wow. it looks live everyone is snowed in this weekend. please be careful wherever you are.
for all who have been struggling to stay on or climb back on the wagon lately -- if you read my post under "5 a day", you will see that i not only fell off the wagon, but got left behind. because i was offplan most of the time since the end of may, i gained back almost every bit of what i had lost the previous year. so this time around, i am doing some things differently. i've incorporated 24 oz of skim milk into my daily menu, as well as a cup of v-8 every other morning or so. i really missed milk a lot. recent studies have indicated that drinking 24 oz of skim or lowfat milk daily helps reduce belly fat and overall weight. i hope that i am not ruffling anyone's feathers with that. everything else is pretty much in line with atkins. i eat lots of green salad, cukes, peppers, broccoli (sp), cauliflower, celery, mozzarella cheese, eggs, chicken breasts, deli turkey, deli ham, turkey bacon, and fiber/protein smoothies (8 to 10 oz of water, 2 tall tsp of orange-flavored metamucil, 2 scoops of protein powder, 2 tall tsp of cottage cheese, a splash of imitation vanilla flavoring, and a few ice cubes). i have no idea how many carbs are in the smoothies, nor do i know how many carbs i consume in a day. this way seems much less like a diet to me and a lot more like a different way of eating, if that makes any sense at all. i plan on adding strawberries into the mix in another week or so. i'm not saying that this method is best for everyone, but that it is working very well for me. i've been following this regimen since 1/3. during these 3 weeks, i have lost 13 lbs, 4 inches off my waist, and 3 inches off my hips. my point in saying all of this is that we have to make our eating plans our own. we have to tailor them to fit us individually. what works for one may need tweaking for another. just experiment and see what works best and is most satisfying for you. good luck to each and every one of us, no matter which specific plan we are using!
Last edited by fullfig; 01-23-2005 at 11:03 AM.
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