Fantastic!

Great job Mom! You look fantastic.

I'm also drinking Responsibly Slim. I really like it. I had a shake for dinner tonight.

Patience is a virtue...

Almost the second I whined I started losing weight again. Maybe that is the key? Anyway, I was 145 today! I have lost 20 pounds! I am now using Sisson's recommended Responsibly Slim for breakfast. It blends well and tastes fine. Tonight is our school auction and I am hoping it is fun!

Analysis Anyone?

I got onto Fitday and entered exactly what I ate today except for 1/4 of an avocado because I could not get anything but a whole avocado. I think you can reasonably add a few calories, fat, carb grams and protein because I could not figure out how to do the avocado, or some blue cheese in my store bought salad today.
926 Calories ( probably more like 1,100)
Fat grams- 42.6
Carb grams- 70.9
protein grams - 69.2

I do know that I am going to ditch drinking Ensure in the morning--it alone had 40 grams of my carbs for the day! I will switch to Sisson's mix when it arrives and probably use some of your dad's protein powder for a morning drink until then.

I do not understand Sisson's formula for figuring out how much protein I should be eating daily.
My carb grams are in the weight loss range so I want to know why I am not losing 1-2 pounds per week!

Plateau II

This has been a tough two weeks. I've lost one only one pound. I have not cheated and I have been exercising. Just talked to Kate and I ordered Mark's drink mix and I am going to make it my breakfast and try it for dinner a time or two to change things up a bit. I also talked to Matt and I have made sure that I am moving everyday and I have been adding reps at the gym when I can.

I have been here before and eventually I will move in the right direction. I read through some of Mark's articles on losing weight, foods to eat etc. Much of it is too technical for me. So I am hoping that eating meat, vegetables, fruit, good oils, nuts in amounts that make sense will continue to work.

Fasting is not for me so that is not an option. Again, I don't understand what he has to say about fasting...doesn't make sense to me.

I'm open to suggestions!

Update

How's everyone doing?

I've been doing pretty well with my primal eating. However, every now and again I get a craving. Last night I ate 4 pieces of pizza. Afterward I had a stomach ache and slept horribly. Not worth it. My body is rejecting junk and I need to remember that before I eat it. Otherwise, I've been about 97% primal in the last two weeks. I'm hovering around 150 lbs., which is 2 pounds down from my weigh-in at the doctor's office last week.

I think my calorie consumption is too high to lose any significant weight. I'm planning to get on FitDay.com this weekend and input what I am eating so I can get a better sense of where I can improve. I probably don't eat enough protein and consume far too many calories in nuts.

Ciao!

Motivation

I found some motivation this weekend ... in a dressing room while trying on swimsuits. I think it's easy to be in denial of the way you look when you constantly cover yourself up with clothes (especially in the winter time). Swimsuits don't permit denial and I'm getting back on track.

I'm eating my primal salad right now. I put a few carrots in today and they are delicious.

Keep up the good work everyone!

149!

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal, Thursday, March 4, titled, "Genes Point to Best Diets." Study shows that some women benefit from Low- fat plan, others from Low-Carb. Makes sense to me because of all of the different diet/eating plans out there and how some work for some people and not for others.

Hey, Matt can you e-mail Diane and have her become part of our blog. I have gotten her started on Primal eating this week and I want her to be part of the blog.