1st week down... broke my pleateau and lost 2 pounds. Today is day 8 and the beginning to week 2

I would LOVE to drop another 2-3 this week!!!

Still doing the gluten free version of the plan and loving it!

DEDIKAYTED, I'm so glad you're having success!

I'm going back on plan tomorrow but doing the vegetarian rather than vegan version this time.

GREAT!!!! Continue to post yur results!!! I swear... I think all my $$ is going to Amy's.. haha. But its ok. I rationalized it all out because ...hey... if I were doing jenny Craig, LA Weightloss or any of the other weightloss plans, I'd be spending just as much or more..

I was looking at the Vegan version... I am not sure yet if I am going to do it. I was at the store a minute ago looking at soy yogurts and even the plain SO yogurt was 20 carbs.. wow. The yogurt I eat right now is low sugar (but dairy)... Did you eat the yogurts or did you have non-dairy milk instead?

I ate Silk brand soy yogurt and I usually put blueberries in it if the plan let you have some kind of fruit. I wasn't too crazy about soy yogurt; I'm used to eating Greek yogurt, which is higher in calories but super protein-rich and very filling. Before I was on the Amy's diet, for breakfast nearly every day I would eat about 1/4 cup of plain Greek yogurt with a few tablespoons of high-fiber cereal mixed in. That was my little "power breakfast" before going to work out.

Okay, I started the plan this morning. We'll see how it goes. So far, so good.

I hate soy yogurt, so I just skipped those and will sub in soy milk or tofu or something with a similar calorie and nutrient profile. I also made a few minor substitutions (like oranges for tangerines, ww bread instead of buns, etc), but other than that will be following to the letter. I was pleased that my Whole Foods had all the Amy's items on the list for the first week.

Great!!! Did you weigh yourself to get your starting weight?

Messed up a little yesterday, had a medium bag of banana chips. Other than that I’ve been following the meal plan exactly. I’m down 1.8lbs since Friday. I know that’s just water weight, but it’s still nice to see the scale go down.

I drink Silk PureAlmond Unsweetened for breakfast. It has 0 net carbs and 35 calories per cup. It tastes really watered down though. It’s not something I’m going to continue drinking once I done this diet.

I am so glad that I am on Day 10.. This has been a great change in my diet and I have been abosolutely loving it!!!

I think that even when I stop following the plan so strictly, I will still use the meals, add my own snacks, and just stay within the same calorie guidlines. The plan has definitely help me transition into giving my body more FUEL and that is apparently exactly what I needed.

Then I will eventually start making my own meals.. I have 2 new recipe books. PLUS, I have been saving the ingredient list on my favorite Amy's meals so that I can attempt to make some of my own stuff!!! So exciting!


Now, with all of this being said... I just hope that the scale drops again this week and I will be even more convined that this is the way to go!!

I hope everyone is sticking with the plan!

Day 2 of vegetarian plan! I find I'm weirdly more hungry on this version than on the vegan version. Not as many beans, too many carbs? I actually felt lightheaded just before lunch today! Eep!

Really? Hmm. That is strange! I wonder why? Are you still not trying to eat the snacks?

I'm on Day 2 of the vegan version, and so far it's going really well. The food on Day 1 was tasty and filling and I didn't feel deprived. Breakfast and lunch today have also been good. I felt some urges to snack in the afternoon yesterday, but found that breaking the afternoon snack into two parts helped me satisfy that urge. So far, I'm pretty happy with it!

That is what I do too! If the breakfast looks like a lot, I may seperate some of it and make it snack.. That way if I get hungry, I still have something ON PLAN to eat. It works great!!

Yeah, I'm still trying not to eat the snacks, and maybe due to the different percentages of carbs/protein, I'm just not getting enough of something. I'll probably try integrating the snacks tomorrow if I'm still feeling a little woozy. It might also be that my body just got really used to the vegan plan and then the two days I wasn't eating specifically vegetarian or vegan, it put me all out of whack. :/

Definitely eat the snacks!!!! Keep that metabolism going! You'll still lose!

Just wanted to throw my two cents in on the whole vegan / vegetarian thing.

First of all, kudos to all of you for your great results with this meal plan. I love that it involves real, healthy food instead of some kind of fake slim-fast shake. Congrats!

BUT, I wanted to share a little warning as well. I was a vegetarian for more than 15 years, and during that time was religious. I would eat fish sometimes, but not once did I ever, EVER eat any other kind of meat. Not even broth. Not even when I was drunk. Never. I also went vegan for periods of a few months several times.

I was not one of those irresponsible vegetarians who only eats carbs and never eats veggies or protein. I ate every kind of fake-meat product you can imagine and always made sure to have a meal with veggie protein, vegetables, whole grains, etc. I really was good.

I always thought I was perfectly healthy, but at my mom's urging, recently decided to get some blood-work done just to check. Turns out I was extremely deficient in nutrients you can only get (or in some cases primarily get) from meat, such as B12 and zinc, to name a few. These are important for brain function (hello, depression), energy, immune health ... you name it.

So after much, MUCH deliberation, I decided to add some free-range, humanely-raised organic chicken and turkey into my diet to bring my vitamin levels back up to normal. No fried stuff, no fake stuff, just basic, healthy, pure animal protein. I did this about a month ago and I have SO MUCH MORE ENERGY NOW. Holy cow (no pun intended )

So, to wrap this up, I just wanted to make sure that you girls are taking supplements while on this plan. I really don't want to sound preachy, and BELIEVE ME I'm all for boycotting animal cruelty/bad environmental effects/etc. I just want to make sure that all of you chicks are healthy and getting the vitamins you need!

Now, if you'll excuse me while I hop off my soap box