pretzels. Good to know there's some science behind it.

allinell - totally empathize with the drive to replace the nightly drink. I'm following your tomato juice/V8 trials with great interest. So far, my only concession has been to cut an ounce off my wine serving. Baby steps!

Jessica - good luck with sorting it all out. Thyroids are miserable little glands - fickle! I'm a fellow hypothyroid. Recently have been taking a Vit D/K2/Iodine combo, and I think it's improved my moods and sleep a bit. My doc is suggesting that I consider heavy-metal chelation to see if that might wake up my thyroid - he's had a couple of patients who were able to get off the meds completely.

I'm succeeding at returning to logging, and am working on the difficult 2 hours between my arrival home from work and dinner. Those are my focus points for this week. Next week's goal is just to do what I did two years ago, when I was losing 2.5 pounds per month. I'm eating well this week so that the bloat will be gone for Monday's official kickoff.

Jessica~let me know how you like the p90x diet. I found the food to be good however the prep work was way too much work for me.

ICU~so far the tomato juice mocktail is working. I figure I'm still consuming 200-300 calories in that, but that is a lot better than a bottle of wine!

YESSSS. Out of the 60s kilogram range and back into the 50s, where I belong. 59.7 kg today, 131.6. I am getting really spoiled by seeing such drastic losses every morning.

Sadly I can feel an old heel injury creeping up on my right heel. I will NOT let this turn into a pity party of overeating and feeling sorry for myself. I got down to 123.5 in December after several weeks of not running but doing other exercises that didn't aggravate the foot and eating smart.

I know part of my overeating is from exhaustion. But in my business it's feast or famine and I'm in "feast" mode right now, followed by "famine" when I have to give up yet another two dogs at the end of next week.

Sat. to Wed. will be really tough. I have a dog sit and two cat feeds each day on top of my regular work. DH and my cats will have to cope pretty much by themselves. I'm still totally exhausted by winter and I need a recovery time.

Unfortunately I don't see that happening. I was going to use the Easter long weekend but I literally have to (deadline is April 30) get my taxes done that weekend as it is the only down time I have.

Interesting someone mentioned sleep and thyroid issues. I am on the very low side of "normal" thyroid function. I have wanted to try some meds for years but my doctor is not co-operating. I have sleep disturbances. Have to look into that (probably sometime in 2012 when I have a minute).

Gotta go get my regular tires out of the garage!

Good day all! TGI(almost)F!

Dagmar :tired:

Made it under 1400 yesterday. Now I just need to keep it up... Plan is to track calories this week, next week do the Passover diet, and then on to P90X.

Allison, we might just follow the general P90X diet guidelines rather than actually cooking their recipes. The info and dvds are supposed to arrive today so I'll take some time to look at them.

Becky, how is the job business going with your boss's move?

Michele, I hate how the doctors are always like, if your TSH is okay, then there is nothing wrong. Not true!

Next week I'm going to see both a podiatrist and an endocrinologist. Hopefully something useful will come out of this...

Sorry to hear about the injuries and frustrations, guys!! Although I'm also inspired by the keep on, keeping on attitude and creativity.

I woke up starving this morning, which is always a positive sign that I didn't overeat the day before. I hate waking up bloated and uncomfortable.

Krampus, I love your new avatar!!

I have a busy day planned. Some errands and lots of writing, but I'm planning a run with DH this afternoon. I've had a nice healthy breakfast and will have a nice healthy lunch.

I agree with that idea. Often, after the dish was complete, I could see where this or that would have sufficed without so much prep work.

I do have to say the soups they have are tasty and very low in calories. Asparagus (which I don't normally like) made a very good soup. Honestly, you could easily double or quadruple some of the sauces and use them over chicken or whatever and that would save a lot of time.

One thing I noticed when DD was following the diet, the first month is really high in protein, but I thought the calories seems awfully high. But I guess when they have you doing 60 minutes of pretty high intensity workouts each day, you work it off. DD followed the plan for about 60 days and then gave up on the whole thing when "life" (meaning school) got in the way. I think she managed to lose 13 pounds.

Ex-Boss went on vacation for the rest of the week. I have irrational feelings of betrayal, and not-so-irrational "overwhelmedness". More resignations. I've had one interview so far, but withdrew from consideration due to work-hour conflicts. Apparently, there are still companies clinging to the 8-5 hours. :p If nothing else, the interview made me think harder about what my requirements for my next job are, and what kind of balance I need. I can afford to be picky; the only true rush seems to be sanity preservation.

Does stress burn calories? I should be thin by next week.

ICUwishing, stress totally burns calories. You'll be hanging from a charm bracelet if you stay stressed out, so please take care.

midwife, thank you! It was time for a change. I have been enjoying the waking up hungry feeling as well.

paperclippy, hope the doctor visits go well for you. The first day back under 1400 is always hard. enjoy P90X!

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59.0 kg or 130.1 lb this morning. Yesterday was a really hungry day. I couldn't even do a cardio DVD because I was getting all light headed and weak. and I wound up having a snack attack at 10:30 pm (plain yogurt and dried seaweed) which I think I needed - calories were a little higher, ~1700 for the day. Still, big drop on the scale.

I'd be a liar if I said I didn't feel a great deal of validation watching the scale move.

Krampus-- how much is the scale moving each day? Just wondering! Glad it is for you. What have you changed?

Hi ladies, I'm back from D.C. and finally caught up again at work, so I'm letting myself read and post again on 3FC. Wow, it seems there was an explosion of posts on this thread over the last 2-3 days (it had been pretty stagnant while I was away, I think).

Dagmar and Jessica, I'm both a physician and a low-thyroid patient (I had Hashimoto's when I was 35 and have needed Synthroid ever since). I'm here to tell you that, alas, taking thyroid supplements definitely doesn't help you lose weight, not even an ounce, so if that's the reason you're both wishing your doc would prescribe it for you, take comfort that it wouldn't help.

Krampus, congratulations on getting back to 130. I too love your new avatar pic.

Vaca was pretty good. We went to a many of the museums on the Mall, saw the wicked-cool Spy Museum (not on the Mall), and rode the Metro a lot. The boys all loved going back and forth by mass transit every day (we drive everywhere in our own little 'burb), and we even saw President Obama's limo going by with a police escort. If the weather had cooperated a little (it was in the 40s most days we were there- brrr), we would have done more outdoor stuff. As it was, I ended up buying gloves and a hoodie just to do the incidental walking we needed to get around.

So I managed to get through our vacation without gaining weight. Now that I'm back though, I'm really having a hard time staying away from carbs in the evenings. If I could just go from dinner to bed I'd be fine. I will never lose that last 3-5 pounds if I keep eating 500 calories of muffins, chocolate and nuts every night. AGH!

Jessica, is the Passover Diet something specific, or do you mean that you end up eating fewer calories naturally because you can't have leavened foods? I ask because I usually end up overeating during Passover because of all the seasonal goodies (chocolate, macaroons, stuff made with matzo meal, brisket, etc).