I am trying not to focus on the scale. I workout out 2x per week with a persnal trainer and then try to get 2 - runs in as well during the week. I have been doing no carbs for about one month, haven't seen any scale changes (hence I put the scale away and I will not look at it for awhile) but I can tell that my body is changing. This past Monday I also gave up sugar (I still eat fruit though) I haven't felt bloated or swollen, I have more energy. The fog is lifting although its still there. I am hypo and currently take .1mg of Synthroid. My diary is open is anyone wants to see. I have been logging better the last week or so. I had to check this morning is there was any progress with eliminating sugar and its seem I am down 1 lb. I put the scale away again, I am not going to bring it out again until Sept 1 - give me strength. I do find with no sugar though my cravings have substantially changed. I still get cravings but they are less now and I can seem to control them.

Hi,

I'm on 1200 cal & pilates, spinning x 3 days & some hiking if the weather is nice at the weekend. I've lost 31 pounds so far and still 22 to get to my normal weight. I treat my self once per month for this long distance race & try to eat variety. All happy & much healthier!

Good luck!!!

Keep going!

My story is a long one, and I'm not done in this journey yet but I wanted to post for anyone who has been feeling like giving up because its so slow. Here it goes: I have always considered myself overweight and have probably been on a "diet" since the age of 11 or 12. College came and went and of course I put on weight but I was always able to keep my weight around the 200 mark with my yo-you dieting My biggest issues came I was diagnosed with graves disease back in 2009. By that time I had lost probably 35 lbs and gotten to my lowest weight (175) I could remember ever having been at as an adult. (Side note: how depressing is that! I lost a bunch of weight and was so excited to feel thin only to find out that it was caused by a very serious disease that could have really harmed me if ! This stuck in my head for quite a while and I attribute a lot of the weight gain from this type of thinking)

From that point on, my doctor told me to stop working out because my heart rate was through the roof and I was super Hyperthyroid. They put me on a few meds and that didn't regulate it so I was told to do the Radioiodine therapy. This essentially killed my thyroid and since Feb 2010, I have been hypothyroid. Doctors put me on synthroid and my blood tests come back normal now so that is good, but I also picked up some very bad eating habits too. At that point I didn't let my weight get too out of control , only gained about 40 or so lbs ( Weight was around 212 lbs at that point). After getting married in July 2011 I pretty much let the comfort get to me and I gained another 40 lbs or so and that put me at my highest weight of 255lbs by January of 2012.

I joined MFP on January 24,2012 and have been slowly but surely losing since then. I am down 76 lbs as of today(179) and still have about 40 or so left to lose. It has been such a slow process but I haven't given up. I'm not saying I've been perfect in my diet, it wouldn't be taking this long if I have been. I have my treats and slack on my working out more often than I should. But my theory is that if it took me that long (3 years or so) to gain the weight, its not going to be a quick process. My calories right now are at 1200, and I often eat back most of my exercise calories, but I'm not terrified if I am over a bit either. I know that this is a journey that will last a lifetime. For me there isn't an end point. I have my ultimate weight goal, but I always want to know I am eating healthy too!

I know this is long and I never intended it to be so, sorry about that! Writing this, I have realized that this has been pretty helpful for me too. I have been feeling down in the past month or so because the weight loss has been so slow recently. This little post has help me see where I have come from and how close to goal I am at. I hope this helps and thanks to you too!