Amy ~ I hear ya sista!!! I just don't see how it can chage sooo fast!! Watch out for that Jerky Turkey! It's EVIL!!!! LOTS and LOTS of SODIUM! I gained from that crap! Who'd a thunk!???? I added in some Laughing Cow light Garlic and Herb cheese yesterday...Never had it...It's AMAZING!!! But, I was up a little this morning. I am stressing and can't keep my hands out of the slivered almonds! Uuuggghhhh I also had a big salad last night with leafy lettuce, avacados, bacon, feta cheese and ranch dressing lol. It was really good (I hate salad) but that might be why I was up a little too. So, I think I'll make a mug cake now. I bought coconut flour yesterday. I want to see if it is lighter than the almond flour. Tomorrow is manic (travely) Monday...Uuuggghhhhhhh.

Aw man, Amy...I thought it wasn't possible to have too much protein! Must've been the sodium in the jerky. I thought maybe my big dinner wouldn't show up till this morning, but the scale didn't budge an ounce. Trust me, I'm completely shocked!!

Lisa...Almonds are wonderful!! I buy the dry roasted, lightly seasoned with sea salt in the big jar at Costco and keep it in my car! I always have a snack on hand and I don't usually gain from those. Love em! Your salad sounds great!! I had a bit of a big dinner tonight for my father in law's birthday...even ate a very small piece of choc cake. It's really hard sometimes to be good, eh?! I keep telling myself that I've been really good up to this point, so I deserve a bit of yummy stuff, right?

I guess I'll see in the morning. I should be sleeping right now, but had a 3 hour nap this afternoon, so if the food doesn't make me gain, then the lack of sleep probably will! Oh well.....good luck girls!

Weighed in at 131.6 on Saturday which was 1.6 over my LIW so I did a high protein day and that didn't help at all. Sunday I was 131.8. I drank a ton of water and the only difference was I didn't work out because it was my recovery day and I weighed in at 131 this morning. I even had some ezekiel bread. I think pre-exercise my body wanted to be 130.6 but since I have been working out it is a little bit higher.

I will be moving to P4 on Thursday and I am stoked and scared at the same time. This is living a whole new life style now. The things I have learned is I need to make sure I eat plenty of protein especially after exercising. I need to be aware of eating fat, starches, sugars at the same meal. It seems like, depending on the person, it is a combination of 2 that leads to weight gain. And always drink plenty of water. I'll monitor my calorie intake too. I realize that calorie in and calorie out is important and the less processed the food the healthier.

Oh Amy. You are awesome. High protein days are hard for me to do to. It requires so much planning and cooking etc. It is usually those lazy days that I end up eating out. Being healthy requires so much energy sometimes.

Monitoring my weight requires so much energy sometimes. I suspect that I am OCDish at times and I totally get obsessed with my weight and being worried about going over and doing a steak day. I think to myself "how could I go all day with out eating until dinner? My worst nightmare." Not really but I can be dramatic sometimes.

Lisa I suppose some of these things effect us differently!? I won't touch cashews lol!

SANDY... if you can't do a steak day, throw some cheese & scrambled eggs in that day girl! I do just as well with a high protein day as I do a steak day, AND have a glass of red wine & still drop 2-3 lbs each time I do one!

Speaking of high protein lol! AGAIN today... but I asked for it. Went to a birthday dinner at Ruby Tuesday, had a cupcake, salad, tortilla chips & spinach/artichoke dip. ;) Barley hit my ceiling but hit it. I just don't mind protein days at all!!! If this is what I have to do to keep the weight off, SO BE IT! I've already proved to myself that I can TOTALLY live without starch and sugar. It's just nice to have them every now & then. :)