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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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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At the end of end of nearly two months of the liquid fast I’ve lost a total of just over 33 pounds. My BMI has gone from 37.1 to 32.0 and I’ve lost a total of 19+ inches to my overall measurements. This means from my highest weight back in 1999 I’m… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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At Tuesday night’s weigh-in I recorded another 2.4 pound weight loss which has me just over 30 pounds lost in 7 weeks with about 35 more to go. Even more rewarding than seeing my weight reaching an all-time low in my adult life (most of which has… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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So here’s where I stand. 44 days into the fast and I’ve lost 30 pounds which is an average of about 4.88 pounds a week according to my trusty calculator and my limited ability to figure out anything that resembles a math equation. Obviously if… Don’t stop now…keep reading!

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