2Beautiful~ I plan on looking into the french women don't get fat book, thanks for the recommendation. I started spring break today so I should have some free time. And also my son is 8 years old :)

Kari~ YAY! Good luck!

Wifey~ Personally, I am about 3 1/2 weeks into smashing and as of last Sunday when I weighed I had lost 12 lbs total. That was also with limited exercise due to weather and a thyroid problem, so I was shocked by this honestly. I have definitely stepped up my exercise this week, it has gotten much nicer out, the only thing is I'm soo much hungrier, lol. But I think I have done fairly well, lol. I will weigh on Sunday and see for sure.

Hello everyone!!!! Im on my 3rd day of phase to and find it to be the same as phase 1.......does anyone agree!!?? I dont know.....im sure im losing weight its just that im scared to et on a scale....hahahahaha!!! I'll eventually get over my fear someday but i bust my behind in the gym 3 hours a day 4 days a week, so i ought to be losing something, right!!?? Anyways, kep up the good work everyone!!!!

RaluCat... Yeah oats are great! Let us know when you start :) It's crazy how we sometimes gain after eating the right amount of calories! Sometimes it's certain foods that make you gain. Do you check the fat and sodium in the foods to? Maybe it's something to do with that :)

Wifey... Good job on your loss!!!! Yayyyyy :cheer2: So on P1 of fat smash, which I started in maybe the 2nd week of feb. I lost 10 lbs... in 9 days... Feb 1st I was 186lbs... and as of right now I'm 168lbs. Since March 1st I've maintained but only lost 1lb. Unfortunatley I did have a mess up involved and havn't exercised NEAR as much as I should have! But I;m back on track! =)

Mandy... That's soooo awesome about your walk!!! And so cool your son was a lil trooper =) 12lbs so far GREAT job! :)

2BEautiful... basically P2 introduces a few more foods, you arn't suppose to have pudding until P2, and it introduces cereal and meat back into your diet. I'm not sure weight loss wise since I messed up hardcore a few days there... I'm going to basically do P1 for 9 days again... as best possible, but just not as crazy about sticking exactly to plan. I'm going to try really hard though =)

Dlish..... It is very similar to Phase1 but you get meat and cereal lol you have to slowly bring back foods... AWESOME job on how much yu workout! Get on that scale girl! :)

Kari.... Yay, pound by pound we make it to victory ;) Keep us informed on the wedding dress!


Well today and yesterday were great days :) I got a lot done and watched 2 really good movies, went on a walk, and did 30 mins of my elliptical. :cheer2: I'm determined to do 30mins on my elliptical for at least 6 days a week until it's easier, from now on. I like walking a lot better, and get so bored staying in one place but I spent too much on my elliptical to let it get spider webs. So that's my goal this month!
I watched 'Dan in Real Life' and 'Awake'... both I thought were good. Dan in real life very cute with family, love and comedy.... awake was a good psychological movie.

Food:
BF: Banana Oatmeal
S: Sobe 10calorie Energy drink (can't have on P1 but like I said I'm not going to be as hardcore ;) )
L: Vegetable Soup
S: Grapes
D: Boca burger wrapped in lettuce with onion, tomato, pickles, cucumbers and dijonaise
Sweet Potato Fries

By the way my dinner was soooo goood! My mom and I bought all the stuff for dinner and cooked it together, she got some really healthy buns 100cal each and said it was silly I wasn't using one.... but believe me mine was just as good with no bun!! ACtually to die for good. ;) Mmmmm...

DLISH~ I think phase two is very similar, but do enjoy the cereal we are allowed too have now, and the occasional chicken, even though I myself really liking the morning star products I tried and continue using those really:) Just remember working out that much you will need to consume more calories to keep your body fueled so that it can continue to lose.

Jill~ Your dinner does sound very good... I'm heading to the store I may keep it in mind.

I am pretty much taking today off, still eating good, but not doing much of anything else. My son had a soccer game this morning, which they lost, and it was raining and only 40 degrees out. Pretty gross. Gave Devin (my son) a haircut and we need to go to the store, other than that we are just enjoying our first day of spring break. We may go get some movies too.:D Hope everyone is having a great weekend :carrot:

Hello ladies :) Today went to mom's house watched some movies and did 'Sweatin to the Oldies with Richard Simmons' with my mom and sister. It was so funny! We did the whole hour and laughed a lot! It was harder than we thought ;) but we are use to walking so something different is always a little tougher.

Food:
BF: Oatmeal
L: Soup & left over sweet potato fries
S: Banana
D: Veggie Fajita (lots of broccoli, red/green bell pepper, onion all in fajita seasoning- wrapped in 50cal w/w tortilla)


So my calories were all low. The only 'mess up' was the tortilla but it was small & 50cal- the only thing I couldn't substitute. So very happy about my day!

Good luck Kari! I'm sure you''ll do great and I don't think you'll have a problem with the dress, your a bride how can they refuse you!!

Chubby I am on day 1 of phase 2 and phase 1 was good for me. I didn't really feel deprived or anything. I lost 7 lbs in the 9 days and TOM arrived on day 8. Really I lost 7 in 7 cause once TOM hit the scene I basically didn't lose anymore. Chubby, looks like we have very similar goals and are about the same weight!! Good luck! I haven't thought about when I hope to hit my final goal but in looking at your goals I hope I can make it their by that time too that would be amazing!! But I am going on vacation in august so who knows.

Anyways I'm interested to hear how much people are losing on phase 2!

I had a bad weekend!1 It was Dh's b-day and ate cake and I'm on P1!!!! But I stilllost 7 lbs total for P1 so I am not too upset and TOM arrived on Friday!! I'm getting back on track today and starting P2 but if I don't see the scale move tomorrow I am maybe going back to P1. I'll see.

ManDy : let me knwo what you think of the book.
DLISH: Have you weighed in yet?

Jill: In P2 you can have pudding? I don't see that in the bok but I know there are different versions of the book out. Or did you get that from the website?
Good for you not eating the bun!! I would have caved!!

Jill~ Sounds like you guys had a good time!

2Beautiful~ I sure will let you know, and 7 lbs is awesome. Congrats! Keep up the good work. And so far on phase two I have lost roughly 7 lbs. and I'm about 2 1/2 weeks into it.

I didn't have the best weekend myself, allowed myself a thing or two that are "not allowed". I don't think I overdid it though so I'm just going to keep on keeping on. I weighed myself today for my weekly weigh in and I lost 3 lbs, very excited. This week is spring break for my son and I though and I have a feeling my eating will not be so great. There is a trip to Chuck E Cheese in the works, a trip to the movies and another one of my sons favorite resteraunts. I have already made the decision to just do my best but not beat myself up if I don't do well next week. Hopefully we can get out and do a lot of moving. But if the scale doesn't move, I will do phase one for a week again to get myself back on track.

Happy smashing everyone!

Hi, Girls!
 

Hello! I'm on Day 7 of FS. I just found your chat and want to be in on it! I've been "dieting" for my entire life, but seriously for the past year. I haven't been on the scale too much, since it doesn't always move too fast for me, but I have dropped a bunch of dress sizes, size 22 dress for my best friend's wedding last May, and now a size 14 for my sister's wedding this June! :carrot:

I decided to do the FS since it just makes so much sense to me. Eat right, work out, and you'll lose weight. Isn't that what they've been telling us for years? And it's really not difficult like it has been trying to drink the Slimfast shakes, taking the pills, etc. :(

Thank you for setting up this forum, so we can stick together. Even though friends mean well, they don't always get it when they're not going through it. I'm impressed by you all, so hopefully it will keep me on track, too! Looking forward to be healthier, and hopefully skinnier, this summer!

ManDY that is good to hear that you keep losing in P2 I'm so scared of all the new foods!! Enjoy your spring break! I also have something coming up this weekend that may veer me off plan so I'm planning to stay OP for the whole week so I can give myself a small treat on Friday. But only if I lose 2 lbs this week. But with TOM who knows what will happen!

:welcome: Annie You sound like you have made amazing progress!! What plan were you doing before? I'm also new to FS. I'm on Day 1 of P2!!

Check out the rest of the forum too, there are also lots of challenges. I find the challenges really help me stay on track!

2BEAUTIFUL...... It said on the website you can have 1 srv. of sugar free fat free pudding. I buy the 60 cal packs at the store and dip my apple slices in. Mmmm... Wonderful job on your weight loss!!!! Woohooo :)

MANDY.... :cheer2: 3 lbs you go girl!! I know you can stay on track! Everyone messes up once in awhile! :dust:

ANNIE.... :welcome: Congrats on going from a 22 to size 14!!!!!!! That's a HUGE accomplishment! When that happened to me I was ecstatic!!! How are you doing on FS so far? What have you been eating? Day7 that's great!!

I think I am going to buy some of those puddings! I'm just afraid I may eat to much so I will wait until TOM is finished!

Mmm I just had some really yummy yogurt. It was Weight Watchers White Chocolate Raspberry Yogurt 100cal... it was sooooo good!

:welcome3: Annie... Congrats on the weightloss so far, you are an inspiration :) This is a wonderful group of girls, I'm glad I found them.

Jill ~ Thanks for the willpower, I'll take it with me everywhere I go this week.

2Beautiful~ I too was scared of adding new foods on phase 2 I am still adding some as I see I can still lose.

My son and I went for a walk again today, he's been really into it lately. He takes his scooter so I get to keep up a decent pace which is nice. For breakfast today I had a fiber one bar and skim milk, For lunch I had beans and rice and veggies ( and a couple cookies) Haven't really snacked today which is normally when I do my fruit, but the dreaded cramps are settling in, which makes sense now as to why I could not resist temptations this week. I'm actually suprised I haven't done worse than I did since this is the case. For dinner I plan to have a salad, maybe some tuna on it and some kind of fruit. Suppose to rain the next three days here, so I guess I will have to trek down to the gym :ebike:. :thanks: to all you ladies, you really are all great motivators! :D

Mandy - you are doing good and i like that you are allowing yourself to enjoy life but not get completely off the FS plan. one day at time right?

Annie - Welcome and congrats all at the same time. it's great here on our little thread. Great to have you!

Jill - i have sweatin to the oldies! I would have to dust the box off but I have it! I also have the deal a meal cards. FS is much easier! and sorry i didn't get back to you earlier - i was in the city again and drank and FS says no so i started again today and we can do this!!! let's do 5 strict days of P1. Deal? Anyone else that might be on P2 if you wanna join us - Monday thru Friday?

on the workout tape note - does anyone have the carmen electra striptease one? i've heard it's good and challenging but i don't know which one to buy?

I weigh in tomorrow and it'll be like the lax 13th day of FS. I say lax b/c remember those cereal days and the beer and i had chicken salad one day and i have bacon bits on my salad and feta cheese - you get the point i haven't been strict but we'll see what it says. I need to get a ticker thing but not sure how to do all that?!

good luck this week girls!

btw...lettuce sandwiches sound good! i bet you could do that with the fajita veggies too!:p