I am super happy - I lost 2 pounds this week! YAY! I am finding it a challenge every day. People offer me baking or goodies and I have to say no thanks. People don't stop with that. WHY? Then you tell them you are trying to diet...which never goes well. LOL!!

I am so determined to stay with my diet, there is just not a chance I am giving up!!

lcard, that's the way to be! I'm so determined, I want to lose this weight, and I'm not willing to waste any time.

186.2 today, not bad considering my husband and I wanted to see what rum and diet cream soda tasted like last night haha. I also went over on my 20 net carbs a little with a awesome salad I made with salsa, sour cream, lettuce, ground beef, and cheese. It was so good that while my husband was making pasta for himself he kept stealing bites out of it when I wasn't looking, haha. He now wants me to make that for him for dinner Monday.

Hi! I can finally log in again - not sure what was wrong the other day but couldn't get in * at all * and then over the weekend I wasn't online. I missed you all!

Rho, YAY about the pants! That's very cool, congratulations!

and Stephanie, I'm sorry about your SIL problems. And also how you've been feeling. I skim read caught up so not sure if I missed it, but hope you'll get to talk to your doc about the meds, it sounds like they help.

I had more stupid flax over the weekend and then threw out the half full packet on Saturday - no more "I'll just use it up". I don't know what it is about that stuff but it makes me bloat like crazy, even as I still stay regular (sorry, tmi!). The more water I drink the more I swell. I think I've finally hit rock bottom with that, I'm getting so frustrated with the constant up and down on the scale (up again today, agh!) I'm so tired too; I had blood tests in early Jan and I was really anaemic and I don't think the pills I've been taking are helping all that much. Or maybe they did for a bit and now I'm stuck again.

Yay lcard on your loss!

I just plugged in some meals into a food tracker and yikes, my muffins were high in calories (I was really letting the portion size creep up). I know that we shouldn't need to count calories but if I was using the larger container to make them in, and with all the butter... bamn, that's nearly 1000 cal right there. I've plug in a regular day's food (muffin free!) and it works out to be about 1600cals and an amount I should be fine on. And I won't worry if I add another 100 or two if I'm hungry.

I was listening to a podcast I found on itunes (low carb lifestyle) and his tip was to start by thinking in little goals, just for the week. I weighed in at 182. 2 this morning, and my goal for this time next week is to be 179 :)

Hi..I was hoping I could join this challenge. I have been low carbing on and off over the years. It is the only thing that works, problem is I am an emotional eater and I usually fall off the wagon and put the weight on again. Well here I am, ready to try again. I need a challenge to keep me accountable. I'm focused on losing inches , not just lbs and toning up the junk.....hope to get to know you all ...

Your salad sounds sooooo good! I can't have the sour cream or the cheese. WAHHH!

Ana - thanks for the high five~sounds like a great goal you have there!

Hi and Welcome Zumbachica!:hug: I'm an emotional eater too and have "done Atkins" off and on for years with great success, but also pile it back on when "off." I've returned yet again, because not only do I realize for the umpteenth time this WOE really works for weight loss, but also that I feel GREAT on LC"s!:carrot:

Had a great OP weekend and did manage the "bonus workout" Sat. on the unplanned work day - it was kind of creepy in there - not only did I have the whole gym to myself but the whole plant!

Couldn't make myself walk the 5k today around the neighborhood that I told you about mapping out . . . but DID do it PLUS some on my bike. Even tho' its a pretty flat route--did have to walk the bike in several places. My mini goal is to ride the whole way by St. Pat's.

Have gone fish crazy lol:dizzy: . . . made a super YUM and super EZ tilapia tonite . . . 1/2 cup mayo 1/4 cup dark dijon mustard . . . coat those puppies and stick on greased foil 15 minutes/350 degrees. They stayed moist and a beautiful golden brown . . . had with broccoli and cheese sauce and am STUFFED.

I couldn't log in for awhile either anaB . . . not sure what days but was aggravating. Flax (MIM) triggers me to crave bread at certain points . . . plan on trying them again when closer to goal.

Congrats on the loss steph & icard!:carrot: All this exercise and I'm only down a pound (this is the weight I was at before my out of town/hospital OffPlanness) . . . I think my poor out-of-shape body is adjusting to the shock of the gym and the walking/biking? No worries, it will come in time. I think I'd like to see 235 by the end of the week?

Welcome!! Looking forward to getting to know you better :D

I like your updates, you are cccrrrazy!! mmmm cheeese....I miss cheese. LOL

Hi all the world is against me I swear! I seem to be stuck at the weight I am - my BMI is going down slowly but the weight stays the same - arrgghh. I want to see a new decade of numbers dang it!! And I want to start walking but I swear I have had a 3 week headache with my sinus... And can you tell I'm getting cranky because of these things :mad::devil:

Was the flax muffin the muffin in a minute or something else?

I need to do a major fridge cleaning and organizing so I can try the salad in a jar - I love salad but hate hate hate making it so if I can do it once a week and have it I think I could do that ..l going to use the pint size mason jars so each one is side salad size I think - but I need a portion of a shelf to put the jars on when they are made. And I need to look thru my dressing recipes to see which two I feel like this week - hubs only eats Thousand Island - I would be bored the second night lol So right now I'm thinking lettuce, radish, a few carrot bits, grape tomatoes, maybe cut up scallion .... I'll have cucumber to cut up and add later and maybe grilled chicken in a container to grab a few bits to put on it ..any ideas for additions to the jar that aren't wet that I haven't thought about.
Have you noticed it is so much easier to eat salads in the summer than it is now -

You are all doing great ... I'm envious :o lol.

Congratulations all on the losses!
I finally found my digital scale in one of my unpacked boxes and weighed myself today using it and it said 222.4. I reweighed myself on the dial scale I was using and it said 219, so either way it looks like I gained a pound and I'm going to assume the digital scale is more correct so I guess I started off three pounds heavier. I went through what I've been eating and I realized I never switched off of milk, that would probably explain the gain (two weeks ago when I lost I had been sick and wasn't drinking milk).
My physical therapist said I need to start doing more walking at least 10 minutes a day which I usually do when I'm at school but I am going to try parking farther away and walking 20-30 minutes so hopefully that will help me lose too. I might also try to get in a walk to the park with my son today if the weather cooperates. Hope everybody has a good week OP!

Welcome Zumbachica! AnaBee, I had a good talk with my MIL about it yesterday and I feel a lot better. Thanks aud!

So I'm up .6 today but I'm pretty sure I know the reason why. It was my MIL's and my SIL's boyfriends birthday and we all had dinner yesterday. I have two SIL's, one I love and get along with really well and the other one I have issues with. The SIL I've had issues with left early because dinner was taking awhile, so me and my other SIL played kinect and we had a good work out! I know sometimes after a good work out your body retains some water.

I normally plan to make my own food to bring to these weekly dinners unless they make something atkins friendly. It was supposed to be burgers so I didn't make anything (meat patty without a bun and some veggies on the side was the plan). I got there and they were making salsibury steak, it had bread cumbs, ketchup, worstechire and other no no things in it and coated in a gravy. I ate it because it was my only option, but I'm kinda upset they changed their minds last second about what they were making without telling me since they know I'm doing this.

Me and my MIL had a good talk though, I bought her a huge bottle of wine and I had rum and diet pop. We talked about my SIL and I expressed how I felt and she agreed with me and said she understood. She also told me that she's talked to her a few times about how the diaper change table is ours and it's not hers to ask for. I told her how she kept bringing it up and how it was bugging me.

All in all, meal will probably stall me but I feel better after that talk :)

Tx icard, I enjoy your posts too and boy do I hearya on the baked goodies. "The Cookie Lady" is back at it at the plant - mouth watering goodies sacked up in lil take-home bags. I have got some, but leave out for my DD's so luckily are GONE by the time I wake up lol. Having the cheesecake at the ready is really helping me with the "Poor Deprived Me" Syndrome that I find myself getting into over and over . . . whether I eat any or not . . . it's just that I COULD.:dizzy:

PS: Are you lactose intolerant?

Tell me more about Salad In A Jar rho . . . tired of my $$$ salad veggies wilting away in the crisper b4 I know it. Just cut up "dry" leafies and put in jar?

I weigh 10 POUNDS LESS on the 2 scales at the gym in the plant airomatic . . . but started with the home digital, and it is with it I shall stay.:(:cool:

This salisbury-stall will pass steph . . . but know you're aggravation . . . has happened to me quite a few times. Glad MIL is supportive on whack-SIL . . . things like that can get ugly fast. Is there a recipe for your taco sounding salad or do you just toss the ingredients you mentioned? Sounds YUM & different.

Thinking I might have had the water weight thing mentioned about starting to work out - there were lines around my ankles from my socks - that I don't normally have. Think my body is adjusting tho' cuz I'm down 2 more pounds - ohhhh yeah!:carrot:

Taking the fish and broccoli to work tonite - along with trusty shake. Din't plan out the menu's like I wanted to but got more fishfishfish, chicken, turnips, parsnips, heavy cream in the house. (I gain on milk too btw)

Have a great week Easter Challengers . . . off to change ticker . . . :)

Remember girls....nothing tastes as good as thin feels!! YA!!