I choose life-GOOD FOR YOU!! Cate, falling asleep at the computer, drags herself off to bed at 12.30 am...zz

keepentabs,

Thanks, I'm glad you feel connected, I hope I can help!

I have been on this diet since Monday 4/23/07, today is Saturday 4/28/07 and I have lost 6.6 pounds(3kgs)!!!!
I can hardly believe it. I know I am not supposed to weigh myself yet, but curiosity got the better of me. The weight loss itself is a motivation, but I really like talking to everyone on this site. I feel we are united by a common bond. I would not have tried this diet if I hadn't read the posts on this site.

I chooseLife,
I am glad you're feeling better, this is such a battle. I love fat free milk...and brocholi...and oreo's, but I will wait and eat snacks in moderation later in my size 6 pants
Thanks again
Lori

Hi Lam,

Thats a great effort, well done!

Annie Lusion

I think I figured out the ticker! I hope!

Lori

I choose life keep your chin up you will get there in the end do not have the tempations in the house. I am an emotional eater to i have been on this now two months and i am going great if i feel like i want to eat i go and do something to take my mind of it.

Lam keep up the good work you will lose a lot of fluid in the first month.

I had to go opp shopping for some new pants last week mine are starting to fall off me my crutch is hanging down around my knees. I am not going to buy anythink new untill i reach my goal weight.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend talk to you all soon.

Thanks for the welcome.
You all have lost such a tremendous amount of weight in a relatively short period of time, each of you are an inspiration.
I'm still waiting on the papers to have my blood drawn...so I'm days away from starting. Hopefully, blood draw will happen early next week.
I just can't tell you all how interesting it is to read your words, look at your tickers, (calculate your weight losses) and know that your plans are dropping weight so quickly. I've yet to read about anyone who loses maybe one or two pounds a month like in traditional diets.
Keep up the good work and I'll keep you posted.

IChooseLife, I'm so happy you got your husband on board. Even though we *should* all be responsible for ourselves, a supportive spouse is soooo helpful. It's almost like, it our spouse "allows" us to deviate, then we're not really cheating. That's faulty thinking, and we all have to fight it meal by meal, day by day until it's a habit. Good luck to you!

Lam, congrats on your weight loss so far! I'm a scale addict, too.

Everyone's doing so great.

Lam that's a great effort in the first week. Make sure you do your measurements too weekly cause that's the real tell and is so amazing to watch how many CM you actually shrink by each week.

It's all good here.. 'cept today went to have my crackers and they are all stale! I don't trust myself at theshops still at the moment so hubby is going after work tomorrow for me so I've had to use Sao's in place of the Salada's. I'm only counting one Sao as two crackers, so shouldn't be too much damage done.

Loving everyone's tickers and coinciding losses.... what a great shrinking bunch.

here's to a healthy week of getting our bodies back in balance xxxoooooo

Ichoooselife-It's great seeing you back as your usual positive, encouraging self. I think it took me so long to gain my weight & I had a lifetime of self-sabotage & image issues that I can't possibly just wake up one morning & be slim without putting in a lot of work & changing the way I think about food & my body. I don't know why we put so much pressure on ourselves. I don't know any perfect people.
I am proud of myself for making this conscious decision to change my life & love that I am sharing the journey with so many other strong, supportive, people! xo from Cate

ICL,
if you keep your crackers in the fridge they don't go stale. Keep your chin up.
Kristi.

BFNM - yep day by day and it definitely didn't go on overnight. I just have to stop comparing myself to others, and just take the inspiration from seeing the great losses from others.

Thanks Cate.... yep it's a day by day battle that is predominantly mental, I think there needs to be more recognition of that all round. It's all good now.. I had my dummy spit, I"m okay now LOL

Thanks KristiB ... I usually keep crackers in zip lock bag but some little munchkin had opened MY crackers and not put them in a bag .. the little gremlins were found, and duly punished LOL

I made Cohen Rissoles last night and added curry powder, for the entire family. They all LOVED them and came back asking for more.. of course there weren't more cause I have put them all on 'limited' amounts. If I can spare my kids teh trauma of the weightloss merrygoround I will do everything I can by starting now even at their toddler years. I'm determined for them not to have this battle.

I put on a jumper this morn that was a little tight last year, baggy this year yayyyyyyyyyyyyy 15 kg loss doesn't seem much to me in 4 months with 60kg to lose, but in the scheme of things it is a lot and is at least one dress size yayyyyyyyy

Happy shrinking everyone

A super warm welcome to the new Cohenites and a hearty wave to all Yes I'm happy - because I've lost the couple of kilos I put on during two weeks of deviation and craziness at work...and a bit more

It still amazes me how if we stick to the program meal by meal, day by day, the weight just slips away.

Fish
I just have to share this - my hubby's recipe for grilled fish. Mix a small amount of low sodium salt with dried herbs crushed to powder form and coat your slice of fish allowance. Put in the grill on high for 10 minutes and eat with a fresh spinach/arugula salad or grilled veg selection on the side. It's very "restaurant" like and delicious

Breakfast
Also, I've added a couple of breakfast options to the recipe thread.

I got through day 3 and found my zone again, that is the zone of not starving.

I found there is a lot of people struggling at the moment. We must stop the VICTIM mentality. We choose what happens in our life. Where the mind goes, the body will follow. (if anyone knows Joyce Meyer you will know what I am talking about).

A good way of keeping your self going is to remember that this program is for a short time and it will end, think about the HGH working through your body and releasing all the fat from the fat cells.

Keep your eye on the prize and not on the food. One day at a time.

Every time I don't want to make an effort to make a nice meal or stick to my plan or I feel like I want to eat I think to my self "is this something that I would choose for my own life, a life of misery and guilt, the answer is No. I choose to feel good and look good.

Good Morning Everyone,
Today is the end of week one and beginning of week two... and I am feeling very encouraged I am going to stay away from the scale (I hope) for at least the next week. I glad to see everyone is doing well. much love

Good work LAM...stick with it and you will be at goal before you can say "im so hot and skinny right now"

Where is everyone these days? I used to have to read through like 4 pages of update every day on this topic...but everyone must be doing there own thing.

I want to say something exciting but I dont have anything exciting to say ....

oh well keep it up weightloss friends

your a great source of encouragement