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Quick weekly report - havent read anyones posts yet. Previous low, 183.0 Last week 1/24/16, 183.8 Midweek 1/26/16, 182.2 -- after five weeks, a new low!! :-) Expecting pattern of bounce-up This week 1/30/16, 183.6 -- yup. At least it was expected. :-]

After a five week plateau and a recent cracker binge an overnight mini-whoosh of .8! Resulting in a new low! Somehow a loss of .8 feels huge The trick will be to not credit the cracker binge.

Sorry for multiple posts. Ive been silent so long, and now have time to catch up. Gayle glad you are feeling better! A three week virus yikes! Want to weigh in, so to speak, on how often to weigh. Its a very personal decision. Once a week would work great for me if i werent plateaued. But plateaus arent logical, so i…

Charlie thanks so much for all your supportive comments on my logs! I really relate to "how many ways to say good job" :-) Im not even good at consistantly clicking like, and it didnt occur to me to check what others were actually eating. Not nec to do that for me. No guilt if just click "like" for me, or if you dont click…

Weekly Report 1/23/16 Already lost 3 lb of that 4 lb overnight cracker gain. Last week, before cracker binge 183.4 Today, 184.4 Tomorrow morning going to do a home test for candida. Found out i have some of the symptoms, sugar/carb cravings, fatigue, low metabolism. Home test is -- first thing in the morning, spit into a…

Confession time For some reason i broke one of my main rules last night and took a box of crackers to bed. My rule is i can take some crackers, never whole box. Sure enough i binged And this morning i had gained four pounds over night! I know its water weight that will go as soon as i get back on the program but the number…

Quick weekly report (still in post holiday recovery) Still plateaued at 11 lb loss. Last week 183.4 (i think) This week 183.4

Welcome back Mary! Gayle and Charlie have created a safe place here. I have detected no judgement even when i report consumption of entire box of chocolate covered cherries -twice! Gayle, Hope you feel better soon!

Jan 1, 183.4 Jan 8, 183.4 Energy is good which is good. But havent upped my exercise for some reason.

Thank goodness the holidays are over, so i can finish our annual newsletter and gift shopping! Report -- Goal -- avoid plateau depression Reached my goal by shifting from frustration at glacial speed of loss, to resigned to it. 11/7/15, 186 12/16/15, 183 lowest, 11 lbs since june. 1/2/16, 183.4 I credit the 11 lb loss to:…

Quick report On friday i weighed 184 One lb up from my low.

After i reported my weight today i ate breakfast and did pilates and stepped on scale again to find i'd lost .4 Still a pound above my low so not celebrating, just wishing my body would explain its mysterious ways. :-)

Weekly report Goal: avoid plateau depression. Since i shifted from frustration to resignation last week, i have felt less frustrated. Surprise! :-) But also No bouncing up this time! Until a tiny bounce up this morning, weigh in day of course. 11/27/15, 184.4 12/4/15,187 12/11/15, 183.2 new low 12/16/15, 183 midweek new…

my mom and sister are coming in on the 31st so lots of family meals (and emotional eating) likely. But I am still optimistic about the new year!! Know that one goal will be to finally leave the 170's behind and in the meantime just hope to hold my own and not be too hog wild. [/quote] I believe in you my dear friend! you…

Forgot to say that now that i finally have a new low on my chart, i feel less frustrated and now just feel resigned to fact that my body seems to have mind of its own -- if i believed in dualism, i'd say i have triple-ism-- It intends to lose weight extremely slowly. This is a less punishing mental state than frustration.

Official report Goal - avoid plateau depression So far a struggle against depression caused by frustration, but still on the program with your help. 11/27/15, 184.4 12/5/15, 187 12/12/15, 183.2 first new low on my progress chart since 10/16/15 I haven't been able to discern a rhyme or reason, except similar to Charlie's…

In a bit of a nice shock This morning down from 184 to 183.2!

Also forgot to confess that on Tuesday my angry childish child bought an arbys chocolate turn over because its only a dollar. 540 cals! I logged it and didn't go over daily cal count, so though i know its really bad for my health to substitute sugar cals for healthy cals, I'm not beating up on myself as much as would have…

Forgot to confess above that i haven't added to my exercise yet. But today hope to get in a groove. I have a 270 manuscript to book doctor, and plan to do it on the little sofa at my little gym after i exercise there. Sigh, have been enjoying book doctoring on my own sofa with cat on lap. The gym needs a resident cat!

Weighing in a day early because this morning finally back to my 10/16 low of 184 The suspense is killing me - tomorrow will i have bounced up again?

Thanks so much for the reset link Pam! Like Gayle, I got my logins all messed up over tg. After getting tons of long hikes over tg with my son, and not going over calories, im up 3 lbs. I suspect i bloated because many of calories were simple carbs Im back on the food plan with you Gayle! Pam thanks for your plateau plan…

Busy with family Quick report 184.4 Hope everyone having good tg!

Goal this challenge -- keep avoiding the plateau depression. plateaued since 184 pounds on 10/13/15 Weekly report looks logical, but Between weigh in days, water weight bouncing up 3lbs and back. 11/7/15, 186 11/13/15, 185.6 11/20/15, 185.4 Couple days ago i weighed 188!

Gayle -- love your fat girl collage! Weekly weigh report: Goal this challenge -- keep avoiding the plateau depression. This group really helps me with that! You are inspiring reminders of how hard this is, yet we can overcome. So i still have hope, despite being plateaued again! Since "claiming 184" is confusing, i will…

I think you were so kind to help him! Your kindness reminded me of how selfish i am -- paul wanted to host a foreign exchange student and i wouldnt even do that!

Im back! Just Enjoyed catching up with everyones posts. Wow Gayle! I must have missed several chapters about the homeless guy! You are a much much much much more generous person than i am. I messed up at start of my writing retreat by buying groceries when i got to the coast, away from my routine. I was looking for…

Thank you my dear friend!!

Hi from oregon coast! Im leading a writers retreat, dont have scale, but at least can use mfp and keep track of cals and hope for vigorous beavh walks. Bummer i cant weigh in on last day of the challenge! This morning was still plateaued. Still claiming low of 184 Started this challenge at 188. Slow but at least downward.…

I sympathise Gayle! You have been working at this so hard for so long! I have two self-talks that help me. One is for when i have to go somewhere that has sugar my angry child wants to binge on. I prepare ahead of time by telling myself, "i can have some when im leaving" Postponing somehow calms my angry child, so i DO…

Report Goal: keep plateau depression at bay. This week, Gained and lost three pounds of water! 10/16/15: 184 lowest so far 10/30/15: 184:2 Plateaued two weeks Claiming 184.