Posts by fidlechik

Whew!  Back from a week at the beach and apparently I only gained 1.5 lbs.  Not too bad.  It's cooler here this week (well, it couldn't get any hotter) so I'm back to walking & jumping around.

Hope everyone is doing great!

Hi everybody

and greetings from the sweltering northeast USA.  No power since Friday and non expected til late Fri night and temps are soaring in the upper 90's.  Gasp.  Just tossed out the contents of fridge and freezer.  Curious how many pickles one can collect when one rarely eats pickles.

anyway ... my news is ... "drum roll please"  ... I made it into the 170's!  Finally.  Woo hoo.

Back later.

Hey flori -- you're doing great!

Smooches to all.

waelyk, I feel your pain.  I've been hovering around 180 for a solid month.  Sigh.  I'm just sticking with it and trying to remember that I don't lose steadily.  I lose a bunch -- like 5 lbs -- and then hover there for a few weeks. 

But it does seem like it's time for my next lose a bunch cycle.

Stay the course, waelyk, and I will too.

WE CAN DO THIS!

Spain or Germany?

what's your bet?

Hmmmm ... I kinda jumped around the forum today lurking on other threads.  Eeek!  There's a lot of odd stuff out there with people getting all mad at each other for saying their fad diet is bad and calling each other rude and disrespectful and getting all freaked out cuz they want to lose faster and faster.   I'm going to stay nice and snug in this warm little thread where we cheer each other on and do little dances & sprinkle glittery things about.

speaking of fad diets ... I signed up with some friends for a Jump Start your summer detox plan (Dr. Mark Hyman's).  Another Eeeeek!  I didn't realize it meant you had to buy all these supplements and take baths twice a day & make a broth out of 34 ingredients. 

I'm going to stay happy on the slow but steady keep-it-off-forever route.

Smooches to all you peeps in here.

Let us know how you're doing. 

Yeah.  We're trying to build on success in the long run and for me, I know I'm trying to change my HEAD not just my habits.

Along with ITFV (Inner Toxic Food Voice) one of my greatest enemies is OWTU or Oh What the Use. 

That's the part of my brain that loves to sabotage me.  First it makes a huge resolution that makes the rest of me feel all self-righteous and self-satisfied.  Something like "I will eat nothing but carrot sticks, organic sprouted tofu and luke warm water for the next 6 weeks."  Then that night I go to a party and eat some NON ORGANIC NON SPROUTED tofu and have ICE in my lukewarm water.  Immediately I say, Oh What the Use!  And dive into the cheese dip and order another glass of red wine.

Thanks for sharing your success!  It's so inspirational.

me to Miz Shass!

Yep.  4 of those 5 lbs have already gone away again.  I find that charting my weight really helps because I can see the ups & downs in a strong visual way and it reminds me that this journey is NOT a straight line.

jskut -- that is so freakin' awesome about the size 10 capris.  Woo hoo! 

Shass:  just keep going.  You're doing fine.  Take comfort from my 5 lb spike & the fact that 4 of it came off in a week.

csurf:  I did Eat to Live for 6 weeks & like you, was not perfect but lost a fast 10 lbs.  I am definitely not a lifetime vegan though. 

OK folks ... it's been a struggly kind of week but we can keep on keeping on if we hang together.

klowii -- 'fraid there are no quick solutions here.  We're slow and steady wins the race.

Hey Sonya!