How Long Can You Go???

[DAWNIMMEL]

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Week 2 and I am down by one pound and cheat free. I am ketosis so I have some incentive not to cheat. One pound isn't much, but it is better than last week. Good luck everyone.........Dawn

[1poundatatime]

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Hey everyone!

Still cheatfree and going strong. I'm tired as heck from building that habitat and I plan on relaxing for the rest of the night and watch movies with my hubbin'

Hope everyone's doing okay!

[Dolphin]

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Kislandmom, don't trip as I see that you're not. We all fall but we get up!

Christine, keep up the good work!

Dawn being in ketosis is wonderful, keep your eye on it like you are!

Booklady up! that goes for us all! Otherwise you're doing well and reminded me to get more in as well.

[maribelle]

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GOOD SUNDAY MORNING, CHALLENGERS!!!!

Well, it sounds like most everyone had a clean fantastic Saturday! WAY TO GO, LADIES!!!

Kisland... get right back up! YOU CAN DO IT!!! Drink lots of water today, and we'll see you moving up the chart again in no time!

Dawnimmel....THANKS FOR THE UPDATE!!!! Way to go on the pound! They say slow and steady wins the race in the end!

Christine.... Doing great despite the weekend, WAY TO GO!!! That is one lucky turtle, boy, with the love you're putting into his home!

ImCommitted... You're doing so well! Thanks for poppin' in! Knowing everyone is doing well really keeps the motivation going!

Lady_Hawke.... Darn, I don't drink pepsi max, so I can't cut cold turkey! LOL But I did have a diet coke yesterday. I don't do it everyday anymore, because I'm afraid of the effect of fake sugar, but its a bit of a crutch when I go out. I used to always get a carb laden treat when I went to Topeka, so last night, I got a Diet Coke instead... and it tasted sweet enough to be a carb laden treat! My water is still tasting sweet, so you can imagine how sweet the DC tasted! Anyway, I hope your weight keeps falling off like that! What AWESOME motivation!

Booklady.... I know you'll do better on the water today! How's your weekend with just DH? As enjoyable as you hoped?

Dolphin.... You're doing wonderful, and are such an encouragement for everyone! Keep up the great work!

Had a wonderful day yesterday! Got so much yard work done, our yard is back to looking more park like again. I just love looking out the windows and seeing everything trimmed and proper. Then I got a rest, and after dinner went shopping with DH and DS. He bought some new tunes-- Neil Diamond and Gordon Lightfoot-- and we listened to them on the way home watching a beautiful sunset stretch across the horizon. It was just a lovely peaceful family day. I've been taking my B vitamens, and it really helps me enjoy life more, because my nerves are very relaxed. Without them I'm jumpy and noise really bothers me, so I'm always telling my DS to be quiet.

Hope you all have a fun and cheat free Sunday!

[maribelle]

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Member List Update:
1poundatatime-- Christine...1 month, 1 week, and day 5
Roshan 362--3 weeks, and day 7
ImCommitted...2 weeks and day 2
Mandilee -- Mandy....2 weeks and day 2
Dawnimmel.... 2 weeks and day 2
NewMein2006--Ralynda.... 2 weeks and day 1
Inhisgrip--Liz.... 2 weeks and day 1
Lady_Hawke--Tamariah....2 weeks and day 1
IhateMyFat....2 weeks and day 1
Maribelle-- Marion....2 weeks and day 1
KKat--Kat....2 weeks and day 1
Roxy....1 week and day 7
Staziaw-- Stacy....1 week and day 7
Starmaker....1 week and day 5
Kislandmom....1 week and day 5
BookLady--Stephanie....1 week and day 5
FedUpwithFat....week 1 day 2
Roshen....week 1 day 1
Holli_hobbie....day 7
CrystalP-- Cristy...day 6
Terry--day 6
Princess Leah....day 5
Kittie....day 5
BeccaResRN-- Becca.... day 3
TirtleBaby....day 3
Dolphin....day 3

A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYONE

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[roshan362]

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good morning girls

Looks like most of you had a great start to the weekend

Its a beautiful sunday here and i am about to commence battle for a second day,because.....i have decided to do the anti yeast diet for a month .

I took the advice of others who have been in my "no loss"situation ,did the candida quiz in Dandr and found that i related to at least 5 of the symptoms listed.
Im going to up my water and the exercise,do a daily diary of what im eating and im also not going to weigh during this time.
I really think a lot of my negative thoughts were due to the fact that i was weighing every morning just to be disappointed again...Anyway,the evil peice of metal is now tucked away safely in the roof space and "NO WAY" can i get up there.

Marion...i did wonder whether to try moving to owl a couple of weeks ago,but after losing over 100lbs easily on induction last time round and still having a lot more to lose, i would rather give it another shot to try and get rid of at least another 50lbs before moving up

Its an Atkins friendly bar-b-que for me this afternoon with the family so im really looking forward to that.Theres always lots of leftover ready cooked meats for me to fridge and use up....makes for an easy couple of days meal planning

Dolphin...The fat feet feeling is what ive had for the past few weeks while it been hot...its definetly water retention with me .Thats more than likely whats made you gain so dont worry to much about it....ive started chanting to myself.....WHAT GOES UP...MUST COME DOWN...hey!!! it might just work.

Right im off to skewer the kebabs,hope you all manage to complete the weekend cheatfree and I look forward to sporting my new 1 month button tomorrow

[ImCommitted]

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Good Morning,

Roshan, I'm going to put my scale away too, for a week anyway. I get really frustrated being up one pound or up two tenths of a pound or just no movement. I officially completed my two weeks of induction, but plan on sticking with it until I reach 190 which is 28 pounds away.

I have been exercising a lot and continue to remain cheat free. I have decided though, after eating out last night at Longhorn Steakhouse, that I much prefer eating at home ! My hubby and I went out with my stepson and stepson's girlfriend. In the middle of the table sat a loaf of bread (which I hear was incredible!), in addition she had ribs and mashed potatoes, the stepson had salmon and rice (the salmon would have been atkins friendly). Anyway, just alot of temptations I would rather do without. I had a kansas city strip steak and a salad. Both were very good. I drank water with my dinner. My hubby had a t-bone and salad and a diet coke. (He also ate his croutons on his salad , I didn't )

Congrats to all you non-cheaters! And to those who strayed a bit, just jump back on, you'll be glad you did!

[FedUpWithFat]

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I didn't lose any this morning, but I'm down another Cheat Free day! I was on my morning walk this morning and let Ali, my golden retriever, go with me. We were about 15 minutes into our whalk when she found a hole and got sprayed with a skunk. I know it's not her fault, but she hasn't been sprayed in over a year now and I was thinking we'd make it through 2 summers in a row without being sprayed. So I took her home, left her with DH, and started my walk over. Then I got back to the house and everyone thinks I'm nuts. I can smell her 20 feet away, but my DH and DD can't smell it unless they put their nose an inch or so from her face, where she got sprayed. So now I'm mad at all of them! LOL I even decided maybe a little bit of the odor was on me or my clothes, so took a shower, which didn't help any either. Anyway, now I'm thinking about going to IHOP and having stuffed french toast and leaving them all at home to bathe the dog.

[DAWNIMMEL]

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I was bad this morning and weighed myself again. I did loose 1/2 a pound so I am happy. I am going out to lunch with a couple of friends and hope they have salad. I am done with induction, but I plan to continue with 20 gm carbohydrates. Good luch everyone for this week........Dawn

[Dolphin]

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Good Morning everybody.

Mari, you are good with keeping track with everybody! When I saw my name at the bottom of the list I thought about my cheat and how it wasn't worth it at all.

ImCommitted I'm putting my scale away too!! This is ridiculous, every morning I'm stepping on that thing, it determines if I will feel good or bad, so I'm taking back the control and weighing in the 21st day of each month.

Roshan the fat feet thing isn't cutting it. I'm cutting out salt, and drinking a lot more water. If I drink anymore water I'll turn into the mermaid in my avatar.

Fedup stay encouraged and a deep breath, IHOP don't serve fresh cracked eggs unless you tell them so "if" you go be sure to have something friendly. I don't want to see you fall off because of a measly skunk episode.

Dawn congrats on your 1/2 lb and if your friends don't have salads and eat carb laden foods don't trip and eat what you're supposed to to keep the lbs you've lost off.

Good Luck and Never give up!

[cristylp]

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I feel so emotional today and I'm struggling. I want to eat everything in sight and then some!

[Dolphin]

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I feel so emotional today and I'm struggling. I want to eat everything in sight and then some!

Its not worth it Cristy!!!!!!!!!!!!! You've been doing so good!!!!!!!!!! Drink some water and take a nap!!!!!!!!!! You just brought back an idea I used to use when I was skinny: Take a sleeping pill and fall asleep. You can't eat when you're asleep. But if you can't, then look online at thinspirations! Cut out shapes that you want to be. How about this we start a scrapbook of pics out of magazines and from online and print, cut and paste into a book of inspiration along with old pics of ourselves (if we have them) What you think about that?

Please don't cheat Cristy!!!!

This too shall pass, I know exactly how you feel, being I'm a emotionally sensitive individual. Its gonna be alright!!!!

[cristylp]

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I won't cheat, Dolphin. I promise. This is just one of those days that it's taking all I have to keep from crying and when I get that way I want to eat. There's something I want and I am determined that I'm going to be thin when it happens. That's keeping me on track.

The sleep thing is good. I have some tylenol pm and I'll try it tonight. I have such a hard time sleeping at night and I tend to get up and go to the kitchen. I'll do that tonight.

Thanks... I don't know what I'd do without you!

[Dolphin]

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Good Cristy!!! Sometimes we have to improvise in our lives to make it through! Taking something to sleep is beneficial especially when you're like us, wandering and have too much on our minds. Crying is only feeling sorry for yourself, and trust me I have done it and probably will do it because that's the only thing you can do at that moment—going through the motions.

What about the scrapbook? You didn't mention if you'll like to or not? I will start one and see how I like it.

[1poundatatime]

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Morning everyone,

I'm feeling lethargic this morning and I can't tell if it's from being up too late or what. I do know that I'm puffy and I should NOT have had any pork rinds yesterday.

It's shopping day, and I do believe that I will be moving up to OWL 2 starting Monday. I'm excited and a little scared all at the same time. With the dairy rung comes ice cream and cottage cheese and things I love that are hard to control. I can do it though I'm sure...I just have to keep most of my carbs for veggies...that should make it easier. I also think I have less of a chance of cheating if I have more options.

That was rambly!

I hope everyone has a good Sunday!