C2Lamoreux Progress

[c2lamoreux]

Mk, so today is day 1 of my journey on the 1PD diet (starting weight 160).... and I've already goofed. I had Meal 2 for breakfast and then well I had another food item off Meal 2 instead of eating something off Meal 1 :sadeyes:.... And I constantly thought about food and what I really wanted to eat. That was so frustrating. Drank all my water which surprised me because that is alot of water. In the process of making dinner right now, tonight is gonna be difficult to stay out of food but thankfully I still have my last fruit available, so when I get the munchies I'll eat that...

Time to sign off.... Good Luck everyone ;]

[Cynthia]

You're going to do great, but remember, you're just starting out so don't be too hard on yourself! It's HIGHLY unlikely that this little goof will cause anything to slowdown, especially on day one. Good idea to space your fruit and crackers out for those munchie periods :o) Good luck!

[I MUNCH SNOW]

Hey C2.... This is going to be an amazing journey for you! One that you WILL NOT regret!!! :)

You can do this!!! :)

[jheiner]

yep, don't let one goof bring ya down, JUST DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN OR IT'S THE HOSE! =P I had a goof my second week on, was so mad at myself cause I haven't cheated at all, was so worried that one accident was gonna cost me days, but didn't seem to effect at all thankfully! Just get in, get motivated and get thin =D Good luck to ya!

[c2lamoreux]

Thanks for the support ya'll really helps knowing I'm not the only one to have made mistakes and that I have a support group who will hunt me down and jump me if I fall off royally. :hiding:
Today was day 5 and apart from getting on the scale when I'm not supposed to (gained a lb back but I'm not phased cause I know its just water weight), and figuring out what I want to eat for the day its been a normal 1PD week (compared to the stories I've read). Detoxing wasn't too bad in the way of moodiness, cause I took about 4 naps through out the day. Thank goodness is was a long weekend and I didn't have to work. I got the light-headedness from standing up, being dizzy (in a dream), joint pain, and a little nausea but after eating today's dinner I'm feeling strong, like I could run a mile. Came to the realization that it isn't a race to drink all my water right away in the morning, which makes me feel less drowned lol. I'm not sure how to count a week though, is it seven days from when I began (Friday) or is it on the day I started hence from?

I think I can actually make it past nine for bed time tonight. I enjoy falling asleep to the thoughts of how all the food I ate looks like (and how I don't crave sugar) My mom made peanut butter cookies with sugar on top. Lord Almighty :praying: the house smelled so good and I think I smelled enough calories just to make me gain twenty pounds again. But I DID NOT TOUCH THEM. Its so nice to be able to walk around the BAD food and not really drool from desire. {elmo}

I think that is all....
Post more on the 1st week mark :]

[c2lamoreux]

Today marked my one week. I definitely had my ups and downs. It was crazy hard not to cheat, and I finally figured out that I only thought about cheating when I was starting to get hungry. Down six pounds (154), which isn't bad. I know there isn't supposed to be weighing within the first week but until I can feel the changes in my clothes I couldn't resist. Went to Target just to browse, I love their clothes, and grabbed two pairs of jeans a 13 and an 11. The 13's felt a lot more loose (I've had to start wearing a belt with mine just for security) and I could squeeze and breathe in the 11's but there is still more work to be done.

Hope everybody had a fantastic week and nobody blundered to heavily.

Bring it on WEEK 2!

[c2lamoreux]

O Lord, the donuts. I got into donuts yesterday and its not the first . Time to come clean of all my cheats . I thought it would help if I could keep them to myself but it doesn't, because you can't be tsked at if you don't 'fess up. So here goes.

In the 1 week and 5 days I have been on this my total cheat foods include:
2 large Wendy's Frosty's
2 large Wendy's Fries
about 3 large Reeses Fastbreaks
8 mini twix
six donuts
8 mini Reeses Fastbreaks.
and some days I went over my soda limit by two or three cans. {oops}



There its all out in the open, shame me PLEASE. I can't believe how stupid I feel falling into the temptation of that because I know for a fact I don't remember what any of it tastes like anymore. I really wish I could take those days back, but now that I know I can't its just time to move on and NOT DO IT AGAIN.

I think that is my update for now. I'll write more on my 2 week mark if I have anything to say.:aint:{duh}{praying}

[jheiner]

You just have to say no to it, every time you see something you want, remember how sick you are of being fat, remember you'd rather be thin/healthy than eat that snack. That does it for me, as does the idea of not wanting to pay for a second session if I can help it. Not only do I want to be thin, but I spent my hard earned on this program, I sure as heck am not going to let my money be a waste by cheating. Six weeks going strong w/o a single cheat, unless you count the accidental mistaken deviations I was unaware of which I'm not going to hold against myself.

This diet is a test of will, are you going to let food control you, or are you going to take control of your appetite and your life?

I sat through a birthday party for my grandma where they made fresh Chili Verde, Chili Rillenos (Cheese Stuffed and Battered + Fried Chili Peppers OMG), Home Made spanish rice/beans/salsa/guacamole a week ago, then the next day a Labor Day party surrounded by Cakes, again tons of fresh salsa/guacamole, and LOTS of BBQ.... I wanted it so bad, but I ate my apple, drank my water and hung tough.

No piece of food can taste as good as being thin will feel, remember that.

[c2lamoreux]

And saying no used to be the thing I could do all day but I have no idea where the heck my determination went. But I went out and got myself some of that new Extra sugar free Mint Chocolate Chip gum.... hopefully that will help me trick my brain. Good point about the whole having to get another twelve weeks. I forget that the amount of money we pay is really a lot. HECK NO food is not about to control me.

[jheiner]

You may want to check with your consultant on that gum, if we aren't allowed fruit flavored Gum, that may be a no no, sugar free or not.

Personally I never understand when I see people talk about cheating on these forums like it's this thing that just magically happens. Food doesn't fly into the air and manifest itself on our tongues. You make a conscious decision to bite/chew/swallow. Just ignore it, never forget it's just a few months, then the rest of your life begins.

Fitting clothes that have sat in my closet has been a huge inspiration for me. Having my ex stare at me now is fairly fun as well lol.

[c2lamoreux]

Crum I didn't even think about the gum thing. And I know it doesn't magically just happen but being I read some where that being overweight is a hiding place from your fears and the pain of the world, and unless your ready to confront those you aren't ready to lose weight. The hardest part for me is not telling my friends I'm on this because I want to shock them with how much weight I've lost, sure my parents know but they think its high time I did it and aren't over the moon about me losing it. Plus the siblings aren't in on the joke. So its hard doing it alone (ish) but there is one friend i"m about to tell her and have her be exciting with me. I have no idea what to use for inspiration though, cause everything I own i bought when I was a little bit lighter and just hung on to as I put the weight on because there really wasn't a huge difference.... hilarious about your ex staring at you. Wonder what she's thinking about your weight loss

[jheiner]

No reason not to tell friends/family. I kinda didn't have a choice for the most part cause meals intersect w/hanging out and they need to know why I bring crackers/apples with me everywhere lol. I have very few clothes that fit me right now, and it's getting a bit frustrating truthfully. Only 2 pairs of pants, 1 pair of shorts and 2-3 shirts. Everything else is either getting very baggy, or folded up and put away.

I never hid from anything behind weight, I hated being heavy every minute of it, I still can't stand the way I look right now, 1/2 way through the weightloss, but I know I'm doing something about it so I'm not too hard on myself. Mine was an issue of motivation/laziness. I was actually close to 400lbs at one time. I lost over 100lbs on my own through diet/exercise before starting 1pd.

I think it's more the comfort food that is the hiding place from fears and pain of the world, cause I have real trouble believing anybody is more comfortable being overweight. I can understand the part in wanting them to all be surprised, but if it would help you to have their support you should tell them.

I don't have very many close friends, and with my work schedule being so early in the morning, most afternoons are either spent @ church or resting, and I've always been the type to work harder and be more determined when I was doing something for myself/by myself, so it hasn't bothered me up to this point.

As for the situation with my ex it has been pretty funny teasing her cause she can't help but stare alot of the time. The tough spot is she was my best friend before we dated, and even now, there really is nobody in my life closer to me than her so we are very open. So she openly tells me what she thinks, and it's very flattering lol, and I have a good time messin w/her about it.

[c2lamoreux]

Well my siblings live out of state, so there is no family food interaction between them, and my parents know. Just not the friends. I'm not sure if my weight is because of a fear, I've been going through my brain to find one, but everything I come up with is just stupid and something I can get over just choose not too. I plan on sewing my jeans tighter once they become to loose to fit me until even that doest work and then I have some that will hopefully take me the rest of the way to my goal until I can go shopping (ugh). Best friend to girl friend to ex. Eventful relationship, but its nice that she's there as part of your support group.

[Cynthia]

Wow, that was quite the list of cheats! My mouth started to water just reading it! Hahahaha! Sounds like you're on track though and starting to see some positive results :o) As far as telling people you're on the diet.... go for it. I found the more people I told, the more people I was accountable to. And the more people I had to support me! Doing this alone is hard. Surround yourself with positive, loving friends and they'll support you and want to see you succeed. You can do it!

[c2lamoreux]

Thanks for the encouragement Cynthia. And I am so not proud of my cheats.
So right now I'm in week 3 and today is either day 3 or day 4, I'm so exhausted I can't even remember lol. I really want to weight myself, but somebody in my household hid the scale, and she is very good at hiding things, so I know I won't be seeing it until next Friday.
I've found out the easiest way for me to get my vegetables without cringing is to eat celery when I'm lazy about making food, or grate up my amount of zucchini and summer squash and throw it in the fry pan and then on top of my meat. I do have a question though, about the mayo. They say light mayo but I got fat free. Think thats to big of a difference.
Starting to run out of my prepped food, really need to get some more ready and into the freezer. The simplest food item I found, was getting ground buffalo meat (very lean), making patties, grilling them up, and then when it comes to dinner (or breakfast) spread a little mayo on it along with veggies and its like a hamburger without the bun, and the pickles.
oooo I was gonna type something else but I can't quite think of what it was. Hmm o ya, my mom can see a difference in the way my clothes fit me, which makes me happy especially with my work clothes because for some reason the sleeves love cutting off blood circulation to my arms, but today normally semi-tight sleeves were a little kinder. And And I have found a pair of work capris, that are a size 8 :]. I haven't worn them in over a year, but the other silly thing is that there are some size 9 jeans (okay alot) that I can't even get over my thighs. It really bothers me how companies make their clothes to fit differently.

Well I've been seeing some great progress on here, keep it up everyone!!!!!! :]

[c2lamoreux]

I seriously couldn't figure out what day I was on. I can't believe I am twenty days into the diet. It has flown by so fast. As I look back on these twenty days, there is definitely stuff I wish I could take back, like cheating, or buying so many freakin cucumbers. I wouldn't buy a ton of fruit and freeze it all. I would have figured out recipes sooner. But I can't take any of that back. So I just need to push forward, and look back on my past mistakes and focus on not making them again.



Either today, or tomorrow marks the first day of fall and I AM PSYCHED. Seriously my favorite season, and by the end of it, I WILL BE THIN AGAIN. As much as I'm struggling with losing the weight, while not doing any form of exercising, its mind boggling to think of what the future will bring. Its really hard to picture myself thin, I mean I look at my sister and I think I'm going to be thinner than her, and its incomprehensible because the last time I weighed less than her was 3 or 4 years ago.

Tomorrow is a new day, Dr. Cohen's 1st Personal Diet is waiting for me, and Friday marks the beginning of week 4 and means it is officially seven days until I can weigh, and measure (though I'm not to found of measuring). I can't believe I'm actually enjoying being on this diet though. Who'da thunk it :].

Congrats to everybody who has made progress, moved forward, started re-feed, or felt beautiful/handsome today.

[jheiner]

keep it up, it's great to be enthusiastic. I wish I shared the excitement, but I just look forward to being done, I really don't enjoy having to cook a meal for my lunch at work the next day @ 11pm when I am getting up @ 4am to head to work, I really miss the simplicity of my meals, most days breakfast was 2 hardboild eggs, and a V8 Fusion. Quick/Easy/To the best of my knowledge Nutritious/and Tasty.

I love how this diet has expanded my cooking, and pushed me to try new things, and I will definitely incorporate what I have learned into my daily habits to maintain, but I really miss my workout routines, and my carbs lol. My mountainbike sitting in the corner collecting dust makes me a sad sad man. As I've said before, it's a few months, then the rest of my life begins. I remind myself of this any time I feel discouraged/frustrated, I push through it, and I slip into a smaller pair of jeans with a smile on my face lol =D

[c2lamoreux]

K now I'm PO'd.... my internet keeps cutting in and out. AND JUST as I was posting it cut out leaving me with nothing posted. and it was a freakin good post too.

So because I'm mad I'm going to shorten this thing by about 3 million words (better yet I'll summarize). Today sucked, it was just a bad day, I didn't cheat, I kinda wanted to cheat. It was bad because its finally hit home how much damage I've done to my diet with my deviation and cheating. It really wasn't worth it, and I know I've said that before but this time I mean it. I could just kick myself over and over again for doing it. Especially since it feels like I haven't lost any weight since that first week. Another thing, I utterly fail at measuring myself. I know its not rocket science, but it might as well be. For the life of me I can't seem to get my numbers smaller than when I first measured and I know for a fact that I have lost inches and not put them on.
I didn't get lunch until about 3:30 today which pushed my dinner back to 8:30, and not eating lunch around twelve recked havoc on my energy level, and I was seriously considering walking into the nearest MMA gym and asking if I could take it out on one for their punching bags.
I need to get myself a BoBo won't go down clown type thing, the one that seems to scare little kids at night when they wake up.

I can get myself into pairs of shorts that I struggled with last summer, a little bit more easily, but I still seem to shroom over the edges.

I hope everybody had a better day than I did, and felt beautiful/handsome at least once today.

[c2lamoreux]

Today went very well, I had chicken and zucchini for breakfast, tuna and celery for lunch, and a buffalo burger and more zucchini for dinner. I portioned out my mayo sizing so I could put some on my burger, and also dosed it in garlic powder. I love garlic I really do.
I don't have work tomorrow and I would go food shopping, I think I ate my last apple :[.
Count down three days (well technically four if you count my 4 week mark) till time to weigh in. I'm not sure how to go about getting the blood work though, cause I'm going to get it in the morning before I head to work and I guess I could bring breakfast with me for after I get it done. Just have to wait until I get there.

[ls_dreamer]

The follow up blood tests are not fasting!

[c2lamoreux]

So they want you to eat before you get blood work done?

[jheiner]

you keep your diet at all times, the blood work is to see where you are at, fasting and not eating your meals would look like deviation in the results, keep to your plan.

[c2lamoreux]

Oh , I wasn't planning on fasting, just delaying my breakfast till after bloodwork, but I understand that I'm allowed to eat before I get it done.

[c2lamoreux]

K so i just weighed in at 149 lbs, which means 11 lbs weight loss. Kinda excited kinda not happy about that. But measuring really has me thrown off,

When I measured the 1st day I got chest at 25, but today I measured 35, waist was 29 and today was also 29, and hips were 19 but today was forty.
What am I doing wrong?

[apachejenn]

Are you drinking all 2 liters of water every day? This is often forgotten but crucial. Also, don't drink more than 3, as it washes nutrients out.

[c2lamoreux]

Not exactly, more like 1 and 3/4 liters. I guess that would help alot.

[c2lamoreux]

Phew what a day. I got an early start this morning but somehow it turned into being late to almost everything. The lab where I got my blood work done was jammed pack, and I waited an hour to get blood done, lunch came sometime around three thirty, about 2 hours after I was supposed to eat, and I had dinner at 8:30 pm. All this eating at five hours apart makes the day short yet long at the same time.
Anyway I posted my results, now off to another 4 weeks (this time without any deviations seriously) to see how much I can beat my original 4 week weightloss by. Kinda psyched.
From reading on the board, everybody seems to be doing extremely well. Keep it up :]

[c2lamoreux]

I'm so upset right now. Its evening time and I weighed myself (which is half the problem) but I'm back at my starting weight. What the heck.... I've been getting in my two liters of water, eating all my food portions and today started running (which won't have any effect yet). Wonder if my TOM has anything to do with it???? Do women retain more water during TOM?

[apachejenn]

You can retain 10 pounds or more of water during TOM. They specifically tell you NOT to weigh yourself during TOM because of how your weight shifts around. You also weigh more at night than you do in the morning.

[c2lamoreux]

Dang thats alot of water retention weight and I am certainly identifying with the don't weigh yourself during TOM. Thanks for the information, nerves are less frazzled now.

[apachejenn]

Yeah, what's good though is after, not only do you lose the water weight but then your body adjusts a bit for the diet, so you end up less than when you started. At least, that's what I've noticed with me. So it's like...woo hoo! :D

[c2lamoreux]

I'm a fan of woo hoo moments! Amazing that our body goes through so much in so little time.

[c2lamoreux]

I'm exhausted. I feel like my body is detoxing all over again. Running today was good. I forgot to turn around so I ended up going further than yesterday, but it feels good to stretch my legs and feel the burn going again. Ran into the wind half the time, I hate doing that but I kinda chose crappy months to start running again. It was a bunch of fresh air getting shoved down my throat at a faster pace than usual. Thursday marks my half way point through the diet. Kinda weird.

[c2lamoreux]

So today was pretty normal. I inherited a cook book from my mother and made brownies out of it for a friend. It looks really ugly but hopefully she likes them. I have them in the freezer trying to freeze everything up until it time for frosting and sprinkles.
Today marked the end of week 6, kind in the home stretch now. Still no change in size from visual and from feel of clothes. Kinda pissing me off but I won't start freaking out big time until the 29th.

This week was kind of a bust on running. I only ran two days but I'm starting all over Monday.

[c2lamoreux]

All of my meals were good today. Went shopping and got more food, pulled out some chicken to portion out, and also red meat to thaw out. Its not doing a very good job of thawing out.
I think I had one to many apples didn't pay attention and I drank all my water. Also ran/walked today and got kind of a pain in my chest.
The last time I ran/walked I weighed a little less. It feels like I've put on weight or at least haven't lost any and its kinda depressing. I know I'm going to have to sign up for another session, since these last 3 weeks have been what feels like a failure, but I won't know for sure until next Friday.
Are we supposed to get blood work done for week 8?

[jheiner]

They had me go get blood work done @ week 4 but not 8, so I think it varies from person to person probably. I can sympathize on the feelings of failure when you don't see the rapid/constant loss of the beginning, but you haver to remember that it's going to slow down, I dropped 26 the first month but only 19 the second, and even less so far the third. The inches lost is where you make up for the lbs lost on those days, just keep true to the diet, don't let a moment of "WELL THIS ISN'T WORKING" creep into your mind and convince you that cheating is ok. You will only regret it and feel guilty after. You started strong, finish it the same way =D

[apachejenn]

Try to cut back on your running. You are running a lot for the amount of calories you're taking in unless the consultants added more calories for you. Cut what you do in half and see if anything happens.

[c2lamoreux]

I'll check with my consultant about the blood work. What you say about the running is true, I'll try and cut back on that since they didn't add more caloriesl. I started my new job today and was so exhausted/drained after I got off, didn't even care it was pouring cats and dogs went I walked out to my car. But now I know to bring 2 apples with me, because I was starving on my way home. Its weird seeing the number of days I've been on this be higher than the number of days I have left.
Any suggestions on when I should re-new for my 2nd session?

[jheiner]

I had just planned on renewing when my current runs out next wednesday, hadn't given it much thought beyond that lol.

[apachejenn]

They ask you to pay a few days beforehand, as well as get a new blood test. If they haven't, just ask the consultant. I went and did my blood test preemptively and it was cool.

I tried to keep up with my exercise regimen during the diet and realized that it was just sucking the energy from me. Now, I will do maybe 2 or 3 trips to the gym a month, if that. If you keep going, the calorie intake isn't enough and instead of taking the energy from fat, your body will go into starvation mode and take the energy from your muscles.

[P-nut]

I had read initially .. that if you weren't already on a workout regiment, not to get one, (( like running or going to the gym )). I read where you will actually lost LESS weight by working out or doing something extra!!
Plus, it's like apachejenn said, your body will go into starve mode if you do!! and that isn't good for you and this diet!
Between July 2nd and Sept 21st, I had not 1 or 2, but 3 surgeries. Here in the US, this is the better part of the summer. With this said, my outdoor activities haven't been what they usually are. When telling all this to my consultant, I was told NOT to pick up any extra activities while on the diet :(
This is more than OK with me since I don't like to workout anyway.
Hope this helps!!

[c2lamoreux]

Lol I ADORE WORKING OUT. Its so weird to me to be losing weight and not sweating myself to death. Anyway I'm on week 8 right now, doing good but definitely not looking forward to weigh in on Friday. I have a total feeling that I haven't dropped anything. Especially considering I still don't fit into my size nine jeans HUH!!!!! Tomorrow is a co-workers birthday and I have a carrot cake in the oven for her. It smells really good, and wouldn't you know it actually has carrots in it. Golly gee. I've stopped my running basically because of the no weight loss and because with my new job I just don't have the time. Halloween is coming up in about a week, and one thing I would have done if I was thin was make a bomb diggity costume and then sit at home and chow down on some candy. But it was exactly that overload of junk food that got me where I am. So only in moderation now.

[c2lamoreux]

Hmm tomorrow is Thursday and that marks one day till weigh and measure. I had my mom cook dinner for me tonight using my food allowance and she got a little creative. It was really good but than again my blood sugar was down and I was starving for food, so I'm sure dog food would have tasted good :]… And I'm not bashing on my mother's cooking at all she's actually a very good cook. She bought me apples today and will get me more on Friday when they go on sale for 88 cents a pound. I'm excited I love my apples. Their a good in between meal food to keep my blood sugar up especially since I'm working 11 hour days 6 days a week. Crazy I know but its helping me be to lazy to make anything but my diet food and all I ever want to do is get home to eat and not stop and buy food. So this is all good with me. Speaking of eleven hour days I'm going to bed so I can get up bright and early tomorrow morning.

[c2lamoreux]

Four more lbs gone. After four weeks only four lbs. I know I should be happy but somehow I don't feel it. But in the latest photo I took (when I started my new job) my face looks thinnner. Which is a good sign, still in the same jeans still wearing a belt to help keep them up but they aren't totally falling off. Kinda losing my craving for sweets, and my stomach has grown slimmer even though when I measure my waist I always end up with the same inches. Its weird, still don't know if I'm measuring incorrectly or what the heck is going on with this. But the next four weeks will go by super fast, and I hope to be thin enough to fit into my size four dress in time for my 21st birthday in January :]

[c2lamoreux]

I am struggling so bad. With this new job I'm stressing all the time, which is something that I've never had to deal with and its leading to emotional eating, which I'm trying very very hard to pull under wraps, but I'm just so used to not having stress because I would work out all my aggravations with major amounts of gym time, and then I couldn't afford the gym, but the job I was working at wasn't stressful at all. Now I can afford the gym again but I can't go because I'm on this diet (which I love). So i've gone in reverse, I've binged on food twice within the same week, and I think I'm back up in weight and not down where I should be. I"M JUST SICK OF BEING FAT, but that anger towards my being fat never lasts long enough to motivate me.
I'm not looking for advice, just sympathy (well maybe advice too but please be kind, I already have enough jerks breathing down my neck at work and I've never really dealt with those kind of people before) :[[[[[[

[jheiner]

People are people, you can't control the way they act, only the way you react. I've had my share of rough times through this diet. I was forced to file for bankruptcy due to a mistake made years ago that took a turn for the unmanageable, and then was laid off recently. Life comes at you fast, and it hits hard sometimes. What you have to ask yourself is how much are you willing to take? Does that binge eating give you a lasting joy and peace? Or a temporary fix followed by guilt and regret? Perhaps this is easier for me than some others, but I have NEVER let cheating be an option. If it wasn't on my plan, then I don't eat it.

I know things are tough at times and you seek comfort, but are you really being satisfied, or just appeased? Don't cheat yourself, SAY NO when you feel you "need" that sweet treat, remember whatever it is that finally drove you to pursue this course and hold onto that when you feel the impulse to stray. The end result is SO WORTH IT, far too valuable to put off any longer when you have that road laid out right in front of you.

You can do this, You can do this, You can do this. DO NOT FORGET IT.

[c2lamoreux]

So I'm a little peeved right now with my consultant. I'm back at 150 lbs... no worries cause I haven't been very good with my diet so its completely understandable. But i went from 145 back up to 150.... and they freakin congratulated me. So I'm kinda getting sick of these generic responses and wish they would actually look at my results instead of blowing them off.
Gonna go get blood work today for session 2.

[jaeden]

I totally feel ya. All they do is copy and paste responses. And there's next to no logic. I know you have lots of allergies too and it seems they were really understanding about your program but when I try to talk to them about mine, they just say they can't change it now because my progress has been good blah blah blah. It's so frustrating! Hope you have more success in session 2!

[c2lamoreux]

I was so close to not even being on this diet because of my allergies. And with the tofu, just don't eat it. Yes your food will become a little monotinous but look at how much weight you've lost in such a short time.
Looks like your doing good on your blog too and keeping up with everything. I've kind dropped keeping track of my diet because A) I fell off the wagon one to many times and didn't feel like hauling my butt back on it and B) work involves 12 hr days and not enough sleep.

They gave me a less generic answer this time. That made me happy, and they also informed me that I need to be true to my first session diet for two weeks before I go in for blood work and they can assign me my second session diet. I had my last hay day today, and now since my parents know I can rely heavily on them whenever I feel like cheating. I will lose the weight. :]

[P-nut]

Girl I sure do hope that things start looking up for you!
Remember, it's mind over matter.
I have pretty much stuck with the diet. One thing that has helped me more than anything is DAILY WEIGHING, and a FOOD JOURNAL. I write down everything ...... and by doing the 2 of these on a daily basis, I know that for me and my body, I can tolerate 2 cracker options a day and be OK, but try to partake of all 3 and I only lose 2 oz. With red meat options, I can eat 1 a day and loose 4-6 oz that day, but eat 2 meat options and I will just maintain. I know that if I eat turkey breast for one meal, I will lose almost about 8 oz that day. If I eat 3 fruits a day, it's better for my #'s that if I just have 1 or 2.

I will admit, the only cheating I have done was the week of Thanksgiving. But from Tuesday to Tuesday, ( the day I actually do my weight/measurements ), I still lost weight. On Tuesday the week of, I was 134.6, but I had a few 'extra' items at my daughters preschool Thanksgiving feast. Wed I was 133.2, Thurs 133.6, ( cheated 2 out of 3 meals this day ) and weighed in on Friday at 135.8. But by Tuesday of the next week, I was at 131.8. Overall, I still lost 2.8 lbs ..... 4 lbs if you count what I gained and took back off.

I am not trying to throw any of this is anyone's face, I am merely stating that although it's not a requirement to keep a journal, and it's WRONG to weigh other than once every 4 weeks, by doing this, I can keep track of what is BEST for my body when it pertains to this diet!
As stated above, I was 131.8 Tuesday morning. As of this morning, I am down to 129.8 .... in just 3 days.

Doing these things keep me SANE!!.......... and ACCOUNTABLE!!