Wow that is great for you ladygirl! Hope the losses keep coming your way, though could you send a few mine? I've been sitting at 210.5 - and with TOM coming, there won't be any losses for a while.

How's everyone else doing?

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at least for now...

TOM coming for me too, so I think I'll be sitting her eat 219 for another week. Feel great tho, so no complaints!

Way to go, ladygirl!!! Keep up the good work.

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Renee
1/19/04
261/220/160
41 lbs off
60 lbs to goal



Race to 199 Challenge
Labor Day Challenge: Focusing on the Journey
Personal Goal: 199 by 12/31/05

Thanks jooneezgrl and Biddy

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I would like to join the journey to 199. A year ago I joined lowcarbeating.com and lost a lot of weight. I missed this site so much. I have gone from 296 to 263 in a year. I restarted my diet at 263 this year and am down 43 pounds...as seen from signature! I am so determined as I have no excuse for baby fat as my baby is over a year old now. Can't wait to meet everyone!

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Hey, Heather! I remember you. I haven't done so well. Between my inconsistency and a "shot" metabolism, I'm just standing still.

Welcome back! Keep up the good work.

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You are so sweet - I remember you too! We can do it! I was off my eating for awhile but now am back with a vengance! Errrr! I keep focused or else I'll lose it that I should be at my goal weight by now. If I only lose 40 pounds or so a year then I'll get there eventually - lol!

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I almost forgot! Has anyone seen www.myvirtualmodel.com ? You put in what you look like and there you pop up. As I've been losing weight I adjust my model and from time to time I put in my heaviest weight for a proud moment. I'll stop making all these posts before you guys get tired of me but I just wanted to share before I go to bed!

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Somewhere on this board there is a thread I wrote called "You can be a model". I will drag it out and dust it off every now and then, especially when we have a bunch of newbies. It's fun and my model, Mara looks just like me!

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Just have to note that I'm getting closer to 199! This morning I weighed in at 219 and TOM is sappose to start today where I usually bloat up! It is so nice to see 219 on the scales. It has been 4 years since I've been there! This morning I didn't turn purple when I tied my shoes. Maybe just a little red - ha!

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Well, Im now 3lbs to goal. I so hope i can make this in the next couple of weeks.

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Started LC 1-10-04

302/199/160, 103lbs down, 39 to go, simply remarkable.

Restart- 8-19-07
242/226/160


405 points to date ( HOLIDAY CHALLENGE )

Celeste, you are doing great!! Congrats on your hundred, and you will see 199 before you know it!

MAxi and Baby Blue, I have a virtual model too...i kept tweaking it and tweaking it...I thought i was making her like I looked. When my Dear Partner saw it, she said "that is not you, she is too big!" She helped me with it and once I had it done, I realized that I still see myself as really fat. Not sure what that means; I'm sure Dr. Phil or some shrink could tell me. I know that a lot of us have body image issues. So, sometimes i just go try clothes on her to remind myself I no longer weigh 321 as I did as my heaviest, or even 261, like when I started Atkins. I haven't gotten brave enough to put in my goal weight on my model--for some reason that still feels a little too scary.

Anyway, besides all this off topic stuff, I am sitting at 219 still, 20 little pounds away from 199.

Hope everyone is having a good week!

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Renee
1/19/04
261/220/160
41 lbs off
60 lbs to goal



Race to 199 Challenge
Labor Day Challenge: Focusing on the Journey
Personal Goal: 199 by 12/31/05

I made it to 218 today! I never thought that would happen with TOM here! I think my green tea challenge is really helping me!

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Wow, Renee! I had no idea you had already lost 100 pounds! I have too! (If you count all the ones I have lost, regained, and lost again!) Wow! That's amazing. How did you lose the first amount, before Atkins? (If you don't mind me asking.)

Heather, ain't it great when you can still lose on TOM? I think the green tea keeps the bloating away. Good for you!

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Maxi--

When I balooned up to 321 lbs (in 1996), I was single for a time, and I took that as license to eat all I wanted. No one to look good for, no one to "police" me. I had "issues" and food helped. That was my lifelong drug of choice, and I was a full blown addict. When I finally got sick of myself, Overeaters Anonymous helped me to get a grip on my life, not just the food. I went to a nutritionist and learned about calories, protein, fat, etc. I went on a version of the exchange diet (which was excellent for me because it was all about balance), 1800 cals, I think, and I began to lose, slowly.

Shortly after that, I fell head over heels in love. Not just any love but THE ONE, the love of my life, etc. I just got so happy and so busy with that, plus I started to feel really good about myself and my life. Food became almost an afterthought. We got more active and of course my secret alone eating had come to an end, so about 50 lbs came off, almost without me even trying.

For several years, I stayed around the 260-270 mark. I tried different diets, halfheartedly. Then DP got a job working in the nutrition section of the health food store, and we started learning about nutrition and health. We started taking supplements and eating more naturally. Which was good, but when I look back on it now, the "natural" foods we were eating were chock full of carbs, and neither of us lost weight, infact, we were both gaining. So, while our diet changed, it didn't really improve. We were eating badly in an organic way LOL.

Finally, in late 2003, after the halloween binging and the Christmas treat baking, and feeling like crap AGAIN--sluggish and FAT, I just got sick of it. I dont know what happened, but something clicked in me. I knew I would lose the weight, I knew I was ready, and I knew I would try low carb. And here I am.

Of course after the first 6 months, my old habits, addictions, patterns raised their ugly heads (cuz whereever you go, or however much you weigh, there you are) and I haven't been as clean in my eating as I was those first 6 months, or as good with my exercise, so I have slowed to a crawl. I also think there is something about me that is scared to be thin. The food/fat have been my protection and insulation over the years and sometimes I think I have to learn to live at a certain weight and feel "safe" before I can lose more.

I have learned so much over the last year and a half, and I continue to learn about nutrition, my body, and things continue to shift. I feel like my eating is evolving as I do. If you had told me 2 years ago that I'd be eating flax meal cereal and drinking green tea for breakfast, I would have laughed. Now it feels very right, and my body thanks me for it.

Also, as I get older, things become less of a big deal. I will never be perfect, so i have quit trying that. But I also have learned that the choices I make every day matter, so I try to make good ones. Sometimes what gets me through the day is that I know that I COULD overeat/eat the wrong stuff if I wanted to. I will ALWAYS be able to if I want to. Today, I just dont want to.

My next hurdle is the exercise one. I walk a half hour a day on a good day, and there haven't been many of those lately. We have been talking about joining the local rec center and making each other go--for walking no matter what the weather, some stamina exercise (elliptical machines, etc) and weights. We aren't gettting any younger and our bones will thank us. It's just a matter of making it a prioritiy and it feels like I'm moving in that direction.

Long answer to a short question. I should probably be keeping a journal, huh?

How did you do it before you got to LC, Maxibee? If you want to tell

On another note, I can't believe the difference the green tea makes in TOM. I almost don't even realize it's here anymore.

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Renee
1/19/04
261/220/160
41 lbs off
60 lbs to goal



Race to 199 Challenge
Labor Day Challenge: Focusing on the Journey
Personal Goal: 199 by 12/31/05

I agree! It has to be the green tea that is making a wonderful difference with TOM. Sounds funny but with the green tea I felt like going to the plant store where I bought a bonsai tree! I'm so excited and plan on buying another one soon. Then I bought some bamboo shoots that are placed on my kitchen table in an inch of water...it's all they need! Going to update my weight that I forgot to do yesterday and copy and paste this entry to my green tea challenge site!

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