Hi KryssiMc! It will be so great to see this section of the forum grow! Hopefully my being around here won't keep folks away! I really am working on softening my no excuse approach and offering proof of my claims as well. I think my problem is that when I get involved in something I am there 150% and play by the rules...well 98% of the time! I just want folks to experience the success that I have enjoyed through some really rough moments! Cuz losing all this weight isn't easy and there were so many moments...especially at night...where I wanted to say to heck with it and eat what I want to really eat! Pizza has really been calling my name lately! But, if I really wanted the stuff then I will have to make my own and since I haven't done that...well I must not really want it all that badly! I think just the convenience of being able to order one and then eat it is what is really calling my name! Anyhow, I am looking forward to seeing more and more folks post in this area!!!!! And, I am praying for ya to be good around all that bbq!

I actually love BBQs....cause I can eat cole slaw and pickles and burgers and chicken....just no buns!!

Oh Scruff...never change. I think we need more of a kick in the pants in maintenance than ever before! I know that feeling with the convenience...but even before LC, making my own pizza was so much more fun...and tastier. But I do miss the ability after a hard day to just pick up the phone and order...
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Judy, you will be happy to know that I was good today. I had grilled chicken breasts, steak and corn on the cob, which doesn't seem to bother me. I did have a few drinks though...my one treat to myself today. They were Mike's Light Lemonade

Thanks for the warm welcome - I'm just peachy, thanks! How about yourself?

Speaking of peaches....think I'll go make a peach smoothie!

and the corn just got picked and I'm sure it was amazing!!

I'm glad that you did well and enjoyed!!

Actually Judy, the place we go to has their own corn and they pick it all day long, so it's always fresh and soooo sweet. I just don't overindulge, but that's a fight when it tastes like that!

BTW Judy, one of these days we should get together for lunch. I'm always in the city for one thing or another...sometimes I just feel like going home for awhile so I go in for the day and visit my old homes and schools.

Sure Kryssi!! I'd like that!

Just bring me those great Jersey beefsteak tomatoes!!

I'll pay you!!

Darlin', it's a deal! Gotta have those! I love a good tomato sandwich with plenty of mayo on LC bread.

You just let me know when and I'll be there. I will be off for the whole month of August so anytime is good. Don't know where ya are in there, but I'm dying to go back to Gator's at the Seaport...their seafood is to die for and so is the view.

This sounds fine with me!!

I'm in the Gramercy Park area, which is downtown .....FYI- I am walking dogs 5 days a week between 11 am and 6 pm...so lunch then is not possible but dinner is good if it works for you....and anyone else who wants to join and is in the area!!

I agree.
Your weight, if you have had a weight problem, will never be a non issue. There is no "comfort zone". As long as you are not losing weight, odds are you will be veeery slowly gaining it. This sounds horrific but it's not, it's normal for our body fat stores to be in constant flux. If you want to stay the weight you earned, you need to watch your weight.

Maintaining your weight is a whole lot easier than losing 30 pounds, though. If it goes up, one or two days will fix it... but with 30 pounds, its more like a couple of months. That sucks and you want to do everything to avoid that.

The key is early intervention, as well as practicing prevention. Don't become complacent and weight will never be a problem for you. Take action when weight goes up, and don't eat too much (which slows the rate weight goes up). You'll be fine.

I've been maintaining within a few pounds for about half a year now, however I've officially been in maintenance for over a year.

Judy, dinner is fine with me. I'm from the lower west side myself...grew up in Chelsea. Jersey is beautiful but nothing beats the vibe of the city. I'm finding, as I get older, it gets to be a pain in the butt to have to drive and find something to do...wish I was back home with everything right outside my door!

Getting together more people from the area would be great! Should we post a thread for this?

Ok...I am jealous! Dinner together with low carb friends! Sure hope you get a nice crowd together and have a blast!

Well, my eating has been pretty good except for last night...I had popcorn popped in olive oil and I had promised myself I would give it up for a while...but on the good side of it all...well it didn't stick around for long...I think the kelp and co act as a cleaning agent as well! My temp was 96.5 when I woke up from the longest sleep I have had in a long time...yippi...and has stayed at that temp all morning which is odd since the other days I took my temp it would go up and down and was never the same twice in a row...hmmmmmm...wonder if that is good?

Me thinks I gotta get some of that kelp stuff!!

Popcorn???? What popcorn??

Ya got a point there. DOn't think I retained too many carbs there! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, Judy and Kryssi, I'm a longtime member at this forum (well, about 15 months) and a constant lurker and sometime poster, and although I'm upstate for the summer (till October, actually), I live in NYC most of the year and if you two have a nice dinner in August and decide to have a repeat in the fall, I'd love to be included!

Judy, I've even posted to you once, I think--when I learned you were a dogwalker! I have a pup and we generally end up at the West 72nd St. dog run and schmooze with the dogwalkers there. You've made awesome progress on South Beach; congratulations!

Kryssi, I've been reading your posts with interest for a while now, mainly because you have trouble gaining! Anyone with that problem is automatically fascinating to me! With my snail's metabolism, it takes forever to lose a pound. But I'm getting there!

Anyway, you guys, I'll keep hanging around this thread, and if ever a fall meeting is contemplated, count me in!

Best, sona