Hi girls!!! I'm so thrilled about the growth that this group has been having, you all are so inspirational!!! It's raining here in Oklahoma and we've been having a terrible drought so I'm gonna just lay in bed and read a good book today.

Have an awesome one!!

Lacey

Oh Lacey, I'm so envious of you!!!! Have a great day.

Sherry: Definitely sounds like the article writer needs an education! Well, as with all things, some people will buy into that and others won't. I wish more of the stars would tell how they eat. I've been hearing some (A LOT) are lowering their carb intakes. Would make for an interesting study!!

Jackie: Enjoy the sunshine and the weather. Sounds about the same as here

Leenie: Have a good time shopping

Sue: How old are your boys again that they need that expensive of shoes? WOW! Enjoy the corned beef

Lacey: Enjoy the rain and the book!!

Well, I am actually VERY surprised. I really/truly thought the soda would be my downfall to an increase in the scale. Imagine my surprise when it was DOWN a pound from yesterday!!! Not going to argue with it! I'm happy about the decrease and that it seems that I'll finally start losing again Next week (going to keep an eye on the scale first) might do a test to see if maybe peanuts make me retain the water. Gotta find what triggered that so I can avoid it

Brenda: Ha! I must of got your 'gain' from the soda! I got on the scale this morning, and was back up 1 -- sigh -- Oh well...

I am going to have a sip of that chocolate wine however. I will probably never get to try it again. It's only available once a year special ordered from a winery in New Mexico. I'll let ya know how it is. ::evil grin::

Alrighty, I gotta get back to getting things ready for my girlfriends arrival. I already had the weeks grocery shopping done before 8:30 this morning.. That was a bit of excersise.

The boys are 12 and 13 they have been bugging me for skate shoes. and they are special for boarders, which my older son things he is.

Falon let us know how that chocolate wine is, I am curious.

Lacy enjoy the day it does sound good!!

Must get the corned beef ready to go in the pot. any body want some come on over!!!

Can't wait to hear how the choc. wine is. Sounds very interesting.

Falon: Don't forget to tell us how the chocolate wine went. And I don't blame you for wanting to try it!

Sue: Skaters need special shoes now? Dang, whatever happened to the day you just wore your regular tennis shoes? I've never actually MADEcorned beef...we just ordered ours from a restaurant. How do you make yours?

Jackie:

I'm SOOO cold from walking in the parade. I need something warm to drink. Might heat up some LC hot cocoa. Been trying to stay away from that so that I don't get hooked on it. But DANG I'm so cold I need to try that to get warm. Did a no-no for supper. Ate some of the cabbage salad from the other night. Wasn't thinking. I KNOW that stuff was loaded with sugar. UGH! Oh well, that'll teach me to keep my head on stuff instead of being distracted! See you all on Monday

Today I had my worst "low carb" day since starting this WOL in January. I gave myself permission to have a day off because we went to a baby shower and most of what there was to eat there was not on plan. We shopped for a present earlier and didn't have time for lunch before going so my daughter and I were hungry. I know I'm going to regret it in the coming week or so when the scale starts punishing me. Still when I started this thing I said I was not going to be a perfectionist, and there are occasions which are special. They don't come around too often.

Good Morning,

If your looking for your Easter Challenge, I made it a Sticky Good luck.

Sue.... your avitar is pretty but you are already a flower

AAAWWWW thanks Leenie

Sherry dust off the crumbs and stay OP drink the water and remember that you did not eat over 3500 cals above your daily metabolic rate which would be like eating 5000 cals (that is if it is 1 lb up) it is just water so drink drink drink and it will go go go.

Brenda Croned beef is the easiet thing to make. get a flat brisket, not the bumpy end pieces, if you feel it and there is a really large hard lump in it, it is fat so try to go for ones with less lumps. (meat guy told me that) stick it in a pot with water enough to cover it and then some and let it simmer for at least 4 hours, it has it's own flavor package. then about 30 min before you want to eat stick in the cut cabage 1/8 cut try to leave the core attached it is easier to get out. then enjoy!! I have done it in the crock pot before for 8+ hours not bad but not as good as when you do it that way (possible over cooked) same way to make boiled ham dinner, which will be on my menue soon. But be ware of the salt I went up 1 lb with the corned beef, so I have my pot of water with me.

Morning ladies.

Sherry: I think we've all been there done that. Just drink LOTS of water and get right back on the wagon. The thing about a day like that is the guilt just kills me and its really never worth it. I was out and about all day yesterday and there were temptations galore, but there were also low carb options which were great and made me feel good about the day and hopefully even better on WI day. Just don't make it a binge longer than a day.

to the rest of you. Have a great Sunday.

Morning Girls:

Well I have to report that the chocolate wine was incredible. It is a red table wine with chocolate infusion. It's really just a hint of it... but you can taste it, and it was yummy! I did have a couple of roll ups that are thinly sliced, wrapped in flat bread. They were good, but other than that I stayed OP. The wine was my down fall. I drank half of that bottle myself. She brought 2 of them, but we only finished one. There were even cupcakes and I stayed away from them. They looked gross in fact.. see I don't have the problem with temptation. Just alcohol! LOL

Well we are expecting 2 feet of snow, so today is 'cuddle in the house' day. Have a good one guys.. I'm sure i'll check in later.

The wine sounds yummy!!!! The mixture of alcohol and chocolate might be a little tempting and addictive in the worst way. But hey...at least you avioded the cupcakes...I say "way to go". Hope you're drinking lots of water today.

Have fun cuddling....sun is out here so I'm hoping to clean in the garage a little bit. Have to figure out what kind of camping gear we have and what I have to buy yet. IS IT JULY YET?????? We are all pretty excited.

I really think wine can sometimes help with this diet plan. I've noticed losses on days after having a glass of wine. Notice I said a glass, not half a bottle!

Atkins himself in his book didn't outlaw wine or other alcohols. In fact I think a lot of us really don't do his diet in the way he laid it out. I know I never have really done the "ongoing weight loss" phase. I don't really stick to induction either, but I think most days my carb count is probably below 30, although I honestly don't know what my whatever he called it is. My ceiling for the amount of carbs I can eat and still lose weight.

I intended to follow his diet exactly as he laid it out when I first started, but then after that first week and a half when I felt so awful and cold and flu like and I ate a slice of bread to get out of that deep ketosis, I stopped losing for awhile at that point, and never really knew how to tell at what level of carbs I stopped losing.

One of these days I'd really like to do it the way he outlined. Do two weeks and really count the carbs, and keep them at about 20 and see what happens after raising them to 25,30,35 etc. The only problem is I'm lazy now and the idea of doing all that counting, looking up, tracking how many etc, is harder to do than just choosing to eat mostly low carb foods.

That's really how I do this. I eat lower carb veggys, meats, cheeses, sour cream, cream, and lower carb fruits like berries, splenda and mainly leave everything else out of my diet except for occasionally a glass of wine. (or a cheat).

I'm wondering if anyone here has actually counted and figured out where they stop losing? I think it would be so hard to tell, because my weird body doesn't always lose consistently even when I'm being VERY good, and sometimes loses after being very bad.

Still I'm curious about what others have done? Any of you found your ongoing weight loss level? and actually counted them to that level?

Sherry -

I agree with a lot you are saying here. I also wish I was structured enough to actually do the plan as it is meant. It's easy to just do it our own way, as long as we are loosing.

I am willing to give the structure a try. I know in the last thread that I said I would stay OP and do the fat fast to try and start loosing again, but I just don't think I could do it. Even as good as the potential loss sounds, I would have a hard time with the restriction.

After having the wine, I sure didn't see a loss on the scale. Yeah, I know half a bottle was a little to much but what I have decided to do is go ahead and carb up for 2 - 3 days, and then begin hard induction over. I really don't have a problem going back on it, and I don't have an issue with temptation, so I think it's doable. I wont have sweets though.. I might have some chicken and rice for lunch, but wont bake or have desert type stuff. I started with a piece of toast this morning, and man it made my stomach feel gross. I'm just going to see if I can pull this off! It's better than pulling out my hair.. LOL

I'll keep you all posted. I'm very determined to at least be down to 150 by July. I just can't stay at this stall. The whoosh just isn't coming.. and in my mind i've been very patient. Just my thoughts.

So, Sherry.. what i'm thinking about your post is - when I get back to induction is try it as laid out, and be very structured to see what happens.

SUSAN: Hope you guys are have plenty of food and water for this pending blizzard. We'll have to see if it's going to end up like 2003. Be safe!