Aug 7 - 255
Aug 14 - down 3lbs
Aug 21 - down 2lbs
Aug 28 - down 2lbs (my first half stone)
Sept 4 -down 2 lbs
Sept 11 -nothing
Sept 18 -down 1
Sept 25 -HOLIDAYS
Oct 2 -nothing
Oct 9 -
Oct 16 -
Oct 23 -
Oct 30 -
Nov 6 -
Nov 13 -
Nov 20 -
Nov 27 -
Dec 4 -
Dec 11 -
Dec 18
Dec 25th

Nothing this week. I'm just glad after that holiday I didn't add a few pounds, so I think I've got off lightly. It's nose to the grindstone now for me until Christmas.

Aug 7 - 255
Aug 14 - down 3lbs
Aug 21 - down 2lbs
Aug 28 - down 2lbs (my first half stone)
Sept 4 -down 2 lbs
Sept 11 -nothing
Sept 18 -down 1
Sept 25 -HOLIDAYS
Oct 2 -nothing
Oct 9 -down 1
Oct 16 -
Oct 23 -
Oct 30 -
Nov 6 -
Nov 13 -
Nov 20 -
Nov 27 -
Dec 4 -
Dec 11 -
Dec 18
Dec 25th

I'm really, really disappointed with such a small loss. I went to my group last evening for a weigh in and all of us have slowed up but the doctor said to just ride with it for a few weeks. We are trying to lose steadily and a 1-2lbs a week is all that is expected of us. We aren't on a crash vanity diet, we are on a life-style change and over a year we will see a considerable loss. That said, we were all a bit down. Its nice to be with others the same as me. Without my group and this site I don't think I'd have gone this long. Looking on the bright side! I'm over half way to the Christmas dead line for 20lbs off.

11 pounds gone - what an awesome start! SO exciting and SO much to look forward to.

If you don't mind my asking, what plan is it that you are following?

No, not at all robin. It isn't really a plan. We have a new doctor at our family doctor's and her mother has battled with weight gain all her life. She loses the weight on different diets, then piles it back on. Just like many of us.
This doctor has started a class, every Saturday evening. All of us need to lose a great deal of weight, but we encouraged to do it slowly by completely rethinking our life style. It isn’t diet, it is a life change. We had to write down everything we ate, no matter how little it was and not only that, sit down to eat it. That brought it home how much I was snacking. We have 3 good meals a day, we are allowed whatever we want, when we want it. The pressure coming off like that; i.e there are no rules makes you eat less! We have access to a dietician, exercise coach and relaxation therapy if we want it. I used to be a little devil for butter, but now I just have a scrape. It's very difficult to put into words because it is a sort of holistic approach, but its working for me and others in the group.
We've been given so much encouragement if we lose just 1lb a week in a year we will have lost 52lbs.

Aug 7 - 255
Aug 14 - down 3lbs
Aug 21 - down 2lbs
Aug 28 - down 2lbs (my first half stone)
Sept 4 -down 2 lbs
Sept 11 -nothing
Sept 18 -down 1
Sept 25 -HOLIDAYS
Oct 2 -nothing
Oct 9 -down 1
Oct 16 -down 3 That's more like it. A whole stone off since August
Oct 23 -
Oct 30 -
Nov 6 -
Nov 13 -
Nov 20 -
Nov 27 -
Dec 4 -
Dec 11 -
Dec 18
Dec 25th

Aug 7 - 255
Aug 14 - down 3lbs
Aug 21 - down 2lbs
Aug 28 - down 2lbs (my first half stone)
Sept 4 -down 2 lbs
Sept 11 -nothing
Sept 18 -down 1
Sept 25 -HOLIDAYS
Oct 2 -nothing
Oct 9 -down 1
Oct 16 -down 3 That's more like it. A whole stone off since August
Oct 23 -down 1
Oct 30 -
Nov 6 -
Nov 13 -
Nov 20 -
Nov 27 -
Dec 4 -
Dec 11 -
Dec 18

Aug 7 - 255
Aug 14 - down 3lbs
Aug 21 - down 2lbs
Aug 28 - down 2lbs (my first half stone)
Sept 4 -down 2 lbs
Sept 11 -nothing
Sept 18 -down 1
Sept 25 -HOLIDAYS
Oct 2 -nothing
Oct 9 -down 1
Oct 16 -down 3 That's more like it. A whole stone off since August
Oct 23 -down 1
Oct 30 -up3
Nov 6 - up3
Nov 13 -
Nov 20 -
Nov 27 -
Dec 4 -
Dec 11 -
Dec 18

Dreadful splurge in last 2 weeks. I'm not giving though. Just watch this space next week!

Aug 7 - 255
Aug 14 - down 3lbs
Aug 21 - down 2lbs
Aug 28 - down 2lbs (my first half stone)
Sept 4 -down 2 lbs
Sept 11 -nothing
Sept 18 -down 1
Sept 25 -HOLIDAYS
Oct 2 -nothing
Oct 9 -down 1
Oct 16 -down 3 That's more like it. A whole stone off since August
Oct 23 -down 1
Oct 30 -up3
Nov 6 - up3
Nov 13 - Down 4
Nov 20 -
Nov 27 -
Dec 4 -
Dec 11 -
Dec 18

There's something to be said of having the flu

Hang in there, JoJo! Stick with it!

Jay

Yay!!! And like Jay said - STICK WITH IT!

But really, really, REALLY stick with it.

Practice consistency. Perfect telling yourself no! Don't allow yourself to *give in* so easily to cravings and wants. Force the good healthy habits upon yourself. Challenge yourself. Push yourself, harder than you ever have before. Reach. Stretch. Strive. Prosper. LEarn. Grow. Discover what you're capable of. Amaze yourself.

I love the idea of this thread and I think I'm going to copy it (13lbs in 7 weeks for me).

You're doing great - keep it up!

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Aug 7 - 255
Aug 14 - down 3lbs
Aug 21 - down 2lbs
Aug 28 - down 2lbs (my first half stone)
Sept 4 -down 2 lbs
Sept 11 -nothing
Sept 18 -down 1
Sept 25 -HOLIDAYS
Oct 2 -nothing
Oct 9 -down 1
Oct 16 -down 3 That's more like it. A whole stone off since August
Oct 23 -down 1
Oct 30 -up3
Nov 6 - up3
Nov 13 - Down 4
Nov 20 -
Nov 27 - Down 3
Dec 4 -
Dec 11 -
Dec 18


Just 1 little pound to go!

Thanks for all the encouragement

Thanks for posting your progress! You're doing great.

Jay

Not only CAN you do this, but you ARE doing this.

Keep at it. Keep at it. Keep at it!!!!

Thanks Jay and robin. I've had a few woopsies along the way, but I'm going to do it.