I make it up as i go along.im ready to cry I'm at 135 today but yesterday I was 132 but I did have hibachi for dinner.not sure what I'm doing wrong.I need to figure it out and soon I have an event coming up in November and I wanna be 125.Im doing 3 days with trainer plus one day at gym.Im really trying to eat nothing but chicken and veggies.

Thanks!

I tried to kick my sugar addiction in the past but it wasn't until I started meditating daily that I found the grit inside myself to shake it off permanently. I definitely agree that meditation helps with weight loss, neurosis and addiction. It's powerful. One of the many reasons why I'm training to be a yoga & meditation teacher!

So interesting! I have never been very good at meditating - too much monkey mind! - but I want to get back into *trying* to make it a regular practice. There are just so many benefits.

I am still pretty off track. I think I have lingering fatigue from being sick and I haven't gone grocery shopping, planned any meals or figured out how to get to the gym or even go on a walk. It's exhausting just thinking about it.

Yesterday was a disaster. Dusting myself off. Hopefully I can get things back on track today

Monkey mind is so true! What I love about Kundalini meditation is that it involves mudras and mantras so it keeps my monkey mind busy!

I like to meditate daily, but haven't been as consistent as I would like to be lately. My style is breathe in, one, breathe out, two, breathe in, three, breathe out, four, up to ten, then start again. It's supposed to keep monkey mind at bay, but I often don't make it to "two" before I'm distracted, lol.

Another former sugar addict here as well! What helped me was a change in psych meds from SSRI to SNRI. Cut my cravings to a fraction of what they were in a matter of days, but obviously not something that can be recommended to others. :P I think there was something massively wrong with my brain when it comes to pleasure - not only did my cravings abate, but exercise makes me feel good most of the time. I guess it's a dopamine thing, that was messed up before?

Losing has become so hard for me! Before I could easily lose 8 pounds a month, or 6, but now I'm fighting every pound tooth and nail. On the plus side, every lost pound shows too. But heck, I'm only 8 measly pounds away from being in healthy weight - and about 12 from my former "skinny weight" - and I'm getting so inpatient! Was losing hope already but thanks to you chatters I'm thinking it's possible again.

Seems my pounds are not coming off without a lot of kicking and screaming. They actually seem to be going up a little, whereas before it was more consistently the other way. It's because I'm not willing to eat as little as I used to. I'm trying to eat earlier so I'll have a better weigh in the next day, at least, but that only works if the calories out are more than the calories in.

Yeah, calories in, calories out, can't really get around that. :P

So, I guess it doesn't officially "count" yet, but I bought some size 12 jeans from a charity shop yesterday and I can button them up! Haha. Muffin top ahoy, unfortunately, so they are not wearable out of doors yet, but STILL. This is exciting news. I've been in size 12 tops for a few weeks now, so it's fun to be inching towards the same size on the bottom half.

Went to a christening today and managed to stay on-plan during the party. There was only fresh fruit & veggie sticks that were available for me to eat, pretty much, but I did have some coleslaw and the innards of a slice of quiche and actually got full faster than I expected. Back to normalcy (and food of my own choosing) tomorrow!

That's so cool Raisin! It feels so amazing to be down a size. Really makes the loss a concrete thing.

I've been upping my veggies. I've been eating veggies on every meal all the time (somehow I've gotten hooked to that one - I don't feel like I've eaten unless there has been something fresh & colourful on my plate) but I'm adding more now and tilting the balance more to the fresh veggie direction. Also having a spoonful of ground flax seeds a day (just mixed in water). The added fiber is really working, I had some trouble before because I was eating so little compared to what I used to that my bowel went into a strike.

Should have more things like boiled beans and green tea too. I've just been lazy in the kitchen. That is so silly, it is the "kitchen habits" I think that is the root of health and well-being.

Congrats on the new pants! I love going to Goodwill to get clothes as I transition from one size to another. Then they can be recycled as the new sizes are needed!

Thanks, Hunger and pigeon.

I think I was on a plateau earlier in the month, but I've had a little "whoosh" as it's called (I believe?) and had lots of compliments on my appearance and stuff too. Even my husband has FINALLY noticed. I about fell over, haha!

I drink a LOT of herbal tea, pigeon - mostly redbush/rooibos, but also the different varieties of Yogi Tea. I can't stand fruit teas at all though!

Today I ate vegetables in many different forms - roasted, soup and salad. I definitely hit my five - a - day for sure.

Hi feathers! You all seem to be doing so well! (At least the ones who are posting). Me, not so great. I got off track with an illness earlier in the month and haven't been able to get back on - the carb cravings are back with a vengeance.

The good news is that I started tracking everything again (I stopped in early September for some reason!). I discovered that what I consider a pretty bad binge-y day (white bread, chocolate, pasta) was "only" around 2000 calories. I was surprised by that. Some people maintain on that.

But 250g carb

THIS is weird/interesting: Apparently my horrible binge-y day (to me) is almost EXACTLY the macros average of the Standard American Diet (2000 cal - 50% carb / 35% fat / 15% protein). Ick. I feel like crap.

All right, I don't have a point. Just felt like being accountable rather than disappearing. I am supposedly back on track today ... we'll see.

Thanks for being my inspiration, feathers!

PS - I have been maintaining for most of October around 135 pounds - so all my hard work of the summer is definitely not lost!

135 at 5'6" is really great! Lots of people would LOVE to be that.