No I haven't tried the cookies but that sounds great. I do have another problem though that happened a little while ago. I woke up this morning feeling great but I wasn't hungry. I had to force myself to eat a little oatmeal with blueberries. I took about 3 bites and had enough. I started cleaning out closets when all of a sudden I felt dizzy and sick to my stomach. I literally had to sit down and I drank a 24oz bottle of water. I am still waiting for this weird feeling to go away. Has anyone else had this happen to them. I suffered headaches the first time I did the FSD but not this. Any advice?
Jan

Hey all my friends!!! I missed you all so much. :grouphug: I think part of me felt really guilty because I went off plan, and I didn't want to come post because I felt so bad about it. But I decided to come back because I felt my best when I was getting support from my friends!!! So here's what happened with me:

I went to TN, and it was supposed to be this vacation where I ate all of my good healthy foods and it didn't hurt me. But instead, I allowed myself to have stuff that was not on the program. So there was 7 days of not eating right. Then I got home, and I was supposed to get back on track because I messed up on the vacation. But then I convinced myself that I'd quit eating off the diet as soon as Ryan's b-day had passed (that was a 5 day period). But then Ryan's b-day came and went, and I went to the grocery and got all my healthy food, then we had another vacation coming up this past weekend, so I said, ok I'll just start when I get back from vacation. And I did. I went to my trainer yesterday and started eating healthy today. I'm VERY happy that I'm back on track, but very disappointed that I allowed myself to backtrack this much and take away time that I could've been succeeding. Oh, well, I can't dwell over what mistakes I made, I just have to learn from them and know that in the future I can't do that. I just am glad I'm back with y'all and know that everyone has those problems from time to time.

How is everyone doing??

Kara,
Don't feel bad, you just described what most of us have done countless times. I was soooo ready to start this program but it quickly went out the window as soon as I am faced with temptation. I too am trying to stick with it but I am working very hard to add as much exercise to my routine so that if I do eat something I am not suppose to it won't be as harmful. I had a gym membership but never used it so I started going back to the gym. Then I do about 10 minutes of the different exercise options on my cable tv about 3 days a week. I am not cheating as far as chips or potatoes but I am eating more on the line of the later phases without going on phase 1. I can't seem to stick to phase 1 the way I did the first time around so I'm not. I don't have any major weight loss to report but I do feel better.
Jan

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am officially on contract as a teacher next week and I think it is stressing me out! I told myself that I was going to resume EFS this week, but it just didn't happen. I have watched myself consciously eat horrible foods this week. I think I had potatoes three times today and they were all fried variations. My bathroom in my new apartment has this huge wall mirrors and as I undressed to shower a little while ago I just got disgusted. I remember telling someone on the forum a couple of weeks ago that I loved how I look naked (I think it was Cmint), but now I don't know. I have only gained back 2 of the 10 lbs that I lost back in June, so I know that I will have no problem getting back on track. I do worry about trying to eat and snack the several times during the day. My planning period is at 8:00 am (shortly after breakfast for me) and then the kids have a snack break after they return from P.E., which is around 9 a.m. We won't have lunch until a little after 12. I'm worried that I will be terribly hungry and will go overboard when I do eat. I also don't want to fill myself with water so I won't be running to the restroom during instructional time (our reading/language arts block is 3 hours). I have to get this done because I do want to get back to a healthy weight and feel as energetic as I did in June. Are there any school teachers out there who have followed fat smash and have been successful with it despite scheduling? I need motivation right now.