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  #166   ^
Old Sun, Nov-17-19, 14:12
jschwab jschwab is offline
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Plan: Atkins72/Paleo/NoGrain/IF
Stats: 285/220/200 Female 5 feet 5.5 inches
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Progress: 76%
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Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......189.0..........0.2
2........dustpuppy....146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
4........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.5..........4.5
5.......ferrygirl........171.........166.........170.8..........4.8
6........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
6........Auggie.........242.2......237.2......242.2...........5.0
7........Melilotus......196.........191........196.5...........5.5
8........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
9.......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6

Well, let's just spin this as being proud to have maintained since the end of August. Maintaining is something, right? Please !
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  #167   ^
Old Mon, Nov-18-19, 05:23
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jschwab - Yup, maintaining is good, beats gaining!

As expected, am paying the price for overdoing Friday night. I wasn't exactly an angel with eating yesterday either, but get this---it was an Atkins shake for breakfast, a hearty lunch with 2 slices leftover pizza and 2 glasses of wine, only a SF Alpine Spice cider as any cals. (15 cals., 4 carbs) after 1p, so I'm at 17 hrs. IF right now and hopefully will make it until 11a for a 22-hr. IF to jump start this week; just finished 2 miles treadmill-walking too.

Was really hoping to be in the low 180s by now to go into Thanksgiving ahead of the game. Sigh. Hopefully I'll rebound quickly back into ketosis and WL. Such a friggin' struggle.

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
2........Going2........193.8......188.8......192.0..........3.2
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
4........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.5..........4.5
5.......ferrygirl........171.........166.........170.8..........4.8
6........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
6........Auggie.........242.2......237.2......242.2...........5.0
7........Melilotus......196.........191........196.5...........5.5
8........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
9.......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6
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  #168   ^
Old Mon, Nov-18-19, 15:01
jschwab jschwab is offline
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Plan: Atkins72/Paleo/NoGrain/IF
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No change. Trying to follow FODMAPS now on the recommendation of the GI doctor. Cutting out onions will cut carbs, right? She said no one's ever successfully done it in her practice.
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Old Mon, Nov-18-19, 16:21
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Plan: atkins, carnivore 2023
Stats: 200/211/163 Female 5'8"
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Onion bulbs have a few carbs; Use scallions instead. The onion/ garlic family are important cancer fighters.
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  #170   ^
Old Tue, Nov-19-19, 06:08
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Prob just a blip on the scale, but I'll take it for motivation. Think there's some dehydration there, had a bout of <ahem> "intestinal issues" yesterday, hahaha.

jschwab - 1/4 cup onions is only 2 net carbs (2.7 total), so they aren't that carby in moderation. I'll do a light sprinkle of onion powder to get onion flavor that's "spread around" and save some carbs when doing Atkins induction. Good luck on the FODMAP, hope you ID whatever your culprits are quickly.

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......189.8..........1.0
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
4........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.5..........4.5
5.......ferrygirl........171.........166.........170.8..........4.8
6........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
6........Auggie.........242.2......237.2......242.2...........5.0
7........Melilotus......196.........191........196.5...........5.5
8........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
9.......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6
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Old Tue, Nov-19-19, 14:37
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No change. I accidentally had FODMAPS at lunch. Feel bloaty. Maybe there is something to this...
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  #172   ^
Old Tue, Nov-19-19, 18:38
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 203/171/165 Female 67 inches
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Well, let's just spin this as being proud to have maintained since the end of August. Maintaining is something, right? Please !
Yes it is! It's practice for when you are in maintenance forever!

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......189.8..........1.0
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
4........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.5..........4.5
5........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
5........Auggie.........242.2......237.2......242.2...........5.0
6........Melilotus......196.........191........196.5...........5.5
7.......ferrygirl........171.........166.........172.6..........6.6
8........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
9.......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6
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Old Tue, Nov-19-19, 21:52
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Plan: Atkins72/Paleo/NoGrain/IF
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Yes it is! It's practice for when you are in maintenance forever!



I consider this sort of maintenance. I feel my best between 205 and 230 pounds. I would be OK if I maintained this forever.
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Old Wed, Nov-20-19, 09:15
jschwab jschwab is offline
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Plan: Atkins72/Paleo/NoGrain/IF
Stats: 285/220/200 Female 5 feet 5.5 inches
BF:
Progress: 76%
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Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......189.8..........1.0
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
4........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.0..........4.0
5........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
5........Auggie.........242.2......237.2......242.2...........5.0
6........Melilotus......196.........191........196.5...........5.5
7.......ferrygirl........171.........166.........172.6..........6.6
8........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
9.......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6
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Old Wed, Nov-20-19, 15:46
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 203/171/165 Female 67 inches
BF:
Progress: 84%
Location: Japan
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Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......189.8..........1.0
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
4........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.0..........4.0
5........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
5........Auggie.........242.2......237.2......242.2...........5.0
6........Melilotus......196.........191........196.5...........5.5
6.......ferrygirl........171.........166.........171.5..........5.5
7........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
8.......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6
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  #176   ^
Old Wed, Nov-20-19, 16:40
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Plan: atkins, carnivore 2023
Stats: 200/211/163 Female 5'8"
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Progress: -30%
Location: Massachusetts
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I consider this sort of maintenance. I feel my best between 205 and 230 pounds. I would be OK if I maintained this forever.

I felt great at 200-205....and maintained that for years. I still dream of getting there someday soon.
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Old Wed, Nov-20-19, 23:18
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Plan: Atkins72/Paleo/NoGrain/IF
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I felt great at 200-205....and maintained that for years. I still dream of getting there someday soon.


You are really close! I was looking at pictures of myself not too long ago at 180 and I look terrible. I think at the time I noticed but I figured I just wasn't used to me. But now I look and I can see it was too low for me. I have to be 195 and up or I'm a mess.
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Old Thu, Nov-21-19, 00:19
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Plan: LC/carnivore 6/26/23
Stats: 200/194/137 Female 5 feet 6.5 inches
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Work stress is so ridiculous my job isn’t hard but there are a lot of time sensitive dates that need to be entered on a computer and letters to clients re dates and I stayed an hour late the other day and worked through lunch today to get caught up. I don’t get paid overtime but if I need to leave for a doctor apt I can probably bank the time.
With my birthday dinners and then getting gifted candy from local companies that want me to hire them I am realizing there is no good time to start low carb / the key is to just start right away before I gain even more weight. I am bigger than I thought I was and I have a special event I wanted to look good for on December 19th!
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Old Thu, Nov-21-19, 05:41
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Argh! That is all.

Rank....Name........Start........Goal.......Current......lbs to go

1........Going2........193.8......188.8......191.5..........2.7
2........dustpuppy...146.6.....141.6.......144.6..........3.0
3........Ladibug.......119.8......114.8......118.6..........3.8
4........jschwab......227.0......222.0......226.0..........4.0
5........Entropy ......152.2......147.2......152.2...........5.0
5........Auggie.........242.2......237.2......242.2...........5.0
6........Melilotus......196.........191........196.5...........5.5
6.......ferrygirl........171.........166.........171.5..........5.5
7........CityGirl........203.8......198.8......206.2...........7.4
8.......Nihold.........171.0......166.0......176.6...........10.6
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Old Thu, Nov-21-19, 05:49
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Entropy39 - Can relate on how tough it is this time of year, but you have a good plan--get cracking and work around those distractions! Also, don't put too much pressure on yourself and make it an all-or-nothing thing, just keep chipping away at your goal and celebrate the small successes!
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