Thanks, my COD just called and told me to come and get the new menu plan since they are like 2 minutes away from my work I went and picked it up since I am not doing lites they have me on daily menu plan 3

which consists of 3P, 4V, 3F, 4S, 2D, 2FATS

I am a little confussed about adding all this food in and worried that I will gain as well, lets hope not, I will start this tomorrow.

Here's to hoping I see a downward movement in the scale again soon

Stacie

Why wait until tommorow for what you can enjoy today? I couldn't wait to start eating all that extra food. I love it. It was like a free ticket to the buffet line.

Good luck Stacie, I'm on plan 3 with lites. I haven't gained but my loss has slowed down a bit. Not sure if it is the change in plans but just a natural plateau.

well, I think I am going to start the new plan on Wednesday, as I am going to Wisconsin tomorrow and will be there until Tuesday night. I am going to stick with what I know until then, but I am very very very excited about this

And Jillian..........look at you......half way to goal!!! WTG!

thanks nicole! i would actually be like 12lbs from goal, but i bought more weeks and lowered my goal. but i'm super close to my original goal of 50lbs!

I am going to repeat what I just said in the Losers and Friends Thread because I believe it is so important -

*Angie and Nicole and anyone else currently on or going on the new "numbered" plans - my advice is to use a variety of starches and not rely heavily on just the bread category. Try to incorporate starchy vegetables into your daily plan. This is my personal belief. We were so used to rationing our few starches that all we think of is bread, muffins, pitas, etc. I think that people who are using at least one starchy vegetable a day are losing at a faster rate than those who are not. The more starches that you have in your plan the more important that this is.

Stacie - regarding your fear of trying to get all the food in. All I can say is start early in the day. Don't hold off and save food for later in the day. For example have a fruit and a dairy (yogurt?) first thing in the morning. Combine foods - I have been having one lite bar a day and for my second lite I have a lite shake combined with yogurt and a fruit (lite, D, Fr). I have to add a little bit of water to it so it is not too thick.

great advice on the starches lynn!
i wish that i could have starchy veggies while i was doing the 4wk express. boo. oh well, only 3 more weeks to go. i really don't eat many starchy veggies normally, but a variety from this restricted list will be great!

I cannot tell you how excited I am to eat sweet potatos again I just love them

And thanks, Lynn...........it makes perfect sense!!!!

I love sweet potatoes as well, expecially done on the bbq wrapped in tin foil and with some onions, and a little bit of butter, yummy... I may have some of those this weekend.
So far the new menu plans is alright I had a great breakfest
1 small egg
2 slices of turkey bacon
1 slice of ww bread
1 8oz glass of 1%milk

I am stuffed not used to eating so much for breakfest at all..so today is day 1 on the new plan will let you all know next week how I do for weight loss..

Thanks for the advise on the starches now that I am allowed more I can have my starchy veggies again..

Stacie

I wish you luck , I know alot of us found the scale does not drop very fast with the start of the new plan

I hadn't been in to my COD in a couple of weeks (I've been working 60-65 hours a week!!), so when I went in this morning, I was shocked to find out that they changed to the FFP. The counselor I was talking to didn't really seem to know what was going on, and she was going to put me on plan 1, despite my 7-15 hours of exercise/week. Needless to say, I wasn't terribly enthusiastic. 10+ hour work days and 1-2 hours of exercise don't mix well with a 1200-1500 calorie diet, I'm afraid. So I'm going back in on Tuesday and they're going to call the dietician to find out which plan I should be on. This is complicated slightly by the fact that I'm technically on maintenance, but I'm trying to drop a few pounds that I carelessly gained back, so we'll see how it goes. Does anyone know which plan they're giving for exercise? My counselor seemed to think you go up by one plan, but from plan 1 to plan 2, there's no increase in protein, which seems rather unreasonable. Any thoughts?

I think you are wrong on the protein part. It goes from 2 up to 2.5 and everything else goes up 1 except the fruit. I got moved from a plan 1 to a 2 because I kept telling them I was hungry for the 3 weeks I was on it. Plan two is: P2.5, S3, F2, V3, D2, Fa2

Sarah, I was on red w/ lites and they put me on plan 2. I exercise just as much as you do and I work on my feet very long days. I have completely stalled since being switched to the new plan and I think its cause I am not getting enough calories for my exercise. They wanted to put me on plan 1 but I made them call the dietician and she said plan 2. The COD seems to think I am getting too many calories so that is why I have stalled so they want me to switch to shakes which are less in calories than the lites. I will try that. I am still a little skeptical. My sis exercises a lot too and she is on plan 3 without lites and she is losing well.

Time will tell I guess! Good luck to us all!

Just bumping this up, and wanted to share that I started this plan today. Wish me luck

Thanks for bumping up this thread -- I will read it thoroughly! Thanks for the info.