Summer 2008 OWL Forum ROLL CALL!

[moniegail]

i started or should i say restarted on june 2nd after being off plan about 8 months. i had gained probably about 20 lbs maybe more while i was away from the plan. i've now lost 23lbs.


Who's here? What OWL rung are you on?
i am on rung 4, but i skipped the nut rung because i knew what a lack of control i have when eating nuts. i just recently added them back, but still consider myself on the berry rung.

How are you doing? Any major accomplishments? Any setbacks?
i am doing great!!!! as i already mentioned, i've lost 23 lbs since june 2nd. i think my biggest accomplishment is really sticking to exercising and i love all the monthly challenges on the board.(just have to limit how many i join each month as i tend to get overwhelmed having to post everything each day). i did have a set back a little over a week ago as we lost a family pet of over 12 yrs. through the grieving process, i had one really bad day of eating, and ended up gaining 3 lbs, but those are now gone plus another pound.

What are your plans for the rest of the Summer?
well, when i restarted in june, i brought all the clothes(out of storage) from a few summers ago when i had lost down to about 135 lbs. my major goal for the summer is to be able to fit into most of them before i have to store them again for winter. so far so good, just about every week i am managing to get into something new. have no real vacation plans as my last full week i took was the week i restarted back on plan.

my other goal for the rest of the summer is to find and/or figure out a way to alter some of my favorite holiday recipes. the time between thanksgiving and christmas always seems to be my fall from grace on this plan. this year i want to be able to have all or atleast some of the treats i so enjoy but in a perfectly legal, low carb form. i've worked to hard to blow it for a 4th time.