ShineOn – Congratulations on smashing your plateau! I love how happy and shiny you always are on the boards.
Smgyorkie – Great pictures! I look forward to the day I can post a before and after. Congrats in your 1.5 pound loss, I hope when you reach goal you will continue to post.
Namaste – It is always good to be prepared. I am going to take meemo’s advice and keep an apple with me.
Cargirl – I agree with you about having people around you who are “on board”. For me, my people are the ones on this board. I don’t know how many times I have been reminded to eat something I have forgotten, or to omit something I have been doing. I did not even know about the toothpaste rule until donuts mentioned it about a week into my program. I decided then and there to go through every piece of paper my center gave me with a fine tooth comb. I was thinking about you only loosing 3 pounds and I know there will be a change when you do the tanita, but you may want to talk to your center about specific foods on plan that will help you loose more. For instance, I was eating an apple with my lunch on most days and I was loosing very little. I talked to my center and they told me that even though apples are on plan, they are a high carb item and I should use them sparingly. Since then I have been rotating between mixed berries and blue berries mixed in chocolate pudding or vanilla pudding hns. I don’t know if this the exact cause, but since doing that I have been loosing a minimum of three pounds every seven days.
Hvnlymzic – Thank you for the ring idea, once this interloper TOM leaves town, I will be moving it over. The funny thing about my rings is it show a progress of my weight gain. In college, my ring was a size 4.5, engagement ring is a size 5, wedding band is a size 5.5, and my one year anniversary band is a 6. I always keep them on and before everything was locked into place by my engagement ring. Now everything is sliding around.
MidwestChick – Welcome! This program is great for me because I am not very disciplined unless everything is put in black and white, I don’t enjoy the grey areas when trying to lose weight.
Raemi13 – Welcome. A lot of times I feed my family this same thing, but three nights a week I let one of the family members pick their favorite meal. On those nights, I fix them what they wand and I eat my food. I use the George Forman grill on those nights so it never takes longer than nine minutes to cook. I don’t let them eat anything I make with my supplements in them, although I think the center said it was ok.
Texdoc2001 – Welcome and congratulations on your 6.5 pound loss. In answer to your question, yes, I have. I think it has a lot to do with I am eating more veggies now than I ever have in my life. I don’t think I will worry unless it starts glowing.
Moliver – Welcome! This board is great and comes in really handy should you ever feel the urge to go off plan. Congratulations on the start of a healthier life.
Tmich56 – The calorie thing is something you should talk to you center about. When it comes to reading the Tanita, I don’t know if everyone out there knows this, but you should always compare the two that have the closest water weight. If your water weight is up or down a couple of pounds, it will throw everything else off as well.
Graduatethin – Congratulations on your 1.5 weight loss that is great. I have stopped looking at each individual weight loss and started looking at the seven day weight loss. Of course I still love seeing the pounds drop each WI, but before I was getting a little bummed if I didn’t show the big numbers. Remember, slow and steady wins the race. I think that is how the saying goes.
Dkmd27 – Congrats on the 4 pounds, you will find the plan is so much easier than the preconditioning, at least I did.
Mary V – Great pictures! I can’t wait until weight is not an issue! How fun was Zip Lining? I am looking forward to getting back into white water rafting.
Me first this time – I love your name that was the thought that went through my head while I was joining. For seasoning, you can use a little sea salt, but for me, I use loads of garlic on everything.
Believeinme – Good Luck at the races!
Meemo – I went looking for everyone that had a picture and I saw yours, you look great!
BrowneyedChick – I don’t eat an extra ounce, but during TOM I add an extra HNS. Because I find I am always hungry during that time.
Chopingirl – I need to get to Pier 1!
Jantdieting – I know it has only been a couple of pages, but I’ve missed your posts! Congratulations on the 3.5 down and signing the 30 pounds board. I love seeing your progress because I always seem to be just a step behind you. You keep me on track.
NanaDB - 22.5 inches WOW, WOW, WOW! Great job! You are going to look svelte for your trip!
Ok, I am changing things up for this weekend. I started exercising on Friday
and on Saturday
and Sunday
I started Power90 which has been collecting dust in my closet for five months now. WOW, has anyone else done this program or any of the Beach Body programs? I am going to stick with this for 90 days and see how much of a difference it makes. I also stopped jumping on the scale every time I went into the bathroom. For this weekend I am not looking at the scale at all for two reasons, one TOM and two I want to be surprised when I see how my hard work paid off. I say that now and watch TOM will make sure the scales don’t move D*@& him
. I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend.
BrownEyedChick, I'm glad you found us. When I get really hungry, I drink a lot of water at have an HNS. This usually does the trick for me. I guess technically, it is an "extra" protein, it's just a low calorie fat free way to get it. I haven't been brave enough to eat extra on plan. I have some specific time targets I want to hit and I don't want to delay myself. I hope this forum helps you on your journey!!
I was just at Pier 1, and they have a new scented candle in a little tin called 'mint chocolate chip.' I think I just OD'ed on the scent. It was the most satisfying experience of my dieting life thus far...I carried it around the store with me with the lid open, then bought nine of them ($3.00 apiece.) I didn't really believe before...now I believe!! 
I'll definitely come to y'all for questions and I'm looking foward to sharing good news too. 
It will really hit the spot and make your house smell great, too! 
( sorry gotta took my horn) and only 11 pounds to goal. It doesn't seem real - ya know. Its only been 9 months. I just LOVE this program & the life it has helped me restore! MRC & this forum has changed me forever. ahh life is good!
What ever it takes right?
--I never know which way they will go.
You said you read this--join us & post too! Thought of you with all the great posts about eating out since you said that was a challenge for you. Bless you!
The menu was, as I expected, Italian. Bad..... Anyway, I ate the salad which already had dressing, I did try to avoid the carrots and the dressing. Then they brought out the pasta w/ sauce. I ate a little of that, and gave the rest away. I passed on the bread and the cookies, and I drank a lot of water and decaf coffee. The food didn't even taste good, but I was hungry and knew we wouldn't be home until late. Oh well, now I will just wait and see what the scale will do. I am back up and ready to go again this morning.
