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I was down a pound today and also yesterday, and went to change the sig, which I discovered was 161 from early this week, so I musta gone down THREE WHOLE POUNDS in three days!!!!!!!!!! I had been so depressed from other stuff I guess I wasn't paying attention. And as Elizellen pointed out, the only thing I might have control of is what goes into my mouth! So thanks to 2big and the others, and lurking all over the board instead of binging like I wanted, I accidentally lost weight!!! I say accidentally because I seem to be on a forever plateau no matter what I do.
Let's hope I don't magically "find" the pounds like I sometimes do even when my carbs are low.
But what I want feedback for is a new strategery that I'm thinking of adopting. I figure that I keep getting dissappointed that my weight loss is so S-L-O-O-O-W this time around, and that may be the reason I fall off the wagon and gain a few more here and there.
SO, what if I set my goal realistically LOW? I need to stay on this WOL for other reasons, among them better mental accuity, lack of hypoglycemia, less menopausal symptoms, better UT and heart health and probably other health issues. When I started, I read the book and my thoughts were, "well, I probably won't lose weight but it sounds like it will prevent my hypoglycemia from going into diabetes." I did lose almost 60 lbs in a year and was thrilled. Why can't I have the same attitude THIS time around?
I may have missed my "golden shot." But I could probably set my goal to 2 pounds a month, which gets me close to goal in a year!! This past year with on-and-off low-carbing sure hasn't worked and I gained about 25-30 lbs. If I stick to this for a year, I could be back to Miss Skinny again!!!! Is 2 lbs a month too much to ask for a Turtle? Should I NOT set a goal at all? Anyone else doing this? I never did put a time line on weight loss 2nd time around, and that may have been my undoing. I used to be the person that was utterly disgusted with people who keep cheating, and now I AM ONE. 
This has to stop.
I was down a pound today and also yesterday, and went to change the sig, which I discovered was 161 from early this week, so I musta gone down THREE WHOLE POUNDS in three days!!!!!!!!!! I had been so depressed from other stuff I guess I wasn't paying attention. And as Elizellen pointed out, the only thing I might have control of is what goes into my mouth! So thanks to 2big and the others, and lurking all over the board instead of binging like I wanted, I accidentally lost weight!!! I say accidentally because I seem to be on a forever plateau no matter what I do. Let's hope I don't magically "find" the pounds like I sometimes do even when my carbs are low.But what I want feedback for is a new strategery that I'm thinking of adopting. I figure that I keep getting dissappointed that my weight loss is so S-L-O-O-O-W this time around, and that may be the reason I fall off the wagon and gain a few more here and there.
SO, what if I set my goal realistically LOW? I need to stay on this WOL for other reasons, among them better mental accuity, lack of hypoglycemia, less menopausal symptoms, better UT and heart health and probably other health issues. When I started, I read the book and my thoughts were, "well, I probably won't lose weight but it sounds like it will prevent my hypoglycemia from going into diabetes." I did lose almost 60 lbs in a year and was thrilled. Why can't I have the same attitude THIS time around?
I may have missed my "golden shot." But I could probably set my goal to 2 pounds a month, which gets me close to goal in a year!!
This past year with on-and-off low-carbing sure hasn't worked and I gained about 25-30 lbs. If I stick to this for a year, I could be back to Miss Skinny again!!!! Is 2 lbs a month too much to ask for a Turtle? Should I NOT set a goal at all? Anyone else doing this? I never did put a time line on weight loss 2nd time around, and that may have been my undoing. I used to be the person that was utterly disgusted with people who keep cheating, and now I AM ONE. This has to stop.
The total damage since my Christmas 04 cheat has been over 40 lbs!!! (I just did the math) Of course some of it was water weight from a round of cortisone combined with a 3 day cheat, so some of it came off fast. But out of 10 lbs gained on that one, I only lost 5 right away. Mostly I stay on plan, but these occassional lapses do SOOOOO much damage!!!
I just have to stay IN CONTROL but apparently it is something I will have to re-learn.
Yes, I know I should measure and not weigh, but weighing is faster and I'm addicted. At least my new plan has thwarted the mind of the metal montster!! Hehehe
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