This thread is very inspiring. My scale is showing a 3-6 lb increase over the last 2 days, and it is very upsetting. I'm buckiling down and tracking my food today, hoping to get those 6 lbs away before they settle in for good!!!

Thanks, Pandora and Synger!

Yes, the pounds before the 12 that started on 7/31 are from my heaviest ever in October 2002.
I started dieting then, by October 2004 had lost 106lbs, I was just 16lbs off target when I lost the plot - for nearly 4 years? Oy! - and finally restarted on 7/31. Because I never made it down to target, I kind of still think of it as the same l-o-n-g phase I began way back in '02.

Absolutely, I know 4lbs a week is unsustainable - although I could cope with plateaux better than with gains - but my one ongoing goal that is different this time is to record the gains and try and see where they come from. My life, over half a century now, has been a battle with my body and with food. I want to reach a mutual understanding.

I've been formally dieting since I was 17 (36 years ago).
As an infant, I wouldn't eat and my mother spent hours trying to find something that I would eat.
As a toddler I was chubby and, from whenever conscious thought began, always felt I was a bit of an embarrassment.

Sure I can see the psych stuff of where it all came from but I'm a big girl now (and how!) and I need to deal with this like a grown up.


hm. all I Meant to say was 'thankyou for the support'!

Thankyou for the support!

Congratulations on your 37 pound loss,this is not the time to give up.

Thanks! I've been really hungry tonight but I got all the dogs snuggled up on the settee with me, and I was too cosy to move! Now it's bed time, and all I've got in is raw or frozen food, so I think I'll make it to bed safely!

Tell me, how does 121 feel? That was my original target, back in '02 - '04.

Feels wonderful,you can do it ,too! My original goal was 128 but after I got there I decided to see if I could lose a little more.

Well, I was right, must have been the meds mixup. Anyway, back up 1.2lbs today, which is a physical impossibility on what I ate yesterday!
Still, it's a good, healthy diet. I'd been hoping for 8lbs a month average, and even with the blips I've done 11, so in a good place for next month.

woohoo! Now I really Have lost 12lbs, and taking my meds properly!

I know it's a big ask of my body after having already lost 12 but I'd love to lose another 2lbs by September 2nd - big job interview, and I met one of the panel last month, it would so boost my confidence if I could be a stone lighter before I see him again!