h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I seriously doubt that the dietitians taste anything they recommend. I've never eaten hospital food that even remotely resembled "real" food. The mystery meat, in our case, was supposedly meatloaf...........the grayest meatloaf I have ever seen. One bite was adequate.

I hit another significant milestone today. My BMI falls within the normal range on the Traineo calculator. Yay for me!

Bravo, Witty!!!!!

I'm afraid it will be a while before I hit that particular milestone. But I'll get there.

18 weeks up 2 pounds! only 8 pounds lost!!! Serious backsliding on my holiday. I didn't weigh myself at all during the week and assumed that my greater level of exercise would counteract the meals out - I was cycling and swimming every day, but also sampling chinese, indian, italian and french cuisine (the grilled chicken with mushroom and tarragon sauce, dauphinoise potatoes and creamed spinach was particularly memorable)

I just find it hard on down days to sustain the abstinence to the evening...

18 weeks and 1 day (after a "down" day) pulled back to 10.5 pounds lost. I realise this is just a witter of little interest to anyone else, but a valuable diary for me.

Now I'm more worried by skankyrich and Gnomon alerting researchers to urgent need to write or review for EG. Hyp, use your political power to encourage support - you are the President aren't you? See A28763472 or F54784?thread=4745930

I'm concerned, too, Pimms. But since I don't write for the EG myself, I always feel like a hypocrite encoutraging others to do so. I really haven't had the time. And didn't want mixed up in the unpleasantness of it all.And every single time I think of a suitable topic, someone else has already done it. I don't even write for the Post anymore. But, yes, I'll do what I can to drum up support. And try to apply my butt to my chair and get an article written up myself. November and December are the two slowest months at work. I should have time to work on a bit of writing. Will make sure I do.

As to your diet, just remember where you were before you started this. I have let myself slip so many times over the last year, that I don't worry that much about it anymore. Because with JUDDDD I am always able to get back on track.

Which calls for an update on my progress, I suppose. I have hit a mini-milestone. Not as nice as Witty's, but I have now lost 3 stone - that magic 42. I am losing again, slowly at my normal tortise pace. I'm down to about 2 pounds a month. But it's going in the right direction. I'm eating some really satisfying meals and am able to eat out at special events without feeling like I'm going of my plan. The psychological boost from that is important to me.

Since I have adopted this as a lifestyle decision over and above the weight-loss angle, the rate of loss is immaterial. The anti-inflammatory benefits from this diet makes it worth it to me even if I never lose another ounce. I feel so much better than I did before I found JUDDDD.

I know it will take quite a while for me to reach my goal weight, but I know I'll get there eventually. I don't have to live with that naggging dread that I'll regain the weight as soon as I go off the diet because I don't plan to go off of it. This is just he way I eat now. Some down days are a bit too high, but I am faithfully cycling those calories for weight loss and getting in a minimum of a 15 hour fast each day for the anti-inflammatory benefits. I usually manage 17 hours. Some down days I manage 23. I just go with the flow and let my day determine what I do rather than letting the diet control my day.

Good on ya, Hyp! I feel the same as you, I have permanently changed the way I eat.

Another milestone for me, I hit my original goal 2 days ago, which a is two for the price of one event as I dropped into a new decade as well. My total loss is 34 pounds. The plan was to achieve this by October 20, so not too far off the mark. I was within 3 pounds of the goal at that point and I knew it was only a matter of time.

This goal was to achieve a "healthy weight" and I guessed correctly, as this is the point where my BMI went into the normal range. I am so pleased with this experience that I have a new goal of 10 more pounds which I am doing for appearance sake.

That's fantastic, Witty. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is such a great way to diet.

Hang in there everyone. Keep the up days up and the down days down and it will work.

Wow! I am impressed by all the good news from the JUDDDDers. I'm not doing much right now. Don't have the heart for it I guess. I am not gaining, however.

Way to go y'all!

19 weeks, down two pounds, back to 10 pounds lost. I was grousing at weekend about my plateau for last three months (I only lost weight in the first six weeks of the diet, and then have drifted up and down around the eleven pounds lost). My bro pointed out that a sustained 11 pounds (or so) is five bags of sugar [5kg] I'm not carrying around any more and not to be dismissed as worthless

Have you ever seen a pound of pure fat? Some diet gurus show their clients a big chunk of it as a reminder.

A ten pound sustained loss is great! Congrats.

Pimms, you had a lot less to lose than most of us. Try thinking of it in terms of percentage of weight lost to reach your goal. Bet that 10 pounds is a high percentage.

There are so many special eating events for me between now and the end of the year that I'll consider myself successful if I wake up on January 2nd at the weight I am today. Not that I am worried about it. I'm sure I'll get through the holidays for the first time in decades without gaining any weight.

We aren't in any sort of competition for most pounds lost or fastest weight lost. We're just trying to find our own individual paths. I've found mine. It twists and turns and takes a long time to get from point A to point B. But I can enjoy the scenery, meaning my life, along the way. People in a great hurry need to stay off of my path because they'll get too frustrated.

The thing is, I'm losing slowly, but it is going to stay off. My entire way of eating has changed over the past year. I have developed new, sustainable eating habits that have not only helped me lose 3 stone, but have helped with some health problems as well. JUDDDD rocks.

I'm back on the low carb/no carb thing. I just do better when I leave the carbs alone.

I don't eat as many chips and junk food as I did, but slip up occasionally. I'm glad I have grandsons--the chips don't stay around long with them here every afternoon.

I have done protein and vegetables today--a big salad with taco meat and cheese on it for lunch, and a boiled egg for breakfast. We will have a grilled steak for supper. Lord C will have a baked potato with his--I will have something green with mine. How does a Caesar salad sound?

Caesar rules!

I've had a largish change in my diet -- mainly, I'm now living with someone who's been on WW for two years, so we don't buy any chips or lots of bread and rice and pasta. What we do have is all whole grain, in amounts I would never have considered adequate before.

So far, seems to be working, since while I'm not Judddding at the moment, I've managed to lose another 3 pounds. Besides, there'a a renegade WW meal pattern I found, called the Wendie Plan, which is pretty much the same as the JUDDDD pattern. That's me, the Diet

How are you settling in, SC? I know quite a few people who have had great results with WW. Having someone to do it with should help.

20 weeks I got down to 11 pounds lost again. Going in right direction.

I thought I'd chart my weight loss and see if a downward trend can be extrapolated to a stone loss. After some work I realised for the last three weeks I've been putting wrong number of weeks since I started, due to forgetting I missed a week while on holiday, so I have been dieting 21 weeks, not 20. Allowing for this my (linear) extrapolation suggests I won't get to 14 pounds lost until the start of March I'm sure I can do better than that!

Okay, last Saturday was my first weigh-in since joining WW. I lost 2.4 lbs, and my roomie lost 1.1 -- which is good, since I'm doing all the cooking and I would've been in big trouble if we gained...

So far, so good. Yay, Judddd and Wendie!!!

"How are you settling in, SC?"

Pretty well, actually. Worst problem was the hissing wars between Pat's cat and my two. Seems to have subsided for the most part. Thank BoB!!

22 weeks 10lbs lost

Most of the week it has been 11lbs down I've probably been scuppering myself by eating too many calories on down days - that spoonful of jam on the porridge, using half milk to make the porridge, - possibly ends up twice as many calories as I had estimated. By dint of just about skipping lunch (and getting irritable) I tend to fill up at the evening meal - it all adds up, particularly with the odd crumb while helping bake.

Looks like I can easily *sustain* a 10lb loss. Maybe I should accept that

23 weeks 8.5 lbs lost Good weekend though I know it will drop back to 11 lbs shortly, but more will be a struggle.