Hi everyone,
Thanks to everyone who responded to my last blog. It is so great to have your support.  This site and each one of you are the only reasons I have been able to keep going the way I have. I am sure that without it I would've been "off the wagon" weeks ago.
I didn't do the damage that I wanted to do to myself yesterday (HAHA caloriewise that is). Right after i weighed and took my husband lunch my kids wanted a cone from Macdonalds. So we went and got cones 120 cals. My son wanted a cheeseburger, (yes I had one) 280 cals. That was besides the 180 cal sandwich I had at home, and the 160 cals for yogurt in the am and after the gym..  We went to Blue and Gold Scout dinner last night and I had a meatball sandwich with fruit salad: roughly 600 calories, then 2 small pieces of cake: roughly 300 cals. ..
.All in all, even after trying to sabatoge myself I only ate 1535 cals or so. I did come home with the worst stomach cramps evvveerr. I'm not used to spicy beef and sauces anymore, and really not used to a lot of sugar. I felt so sick that I left the garbage can by the bed all night!
I had an appointment with a nutritionist today. She was a little shocked that I have been stuck for a couple of weeksj considering activity vs. intake. When she learned that I have polycystic ovarian syndrome, she pulled a book she was reading about  it and the effects of it on weight loss (Im going to borrow it from her when she is done). Looks like this stuff really messes up chances of  regular weight loss.
  I am going to be doing a plan that she wants me to try for a month. I think it is so she can be sure that I am consuming the amount of calories that I am claiming to be consuming.  Not that she thinks that I am lying, I am sure that she questions my measurment methods and so forth, and the accuracy of such. So, starting either tomorrow or Monday I am going to either have either a protein shake or an ensure (depending on the health comparison) for breakfast and lunch and a lean cuisine (between 3-400 cals) for dinner. I am allowed to have a s/f pudding or the like for a snack. It is supposed to be not over 1000 calories a day. I also got a few tips for working out on the weights at the gym, nothing really too different than what I was already doing-I will just be adding 2-3 minutes of the elliptical in between 15 minutes of weights/alternating for the hour. Like a circuit, in hopes of burning better. I think my knees can take three minutes on the elliptical or recumbent bike. I guess I will be finding out next week. I will also be measuring myself from now on on Friday's when I weigh. I should have bren doing that all along.
Have a great day everyone
I still believe we can do this if we all stick together

OK,
So, I got up this morning, dropped everyone off as usual. Went to the gym. Tortured myself on several devices for a liltle over an hour. By the time I'd left the gym I'd drank over 60 oz of water, and figured I better get weighed before taking on anymore. On the way to taking my husband lunch, I stopped at the Dr.s and weighed.....249 a-freaking-gain...
When I told my husband he said, " At least it wasn't 250 or more...
Hey..the point is,
I kept my head high last week when the scale didn't budge--but this is week two of it not budging. For over three weeks I haven't eaten but 1130 or so cal's a day (I don't believe this is starvation mode as it is what the site recommend for losing 3lbs a week), and I have put in (averaging), at least my hour a day in exercise-probably more plus, I drink over 100 oz of water daily..I have also tried to eat more often during the day (I know there is contradictory evidence with this method, and I am willing to try anything). Heck, I did better when I was eating 800 cals a day!
I understand I have been lifting weights and that maybe/perhaps put on a bit of muscle which may've stalled the scale (is a month of weight lifting really enough to make that big of a difference?)I don't know, I do know I need to get my measurments writtin somewhere and start watching those weekly with the scale--what a pain in the a** !
I'm having a hard time holding my head high this week, I am NOT quitting. However, I am eating cake tonight at the blue and gold dinner.  Screw it. Who knows maybe a bump with some sugar and calories will reset the metabolism to work again.  I also noticed when I was losing weight before that i was giving myself a reward meal of about 2000 cals once a week. I haven't done that in a few weeks. I've struggled with getting my rewards up to 1500 or so..
I've seen a few ideas of yours out there that I've considered trying..some "jump start" diet I saw on one of my teams, maybe a liquid for six weeks (suggested by a nutrionist), maybe a carb/keto. approach--this worked well for me in the past. I just have to get my cholesterol pulled before I start that one--I'm already sick of chicken and turkey...
Whatever!!!
I sure hope you all are doing better than I am today.
I'll be back later to report the damages done for the day!

Hey everyone,
Had a good day today, despite helping my son bake his cake for Blue and Gold dinner for Boy Scouts tomorrow night. I added a few extra calories for finger licking today! Did a good workout on the weights at the Y this morning, an hour.  Drank over 100 oz water.

Breakfast: yogurt 80
Lunch: 1/2 turkey cheese sandwich, a few cheetos 200
Snack: yogurt 80
Dinner: 6-8 oz beef, 426, serving peas 60, scalloped potatos 110
Snack: 2 donut holes w/ icing (sinner!), + finger licking during cake decorating 150
Totalish: 1110 or so

Keep hanigng in there we can do this together