april 12th

[beebs]

[izzet]

I am soooooooooooooooooooo jealous it's been 3 weeks as of Thursday (tomorrow) and all I've lost is 8lbs...I stick to portion sizes...only eat when hungry...have an active job....the only thing I can think of is sugar alcohols...one diet soda every few days, sugar free candy...maybe one or two a day and carbsmart popcicle every night.  The first week I hadn't discovered I could have diet soda and candy and only ate SF jello w/whip.  Back to the drawing board and cut out the alcohols & soda and see if that works.

you have been a great encoragement!

[beebs]

Women lose the weight much slower than men dont forget izzet! It may be frustrating but the weight will come off!

[umpa]

Izzet you are missing something....

[katary]

11 weeks of my new FTS lifestyle and i have broken through the plateau!!!! after going back to the drawing board,doing a reread,and giving myself an inspiring PEP talk,I woke up to step on the scale this morning and find that I am down 7 more lbs to 219 >> so from 275lbs 11 weeks ago to 219lbs today = 56lbs of FAT off into thin air,that leaves me 19 more lbs to shed to reach my goal of 75lbs 
           THANKS to Doug,Umpa & all of you for the support!!!!!!!!!!!!
and for anyone out there>>> keep the faith this does work,but you have to stick to it and if you do, you WILL get your health and clothes that used to fit you back

[umpa]

You Go Boy!!!!

[Doug Varrieur]

Congrats Gary, ain't it great to see your.....hum....toes

[beebs]

Rofl!! 

[katary]

trapped you have the key:)

[umpa]

MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE KATARY YOU ARE A INSPIRATION!
   

[Doug Varrieur]

Hi Gary, I finally arrived back home and have watched your video. I find it heartfelt, honest and giving. I'm asked all the time how I keep up the FAT TO SKINNY pace and my answer is always the same,

"If you had a cure for cancer could you keep it to yourself ?" "I have the cure for obesity and sugar diabetes and I CAN"T keep it to myself!"

I know how you feel man and I'm proud to see you "paying this forward"

Doug

[katary]

WEEK # 12 IN THE BOOKS
     and 5 more lbs. have vacated my body>>> 214 lbs today from 275 lbs on april 12th>>> 14 more lbs to go to hit my goal of 200 lbs...hell this is so much fun i think i may change my goal to 190 lbs just to see if i can do it.....lol    sooooo i guess that crouton i had by mistake the other day didnt hurt me too much:)

P.S. thanks doug & umpa.....now its become a competition thing with me and the scale..... i am winning...lol

[paulachappell]

Wow, you inspire me so much.  Thanks for sharing and encouraging. 

[katary]

FREEDOM:) from my sugar addiction !!!!!!! 13 weeks of healthy eating-healthy living....exactly 3 months ago today i started this journey & all i can say is thank you to Doug for writing the FTS book,thank you to all of the forum members for support and sharing your lives, & thank you to God for letting me find myself:)  today 210 lbs>>> that's 4 more lbs gone!!!! for a total of 65 lbs in 13 weeks:) whats that Doug??? 6 1/2 10lb turkeys i have to carry around the next time i go krogering??? I am so changing my goal weight to 190 lbs from 200 lbs,everyone says that i am too skinny now,but that's just because i was soooo FAT before:( i think at 6'3" they still say that technically i would still be overweight? the last time i weighed 210 lbs was in highschool....30 years ago!!!!!!

[Joanne]

Gary...you are an inspiration.I only wish you lived near each and every one of us so that you could be everyone's personal coach & chef!!!!!