groceries....check. chub...hopefully i can uncheck that!
 

Hey girls!!! Tomorrow I will officially be a fat smasher, lol.:carrot: I got my groceries....lots of veggies, fruits, boca and such. Really excited (my friend is too). I got some great rasberry dressing...mmmmmmmmm. :D I'll post tommorrow night....

:goodscale <--------- hopefully in one week this is what I see.... I WILL not weigh myself until then...

Talk to you all soon!!!!!!

~Kristin

YAY! Kristin!

Yes it is VERY important to wait to weigh yourself!! Even though its sooo hard lol


You have a pic now Mandy! Yay!


BF: Strawberry Shredded Wheats & F/F Milk
L: Spinach Salad w/sprinkle of cheese, nuts & 0cal. Dressing
S: Strawberries & Grapes
D: Honey Baked Beans


Hope all you ladies are doing wonderful and staying on track!!

I'm starting tomorrow!

Hello ladies,
I've been reading through several posts on different diets and have decided that FS is it for me, so today is day 1. Any one willing to help me stay on track? It seems that you have had great success on it, any tips?
Weigh in today was 177.5, staying off the scale for ten days is gonna be the biggest challenge for me. I'm addicted to the darn thing.

Same here... I usually weigh myself every day, so not getting on the scale will be hard.

Melyn
I've thought in the past that weighing everyday was a good thing, but my weight can fluctuat throught the day and that can be frustrating. I am will though to give it a shot. Have you done the FS before? How far into it are you now?

I also weigh everyday, but I do it at the same time every morning. I agree with what someone on another forum said. You might be eating something that is causing you to gain and by the time you weigh in later you might have gained weight instead of losing.

I only weigh in the mornings, naked! LOL At night I can be up to 3-5 lbs heavier.

I'm starting tomorrow. I did FS several years ago and loved it! I'm ready to get back at it.

Well day one...soo far soo good!! :)

I did 1 hour of Carmen Electra striptease workout, disc 1 (if you have never done this- get it! it is great!! it's how i got in shape for my wedding 2 years ago!!)
I so far have had:

Breakfast: bottle of water, 4 oz cup of non fat yogurt and 1 c berries

Wahooooooooo I have so much energy!!! 3 meals to go! Btw, hotmamma, we can all be buddies, lol :)

ONE more thing... say a prayer because Mon/Tues blow for me because of grad school/work.... so it's hard.... I am making adjustments, for instance today, being less busy, may be my 2 a day, as opposed to Tuesday when I have a SUPER long day...

Ill keep you posted!

I <3 fat smashing (for now, lol)

-Kristin

So far so good on the smash diet.
Plain yogurt with half of a nectarine for breakfast and my vitamin!
2 waters
1 cup black beans, garlic pwder and red peppers.
I walked for 20 minutes and am patting myself on the back for not calling it quits because it was raining.
I' m very hopeful that this is the jumpstart I need to get the weight off finally and for good.

Originally Posted by kari a go go:
Hello ladies,
I've been reading through several posts on different diets and have decided that FS is it for me, so today is day 1. Any one willing to help me stay on track? It seems that you have had great success on it, any tips?
Weigh in today was 177.5, staying off the scale for ten days is gonna be the biggest challenge for me. I'm addicted to the darn thing.

You really should be my buddy because I weigh 178 lbs on day 2!! I think we can help each other out!!

Originally Posted by chubbywifeyIN:
Well day one...soo far soo good!! :)

I did 1 hour of Carmen Electra striptease workout, disc 1 (if you have never done this- get it! it is great!! it's how i got in shape for my wedding 2 years ago!!)
I so far have had:

Breakfast: bottle of water, 4 oz cup of non fat yogurt and 1 c berries

Wahooooooooo I have so much energy!!! 3 meals to go! Btw, hotmamma, we can all be buddies, lol :)

ONE more thing... say a prayer because Mon/Tues blow for me because of grad school/work.... so it's hard.... I am making adjustments, for instance today, being less busy, may be my 2 a day, as opposed to Tuesday when I have a SUPER long day...

Ill keep you posted!

I <3 fat smashing (for now, lol)

-Kristin

:carrot:Ok, I was looking for that DVD! Now that I know what's called, i'm gonna get it! I can't wait to put on a cute little out fit for my man and give him a "strip tease" when I get my body back! lol! Thanks for the advice!!!

Originally Posted by hotmama1983:
You really should be my buddy because I weigh 178 lbs on day 2!! I think we can help each other out!!

Oh absolutley, what is your goal weight?

Sounds like a good goal, I hardly gained any with my first and then gained 60 lbs with my last...still carrying some of and he will be 9 this year.
I have to say that I am so full, no room for snacks right now which is what i would be doing otherwise. This is a good thing.

Kristin ~ Glad to hear its going well with day one, hope it continued throughout the day! And I have always wanted to try one of those DVD's maybe I'll get one sometime soon, I think they sound fun.


Hello and welcome to Kari, Melyn, and Hotmama! Thanks for joining us the more the merrier. :)

Today is day 7 for me YAY! I'm still loving it. I must be honest though I have not worked out like I should have, we got iced in last week and I couldn't get to the gym and and lately have been completely unmotivated to workout at home. Earlier some of you were talking about weighing, I myself am compulsive about weighing. I am hoping these first 9 days break that habit too. It has been so hard not to weigh myself for 9 days but I really don't wanna know until day 10 how its going. Hope everyone has a great rest of the day!

Day 1 is almost done, have felt full the entire day,making sure that I ate small meals throughout. Finished up the day with brown rice and steamed asparugus, pretty yummy. It's the lack of Dr.Pepper that is killing me, I so badly want to go out to the garage and grab one, down it in one thirsty gulp and then sigh in fabulous relief.
*sigh*
Day 1 over, 8 more to go.
I hope everyone did well today, good luck tomorrow.

Day one- DONE!!
 

:carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

That is me happy dancing, like carrot...lol.

Day one is over, I already told you breakfast, and workout, so here is the rest of the day....

Meal 2: 1 c berries and water
Meal 3: small salad, 3TB fat free dressing (i used my snack here- I used a 100 calorie pack of cheese nips on my salad, mmmmmm)
Snack: grapes-15ish, maybe 20
Meal 4: 1 serving of veggies (stir fry- frozen, omg sooooooooo good there are asparagus, squash, carrots, broccoli (not my fave), cauliflower and snap peas i used no fat spray just a tad and a sprinkle of mrs dash no salt) and 1 cup brown rice with a tiny tiny bit of i cant believe its not butter and water

I am going to have at least 3 or so more glasses of water before the end of the night. My body is kind of fighting this, as I am not used to this kind of caloric intake (remember- chubby).... however, I think I will be ok! Many have said the first day is the hardest, and I made it through that. So far, less than 600 calories, which I am not a fan of really. It kind of scares me, for reasons I won't bore you with.... :o

The snacks, which you can have 2, are nice. One is even 2 cups of jello sugar free, which is not a bad deal. I am not too hungry right now... but nice if I want it. There are also "free" snacks which dont even count in your daily intake.

Tommorrow I am more nervous about- I had to move my 2x workout day to Wedneday because it just doesn't fit in my schedule on Tuesdays. Still, with the way my day is, it is hard to fit all these meals in. Darn you college- trying to keep me tubby, lol. However, looking at day 1, i just realized I screwed up because my nightly meal was supposed to be beans and veggies, not rice and veggies- that is tomorrow. UGH :?:

*deep breath* it will get easier.

and to top it off, my hands are shaky- i think from lack of caffeine because i am a cherry coke addict, and i havent had caffeine since yesterday. :coffee:

Ok that was super long, sorry....but I am motivated .... I plan on staying that way!

Just unsure of something- how many calories are you FS regulars taking in a day? Extreme fat smash really sucks your calories down....

Originally Posted by chubbywifeyIN:
:carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

I am going to have at least 3 or so more glasses of water before the end of the night. My body is kind of fighting this, as I am not used to this kind of caloric intake (remember- chubby).... however, I think I will be ok! Many have said the first day is the hardest, and I made it through that. So far, less than 600 calories, which I am not a fan of really. It kind of scares me, for reasons I won't bore you with.... :o

Just unsure of something- how many calories are you FS regulars taking in a day? Extreme fat smash really sucks your calories down....

You only had 600 calories today? That is way too low. I average about 1800-2000 calories a day. You don't have to have that many but I believe under 1000 is considered starving. Are you doing Fat Smash or Extreme Fat Smash? I don't know anything about EFS, so that's why I'm asking. It just seems like if you continue to have calories that low you won't lose much more weight.

I think have averaged about 1300ish I would say on phase 1 of FS. I am not sure how this compares to others. Compared to how many calories I would aim to eat normally it is a little low, normally aim for 1700-1900 but I figure for 9 days it's ok. I don't think I would be ok with only 600 calories, but I don't know how extreme FS works.

Ok ... yeah I agree with you about my calories, but I ate what it said to eat! I looked at some other EFS posts, and there were others that said this. I think I am going to switch to FS... I just don't want to starve my body thin. Dr. Ian knows nutrition so I can't imagine why this would be ok? Really....what am I doing wrong? IDK...like I said, I followed it. If you look back, I posted a Day One, Cycle One in here and that is what I did.

FS (which I also have the book for) may be a better idea. I mean I CAN do this, but it feels unhealthy to me.

Do you agree?

Are there any other EFS out there?

Thanks girls!

and hotmamma! keep it up girl!

HOTMAMA... Welcome!! :) We would love to have you... you are doing great! I love those veggie bags too mmmmmmmm.....

MELYN..... WELCOME =P

KARI... You came! :) I'm glad! I lovvveee FS! :) It's been so great for me so far! The first few days dont worry about how much fruits & vegies you eat that helped me. I'm glad your first day went good! The first days are the hardest but after that you're so proud of yourself!!!!

Not getting on the scale is so hard but SO WORTH IT!

Kristin... Keep it up girl! =) On Fat Smasg theres no calorie counting! Which I super love... you're suppose to have 4-5 small meals a day but can only have certain things. I usually have about 1000 calories a day. I personally thnk you should start with FS :)


I'm so excited to have more girls on the team! Today was a good day.. I worked and walked for 1 hour =) Yay... and where I live it's not very flat so great workout....

BF: Oatmeal w/Milk, Blueberries & Cinnamon
L: Chunky Fiesta Steak Soup
D: Apple, Pudding, Apricot, Broccoli

Originally Posted by chubbywifeyIN:
and hotmamma! keep it up girl!

Thank you!!! :)

Originally Posted by jillnicole03:
HOTMAMA... Welcome!! :) We would love to have you... you are doing great! I love those veggie bags too mmmmmmmm.....

Thank you! I feel so loved! I think I'll eat those veggie bags as my lunches from now on!

Good morning fellow smashers,
on to day two!
Starting out pretty good, worked out here at home doing the most difficult crunches I have ever done. They hurt so bad,I know they work!
Our house is on the market and we have a showing today so planning ahead for being out of the house at lunch time. And drinking all that water! I dreamt of water last night, wonder why that is?
Breakfast; 1 pear and bottle of water + vita vita vegimans.
Lunch will be Black and White rice salad with red peppers. oh and more water. I really miss my Dr. Pepper.

Originally Posted by kari a go go:
Good morning fellow smashers,
on to day two!
Starting out pretty good, worked out here at home doing the most difficult crunches I have ever done. They hurt so bad,I know they work!
Our house is on the market and we have a showing today so planning ahead for being out of the house at lunch time. And drinking all that water! I dreamt of water last night, wonder why that is?
Breakfast; 1 pear and bottle of water + vita vita vegimans.
Lunch will be Black and White rice salad with red peppers. oh and more water. I really miss my Dr. Pepper.

Way to go! Good luck with your showing today! I need to start working out too! What are vita vita vegimans? I"ve never heard of that before!

you ladies are awesome! :) let's keep givin' each other strength and motivation!!!

b: smoothie mmmmmmm
m2: salad with raspberry vinaigrette and 100 cal cheese nips

so far so good, today is my long day so i will be working out after my class (9:30 or so). i'll update later.
i am sticking with EFS, but modifying it a bit...

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK !!! WE CAN DO THIS!!


ttyl-kristin

Ever since starting Fat Smash I eat A LOT more soup, and I love it! There's so many varities that are low cal... I usually have it once a day now.

BF: Special K w/ a little Fiber1 cereal mixed in & F/F Milk

For lunch I'll probably have steamed broccoli with l/c caesar dressing mmmm... it's really yummy...

Alright ladies I'm so PROUD of all of you! :)

Oh and I weighed this morning... 170 lbs! :cheer2:

So since Feb 1st (184 lbs) I have lost 14 lbs!! In less than a month!! I can't believe it! Even when I was eating heathy just following Weight Watcher points I only lost 6 lbs!

I love Fat Smash =)

Oh my goodness !!!
 

Originally Posted by jillnicole03:
Ever since starting Fat Smash I eat A LOT more soup, and I love it! There's so many varities that are low cal... I usually have it once a day now.

BF: Special K w/ a little Fiber1 cereal mixed in & F/F Milk

For lunch I'll probably have steamed broccoli with l/c caesar dressing mmmm... it's really yummy...

Alright ladies I'm so PROUD of all of you! :)

Oh and I weighed this morning... 170 lbs! :cheer2:

So since Feb 1st (184 lbs) I have lost 14 lbs!! In less than a month!! I can't believe it! Even when I was eating heathy just following Weight Watcher points I only lost 6 lbs!

I love Fat Smash =)

wow, HOORAAYY for you , 14 lbs is awesome!!!! That is the best news I've heard all day! and so encouraging. Great Job!

as for the vita vita vegimans, it's a reference to an old I love Lucy episode. I just meant that I took my vitamin, which for me is difficult, they make me sooo sick to my stomache. Oh and I consistently forget to take it.

Lunch with DF, drive through salad with no fat low cal dressing. and Ice Tea (green tea). Not sure what dinner is gonna be,as we have to eat out tonight due to a showing, but I'm thinking mexican, so I can have black beans and rice and veggies. I think that will be ok. Like I said before, I haven't got the book yet,just read the cheat sheet on whats allowed and what's not.

How do you guys handle eating out?

I love Chili's Mexican CHicken and tortilla soup... which would probably be P2 :( lol

But good idea on the food! Can you request wheat rice? The main thing is you want to skip anything white, white bread, rice, sugar, mayo... taking all the white out is a huge accomplishment :)

My favorite Mexican place here uses Brown Rice and they have yummy black beans as an alternative to refried ones, as well as fabulous veggie fajitas, (minus the tortillas, cheese, etc.) So I think I am ok there. That soup at Chili's sounds yummy, I'll have to try down the road.
You mentioned cutting out all white food, do you eat yogurt? I thought the plan said yogurt was ok. I made a tzatziki dip for my veggies yesterday, hopefully I didnt mess up.

Jill, you are an inspiration!

I'm waiting for both books (FS, EFS) from the library and I'm sure that when I'll hit a plateau I'll go on FS or even EFS. I love beans and especially chickpeas (hummus - my absolute favorite food!), so that would help, plus I don't eat potatoes and I cut back all my flour products right now. But I still get almost all my protein from chicken and cheese, so I don't know if I would take those out/reduce just now.

Girls, just know there are non-FS people cheering you! Go girls!!!

Day 3!!!
 

Goodmorning all.
I did really well yesterday with the food...ate out at mexican place like I mentioned and even though I was weak and ordered a margarita, I did not drink it. I know...I could hardly believe it myself!!!! DF gave me a high five in the parking lot, for sticking to...though he drank said margarita, so that might have had something to do with it.;)
On to day 3 and doing great so far. Plain, no fat yogurt with half a peach for breakfast.
Not sure yet what lunch will be, probably sald. Dinner is out again tonight as it's my youngests 5th birthday so he gets to pick the venue...McDonalds anyone?
And going to avoind the cake too!!!
Good luck to everyone today,
my mini goal is to lose 10 % of my body weight by March 30th, that's my daughters birthday so again eating out.

Hey ladies!

I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, Tuesdays are a little crazy for me and yesterday was even more so than usual. Today is day 9 for me :carrot: Yay! I get to weigh tomorrow. I really hope to see at least some results, I have not got to work out much which stinks, but I have absolutely stuck to the eating plan. So I have my fingers crossed.

I am a little concerned about this upcoming weekend, I am suppose to go out of town with my bf who is flying in. Not sure about eating out and alcohol temptation... I may be back on phase one for a day or two next week, lol.

Hope everyone is doing well and having a great week!

Oh and Congrats Jill that is sooo great!!! Keep it up :D

~Mandy

Hi. I am new to all of this. I started the Extreme Fat Smash Diet on Monday with my friend chubbywifeyIN whom is also a member on here. We are doing pretty well thus far and I am pretty proud of us.
If you have any tips for me, I would love to hear them..! :)

Cari