I MADE IT! I AM NOW IN MAINTENANCE! I lost .5 at my last phase 3 weigh in and am ready to maintain! Woohoo!!!
Congrats Sandy way to go...
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Hi all. Had a wrench thrown into my Phase 3 plans -- I thought I was feeling sick from too much food on the Phase 3 breakfasts, but I wound up having to be taken to the hospital by ambulance the other night. Some sort of virus is running through these parts.
So yesterday I ate some Costco chicken soup and today am all bloated. I am not sweating it. Will resume things when I'm feeling better.
there is a horrible flu going around it is like the norwalk but worse I hear.... get better soon.
I MADE IT! I AM NOW IN MAINTENANCE! I lost .5 at my last phase 3 weigh in and am ready to maintain! Woohoo!!!
Good for you! Good luck with maintenance!
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Originally Posted by rainbowmom
Hi all. Had a wrench thrown into my Phase 3 plans -- I thought I was feeling sick from too much food on the Phase 3 breakfasts, but I wound up having to be taken to the hospital by ambulance the other night. Some sort of virus is running through these parts.
So yesterday I ate some Costco chicken soup and today am all bloated. I am not sweating it. Will resume things when I'm feeling better.
I hear ya! I had it something fierce. Food STILL doesn't sound good but I'm making myself eat. I haven't been able to stomach my fav coffee/shake so I've been having green tea in the morning instead. I really hope I'm able to drink that again because I had had a big cup in the afternoon before I got sick and I get food aversions bad when I throw up. I can go up to 5 years not being able to eat something after getting the flu. It's crazy!
I'm up even more this morning. Bummed still but trying not to stress. Weigh in is tomorrow and there is no way I will be back to where I was last week. I thought it was sodium from the crackers but I drank enough water yesterday to float away so that should've been gone by now. I was up to 153.4 which I haven't seen since sometime back in November. I really thought phase 3 would bring me into the 140s for some silly reason.
On a positive note, I'm swimming in the shirt I'm wearing today and I had to punch a new hole in my favorite brown belt because it's too big. That's something I guess.
On a positive note, I'm swimming in the shirt I'm wearing today and I had to punch a new hole in my favorite brown belt because it's too big. That's something I guess.
Here's my positive note from being so sick -- when the paramedics asked me how much I weighed I wasn't totally humiliated.
I MADE IT! I AM NOW IN MAINTENANCE! I lost .5 at my last phase 3 weigh in and am ready to maintain! Woohoo!!!
Congratulations Sandy!!!!!! Please, please, please come to the maintenance thread and continue to post!! Same goes for all of you in Phase 3- Rainbowmom, lessoflynsey (I know you come & visit now and again ), Paint Lady (and you can keep eating Phase 3 style but really the biggest changes are real salad dressing at lunch and maaayyybbee a carb of some sort in the evening in Phase 4). It seems there is a huge temptation to just go off and spread your wings and fly away (especially cause it's Christmas time). But any recipes you might develop for Phase 4, any food finds that you make that are maintenance suitable, anything that causes adverse reactions, what you're making for supper tonight- it's all appreciated! Because when we let each other know what's working and what's not and to help out with variety to stave off the ever looming boredom it all helps. And I am going to get really really really cheesy here be prepared- united we stand divided we fall.
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I'm gonna be sticking around for a while. I'm not posting as much lately because things are busy, but I need the advice. And I will definitely be posting my food ideas, etc. I read here much more than I post here.
One more week in phase 3 and I'll be in maintenance!! So excited!
Lindsey, so sorry you aren't feeling well. Hope tomorrow is better for you.
I didn't do well my first day on phase 3, I had a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich and felt miserable the rest of the day. Queasy. Since then, I've enjoyed greek yogurt and a pnut butter and banana sandwich every morning, with half and half in my coffee. I did have cereal one day with something else, I can't remember now. I love this phase! I am really full the rest of the day and only eat lunch, dinner, and my snack because I am supposed to. I'm not starving for it. Honestly, I wish I could stay in phase 3 forever and still enjoy a cheat day every week. I guess it doesn't work that way though. I have no idea if I've lost or gained. I go for WI tomorrow. I don't really have any clothes that fit. The only jeans I have are sz 10 and they were too big when I started phase 3. They are still too big. I'm sure the main reason you aren't really having fun in this phase is because you seem to have gotten sick at the same time you started it. I really hope you get better soon so you can enjoy breakfast.
So good to see you are doing so well! that is very encouraging.
Well, it's official. I am up 2.2 this morning. Up for the first time in over 6 months. I'm super bummed. This is the only week I haven't eaten out in over a month. I had the flu. I started running again. And a gain.
Hate to be a chronic complainer but after seeing all the good losses it's hard not to be upset. Especially when you were right on and doing exactly what the diet said to do.
Hello, so my coach officially put me on Phase 2 starting today however she accidentally gave me phase 3 sheet.
I know that I just have a real protein for lunch as well but is it 8oz like the dinner? The phase 3 sheet she gave me must be old and still lists the 5oz.
Hello, so my coach officially put me on Phase 2 starting today however she accidentally gave me phase 3 sheet.
I know that I just have a real protein for lunch as well but is it 8oz like the dinner? The phase 3 sheet she gave me must be old and still lists the 5oz.
Height: 5'-2" - 41 years old - 2015 Reboot: 165.4/136.0/135
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Originally Posted by ItsAboutTime
On a positive note, I'm swimming in the shirt I'm wearing today and I had to punch a new hole in my favorite brown belt because it's too big. That's something I guess.
Sounds like you are losing inches, not pounds. Same thing happened to me in P3.
Height: 5'-2" - 41 years old - 2015 Reboot: 165.4/136.0/135
I think there was some talk about eating mostly P3 style in maintenance in this thread. But that is pretty much the way I eat during the week, and then follow the maintenance protocol (with some flexibility) on the weekends. My typical weekday looks like this:
B: Standard P3- 2 eggs, apple w/ 1T. peanut butter, 1 cup non fat plain greek yogurt, 3/4c. granola mixed in yogurt. 1 cup coffee (with cream!!!)
L: Big salad with lots of veggies, 8 oz. lean protein and 2T. Good Seasons salad dressing (the real stuff!!!)
S: Pure Protein or Detour Bar
S: (post workout) EAS shake for recovery
D: Same as lunch, but sometimes add in a small sweet potatoe or rice if I want it.
Then on the weekends I am a little more lienient and will have some carbs even it is with a snack or if we are going out to dinner, I will have a carb. It is a little bit harder for me because I am highly intolerant of wheat and wheat gluten, so it really limits what carbs I can eat. But yes, I do find that eating P3 during the week really works for me in maintenance. And it is nice to know that if I do want the carb at dinner, I can have it!
So, I started Phase 3 and felt really sick. I thought that it was from too much food at one time and foods I wasn't used to. Could have been some of that, but I have also had some sort of stomach virus that sent me to the hospital the other night.
Anyway, last night I decided to indulge a little -- I ate rice at dinner (trying to stop some of the virus symptoms) and then really went off the rails and ate cookies.
I decided to just go back to Phase 3 today and ate some eggs/egg whites with a little feta cheese and 1/2 a piece of flax/sunflower toast.
), Paint Lady (and you can keep eating Phase 3 style but really the biggest changes are real salad dressing at lunch and maaayyybbee a carb of some sort in the evening in Phase 4). It seems there is a huge temptation to just go off and spread your wings and fly away (especially cause it's Christmas time). But any recipes you might develop for Phase 4, any food finds that you make that are maintenance suitable, anything that causes adverse reactions, what you're making for supper tonight- it's all appreciated! Because when we let each other know what's working and what's not and to help out with variety to stave off the ever looming boredom it all helps. And I am going to get really really really cheesy here be prepared- united we stand divided we fall.
