Do any of you ladies in Canada know of the Montignac Method of eating, and could you tell me how his name is pronounced? I am reading one of his earlier books and have ordered a couple of newer ones. I think it is similar to the maintenance program of IP... Ü
Yeah, the tasting and spitting out was REALLY hard. I almost couldn't do it. OK, for whatever time he's around on Wed.,,when I start cooking, I'll have him taste. (He works and goes to college). He can afford to taste everything, he's 6' and 140 lbs. HA!
6' and 140 lbs, lucky him. He can definitely afford to taste everything!
So, Friday I weighed in and was only down 1lb and 1/2 inch. Very discrouraging. I don't understand why. After carefully looking through my weeks menu my coach realized I wasen't eating all my salads. He explained that my body might be in starve mode. (holding on to everything) So with just a couple tweeks this week I'm hoping for double the results next week!! Also something that I'm trying is NO 1 day restrict packets just to see if that makes a difference.
To Everyone during the THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!
THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR
1. 3 fatchicks forum!!!
2. IP!
3. and weight loss!
4. be smaller for the NEW Year!!!!
Hi Everyone!!! I am new to the forum world, well I have been lurking for a few weeks... I am a new mom to a 7 month old boy so I am not able to be on IP until I am finished nursing but my husband and best freind are on it (doing amazingly well) so I am living vicariuosly thru them. I get the benefits of having no junk food in the house, lots of veggies and I get to try all the IP product to determine which ones I like for myself when I go on it. I am watching what I eat and having the same dinner as my husband, I was having the IP vanilla shake (yummy) for breakfast till my husband said I wasnt to take his stuff. So nice to meet you all, Happy Losing!!!
How bad (good?) is it that I'm looking forward to starting IP so much that I've started dreaming about it?
I did the exact same thing! I was sooooo excited to start & I no longer get up dreading which clothes I may fit into today! I still have a long way to go, but it is becoming habit to eat healither!
I'm feeling somewhat anxious about the coming week. Wednesday is my company potluck. I also begin cooking for our TG meal that evening. Thursday I have to make the stuffing for the TG we've been invited to and get my son to run it over there at 6am so they can stuff the bird(I make it every year) and my host just told me that they have 24 confirmed R.S.V.P.s. Yikes! Also have to finish the meal for home(for the "supper and leftovers" my son requested), roasting a Capon and all kinds of stuff. And Friday is my birthday and I've been invited to the restaurant of my choice. Man, I sound whiny for someone so lucky. Sorry.
I have decided to eat normally on Thanksgiving and go right back on plan Friday. I'm unclear of how to deal with the potluck and my BD. I wish my period would hurry up and come so I can get out of this mental fog and just be strong and decisive.
I will hit my minigoal of being under 160 by my birthday, but my bigger minigoal is to be under 150 by the time I go to my Mom's for Christmas for an extended family gathering. I seriously do NOT want to be in the same situation I was in the last time I went back to Houston in Sept. I had nothing to wear that I felt comfortable in, I just wore baggy clothes and had to endure everyone commenting on my weight gain since they'd seen me last. NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
Well, thanks for letting me vent and any ideas would be welcome. I'm sorry to be so whiney(sp.?) when I have SO much to be thankful for, but I feel like this is the place to safely do it. I'm thankful for that, too.
OgDog: I want to thank you for taking the time to post all those recipes...that must have taken forever. Today is the first chance I had to actually go thru them.
Does anyone remember a recipe where you put a bunch of garlic cloves in the cavity of a chicken? since I am eating alone on Thanksgiving, and don't want stuffing, I thought I would try that.....but can't remember anything beyond the cloves? (maybe there isn't anything else...lol!!)
Haven't been feeling too good the last few days so barely have gotten to the forum...but there are wonderful posts. I don't weigh in until Wednesday of this week, and doubt if I have lost anything (at least that is what my scale says....). I did order some things from Netrition to help me stay "nearly" on IP while I am gone in December....have no idea how they will taste. I sure couldn't find any puddings that had 18g. of protein in them!!
Have just been reading what is involved in Phase II...etc. Whew...that part isn't a whole lot easier. Still staying on plan and keeping myself busy so I don't think about Thanksgiving (and families) too much....
Lost 6 lbs this week!! My mini-goal was to be under 300 before Thanksgiving. Being so close ensures I will stay on plan for the holiday. I plan to avoid the potluck at work because reaching this goal is MEGA important to me. I plan to weigh at home Thursday morning to keep me honest and motivated. Reaching Twoterville will give me a lot of NO power for T-day dinner.
I know I will always have to watch my carb intake. In the past every time I've regained weight I end up larger than my starting weight. If I go back to my old habits, I'll end up at 400lbs! I'm so thankful for the IP program because I'm so much better today than I was 10 short weeks ago!!
I wish all of you the best this holiday season. You've truly been a blessing to me! Thank you
Giving Thanks!
I don't understand why. 
He explained that my body might be in starve mode. (holding on to everything) So with just a couple tweeks this week I'm hoping for double the results next week!! Also something that I'm trying is 
To Everyone during the THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY! 
so I am living vicariuosly thru them. I get the benefits of having no junk food in the house, lots of veggies and I get to try all the IP product to determine which ones I like for myself when I go on it. I am watching what I eat and having the same dinner as my husband, I was having the IP vanilla shake (yummy) for breakfast till my husband said I wasnt to take his stuff. So nice to meet you all, Happy Losing!!!
