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I had a slight gain this week, but am happy nonetheless!  My new average is 154.9, up .3 of a pound.  I am happy because after seeing a shocking 3 day rise up to 156.5 last week, I then had 3 days of weight heading down, including a new one day low on Sunday of 152.5! I also finally went clothes shopping, and found out what my current jean size is (no more shopping for anything with an x or a w included in the size), and truly was stunned when I came out of the dressing stall to show my husband that with one new top and jeans, from the side(!!), I looked fit and even thin. Me.

After years of 220-240 (when actively working as an RN) and then gaining to 300s to 368+ and staying there, it's an amazing feeling.

My 4 year anniversary of when I said enough, and got to losing, is coming up.  I am under 8 pounds to goal.
 

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What a good feeling Pat!!!!! That's wonderful to have such a good experience trying on clothes. That would be a nice change. Congratulations on four years of a job wonderfully done!!!

I lost 1.75 lbs this week. Less than 20 lbs to go to get out of the 300's. I want to be there by June.
 

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What a good feeling Pat!!!!! That's wonderful to have such a good experience trying on clothes. That would be a nice change. Congratulations on four years of a job wonderfully done!!!

I lost 1.75 lbs this week. Less than 20 lbs to go to get out of the 300's. I want to be there by June.
Congratulations on a nice loss.  I remember how excited I was the closer I got to kissing the 300s goodbye.  I look forward to celebrating on here with you, when you reach that mini-goal :)
 

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I lost last weeks .3 of a pound and more.  My total loss this week was 1.24 pounds, new weight by average is 153.66 (but last 2 days were 152.0 and 152.1, this morning is 153.2).  I'm super happy about this because 1) nice to move closer to 150 2) ate out 4x this past week!

Total now lost: 214.34 pounds. 7.66 pounds to my current goal of 146.0.

Hope all are doing well, if you are off, think of why, and how to tweek your plan so you just don't ever fall off again.
 

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Congratulations on your loss Pat! Losing weight while eating out is definitely a challenge. I'm going out to eat this Sunday and I'm really nervous about Monday's weigh-in because even if I still have a loss overall I usually swing up the day after, maybe due to sodium content in restaurant food?

I lost 2 lbs this week. :wavey:
 

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Congratulations on your loss Pat! Losing weight while eating out is definitely a challenge. I'm going out to eat this Sunday and I'm really nervous about Monday's weigh-in because even if I still have a loss overall I usually swing up the day after, maybe due to sodium content in restaurant food?

I lost 2 lbs this week.
Congratulations on a nice loss!  If you can know ahead of time what restaurant you will be going to, I would look up the menu online, and check if they have their nutritional information available. When I do this, if there is no nutritional information, I look for that dish/entrée at a comparable restaurant  (myfitnesspal dot com while it has many silly entries for calories in a restaurant meal, if I check 2-3 that seem about the same, I know I have a good idea).

  If not, I know my plan, and I look for 2-3 options for a full meal (yes salad or steamed veggie side dish instead for example OR entrée salad), that would be appropriate for how I eat, and I just write out what I can have for each option.  Making my decisions ahead of time inc. if any dessert, lets me get there, look over my cheat sheet and choose from the options I've given myself, the one that appeals the most that day.

Try it, it works :)
 
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Well done Parsleysage and Pat :clap:

Drum roll please. I lost a whopping 3.7 kilos from Saturday to Monday. From Saturday to Friday I lost 1.85 kilos through good nutrition/ low calories and exercise. Then as soon as I finished my last workout on Friday I came down with gastro. Oh boy that's a heck of a way to drop some weight. I'm taking the week off exercise to get well. then it's back to business as usual :D

Have a good week everybody.
For those of us who celebrate Easter we have a challenge coming up. i look at it as one day. One splurge then get back on track. At this stage for me the thought of cheesecake is not pleasant- I know!!!! I have been VERY ILL :lol3:
 

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Well done Parsleysage and Pat


Drum roll please. I lost a whopping 3.7 kilos from Saturday to Monday. From Saturday to Friday I lost 1.85 kilos through good nutrition/ low calories and exercise. Then as soon as I finished my last workout on Friday I came down with gastro. Oh boy that's a heck of a way to drop some weight. I'm taking the week off exercise to get well. then it's back to business as usual


Have a good week everybody.
For those of us who celebrate Easter we have a challenge coming up. i look at it as one day. One splurge then get back on track. At this stage for me the thought of cheesecake is not pleasant- I know!!!! I have been VERY ILL
I am so sorry for your being ill.  But congratulations on the weight loss :)  I'm ye old broken record - I plan my easter menu to be on plan and have lovely, tasty food.  You folks can do so too! 
 

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Congratulations on a nice loss!  If you can know ahead of time what restaurant you will be going to, I would look up the menu online, and check if they have their nutritional information available. When I do this, if there is no nutritional information, I look for that dish/entrée at a comparable restaurant  (myfitnesspal dot com while it has many silly entries for calories in a restaurant meal, if I check 2-3 that seem about the same, I know I have a good idea).

  If not, I know my plan, and I look for 2-3 options for a full meal (yes salad or steamed veggie side dish instead for example OR entrée salad), that would be appropriate for how I eat, and I just write out what I can have for each option.  Making my decisions ahead of time inc. if any dessert, lets me get there, look over my cheat sheet and choose from the options I've given myself, the one that appeals the most that day.

Try it, it works :)
Thanks! I definitely look up nutrition info and plan what I'll order before I get there - that's my usual practice although sometimes I just say whatever and eat what I want, lol. It's more that simply going into a restaurant regardless of calorie level tends to swing my weight up for at least one day. So if I eat out, I like to do it well before my Monday weigh-ins. So, that's why I'm nervous. But I will know even if I log a gain or stay the same "officially," that I stuck to my plan and my calories and that my weight will come back down. So we will see!
 

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Hi folks, big swing up today *not surprised, but still had a loss for last week of 1.16 pounds.  I really enjoyed Easter and the menu we had, and anticipate a good week!
 

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Well done Pat :clap:
I had a swing up on Monday too. I wasn't surprised either. I ate quite crazy on Sunday. It's one day of the year. I'm back on the straight and narrow again.
Have a good week everyone.
 

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Way to go on 1.16 lbs lost Pat! 

I lost .75 lbs this week - not bad at all considering how much I ate on Sunday! I'd like this week to be in the 2+ lbs range, though; I need another boost lately as I've been struggling with cravings a bit.
 
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