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Yes, 2-3 liters a day!

I have lost 2.2 lbs in 3 weeks (plus a lb or two more that was bloat as it went in one day so not true loss) since trying this. It's my solution to trying not to blow the whole week with weekend fun but still gives me some flexibility for social weekend fun

Thanks for all of your thoughtful responses! I think I will not track, avoid processed junk and enjoy my drinks and special time with family. We are renting a cabin so I can have lots of healthy choices. Plan to splurge a few times too, lobster soaked in butter baby!!!!

What are the nutrition stats on them please?

Thanks. I think when I binge it's likely 1000 cal or so over my daily goal. Usually after an hour or so if trying to talk myself out of it, usually followed by finding reasons why it's ok "this time" . Then inevitably I feel physically uncomfortable and mentally defeated and berate myself for the next few days . Not a good…

How do you like to eat on lifting days? I eat between 1350 -1500 most days. Today I feel starving . I'm only 5'3" and only marginally overweight so I don't get much for calories. Can I get away with 16 or 1700 on lifting days you think?

I did a 25 min total body circuit today with 8-10 lbs. last time I did that was three days ago and I am just barely not sore any more. How many days per week do you wise weight lifting ladies recommend? Use soreness as a guide?

Thank you all so much for the encouragement!!! I'm so psyched!

I am a fulltime working mom of 2 and 5 yr old. What kills my diet is THEIR food!!! I adore goldfish crackers and PB and J. Picking off of their plates is bad habit. I find time to workout every morning though, but I have to get up before them, around 5:30. That has worked great for me plus it gives me ME time while the…

awesome!

I drink white wine with seltzer mixed in to make it last longer... And vodka seltzer/diet soda. Still adds up quickly though!

Hoping to avoid that, but yes, totally true!

Sooooooo at the risk of throwing in a whole new conversation topic, I got home to husband "surpising me" with delicious homemade chicken cordon bleu (my fave) with potatoes and salad. Oops. He wasnt supposed to be home till later, that was part of the whole plan. Oh well. I couldnt NOT eat it. I ate half of one chicken…

Thanks everyone! Now my problem is deciding which delicious idea to try

thank you to all for the ideas. I guess I need to clarify that I do not do this all of the time, and as I said in my original post, I realize it is not ideal. As in, it sounds lame when you say it out loud but I have been struggling for weeks to get on track and I am bound and determined that I am going to stay there. Wine…

What is pasta zero? @girlwithcurls2, I know it sounds ridiculous, but I have been right on all week and finally seeing a budge on my scale that I have been waiting for. I really dont want to mess it up for the sake of this little party, but it's to celebrate ME so I want to enjoy myself too. I could just skip the wine and…

I think about food all day. I'm hungry and have low energy. It's an endless cycle of wanting the weight off but I just can't stand feeling like this and inevitably I end up overeating as a result. It's ridiculous!

"I think that you probably need to start logging everything you eat on the weekends. Even if you started eating more during the week, without logging on the weekends you could still end up eating enough to undo the deficit you made during the week." Yes, I agree, that's what I mean. I need to start logging every day and…

so, not to totally throw this conversation a different direction, but some have commented on stress as a factor. I am VERY stressed. Full time working mom in a very high stress surgical office where I do phone triage for high risk complicated frustrated people all day! Is "Cortisol" weight gain real?! (And to clarify, I am…

thanks everyone for the support. I do own a food scale. I use it mostly for meat portions and I measure with measuring cups/spoons everything else. I get what you are saying about the weekends. I guess I just feel like mentally it's good to take a break from counting everything, as I tend towards being overly obsessive if…