Aww ladies - remember you haven't failed until you quit trying!!
We ALL fall off the wagon from time to time - no one is perfect - and in the journey we can't get so wrapped up in numbers and carbs and calories that we forget to live too! We ARE more than numbers on a scale, or a mesuring tape!
It's striking a balance right?
We all know that if we go off of low carb we will regain what we have lost and we'll have to start back at square one or worse.
So what's important is to find a way to balance our lives with our diet.
Sue - have the pizza!! Skip the crust! Bring something along to snack on to help fill the void b/c we all know pizza toppings only go so far lol
Sarah - enjoy your time with family and friends - and you are so right, i really believe 99% of this is all mental. That's where the battles take place for us.
I have lost 30 some pounds and still feel like a whale - and I have a feeling I'll always feel that way b/c I have lost down before and still always see myself as HUGE! Even though now I look back at pics from then and wanna kick myself for being so stupid.
But no matter how far or long our journey to our goal weight is - this journey will be with us always, it is not a destination, because even when we arrive, we know how quick we can regain - we have to find ways to stop sabattoging ourselves and enjoy the lives we live within the frame of our ---- NOT diet --- way of eating, lifestyle.
You ladies can do this!! Just take it one meal at a time. Don't worry about the previous one, or the future ones. Just the one you are having right now and make it on plan.

... then single digits and then NON STOP to 190's!!!!! Yeppers!!
I definitely had the "ugh of course the fat girl can't do it when the 3 skinny girls are fine" type self doubting nasty thoughts. Even thought it obviously started after we walked through a clump of something hanging in the trail, and then I had that feeling in the sinuses/lungs that was similar to after using eucalyptus oil or vicks vapo rub, like the oils some how made it IN the sinuses. but instead of opening them up like with vicks it felt like it was making it harder to process air. It faded away to almost nothing after 30 minutes of fresh air and was fully gone after I washed my face so I didn't worry about seeing a dr or anything.