I have been doing this WOL for six and one-half weeks now. It is past time that I become "accountable" for my food choices in writing... To date, I have lost 26 pounds, but for the last week, I have been losing and gaining the same dang pound! Perhaps, writing down my food choices each day will make me see if I am in a stall, or just making the wrong food choices! Perhaps it is the nuts I added in a week or so ago? Plan on eating "clean" without the nuts for the next week and see what will happen. So far this morning, took all my supplements and having a spinach omelet (2 eggs) with two slices of bacon and one ounce of cheddar cheese. On my second glass of water (32 oz.) Have to drink plenty of water to make up for the fact that I am NEVER going to give up my full leaded coffee (approximately 4 to 5 cups each morning). On the brighter side, at least I like it black! The lunch I brought to the office for today is tuna salad (mayo, one egg, can of tuna, few celery pieces and a couple of green olives). Will have it on approximately 2 cups of lettuce. Dinner tonight..... probably a chicken breast with one ounce of jalepeno cheese and some type of green vegetable. Maybe another cup or so of salad. Must remember to get all my water in today. I think I have been neglectful the last few days.... Too many in-office meetings that I felt I could not escape from for restroom privileges. Can't allow that type of thinking again. This has to be MOST important to me right now!

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Congratulations on your loss, Flowr. 26 pounds in 6 1/2 weeks is phenomenal! I've not yet lost 26 pounds and I've been low carbing since Oct. 1.

It is normal to get into a bit of a stall now and then. I've been fighting the same two or three pounds for about six weeks even though I've been eating on plan. Initially, I thought it was because I was eating too few calories. I've since upped my calories and can't help but wonder now if I'm eating too many. Oh well...I guess my body will let go of the fat when it's good and ready.

I do know that I need to exercise more than just the once a week I've been getting in. Have you started exercising? If not, maybe now is a good time to add some walking or maybe a couple sessions a week of Walking Away the Pounds DVD. (that's one that several of us own for a quick indoor workout)

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hey rhonda! i LOVE that attitude of making THIS.your HEALTH your priority! it will be great to watch your progress! keep it up..youre doing awesome.
kim

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Well, I ate well and on target yesterday. Drank all of my water and with the exception of having a taco salad (one cup lettuce, 1/2 taco meat, 1 ounce cheese, 1 tb. sour cream and sasa) instead of the chicken breast. Today I will bring to the office a l/c yogurt for breakfast, more of the chicken or tuna salad and a couple of cups of lettuce for lunch. Dinner tonight will be the chicken breast grilled with a green beans. No snacking today, just healthy foods and I will leave the DEMON almonds where they are! Hard to stay away from those! Woke up this morning angry with myself. I dreamt I had cheated big time... took me a few moments to realize it was all a very bad dream. Dropped the one pound again, but lets see if it stays gone. I still must realize I did this WOL to become more healthy. The lost pounds are just an added benefit. I do feel so much better than when I began on 12/30. But who wouldn't 25 pounds lighter! That's a lot of extra weight to be carrying around! Drinking my second cup of coffee now.... I know that dependency will be the last one to go..... if ever. I do love my coffee! Ordered a couple of exercise videos last night as Melissa recommended.... now.... when they arrive.... if I can just put them to use! Going to be determined on that one... even if the DH and children laugh at my while exercising. At least I am trying to be healthy enough to see my children grown and grandchildren in the future! I WILL DRINK MY WATER TODAY! I will try more of the green tea...... but somehow I just haven't acquired a taste for that yet, and refuse to use Splenda more than necessary. Off to the office before I am REALLY late.... hate that rush hour traffic!

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Well breakfast and lunch all went as planned. Made some sugar free butterscotch pudding using half light soy milk (because of the calories and carbs) and the rest heavy whipping cream. I was in heaven after just two bites! Closed my little tupperware container and decided that maybe I better be VERY careful about making this again... I could EASILY over-indulge! Will save the rest of the serving for after dinner tonight. Thinking it will go well with my grilled chicken and green beans! Still too frightened to try the lc pasta I bought.... or the lc bread that is in the freezer. Feel it might stall me at this point so will just have dinner as planned without making the pasta.... Hard for an Italian girl to go without pasta soooooooo long! Maybe in another month I MIGHT try the lc box of dreamfields in the pantry..... always gives me something to look forward too! As for the lc bread.... well..... maybe after this week if there is some type of loss. Sure hate to keep losing this one pound over and over again!

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Well, up at 4:00 a.m. again....... Had another two hours to sleep, but guess I am stressed a little about the upcoming trial. Yesterday went well as far as food choices. Still no exercise to speak of except the five flights of stairs from the parking garage to my high rise at the office. Hopefully, the exercise dvds will arrive soon and I can begin to workout, at least until walks are possible and the weather is a little nicer. Not one to walk in subfreezing temperatures.... but will do better in that regard when at least it stays above freezing most days. Really no excuses as I live by a creek with a acres of woods around me..... so the scenery will be nicer than what I see each evening inside of the house! Will just have to plan my evening meals for the children better so I can start off sooner than 8:00 p.m. Hard to do when you don't arrive home until almost 7:00, but perhaps a few meals done in the crockpot might work. The one pound I have been struggling with seems to have stayed off this morning. TOM is due, so maybe I will loose a few with that. Won't change my signature weight though until a few more has dropped.... Thinking it would be sooooo difficult to add weight instead of subtract... just a mental thing I suppose. Having my coffee now, so will have to up the water intake after I get to the office. Knowing rush hour traffic, I don't want to begin consumption of water this early and risk being stuck in traffic for an hour or more with no exits in site! Just going to take boiled eggs for breakfast today and some meat (lean ham, no sugar) with provelone cheese for lunch. May have a l/c yougart later in the afternoon..... Today is eight weeks of this WOE with no cheating! A small landmark I know, but one to be proud of myself for. Especially, since I am the ONLY one in this household who is doing this... Didn't get my VD's chocolates from hubby..... but I did make him promise not to buy them. Had a few close calls when DH ordered out pizza cause I worked late, but I did not give in..... not even to taste the toppings.... that would have been my downfall! So all in all, I am proud of myself. I can and will do this..... no matter what the scales say! Maybe by weekend I will have lost another pound or two. I can hope anyway Will take something out of the freezer for tonight. Not sure what, but I will just add foods around it so the children and DH get their carbs. So far that has worked out okay.... just have to make separate meals when I make their pasta main dishes. Still tooo afraid to have any l/c pastas at this point. Still still in the pantry..... maybe in a couple of months. Maybe not.... Off to pack lunch and get ready for another challenging day at the office! Too many witnesses to interview today for trial, but I will not stress....

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Hey hey hey... 8 weeks with no cheating is A HUGE MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT!!!! :eyes: That is nothing short of incredible!!! I am in awe...

You sound like you really have your stuff together! Best of luck to you!


To your health and success!
Kelly

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Highest recorded weight: 103.2kg/227.04lbs (03/15/08)
Current: 97kg/213.4lb-13.64
Goal:150
"Resensitizing myself to the urgency and severity of my weight problem is important in keeping myself motivated. I have to remind myself that my body will not tolerate this abuse forever." Jeannette Fulda, aka PastaQueen

Hi Kelly! Thanks for stopping by and signing my journal. I appreciate the encourgement. Tell me..... do they have many low carb foods in Japan? Are you a native of there or just recently relocated? Best of luck in your l/cing as well. I see you have dropped a significant amount of weight. Congratulations to you!

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So far ate on plan today. Grilled the chicken breast for dinner but just am not hungry tonight..... must be the stress..... really really want a l/c beer, or a cocktail.... but .... sooooooooo many empty calories and no veggies as of yet today in my diet :( Guess in all today, way too stressed. Keep telling myself this is just a J-O-B, but then I realize it is one that pays the bills.... So suck it up and do the best you can with the hours that are left in the days before trial! Know I am going to loose this case...... it's a no-win situation, but guess I will just chaulk it up for experience Children are being especially kind to me this week.... guess raising them by myself and them having little to no contact with their father has made them appreciate how hard I have worked to keep this family together....... at least I can dream

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Guess I just will not eat tonight..... not sure if I am just not feeling well from 60 plus hours this week and stress or coming down with something. Really disappointed that I have not eaten even ONE vegetable today..... fitday has me tracked way below calorie level for the day and only 14 carbs so tomorrow will be a better day On the brighter side, I did get my water and that NASTY green tea in!

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Breakfast this morning was l/c hood yougart with black 50/50 coffee.... oh, okay... so it was about 5 or 6 cups of it. Just can't seem to let go of the coffee in the mornings. Drinking my water now and have some of that NASTY green tea brewing.... know I have to drink it, even if I don't like it! Lunch today will be a Chef's Salad with l/c french dressing. Will go easy on the dressing cause it has like 100 calories per two tablespoons or something like that! Will use the grilled chicken breast I didn't eat last night on the salad (approximately 2 cups) and one boiled egg and a little bit of bacon. Dinner..... who knows..... see how I feel. Maybe I will go to the health food store and get the ACV Kim talked about today. If not, tomorrow when I make my grocery run to Wal-Mart for my veggies and my l/c staples. Eating clean this week and hopefully will drop a pound or two by next week....... If not, back to induction levels for me :(

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Had the Chef's Salad for lunch today minus the boiled egg... Forgot halfway through the salad, so just decided to save it for a snack later today. Two people in the office have commented on how much weight I have lost! That sure boosts your determination to keep this WOL going My mom had noticed a couple of weeks ago, but it is so nice when people you work with every day comment. Going to be a very rainy weekend but sure I will spend most of it in the office preparing for trial, so I won't like that get to me... I have sooooo much to be thankful for in so many ways.

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no no no... you dont need to go back to induction levels.. just keep plugging along! youre doing great!
what kind of green tea ya got? i had some nasty ones and some that are so boring i just add the bag to another kind of tea flavor...
kombucha by yogi is the best! try it! and DONT leave the bag in longer than 3 or 4 minutes...

i am drinking the devil coffee again... but not NEAR as much as before.. mine and greggs little no half and half challenge had me not drinking hardly ANY ..*L*.. now thats over and i am really loving the morning cups..

i had a total stranger (although she SEEMED to know me *L*) come up to me at the beautyshop today when i was tanning and said WOW YOU ARE SURE GETTIN SKINNY..*L* rrrrrrrrrrrrrrright... but its great to hear that eh? came right home and walked and did my gazelle.*LOL*.. dont want to go back next week and here... WHOA... youre a cow again..*L*
aaaaaaaaanyhow.. hope trial goes well...
get the ACV and try some different green teas...
hang in! youre doing great lady!
kim

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Thanks for taking the time to sign my journal Kim and for your advice. Okay, I wont do induction again this soon. Just gets a little discouraging when I have only lost 1 pound in two weeks, but I know I have not cheated, so sure the scale will move again one day.... or maybe I will just hide it again! Nooooooo that's what got me to where I am today..... refusing to look at the numbers it shows me!

Today I had 3 over easy eggs with 2 tbs salsa (no sugar kind of course), 2 small link sausages and coffee (about 4 cups black...... 50/50 stuff). Lunch today was small salad with no sugar bake ham slices (deli, approximately 5 and 2 slices, 1 ounce each provelone cheese with 2 tablespoons mayo with wabsabi paste). Dinner only one hamburger patty with one slice bacon. Wasn't really hungry at dinner due to stress of trial and busy preparing for it all night. I know there was not nearly enough vegetables today, and I will do better tomorrow. Not nearly enough water today either, only about 64 ounces. I did have two pots of yummy green tea thanks to Kim Now on coffee with sugar free chocolate rasberry syrup.... very yummy! Wouldn't be drinking coffee this late but have so much to do for Tuesday's trial and very exhausted... at least until the full leaded coffee kicks in! Will have to make time tomorrow to get lunches and healthy snacks ready for next week. TOM came today, so maybe will drop a few pounds after this one. Know I will feel much better. Sometimes I PMS so badly.... get depressed and seems like I live in dark black cloud. Glad it doesn't happen every month. Kids would have probably ran away by now!

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I have been VERY bad so far today.... No time for breakfast..... only three pieces of beef jerky......... no time for lunch, and it's 3:00........ 2 glasses of water (32 oz) and TONS of diet right black cherry (okay, maybe only 2 cans) but still seems like a lot to me! Still way too stressed out today, so will 'FORCE' myself to eat something soon when I get back home. Maybe a couple of scrambled eggs with spinach. Dinner..... well pork roast is cooking in the crockpot, so will have that with a salad once my day is finished with J-O-B related things, but before 8 or I don't EAT! Don't need all those fat calories having their way with me while I sleep....... Well, IF I slept that would be a problem, but lately that isn't the case. But........ in the event I do, wont eat pork roast past 8! Got the ACV as Kim recommended, but don't think I will try that until I am eating regular....... should be Wednesday, AFTER TRIAL!

DH is moving back to Austin.... Know he has been very unhappy with the relocation here to Kc, but IF he loved me..... guess he would stay :( Sure that is the biggest part of my stress but I will recover.... always have..... always will.

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