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Okay everyone,

If you have lost 10 pounds or 4 ounces for January, you are proud of it, and you don't mind telling everyone (at least our little part of the internet world) then toot that horn and let us know how much you have lost. Just add your total to the thread. Even if you have never check in and been a wallflower up to this point, we encourage your participation. Feel free to add on anytime over the next couple of days. Let's get fired up for another good month in February....go team....go. (been to too many basketball games I guess) 


You are not required to even give your current weight if you choose not to.


Starting Benchmark    220 pounds

Month                     Current                Down for Month     +/- Benchmark                    To 2010 goal
January                      216.2                           3.8                            -3.8 lbs                             19.2 lbs


Cumulative running total loss for January of everyone: 3.8 lbs

Starting Benchmark    220 pounds

Week                     Current                Down for Week     +/- Benchmark                    To 2010 goal
#1 (Jan 3-9)           220.6 (Jan 8)                    NA                         +0.6                                    23.6 lbs
#2 (Jan 10-16)       219.8 (Jan 17)                  .8 lb                       -0.2                                    22.8 lbs
#3 (Jan 17-23)       218.0 (Jan 22)                  1.8 lb                     -2.0                                       21 lbs
#4 (Jan 24-29)       216.4 (Jan 29)                  1.6 lb                     -3.8                                    19.2 lbs

I have to say that I'm feeling pretty good about the month of January as we close out this first month. The one thing that I didn't like about 2009 was that I was feeling hungry all of the time. I've refocused my thinking and now I'm really getting those veggies back in and working to avoid the carbs. So far I'm liking how I feel (both physically and mentally). I was thinking that I had somehow "ruined" my pouch. Now I know how to get that rather full feeling again. For me, keeping my caloric intake to just under 500 for both breakfast and lunch seems to be working great. Then when I get home from school I find that this is my most difficult part of the day. If I start to slide there, it seems to go downhill from there for the rest of the day. I have a high protein/high volume snack to get to the dinner and that takes the edge away. I at least feel that the beast is being tamed and that I'm the one back in control. I know that this may take a few months to get back down to my goal, but I'm looking at just little baby steps and enjoying each success along the way.

I hope all of you are doing well on your own personal challenge. I had expected to see a bit more continuity here with 60+ members, but that must just not be in the cards.

Have a great week.

John

Didn't lose any weight this week, but didn't gain any.  I'm not surprised since I had the "big" drop last week.  But it is always discouraging to meet your behavior goals and not see it show up on the scale.  And it has been a busy week.  A couple of days have been so messed up that I couldn't get my walk in.  But I still made my 3 hrs. of exercise goal.

Week                     Current                Down for Week     +/- Benchmark                    To 2010 goal
#1 (Jan 3-9)           180   (Jan 8)                    NA                         +22                                    22 lbs
#2 (Jan 10-16)       176 (Jan 17)                    4 lb                         -4                                      18 lbs
#3 (Jan 17-23)       171 (Jan 22)                    5 lb                         -9                                      16 lbs
#4 (Jan 24-29)       171 (Jan 29)                     0                            -9                                       16 lbs   

Hi out there my fellow Groupies,

I felt I needed to post and ramble a bit...Perhaps I am not the only one who feels like they fell off the boat and are being chased by the sharks while trying to get back on board...

John said it rightly - Week 3 has passed, into week four and I'm feeling WEAK in my ablility to stay the course...

I'm still making better choices and keeping up with my exercise...I've greatly reduced my urges for eating things that I know are triggers, I even cut my Starbucks fix down to once a week...All these changes have helped to show progress...I'm still losing, albeit slowly...The problem is that I'm feeling like I could be making so much more progress if I could clean up my act completely ...I'm still giving in to snacking, almost daily, and while the snacks are good things like nuts & prunes, I wish I could break this habit... I feel like I'm cheating, BUT on the other hand do not have the overwhelming desire I had as a newbie to stick to the plan and not deviate, no matter what...I miss those early days of post-op when I was gung-ho and straight focused on getting to my goal...

I am SO happy to have reached the success I have, but am still SO insecure about my ability to keep it...

OK, I'm done...Join me if you want to ramble a bit about what is challenging you right now...

Yummo, that potato soup sounds delish! It would be perfect for this cold wintery day. Thanks for posting.... I think I'll give this recipe a try.

Cheers!