That’s terrific, Laur. I knew you could do it, and look at you go!
Well I cheated like a pigglet yesterday and had 6 (yes, 6!) white dinner rolls yesterday with honey:eek: :o I’d been so good and the cravings just weren’t going away.
I’m afraid to get on the scale…
bad liirogue, bad bad bad
Liirogue, one day isn’t gonna kill you. As I saw on a schmaltzy WW site: “There is no shame in falling. There is shame only in not getting back up.” After you hack up that hairball, realize that it’s true. One day isn’t worth throwing it all away, and just start again today.
I had a wonderful day yesterday at the Maryland Ren Faire, walked for five hours, and I didn’t eat all of the very bad bad food, thank Og. Yet, I’m up when I weighed myself today. I know I didn’t have enough water yesterday, and I’ve got my period, but I WANT THAT NEEDLE TO GO DOWN. Dammit.
I want someone to kiss me on the nose and say ‘there, there, Sweet Baboo’. Come to think of it, if someone did that, I’d probably punch him in the balls. Maybe I should just suck it up and wait for the hormone cocktail to go away, eh?
Morning, all. This is about trends, not individual data points–what does your week look like?
Shosh
It seems I have reached a plateau. With 3.5 lbs left. I am very very distressed.
Which brings me to the point I wish to bring before you all. This week, starting tomorrow evening, I will be attending a large, intense one-week-packed-into-3-days meeting. I will be at this meeting from about 7 am to 7 pm every day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will all be served by the meeting organizers (of which I am a part).
I will be able to exercise by running at some point each day, even if I have to do so at midnight, so weight maintenance will be no problem. Loss, on the other hand, will be much harder to do.
My question to you all: My body, weight-wise, is pretty well where I want it. 160 was chosen as a nice round number at which to stop, but I’ve achieved my goal of being able to wear smaller clothes without making sure I’ve got something baggy over them to cover my tum. My wife loves the way I look, and I’m pretty happy myself.
Should I keep dieting for another 3-4 weeks, taking into account this week, which will probably be a washout diet-wise, and then having to get over the plateau hump? Or should I declare victory over my chub and just plan to take it easy sometime over the next couple of months to ease myself down to 160?
I’ve got a pretty good idea of what I’ll do; mostly I guess I’m just looking for vindication.
You may find that this week with the meeting will be what it takes to get over that plateau. I find that eating a bit more for a few days ends plateaus for me.
Re continuing or quitting: Do you want to look at yourself and think that you just quit? I think I know the answer to that.
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Ginger, by my silence, I was agreeing with your assessment of Aguecheek’s situation.
Y’know why they don’t send donkeys to college, don’t you? Because no one likes a smart ass:D
I think your leotard should be transparent, and you can cover your plane with American symbols. 
194/177.5/172. Been bad the past coupla weeks (my wife hosted a pizza party, then we celebrated her birthday, and there was a party at work, and…) and I bounced up a coupla pounds.
Guess I won’t reach goal by Dope-a-Ween.
I’d rather be a smart ass than a dumbass.
Woohoo! I’m officially 115, which is absolute goal! 
Woohooo! Yay Opal!
Im at a plateau right now. 302/262/230+/-. I’ve read one of the reasons for plateaus in weight loss is because fat cells respond to depletion by filling up with water so you lose inches but not weight.
http://www.metabolife.com/healthyliving/ataplateau.jsp
http://pike.extension.psu.edu/Nutrition/HealthierWeighs/1999/HW2-1999.html#Plateaus
Opal, yay for you!
Well, my little revert-to-Phase-One experiment is finally showing results - I’ve dropped another 2#. Yay!
I was a bit disappointed that I didn’t see the immediate loss I saw when I started the diet, then it occurred to me - There was no water weight loss. I’ve been mostly faithful to the guidlines and I do drink lots of water daily, so I wouldn’t see the immediate loss that most folks do when they start out. :smack:
Still, I’m glad to get a little nudge off the plateau. I need that instant gratification!!
33# so far!
This is hard… I did great for the first week, I even felt better, definitely more energy and then I just blew it! I can’t say that I had a good reason and I feel like crap physically and mentally! Oh well, enough moaning and groaning and back on the horse for me. Is there any way to prevent the extra skin that people talk about? Will losing slowly help?
PS. I love the lowcarbluxury website!
Losing slowly does help. So does exercise (as opposed by just losing weight by cutting calories). Also has something to do with your age. The younger you are, the more elasticity your skin has, the more it can “bounce back”. Also, the skin bounces back slowly, so you should wait about a year after finishing weight loss to decide whether or not you need/want surgery.
Hey kids, you are all so inspirational! Or some word that is similarly defined, but less schmaltzy.
Today was my weigh-in day: 232/206/150. My goal is to be under 200 by my birthday (November 14th), as I will not have been that weight since junior high school! I probably already said that in this thread, but I will repeat myself for motivation’s sake.
Screw the insurance companies. The “standard” measurements don’t really apply to people with non-standard body shapes. (Although what standard is, I’m not quite sure.) As I’m sure I’ve mentioned upthread, I can be normal inches-wise and obese pounds-wise, as they don’t seem to account for extreme curves.
Duh. Just remembered what I came in to ask. Lady dopers, what sort of… er… reduction have you experienced in the chest area? I am currently at a DD cup and would not at all mind losing a cup size or two, but so far have seen no shrinkage.
Lordy. I don’t even wanna talk about my bra size. I have these wonky measurements that somehow add up to 36E or something, when I started out as a 42D. It makes no danged sense at all.