I would not do two low calorie days in a row, Rennie! You may get really hungry and it will backfire on you. I like the 5:2 plan. I like IF period. Nice job on your weight loss, Rennie! I bet it was a relief to see that 162 again! -- Fasting always cuts my bad eating cycle; I hope it does the same for you!

Shannonsnail You are doing awesome!

Heidi Your food sounds amazing! -- I saw a flower store called New Leaf, I thought of you!

Thanks Sum for the quick reply. I will re-do the meals for today. It was definitely a relief to see that number but tell me why 161 is hiding from me I hope it does the same for me also

Hello all..

Today is a killer day for me..three classes to teach and my son has a violin lesson wedged in there....hope I can get supper made and served in time for me not to be late for my evening class!

Scale was a little over 151 today, I thought it would be higher given i had fast food yesterday on my break at school...(the power bar and almonds I packed were just NOT cutting it)....I guess those fast food salads aren't so bad after all....even with their crappy dressing....

I am doing a IF diet of sorts, eating within a five or six hour period in the day. Not so good so far, I caved and had two chocolate eclairs that I bought today when i went grocery shopping (I get my kids back today and like to have snacks for them) Not a cool move, I am hopeless..but a binge would have been the WHOLE box so I'm not going to slap myself around...i think I did that enough for now.....

dinner is going to be chicken and spinach.

and Im OFF and RUNNING....it is a gorgeous day out...sat out for a little while and watched the puppy sniff grass and try and eat dandelion flowers...it is the little things that make me happy

I think we all need to go to Newleafs house for dinner.....

LOL Everyone is welcome to my house for dinner!

Zumba the little things make me happy also, they take you away in thought if only for a minute it's still quite pleasant

Heidi just say when

EDIT: not a new low I reached 161.2 on 4/12 today I'm down .4 to 161.6 still happy. I have 1.6 to go to reach my goal for the end of the month only one day so I am gonna hope for a nice whoosh after a TOTALLY ON PLAN DAY.

rennie congrats on your new low, and fingers crossed for tomorrow's weigh-in!

Had a wonderful protein shake this morning: pineapple juice, watermelon, basil w/ a few ice cubes and a scoop of vanilla protein powder. OMG, delicious!

Yum Heidi! I miss pineapple. I have been staying away from the higher glycemic fruits because of my blood sugar but I bet that was good!

Feeling a little down today. Scale is "stuck" for first time since I started, been hovering around 194 since last Tuesday. It was bound to happen sooner or later, I was just hoping it would be later, lol!

My daughter is at preschool this morning so I need to get myself together and be productive! Talk more later!

Thanks Heidi , I messed up, I looked back and found that I weighed 161.2 on 4/12 so not quite a low but it feels good to hopefully get out of the 160's for good Your smoothie sounds good. I'm curious what kick does the basil give it?

Smile Shannon and enjoy your day that scale will move

Congrats Rennie!

Thanks Sum

Shannon I like the new avatar. I need to update mine

Thanks Rennie! First pic in a long time where I felt good about myself. Have you seen the weather reports? I am seriously getting freaked out.

hi all....well Aunt Flo finally made her visit today. My appetite always drops when she arrives. As i have gotten older my PMS binging has become quite blatant. Anyhow the scale is somewhere in the 152 range still......i have accomplished nothing . Tomorrow night is a party that i've known about for while and I have nothing to wear because nothing fits. Im' not a happy camper, but you all know that already.