Hi everyone - hope you are all doing well today!

Maile - you are right - I do need to do more planning. I do not want to get off track after all of that hard work to get here.

Working it - sounds like you've got it figured out! A plan for the weekend already and it's not even Friday!

Good to see Rainbow and Wuv here! And good luck with the tummy tuck, Wuv!

Wuv: Congratulations on maintaining since April. You look great. Good luck on the tummy tuck. I want one of those some day..after I have work done on my face. It was good to hear from you.

Lizzy63: Planning helps so much, but it gets difficult when you are busy. Good luck this weekend. It was hard work getting where you are. I have always liked the quote: I have come too far to be defeated by a cookie."

Ishbel: I liked that rubber band analogy. Keep pulling! I enjoyed the cream cheese pizza crust also. Yum. Maintenance does feel like the same life with more choices..good description.

Off to more testing..maybe some day I can actually start teaching. LOL.

Maile, lol on the testing! You are ahead of me, I am hoping next week to get to the testing part. This week was spent going around to schools touching base with staff which for some reason I've found utterly exhausting. Retirement after this year is looking more promising!
Pat

Hi Pat: Testing is exhausting. It takes one half hour per K kid..and I have to give 4 different tests. Plus I have yet one more for the K kids. I would like to retire after next year as well. Hope your testing goes well when you start!

Has anyone heard of The Plan book where you eliminate anti inflammatory foods....that cause weight gain? by lyn-genet

Hello ladies!
Just thought I'd check in ... week 2 of reboot for me and I'm down 7.5.
Its most definitely harder the second time around.
It seems like everyone is doing really well!

Bubbleblower - your new home sounds like its in the perfect spot for you!

Workingit50 - weekends are killer. I almost feel like I need someone who has been IP to text me on Friday and Saturday night and say.... put the wine glass down! lol (Sadly, I don't know anyone personally who does IP, or who even truly understands it.)

Maile, thank you for your post - it helps knowing that if you have the determination and drive, you can maintain - even though there is no 'nirvana' or magic, it can be achieved.

Slowandsteady - I've had that same thought / question. To me, it seems more sensible to spread out the protein a bit. I usually put about 2oz of protein into my lunch, then save the rest for dinner. (When I'm p1ing I put just 1/2 oz to 1 oz protein in my salad, just to give me something to add variety and flavor to lettuce and spinach every day.)

Wuv! Hello! It's so nice to hear you're doing well. Are you still working for IP? Good luck with your surgery. I'll have to look back through posts to see how that all evolved - I remember e-mailing a TV show on your behalf, but never heard the outcome.

Rainbow, you of all people can pick yourself up and get back into it! I can't even tell you how many times I see your smiling face as I'm flipping through my recipe box! Hang in there girl - you can do this!

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Dakin: You are doing so well! Losing 7.5 pounds is right on! I think it is hard to reboot because we get used to eating our favorite foods and need to cut them back while on Phase 1 again.
Maintenance will never be magically easy..but the magic to me is to be so much happier and healthier.

aww that made me smile!!!
week 1 of the reboot was successful and i lost 9.7 pounds, so i am looking forward to staying in control for week 2.
its great to be back in control.

nice to see you tooo lizzy!!

i heart you so much ishbel!!

thank you maile!!!

HI everyone. Finally got rid of those extra lbs that showed up after the colonoscopy, and it put me in the frame of mind to settle into my reboot again. I have been OP for 5 days now... so I'm over that those first days that are the worst part. Ketosis has obviously set in, as I was out and about today and felt no cravings or hunger at all. As it was I stayed pretty well OP despite eating in restaurants and hospital cafeteria with family.

Determined to stick with it this time until I get back to 150 lbs again.

Good to see you back Rainbow! Missed ya!

good to see you too!!! so proud of your ip journey!! you inspire everyone!!! thank you for being YOU

Hi everyone!

Way to go to all of you on your reboots!
You're all doing great!
I know how hard it can be, I find myself trying not to
be accountable for somethings that sneak into my
mouth, especially weekends! But so far I'm still using
MFP app religiously. It really helps to put it right out there
for me, calories, carbs etc.
Well keep up the great work! You're in control!

D

Hi Everyone!

So good to see everyone!

Slownsteady, I, too, have about the same portions of protein on maintenance that I had on P1. I'll have 6-8 oz of meat or fish protein for lunch and dinner. It often depends on the type of meat or fish. If it's fattier, like salmon or sausage, I'll go with a little less. (6-7 instead of 8 oz) I feel good when I eat like this. I'll allow myself a special treat if I'm at a special occasion, but I always feel better at home eating my "regular" way!

Evepet, I knew you could do this! It will be off in no time at all!

Maille, Again, I agree with you completely. I'm determined to keep it off this time, too. So I continue to weight myself daily and log into MFP. I know that I NEED to exercise so I'll just do it. I keep going back to Ishbel's sig line "If I go back to doing what I did, I'll be what I was."

Rainbow, great to see you! You're an inspiration to so many. Hang in there! I know you can do this!

Hey, wuv! Good to see you! Good luck with the tummy tuck!

I've bought lots of clothes since I reached my goal in March and I've gotten rid of most of the fat clothes. So I really can't go back! It's still a real thrill for me to go clothes shopping, although now I'm buying clothes that I will keep for a long time. I bought the "passing through clothes" when I was losing. It's fun to build a new wardrobe now with clothes that will make my heart sing!

Basically, though, I agree. It's continued diligence that will keep the weight off. I know I cannot get complacent about it. I also know, like Maille, that those little temptations still tempt me. I thought I'd be over it and completely in control, but there are still items I just can't have in the house. This past weekend I was traveling and was really hungry. I knew I would get to my friends' house and have to wait for dinner for a few hours. I already had eaten my protein bar for the day, but I wanted more protein, so I went into a drugstore and bought a can of mixed nuts. (almonds, cashews, and pistachios) I ate a reasonable amount of them. Then noticed I could keep eating them, even though I was no longer hungry. I had to stop at a gas station and throw the rest of the can away! I knew that would be a healthier choice for me. And i was right. If it had been in the car for my hour-long drive home after the bbq, I would have noshed and noshed until the can was empty. So I threw it away. Ah, well.

I'm up 11 lbs since starting P4 in March. I've been actively trying to get pregnant, so my coach doesn't want me to go back on P1 for any longer than 2 weeks. I actually met with the Clinic supervisor, who is an athletic trainer/dietician and works closely with the MD. She thinks I have some sort of hormonal issue since I am having difficulty getting and staying pregnant (2miscarriages since February). I have to have some fasting blood levels drawn today for her and I am meeting with a reproductive endocrinologist next month.

I am really bummed that my clothes are feeling tight, and I am following P4 pretty much to a T. I don't usually have the carb portions with dinner, I do a P3 breakfast and a fat serving with lunch, then meat or fish with veggies at dinner. I am exercising 2-3 days per week, but only 30 min on the treadmill or elliptical. I told her that I occasionally have a tbsp or PB or in my weak moments, a tsp of Nutella, but she doesn't think that is contributing to the gains.

Hi Joy !!!!! gosh, no wonder i never saw all my friends from the other thread....they are all at goal and over here in maintenance!!! well done!

GOOD FOR YOU for recognizing your red flag food and throwing the nuts away!! i agree....i would have noshed and noshed until the can was empty too!! i keep my nuts in the freezer in tiny baggies that i bought at walmart in the jewelry aisle that hold 10 almonds, or about2 tbsp mixed nuts. you would not believe how many "bites" i can now get from ONE almond hahaha when used to pop them in my mouth 2 by 2!! it is continued diligence!!! i am going to remember that. i am going to start telling myself OCD.....now means ONLY CONTINUED DILIGENCE!!!

love it! love you!! so proud of YOU!!!!!!

EPAPRN,
So sorry on the miscarriages. I know that is hard, disappointing and emotionally/hormonally disorienting.

Have you checked thyroid levels? IP would be expected to lower T3 and/or T4 at the end of the dieting phase; not sure how much time in maintenance would get it backed to normal. Messed up T3/T4 is supposedly sometimes found in women who miscarry. I imagine that is why you have that endocrinologist appointment. It seems dieting down to a certain weight gets the ovulation mechanism going, but sometimes the rest of the system lags behind or isn't all the way back in order.

Too funny on the PB. It's about 100 calories/TBSP, so if it were really a problem it would take a DAILY (over)dose to gain a lb every 35 days (I have a TBSP most days as part of breakfast). Unless your total calories are really too high (a guess would be they should be between 1500 and 1800), could it just be mostly a lot of water (and only a little bit of Nutella)? Did you have a large first week loss when you started IP?

Although this is unlikely to create immediate weight loss, have you tried varying your workouts? I'm assuming you are doing them "steady state", at the same overall pace thru-out the workout. Try varying the pace within the same time frame--30 seconds fast, followed by 1.5 minutes slower recovery, repeat. Then the next week or two, drop to 30sec fast/1 minute. Then increase to 1 min fast/1 min recovery. Kind of like that. It is supposed to activate different body chemicals. I would suggest adding weight training or even substituting weights 2x/3x per week instead of the cardio. To be consistent with the 3 times a week is better than stressing out over it not being 5 times per week.

Best of luck to you for a happy ending to this bump in the road.