Oh, the plumping.

Stick with it. I will tell you that I limit myself to 1 or 2 restricted foods a week. I think that has really helped me. Because I like chocolate, I usually have a chocolate premade drink as my nighttime snack and then helps with my need to have chocolate. Also, I feel like my weight loss might be slowing down so I am trying to cut down my protein a little. I have always made sure I have every bit of my 8 ounces and I am trying to cut it down to 6-7 right now and see if that helps.

Good luck!

Continue with the phase one sheet EXACTLY as it reads and your plateau will pass soon. If you are following it exactly, not excersising, getting in your water with no cheats, you will start picking up bigger losses very soon. It is physiology- your body cannot hold onto the weight forever with that low of caloric intake. I would prepare my own meat 90% of the time if possible. Another quick time saving option is the turkey lunch meats that have the nutrition info on the package- of course you want no carbs and no fructose or glucose listed in the ingredients. Hang in there.

Another thing you mentioned that might be the culprit is the red bell peppers. They are higher in carbs than the green ones. IF you are eating those everyday... Also, cucumber doesn't have much nutritional value. You may need to add a better variety of vegetables, cut out the rotiss chicken, and switch your meals and snacks around a little bit. Don't give up without trying some different things first. If you give up without being willing to do a little extra work, no diet will ever get you past that stall weight.

Just want a little clarification here: Do you have veggies 4 times a day? You say you have 1/2 a cuke for a snack, then 2 cups cukes and red peppers for lunch with salad, then mixed veggies with your bar which you have listed as a snack, then 2 cups with your dinner? Is that correct or did you mean something else? Just trying to figure out what you are eating.

I only have bell peppers twice a week. I will cut out the chicken and switch around my snacks this coming week. Thanks for the suggestions.

OMG if I eat less than 800 calories a day I might as well drop dead:dizzy:

I might try cutting back on the restrictives this week, will see what my coach suggest

You can't quit, what would you do then? We must solve this mystery!

Here's what I did when my weight loss stalled 2 weeks ago and things have improved!
1. Quit eating beef -- switched to eggs, fish, shrimp, etc. -- a healthier choice than beef anyway. Also, fish tends to satiate me more than beef.
2. Quit using skim milk in my coffee -- it has lactose which is a sugar
3. Quit bars, I sometimes ate more than one in a day. I couldn't control myself with the caramel nut so, I just don't get started.
4. Quit using so much WF syrups, limit it and I'm going to cut-out altogether when supply is gone.
5. Also, slowed down on exercise.
6. If I feel I must eat extra, I have an IP pudding rather than eating extra food protein as I used to do.

half a cuke for my snacks
2 cups of romaine with peppers/cukes/celery (perhaps a cup of veggies with my 2 cups of romaine in my salad)
then my bar in the p.m with another cup of mixed veggies, kholarabi and cauliflower or whatever I buy that week.
then supper I have 2 cups of steamed veggies, mixed with brocoli/cauliflower or sometimes asparagus and my meat.
I only have salad for lunch with romaine.

I know, I don't want to quit at all!! but very hard to keep motivated when I don't see results.

This week I had xtra lean ground beef twice for supper, cooked with cabbabe and mushrooms and some spices. I don't really like shrimp. Got sick in Vegas last year on shrimp and scared I'm allergic to it. But I eat fish maybe once a week, Basa instead of Salmon. I don't use any milk as I don't drink coffee. Only green tea once a day, sometimes twice. Maybe I"ll try not having the bars this week. :?:

I have a question for guys, could I be drinking too much water perhaps?? lol

I drink 10-12 cups, sometimes 14

i stalled for 3 weeks, and my coach and i figured out that when i am at work (I'm a ICU nurse) i burn tons more calories and need to bump up to 4 packets on those day. On my 3rd week of no weight loss i bawled in my coaches office because i felt awful, REALLY awful and i could totally cope with awful if i was loosing weight but when i didn't, tears!

Since then, i eat when I'm hungry at work, either extra veggies or a 4th packet and haven't had a too much of a problem since. I feel better and I am am now almost at goal.

Please don't give up, your frustrated and angry. Never make a decision when you are either of those. Think it through. :)
:hugs:

well I cried this morning, after all this hard work I was totally devastated. My poor boyfriend did not know what to say either.
I found this week I was extremely hungry and fatigued. I wondered if I wasn't eating enough because I went to bed hungry alot. Guess I will wait and see what the coach says tomorrow. I have an office job though so don't really burn alot of calories during the day.

haha Men, they can't handle tears! My husband was just silent, and gave me a hug but my coach is a man... and he was stumbling over words at first to reassure me. which made me laugh and then we got down to the problem. Its okay to cry :) tomorrow see what your body fat % is, maybe your water weight is still up from hormones but your % body fat is down. You got this ;) we will figure out whats up and what changes need to be made.

On phase 1 I ate beef probably 5 out of 7 days a week, ate red bell peppers as often and still had great losses. I did not however, eat any restricted packets, or any packets above 9 grams of carbs. And I had and continue to have my snack between 8 & 9 PM every night. I find the weeks that I drink the most water- a gallon a day, I have the best losses.