Trying Again....and again...

[Shada]

Good for you Janet!!!
And to everyone that has lost... hard hard hard to do. Proud of you all.
I quit smoking last Feb. Over a year now. Good for me! But sadly have gained weight... knew it would happen, expected it to happen.. and about 15 pounds later, I am still 15 pounds heavier.

Worse thing is I am darn near OK with that!!!! Older I get... things are not as important to me as they should be. I have the equipment I need to lose. I have the time needed to lose. I have the willpower needed to use.
I just need the mindset to get started...

[JJJ]

All I can recommend girls is lot's of fiber.

[judy]

Good, Janet! 12 pounds is great!

[DianaB]

That's great, Janet!!! You're doing so good!!!

I'm down some more and the scales are just about 2 pounds from where I was at so I'm pretty happy about that. I've been having an Atkins bar and shake for lunch and it's really helped with my weight loss. I have one of my low carb muffins and a couple of cups of coffee for breakfast, then the Atkins bar and shake for lunch, then we have a low carb supper. And I've been snacking on a couple of slices of cheese in the middle of the afternoon. I find that I'm not hungry during the day so this is working for me.

Amy has lost 50 pounds now!! She looks so good!! Dae Lynn is still around 40 pounds and she's struggling right now with everything going on. It's so nice that we're dieting together!!

For Easter the girls make quite a bit of low carb food......but my diet went out the window with Mom's lemon pie.....my favorite!!! Oh well.....I'm back on now!! And it sure was good!!!

[Janet]

I'm go glad you are almost back to where you were Diana. It's hard and not fun trying to lose weight and keep it off. Everytime you turn around there is a holiday, celebration or just something where food is involved.

Got on the scales this morning (drank extra water yesterday) and down another lb. So total to date is 13 lbs gone. I just wish it showed. When you weigh as much as me, then it takes a lot of time. As I mentioned, I started at 259...how bad is that???? I have never weighed that much and it's not healthy for me. Now I'm at 246 and I am thrilled. I know I'll hit another plateau, but I'm expecting it and will get through it. I hope by the next time you see me Diana, that I'll be fit and trim.

Good luck to you too and all of us who are trying to lose.

[DianaB]

I started at 250 and by my scales I'm at 223. I'm pretty happy with that and I'm still working on it. I was in size 22 clothes and now I'm getting into some 18s. You'll see a difference soon. It took a while before people started noticing that I was losing weight.

[Janet]

In elastic waste jeans I was wearing 3X and now I have plenty of room in 2X. Same with shirts, glad I didn't throw any out or I would have to go naked and that would not be pretty at all..

It's so hard to wait, when I want to actually see a difference.

[DianaB]

I still wear some of my bigger clothes.....expecially my every day things. I bought some clothes last year at garage sales and I will say that they have come in really handy!! I've bought a few things to wear to church that are new. Having to buy new clothes is the hard part of losing weight because I have some things I really like!! Oh well.....it's still nice to fit in the smaller things!!!