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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Week One of transition (transitioning from fasting to eating) involved going from 5 shakes a day to 4 shakes a day, replacing one with 3 ounces of chicken at dinner. I was also allowed a very few select condiments and any spices. Tonight I entered… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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The main reason that we’re only allowed chicken and an all-too short list of condiments to go along with it during the first week of transition is primarily to guard our gall bladders from having an adverse reaction to trying to process certain… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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For those of you who don’t follow me on Facebook, then you’ve yet to experience the joy that is Anita’s nightly chicken photo. As I mentioned in my last post D and I have begun the first of four weeks of transition from the full liquid fast into a… 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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