Hi, I mistakenly tried to post this as a response to some posts on yesterday's Daily Thread but it was closed. Haven't had enough coffee yet!! So I cut & pasted it here.
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Originally Posted by finnsmom24
HI all
Just popping in to introduce myself. I was a regular poster last year having lost 77 pounds in a little over 4 months. I took a break to get married and then to my surprise we got pregnant almost immediately. So now Im back with a new account, a new purpose and a new goal. I have all the baby weight plus more to lose and so far after my first week Im down 9 pounds. Im training for a 10km at the end of May and the spartan race june 3 here in Ottawa. I was an avid runner before getting pregnant ( I was pregnant with triplets and put on no excercise, sadly we lost our twins but I gave birth to our little miracle Finn 7 months ago) and hope to get back to running the amount I was while on IP and losing all the weight.
Looking forward to getting to know all of you and sharing my journey with you.
I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your twins. I believe God has a greater plan and sometimes we just have to trust in that, unfathomable as it may be, esp in a situation like that. I hope that's not too personal a comment, I just want to extend my heartfelt sympathy and send you a hug.
Impressive that you are preparing for a 10K! I look forward to hearing about your success!!
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Originally Posted by Teden
Disappointing WI (#3) today...-0.6. Body fat went up 0.5% but I did lose some inches. I find it hard to get too discouraged since I made about 3 bazillion candy easter eggs last week without eating a single jelly bean or piece of chocolate 
Still haven't had a cheat yet so I am hopeful next week will be better!
Our bodies shed weight in its own wise way and timeframe. So while that often takes more time than we want (for sure!), the good news is that the body will also, at times, forgive some dietary transgressions and not gain weight.
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Originally Posted by mooselover
We can???!!!! Oh my gosh, that makes me so excited!!! I didn't think we could have yellow squash. It is my favorite
Yellow squash? That's news to me too! Yay!!
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Originally Posted by omgzitsmiranda
I think I've made the decision to phase off for a while and then re-assess. I won't be completely going hog wild, I'm going to try giving calorie counting a whirl again.
There's just multiple reasons including stressed to the max [which is affecting my weight loss anyway], along with me being so tight with money that I'm basically struggling constantly, on top of remodeling our house [partially why struggling] & moving in the next month, along with Matt's health issues going on still, I've just had enough. I hope you all can understand.
I hope you all will still stand behind me, but this is just something I need right now. I promise I will still check in
I've come 63lbs and I WILL be back for more! I want to get down to 180 and then see where I want to go from there. But I think I just want some time "off" calorie counting to see how I feel.
Does that make me bad? I feel like I'm throwing in the towel :/ Maybe someone could try to talk to me about this? I really just need someone right now.
Miranda,
Your story sounds like mine, last year. I was on IP (100% IP, no alternatives then) and things became crazy when we had a buyer for our house and then our closing moved up, and we had to make so many trips to the new house to get things moved in (couldn't do it one fell swoop due to a twisty driveway that only small trucks could get down). Closing moved up from 4 months away to 6 weeks...it was also in the middle of truly nasty winter weather. I had lost most of the weight I needed on IP at that time - maybe had 10 more pounds to go to get to bathing suit perfection. My coach at the time (don't have a coach now and use 80% alternatives now, 20% IP) said to try to eat at least 2 IP meals/snacks (1 meal, 1 snack)/day, and make wise choices. That should prevent me from gaining weight. Things were crazy, I quickly fell off this new plan, ate whatever was handy at mealtime, gained back all the weight and more. I could have stayed on this plan, but just gave up. Truth is, I even delighted in trying many of the new restaurants. I turned my back on the scale and just used my larger size clothes...
What a mistake. I could have stayed the course, it really wouldn't have been that hard. All I would have had to do was keep a bag of bars and soup mixes (that mix well w/ just hot water) and a few salad dressing packets and I could have managed just fine.
Re money and results, since I used 100% IP the first time and now alternatives this time, at least for me, my rate of weight loss has been identical. I save 60-70% of the weekly cost on the IP food bill. This website provides far, far better coaching than I ever had with my coach, who I really like as a person and thought was fine as a coach - but had no comparison. Now I can compare to this website and learn from others what type of coaching they receive.
I'd recommend trying to make it work - even if you eat extra bars/day during a stressed out day, you are doing yourself a favor, really.
I hope this helps and know WE ARE HERE BEHIND YOU REGARDLESS OF WHAT ULTIMATELY HAPPENS.
(need some grand music here...
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For your trip I would pack a load of packs with you and give it a whirl! Try to be as good as you can, I have heard it is hard to get back on program?????? Good luck!
