fern46 (and everyone), how are you doing physically today? I thought I'd bump this thread up because I agree that it's good to check in from time to time.

I've been doing quite well since I started my eating plan (aka diet). I'll admit that I had a few nights when I over ate pretzels and Stacy's pita chips. One night I also made what was called "Skinny" peanut butter energy balls, made with powdered pb2 peanut butter. I only realized after eating way too many that the recipe author miscalculated the nutrition info for them. They weren't so "skinny" after all. I won't be making them again, and did not replenish our supply of pretzels and pita chips. I've realized that they are just too triggering for little binge sessions. Other things satisfy me without triggering me to eat too much. During our Father's day picnic on Saturday, I did eat beyond what I expected. I had asked my brother to buy a watermelon for dessert, and instead he bought apple pie and cream cheese icing covered cinnamon buns. Of course I "didn't want to not eat what he bought", though at least I only ate small portions and did not take any of that stuff home with me. My hubby didn't eat any of the dessert. I put him on a diet, too. He wants to lose 45 lbs. I want to lose at least 25 lbs.

Other than the above, I have been right on my plan, most days eating 1,200 calories or below, and trying to keep total fats and saturated fats low to combat my high cholesterol. I'm also eating lower carb than when I'm not dieting, but I'm not a fan of low carb diets, so I don't go very low carb. Last week I lost 3.4 lbs. This week I hope I lose at least a couple. My next weigh-in is this Friday. It would be great to be able to tell my psychiatrist that I've lost 5+ pounds since seeing him last. He'll then go away for 6 weeks for vacation. I truly intend to keep this diet up. Assuming I can lose an average of one pound per week, during that period, I could potentially be a total of 10 or more pounds lighter after his vacation.

500 mg of Seroquel XR is almost weight neutral for me. I want to keep at this dose or even go lower, if possible. All of my other medications are weight neutral. I guess Latuda is. I'm still only on a small dose of that, so it's too soon to judge. My moods have been right where they should be. I highly doubt that my psychiatrist will make any medication changes right before his vacation.

I've been much more active, physically, these past couple of months than before. That has been great. I spend significantly less time lounging.