Good morning Augustuns!

Hoping that everyone is full of steely resolve to stick to plan, and that our Monday weigh-in folks have some good results to share!

Good Afternoon IPers,

So this weekend was my sisters wedding, and I went off plan for 2 days
I weighed myself this morning and only gained .7 of a pound. I thought for sure I was going to hop on the scale and it be up 5+ pounds, but it wasn't. I found that even though I went off plan I didn't stuff my face or eat till my tummy was going to burst. I'm back on plan today, and plan to stay 100% OP for the remainder of my Phases.

I had a question for those of you who have slipped up and had a cheat day.
Did you have horrible heart burn immediately after eating bread or sugar?
I ate lasagna and as soon as I ate it, I had the worst heart burn!!

Staying away from bread and sugar has sure helped with my acid reflex and Colitis, and just my over all health and how I feel.

I just have to share I met my 12, 000 steps and went over by 836. 6.06 miles! Two months ago I was stuck in my house afraid to walk in case of panic attacks. I'm so happy! I'm praising myself ala Beck.

Great job! That's fantastic distance!!!

I started on 8/11 and have been doing great but I guess I'm not getting a period this month. Anyone else have this problem.

Im the opposite ive been on mine since the second week.

Ohhhh, I don't know... you might get a surprise later when your body catches up to what is going on...
BTW **important note** make sure you have extra birth control methods in place as hormones are out of alignment with the high fat loss, and the pill, etc doesn't always do the job. There have been a number of IP pregnancies, lol. It's a 20+ year booboo.

Liana

I am officially down 14.8 pounds, in 5 weeks! Very exciting. I just think about how many times I've resolved to start dieting (tomorrow) and then days, weeks and months pass. I've really reminded myself this week that dedication and putting myself in uncomfortable situations can prove results. Have a happy weekend everyone.

Congrats newsluv! You sound very happy and positive- it is infectious so thank you very much for sharing!
Nodee- great job on taking so many, many steps toward your new self!
Shelby- have the heartburn issues resolved?
Laurie- mine has disappeared many times over the course if my IPIing experiences. It does return but it's irregular.
I am glad there are stil so many of us kicking around in here!
Trying, trying to work on my patience. It helps
To focus on one day/ week at a time... Rather than the finish line which can seem oh so far away. I know it will get here.

I initially posted this in the wrong place. I'm not very good at knowing where to post:

I just wanted to share (hope this is the right place) that I just lost another 3.5 lbs. this week doing IP alternatives (as I am allergic to most IP and other products).

18 lbs. since Aug. 8th isn't bad considering I'm 54 and have PCOS, hypothyroid and am allergic many things including gluten and sucralose. When there's a will, there's a way.

I finally got my ticker right so I think we're good!

Wow Adventuregirl! You are doing so well especially when you have so many additional food challenges. What a great number!
You are free to post this in the daily chat, here or the weight loss challenge (not sure if you're participating??)... Or all of the above :wink:... We have to shout our victories from the rooftops after all!
On that note I am pleased that Weigh in number five provided me with another 1.6 loss. I'm inching ever closer to my pre pregnancy #4 weight. Five more pounds. And I can't seem to help myself from forecasting; trying to predict which week will be the one I will get there. It's a great way to drive myself crazy. Cause I know I'll get there. So I keep telling myself "patience, patience".

Down 17 pounds to date.

This week was slowest ever...only down 1 lb and less than an inch

Suggestions on kicking things up a notch for next week?

Are you doing any form of exercise at all? I've found that I am losing fairly decently, but I am walking for at least 30 mins (maximum 60) per day and I'm quite active around the home all day.

I try to keep my heart rate low enough that it doesn't get into a range where my muscles need more fuel than the ketones my body has produced from fat burning. That way lies muscle loss where they convert to glycogen to be used as you have no instantly available food stores to use.

Don't know if it's of interest to you, but Sparkpeople offer a "tracker" for something like $10, which records all your physical activity during a normal day (steps you take etc). If you don't want to splurge on something like a garmin or an app for the cellphone, this is a cheaper, clip on version that may help you realise the difference between active days and less active ones.

I have been walking a couple of times a week...will try to make it more regular this week.

I'll chime in and join this thread as I'm an August starter who was just too shy to post earlier. I started on August 3 and am down 20 lbs. Hoping to break the stall I've been in the past two weeks (only 1lb losses and minimal inches) at my WI on Friday.