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[Tracieknits]

@Lori - that's tough! Are you anywhere near goal weight? Because your story sounds a lot like people here who are close to their goal weight without a lot to lose.

Also, I (and several others) are on the other end of the spectrum with weighing. I weigh daily unless there are extenuating circumstances (for example, this week I'm radioactive - literally, as in I ate radioactive iodine as a medical treatment - so I'm not weighing daily because my weigh in on Wednesday was 3 lbs higher and I think there's a lot of water retention going on right now with my body freaking out). I don't always weigh the morning after a very salty dinner (like Asian food with lots of soy sauce or eating a lot of fried, salty food), because the scale *will* say I'm higher.

But I like the reinforcement of weighing daily. It tells me if I'm on the right track or it reaffirms I'm doing well. however you have to have the right mindset. You have to realize that most people will live in a 3 pound range that that most fluctuations in weight are water weight. You have to be able to not freak out if the scale is 2 pounds higher -- my reaction is generally to have an extra 2 glasses of water that day and try to curb carbs and salt a bit that day. But some studies have shown that people who maintain weight loss over a long period of time use daily weighing in this manner to help control their weight and some studies have shown daily weighing can be a useful weight loss tool *IF* you don't get obsessive about it.

@Canoegal- to me, the flexibility is what makes this WOE so sustainable. I think it's important to be able to change course if it's just not going to work out for you that day. No sense in crashing and burning hard! We're in this for the long haul, and being flexible and kind to ourselves is the way to stay with it long term

No...I'm afraid I'm at least 30 lbs away from anything I could call goal. I do have quite a bit of muscle from over 2 years of boot camp workouts, but still plenty of fat to get rid of. I just have to be patient and try to eat better on my 5 eating days. I've been around this same weight since mid 2013. From January to March of 2013 I lost 25 lbs and then a few more and have been stuck there for a long time now. Possibly that's why I'm having such a hard time getting the losing started again....my body seems to be quite content where it is.

I ate some carbs this morning and WOW, am I bloated this afternoon. Feeling like a balloon in a parade! When will I learn?

Have a good weekend everyone!

All you guys in the East - I know the Blizzard of 2015 is coming - good luck, fingers crossed that it won't be too awful for you all !!!

The snow is here! I got up in time for boot camp, but decided to bag it. It is snowing and there is a very cold wind from the East. I don't think we have a lot of accumulation so far, but I don't want to slide into a ditch at 5:30 in the morning in the dark! Better to stay put until daylight when I can see where I'm going. My work is never cancelled, so I'll have to venture out in a few hours. Here in central PA we won't see more than 5 or so inches so they say. I feel for the New England and NY people as it is looking quite bad up that way. Stay safe everyone!

Good luck everyone in the East. I now know what a bombogenesis is. Meanwhile record January temperatures here. I'm keeping my head down and enjoying it whilst we have it. However we could really do with rain........

Hi! I just signed up today and live in California.

Prayers go out to those back east. Stay safe in the storm. Spent half of my life in Brooklyn, so I remember storms well. This one will be bad.

I'm here today looking forward to a good fast day. I skipped breakfast yesterday to try it on a non fast day and it went well.

Sun is shining and it is going to be 40! The east is taking the storm that was suppose to hit us ( the low by the ocean sucked our storm away and right to it) - fascinating weather systems to watch. We haven't had a good snow storm now since before Christmas thus making it a very mild winter for us. East coast people stay home and stay warm!

I hope you all stay safe, whatever weather you get!

@Tracieknits, Not fun being radioactive. I hope they can get your thyroid sorted out with the treatment and that it isn't too stressful for you. You are on the right side of this storm, at least.

They keep changing our weather forecast. Most recently it had dropped to only 16 inches, which is what we call "ordinary New England Weather", not the "Storm of the Century." But the old lady in me has been kind of humphing around because really, we get 2 feet of snow in a storm every couple years and have been as long as I can remember. I had 5 feet of the stuff on my yard in March two years ago. I remember walking through snow arches in Chicago and then, a few years later, in Cambridge, MA back in the late 1960s.

So I wish the media would stop all this whipping up of hysteria, let us know it is going to snow so we can get the sand for the dirveway and some food, and then shut up about it unless they have something useful to say! This isn't a hurricane, which is a completely different kind of weather challenge.

[Tracieknits]

@Tracieknits, Not fun being radioactive. I hope they can get your thyroid sorted out with the treatment and that it isn't too stressful for you. You are on the right side of this storm, at least.

They keep changing our weather forecast. Most recently it had dropped to only 16 inches, which is what we call "ordinary New England Weather", not the "Storm of the Century." But the old lady in me has been kind of humphing around because really, we get 2 feet of snow in a storm every couple years and have been as long as I can remember. I had 5 feet of the stuff on my yard in March two years ago. I remember walking through snow arches in Chicago and then, a few years later, in Cambridge, MA back in the late 1960s.

So I wish the media would stop all this whipping up of hysteria, let us know it is going to snow so we can get the sand for the dirveway and some food, and then shut up about it unless they have something useful to say! This isn't a hurricane, which is a completely different kind of weather challenge.

Thanks Peebles! I was cleared yesterday afternoon to touch my family again So we'll see how it goes for the next six months. Fingers crossed my thyroid calms down to normal with no meds.

I totally agree about the weather hysteria. I've grown up with regular blizzards and up to three feet of snow in one storm. Here in upstate New York, the crews are so good at managing storms that you can go out on the roads a half hour after the storm has ended and the roads are perfectly clean.

Now I'm not looking forward to brushing the snow off of my solar panels tomorrow, but that's another story

We have plenty of food, plenty of candles if the power goes out and I bought salt/sand for the driveway. We're all set. Now I'm just hoping for a snow day tomorrow so I have my family here

Its my 2nd fast day this week and its the last warm day of the month. The cold is coming back which is ok by me. The lakes and ponds were starting to get to slushy for ice fishing and ice skating

Wish I shared your enthusiasm for cold weather Canoe! I cannot wait for warm weather when I can get back out on the golf course!

My fast day is tomorrow, so I'm enjoying eating for 1 more day. I'm not sure this plan is for me as I'm really not losing much of anything, but I will keep on going at least till the end of February. I've gotten my "eating" days under control, but the scale is still being obstinate! Oh well........I shall persevere!

Hope you're all having a good week!

I get the no weight loss thing. When I lost 60 pounds years ago it took a long longtime. Then I kept it off till about 2 years ago. I'm up 12 pounds now and I know for me 5-2 is the way to bring it back down. However I gained back everything I lost before Christmas on during new years week and I have only lost 1/2 pound of that . But I know this will work... it just takes a long time.

[Tracieknits]

It seems like the more often we lose weight, the harder those same pounds are to budge. They get stubborn and it seems we have to be even more stubborn.

Lori, I just saw you over on the thyroid thread, right? I would definitely attempt 4:3 at 800 to 1000 calories per fast day before giving up completely. Everyone is different and what works for one may not work for others. Some people on this forum had to find *their* way fasting worked best for them.

Thanks Tracie! I will definitely try the 800-1000 4:3 if things don't start to move.

I appreciate all the advice I can get!