Welcome to the newbies! Nice to have you here and looking forward to sharing this journey with you.
sperkins - Don't give up!!! Surely the diet just need a little tweaking.
Lets see:
[*]Are you getting in all the shakes?
[*] Are you doing the 1000 cal or 1200 cal? I bet you are not getting enough calories - sounds odd to us dieters, but for me any time I hit a plataeu of any kind I need to loosen up and not be so restrictive and I usually start losing again. Especially if you are on your feet running around all day.
[*] I would also suggest making sure you are getting in your good fats. Try taking some good omega 3's. My sister just paid big bucks to a diet center for a program similar to ours and they suggested she take 3 (yes 3!) 1000mg Omega 3's before bed each night. They said it would help with weight loss and cravings.
[*]You can also call diet direct and talk to one of their counselors they may have some tips.
[*] I agree completely with mollymai. I was stuck for about 2-3 weeks at the same weight. I had been keeping track of my measurements and my body fat % though and both were going down which kept me on track.
[*]Don't eat before bed. I also work in a hospital - 12hour shifts so I usually get home about 1930. I have been eating my real food meal at lunch in the hospital and then just having a shake when I get home as I'm usually pretty wiped out anyway.
Hope this helps - keep us updated and don't give up!!
BBBelly - where are you? How is Insanity going?
Margie - how is your loss going?
Okay girls - I've commented before on how much I like the WS hotcakes. So I ventured out and got the Bariwise blueberry pancakes. All I can say it DON'T!! They were absolutely disgusting. The first batch I couldn't scrape off the skillet and the second batch I got off but they tasted like spongy, rubbery yuck! I've used two packets so I don't guess diet direct will let me send them back but I am going to call and ask - they are that bad!!