WoW 30 pounds!!! YOU GO GIRL@!!!
Yes it does I promise! I didn't realize how bad I felt the first week until I felt better and BOY did I feel better!!!


Ok now I feel guilty about my mothers....I called them both on Mothers day-my MIL first because my husband had to go to work early. She didn't want to go out-she was just diagnosed with breast cancer and I think she wanted a couple of days to stay at home and just relax. We will be making up dinner when she feels more like herself later this month.
My mother is over 12 hours away and was attending various college graduations in my family-sister graduated with PHd in PT and other sister graduated with Elementary Education (but shes going to be a basketball coach-going to grad school Fall 2012 for it). AND mother graduated with her Masters in Nursing (Nurse Practitioner). I had already sent flowers in cooperation with my siblings. I will see my mother in less than a month so I will take her out and we will share an IP friendly meal out...or maybe I will cook one for her--shes on IP also.


Anyway I created a handy google spreadsheet to log my food and stuff. I am going to be tweaking it over the course of the next couple of weeks and when I am happy will share will you all. I get tired of carrying around my booklet and I almost always have internet access so I thought I would try this.

Hi everyone - been super busy lately so posts have been lacking. Lost a smidge under 9 lbs. last week which was welcome from the prev. 5 lb. gain. BF% was only up by .9% since the prev one showed a 4% drop - so something wierd going on w/ that scale that week. Finally back in the 280's so that feels great.

I have a challenge coming this weekend. Friday I fly down to socal for my cousins bachelor party. Apparently we're playing airsoft on friday (which I guess is like paintball but with rubber bullets- sounds painful) followed by a vegas weekend. Luckily thursday night is my weigh in and it's also when I plan on making a switch to partial alternative products. I ordered some bulk protein powder and they're supposed to send me samples - if I like them enough then I will replace all my shakes w/ those and probably go to my clinic once a month. I figure if I can do 2/3 of the diet w/ alt. products that cost $35 for 80 servings but still use the supplements and some restricteds for variety then I will prob save about half the cost.

Hope everyone had a great mommies day.

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My first day today! I had crispy cereal for breakfest and coffee and am about to have my verggies and a chocolate drink mix for lunch. I am going to be definitely looking on here for some great tips and support. :^:

Wonderful!!! I was wondering where you had been. Glad you're back and kee up the good work!!!:cp: I will have to try your version of "tacos" sounds good!

It's my first day too!!! I had the oatmeal for breakfast (with coffee of course) and will have the tomato basil soup for lunch. Crossing my fingers I like it! What veggies are you going to have?

You will get a lot of differing information on this topic. All I am going to say is that I drank a Diet Pepsi everyday of this diet and still lost 45 lbs/30 inches and have kept it off for a year.

No adverse affect for me :) Have a great day!

Also - I posted a few days ago a question if anyone knew the difference with supplements between bicarbonates, glutomates, citrates etc. If anyone can chime in that would be helpful - internet seems to have conflicting info when i look.

on a recipe note - tried kale chips for the first time yesterday - friggin amazing (though i salted them too much) - will def be making more of those. Also tried the cauliflower popcorn - loved that too - did that on cinco de mayo w/ some fiesta lime mrs. dash seasoning - loving the recipes section here!

Started doing alternatives yesterday and the strawberry cream EAS shake is so good! I have 9 packets left so I'm going to trade 7 of them for another box of southwest cheese curls and then I'm going rouge.

I bought a scale and I've been on the dang thing every day! I know there will be some fluctuations but according to it I have 2lbs to be at my pre-baby weight! Then I have the weight I gained from 2 miscarriages, college drinking weight and community college drinking weight. Makes me sound like a lush. But I'm over half way to my original goal!

Mother's Day is a hard one for many people, especially those who want children but haven't been able to have them. I'm sorry. I was there for a few years and it was tough, I imagine it's much more difficult the longer you have to wait.

I've been trying to find the spreadsheet you mentioned...what thread is it in?

That's not bad...my son's NEVER even called, NOTHING!!! Atleast your son called! I'm pretty bummed out too, HURT is more like it

Cinnamon-

Armour is active thyroid. If your dosage is too much (you lost weight, but didn't decrease dosage), it is not something that your system "expells" it uses it. Having hyper-thyroid can do things like make you feel more energy, make you cold, make your heart race, and other things. Having too much of the armour will do the same damage that having an over-active thyroid will do. My doctor would not consider switching when I asked about it, (synthyroid actually blocks vitamin absorbtion, and other side affects) and said that there is a movement out there to even take it off the market due to the ability to become in a word toxic from it.
Armour does work better then synthyroid, but does require more monitoring because of the damages.
I don't know if I've helped at all, just gave the information that I have.

I wonder what makes them act that way. He certainly wasn't raised that way as I was a devoted daughter to both my mother and mother-in-law. I guess the worst part was that he passed right by the house. It wouldn't have been a big deal to stop by. I guess I'm just being a baby about it.

Oh well... such is life. My kid's a jerk.

Oh, okay, sorry... you didn't mention the meat/fish in your first post... sounds like you're getting enough protein then... only other thing I can think of is you might want to check the carbs in the shakes... since they aren't IP, that could be slowing you down...

hugs :hug:

I get my shakes from Costco. They are 100 calories, have 30 grams of Protein, 3 grams total fat, Total Carbohydrates of 5 grams. I have recently alternating that with the EAS AdvantEDGE Card Control shakes, which are 110 calories , 17 grams of Protein, 3 grams total fat, Total Carbs of 6 grams. The two seem to be pretty much the same with exception of the proteins. I prefer the Costco shakes because they have more protein, and are less expensive than the others.

I would LOVE an omlet. What is the brand name of the ones you buy from Nashua Nutrition? I just want to EAT something for breakfast! Could I have a real egg or maybe some egg beaters? I have not eaten anything like that and even if I only had it once or twice a week, I know it would help. I checked Egg Beaters and all flavors have about 30 calories (the cheese & chive have 35 and the whites only have 25); no fat; 1 gram of carbs, and about 5 or 6 grams (regular flavor has 6) of protein. I know the protein isn't enough, but could you have maybe TWO 1/4 servings to get a little more protein in? What about a REAL egg and an extra egg white? That would be 86 calories, 9.9 g. protein, .60 carbs and 4.9 g fat. Even that woulndn't be bad, would it?

I am also sick to death of lettuce, mushrooms, cucumber salads with vinegar and oil. I bought the WF bacon ranch dressing and I'm pretty sick of that, too. (Boy... my inner child is really unhappy, isn't she?)

What is a "restricted bar?" and where can I get them?

I'm sorry to be so needy... boy this isn't even that TOM-- I haven't had one of those in years! HA!HA!

I would be interested in knowing what other alternative products others are using. Thanks.

Thank you so much for your kind words. You made me feel better knowing that 3 pounds a week is good. You know, I was wondering whether I was getting enough to eat myself. I'm not really hungry, but maybe my body just needs more and still thinks that I might be going into starvation mode so is storing some of this fat. Don't really know.

i don't think I could stomach a 3rd shake. They really fill me up. But--a snack-- hmmm... I'm going to have to see if there are any alternate products that I can include for a snack that wouldn't completely ruin things for me. I've been so good for 2 weeks 6 days (tomorrow I complete 3 weeks) and I don't want to lose what little momentum I've got.

Thanks for the advice.... good ideas and now I'm going to have to see about what I can do about it.