I think a lot of us have sneaked food, or told ourselves it doesn’t count because [insert weird reason here].
On to better times!
Weigh-in Thread
dfossey
(Shannon)
#36
Goal someday: 150. Maybe I can hit 160 by 1/1/23 
11/03/22 168.1
11/08/22 167.4
11/14/22 165.6
robintemplin
(Robin)
#37
You never know. I’m 5’7”. Two and a half years ago, I weighed 215. Started keto that very day.
180 was my realistic goal and I did indeed settle there after about 6 months. Then it slowly SLOWLY went down and down… I weighed at Doc’s last week and I’m at 151. I’ll surely stay around here.
Greta
(Greta)
#38
Goal for 1/1/2023 150
10/27 166.2 re-start
11/4 164.4
11/7 163.5
11/12 162
11/20 161.3
I’ll have to pick up some momentum to get to 150. We’ll see. Thanksgiving coming up.
dfossey
(Shannon)
#40
Check this out, after gaining weight in Sept (I did have 2 vacations that month), then being flat in Oct, I am finally starting to lose again in Nov. Not even totally sure what I’m doing differently, haha. Other than this, I have been eating much more meat and less veggies. I’m pretty much limiting veggies to just one meal, usually dinner. I’m considering doing a month of Carnivore after the holidays, just to see how it works for me.
9/5/22 170.2
9/8/22 171.1
9/15/22 171.7
9/19/22 172.3
10/3/22 168.2
10/11/22 168.7
10/17/22 170.2
10/22/22 168.3
11/3/22 168.1
11/8/22 167.4
11/14/22 165.6
11/21/22 163.2
5am and I have been crying for an hour
robintemplin
(Robin)
#42
Everything good there! Time and learning what works for you. Lots of us end up limiting or eliminating veggies for various reasons.
Greta
(Greta)
#44
Well, I meant to take a couple of days off of my big push for Thanksgiving, but it ended up being several days. Getting back on track today.
There is a food event tomorrow, but I already planned for it to be a fasting day, so be it! I will go but stick to my plan. I will step into December hitting the ground running.
I’ll weigh in after I debloat to see where I’m at.
robintemplin
(Robin)
#45
Good plan. Sometimes not weighing at all is a good choice, if you are sticking to plan. Just trust the process and try not to let the scales determine your mood.
islandlight
(Laurie)
#46
Tomorrow is weigh day. I’ve sneaked a peek a few times, and I don’t seem to have lost anything. Not too worried. At least I’m not gaining.
Shinita
#47
I surely didn’t lose lately but I didn’t seem to gain either or it’s minimal (I use my slightly tight pants to see where I am) and I am below my old 75kg I had for 2 years since some time so good enough for now.
December is when I plan to do OMAD but definitely never eat before sunset (it’s not like I get hungry or need to eat earlier). It should help something. Actually, a bunch of things. I don’t know why I don’t do the right thing automatically but we don’t live in such a world I suppose…
islandlight
(Laurie)
#48
180 pounds (82 kg), same as a month ago.
Maybe from cream in my hot drinks? I buy a liter of cream maybe twice a month, then I use it up in a couple of days. I could restrict my cream consumption to when I have coffee in a restaurant. That’s just once a week.
In the aftermath of having taken antibiotics, I’m eating yogurt daily. That won’t be permanent.
Anyway, I seem to be eating less in general. In particular, I seldom have an evening snack.
So we’ll see what happens in a month. Next weigh day is December 31.
I’m happy that I weigh 10 pounds (4.5 kg) less than I did 2 months ago. Thank you for your support!
Greta
(Greta)
#49
Well, me too. Pretty much not seeing any progress. I have to revise my goal. I’ll make it Feb.
2/1 goal 150
10/27 166.2 re-start
11/4 164.4
11/7 163.5
11/12 162
11/20 161.3
12/9 164.4
I should have known I was up to no good when I grabbed some sugar free white chocolate chips, LOL. I’m the type that does great with sweeteners. Sweetener coffee, sweetened Greek yogurt, weight drops.
As soon as I get my hands on fat, all bets are off. I eat too much if I get my hands on nuts, cheese, sour cream, coffee cream (this is insane how much I will suck down), etc.
Sweetened fat for me is just stupid!! Those sweetened cream cheese things, chocolate avocado pudding, sugar free chocolate-all really bad ideas.
I know this, yet I do this.
I felt kind of weak there is so much carbage in the office right now. Literally bags of Halloween candy, vendors sending treat baskets, we keep having parties at work, ugh!!!
So, I’ve been hitting exercise anyway. Not trying to burn calories, I’m working on strength building and just a tiny bit of stamina. It has tightened up the body. I’ve been sore all over from the efforts. The boss noticed and said it was noticeable that I’ve lost weight again. Huh. I haven’t lost anything. My clothes are a little looser in the thighs and the waist though, but I didn’t think it was noticeable.
islandlight
(Laurie)
#50
It’s all a learning experience, isn’t it?
When you exercise, don’t forget to stretch! It really helps prevent muscle soreness – for me anyway.
PaulL
(Bacon is a many-splendoured thing)
#51
I find this fascinating, because I don’t gain weight when I eat a lot of fat. Instead, my body turns the extra fat into waste heat, and I sweat a lot.
These individual differences are intriguing to me.
Shinita
#52
Me too. If I eat too much (it can be carbs too), I don’t gain either (or just extremely slowly) but I don’t sweat more or get warmer, I don’t notice anything, I just don’t gain (at a logical speed) so my metabolism must speed up somehow… WHAT does it do with the extra energy? No idea.
But I never felt cold when fasting or even starving either. Maybe my body kept my metabolism okay enough as I had plenty of bodyfat (though probably not enough to fuel me fully… but I can’t possibly know, the formula for it isn’t perfect and there are so many unknown things)…
Greta
(Greta)
#53
Interesting thing about stretching-I have this low-level pain in my legs that I interpret as weakness, but it isn’t. I found out if I stretch I don’t feel it at all.
If I stretch before going up the stairs, I don’t feel “weakness”. It is interesting. It is similar to mild tendonitis.
