Labor Day Challenge!!

[mission to lose]

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I am not too happy! I joined the challenge this past Wed morning right after midnight (still my Tues nite, didn't go to bed yet) When I woke up the actual Wednesday morning I dropped another pound, down to 248. Then Thursday morning I went UP 1#, to 249, and Friday am, and today it is STILL 249! And I have been cheat free. This is a little depressing!
Besides probably not losing 10# by Labor day, this is not helping the enthusiasm I had. I thought by today it would drop down again.
Somebody please give me a something to smile about!
~Mary

[selfreinvented]

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Alrighty team...Here's the update.

selfreinvented SW 230 CW 224 -6 13to goal!
bmxmama2 SW 156 CW 149 -7 8 to goal!
NoDakMama SW UKN 10 to goal!
Sd1136 SW 345.6 10 to goal!
Valinerya SW 275 CW 275 -7.6 7.4 to goal!
mission to lose SW 249 CW 249 11 to goal!

[selfreinvented]

Re: Labor Day Challenge!!

I am not too happy! I joined the challenge this past Wed morning right after midnight (still my Tues nite, didn't go to bed yet) When I woke up the actual Wednesday morning I dropped another pound, down to 248. Then Thursday morning I went UP 1#, to 249, and Friday am, and today it is STILL 249! And I have been cheat free. This is a little depressing!
Besides probably not losing 10# by Labor day, this is not helping the enthusiasm I had. I thought by today it would drop down again.
Somebody please give me a something to smile about!
~Mary

Hey Mary,

I feel your pain!! l stayed at 227 for 5 weeks!!! not a pound up or a pound down. I did a few things 1.) I posted my diet and got some feed back from people and realized I was consuming enough fat, once I added a couple of slices of bacon I was able to break the plateau and drop to 226.5 so the next thing I did was speed walk to keep my heart rate at a fat burning zone which I think also helped and the last think I did which was a bit bad, was I cheated I had a bag of plain popcorn. I noticed that last time I did atkins if I plateaued I would have one splurge of carbs just enough to shock my system and then poof the weight would start dropping again (just becareful some people taste carbs and go crazy and jump off this woe, so make sure if you do this that you have the discipline to just have a little carbs one time). I hope it helps some and to be quite honest I don't think I'll make the goal, but I'm not going to stop trying to get as close as possible that's for sure.

[Sd1136]

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this week with NO Cheats, I gained 2 pounds
I am hoping its water weight and Next week will be better

at this rate I know I wont make it, but I will still try

[Valinerya]

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I made my goal already 15.4 pounds gone.

Now I think the challenge is keeping it off till Labor Day.

[mission to lose]

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I made my goal already 15.4 pounds gone.

Wow, You started Induction on Aug 17th and lost 15# already!!! Congratulations! That's great!!!
What's your secret for losing so fast??? After 2 weeks induction ending yesterday I lost 11#, and I only lost 1# since last Thursday.
Please share. I need some good ideas!
~Mary

[Valinerya]

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Um... I don't know really. I keep calories steady at about 2000 - 2100 per day. I never exceed 20 grams of carbs per day. My fat percentage is between 65 - 70%, and I work at keeping it at 65%. I drink nonstop during the day. Not exercising much, as my back is being very stubborn right now. I eat all my veggies.

I haven't cheated at all, not even a taste of something I shouldn't have.

I expect it will slow right down this coming week though. Plus I have 125 pounds to lose in total, so I think it'll fall off pretty fast at the start.

11 pounds is nothing to sneeze at Mary! That's fantastic! That's 11 pounds you don't have to lug around anymore!

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Hi selfreinvented!
Just checking in. Weigh in today 244#.
Thanks,
~Mary

[Sd1136]

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weighted today
245 yesterday i was 243
but today is my weight in
i dont know whats going on other then I ate gluten yesterday and I feel so bloated and all today

[mission to lose]

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Well today today is the end of the challenge. I weigh in at 240.

[Sd1136]

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Labor day is here and gone and I didnt meet my 10 pounds,
it wasnt like I didnt try
but the weight really didnt move,

[mission to lose]

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Hi Selfreinvented,
How did the Labor Day Challenge go?
Were there any winners?