# 2006 Weight Loss Club - August **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787 "2006-07-31T22:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/101 "2006-08-19T12:56:39Z")
OK, never before have I gone so long without chocolate. I seem to have kicked that habit. I also have gone two weeks without beer and just as long without diet soda. I dunno if this is leading to weight loss, but I can tell you that I feel better. Much fewer energy fluxuations. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/102 "2006-08-20T03:46:01Z")
OK, just got back from a party. Had ONLY two beers (amazing for me) and ate very moderately. I am doing very well with this eating thing lately. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/103 "2006-08-20T12:56:52Z")
Good on ya, Khadaji! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/104 "2006-08-26T11:04:27Z")
Was good again all week. No chocolate. A few beers last night as the guys came over to watch pre-season football. But only a few. For the first time I dreamt of eating cookies. Oreos dipped in milk and nutter butters. I hope that doesn’t mean the sugar cravings are starting to work their way into my sub-concious. However, if they stay in my dreams, that will be OK. No cravings this morning. One of the guys at work remarked that he thinks I look thinner from when he met me on memorial day. That too is a good thing. All in all, it was a good week. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/105 "2006-08-26T12:23:06Z")
Yay, Khadaji! I had my official weigh-in at the doctor’s office on Thursday. I’ve lost another 11lbs. this past month, for a total so far of 61. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/106 "2006-08-26T13:19:44Z")
I’ve lost over 40 lbs so far, since January. It’s slow, but it’s coming off. The Byetta helps, I think. I take 2, 10 microgram injections per day. I’m eating much better now, because of the diabetes. So, it’s all working in my favor. At least I (along with insulin injections each day, too) can control the diabetes for now. That’s what matters, I guess. The big picture is that the weight is coming off. I’m glad I don’t have much more to lose…But…will I be able to KEEP IT OFF? I suppose I will keep it off. I have to, if I want to be healthy. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/107 "2006-08-26T14:45:22Z")
I’m losing, but so damned frustrated at how slowly it’s happening. I’m only down two pounds in two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/108 "2006-08-26T15:57:15Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] I’m losing, but so damned frustrated at how slowly it’s happening. I’m only down two pounds in two weeks. [/QUOTE] This is why I have not weighed in since the beginning. If I were losing, it wouldn’t make me more determined, but if I’m not, it might spoil my willpower. This way I just keep striving for life-changes. I really believe that I am much better off than I was in January, regardless of how much I have or haven’t lost. (Although I want to lose too.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/109 "2006-08-26T16:15:17Z")
I started my diet March 13, and if the scales are accurate I have lost 48 pounds so far, going from 227 to 179. My size 20 jeans were so big on me I was having trouble keeping them up. I wanted to wait to buy new clothes until I hit my goal weight of 170. So I did the cheap thing, and went to Goodwill. Found a pair of 16’s and they fit! Comfortably! Loss tempts me to ease up on my diet, so I try not to do it too often. Sometimes, like for a family birthday, I have cake and ice cream, but just one piece and one scoop, unlike before when I’d go back for thirds. I want to get back to size 14. ---
**Author:** ![KatieCats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@KatieCats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KatieCats)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/110 "2006-08-27T03:26:58Z")
I seem to have hit a plateau. I’ve been hovering around 188 for about a month now. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/111 "2006-08-27T04:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] For the first time I dreamt of eating cookies. Oreos dipped in milk and nutter butters. I hope that doesn’t mean the sugar cravings are starting to work their way into my sub-concious. However, if they stay in my dreams, that will be OK. No cravings this morning. [/QUOTE] I’ve had dreams of brownies, which are my all-time favorite dessert. It doesn’t make me crave them; it makes me think I already had some. Congrats on the weight loss. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787/112 "2006-09-01T11:30:02Z")
[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7736296#post7736296) to the September thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2006-weight-loss-club-august/366787.md?page=5)