Re: Plateaus/Vegas Trip

[Guest guest]

I bet all that buffet food had tons of sodium too. You'll probably see a

bigger loss next week. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Luanne

[Guest guest]

With all this talk of plateaus, I thought I'd add that I might be on one

myself. Not quite sure.

Here's my recent weigh-in history...

11/22 190.2

11/29 189.2 Down 1 Pound

12/5 189.8 Up 0.6 Pounds

12/13 189.6 Down 0.2 Pounds

So, a total loss of 0.6 pounds in 3 weeks (or 0.2 pounds per week) -

does this constitute a plateau?

I saw some movement on my home scale this morning, so maybe its'

breaking?????

I'm looking back at my weeks leading up to these last three weigh-ins.

11/29 was right after

Thanksgiving - which was a very focused week for me. I used 19 1/2 flex

points that week

(including just 4.5 on Thanksgiving day) and mantained my regular

workout schedule. That 1

pound loss came on the heels of a larger loss, so it was a good thing.

The week leading up to the 12/5 weigh-in, was the week where I had my

emotional upheavel

on Sunday (11/30) and used up all my FP's for the week. I was extremely

focused the

rest of the week and just ate my points target + my usual APs. I had to

weigh-in a day

early because of an impending snowstorm, and this is when I was up the

0.6 pounds.

Last week, was my trip to Las Vegas. I was travelling with one

friend/colleague to a

conference. Saturday (before I left), I did fine (it was a snow day, so

we had a

fun day with the kids inside the house and in the backyard with the

sled). Sunday

was a tough day (the extra hours associated with travel/time change are

always

tough for me), but I managed. Sunday night, in Vegas, we went to one of the

casino restaurants - where I did a cup of New England Clam Chowder (a little

bit of an indulgence) and a grilled shrimp caesar salad. (I had done so well

on the plane trip, that my 17 point dinner only had me using 2.5 FP's

for the

day). Did fine on Monday too, as I " begged " off a big

dinner to go to the spa for a massage (wonderful).... I couldn't leave

my buddy

by himself for dinner all week though, so we were together Tuesday and

Wednesday night. Tuesday night, he suggested that we go to the hospitality

suites the conference vendors were hosting. This turned out to be a lot

of fun.

One suite had an Elvis impersonator, another had a folk singer doing Jimmy

Buffet tunes, another had a " taste of Italy " motif. We had dinner

courtesy of

all the buffets - I filled up on salad & fruit, a couple of small spring

rolls, a

pair of chicken & vegetable kabobs and a bunch of shrimp. But it was

still a 19 point dinner and I wound up using 7.5 FP's for the day. Wednesday

was equally tough, as we wound up at the seafood buffet for dinner before

our red-eye flight home - another little of a lot of things added up to 16.5

points for dinner and the use of another 8 FP's for the day. All-in-all my

4 days in Vegas cost me 19.5 FP's. On the bright side, I got all my

workouts in - and I brought my own breakfasts (Kashi w/ nuts & raisins)

and snacks along with me.

Thursday and Friday I kind of stayed in my Vegas pattern from

Tuesday & Wednesday - not Off Program but making generous

use of flex points .... Used my remaining 15.5 these two days - and

didn't work out at all....

So, that took me to Saturday and my 0.2 pound loss. So, maybe this " plateau "

is associated with two straight weeks of eating every last one of my flex

points. This week I'm determined to get back to my routine of eating only

20-25 of my FP's. Now, in a previous post, I described my Saturday

evening " vapor lock " at dinner, so I'm already behind the 8-ball, but I've

been back on the treadmill and I'm focused, so I'm hoping for a strong

week eating at or below my points target + APs and hopefully the scale

will move again on Saturday.

Mitch

scmoore wrote:

>Hi ,

>I know what you mean about plateaus, they do suck but on the other hand it's

>the body's way of adjusting itself to make sure it doesn't go back up. Think

>about what you've done so far and keep on going, it will come off.

>I've hit those too where I don't gain at all but the scale just stays the

>same no matter what I eat or don't eat. Sometimes when the scale stays the

>same we lose inches, is that happening??

>In July I was sick with a bad cough for two weeks and ate maybe 14 points a

>day and the scale stayed THE SAME!!!! GRRRRRR--I wasn't trying to not eat,

>just didn't have any appetite and the cough lasted 6-7 weeks.

>I've basically decided to not take any drastic measures like Atkins or South

>Beach or anything and just keep on keeping on with the program and exercise

>and that way I won't be tempted to go off anything. The South Beach

>intrigues me so I'm trying to sort of eat more of that type of food but

>still do the WW points. AS soon as I tell myself I can't have certain

>things, i want them and obsess over that so I'm just saying I CAN have

>anything and then I don't think about it.

>I think that the scale has dropped about 5 pounds recently after having

>stayed pretty much the same for a month or so--over the period of Sept-Nov.

>I lost a total of 9 pounds but now I think it's moving again.

>I'm fitting into big size 12's and some small 14's, does that make sense??

>I've had to set some 14's aside but the smaller ones still fit and the

>smaller 12's are a ways off.

>Guess we have to measure our success in all sorts of ways, but I DO feel

>your frustration over a plateau and offer you my support.

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>Hi Bette, Congrats on the great loss!!! I am doing wonderful, thanks for

>asking. I have not really lost anything the past few weeks, I am at a

>plateau and it sucks!!! I am just staying on program and hopig one day it

>will all just kick in again!!

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>The board has been really quiet, I have been swamped at work, trying to get

>tons of things done since there are alot of the attorneys out on vacation.

>It is amazing how much work I can get done when they are not here bothering

>me

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