Awesome NSV!

You should feel great! Tell us how it goes at WI tomorrow!

Welcome back raven & dkmd!

My daughter and my youngest granddaughter were here for a week. I could not follow the plan exactly for 3 days out of the 7 they were here. I warned the counselor in advance, that I would make the best choices I could, but not plan to stay completely on plan. She said, the important thing was to enjoy the visit, make good choices if I could, and not feel guilty. Thought that was very cool of her!

So it went better than I feared. I still lost a pound at WI yesterday, which was a wonderful surprise. I fully expected to gain and "pay the price". So now I am back on plan, as motivated as ever. I won't tell you what I ate off plan, as I don't want to create any cravings for anyone else. I will tell you, that the memory of one dinner is going to have to sustain me and motivate me for the next several months. I truely look forward to when I can eat more or less normally again.

Today, I have struggled. I was hungry, but managed to control myself. (barely!) It wasn't easy. I have learned from reading others posts, that cravings "wake up". It is once again hard to get all the water down. Still, it was a great visit. I really get a lot out of all your posts. I am grateful to all of you. Even when I was not posting, I felt support from the posts I read. Thank you all for being on this thread, and sharing yourselves and your journey with me.

Congrats on the loss! And I'm so glad you were able to enjoy your daughter and granddaughter! It sounds like you were making good choices.

I think my sushi-induced cravings died down yesterday, but I really exercised hard this week to get through them. And lots of water. Updating my ticker today, as it appears I have finally lost the sticky rice & soy sauce weight. Ugh!

I'm heading home for the Father's Day weekend. That is always a challenge for me--not because my parents are feeders but because the situation is always very stressful and there is always junk out on the counter. My grandmother, however, is the feeder, and seems threatened by the diet. Wish me luck!

Your story sounds a lot like mine. WE CAN DO THIS!

Welcome Back! I know we can do this. I did the same thing that you did but I am recommitted now and know what I did wrong the first time.

WOW! That is excellent. Good Luck to you as you go forward!

It's good your back and know what to do. At least you (we) came back before the weight got too out of hand.

That is a great NSV. You should be proud of yourself. Since your 13 year old noticed, I'm sure others are too!

Day 6. You are getting there! Keep on keeping on!

I'm so glad you enjoyed your visit. Life happens! You lost a pound too! Good for you!

Good luck this weekend! Let us know how it goes!

"Getting through the first 10 days will be huge since I haven't been able to go more than 3 days without a cheat in quite awhile."


Hi Raven! And yes, this is my issue exactly. I didn't cheat at all the first time, until I went off totally, so I know I need to be really strict with myself. And I've "restarted" many times in the past few months, but never made it the 10 days! So, now I'm doing well, feel better about it mentally, so am ready to roll!

And yes we can do this!

Hi Mary V! Yes we can do this, and finish it.

khunter: Congratulations on tucking your shirt in. That is also one of my goals. I can't wait to not have to hide my belly!

I'm on day 6 and had WI this morning. I lost 3 pounds. I can't believe this is working. When I go to bed hungry I think about the pounds lost and its okay!

I've been gone for a while, but still kind of plugging away. I was a counselor at a kids camp last week and just went ahead and ate camp food. As a result I gained a lot of water weight. Now I am nearly back to where I was before camp and have been completely OP for three days.

Good to see so many new people!

Ok so I went to WI and down to 208!!! I can't believe it! I am so excited! 7lbs in one week, that is crazy! Well I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

YEAH! Good for you!

A counselor changed by HNS due to the nighttime hunger, and it has helped me so much. I have an HNS at breakfast, lunch, 3:30pm and 9-10pm depending on when I had dinner and bedtime. We eat dinner early around here, so I was really hungry by bedtime. This has really helped me. Maybe have a counselor review your mealtimes and timing of HNS.

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to all on the losses scale and NSV!

Day 4 for me and still totally on plan. Each day gives me more resolve. So bye bye to the yellow menu forever. Onward to the blue.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Hi everyone, I know, where have I been? Sorry but I have had a rough last 2 weeks and I am afraid the result is that I have been off program and can tell that I am gaining again and I am super mad at me (and mainly disappointed in myself) Briefly, in the last 2 weeks, my step grandmother passed away quite unexpectedly leaving my very ill grandfather alone and very far away from us...at the same time my real grandmother (who I am very close to) was re diagnosed with cancer and given 6 months to live.I also started graduate school which my first class was a course intensive one which means you cram 3 months worth of material into 5 days. Talk bout brain dead! Anyway, I have not been OP and I also feel like my first reaction to all the sad and stressful things that were going on was, oh lets go Off Program and eat...I think what I may need are strategies on how to deal with sadness and stress without eating...can anyone relate? Please help if you can, I have missed you all but either haven't had time to be online or just didn't want to as i was too mad at me! grrr...

We all eat for so many different reasons, other than hunger, that is why we are here. I am so sorry for your losses, but as someone in an earlier post stated "life happens" so don't beat yourself up.