After more than a week on my bare-bones plan of eating, which averaged between 1300-1450 calories my weight actually went up a couple more pounds. It makes no sense. I step on the scales, tell D what the numbers are and both of us just scratch our… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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When I was 325 pounds I grew fairly irked listening to people on the other side of weight loss telling me that losing their weight had been easy compared to keeping the weight off once they reached their goal. I am of course equally irked to… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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I didn’t weigh in tonight as I begin transition tomorrow and will begin meeting with a new group on Wednesday mornings instead of Tuesday afternoons and when I say transition I mean transitioning to FOOD! For the next four weeks I will s-l-o-w-l-y… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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. . . . . . . I know! It’s been forever since I posted which might have led you to think I’d fallen face first into a triple chocolate mocha cake with hazelnut buttercream frosting but contraire mon ami! I’m still… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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D and I are now both at the same weight, separated by about one pound and both heading toward the same goal weight of 145 pounds. We’re  hoping to begin transitioning, the three week period of slowly introducing food that moves us into maintenance… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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The plateau is SLOWLY breaking with another 2.2 pound weight loss this week which has brought my total weight loss up to just over 38 pounds while bringing my overall average down to 3.21 pounds per week. I’m still ahead of the 3 pound weekly… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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I knew this was bound to happen eventually. At this week’s weigh-in the scales showed a weight gain of just over half a pound. While I’d obviously love to continue to see the numbers drop I didn’t really have any emotion about the .6th of a pound…. Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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Another 3 pounds lost for a total of 36, which works out to be an average of 4 pounds lost every week. While that’s a pound more a week than the average 3 pound weight loss per week the program suggests, my number will even out as I get closer to my… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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One of the reasons why I chose to go on a complete fast rather than on a restrictive diet is because I wanted to completely separate myself from dealing with food for a season so I could figure out how to have a better relationship with food. This… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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Okay, so apparently I’m not keeping this attempt at journaling my season of fasting with any consistency. That’s no reflection on the fast itself as the only eating I’m doing these days is in my sleep. As of the last weigh in a couple days ago I’ve… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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