Laura - Awesome! I hope you have had continued success this week. I can say absolutely yes, if you do it every time, it does get easier. It’s the going back and forth between MWL and more stimulating types of food that can keep your cravings stoked.
Moonlight - Giving your all to something and not having the success you want can be uncomfortable and disappointing sometimes, but those days and weeks and months of success make up for it. They feel amazing...exciting...inspiring... like you just drank a bottle of happiness!
It just takes some time to get there. Let’s keep inspiring each other to show up and do our best and chase those blues away. XO. We’ll show them that everything, everything will be alright.
Marilyn - Hey, its nice to have you back! Wow, congratulations on the wonderful January results. Yep, those 3.6 for this week are going in the tally! I have never tried sauerkraut on a potato, but that sounds delicious. We have a low sodium brand out here that is good, so thank you for the suggestion. It sounds like you have figured out how to get closer to the MWL guidelines in a comfortable and satisfying way. That is success!
Dpascar - Great loss! Enjoy the slopes.
Anne - You checked in every week and had a loss. Fantastic month! Soup and sequencing and snacks...oh my! LOL. These are all
great habits. Are you enjoying working from home?
Sirdle - Nice!
Alishana - Great loss. Magnifique!
ANelson108 - Fantastic loss! Cooking at home ensures control over the ingredients and portions, but eating out can be a nice break from preparation too. Most places are just not able to remove all of the oil (or enough of it) to adhere to the MWL guidelines, sadly. I’m sure you’ve seen this presentation by Mary McDougall, but I’ll link it just in case you haven’t:
Dining Out When You Must. Best wishes for the moving week.
Belana - Woot woot! It’s not a fluke, it’s your great effort and diligence. Follow the plan well and this is what happens. Congratulations. There is a
monthly maintenance thread (that the wonderful Lindsay facilitates) that you can continue your journey with when you wish to make that shift.
Rosey - XO. You’re still here and doing this. As frustrating as it can be. You have made such good ground....keep that in mind. I totally get it. My first 5 years trying to do this were uneventful and I lost 30 pounds for that whole time based on the changes I made consistently (that may sound like I chose to make only a few changes, nope, I was trying every single day to make all the right changes, I just wasn’t having consistent success). Then I changed a few more things that I learned while learning even more and I began to have more success...60 more pounds....stalled out 1-2 years....lost 20 more.... gained back that 20....2 more years of stalling....another slight creep up.....then down.....then up..... Gah! LOL. Let’s just keep showing up until we hit our
next deep grooves, to quote Dr. Lisle. We all come with our different struggles and situations, but
perseverance, reflection and refinement can get us to the
Hall of Fame in our own life!
Humberto - Hola! You’ll get back there. Your potato medley sound scrumptious.
Linda - How lovely! Red roses, yellow roses; what a dear husband he is. Good loss and lesson for the week. Every bite does matter...and so does life satisfaction. You made healthy meals and satisfied yourself and your guests. MWL or not, that was a win. Now, if you want to continue your amazing rate of loss, then you are right to sweat the small stuff like this. But, otherwise, just keep up your current effort, it’s working and you haven’t had to sacrifice enjoyment in other areas of your life to get this far.
by sirdle » Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:38 am 
