Thread: Big Girls Weighing Over 250 Lbs

Moonie, you asked about being caught out hungry & without food. What has NOT worked for me is to keep a stash of nuts in my car. I eat them, all. If that works for you, more power to you.
I have two options. One, I could go to a grocery store and get whatever I need on plan. I've done this a few times. Two, use some mental defenses. Some of these are quite handy for a variety of situations:

I am not going to die because I'm hungry. I'll be home in X hours and I will eat then--I'll make it. For me, a little hunger, temporarily, is good, because it means I'm in touch with my body. I'll be OK with some discomfort now because I know I can, and will soon, take care of my needs.

None of these are copywritten but make sure to credit me in your mind with every use...just kidding!

I have a fast on Saturday night-Sunday night so no weekend cheating. (It's a major fast in Judaism.) But lets just say before and after I might be a little looser with my usual P4 rules...

BTW, soy is my friend. I just have a wide & varied diet and don't eat it to the point that it hurts my thyroid.

Originally Posted by sweetiepie

You are losing really well! I lost 27 lbs in 33 days of VLCD the first round, then another 15 lbs in 5 weeks of paleo P3 - my total for the round was 42 lbs. And yes, I know you aren't supposed to lose in P3, but I couldn't much help it.

25 kilos gone, which is the number I like to see... 9 more days. And then I hope to continue losing when going primal again... Mainly worried about 5 days in the Netherlands, without a scale. But really, I can do some of my own cooking, and when eating outside, it ain't impossible to do primal. Challenge will be alcohol, though... but I am happy to accept a gain and do a steak day when I am back. And I am not a big drinker in any case, can probably stick with diet coke or water most of the time.

SweetiePie: Thank you. My first round goal is at least 30#, going for 10% reduction, so I feel like I am on track for this. 27# in 33 days, sounded really good. I am definitely thinking about Paleo, and I agree with you that Being in the obese category, I wouldn't mind continuing to release in P3 with Paleo, because I am not stabilizing, but doing many more rounds.
I also checked out your pinkpaleo.com and really like your designs you created, they definitely have your personality in them. Nice.

Wonderful Day Everyone! I am so excited, down 1.0 today, which put me at 289, wow, excited to be in the 280's, after seeing 300's, who shudder the thought. On day 21 I finished at -18.5, decent numbers. I had set my goal for this round as 10% down and I'm looking at only 13 more pounds in 21 more days. I do believe I can beat this number. Woo, Woo for me!

Sweetie I have considered cycling too (especially because as you know, I don't really trust my hcg so I feel like only doing short bursts of protocol eating would be less detrimental, especially since I go up to 800cals anyway)

May just do another 2 weeks in another week or so!

Today was weigh day, and yuss I am in the 230s. 239.4!

I am surprised because last night a friend came over and I ate lots of nuts (like, way more than the ~30g you're supposed to have hahaha) and dark 70% chocolate.

I think I may have dropped some of the bloating, but still feeling a liiiiiittle puffy.

Today is low carb/low cal day and gym day, and tomorrows weigh-in is my "official" weigh-in for the week, I'm REALLY hoping for 237.9, but I'm honestly just stoked I'm in the 230s.

I worked out that if I can maintain losing 1kg/2.2lb a week (on average) from now until the end of the year, I'll be at approx 86kg / 189.6lb at new years.

To be honest, I'm hoping I can lose a bit faster than that, but even if I don't, that'll be pretty awesome. I was hoping to be 75kg / 165.3lb by then, which is a loss of 1.5kg / 3.3lb per week.... which is probably a bit too much to ask for. I know they say you're supposed to lose between 0.5 - 2.2lb per week for long term success (which makes sense, CAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG TO REACH YOUR GOALS THAT ITS DEFINITELY A HABIT BY THE TIME YOU GET THERE HAHAHAHA). But yeah I mean honestly, just thank god I finally started on this journey.

I've been using an awesome tool lately that I use with primal for planning my calories and macronutrients for gym days vs rest days. Also predicts your loss. Very useful tool! http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
Seems a bit complex when you first go into it but once you play around a bit it's easy.

I do 80/20 fat/carb split on rest days and vice versa on gym days.

Something scary I have realised recently is that when I am down near my goal weight, my calorie intake is gonna have to be so small to keep losing! Also I've read studies that say a skinny person who use to be fat will have to eat 20% fewer calories than someone of the same size who has never been fat, to maintain the same weight. I'm just not gonna be able to eat anything!!! Lol.

Originally Posted by sweetiepie

Cycling would mean my last injection was today, then P3 starting on Sunday, for 3 weeks, then right back into P2. Hm.... gotta sleep on this.

I think since you stabalized well last round you would do just fine with cycling. Its strange but I also had the hardest time with my second round and couldn't find that "happy place" with the dosage that kept my mind off of food. I think you are doing great though and losing less the second is to be expected.

Sweetie...I had the most losses when I cycled the first time...43 days p2...21 days p3...reload and back to p2.
I am doing paleo this p3(with minimal dairy) and back to p2 on aug 20th.

26hrs smoke free!! Yah me.....

The scales hate me, can't wait until Monday...it usually takes me a week to level out and stabilize.