Thread: VLCD#1 May 5th, anyone else

Hi ladies, well it was a busy weekend for me. My fiancé went camping for his bachelor party so I ran errands and did wedding related stuff, and went to a friends BBQ. I gained after my SD back up to wear I seem to keep popping back to. I want to see if I can stay stable here. If I keep gaining then I'll reassess my food, but I think this may be a set point that my body is going back to. It's the weight I was when I met my fiancé and then was LDW for two previous rounds. Yesterday and Friday I didn't eat anything suspect after the SD so I will see what happens if I don't keep fighting this.

Moon sorry to hear about the additional health problems you're having on top of everything! Maybe you can use the knee replacement as your motivator to lose and stay on track.

Faithful sorry to hear of your gain. I know how you feel. I put on quite a bit eating whatever I wanted after my broken ankle. I know most people don't truly notice, but it's hard to ignore that they might be. At least you know you have a way to lose again.

Lopez good to hear from you again. At least you're holding steady even if its not where you want to be. I know it's hard thinking you'll need to do 2 more rounds

Hi everyone. I feel sheepish. I fell off track because of the accident, family visit and wedding planning. Just wanted to say hi now that things are calm again. I haven't even been lurking. I am still maintaining and will be starting another round soon. My goal is shot but I can still try and lose as much as I can until wedding. So, long story short, I am okay and thank you all for asking how I am doing a few weeks ago when I was still trying to lurk.

I will try to pop back in when I can. School starting soon and bf away for work again. 12 hour shifts this week too.

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Chi don't feel sheepish most if not all of us have been there and fallen off track one way or another. Glad you checked in. The wedding is next month right? Keep us posted!!

AFM I am sitting at LDW +5.5, going to see how things go with this weight. I am up.5 from yesterday's weight but that was with sleeping an extra hour and a half, so I think the .5 is about right. Maybe my body just likes this weight for now, and I honestly don't feel bad at this weight. Sizes are still the same etc, so I am thinking about going this week and then adding exercise next week.

Chi! So glad to hear from you again. All of us at one time or another have fallen off the forum, but we most times come back like the Energizer Bunny! A few have met their goals and go on with their life, which we should see as a good thing, encouraging us to keep at it. Some get discouraged and leave. I am happy you have checked in to see what's going on. The summer time has bitten a bunch of us in the butt! Well, we have let it happen. Several are looking to September to start another round. I am thinking late September. Actually I would like to count backward from Thanksgiving 40 days to allow myself to at least be in P3 for that day. Anyone got the time?

Lope, I well know the before school crush of the teacher's life! Many of my best friends have been teachers. I hope your school system at least pays for supplies that you need. NC is low on the list of school systems that pay well, PERIOD! But with sales and some minor reimbursements the savvy teacher gets the job done with minimal out of pocket expenses. This economy doesn't support creativity in the supplies department. Hey, let's get rid of a tier of administrators and just focus on the teachers needs to get the job done! OOPS! Political Pimple Outbreak! Sorry. Post when you can and stay with us, OK?

Faithful and Crystal, (I have missed you two!) Wanna come along with me on a NO sugar/bread/grains week? Let's see what kind of damage we can do! I'm afraid to do it alone.....

Julz, I also think you might be at a set point that is making it harder to get past it. Can you live at this point? Of course, it means no cheating from here on out to stay here, or you can try to get past it before the wedding. Have you got the energy to do that with all that you have to do before then? Just saying............ don't set yourself up for unrealistic expectations before the wedding (and wedding trip?). You will want to enjoy yourself and not hate yourself in the morning, so to speak!

AFM........ I was 231.4 this morning! OMGosh! I have not taken my fluid pill in two days, so I expect to loose a couple of pounds tomorrow, but I have to say, I think the pass on consumption of sweets and carbs is over. Nice while it lasted. Today I had two eggs with HWC scrambled in butter. It didn't taste great because my taste is still off from chemo. But NO CARBS! I will have peaches and for dinner will probably have Baked Chicken and maybe (NOT likely) Cauliflower mock potato salad. Yummy! So today is no starches, sugar outside of fruit, but maybe some peaches with almond flavored whipped cream for desert. Now, that sounds yummy to me. Let's see if I can do it.

I will soon change my signature to reflect gains and make the goal the return to LDW. Got to get there if I can before starting HCG again.

YOU HAVE JUST BEEN MOONED!!

Moon good to hear from you, good luck with your no carb day. It's hard to get back to after a while of indulging! Hope you see a drop of fluid and weight!

As far as this weight I'm perfectly fine here actually. My original goal when I started this was 165, so I'm pretty dang close! I got my dress when I was this size and have tried it on being a few lbs heavier and it fit fine. I'm not going to try to lose anymore, but will just try to tone up. I've got too much going on and would like to just stay stable here. It makes the weigh ins easier knowing I'm not going to fight for 162

Faithful good luck cutting things out, glad you saw a drop! I really hope your cat comes home soon!

AFM I am in a little bit of a panic mode. I gained again today Sunday we went out to eat and I had a salad, it had croutons but they were all crumbled so inevitably I did eat some because I couldn't pick it all off, I also had some Fage and added unsweetened coconut. Not sue rid any of those could be a factor or what. I'll cut them out and am also reducing my dairy intake to just HWC. I cut my homemade ranch for my salad at lunch and will use vinegar and oil. I don't think dairy is an issue because of the patterns I've seen, but maybe it's the yogurt from Sunday. Trying to just do a clean day as they say with high fat.
Bfast: 3 eggs with butter and half an avocado, coffee with HWC.
Lunch: Salad with mushrooms, cucumbers, and oil and vinegar.
Dinner: Salmon and veggies

Cross your fingers!

Fly by post, still at 169.2 and 6.8 over LDW. Not sure what to think. Considering saying 168 is LDW and then using that to base SDs on. We shall see. I did set myself up for failure yesterday by bringing such a light lunch. I had Mac nuts in my desk so added those, will see what tomorrow brings. If I don't see a gain maybe that means this is just a set point.

I'm also on amitriptyline for headaches now which can cause increased appetite resulting in weight gain. I was in a panic reading online forums, people saying they gained without changing their diet, but Iluvkats on this board said its due to increased appetite. If I can watch it then I should be ok. Just taking it one day at a time.