Losing The Regain - At a standstill

fruit is pure sugar. We absorb 100% of those calories.

After roughly 62 years, this fact sunk in, with me!!

I think I am in the minority then, because I eat fruit daily. I have to. I put frozen fruit in my daily smoothie, along with chia. I have either 1/2 an apple or 1/2 an orange a day. I think that, in addition to the chia is the ONLY thing that keeps me regular. I never feel guilty about fruit. I feel guilty about those vegan girl scout thin mint cookies I have been inhaling, lol but never fruit!

I never feel guilty about eating fruit either. Fruit does contain sugar, of course, but it's packaged with fibre that keeps it from being absorbed too quickly. It's also full of micronutrients. I've never heard of anyone becoming obese by eating too much fruit or vegetables!

I'm of the same mindset. I love fruit, and even though I can't eat a ton of it, I never let myself feel bad about it!

NO need for guilt!!! You do YOU! I won't speak for Holly Kim, but what I was referring to, for myself, was I know I have to severely limit MY fruit consumption, or it leads me into my danger zones...I may have berries, occasionally, but things like oranges will cause me to run amuck...

Over the past countless years, I have seen many, many struggle with weight loss/health goals. Upon closer examination, they often are eating more fruits AKA carbs, than protein...

But, like I said, if not a problem, for YOU, don't sweat it !!

Way to be accountable. I am suffering a massive head cold and do not want to eat anything. Plus we have 2 sick kiddos as well so we are one big cootie fest at our house. Waiting until we feel a bit better do get my head in the game

Without my smart scale, daily weight changes would drive me nuts I weigh every day and note weight and water. Sometimes I am up and the water is down, so I know that is due to overeating. When the water is up, I cut back on salt, drink more water and wait for the excess to go away.

Amen. Last week I "gained" about 2 pounds overnight. I didn't panic because I saw that my fat percentage had gone down, and because I knew I hadn't been eating nearly enough calories to gain weight, especially that quickly. Looking back, I think it was because I had some soup that might have been high in sodium. Fortunately the weight came off about three days later.

Smart scales are even more useful when you get close to goal. When you still have a lot to lose, each pound of fat you lose is only a tiny fraction of your body fat, so the fat percentage doesn't change much even though the pounds are coming off. But as you get closer to normal weight,the pounds come off more slowly, but each pound lost represents a larger fraction of your body fat. So I usually see my fat percentage drop one day, and then a day or two later I find I've lost a kilo.

Last year (Year Five) I was traveled almost half the year. Being away from home so much (and around some pretty amazing food!), my weight went up, and for much of last year I weighed 3-8 pounds more than I had weighed after losing 100 pounds post-WLS.

For the last six weeks I've been doing the WW Green Plan and have lost six pounds. I have two more pounds to lose to reach my goal.

Obviously, WW is working well for me. I haven't been into crash-dieting for a long, long time, certainly not since WLS. The WW dealio these days is pretty much the way I've eaten for a long time, but right now I am benefitting from the extra accountability and structure it offers and from how I'm learning to "practice" eating in moderation some foods I ordinarily shy away from.

:)