Hey you’re maintaining and that’s a win. What’s with the sugar? 
Me too and @Solanaceae
Especially desserts.
Maybe it’s a summer substitute for drinks.
Keep up the great work. And let’s keep an eye on our sweets. We don’t want this weight to start winning after we’ve worked so hard.
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Oh yeah I just noticed @DMW has had the same thing too! Weird 
Yeah theres definitely been a little bit of substituting sweets over alcohol in my case, nothing too worrying but I had that same thought earlier, with it being sunny and when I was napping the thoughts of drinking kept coming into my head when I was in a semi sleep/dream state then when I did wake up all I wanted was sugar.
I’ve been feeling quite depressed lately and I’m just over two weeks on my new meds so itll still be a while before I see an improvement with those. I’m finding it so hard to have any motivation to do anything atm, I can just about get by on the basics but everything else is all blah. I’m having this weird thing where my whole body just feels so heavy and tired too, I really want to exercise properly and feel that nice alive/awake feeling you get after a good workout but I’m struggling just to get up off the couch atm. 
I keep looking back to a time when I didnt feel this way and I had so much energy, I was always on the go and looking for things to keep me busy as I had so much energy to use up. I so want to get back there.
As long as I keep my diet in check I cant do any real damage, I’ve been in a deficit all week and today probably only went over my maintenance calories by about 500 so nothing too bad but obviously it’s not something I want to do all the time… its not just about the calories either though, I want to be eating in a way that’s healthy and icecreams and chips are not it! 
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Almost 4 months sober. Such a wild ride. But so damn worth it!!! Love seeing everyone here succeeding. Never ending fight!!!
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Checkin weighed in today. It wasn’t too bad.
201.2 small but steady increase in weight. Maybe because I discovered gelato 
. Or maybe a little depressed about health concerns and tired and can’t exercise as much right now. And enjoying a few desserts these days and eating out too much. I know there is an end in sight on my trip to the city with all the great food. And my health will be fixed up soon. So I’m not going to worry about it because I’m soooo sober as hell.
Have a great weekend y’all.
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Ok so I’m more excited about this than I should be so I had to share. But my little dip is back 
so a little ‘separation’ in my arm muscles which wasnt there before. My arms have always been a real problem area, where I store so much fat and they’re always the last place to lean up.
But it’s happening and I haven’t been all that consistent with the weights either 
Just nice no they’re not all one big blob and theres actually something going on there now finally! 
Arm wrestle anyone?? 
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My kind of gun show.
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Impressive!! 
Working out consistently has been one of the biggest keys to staying sober for me personally. So I know how great it feels to finally see progress and have a positive physical reminder of the advantages of sobriety.
Keep up the hard work, it’s clearly paying off 
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Weighed in today at 202.2. Gained another pound. Hopefully I’m not making excuses but I’m just not too worried about it since I got all these medical procedures going on and I’m just too tired. Little extra dessert here and there is a better coping method than drinking. I just know that now that I’m sober I’ll loose it all back again when I get fixed up. But I want to keep checking in to be accountable.
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I think we said it before in this thread, its what is on the inside that matters most Eric and if you are enjoying yourself some treats you deserve it. Glad you’re keeping a positive mind because you’re right once you are a little less stressed you will get back on the train 
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Where’d everybody go? Must be summer weight loss blues or something. My excuse is medical procedures and now my back is jacked up.
Anyway. Gained a few and weighed in at
202.8 Monday but forgot to record it here. I haven’t been able to workout or power walk for weeks. But I’m happy to report a weigh in today at
201.4. So that’s nice. Got to get back under 200.
Hopefully I can get home healthy next week and start doing my exercising routine again. And not be eating out at all these fantastic restaurants.
Hope y’all having a great summer.
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Ah my last post disappeared 
weird. Must have been when they were doing work on the site.
I lost a further 2lbs 
which brings my total weight loss to 49lbs and I decided to leave it there. I was really just trying to lose the last few lbs to get to a 50lb loss, no other reason that I liked the round number which was stupid so I decided to leave it where it was 
I’m now focusing on overall health and maintenance. I had to have my meds changed as I’ve just been a total zombie for over a month on them, only a few days into the change over and already feeling better which I’m happy about because I couldnt have gone like that. 
So for me… 49lbs loss, now I need to keep it off, exercise, stay sober, and get my mental health sorted. 
Even though I’ve come so far with the weight loss I really do feel like I’m right at the beginning of something bigger. Happy to be able to work towards it though and have more of a clearer picture of what I want and what obstacles are in my way. One day at a time and all that 
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Congratulations on your 50 pound weight loss. I’m calling it 50. Nice round number. I had to get my thyroid meds changed after all the weight I lost. I was also feeling like crap and couldn’t stop loosing weight. It’s been a little easier than I thought maintaining the weight loss. Exercise helps. I plan to get back to that next week when we get home. But if I said it once I said it 1000 times. Being sober is what’s really helping me maintain my weight loss goal range. No way I’m putting it all back on again.
Now back to the memes 
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Ya know sometimes I feel like I don’t see any difference in my weight loss but today I took a picture of me from December and then one today. Man 240 down to 189 its insane how much I don’t even look like the old me.
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Wow good job bud that’s noticeable for sure you’re looking good, keep working at it, you’ll get where you are going
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Great job indeed. Your looking great
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Weighing in at 204.4 today. So I’m almost 5 pounds over goal weight range. After 2 months of basically eating out in fine restaurants in Santa Monica and all the medical procedures I had and the last week with a bad back. I’m going to call it a win. Back home now. Already hitting the trail. Slow and steady. I’m not going to over do it and get hurt. No I’m not! Slow and steady. And I’ll be back on track in no time.
It always always helps being sober.
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Weighing in at 201.8.
Not bad. Pretty happy with that. I knew when I got home I would get back in my weight goal range. Almost there. Unfortunately my slow and steady post from above didn’t help. I must of jinxed myself. I got a minor hamstring thingy going on. But now that I’m grown up I’m not walking as far and as fast. And I’m stretching a lot after. This will pass. It’s not that bad. I hope it stays not that bad and goes away.
How you doin Deb? I hope your having a great summer.
@DMW
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I wanted to jump in here on this thread because I need to lose weight. I was 167lbs before my surgery last year and am now 199.8lbs, that’s one taco away from 200 lmao! Today I weighed in at 197 which isn’t that much but it’s a start. Getting on the elliptical for the past couple days and dang it’s tough! I did choose to make chicken with brown rice today instead of going to McDonald’s though yay!
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My psychiatrist is working on lowering my dose of Seroquel as it has a tendency to make people gain weight. Felt like a zombie during the day as well. Good job!!! 
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