Go Maybeface! Wonderful job! I started when you did but fell off the wagon the past 3.5 months...seeing where you are reminds me of where I could be - but I have to focus that everyone is on a different journey. In summary - I'm so happy for you and am trying to use your success as yet another motivational tool.
Ahhh guys - I have great news to share and hoping sharing it and writing it out will prevent me from cheating like I want to tonight. I'm stressed from having to deal with Comcast - had to change my whole plan for them today and from 2:11pm until 5 minutes ago have been in contact with them. Nothing is resolved, but they say they will resolve it by tomorrow. I spoke with 8 different people and had to go through the silly call information voice system 7 times to speak with different people until one was (hopefully) able to help. Seems like I'm just paying them to stress me out lately
Go figure - that's a lot of money that could be going to IP, ya know?! lol
Anyhow the great news is my coach and I have been trying to get me back on track since March, what helped me be on track when I started in January was a group with tracking and after that stopped, I sort of stopped. I know this is my journey, but it's far better when not doing it alone, even when it's folk you don't even know and can't even see.
Well, two weeks ago no one was posting to the spreadsheets - some not even the starting weight and, although it shouldn't, it impacted me not being able to start. In addition, I put in hair extensions weighing probably about 2 pounds...and at weigh-in I was up six pounds!!! The highest I'd been since February. Yikes!!! Well, what do yo u know - you all started posting here - with ideas, the journey, and your losses - and that inspired me to run the race with you all. It's not about winning the race - as I feel everyone running it will win and they will cross the finish line on July 4th, it's just well thank you all so much - because you have encouraged me to get up and run again - run to the goals I don't think I deserve sometimes or fight the thoughts against it will never happen. This week, with hair extensions still in, I'm down 9.2 pounds since last week!!!!! Only think is there was both even fat muscle loss it seems - my coach is such a sweety - she didn't want to touch on that too much today - she said I wasn't taking time to celebrate being back in ketosis after trying for over 3 months - or that I have my smallest weight since being with her - particularly given my stress and refusal to quit over the time. I cheated - fell out of ketosis and then for months I couldn't make it past 1-1.5 days on the plan. By the night the second day I would find a way to get the sugar/carbs in - no one could ever convince me otherwise that 1) sugar is not an addictive substance; and 2) I'm an addict. My coach said just no exercise/power walking/slow down my pace - and that when I see her in two weeks, we'll see what the numbers are and if there looks to be like a muscle loss issue we'll discuss that then.
Thank you all again and please keep up with this *challenge* and the next from July to Labor Day and through this thread. No matter if you think your journey is fast or super slow - you can and most likely are an influence by sharing your struggles and doing something that may seem so small - giving updates on your week and WI - no matter what the results are - as long as you share and maybe if WI is not what you want then if explain what could have happened or ask for info. (that helps those also struggling feel not alone in the fight - well, you ARE encouraging others like myself and helping us on our journeys. It's not only the ones that are 100% all the time or ones that lose quickly that can influence - we all can and do! ***hugs****