Today is day 1 on slimfast. I have uses it many times in the past to get me focused.
Scales were 284 today. Just 22 lbs from my all time high.
Tom is lurking so I should have a good loss next wk.
I will be having 2 slimfast a day and 2 snacks and a healthy meal.

Hi everyone.

Just a quick hello. I started my 10 hour work days today and I'm a little tired. It's not the work that tires me - it's having to get up an hour earlier, but still not wanting to go to bed earlier.

Eating was good over the weekend but I don't know if I'm back to my ticker weight or not. I didn't weigh today because I was feeling kind of bloated, but tomorrow I'll see where I'm at.

Ubee, I'm glad you are having a better day. I hope that means your daughter is too.

Diane, sorry about you broken toe.

Scotsgal, congrats on your 4 lb. loss.

Silentarctic, the scale isn't always your friend. I'm obsessed with it, but how you feel is more important than the number.

Larry, congrats on your weight loss. I hope you're enjoying our New York weather, and of course the time you are spending with your family.

Hi Betsy and Sam. Glad you are both doing well.

Dgramie, good luck with your new plan.

I hope you all have a good day tomorrow.

Hey guys late check in for me. Just stopping in to say hi as I'm off to bed. Had a good day eating and went to the gym today instead of working out at home while DH was at band practice, that's why I'm having a late night.

Take care all and I'll get to personals tomorrow...

*Squeeeeeezes herself in this little thread like a nice pair of old jeans that she hasn't been able to fit in in like 10 years!* Woo-hoo!

Well Howdy everyone! I made up my mind I haven't been posting enough to this forum and so I went shoppin for some new threads, found this one and thought I would try it on and I think it's gonna fit juuust fine. :P

I hope everyone who is down gets up....everyone who is up turns on the music and gets on down a little (in a good way) and I look forward to getting to know everyone.

I myself am not too new to 3FC but I started posting in May of this year cause I need all the help I can get and always willing to lend a helping hand if i can. I am not too new to this whole working out, changing lifestyle thing either but I have dropped 66 pounds in a little over 6 months and my new goal is to hit 100 gone by November 2nd. Fingers crossed! If I have to beat the elliptical machine into submission at my gym I am going to do what I can to get there between now and November!

Hi everyone.
Howdy Jen! Glad to have you on board. Good work losing 66 pounds!
Hi Sam!
Cindy 10 hour days sound exhausting. How did the weigh in go?
Deb I am trying to use shakes also. (I make them into a pudding.) Some days it works so I will keep at it.

I find it so hard to focus. When I am stressed I eat. When I am happy I eat...
Have a healthy day.

Hi Everyone!

Hi Ubee!! I know what you mean about eating with emotions. It has taken me a long time to work through that myself but I'm proud to say I have accomplished that...and you can too!!! It's hard but you will get there.

I'm coming to the hard realization that I have cut calories for way too long. Over the course of my weight loss journey I've been lucky to reach 1,200 calories on a good day. I think the excess cutting has caused me to break down and stop losing weight as well as I have in the past. I also think I might not be changing my exercise up enough. So that's something I'm going to work on over the next several weeks and see where it takes me. I've made it this far, I can't give up now but boy as I get closer to goal the harder it gets for me because I don't know what to do. You get used to being told not to eat so much fat or carbs or increase your protein...cut calories, etc, etc, etc...that once you do all of that eventually I guess you can burn yourself out...and that's where I feel I am. I'm not going to give up, but I need to not stress so much if I don't see the scale move. I just need to find my right balance again.

Hope all is well with everyone! Had a great work out today doing alternating sprints for as long as I could. I'm able to run a little longer now. I think it's almost time to get new shoes again...I think the soles are wearing thin..my feet are pretty sore from it.

Take care everyone! Time for dinner and to relax!

Hi everyone.

Jen, welcome! Glad you joined us and congratulations on losing 66 lbs. already. That's awesome.

Ubee 10 hour days are exhausting but 3 day weekends can't be beat! At least that is what I keep telling myself.

Sam, you have been at this much longer than I have, but I do think there are times when we have to change things up to get the results we want. I imagine for me this is going to happen a lot during this journey. Don't get discouraged. I think the less you weigh the less you will probably lose each week, but as long as you are eating fewer calories than you are burning you should still continue to lose. At least I hope that's what will happen.

Well I weighed myself this morning and I'm still a pound and a half above my ticker. It is still unbelievable to me that I can gain nearly 10 lbs. in 3 days and a week and a half later I still haven't lost it all. Oh well, I will keep at this and I will get there. And hopefully I have learned not to do that again. We have a party to go to Sunday. Not sure what will be there for food, but I will behave myself this time.

I hope you all have a good day tomorrow.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

Cindy: That darn scale! Sometimes we just wanna set the thing on FIRE!!! And you're right on the cusp of passing into the 200's! I just did that a few weeks ago and so I know that feeling of getting over that hump. It's like someone pushed you in the pool and it felt sooo good and then pulled you right back out into the hot sun and you gotta sit there and bake again! lol

Speaking of baking, make sure you eat ahead of time before you go to your party that you're attending. I know that sounds crazy but if you eat before you go something healthy then you won't have to eat what they have. Hopefully it will be so busy with people they won't notice.

Ubee ~ I like being in this thread. Thanks for the encouragement.

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Woke up at 6:30 a.m. Its now 8:47 a.m. Chances are I'll stay home today and go to school next week but I am gonna go to cooking class tomorrow though. The reason why I'm staying home today is because Scott is getting a package today that wont fit in the mail box and He's worried about it getting stolen if it stays on the porch so I decided to go ahead and stay home so I can drag it inside when it gets here. I'm gonna make sure I work out before the morning is over and again before bed tonight. I hope everyone has a wonderful Wed.

Wow!! I can't believe that I have completed 85 days on Atkins Induction without
deviating a single time from my plan.

Today the scale rewarded me for my dilligence with a 3 pound loss.

I have lost 47 pounds in 85 days by following Atkins but also watching my calories (calorie counting is not normally part of the Atkins plan). I have kept my daily calories around 1450. When I was only calorie counting I totally stopped losing any weight for many months. This inspite of the fact that I had reduced my daily calories to 900.

Today hasnt been great but it hasnt been bad either. Although I am very much aware that today is wednesday and I really want to hit my goal of loosing 4lbs this week. I feel it might not be possible... I am hoping that if I manage to squeeze in either a walk or some time on the exercise bike tonight I wont feel so bad. Tomorrow and Friday may need to be fast days lol I really want to hit that 300lbs ar below

Hope everyone is well

Hi everyone-

Curious if anyone else feels like they can't notice when they lose weight? I started working on myself at 307 pounds, the beginning of June. As of this morning I am 286, goal of 165. So I have lost 21 pounds and am feeling very discouraged because I can't see the loss, and the road ahead of me seems so far....

Day 3 of slimfast. Day 2 ended up with company and didn't do slimfast for lunch. Had pizza!
Dinner was a cabbage dish I saw online. It was ok. Won't make again. Hubby liked it lol.
Today I had slimfast for breakfast and lunch was a salad plate of veggies. YUM.
Dinner will be either BLT or bologna sandwich.
I walked today with the kids and then push mowed the yard. So lots of exercise today.

Jen and Juile ~ Welcome to the forum and the thread

Hi everyone.

Jen, I hear you about the scale. I am obsessed with it. I weigh myself almost every day, and try not to get discouraged when it doesn't move like I want it to. I am happy with losing almost 40 lbs. since March, but of course I want to lose more.

Larry, congrats on your loss. You are doing so well.

Scotsgal, good luck reaching your goal. I want to be below 300 lbs. again too. You will get there.

Julie, welcome. I can't see my loss either. I can feel it in my clothes but in the mirror I think I look exactly the same as I did when I started. A lot of people take pictures when they start, and as they lose so they can compare as their weight goes down.

Dgramie, sounds like the Slimfast is going well for you and you're getting exercise. That should help you lose.

Terra, I hope Scott's package arrived safe and sound. I also hope you're having a good day. Enjoy cooking class tomorrow. What are you making?

Not much going on with me today. Eating is on plan and everything else is good. Heading to bed soon. I will check in tomorrow.

I hope you all have a good day tomorrow.