The easiest way to avoid regrets is to ask yourself this question, "If not now, when?" It's a powerful way to put life and our decisions about how we spend our time into perspective"

Weigh in Wednesday…. Posted by Cindy on 6/10/2026, 10:54 am How’s it going?

235.2 Posted by Krista on 6/10/2026, 9:55 pm, in reply to "Weigh in Wednesday…." Happy!

Fantastic! Posted by Delta on 6/11/2026, 1:49 am, in reply to "235.2" It makes me happy to see you dropping and happy.

Awesome!… Posted by Cindy on 6/10/2026, 11:00 pm, in reply to "235.2" So happy for you!

mins Posted by Beverly on 6/10/2026, 5:45 pm, in reply to "Weigh in Wednesday…." I am up 1 pound. I am really struggling... eating so much bread and faux cheese. Not healthy foods. I am bored with my food and miss chocolate, caffiene, having a pop,spicy food, vinegar, lemon and more If I get some snack I can eat I can't stop eating it ... frustrating.... Oh well.

I understand… Posted by Cindy on 6/10/2026, 11:02 pm, in reply to "mins" Your frustration! Hang in there.

That sounds so frustrating! Posted by Beverly on 6/10/2026, 7:38 pm, in reply to "mins" It seems that when there are things that I can't have, I do the same thing. You have got to find a way to feel treated without feeling deprived. It is a fine line, but worth finding. Two things work for me. 1. I make a list of all the wonderful things that I can have, and every week I find something on that list that I don't normally have and splurge. 2. I find things that give me the same taste as things I can't have. I struggle with lemon and vinegar also, but I have found that lemon-flavored Jell-O and two or three Lemonheads give me the same taste without the consequences. I put a few drops of aged balsamic vinaigrette on top of roasted Brussels sprouts. Two or three drops are enough to smell and taste it, but it doesn't hurt my stomach (you may have a different reaction, so be careful). I have used chocolate-flavored lip balm to calm chocolate and sweet cravings (it worked). Flavored gum helps me curb a desire for dessert often. It is difficult to manage gut issues and allergies, but there are usually ways to make it not so boring. There are so many recipes and ideas on the internet that make life easier. I keep telling everyone to make sure that they have Pinterest, then to go into the search bar there and enter searches. After that, whenever you go to the site, you will have lots of suggestions and posts in those areas. It has helped me navigate my own gut issues and allergies so that I rarely feel deprived these days.

Thanks Delta Posted by Beverly on 6/11/2026, 9:25 am, in reply to "That sounds so frustrating!" I appreciate your your thoughts and ideas!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷

Sorry, Beverly, that was me Posted by Delta on 6/11/2026, 1:43 am, in reply to "That sounds so frustrating!"

For me…. Posted by Cindy on 6/10/2026, 10:56 am, in reply to "Weigh in Wednesday…." Get this! I was up 4.2 pounds! Not sure what that is all about. Had to be some water retention -just not sure. Being accountable and moving on!

It is about Posted by Delta on 6/10/2026, 7:49 pm, in reply to "For me…." your stage in life. We don't always drop weight because we have been eating well these days and sometimes we gain an unreasonable number of pounds because we ate one thing off plan. It is in part what drove me to stop weighing all the time. As long as you have a plan and stick to it 80% or more of the time, you should lose weight in the long run. Maybe try not weighing for two weeks or a month. Get a pen and notebook (yep, researchers say that helps better than putting it on the computer). Measure yourself. Each week, make a healthy menu for meals and snacks. Try to stick with it daily. Exercise in some way. Increase the time or difficulty as you can. Record the exercise. Write what you ate and drank. Even record your feelings or if you were hungry, or feel that you could have eaten less if you want to. At the end of the two weeks or a month, measure first and write it down. Weigh if you want. In the end it is not about the scale, it is about the habits. For us long haulers, it has become a game of what we can get away with sometimes and self-flagellation at others. We need to break the bad habits and form good ones and forget the relationship with the scale. It is only one tool to use and not something to rule our lives.

Mine Posted by Beverly on 6/10/2026, 5:42 pm, in reply to "For me…." I am up 1 pound. I am really struggling... eating so much bread and faux cheese. Not healthy foods. I am bored with my food and miss chocolate, caffiene, having a pop,spicy food, vinegar, lemon and more If I get some snack I can eat I can't stop eating it ... frustrating.... Oh well.

oops..... I will move this. Posted by Beverly on 6/10/2026, 5:43 pm, in reply to "Mine" phooey

I’m sure Posted by Cindyh on 6/10/2026, 12:17 pm, in reply to "For me…." That’s what it was. It will even out.

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