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I SOO know what you mean, FYE, Laura and M2G. One of my biggest thrills is when I could honestly tell my husband that I weighed less than him! LOL He is a 5'10" skinny person so He loses like EVERY WEEK! Without trying. :(

He also never thought of me as "fat" and always made me feel pretty. Finally convinced him of surgery need when my Mom passed away. I think just being able now to say my weight outloud is amazing. (Not that I do it often!) LOL

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I don't post my weight (probably an old carryover hangup about weight in general)

BUT

Start Date: 7/16/2013

Loss as of: 8/1/2013

-5lbs!!!

Okay...make today 3 weeks since I started and now the number is:

-9lbs

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I never, ever told my husband how much I weighed either...are you kidding!! He is not a big guy, 5'7" and weighs 163lbs, so to get to the point that I weighed less than him took a while! I never wanted him to know how big I was at my biggest, and it was pretty tough when I first did. But now he knows, and he knows how much I weigh. And now that I am trying to lose again, I tell him my ups and downs.

That being said, until I posted my weight just on this thread, I would never post my weight either, and still rarely do. And I don't keep it on my ticker either! I still have an internal struggle, feeling like I will be judged for my weight in some way, and, honestly, feeling a little jealous of the people that so easily get down to under 130lb (I am only 5'2.5").

Well, enough about my crazies!

Congrats M2G, that is a fantastic weight loss. I am still sitting at 4.2lbs lost since starting on June 19th. I am honestly starting to feel a little frustrated, but I also know that if I maybe watched a little closer on regular days, I might be more successful.

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Sweetums, I totally watch on feast days. 1200 base with added cals for extra exercise, so most days between 1200-1500 with a 1600-1700 thrown in every couple of weeks or so. I am not low carb, but do watch it a bit. Carbs are much lower than they were before surgery, thats for sure... (maybe 100-175 regular days, much less on fast days.... 60 or so)

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I started June 11th.

S.W. 171

C.W. 162

-9 pounds :)

:D 158 :D

I definitely went through a stall but I feel like things are moving again. My digestion has been great the last week..... I've changed three things so I'm not sure what's helping but feeling pretty "normal" in the digestive tract which is helpful.

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I never, ever told my husband how much I weighed either...are you kidding!! He is not a big guy, 5'7" and weighs 163lbs, so to get to the point that I weighed less than him took a while! I never wanted him to know how big I was at my biggest, and it was pretty tough when I first did.

Sounds like my husband - 5'7" and anywhere from 155-165 depending on how active he is for work. He even got down to 140 pounds after a deployment once - yikes! Now I let him pick me up and carry me around but before I was worried I'd break his back!

Ladies, I'm currently down 7 pounds since starting - low point was 8 down - and have been stuck for a little while. No worries. It's not a true stall yet and I used to stall a lot. If I average it out, I'm losing just a hair over one pound a week. Assuming I don't clock a loss tomorrow, that is. I don't expect to. A pound a week is generous for my body even if seeing up and down 4 tenths of a pound is making me feel frustrated.

I have seven more to goal, but would really love to see twelve come off. We'll see if that happens. It will probably take until next summer!

~Cheri

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:D 158 :D

I definitely went through a stall but I feel like things are moving again. My digestion has been great the last week..... I've changed three things so I'm not sure what's helping but feeling pretty "normal" in the digestive tract which is helpful.

WhooHoo!!

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Weigh in today

CW 178 which is the same as last week.

My fast days were ok last week and I got my exercise in it was just my feast days - I had wine, Snacks and chocolate over the week. This is an old pattern which I must put a halt to immediately otherwise I will never hit that goal weight.

I see lots of people have changed their profile pictures, I might be feeling brave enough to add one - will have to find something suitable.

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Weigh in today

CW 178 which is the same as last week.

My fast days were ok last week and I got my exercise in it was just my feast days - I had wine, Snacks and chocolate over the week. This is an old pattern which I must put a halt to immediately otherwise I will never hit that goal weight.

I see lots of people have changed their profile pictures, I might be feeling brave enough to add one - will have to find something suitable.

Nice Picture! It is always so nice to connect a face with a name!

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Weigh in today

CW 178 which is the same as last week.

My fast days were ok last week and I got my exercise in it was just my feast days - I had wine' date=' Snacks and chocolate over the week. This is an old pattern which I must put a halt to immediately otherwise I will never hit that goal weight.

I see lots of people have changed their profile pictures, I might be feeling brave enough to add one - will have to find something suitable.[/quote']

Nice to "meet" UK Cathy. I know what you mean on breaking that old pattern. Had to "get myself in hand" a couple months ago too! 5:2 great way to do it.

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Update.

Started 6-4-13. 177

Today. 8-17-13. 154.6! Down another .8 lbs!

I want to make 150 by Labor Day but we will see!

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Update.

Started 6-4-13. 177

Today. 8-17-13. 154.6! Down another .8 lbs!

I want to make 150 by Labor Day but we will see!

Great loss Georgia!

I'm not even going to stand in the same room with my scale today after the day I had yesterday :P

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Well, I had baby shower cake today so..... :)

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I had a piece of birthday cake too... the kind that turns your tongue blue!

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I had a piece of birthday cake too... the kind that turns your tongue blue!

Hee hee! Mine was yellow!!

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