The first week is often a huge loss. I wish every week looked like my first! :D

I'm not a doctor, but that 1% figure is what my doctor gave me. It's an overall number, not just a first-week or even first-month number. And even then, it's a guideline; certainly people on medically-supervised plans exceed it and are perfectly healthy. Our bodies are astonishingly resilient, so one or two weeks here or a month there of faster loss isn't a problem. Look at it as a nice head start.

Six pounds in a week is a fantastic first week. You might find that your first month is similarly quick. It's nothing to worry about, especially early on. :)

Originally Posted by Michou:
Chicken breast LOL ahhhhhh.....

Chick Taouk

1 container of plain yogourt in food processor with 6 cloves of garlic, the juice of one lemon and a tablespoon of olive oil. Mix the marinade. Cut the chicken in cubes or the turkey and marinate a few hours. Put cubes on skewers and grill in thé ove or bbq, delicious.

That sounds FABULOUS!! Can't make it tonight, cause my store (which is really a gas station, with a few groceries) doesn't have what I'd need, but I get the van tomorrow, and am going grocery shopping, i can not WAIT to try this out! It sounds almost like a Tzatziki!!

You could make tzatziki to go with it, good source of protein and low in fat, do you know how to make it, just tell me LOL I know

Originally Posted by Michou:
You could make tzatziki to go with it, good source of protein and low in fat, do you know how to make it, just tell me LOL I know

LOL I have NO clue, but I LOOOOOOVE Tzatziki.

Here you go LOL


1 container of greek yogourt (ticker than other yogourt)
1 cucumber
1 or 2 garlic cloves
Oregano
Salt
Teaspoon of Wine vinegar.

Peel and remove the seeds of the cucumber. Shred it, put in a sieve and sprinkle with salt, let it sit a few minutes, rinse, drain water and squeeze as much liquid as you can.

Mash the garlic.

In a bowling mix, yogourt, cucumber, oregano and vinegar, let sit for an hour in the fridge. This is a lot cheaper than the ready made version and it is fresh, enjoy.

Thank you SOOOOOOOO much!!!

One more question...how many calories does it have per serving? And how big is a serving? LOL

If you don't know, it's ok, I can plunk it all into SparkPeople and figure it out that way :)

3 tablespoon is 53 calories, not bad for something that tasty

WOW that's way better than regular salad dressing (which is 60 cals per tablespoon I think), and this is wayyyy yummier. I am totally going to make some tomorrow!
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Thank you sooo much!

Try milder fish to start out like tilapia which is also inexpensive.

I love this tilapia recipe- soo good :)

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recip...p?recipe=75983

Best part about sparkrecipes is you log in with your sparkpeople information and then click to add to your planner :) You can also save your favorite recipes and add your own as well and then it saves it in your sparkpeople.

I wouldn't worry about the calorie counts on different sites- do what works for you. My sparkpeople is adjusted to 60-100 grams of carbs since I do low carb.