I am terrified of the scale so I read your pain.
Then when something fits better, I don't trust that it might not be in my imagination
Terrible place to get stuck.
Talk about a long journey.
I want someone to say something. "oh, you've lost weight.
We'll see. Not giving up.
My butcher eats the same; recommends meat cuts and butter brands. He eats veggies . Right now, nada for me. Trusting Goat

dessiepenn wrote: »

I've always had bad nails that break easily. My finger nails are now hard and look great!! Is this common amongst keto/ lchf?

I swear mine are growing slower since on keto.

Dan the Man from Michigan

DittoDan wrote: »

Kitnthecat wrote: »

I've had a kind of surprising thing happen. While submitting a claim to my auto insurance ( someone rear ended me the other day), I had reason to take my driver's license out of my wallet and could hardly recognize my own face in the picture taken 3 -4 years ago. I was 72 pounds heavier back then. I know this is actually a scale victory...but although I know I am wearing smaller sized clothing, I had not realized really, how I look. I live in the dark ages, with no smart phone or camera, so I don't really have photos of myself. So I was quite startled to see myself with all that extra weight on my face....and to recognize the difference in myself now for real. Now I can hardly wait to see my next driver's license photo in the future.......then I will have tangible evidence of the change.

Ditto that Kitn. I am 77 down and my drivers license pic looks like an inflated ballon. I'm so vain, I am thinking about getting a new one cause my pic is so gross looking....

Dan the Man from Michigan

Man, you should see my passport photo. If you tied a string to me I would float to the ceiling I am so bloated and fat. I can't wait to get to a decent weight and I will definitely spend the massive amount (I think £92 ie well over $100) to get it changed as I hate it so much! I am so vain, I probably think anyone else cares!

octobubbles wrote: »

I wanted a pair of khaki pants to wear with a navy shirt I got yesterday, but the two pairs of 'bigger' pants I own are a little worn out. I grabbed a pair of skinny pants that I got the last time I lost a bunch of weight, which wouldn't even go over my calves the last time I tried. Slid right on!

Well now that's a happy surprise for the morning! Yay for you, octobubbles!

Karlottap wrote: »

Can't believe a driver's license costs $100 to renew. Ours, in Mississippi, are $21. Whew, I would wait until it's time to renew for that amount of money! Good grief! You in the UK?

I think she meant passport.

geraldinemyoung17 wrote: »

Karlottap wrote: »

Can't believe a driver's license costs $100 to renew. Ours, in Mississippi, are $21. Whew, I would wait until it's time to renew for that amount of money! Good grief! You in the UK?

I think she meant passport.

I even said passport as a subtle clue! But, yes, it is a lot.

Buying motorcycle trousers a size smaller and then having to send them back beacuase they are too lose

Non Scale Victory. Maybe you haven't lose weight, but have noticed something which is evidence of success, such as your clothes feeling looser.

I almost "pantsed" myself at the TSA checkpoint this morning. I may have to rethink my travel wardrobe.

I walked up a mountain and beat my fastest time record by 10 minutes. I last went up there almost 2.5 years ago.

Up until recently I have had some great losses on the scale so I never thought to post in this thread. Now I'm apparently stuck at 160-161 lbs (happens every time). So this weekend I did tons of yard work and playing with nieces and nephews, causing me to forget about doing laundry. I woke up this morning wondering what to wear to work, so I grabbed a pair of black dress pants out of my closet, I haven't worn them in about 2 years since I had gained weight. They slid right on and buttoned up no problem, back down to a size 10 I have the same pair in a six 6 that is my ultimate goal, half way there!

For me, I'm glad to be so mentally adapted that I just take the setback-type things in stride. Friday, I had my doctor's office confirm my lowest medically recorded weight from my file. It was not in 2006-2008 as my pictures suggest, but rather in 2010. My biggest takeaways are A) that it is nice to celebrate the changes I've made due to the swelling/bloating, inflammation, and irritation my former eating habits provided (I'm only 30 pounds lighter now than my current profile picture comparison) and that it didn't cause me a heart attack or binge episode to confirm than not only was might highest medically recorded weight 319 (instead of the estimated 335 I remembered from somewhere), but that that weight was actually in 2010 (not with the swollen pictures), and that it reduced my total weight loss overall on my ticker here.

It utterly blows my mind that I looked 50-100 pounds heavier at a lighter weight due to the way my body reacted poorly to all the carbs and junk I was eating....

m_puppy wrote: »

auntstephie321 wrote: »

Up until recently I have had some great losses on the scale so I never thought to post in this thread. Now I'm apparently stuck at 160-161 lbs (happens every time). So this weekend I did tons of yard work and playing with nieces and nephews, causing me to forget about doing laundry. I woke up this morning wondering what to wear to work, so I grabbed a pair of black dress pants out of my closet, I haven't worn them in about 2 years since I had gained weight. They slid right on and buttoned up no problem, back down to a size 10 I have the same pair in a six 6 that is my ultimate goal, half way there!

I am stuck in that weight range too! Wth?! I had the opposite happen this morning. My lovely fiance ironed my pants for me. When I went to put them on they were skin tight. I thought that I had really gained a lot over the weekend. Turns out he couldn't find my size 10 and just ironed the size 8 instead. Such good intentions. I was just happy the 10s weren't tighter.

Lol OMG I would've died if that happened, glad they were the wrong ones

Just got back from my dental cleaning. Not nearly as prolonged and painful as last time, and the hygienist said that my gum pockets were smaller. I.e., my gum health is improving. Fewer carbs for those pesky bacteria, perhaps.