Thank you! Cold almost gone... not too bad. Was able to sleep all night...so that was a plus. Switched up this week and had a restricted lemon poppy bar each day for bfast. Haven't had a restricted except for 3 times in 24 weeks. This week was an experiment....not a great loss week but I think a pound or two. It is TOM so hoping next week is a bigger loss. THink I'll go back to my orange shakes next week. Can't believe I may be only 30 pounds or so away from my goal. Seems so far yet so close at the same time.
Trying to keep busy and plan something special each week...this time of year with Halloween and three kids in the house the chocolate is flowing. I ration the choc. out and don't touch a drop for myself. I 'm proud of how I can now do that.
How is everyone planning Thanksgiving? I was thinking of making steamed zucchini and eating just turkey. Thoughts on having the turkey at 1 pm instead of for dinner at night? Should I wait and eat it for dinner?

You can eat the turkey at 1pm. I often eat "dinner" for lunch and my lunch for dinner. Everyone keeps asking me how i'm going to survive Thanksgiving. Honestly, I think I will be fine with turkey, veggies, and salad. I'm a meat eater anyway, especially these days. It's sad, so many people complain that 8oz of meat is ALOT to eat, not for me!! LOL

Good job resisting the Halloween candy!!! I have a huge bowl of candy sitting out and I am shocked that it hasn't tempted me in the least bit!

Ha! I agree. I am definitely a "volume" eater. Its not about what I can and cant eat but how much. I look forward to the 8oz.

Well, not a good WI today...scale said i was up .4 lbs....my scale at home says I was down almost 2 pounds....??? I never move my scale at home...and at the clinic they move the scales..We have 3 floor scales at the clinic and they always weigh you on 'your' scale...the one you were first weighed on. The problem is they pick the scale up and move it between weighing people...I said I know I am down this week...but again, how can I argue with the numbers the coach sees. I am not making excuses because the times I weigh in and the scale is the right one and hasn't been moved I weigh in accurately...when they move the scale it is alllllllways off. Annoyed..
anyone else have this happen at their clinic? I haven't cheated once. I follow the IP norms and I can take a small loss even half a pound...but that it says I gained weight?? ugh...that's all i can say...ugh.

scale down 2.2 last week..everything counts. this week we shall see.
have been having dizzy spells / mostly positional this past week...not too sure why but i've been making sure to get all my water and salt in so that shouldn't be it.
hope everyone is having a good week!

down 4.8 week 27! we'll see what tomorrow's wk 28 brings. How is everyone else doing this month? I hope well. Keep your chins up when things get tough..it is so worth it when the good WI's happen.

Welcome to December everyone!! I have gone on to Phase 2 and feel great...still losing. I am in my 2nd week now and will be done with phase 3 Dec. 19th. I feel great at the weight I am now however will slowly start running again and try to lower to my goal goal by summer. This has been a great 7 months. Feeling healthy, strong and young!! Hope you all have done as well and are still on track to your goals. Wishing you all the best.

HOORAY FOR YOU Mae! You have done amazing -- so happy for you. Could you have imagined back in May that you'd be where you are now? I definitely could not. I never thought I'd make it to July and now I'm in my 5th week of P4. So crazy!

Thx so much tyranny! lost 3.2 in phase 2... Started phase 3 today. Are you losing in phase 4 or maintaining? Did you lose in phase 3? My coach said people usually gain 5 pounds in phase 3... Hoping to keep losing because i ll be eating the same as phase 2 except for the bfast which i have meal replacement shakes for. We shall see..
Congrats on your success in 4!!!

Mae: I lost about 6 lbs total inP2-p4 HOWEVER put that all back on this week after I stopped my BP med. ah well. P1 for me until I get back down! You NEED to join in Maintainers thread. Those women are such a great source of info and emotional support for all the crazy uncertainty that comes with P4.

thanks again.
don't worry about the 6 lbs up...probably water retention...you'll be back down in no time.
i ;ll check out some other threads for phase 4 to keep on track.

I was just reading the July Starter thread and thought I would resurrect the May one! I never in a million years thought I would have such success on IP, but here I am 8 months later and 80+lbs lighter and still going strong!! This community has been a huge part of my success! I couldn't have done it without all of ya'lls wisdom and encouragement.

A friend of mine started two weeks ago and is having a difficult time adjusting to the food. I gave her this website, I hope she visits it. I would hate to see her give up.

Are there any other May starters here??

Hi there! May starter. Lost 114 lbs and just moved to phase 2. So excited!

I'm still here - in maintenance since early October. Still reading along and silently rooting for everyone. It's taken me a while to accept the occasional scale swings but overall I'm completely satisfied with where I'm at - nearly 70 lbs lighter than when I started.

I'm still in phase 1, but I am good with that! I was just telling a friend yesterday, losing is the easy, maintaining is the hard part!!!

Rayze that is excellent!!!

tyranny- I am terrified of maintenance! I am happy to hear that you are doing well!!