YIKES. feel better quick!

Ana, I am so sorry you feel sickly! :hug: I hope the soup helped. Feel better soon. Remember, you can have a diet soda (sprite or ginger ale type) if you find those things help you.


Really try to get in plenty of water, warm herb tea, things to hydrate you. I liked the jello WARM and the Blueberry POM drink warm when I was sick.

I'm not at all sure when to start Phase 2. Some of the material I have says that Phase 1 is to be followed until 80% of the weight is lost. Is this the standard most of you have used? Is there a limit on the time you should stay in Phase 2?

My coach told me until I reach 90%, but there is discrepancy among coaches. I started phase 2 when I was about 85% but it has taken me longer than to weeks to meet goal. You still loose, but I think that because you are at the end of the rope it's harder to loose the last few pounds. Do you have a coach?

Thank you everyone for the advice and good wishes. Actually I don't drink pop, but I have been drinking water and some lemonade made with splenda. I found it at a store nearby called Aldi. It's 0 cals, 0 carbs,0 sugars. So it has been my savior. I had some of the soup, but I'm still feeling weak and my body aches all over. I step on the scale every morning. I know some advice not to, but for me is a great motivation. My scale is 1 pound higher than the clinic's scale. This morning I registered 135. Would this be because of the unplanned cleansing I went through? Will I gain the weight back once I start eating again? I plan to continue Phase 2 this week regardless, but quite frankly the way my stomach feels veggies and meat don't sound appealing.

Sorry to hear your not feeling well, I don't have any answers for you, just make sure to keep up on your fluids!?

I made kale chips on the weekend, they were good. I'm finding Phase II a little difficult, either I feel like I over ate or I'm not sure I had enough protein!? I am trying things a little different this week and will make my lunch protien something a little smaller (like hard boiled eggs). I also feel pressure to have things premade!? I'm a grab a go type gal so I'm worried that if I don't have a protein ready to grab then I will reach for the wrong choice? So now my fridge is stuffed with so many things that I'm worried they will go bad before I can eat them all!? ? :P

My coach wanted me to get to 100% of my goal before phasing out, however ... I am going on a holiday in March and wanted to be phased out by then so I made the choice to phase out a little sooner then planned. I will hopefully continue to loose, just not as much as before so I might not make it to goal by then time I go for my trip but thats ok... I'm already in my goal jeans so anything more is a bonus!! :)

Carbs or net carbs?
 

I'm doing my research on products with carb contents to prepare for the guidelines on phases 3 and 4. The breakfast on phase 3 calls for no more than 30 grams of carbs in whole grain bread or cereal and no more than 20 grams in fruit. Which carbs do I count, whole content as stated in the label or net crabs? I'm assuming net carbs is the number of carbs minus the fiber grams. Am I right?

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I am curious about your question too.

Not everybody agrees on using net carbs (I do)- so from everything that I have read you should only be counting the net carbs since the fiber is not being digested by your body and passing through.

That sounds so good! I have founds some 100% whole grain breads but they are like 20 carbs per slice with 100 cals,and the fiber is about 8, so that would be awesome.

The only caution I am going to throw your way is to eat some then go a couple of days without to see how your body handles the added wheat to your diet.

I just had my first weigh in on Phase II and it wasn't that great ... only -0.2lb loss!?!? Not even sure I should count it!? I suppose the only good thing though it is that I didn't gain! Hopefully this was just my body getting used to the change and this week will be better? I am going to try a few thing different this week and see if that helps? Stick to the lower fat protein for lunch cut back on my salad veggies and add them to soup. Hopefully this helps keep me full without eatting a ton of protein!?

I think I must be misinterpreting you. You don't mean you're going to cut back on salad, vegetables, and protein, do you?

No, I used to use my 2C veggies with my lunch salad/lettuce and I think now I will only use 1 1/2C in the salad (with a little less lettuce) and the other 1/2C I will make a soup with so that I am still getting the veggies but can spread out my meals. Make sense ? :s