Hello ladies,

I haven't wanted to post much lately as I've been a real grouch! Everyone here is usually so upbeat I didn't want to drag y'all down. But today is a gonna be a great day as it is my last 'treatment' = torture!!! I cannot tell you how glad I am to have this over with. Even if they end up cutting off a piece of my hide I will be ever so grateful to be done with this phase of things.

Ms May I so glad you are seeing a downward trend. Hopefully I'll get there too once this stress is removed from my life. Did you find the thread for the challenge? I"m doing okay so far, it's really kinda freeing not to even think about food/eating all day.

Ms Ellen I love the waltzing on a pin. So true. I think for some of us we are dancing on the wrong end of that pin more often than not!!

I WILL BE MORE POSITIVE!!! ug, maybe if I say it enough I'll get there......I hate to be a debbie downer.

Hope you ladies have a great day.

Well, this is frustrating. I had great progress and then last night couldn't sleep because of leg / foot cramps...Woke up exhausted and sore, and 4 lbs heavier. What the...heck.
I eat mostly the same things every day and rarely introduce new foods.
I'm going to guess it's water weight and stress because I did get up and drink some water when my legs decided to cramp up on me. >_>
I hope.

-T.

I have been having a teaspoon of magnesium at night for the past week and it was helping...but not last night. Going to bump it to 1.5 teaspoons tonight. Crossing my fingers.

-T.

@RATSMITH69 - congrats on your last treatment - better days ahead for you

OK ladies....I must confess to you, that this hasn't been a good week for me. I thought I had Easter under control, and I know that I did way better than ever before, in terms of staying away from treats this Easter. And I sent most of the carby leftovers home with my guests. Hurray for me. But I had to have a fancy centrepiece so I went to our local artisan chocolatier before Easter ..... https://www.facebook.com/poppchocolates ....and bought a lovely solid duck that had a golden sheen and had laid 6 small golden eggs. If I was going to allow chocolate in my house, I wanted real chocolate and not some crappy sugary waxy things. I hadn't quite thought the whole process through though. In my imagination, I dreamt that the beautiful centrepiece would grace my table and not be eaten. I did eat one little egg on Easter, but hadn't thought about what might become of the little mother duck.....

Meanwhile, I had entered into a workplace weight loss challenge, sadly named " Biggest Loser", with a few other participants. We started early in January, but I squandered that whole month by not really committing to my plan, so I didn't really get going until February. I did pretty well through March, as I picked up speed. But then came Easter. I suspect after having been on a roll with keto, that as soon as I ate a bit of sugar in the chocolate, along with some salted nuts....and a glass of red wine....my body shut the door on weight loss and my weight went up. Oh no, I fear I've blown it with the work challenge now. Especially since the mother duck has suffered a misfortune......I decapitated her, and ate first her head, then her neck, and then some of her body before my daughter wrapped her up and took her away....Our weigh-out was after Easter......

No idea how the weigh-out at work will end up. I have to look on the bright side......no young ducky's life was spared in vain...she was delicious. But most importantly, even if my weight loss is now stalled, I still have lost 20 pounds since the beginning of the challenge. I'm just waiting for all the others to get weighed, so we can find out who has lost the most weight. Winner takes home the money collected.

I've also been suffering from bad headaches this week. At first I thought it might be from eating sugar, and then I thought it was due to my inner ear disorder which gives me horrible headaches similar to migraines, along with dizziness and nausea. I hate taking pain killers, but was popping 4 Advils at a time while at work, just trying to manage. My work takes a lot of focusing on details, and I was getting sea sick and hoping not to be sick. But it turns out that one of the vertabrae in my neck was out of place. I had my chiropractor adjust me last night, and today it is a little better, but suspect I will need another adjustment before I feel right again.

I am having one glass of red wine while I type this............and then back to basics tomorrow. Wish me luck ladies.

What an interesting theory about the fat cells, what they were created from, and the cravings they produce as they are metabolized @GrannyMayOz! It would be cool to see some actual research on that. I haven't thought of it that way, but completely agree!

@wheatlessgirl66 I can remember many diets through the years that I just gave up, because I allowed myself to get discouraged when the scale stopped moving. Then I wouldn't even get on the darn thing and that always lead to disaster. I'm so glad I found this woe too! Understanding how the loss works and staying the course when the scale decided not to move is a lesson learned for me!

I love all you ladies on here, such a comfort and help to each other

GrannyMayOz wrote: »

Something else I've noticed is that I occasionally get mild junk food cravings and I am absolutely positive that this is my body clearing fat that was stored from those things. I think it releases chemicals from those into my blood stream which reminds me, at a cellular level, of those foods and then I crave them.

Hey, that's not such a weird theory! I totally thought that, too. I have had YEARS of eating differently all stored in my body fat. There's bound to be SOMETHING released through my system as that stuff loosens up and burns out. Fiance and I both mused about that possibility when I first started the diet.

Good news: Upping my magnesium to 1.5 teaspoons last night seems to have helped.
Also my weight's gone back down a smidgen. Hopefully it was just...water weight.

Regarding the "Biggest Loser" contest - we just had one at work, too. Yes, what an unfortunate name. Grrr. The final weigh-in snuck up on me as well and hit RIGHT when I had that "weight gain"!
Oh well.
I didn't win it or even get in the top 5. The lady I gave diet tips to ended up winning it. Hah! I told her I recognized I was probably sabotaging my own chances, but really felt she needed help for her health's sake. I couldn't just sit by and let her get sick. I did at least get in the top percentile lost and so I have a consolation prize of like $10 I think to pick up.

-T.

@May Your lunch sounds delicious! That's a good menu idea to make at home--I love cheesy cauliflower! This is such a good way to eat.

I am so sure you'll be getting more losses soon. You're doing great with eating and exercise, and you're body is doing it's part, too. I jumped back up 2 lbs this morning, but I'm not worried. The old body has work to do, and it'll come down again.

@Risi I hope you're feeling better today!

Oh, lol, the clock on my laptop is set wrongly....just noticed...it really is 4.54am and not 1.54am.

I'll be thinking of you May, re: your MIL. Take care.