Yup Steohaie you are so right, this is  a life long journey and we need to realize and accept that there are going to be times when we fall, but we won't give up, we're not failures and we'll keep running that race!! There's a song out there with this phrase in it "I get down, but I get back up again" we all need to keep that in mind.

I am amazed really how easy it is to gain weight. If I don'****ch what I eat or graze all day,  I'll notice it in the way I feel (like crap) and/or what the scale says the next day,.  Then there are times when I'll go out with my friends for drinks (shhhh) and know that I'm consuming a lot of calories and not gain any weight.

I still think it all has to do with where we are in our cycle, in one month I can go from 119-125!! Same time each month too. I was curious so I started keeping trach.

Good luck Stephanie. You are so real and down to earth and such an asset to our message board. Thanks for sharing your struggles with us and soon we'll be sharing your joy as you see that scale moving!!

Yeah, I've bleached my hair blond and am becoming Alice for the Halloween OH LA event next week. I figured since I won't be home for Halloween I may as well get some use out of this costume somehow...besides it's been ages since I changed my avatar.

Hi Genie!! Good to see you!! Keeping coming around....Suz is right..there is so much support on this board!! It is good to see you around. 

Steph

Girl it was a good week but unfortunately this has not been a good eating week and the scale has already jumped back up!  I am so inconsistent and have to get it together.  And I will..I see I can do it and I just have to buckle down and back to the mind set that this is a life long journey...and it does not end when I get to a specific goal...I will have to always be diligent and stop being so lax in my eating habits.  I know I can do it though and I will!

Well, no matter what you do, keep coming around!! The support is free-flowing around here! lol.