Broke the Plateau From Hell!!!

I'm so excited! I have upped my fluid intake to over 100 oz. a day, upped my protein & tried to up my calorie intake a little & the sales finally moved. Not only did they move, they jumped! I am down from 180-182 where I have been since early March to 175! WooHoo!! I am gonna keep up the water intake as it seems to help & I also have more energy! I'm at least getting more exercise running to the Hugz, Gina L 260/175/160??

Good for you Gina! You have motivated me. I'm on my second bottle of water right now... need to work on the protein. I've been stuck at 214-215 for a month now... need to get it back in gear! Congratulations and thanks for the motivation!!!!!!! Mary 323/214/150

Mary, We have been doing a little thing over on the Texas Board to remain accountable for our fluids. I never thought I could do it, because I usually have trouble with a lot of fluids, but it surprised me! The weight loss floored me as I never expected it! Now I am trying to just push fluid! I have to pee a lot, but I know that's flushing toxins, etc. out too. I don't like water unless it's real cold & I have no fridge down stairs where I work, so I usually add the Crystal Light singles to my bottle of water from the fountain. I love the peach tea!! Yummy! Before I realize it I've had 2 or more bottles, not including my decaff hot tea in the morning! Hugz, Gina L

Gina, Crystal Light is my lifesaver! Without it, I know I would never get all the water in that I need. One question though.. How long were you doing this before you dropped the weight? Just curious. I'm really going to try to get my water in and up the protein. thanks! Mary

FIrst of all, I went to the site below to figure out how much water I needed: http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm I could not believe it was something like 140 oz!! After the second day of more than 130 oz, I lost 2 pounds! Then 3 in the next 2 days. I didn't drink as much as I had been this weekend, but was still down almost a pound in the three day weekend. I had a feeling I wasn't eating enough, so I tried getting in more good foods & I think that also helped! I am gonna start adding back in a protein shake every morning & see if that helps too! Hugz, Gina

Oh my gosh ... Mine is 118 oz of fluids ... Pick me up off the floor! You'd have to hook a tube from me to the potty!

I JUST HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS SITE ADDRESS FOR CALCULATING NEEDED FLUIDS ... I K-N-O-W THAT I NEED IT, BUT THIS REALLY BROUGHT IT HOME HOW LITTLE I WAS ACTUALLY DRINKING vs HOW MUCH I SHOULD BE DRINKING. I POSTED IT ON THE SC BOARD & HAD THE SAME REACTION OVER THERE ... LIKE, OHHHHH MYYYYY GOSHHHHH! WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DRINK MORE NOW. THANKS MS GINA!

You know I went 14 long, tortorous weeks averaging only 1 # per week loss. Then something changed in my body (I didn't change much of anything) & I started losing more ... Seems sometimes no matter what you do or don't do, your body just needs some "down time" from losing weight ... Time to rebalance itself or something. Anyway, the point is, these slow times do break & we do lose weight again! Stick in there, Ms Mary!

Congratulations!!!!!!!!! It's awesome to see that scale move after it's "stuck" for a while! I too have been drinking more water than usual. I normally drink 4 of the 16.9 oz water bottles a day, plus a 9 to 12 oz protein drink. Lately I'm able to easily drink more, so I'm switching to 20 oz water bottles and starting on a 5th bottle! Yes, the bathroom and I are real close now! I can go anywhere in town, and tell you where the bathroom is in that establishment! I think the funniest part is, when I get up in the night to go tinkle, all 3 cats follow me to the bathroom, then follow me back to bed! I wonder what they are thinking??? Happy to hear of your big jump on that scale!!! Take care! Carol

Goooooooooood for you, Ms Gina! You are doing super ... I'm not getting anywhere near 100 oz of fluids a day ... I just found Crystal Lite Peach Tea & that is helping me drink more.