Perhaps this is a great idea. =)

Hi GTPeach, I've just read your diary from page 1 and its made me want to get to know you :p, you have a lovely way of putting your feelings and experiences in writing, I feel I've gotten to know you through your different days...I love the way you write your learnings, thats a really cool way to look at things.

I hope you enjoy your trip with your pals, I'm sure you will, they're lucky to have you as a friend :p as are we here on minimins. I look forward to hearing your updates on your return :D
 
Aww - thanks guys! I definitely have been trying ot find an assortment of accomplishments, because weight comes and goes and I want something else to feel good about.

Thanks bblilsis!! That made my day! Where's your journal, and I'll real it?

Wireless is patchy, so I'm checking in but it's kind of excruciating - lol! Will be home tomorrow, hopefully well rested, definitely with new friends from the weekend I didn't know as well before, and with closer ties to my friends.

What's cool is - they've all asked to try my dressings, and made me feel normal, not weird. And a lot of them like the "everything free" dressings. :) I've converted a lot of ppl. from full cal dressings to these 0 fat/cal/protein/carb/acid ones! :D
 
I've been really good this weekend!

Yesterday was perfect. I even drank the shakes- turns out, chocolate is tasty on its own at normal temperature. :D


Today's breakfast was half a shake. Lunch was chicken (I pulled the breaded part off the chicken fingers and put it in my lettuce with my everything-free honey dijon). It was cool because other people didn't make me feel weird. I even converted a few people who liked my honey dijon better than the full calorie mega sugar honey mustard! :D It was so nice, because I was worried people would gawk, or see me peeling off the bread in my chicken and make comments about eating disorders. They didn't. :D

Afternoon snack was the other half of the shake. (I prepared them separately. My mini travel blender can't handle the full thing at once.)

Dinner was lettuce in a bowl (I'd already had the chicken for the white protein) with my everything-free balsamic. This place has a ton of dressings, but no vinagrette. So a LOT of people used my dressing. Like, there's barely enough left for 1 small salad tomorrow. Everyone LOVED it too! Tjey were all like "I don't believe this has nothing. It tastes the same!" I was like, "See? If you use this on your salad from now on out, I've saved you like 300 bad calories per salad."

I did half-cheat. I say half because I had a small pinch of roast beef without the gravy (and the consistency was more like pork) and a smaller pinch of a dinner roll. The 2 pinches together were not even enough to be considered 1 small bite, so it wasn't a cheat. But it ruined my perfect record. :(

Now, I'm off to watch our "American Football" team (Go georgia tech yellow jackets!!) pull off another Cinderella victory!!
 
No lbs. lost over the weekend but something must have done, because....


I BOUGHT A SKIRT IN A UK 8/10 AND IT FREAKING FITS!!!!! The UK 8 gets up and zipped but a definite fat bulge so not there yet.

I'M AT 2/3 DONE WITH MY DIET BY SIZE LOSS!!!!!

By weight loss I'm still trailing - these fat lbs are so freaking stubborn! They won't come off, even in ketosis! :(
 
Oh man am I ever scared that I am no longer in ketosis!!! I haven't tested in a few days, and I will be testing ASAP tomorrow. So, so scared. I didn't cheat, per se, but I was cooking today and had a teeny bit of bruschetta (without the bread) to make sure the blend was right to serve tomorrow. So, so scared!

If I'm knocked out, then I shall be returning to sole source for 3 more weeks, and then restarting the 200 calorie thing.
 
Today I ruined my perfection. I had some bruschetta. My friend wouldn't eat any unless I had some, so I had some. :( I feel so like crap and guilt!

BUT I am not going to let it get me down or stop me. I have gone in a month and a half from 18/20UK to 10/12UK. I have lost over 2 stones. I KNOW I have discipline and I WILL exercise it. I didn't even want it; it wasn't tempting. I did it because my friend is a graduate student who can't afford to buy food the next couple weeks, and she was being so stubborn about it. I figured it would be worth it if she had food to eat the next few days.... and now I'm hoping it didn't knock me out of ketosis.

If it did it won't be as devastating as it might have been because tomorrow I say goodbye to my salads, and Thursday I begin 3 (maybe more) weeks of SS again. I want to jump my metabolism up; I've been losing sizes and inches galore but not a ton of weight and it's weird. I know I have incredible muscle mass - I'm very toned and muscular under the fat and my anaerobic threshold is about 185-190 - but THAT much?!?!
 
Also, I am still in ketosis. :)

I splurged a bit today - had tin drum chicken. I had them fix it for me grilled instead of breaded/fried, so that helped. And I avoided the rice judiciously, so I nixed most of the carbs involved. Grilled chicken and spinach are not going to knock me off, and the sauce is mostly red curry with something else to make it stick - they won't tell me what, or I'd be able to make it, but they did promise it didn't have acid or sugar. So I suppose, if I were to splurge, better this splurge than chocolate and cheesecakes.

And besides, tomorrow is more SSing.
 
It didn't knock me off ketosis! Yaaay!!!

Dad says he's buying me a couple new outfits AND he's buying my diet stuff the next few weeks because he was so proud of me!! That's awesome of him!

It's amazing - I wanted to be in a size 12UK by Christmas when I started the diet. I am now in a 10/12 UK. I got an 8UK skirt up and zipped - which is HUGE as it means my "acceptable end size" now goes up and zips, and doesn't look too bad with a really loose top!!

I think that by Christmas I can be in a 6 UK!! :-o If not, then most definitely an 8UK. I'm almost there now - at the rate I've been dropping sizes, I will hit that 8UK by the start of October!!

What's weird is that the pounds are not dropping accordingly. I'll go a week or 2 and lose 5 lbs. in both weeks but lose a clothing size - it's really weird!
 
WEEK 7 OFFICIAL WI:

ONE LOUSY MEASLY FREAKING POUND!!!

That seals the deal - back to SS for a couple weeks or so!!!
 
WEEK 7 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

> Lost 1 lb.
> Lost another size!!
> Now in a size 12UK!!
> Stayed in ketosis even with a couple little cheats like the bruschetta and the almonds from that curry chicken.
> Did not pig out or stress eat during heavy exam week at university and still managed 85+ on both exams!
> Got a compliment from someone who doesn't like me (she thinks I steal her friends) so for her to have mentioned the loss it must be HUGELY significant!
> Got compliments from all my friends for my discipline over the weekend, and for ow amazing I look.
> Size 8UK skirt is up and zipped.

That's all I've got this week. It's been a rough one for me. Hopefully next week will be better. :(
 
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Thanks, Kitty! =) I think I'll do fine with SS. I never minded it to begin with, and it's easier for me. :) Plus, it might get me over this plateau thingy, ugh. I'm HOPING that the lack in loss is just because of the fact that I should be starting TOTM soonish.
 
Tonight I get to go to Six Flags!!! ROLLER COASTERS HERE I COME!!! YAHOO!!!!! It's Georgia Tech night at Six Flags, too, so this means the park will be chock full of all my friends - AND NO ONE ELSE!! No lousy screaming kids, no zillion people long 5 hour lines - Aaaaaaah, bliss!! I might even set up an appointment to do the chair lift bungee swing. I've never done it in the dark. :)

Six Flags Over Georgia

It makes me sad that they're remodeling Monster Plantation though. That ride is as old southern manor as you get; it's a tradition. It's been there since I was too young to ride the coasters, and I've gone through it every single time I've ever visited the park. It will be sorely missed b/c the new one just won't be the same.
 
I looked in the mirror today. I realized something! I don't have the fold over in my stomach anymore! It isn't flat, yet, but it isn't folded over - it's small enough where I don't have a roll or a flap. :-o That is freaking awesome!
 
About 3 lbs. until I make the next stone bracket in weight loss. And 8 lbs. until I have lost 3 stone!
 
Yesterday I ran into an old friend of mine that I used to get breakfast with frequently. He stopped and looked at me funny for a minute. "Georgia?" "Yeah - hey!"

"Hey! How's it going? I didn't recognize you - I thought you were someone else at first. You grew your hair out; it's nice."

We chatted a bit and he says we should go back to Einsteins soon. I said, "Well, maybe when I'm allowed to have carbs again. How about we go to Jason's Deli or somewhere?" (I know he likes that place, and so do I.) He says, "Haha, you sound like my mom but it looks like it's working a lot better for you than it is for her. Sounds good - I'll call you."

Haha - yaaay! I'm so much skinnier, people don't recognize me anymore!!!


Et maitnent, off to take an exam.
 
ARGH I HATE MYSELF RIGHT NOW!!!

I've always been the one who NEVER cheats! WHY THE HELL did I eat that slice of PIZZA?!?!?! ::cries::

Tomorrow, I'm back on the horse. I can't let myself get lay just because I got down to a 10.
 
Cheated today and had a slice of pizza. Almost 8 perfect weeks, and I just ruined it! ::cries::

I am going to write this here and now to remind myself of how miserable I feel at the moment. I want to throw it back up; the only reason I don't is because I don't want to go back to binging and purging.

I feel absolutely vile and miserable and low and despicable. I feel like I should have known better. I DID know better! I ruined it. It's awful. This is miserable and ugh.

I vow right here and now that this will not happen again. Not 1 single bite out of step with this diet. Absolutely not. Furthermore, once I get the money back to afford more of the stuff than I currently buy at a time, I commit to a full month of SS.
 
GTPeach said:
Cheated today and had a slice of pizza. Almost 8 perfect weeks, and I just ruined it! ::cries::
Janey Mac GT, its a slice of pizza not a double murder, get a grip on yourself, you have had 8 perfect weeks, and will continue to have more, failing would be where you eat the pizza and don't stop eating until you regain everything plus some more. So you had a second of a slip, thats it, thats all it is, a slip.
I am going to write this here and now to remind myself of how miserable I feel at the moment. I want to throw it back up; the only reason I don't is because I don't want to go back to binging and purging.
This is good, purging will only make you feel worse, both mentally and physically.
I feel absolutely vile and miserable and low and despicable. I feel like I should have known better. I DID know better! I ruined it. It's awful. This is miserable and ugh.
Ok, look above, it was a slice of pizza, not a double murder, would you allow anybody to call you vile, despicable and miserable. NO you wouldn't so stop calling yourself such nasty things, you've ruined nothing, one day your going to have to reenter the world of eating, food is not bad, food is not the enemy and food is not to be allowed to bring you so down.

I vow right here and now that this will not happen again. Not 1 single bite out of step with this diet. Absolutely not. Furthermore, once I get the money back to afford more of the stuff than I currently buy at a time, I commit to a full month of SS.
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I'm sure you can tell that I'm not happy that your beating the living daylights out of yourself for a silly slice of pizza, enough GT, no more punishment, please be kind to yourself, your doing soooo well, please allow your brain to catch up with your body :grouphugg:
 
Thanks Bblilsis. :) I've still been upset over it today. That post really picked me up and made me feel better. :) I hope I'm still strong; I'm afraid to test myself for ketosis. Hunger's never been a good indication for me - even before the diet I never got hungry. I just ate b/c oh look it is lunch time.
 
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