Thanks for sharing! I have never seen green tea powder...I'll have to look for it!

I buy it at my local natural foods store. My guess us that you can get it at Whole Foods.

Good morning all. Just wanted to say hello and give you all a hug. You're all doing so great. :). Have a wonderful day.

Is everyone still here and doing well? You're a quiet bunch. Nothing wrong with that. I am a quiet person as well. :) Just wanted to reach out and see if I was the only one hanging on here from June.

I'm still here and over 30 lbs lighter. :carrot:

Doing well still, too. My coach is out of the office this week so it will be my first week since I started without a WI. I'll have a 2 week WI next week, I guess.

Yeah CONGRATS!!!! Always a great feeling shedding the pounds! :) I have been busy working concession stands at the Iowa football games. That has been a challenge. So far I have sneaked in some products. We are so busy though that my water consumption is pretty much one small bottle of water in 12 hours! :( I have a couple weekends off (away games) so I am glad about that. Then I have just two more home games to work. How has the games been for you? How's the boy doing in football?

I went to my first game this past weekend. I shoved a Quest Bar in my bra and my brother's skinny girlfriend put a bag of Quest Chips in her oversized jersey. I honestly drank like 10 bottles of Dasani Water at that game at 3.50 or $4 a pop. It was so hot down here (upper 90s) and in the middle of the day.

My bro is doing well in football. We have a big game this weekend against LSU and I'll be shoving another Quest Bar in my bra. I'm grilling some Turkey Patties that morning so I can put them in a Ziploc and eat them while walking around the tailgates.

I'm sorry you can't get more water in. I know that the concessions are a madhouse at these big games!

You just made me choke on my water just now. I am laughing. Love the bra stuffing..I will have to remember that. I am looking forward to it being cooler though so I can wear a coat in and hide stuff. (they do tend to pat down though) Our next game is at 11am. So I will get there at 6am and be home around 6/7pm. Lately, it's been 2:30 games and starting off at 8am and not getting home till 10pm. UGH. I pray we don't ever have a 7pm game! LOL. I am on our HS juniors post prom committee so working the stands is what pays for post prom. Great fund raiser--except those coming in extra early (like me) in counting all the inventory and cleaning. Same goes for after the game. (Reason why I am there for so long) NEVER AGAIN! lol Ouch for LSU. We have played them a few times for bowl games. Not a fan HA. Good luck to you!!!

Well, serious props on staying OP when your schedule isn't making it easy!!! It's nice to check back in with the people that started around the same time that we did and see how they are doing.

June starter checking in. I've been on maintenance now for a bit. Historically I've been able to lose weight more easily in the warmer months. November through April have generally been not good for me, especially Thanksgiving through New Year's Day. Its probably been 10 years since I weighed less than 190 so I am starting the difficult period in a good place.

It is so easy to become lulled into complacency. For me, I need to weigh myself every day to stay aware. I know I can be doing a better job with my diet but my weight has varied from 183 to 187 and I have pretty much been satisfied with that. One thing that has been helpful for me is to occasionally do an intermittent fast, which I first read about here.

I've managed to successfully avoid any practical exercise regimen. Maybe I'll get that squared away this fall. Then maybe I'll get back down to the goal weight.

Tom, I know in Maintenance I'm going to have to become a daily weigher. Congratulations on making it to maintenance. I have 20 more lbs to go and I'm hoping to get into maintenance by the end of the year and use my new year's resolution to maintain my goal weight.

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Has anyone tried the IP Apple Oatmeal? It's new at my clinic-great in zucchini muffins and it's non-restricted!

I started in June and am still here. Down 42 lbs! Getting ready to phase to maintenance. I am so comfortable on the IP program, I'm a bit nervous. Love the results. Hope to keep off the weight. Plan on sticking with 3FC! Keep up the good work everyone.

This is great!!! Keep it up!!! I'm nervous about maintenance as well and just keeping off the weight.

I'm close to 42 lbs lost. I'm at 41 with my WI tomorrow. My home scale has been kind so if my clinic scale shows the same I should be at 44 lbs lost tomorrow!! I love this diet. It's so easy once you get into the routine. Today is a REALLY HUNGRY day for me so I ate my afternoon snack earlier and I have Mexican Night planned tonight so I'm excited about that.

Congrats Kissi. I had a few of those really hungry days and my coach reminded me about those free veggies like lettuce, celery and cukes. Not bad for holding me over. Mexican sounds awesome. What do you cook? I am pretty boring...love routine. I think that's one reason IP works for me.