Weekly Weigh In week of 2/25

Hello all! How are you doing? I am doing good - feeling great and finally really on track with eating and not grazing! I did 2 days of liquids / protein. I feel sooooo skinny - not bloated and "in control" - Last week I was grazing a lot I know that CANNOT happen. My plan was to do the 5dpt. So I did the 2 days as the plan calls for http://www.5daypouchtest.com/plan/days1_2.html . But Day 3 call for soft protein only ... I went to a big christening party (like a wedding) and I wasn't horrible but I wasn't great either. I had a cosmopolitan or two and then the desserts came out ...I was fine until I saw the huge umbrella go up over the ice-cream sundae cart that said Haagen-Dazs! Need I say more - people? (Where did my will power go? I went in there with a plan! - then saw the Haagen-Dazs sign and poof it was G-O-N-E!) So I am blessed to weigh 140 this morning! Today I am doing liquids - to make up for yesterday. BTW I went to this party and hadn't seen many of these people in 2 years ... no one recognized me. Here we go ... Starting weight 250.5 Last week = 140 This week = 140 Loss this week = 0 Total loss = 110.5 Current BMI = 22.6 Quote - *** dedicated to me and anyone else who has questioned their own *will-power*** James Gordon It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not. Peter F. Drucker What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it, that's another matter. Hugs, Britt

Good morning fellow Nov'06 buddies! I am feeling so good today! Life is great. I had a great, relaxing, weekend. The sun is shinning. Nothing and no one is going to get me down today! That is my story and I am sticking to it! I hope all of you are feeling just as happy and glad to be alive as I am feeling. On to the real business at hand. After all of my whining and crying and feeling so down last week. Drum roll please. Starting weight: 342 Last week: 215 Today: 209! Can you believe it! 6 lbs! Now you see why I say nothing will get me down today! I worked my plan last week and I am working it today. (even though I forgot my breakfast in the fridge at home) I refuse to be weak. I refuse to eat badly. And I refuse to give in to sabotage, from myself or anyone in my life! I am doing this for ME! Have a great week everyone. Let nothing stand in your way of success. Hugs, Valorie

If you work your toll - it works! whoooooo hooooo Valorie! 6 pounds! Go get 'em girl! sending you hugs and love, Britt I know that you are having a GREAT day! What a terrific post / attitude! you rock ONEderland is onlt 9.5 pounds away! Go for it!

If you work your TOOL, it works! (ooops)

WOO HOOO WOW AWSOME AMAZING : YOU GO GIRL

VALORIE!!!! VALORIE!!! VALORIE!!! VICTORY FOR VALORIE!!!! WOW! You took control, you planned, you followed your plan and you got rewarded - big time! WOW! Six pounds at this point!! There's no stopping you now! You will hit ONEderland very, very soon. I'm so happy for you, Valorie! No one deserves it more! Keep up the hard work! CeCe

CeCe, Thank you so much for your encouraging words! I have been steadfast to my plan and yes, it is paying off. I am starting everu day off with a protein drink then watching the calories and carbs. I think I am past the worst part. The cravings seem to have dissipated. They are at least only controllable impulses now. Not the demanding monsters they were for so long. I wanted to also let you guys know that I weighed and measured at my gym on Saturday. Since I have been working with my PT, about 6 weeks, I have lost 11 lbs (by their scales) and 16 inches! I lost 4 1/2 inches on my waste alone. I was quite happy with these results. It lets me know that even when I saw a "stall" there really wasn't one. It is all in my mind! I don't see the progress, like so many of us WLS warriors, but the measurements don't lie. We always are too quick to criticize and put ourselves down. If we showed ourselves the same love and caring that we give to others, our lives would be much more pleasant. Today, I pledge to be kind to me! Hugs, Valorie

Hi all. I hope you are all - happy campers! For today I'm OK - would like to do better with food choices but heck what is new! I was up and down last week like a yo yo. By Tues. I was up three pounds from the week before so I did liquid for one day. - Not easy - but the three pounds were gone the next day. Then just tried to eat reasonable for maintenence and did for a day or two but then the dreaded weekend. I'm back today exactly where I was last Monday - which I'll take. Starting weight 358 Last week = 169.5 This week = 169.5 Loss this week = 0 Total loss = 188.5

Have a great week Trudy! YOU *CAN* do it! Liquids for a day or two works for me too!

Trudy, Weekends are hard, aren't they? It's too easy to go with the flow! I think I'm getting big hints about the liquid days!!! I have to buckle down and do it! CeCe