Okay....I know it's only been two days since my last post, but I'm still stuck. I would think that after the workout I got cleaning I would have at least dropped a lb. I'm still stuck at 240-241. I want to break 200 by the time school starts again. So...guess I'm just going to have to try even harder, but don't know it that is possible.

We're having a hard time here too. I find myself breaking the diet quite a bit lately. Dae Lynn doesn't help......she's an emotional eater so that makes it hard for me. Plus for her birhtday she made Rice Krispies treats......and they have chocolate and butterscotch chips with peanut butter.......YUMMMMM........There is NO way I can avoid these!!! Now I'm back on the diet!! I do try to stay on it as good as I can because of my diabetes.

The water in the pond is still a little cold but I'm anxious to get in and swimming again. I hope the exercise will help.

I'm hoping my 'stuck' period is over. I weighed myself this morning and weighed 238. I waited until after I went to town and weighed myself again and still at 238, I am so happy!!!! I think all the working out cleaning finally kicked me over the edge... :) I sure hope this is a sign of things to come. Something I should have done before I started was to measure myself. My pj's are so big on me now and this morning when I put on a pair of shorts, they are big too, so I think I've lost some inches.

I bet you're on cloud nine today!!! Doesn't it make you feel good??? I'm so proud of you!!!

Thank you! It does make me feel good. It's funny that I immediately started feeling thin...LOL...thin at 238 can't ya believe it??? Then I looked in the mirror and thought...sure have a ways to go. I'll get there.

I know how you feel........but, hey, you ARE thin and it's so nice to feel that way again. Isn't it? Good job!!

I love you ya know!!

Yep.....I know!!! I love you too!!!

Okay....guess I'm gonna take a break. I got down to 238 and now I'm back up to 240. Just can seem to get past it. So...I'm just going to forget about it for awhile...oh I'll weigh myself just to make sur I don't gain, but I feel like I need a break.

I understand. I'm at that point myself. But....it's hard to go back to eating carbs since I've been off of them for so long. I'm still going to not eat so many of them. I'm hoping that when I start swimming again that I'll start losing. I know that I'm not active enough.

It's so frustrating and with everything else I'm feeling...I just need to back off the diet. Here I say this and this morning I got on the scales and it said 238....who knows...maybe it was water weight gain.

Good. That's encouraging!! I know that the Atkins diet talks about not losing weight. You get to a plateau and can't seem to get off but they say to keep on.......and generally you'll have a sudden drop and lose some more.

I reach so many plateau's that it is very hard for me not to give up. This time though...I may take a break, but I want this weight off so bad that I won't quit.

Well.....crap...LOLOL. I got down to 237 and was on cloud nine!!!! Got on the scales this morning and back to 240. I just can't seem to get away from that number for very long. Taking a break....then I'll try again.

Sometimes when you hit a plateau, you need to take in just a few more calories for a few days. Don't eat too many more, just a few more sometimes revs up the metabolism.

Well...that sure won't be hard for me to do....:sidesplit:

Don't look at the scales every day......just once a week. Also, stay away from salt! That makes my weight go up and down.......water weight. Hugs!! You're doing great!!!

I don't do salt anyway...never really cared for salty things much. It's just hard to watch when something doesn't taste salty but has a bunch in it.

Good luck Janet. My sis and bil are drinking those body by vi shakes. To me it sounds like the slim fast fad......but they have lost weight on them. But I think it is pricey.....100.00 per month for each one of them. The shakes are suppose to be packed full of nutrients and good for you but each shake has 225 calories.

I couldn't do the shake diets....I have to have real food. I'm down to 236 so I just have to keep on trying.

I know what ya mean about having to have real food. I'm the same way. You are doing great tho! Every little pound helps.:) I tried the shakes and I thought I was gonna starve to death on them lol!

I feel the same way about doing it with food. With the shakes it seems like everyone eventually gains it all back because it's not teaching them to change how they eat.

I've been on Atkins for a year now and even though I'm not losing weight at the moment I have a hard time eating carbs. Potatoes, pasta, and bread I don't really miss much but if there's some homemade bread it's impossible to resist but I don't eat as much as I would before. I still feel so much better than I used to.

You're doing GREAT, Janet!! Keep up the good work!!!

I haven't been recording my food like I should but I still lost a lb, so maybe I've gotten into the habit of eating better....I don't know.

You are doing great Janet!!:)

Websites that may help you.

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/weight-...anagement.html

This one is great, tell you how much calories you've taken in and what will be good.

https://www.choosemyplate.gov/SuperT...odtracker.aspx

If you sign in it will keep track of everything.

That is what 'MyFitnessPal.com does. I really like using it and it definitely has helped me.

I haven't been watching my food intake as well as I should be. I'm up a couple pounds, but with this heat affecting my mood, Rick being a liar and trying to get the rental house in good order, I just didn't watch like I should have. At least I didn't gain a bunch...just a couple lbs. but I feel bigger.

Now that the rental is rented again and some other things have been taken care of I hope that I can get myself back on track.

I've gained several pounds and I can feel it. I'm trying to get more serious about my diet. I really don't want to go back on the diabetes medicine and I was really feeling so much better so I need to get on the ball!!!

I had a great day of eating well and healthy. Some of the things that were holding me back and making me stress...I've let go. I'm back to concentrating on my eating habits and know I'll do fine.

I've done real well the last few days so I think I'm back on track now. I was a little worried I wouldn't be able to go back to recording everything, but so far I'm doing good. Now if it would just cool off so I could get some walking in.

I'm doing better now too. It helps that I can swim and exercise that way!! Keep up the good work, Janet!!

Spoke too soon....lolol...still trying to get back on track. Dieting totally sucks!

I must be doing something right....lol. This morning at the bank someone asked me if I'd lost some weight....yay!!! It's starting to show. Now that is a booster of self esteem!!!

Yay!! It really does help when people start noticing!! Good job, Janet!!

Y'all are inspiring! I've eaten everything in sight for about the last month. Yesterday I started watching it again, and it's SO HARD!! I crave sugar like an addict craves crack:eek:

Same here Betsi!! Not sure why, but it seems lately I'm hungry all the time. I especially want something with chocolate.

I will say a prayer for all you ladies on diets. I am trying to loose 6 pounds. Yes Janet I know I am not fat but my clothes donot fit anymore. I have picked up some weight. Getting old really is starting to SUCK. lol So good luck to all of us.
And the sugar is the hardest thing to give up. I like my pop. I only have one a day, but need to cut back to maybe everyother day. It does not help when people (my husband) goes to the store when you are out and buys you more.
LOL Okay enough said.

I never have pop, but I do love the sugar...my downfall right now is Cookies and Creme Pop Tarts. Ricky likes them for breakfast on his way to work so they are in the house. They are my chocolate fix for sure.

We are having watermelon and cantaloupe from the garden and they are not on my diet but they are so good and healthy......but it's the carbs that I can't have. And ice cream!! It's been so hot so ice cream has sounded so good. Dae Lynn and I went to another town yesterday to buy something off of Craig's list (a little work shop table tor Dean.....Too cute!!) and they have a Dairy Queen so we stopped!! Yummm......they make the best ice cream!! It's a good thing that we don't have one here!!

I'm planning on getting more serious after Dae Lynn moves out!

Seems like I'm always hungry here lately. Don't know what's wrong but I start getting the shakes so I went to the kitchen, got my a deli turkey sandwich, a few cheeto puffs, glass of milk and pop tarts!!! What the heck is wrong with me... :D I know it's a phase and will go away, but hopefully I won't gain my weight back before it goes.