I love the positive feelings on our thread...We all seem to have made life changing decisions about food and our views of food that will help us thru p3 and p4 that will reset our setpoints so we don't have to return to the yo yo life again....

yesterday I was at Costco that's were I met up with my friend I needed some shrimp and she needed gas so we ended up in the refreshment area sitting and catching up.... as I looked around and watched people... I thought about how I was one of them only a short time ago like 6 weeks ago... instead I was sitting and visiting with my friend over a very satsifing bottle of water...Weeks ago I would have been eating a slice or 2 of pizza or a couple hot dogs....what I found was 1. I don't want to go back to eating like that again and 2. We concentrated on our conversation. We sat for 1 1/2 hours just talking no food it was a pleasure.. we paid attention to each other instead of gorging....she had just returned from a trip to Europe and we also talked about how they eat in a more relaxed style without the rushing and they enjoy what they are eating...not mindless hurry up let's go attitude it gives your mind and body time to digest and say hey I've had enough.... One reason I like when I make soup for p2 is that by adding extra water to the broth I can eat more slowly and it lasts longer....

I so look foward to sharing the p3 and p4 experience with all of you....sharing an eating clean way of life

Have a Wonderful Tuesday I'm off this week and I keep forgetting what day it is I have a feeling this week is going to go by faster than I would like LOL never quite get done all my projects..
beth

so where is everyone today.... released .2 lbs it's like the turtle and the hare right now in the end it's all good!

ok made some very tasty sauted spinach for lunch

about 1 oz vegey broth and about the same apple cider vinager in a pan with garlic (of course) pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice 1/2 pack of stevia let that heat up and cook a bit then add the 3.5ozs spinach saute til cooked top with a squeeze of lemon I topped it with Grilled Chicken I'm going to make this on TD also as a side dish I will add pine nuts for everyone else to the saute....yummo maybe I can get RR job LOL

I had a bad week last week - weight wise - only 1.4lbs lost. So far this week .8lbs lost.

The way I lose is not consistent and until last week, averaged about .5 lbs/day. I have lost quite a lot of inches but, not a huge amount of weight and I don't get it. Has that happened to anybody. I listed stats below....

total loss from start date of 10/20 - 16.5lbs

1.25" from arms
4" from mid-drift
7.5" from my waist (I had the most to lose there) I fINALLY got my shape back
4" from hips
5.5" from bust
3" from thighs

????

Hey... Dgg... 5.5" from your bust... I'm jealous!!!!!!! I thought for sure I'd lose from my chest, but I'm still a DD :(

Does anyone know if it's the same for hcg like exercise, the first place you gain is the last place you lose?

P

dgg- your inch lost is fantastic! it took me 4 mo to lose 7" from my waist! i actually think your stats are a very GOOD sign, and here's why- when you're losing that many inches, you have to be losing primarily fat- there is no other way for you to get smaller, unless you're doing a lot of toning which i assume you're not. (?)

A combination of phenomenal inch loss with less weight loss means that you're not losing much muscle (if any), because muscle weighs more than fat.