Happy Thursday VBG Family

OMG It's plateau time already!! I gained back a pound, even though I've been under 1000 calories a day and exercising like crazy for over a week. Yesterday I walked two miles, biked over a mile, skipped breakfast And Lunch, stayed completely away from sweets, and STILL gained a pound. NOW I remember why I keep giving up! At least I'm free of the sugar demon. Compared to that, this part should be easy!! Tammy

I'm with ya. I gained 2 pounds this week (Tuesday is my official weigh in/recording day). So I am back to -113# -- rarr -- Hopefully it will come back off this week. This tends to be a pattern for me lose, lose, gain, nothing, lose, lose. Or something like that. It is frustrating but that is the way it seems to go for me now. I really hoped I would lose a couple this week anyway... but such is life. I will just keep working the program and the weight will come off in its own good time! Best Regards, Sharon

OMG The schwans guy came....BIG Mistake. 8 ice cream bars later I remembered I had stopped eating sugar!!! Well, at least I didn't eat the whole box, and I walked 2 miles yesterday. Remarkably, I am not craving sugar this morning. These were little bars, only 100 calories each, so I was still only about 1500 calories for the day. Could have been worse. Getting back on track today. The worst part is, I also bought two cartons of their new low carb (i.e. sugar free!) Tammy

Well... alls that you can do is get yourself back on track. I really wanted ice cream yesterday. I almost went and bought a 1/2 gallon, but instead I went to Dairy Queen. Figured that way I would just have it for one day instead of multiple days. So... no ice cream for the rest of the week for me. Otherwise I am not doing to badly. Sharon -113# use to be -115#

Did you know that Dairy queen has some no sugar added ice cream now? Chocolate bars and dilly bars! There might be a few more by now. I did buy two cartons of the low carb schwans stuff, but the cute little ice cream bars were just so easy to start eating. I AM going to get back on track. I will be 3 years out in less than a week and should have been at my goal a LONG time ago. Tammy

The bad news...I binged on ice cream bars again, for the second day in a row. The good news...I'm out of ice cream bars, so I can't eat any more. On a side note, it WAS the most stressful day of my life (so far!), so all things considered, eating is a very small concern today. Unusual thing though...I don't feel the sugar craving even though I ate all the sugar. Now that I don't have any more of the ice cream bars, it will be easier to get back on track. Tam

Don't beat yourself up about it. Just get yourself back on track as soon as you can. If it makes you feel any better I also had a "weak" day yesterday. I had a DQ Blizzard and ate pie at Perkins. Not a great day overall. But it could always be worse. Today I will expect more from myself. Today I am committing to NO ICE CREAM and NO PIE and see where that gets me for the day. You can do it Tammy -- You have the strength and willpower; I can feel it! Sharon

OK, here we are again, back at Thursday. Overall, a good week. I can't beat myself up about the bad days because I had more good days than bad. I had 5 consecutive days without sugar. I did not lose any weight, but I did not gain any either. I'm not going to weigh myself again until next Thursday. Today's Goal- NO SUGAR The funny thing is, when I'm off sugar like I have been, it doesn't take any willpower to avoid it. That's good for me, because I don't have any willpower. I'm very surprised (but grateful) that even though I binged on sugar twice, the craving has not come back. Read Aloud: NO PIE, NO ICE CREAM, NO SUGAR Happy Day! Tammy

I'm with ya Tammy!!! NO PIE ~~ NO SUGAR!!! Sing Aloud... "I've Got The Power!" Sharon ~~ And I'm staying off the scale until Tuesday!!

Hi Tammy, Well I managed to stay away from Ice Cream and Pie and other refined sugars. I did jump on the scale again though! Damn... How did you do? Sharon