Weigh-In August 1 - August 7, 2004

[Rob]

For the second week in a row I lost 1/2 a pound. Slow but steady is just fine by me. Hope everyone had a good loss week.

[LovinLowCarb]

Congrats, Rob! At least you are heading in the right direction.

I had a really rough month from the end of June through the end of July. I gained about 4 - 5 lbs on vacation and then I continued to play with them going up and down 2 - 3 lbs, but never completely losing the weight.

I have crashed through a psychological barrier...FINALLY!

It all came back together this past week and I have now lost all the weight I gained plus an additional 1 1/2 lbs.

This means a few things:

1) I am now under 200 lbs at 198 1/2 -- an incredible feeling

2) I have lost 70 1/2 lbs since 11/03 -- nice and steady

It finally dawned on me this week that I have truly changed my woe for life and I have NO regrets. Sure, there are some things I want every now and then that are not low carb, but it's more of a want and not an uncontrollable urge. I am not saying that I will never eat anything high carb, but I am careful since I know what it does to me. I am not willing to exchange the way I feel now for a momentary pleasure.

Thanks to everyone for your wonderful posts...they really do provide a greatly needed support!

[Goddess]

yay rob and "loving"!

well, i had a pretty good weight loss week, mostly because i was very stressed and it affected my appetite. i am now, however, doing better stresswise and was thrilled with myself that i didn't turn to food--especially the WRONG food--to deal with the stress.

(mom: "have some bread and jam, sweetie. the carbs will make you feel better and one won't hurt you." me: "i don't want any bread and jam, mom, but i appreciate the thought.")

anywho, i lost 5 pounds last week. so i'm happy about that.

[huskersfan869]

I am up one--but I don't know whether to actually count it or not--I am still yoyoing around 178--one up one down--one and a half up one and a half down. . .nothing seems to change it--At least going back to school will force the issue a bit so starting Wednesday I will be really strict again with the during the day eating and I will be getting up again before 6am. . .yuck! I am hoping this will start the scale moving in the right direction again--though I don't mind maintaining either! It has given me a chance to work on toning the arms and thighs where the most loose skin was starting to show!

[celest24209]

TOM , Who's next.

[tiashanty]

Strange week last week. I was up and down like a yo-yo. When I found myself up two pounds, I panicked and thought, here we go again. But, I didn't start overeating like I would have years ago. Instead I increased my veggies and now three days later I am back down to my signature weight. It might not sound like a big deal but to me it is. I can be in control of my weight if I remember what I have learned with Atkins. Way to go Rob, you waited out your stall, so I'm going to do the same.

[lisa3tat]

sounds like me...alot of ups and downs...but I did get on the scale this morning and it was down 1 lb...so I jumped off and said...I'll take that......before it desided to change on me again...ROFL..so as of this morning I am at 255 which is 11 lbs since I restarted......only 7 more to go to get back to my lowest with first LC start....that is my first goal.....Best of luck for everone else on weight loss this week!!

Hugs, Lisa

[CarolynInTexas]

one lb down for me, total is 53....
finally on the downward mode again after june/vacation/back on track in july,
here we are in august...

[allycat]

I really enjoy reading these threads, so i have decided to start posting, though i didn't weigh this week drove 5 hours to a concert over the weekend, grabbing what i could eat in the car, and the concert was sponsored by Budweiser, nuff said. But back on track as of Monday, will report in next week. I started out at 300 exactly, lost an amazing 19 lbs during induction and then nothin. really frustrating, but have lost 2-2.5 more so slow loss is better than no loss

[Coloradochic75]

Yeah yeah yeah...so I can't claim a REAL weightloss, because I am still taking off the 3.5 pounds that I gained while I had a week of utter maddness. So, I am back at 285, where I had went up to 286.5, and where I had actually seen a 282.5 at 1 time. So back to the good ol' induction to get my body right again! Day 2, and not so bad really. But 1 thing is for sure, when (I) go off plan and eat sugar and/or carbs, I feel SOOOO bad. Physically, mentally, emotionally. Won't be going there again, and feel good about it!

[rosey6767]

Well i finally below the 225 mark....the scale is back to moving again. I'm 223 for a total loss of 40 pounds.....boy that feels good. Congrats to all losers and here's to a good no binge weekend.

[loudmouth]

Hey! well I have just started the low carb life style and was doing great I lost9 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks I just added diet cokes and today I weighed and I have gained 5 back I am very discouraged I am staying below 20 carbs a day does anyone have any ideas as for posting my weight I am not there yet but I do have around 115 to lose, any ideas to help I sure would love to here Everyone else do great this week!!!!!!!!!!!

[celest24209]

Ok, im back in the swing of things again. TOM is wrapping up and im down to 233lbs, its amazing how much water you can retain just from TOM, for me it was a whooping 5lbs. Ok, ive 3 good weeks to work here before next month arrives again, lol.

[MsCellany]

Not very exciting but it is still in the right direction....another 1/2 lb. gone! Going back to purer, more natural foods this week and naturally, plenty of water. Lets see if that helps.
MsCellany

[ElisaJanna]

Hi all,
I'm so excited!! I didn't weigh myself all week and concentrated on eating the way I was supposed to and those pounds I kept revisiting finally went away. The scale dropped 6.3 lbs this week to 292.6. I couldn't believe it and had to weigh myself twice to be sure. I feel like jumping up and down for joy. :jump:
Congratulations to everyone who lost or maintained this week!