Good morning ladies, well i haven't lost not gained but i will take that an stay motivated an make it fun...An I've also started making the fruit&veggie juices an its cool. But have a great day everyone!! :-)

Welcome to all of our Newbies !!! Your never to late !

Weight loss for the week = -.8
Not exactly as much as I wanted but a loss is a loss.

SW: 184.8
CW: 184.8
GW: 160

01/21 weight: 184

Non-scale victories:

1. Complete the Insanity series - Completed the first week...On to week two
2. Add in morning workouts ...Only able to work out once this past week in the a.m.
3. Eat cleaner and lift heavier .....Diet has been pretty clean (I like a little coffee in my creamer Trying to cut back on coffee; just can't drink it black

Hello Everyone! I'm in for a good challenge. Hope I'm not too late.

SW: 180.2
CW: 154.8
GW: 125.0

Some NSV I would like to accomplish are:
1) Begin to strength train with heavy weights
2) Get a more consistent and healthy diet
3) Lose weight at a slow and steady pace to help keep it off

Thanks,

Brittany

Welcome new folks!!! Ukloveme, ravenrxx, and FloridaCali01! I see that Nette has already given you a warm welcome! Please join right in and make yourselves at home!

Nette, you really are the Miss Sunshine of this group! :flowerforyou:

Hey, Shaybelle, we're in the same boat. I didn't lose either, so I'm just going to make working out and eating healthy my goal for this week. I may even give that terrible, awful, painful, but so much fun African Dance class a try again this week. That was a monster calorie burn!

Based on my weekend detox, this week my goal is to heed my macros - especially sugar. While on the detox (which left me quite bloated until this morning - I forgot to take the psylium) I ate a hearty breakfast of steamed kale, yellow squash, and sweet potatoes, which came in at just over 200 calories, but it was very low sugar, high fiber (10 g) and a good amount of protein (9 g). When I added some almonds and walnuts, those numbers got even better and my level of satiety improved.

The macro that posses the greatest challenge for me is sugar. There seems to be a plethora of it in everything, and based on my full reports on this site, I've been eating far too much of it. For the two days on the detox, I only ate 12 g of sugar for the day all from vegetable sources. I looked over my full reports, and sometimes I was eating anywhere between 50-100 grams of sugar a day. I had NO IDEA!! This becomes quite alarming when you consider that granulated sugar is counted as weighing 4.2 grams per teaspoon. No wonder I feel so lousy so often and my weight loss is at a virtual standstill. Fortunately, I'm not diabetic or pre-diabetic, but I don't think that I would be able to say that for long if i continue eating that way. While there is sugar in the healthy foods that we eat, I think my problem is with added sugar. Sauces, jams in yogurt, candy and other treats, etc.

I'm going to adopt the breakfast from the detox into my regular life, and make more soups and salad for lunch with dressing that does not contain added sugar. The salad dressing from the detox plan is actually quite good, as are some others that I've found that don't contain sugar.

I'm going to continue eating steamed veggies for this week until all that produce is gone, and I'm going to smash those lentils as well. I want to see what the end of my week will look like after I've limited my sugar intake. I have a feeling that it's going to go pretty good.

I hope you all are off to a great week!

Good morning everyone, and welcome to Alycee36!!!! We're so happy to have you! Please, jump right in!

Keisha1976 - congrats! 3.6 is a GREAT loss!

Down 1.6 lbs this week!

SW:209.8 CW: 207.2 GW: 175

Evening everyone and welcome new members just checking in before I get my burn on. Oh yeah!

Nette, like you i'm pre diabetic I had the Glucose tolerance test done to confirm and I an also a sugar junkie. Forget chocolate sweeties is where it's at especially Haribo's, bonbon's and jelly beans ooh i'm drooling combine that with my love of fish and chips i'm well and truly screwed.
So i'm not sure exactly how much sugar I should consume max a day but I keep mine set on here at 10g I assume that counts added sugar not naturally occurring in foods. Cutting out all pop helped loads as I was no longer constantly bloated and up until recently I hadn't touched any in months and didn't miss it and I was drinking at least 3 cans a day now i'm drinking pepsi max occasionally and stopping that too.

Not sure what plan your following but you mentioned ketosis and you didn't want to enter it I actually aim to enter and stay in it as that is the only way I lose weight so I cut carbs and sugar to minimal amounts and eat high fat moderate protein and what I can lose in 1 week would have taken me 2 weeks and more to lose and i'm doing it safely and I'm rarely hungry as the fat keeps me fuller for longer.

Not trying to push my way on anyone just telling you a little about where i'm at because losing weight with pcos is a definite uphill battle but it can be won.

Keep a positive attitude no matter what obstacles may get in your way. :flowerforyou:

Good luck! My mum had diabetes, type 2 and it made her so ill and under weight that the last time her blood sugar levels fell she fell into a diabetic coma and never woke up so I've got that to look out for. Plus my dad has high blood pressure and after recent tests doc said so do I and put me on meds so I've got to get that down too.

I do hope your tests come back with the least issues, this journey can be tough enough as is and I know some doctors can jump on one issue and ignore other factors.