Originally Posted by BOUNCY (Post 1465173)

Sherry you are a very motivating smasher to me girfriend!! lol Keep up the good work , congrats on day two!! lol Go girl!!
Ladean nice to see you here this am. Work is driving me crazy!! hew!!
good breakfast girl!! I had cereal and a banbana and 1c. dec.
To all of you lovely smashers have a agood afternoon and keep on a smashing
you will look>>>>>>>>>>>>.so good!! lol will try to check in later.

Originally Posted by lem (Post 1465179)

Sherry - glad to hear detox is going well for you. We are on the same day and mine is going well too!

It seems like all of you are well on your way to another losing week :) Everyone is being so good with their exercise and water!

I have heard about that Carmen Electra striptease workout...maybe I should order it! Is it good cardio?

How much water is everyone drinking? I know you are supposed to take your weight, divide it by half and that is the number of oz you are supposed to drink per day. In my case that would be 75.5. I am getting in 72 almost daily...some days a little more, some days a little less. Some things I have been reading say 1 gallon per day. Is anyone doing that? If so, how did it effect your loss?

I concocted a great cassrole last night w/ 1 can veggie stock (I put 1/2 in the pan to begin w/ and added as needed), fresh garlic, dried basil & oregano, pepper, a hint of cayenne pepper (I like to my food w/ a little spice) and little salt, 3/4 of an onion chopped , 2 chopped celery stalks, (I added the celery & onion first while I chopped the rest of the veggies) thinly sliced zucchini and yellow squash. I probably added 3/4 a cup of each if I had to guess. I couldn't find my shredder, but if you have one, I think shredding the 2 veggies would be better so it would cook faster. I cooked it all in the skillet for maybe 15 min total (adding the additional stock as needed). Then I mixed it all up w/ 2 c brown rice and 1 c mozzarella flavored veggie shreds. I baked it about 20-25 min until the veggie shreds melted and boy was it good! Plus it was enough for 2 days. This morning I added a few egg whites to the leftover mixture, stirred it all up and put it in a nonstick skillet w/ some PAM and let it brown up on each side (this took a little while) and it made me feel like I was eating hashbrowns.

I am feeling BLOATED this week and I don't feel like I am losing on detox like I did the first time around. Or it could be all that crap I wasn't supposed to eat over the weekend :) I think I will go ahead and weigh in on Fri and then again next Tues or Wed when my 9 days are up. I hope I will lose a pound or two but five would be better! The weather is supposed to be beautiful here Thurs & Fri so I am going to go walking for 45 minutes each day at lunch along w/ my nightly Jazzercise class. Maybe 2 extra cardio sesions will help!

Did anyone see Oprah yesterday? There was a model on their who is one of the most successful plus sized models out there (she is a sz 12 so she is average, no plus sized except int he modeling world) but in the beginning she starved herself to lose like some ridiculous amount of weight and she got all the runway gigs. She got very sick and got back to normal size and now she has some of the biggest designers using her in their ads. I wish this would become the norm. I am big boned and no matter how much weight I lose, I will never be skinny. My hips won't let me :) Embrace those curves because voluptuous is so much sexier!

Have a beautiful day! Lem

Originally Posted by judyo (Post 1465210)

Got my 1st exercise in last night since starting FS! And I used to be a fanatic - but the bod just isn't what it used to be - plus having a nasty cold. I have a huge collection of aerobics videos but have also been saving workouts from FitTV.

I tried a Gilad one & it was easy to follow & actually kind of fun since he had some new moves I've never tried. I can't do lunges (bad knees) & my granddaughter (4 yrs. old) told me I wasn't doing it right. I have to modify things I know I can't handle. I told her my knees hurt & she said, "They'll get better." I said something about being old and then she said, "Oh, you can't do it because you're an old lady." LOL!

Darlene - Don't feel guilty about the weaning off caffeine. You've got to do what you gotta do. Sticking to the rest of the plan will help with your goals. My tweak during detox was not using plain yogurt since I can't stand it. I've tried mixing it with Splenda & fruits but even using Stoneyfield that so many recommend as being the best, it tasted too sour to me. Hope you're feeling better.

Sherry - Hope you had a nice, relaxing b-day. My dh works a full-time job & is in 2 bands. Although once in a blue moon they'll play an overnight gig (far away with hotel rooms provided - depending where it is I'll go too if it's a fun gig) he does come home at night even though I barely see him. When we 1st got married (& he was only in 1 band), I didn't know how I'd handle it. I actually love it since I like having time to myself - although that rarely happens with 2 adult children & a grandchild at home. However, I'm sure it would be different if he was gone for such long stints.

WeightSmasher - Welcome and it's great to be prepared & have lots of variety on hand when doing detox. I know I've gotten off of caffeine in the past although I didn't drink much of it so maybe that's why I've never noticed it being bad.

Linda - I'm doing great although I'm not sure if I'm going to lose anything this week. I'll wait until Sat. weigh in & I'll be getting more exercise in but I have a feeling I might have to kick my daily calories down to see a loss on Phase II (or maybe try 1 day of detox to see if that does something). Too early to tell right now since I have a few days left.

happyface - You're doing great & I, too, might have to do a day of detox when I need to. I can handle one day, just never want to have to do it for 9 again! Wow - you also have the absent working dh. I guess you just have to get used to it, right?

Nelle - That's one tape I don't have yet! It's funny when you do a tape thinking it isn't doing anything & you wake up sore. Must have worked some of those muscles you just haven't worked on before!

Rachel - Do you get to start work later today since you had such a late night?

Ladean - Reading your post is making me tired! I am NOT a morning person. I always exercise at night. How do you like your ab lounge? I just don't have anywhere to put it. I saw the Ab-doer on FitTV & if I remember the reviews were pretty good on it.

Another thing I saw last night that interested me was one of those mini-trampolines. It showed the guy following a workout tape & it's less impact than regular aerobics. My only problem is that I think I'd get tired of the same workout tape although I could probably adjust my other tapes to it.

Originally Posted by wanna be skinny chic (Post 1465760)

I've been smashing since 10/10/06 and I have lost 11 lbs! Gone from a size 16 to size 14. Today I was so excited to get into a pair of 12's I have not been able to get up to my butt, let a lone over it:mad: . So I go to work and brag to my sister Erica, then my friend Jill, and then my boss Kara. Kara waits for me to leave the room and tells Jill there is no way I could have lost enough weight to have gone from an 18 to a 12 in a month! I was so mad when Jill told me! I told Jill that I had on clean panties and was willing to drop my pants to show her the 12 on the tag! Jill and Erica tell me she's jealous cause I'm getting thinner than her making her the biggest gal in the office. But I just can't believe she would say such a hateful thing behind my back! Especially when she was all that's so great Julie! You're doing so good! Phoney B!@#$. I'm sorry to vent like this, but I wanted to reach out to this awsome group for advice on how to handle her and her hateful commets.

Thanks!
Julie

Originally Posted by WeightSmasher (Post 1465543)

Thank you for all the welcomes!!!
I am excited to get started but I feel that I do not have all the information.
How can I prepare the oatmeal?
What kind of yogurt can I eat?
Can I boil the vegetables?
How do I prepare the brown rice?

The recipies on the back of the book sound great but they are fods that I can't see myself preparing. Please help and let me know how I can make this a great and successful weight loss.

Thanks to all and keep up the good work.

Originally Posted by BOUNCY (Post 1465584)

JUdy, I think you have agood idea, about doing 1day of detox. He does say in his book, sometimes you need to shock the old bod!! hew!! hew! That is what
iam going to do girfriend. Iam going to mix and match if need be. lol We will all
work out what works for us. You go girl!! lol Let me know if it works for you.
see you later.