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Originally Posted by dodomommy
I weigh everyday...and my scale is in line with my coaches...so i jumped on today and I have officially lost 40 LBS!!! in 6 weeks and 2 days...I still can't believe it.
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Congratulations to both of you!!! You're doing great!! Originally Posted by MotherDuckMJ
Big news, I got a great gift for my birthday! I got on the scale this morning and I broke the 300 pound barrier, I'm at 299.9!! That's 16 pounds lost in 13 days! I can bend in half better, yes it's true my stomach was becoming like a rounded board that threatened to never let me bend over again, I can sit comfortably in a chair and on a couch again, my two rolls are becoming more defined (for a while there was just one big roll, no Salesgod not a tootsie roll more like a 20 pound sack of potatoes roll.)
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Ah, well . . . we're all friends here! Sometimes a woman's just gotta vent a little. Originally Posted by salesgod
Wow! And I thought talking about goats and chickens might be TMI...
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We are each responsible for our own behavior and attitude, and I have decided to drop my attitude about my "coach", even though she has never tasted one of the IP foods, and most certainly has not been through the program, or ever needed such a program.
It's really helpful to see that my situation is not an isolated one, but that there are other ways to obtain guidance and positive reinforcement.
The best part is that the inner tube that was developing around my midriff is melting away. The fat there and around my belly really feel kind of like ice in spring, when it still looks like ice but is getting eroded from inside and doesn't have as much structure - then one day- pouff! It's gone. Looking forward to the day.
I agree with you - I'll try hard to follow your example and drop the sour feelings I have about my coach. He's been through the program, losing around a hundred pounds, so he's been in my shoes. I'm so sensitive to criticism that I let his comments hurt my poor little feelings. But really, he's only trying to help me.Originally Posted by Crystal88
My my it feels good to have my pant-legs loose around my legs, instead of feeling like they are stuffed with sausage-me. We are each responsible for our own behavior and attitude, and I have decided to drop my attitude about my "coach", even though she has never tasted one of the IP foods, and most certainly has not been through the program, or ever needed such a program.
It's really helpful to see that my situation is not an isolated one, but that there are other ways to obtain guidance and positive reinforcement.
The best part is that the inner tube that was developing around my midriff is melting away. The fat there and around my belly really feel kind of like ice in spring, when it still looks like ice but is getting eroded from inside and doesn't have as much structure - then one day- pouff! It's gone. Looking forward to the day.
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So weird. I just don't know what to do with myself. I guess I will just weigh in and move on. In the long run I don't want to be a thin person that still sees a fat person. I want to love my body.
Isn't it strange how we sometimes sabotage ourselves? Personally, I couldn't grasp the thought that I was 236 pounds - pictures were wrong, the angle was off, it was just a bad day or the wrong outfit. That couldn't really be me . . . But now, you and I have taken the first steps to rediscovering ourselves - finding out who we are again. I've found that it really helps me to keep a journal - when my brain gets all muddled up, taking a half hour to just write my thoughts down, no matter what they are, helps me sort out the bad and focus on the good. Take a deep breath and just be.Originally Posted by natchamp
No one can fake fitting into a smaller size. You just can't put 20lbs of potatoes in a 10lb sack. I'm not faking. So weird. I just don't know what to do with myself. I guess I will just weigh in and move on. In the long run I don't want to be a thin person that still sees a fat person. I want to love my body.
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I don't always feel it, but the change is there in little ways. I can shop in regular stores now, instead of heading into the Big & Tall and feeling like a fat a**. The steering wheel in my Mom's car doesn't rest on my legs anymore (because my legs are smaller). When I look in the mirror, my face looks different, and my body does too. When I'm out in public, people don't look at me the same way they used to. I'm still overweight (I have 55-60 lbs. left to lose), but I'm not the morbidly overweight guy I used to be. My feet don't hurt from carrying 2.5 bags of softener salt around with me every minute of every hour of every day.
My point is this. I know how to get fat. I've been successful at that for many years. It's not difficult. It's quick and easy and happens one french fry and one double cheeseburger at a time. But I've also learned how to lose fat. And it happens one salad at a time, with the added benefit of finding healthier, more creative ways to eat. If someone had suggested I try shiritaki noodles a year ago, I would have mocked them. Same goes for WF dressings and syrups. Guys don't eat that crap. Guys eat raw meat and scratch themselves in public. It's what we do.
When it comes to managing the protocol and the cheats (and I know it's off the topic of what you posted), I am NOT tempted to be an unhealthy fat a** ever again. I don't like that guy. That's not the guy I want to see in the mirror. I don't want to be the guy that people stare at, or the guy who is out of breath after climbing a few stairs. I'm more afraid of being that guy again than I am of what the scale is going to read this week or next week or the week after, because I've proved that IP works and works well.
It's really as simple as that. So when you say that you don't want to be a thin person who still sees a fat person, I can relate. I used to look in the mirror and wonder where that fat guy came from, because it surely wasn't who I really was. Now I look in the mirror and I can still see that fat guy, but I also see the guy I was so convinced was gone forever that I was ready to put his picture on milk cartons to see if someone could help him turn up.
Dave, you've said it all and very nicely done, I might add. Thank you!Originally Posted by salesgod
I've lost over 100 pounds since I've been on IP (I started in April). There are times when I've felt like I wasn't losing, or didn't notice a change in inches, or whatever. But when you're not carrying around an extra 100 lbs., people notice. Everyone around me notices. One of the guys I work with was skeptical at first when I started IP. Now he's said, more than once, that the difference is "night and day." When I run into neighbors and friends, they all say the same thing: "You've lost a lot (a ton, a bunch) of weight. How?"I don't always feel it, but the change is there in little ways. I can shop in regular stores now, instead of heading into the Big & Tall and feeling like a fat a**. The steering wheel in my Mom's car doesn't rest on my legs anymore (because my legs are smaller). When I look in the mirror, my face looks different, and my body does too. When I'm out in public, people don't look at me the same way they used to. I'm still overweight (I have 55-60 lbs. left to lose), but I'm not the morbidly overweight guy I used to be. My feet don't hurt from carrying 2.5 bags of softener salt around with me every minute of every hour of every day.
My point is this. I know how to get fat. I've been successful at that for many years. It's not difficult. It's quick and easy and happens one french fry and one double cheeseburger at a time. But I've also learned how to lose fat. And it happens one salad at a time, with the added benefit of finding healthier, more creative ways to eat. If someone had suggested I try shiritaki noodles a year ago, I would have mocked them. Same goes for WF dressings and syrups. Guys don't eat that crap. Guys eat raw meat and scratch themselves in public. It's what we do.
When it comes to managing the protocol and the cheats (and I know it's off the topic of what you posted), I am NOT tempted to be an unhealthy fat a** ever again. I don't like that guy. That's not the guy I want to see in the mirror. I don't want to be the guy that people stare at, or the guy who is out of breath after climbing a few stairs. I'm more afraid of being that guy again than I am of what the scale is going to read this week or next week or the week after, because I've proved that IP works and works well.
It's really as simple as that. So when you say that you don't want to be a thin person who still sees a fat person, I can relate. I used to look in the mirror and wonder where that fat guy came from, because it surely wasn't who I really was. Now I look in the mirror and I can still see that fat guy, but I also see the guy I was so convinced was gone forever that I was ready to put his picture on milk cartons to see if someone could help him turn up.
Have a great night's sleep, everyone!
Barbara Ann
I'm very excited that this is going to be my year! Woot!
I am so thrilled. I have never lost this much weight less than a week. What a feeling!!!
am I doing something wrong? I do as suggested but I don't see where it is I can change the number? 
