Weightloss Peas Anyone Want to Do a Checkin?

Great! Job!

I have been doing IF since September. I have lost 4 lbs. 4 times. I have had two major changes in medication that have complicated my weight loss. It frustrating. I'm going to try going full Keto for March to see if I can actually jumpstart some movement.

I've been doing low carb for a while now, and started going to the gym in October 2016. I switched to the 21 Day Fix containers in March last year. It did ok for a while but I found myself floundering.

After reading about it here, I read Obesity Code and began fasting 16:8 in August. Bam - things clicked and the weight began to move again. I lost another 20 pounds after starting IF. I did flounder over December/holidays/insane work schedule, but only gained back about 5 pounds. Diet was crap, but I kept up the IF part.

Got right back on the band wagon beginning in January. I'm on my way down the ladder again and have been back to my low carb ways and going to the gym at least 5 days a week.

I don't have a before after yet - but after next weekend I will! We are off to Dominican on the 23rd, and for the first time in probably 20 years, I will be wearing a 2 piece bathing suit. I feel good about the 3 I bought and how I look in them. A tad self conscious (it's a lot of skin lol) but after seeing so much flesh in suits that were way too small last year while in Cuba? I'm all good with how I look in them!

I have 10 pounds to reach my goal. It has been a very long time since I've seen these numbers!

You look wonderful! Congratulations on your achievement!!

i started the Whole 30 on Jan 1st. I am still doing it so I guess for me it's a Whole 43!!! Haha!! I feel so much better and I am down 15 pounds. I really like eating this way and don't miss anything that I have cut out. I would like to lose another 10 pounds.

Good job and keep rocking the bikini! 

I have a friend who has been successful on the 21 day fix. Do you think you could do it on IF? I'm not that familiar with it so I apologize if that is a stupid question. 

You look great! The battery in my scale died and I haven't replaced it.    But I'm still doing IF-16:8 and low carb.  My alcohol intake has been more lately because of going out- hard to resist.  That is not helping these last 5-10 lbs to come off... Still working out almost everyday.  I have been using a small resistance band for glutes and it has been burning my butt up!

I lost about 50 lbs last year through a combination of different eating plans...counting calories, low carb/IF. 
I gained a few over the holidays and joined Weight Watchers January 6. My employer is paying for it so I thought I’d give it a go. I’ve lost 8 pounds since my first weigh in with WW. I could do a lot better and I could exercise but I don’t. I’ve lost large amounts of weight twice before (100 lbs in 1987 and 120 lbs in 2009-2011). I need this time to be the last time. I can’t put myself through this again. I know in my head that the way I eat now has to be forever. 

The top photo was NYE this year and the bottom was last year. 

My weight has been slowly creeping up for years, and I’ve been yo-yo dieting forever. I have a huge appetite for sugar and carbs.
DH is having a competition with two friends to lose 15% of their body weight. He’s lost 12lbs in a month which is impressive. But he’s not the one shopping for food or cooking for the family. If I could choose not to go into the kitchen and have my meals cooked for me it would be much easier to resist snacking.
Last night I finally joined Slimming World (similar to WW). I was shocked when they weighed me. I need to lose 30lbs to get down to my ideal weight. SW has worked for me before - 18 years ago so I’m going to try again:)

I think so - many here who were doing IF are following Weight Watchers or whatever plan they were on before. I just find the low carb/keto way of eating very easy to do and very "do-able" for me long term. I do miss fresh bread and pasta sometimes, and I know once I reach my goal I will add those things back in once in a while. But the IF is here to stay!

SabrinaP and KelleeM you both look amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your success stories.

I'm at the beginning of what I believe will be a very long journey. And not for the first time.

I started Weight Watchers (yet again) January 5, 2018. I'm at the end of 5 weeks. I'm a very slow loser. Veeery slow. I'm trying not to get discouraged, but it's hard when I follow Facebook groups with people posting how they are losing 7, 10, 14 lbs the first week. Many are losing 4-7 lbs every week. Ugh. I'm doing great if I lose 0.8 - 1 lbs a week. My doctor wanted me to lose 15 lbs in 3 months, but it's not going to happen.

I'm kind of ambivalent about the new Weight Watchers Free Style program. I'm finding parts of it work for me and parts do not. My sister is doing a fasting-type diet where she only eats between 10 am and 6 pm and it's working great for her. As a diabetic, I'm not comfortable doing that unless I check with my doctor.

I'm going to continue feeling my way around the WW plan and find what works for me. I signed up and prepaid for 3 months, so I'll re-evaluate and decide what to do then.

Thanks for starting this thread. It helps to hear how others are handling this very difficult journey.

I've lost 12 lb since January 1st. I'd like to get to my goal by May, and my reward is buying new water skis for the lake! I told a friend of mine that if you see me with new water skis, you can congratulate me, but if I don't have them then don't ask because I'll be crabby!! :-)

I do have a question if y'all wouldn't mind answering one... How do you handle eating during the week of your period? Usually the two days before my period starts, I'm like a bottomless pit and craving food all day long. If I give in and just eat, I usually am up a pound or two, and then it takes another week to get that back off again. Any tips or tricks for keeping on track during that time? Thanks!

I have been doing keto since November. I have lost 35# so far. Not sure of the inches since I didn't measure before. LOL Going to look up The Obesity Code...

Thanks OP for the thread and you look great! I have been low carbing and I have lost my holiday weight. I don't dance with the scale as it's a wonky scale anyway. I know I have lost as my clothes are no longer tight. I go to the doctor in March so I'll have official weight loss numbers then.I'm really enjoying learning new recipes for carb favorites like pancakes. 

Congrats Sabrina! You look fantastic!

I have lost 70 pounds since mid July. I gained about 8 pounds over the holidays and have lost that plus an additional 5 pounds in the last month. I have about 45 pounds or so to go to my goal weight. I started at 244 in mid-July and am now at 171.8. I am trying to get to 168.6 for my Saturday weigh-in, because I stared this round at 188.6, so that will give me a 20 pound weight loss for this challenge. (My gym does regular weight loss challenges.) That is going to be tough.

I turned 49 in December and have been overweight most of my life, so I am still in shock that I finally found the strength inside myself to lose the weight. I wish I had taken an official "before" photo when I started, but I don't think I really thought I would do it. I have an official weigh in at my gym on Saturday, so I will take a pic on Saturday and find one from last summer for comparison.

I do strength training 2-3 times a week and also IF. I eat high protein, low-carb, and low calorie. It has worked well, but I think I need to up my calories for a while to help with muscle gain and keep my metabolism in check. I am going to work on maintaining for a couple months and add back in some healthy carbs and fruit and eat just below maintenance for a while.

Julie