Thread: Come one come all, lets continue to share our journeys!!

Gawd you guys, I go away for a few days and everything just falls apart!! Ha ha.
Glad I found you again!

This week has been insane....I think one of the things I need to do, just for my own mental health, is minimize my social commitments for a bit. I have had all these dinner parties and such, one of which I had committed a long time ago to making a freaking choclolate cake for!! ARRGH! It was quite comical, though. I made it, iced it, then had to throw the leftover icing out right away and IMMEDIATELY take my garbage out to the dumpster. Ha ha. I just didn't want the temptation in the house.
I did have an off protocol food (don't kick me out of the group please! ) at the party because I wanted to ensure I felt like I was having a treat while they were all having their stupid *%$#@ cake! Anyway, so I had some fat free greek yogurt with some chocolate stevia in it.... I still lost a lb that day, so I was relieved I didn't blow it.

I have been trying to keep my meals really simple, which also seems to be helping. And last night I went to a meeting and people were actually commenting on my weight loss! THAT'S the part I trust. Sometimes I can't tell if I imagining it or if it's actually coming off, ya know?

Anyway, I'm back. Glad some of you made it over from the other thread. I really liked how supportive everyone was there! So welcome to the new peeps, and welcome back to you guys from the other thread!!

I got a gift this morning.... 1.6 loss!!! I haven't seen a 1+ loss since about day 3. This week is going MUCH better than week 2! With this motivation, I can easily keep going.

What is really amazing me is that I have NO cravings! Sure, I get tired of the very limited ingredients - but I do my best to make something interesting with them each night. I am naturally not a sweets lover or a bread eater (so how did I get so fat???? ) But I do love things that are salty-crunchy; potato chips, popcorn, cheetos, fried chicken, etc. But for some reason I am not craving those things. I am almost never hungry, except at night - and I always save an apple for then. I hope this keeps up!

My husband, who is on the diet with me, has lost 25+ pounds in the same amount of time... and today it doesn't even matter! Praise the Lord!!


Post Load day 2:+3.6 (Jan 16th)
VLCD - 1st week -11.8
VLCD - 2nd week - 2.8
VLCD day 15 -.4
VLCD day 16 -1.6
Total -15.4 (including load weight)
“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin…" Zechariah 4:10
"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know." Jeremiah 33:3

Originally Posted by miathesneak

Gawd you guys, I go away for a few days and everything just falls apart!! Ha ha.
Glad I found you again!

This week has been insane....I think one of the things I need to do, just for my own mental health, is minimize my social commitments for a bit. I have had all these dinner parties and such, one of which I had committed a long time ago to making a freaking choclolate cake for!! ARRGH! It was quite comical, though. I made it, iced it, then had to throw the leftover icing out right away and IMMEDIATELY take my garbage out to the dumpster. Ha ha. I just didn't want the temptation in the house.
I did have an off protocol food (don't kick me out of the group please! ) at the party because I wanted to ensure I felt like I was having a treat while they were all having their stupid *%$#@ cake! Anyway, so I had some fat free greek yogurt with some chocolate stevia in it.... I still lost a lb that day, so I was relieved I didn't blow it.

I have been trying to keep my meals really simple, which also seems to be helping. And last night I went to a meeting and people were actually commenting on my weight loss! THAT'S the part I trust. Sometimes I can't tell if I imagining it or if it's actually coming off, ya know?

Anyway, I'm back. Glad some of you made it over from the other thread. I really liked how supportive everyone was there! So welcome to the new peeps, and welcome back to you guys from the other thread!!

If you are going to have a "cheat", it sounds like you chose a good one! Certainly better than the cake! And you are right - it is so refreshing to have people actually be able to see your loss!! Yay!! I have so much to loose I figure it will take another 10 to 15 pounds before anyone else can see it. BUT, I know it's happening!
Keep up the good work and the encouragement!

Originally Posted by MrsLeach

Stepped on the scale this morning after my first VLCD day yesterday... DOWN 2.2 lbs!!! Yay! I hope it continues... I'm hoping to lose 64 more pounds in 2 rounds before June 16th. My current weight is 244 even and I'm only 5'5" and 23. 180 lbs would be a nice place to start the summer. Then I'll probably do 1 or two more rounds by the end of the year to get to at least 140 lbs. I haven't been 140 since freshman year in high school... I can't even imagine what it would feel like!

whoooo!! See! I told you the scale would say good things to you! My goal weight is 180 also! Let's stick together and whoop this out! The paper chain is a great idea!! I will be doing something of the sort today!! thanks for the idea and keep up the good work!!!

YAY!!! you guys are doing soooo good!!! Mia, you did pick a good cheat! Nice job on avoiding temptation! Noone will get kicked out of this group...everyone has ups and downs, good days and bad. WE ARE HUMAN you know! Everyone keep it up, I am going in to get measured this afternoon so I will report back, hopefully with a lot of lost inches, later on.

Have a good day everyone!

Originally Posted by Jeanius

Good Morning!!!!
This glorious morning I too was presented by a gift….-1.1!!! Putting my grand total at 27 for 24 days…..
It feels sooo good to be proud of myself for a change.
MIA…I know EXACTLY what you mean when you say you feel like your imagining the weight loss. It’s a “this is too good to be true” feeling.

WHOOOOO!!! You go girl!!! 27!! yay!

Originally Posted by Ecclesiastes3v11

VLCD day 3 is kicking my butt... such a bad headache!!!! All I'm thinking about is Pizza Hut Wing Wednesday... but I know that the hcg stays in my system for a couple days...so I couldn't eat them today anyway without undoing everything I've currently done... So, even though I'm not pumped about staying on, I know I have to...and I hope this headache goes away by the end of the week...

Don't be thinking that way!!! I keep thinking about BK, or pizza... But then again, it's because of that, that I'm in the shape I'm in

Originally Posted by MrsLeach

My friend who did this diet a few years ago and is helping me with it said she made a paper chain towards the end so she could tear off a link each day. It might be a good way for you to visualize how close you are! Don't give up! We can do this!

I LOVE the paper chain idea! I just might do that with my kids. Thanks for passing on a great idea!

Hi everybody! I still haven't started, but I got my stuff on order (was hoping to start this weekend). I will start the day after I receive my hcg (hurry, hurry, get here). I am going to the grocery tomorrow and get my meats, bring them home and measure them out and freeze them up (run on sentence much?).
All you guys and gals are doing so great. I will have some great footsteps to follow and I can't wait to be on march with you'all!