It took me a couple 3-4 weeks before I really saw anything. But it aslo took that long for me to really start thinking smart about what I was eating.

Hello to everyone! Thanks for all the encouragement everyone is giving me. I'll be thinking about you on Friday on my way to Nacogdoches.

Nickles - I bounced up 2 pounds when I started on alli too then lost it the next week. Now I seem to just be going up a pound, losing 2, going up a pound losing 6. As long as it's going down and not just staying the same, I'm vaguely happy. I really just have to make up my mind to exercise, but that's a hurdle for me (pun intended).

Good luck to everyone this week. Talk to you later!

CC, I have been mainly focusing on my eating. I do get out and walk, and I will be starting a water aerobics class in September. I don't think the Alli curbs my appetite, but I am making much better choices for myself.

Brightside, a rustic cottage does not sound good to me at all. I'm definitely a hotel person.

Katallan, good choices for your anniversary dinner!!

Gina, I know what you mean about this thread!! Very active. I've never heard that about the % per week either.

Nikki, I think your meals for the day sound good. I would have more food because I am allowed more per day.

NRyker, lucky you going to the spa!! Wonderful!!

Ravisa, your fruit salad sounds delicious. I've made turkey chili in the past, but hubby and son don't care for it. I usually make it now with the leanest beef that I can find.

Nickles, I lost 4 pounds before I started Alli, then I gained 2 of those during my first week, and now I've lost them. I have my 2nd weigh in tomorrow.

The cookout went well today. We ended up eating in the house because it was just too hot to stay outside. I did end up with a slice of peanut butter pie for dessert. I journaled every thing that I ate when I came home. I am just a tad over on the number of calories for the day. This is the first day that has happened, so I'm ok with it (until I have my official weigh in tomorrow and end up with a gain! lol ).

Hi everybody! Hope your Wed. went well! I'm back to eating regular food so hopefully I'll be able to see some progress by the end of the week. I found out that I have a business trip scheduled for the end of next week. The group I'm working with is planning to take me out to some good eating so I'm a bit worried. I'll have to figure out a gameplan between now and then....

NRyker - that sounds like an absolutely heavenly day!! I'm so jealous. How'd you score a package like that?! Make sure you drink plenty of water and are well hydrated if you're going to do a cleanse since those treatments can be dehydrating in and of themselves.

Gina - Cranial Sacral therapy is hard to describe but you can get info. from googling it. Very simply put, it uses very gentle manipulations of the spine and skull to help ease restrictions in and help balance the nervous system. Maybe NRyker can explain it better.

Ravisa - How do you like living in Washington? I love all the fresh produce and other things you can get there. It would be so nice to go for a walk and find berries for the picking.

Nickles - its too soon for me to tell as well. Ask me in another week!

Tammy - good luck for your weigh in tomorrow!

I want to write more but I have to get some things done before the evening is completely over. Have a good evening all!

morning all perhaps someone who has already purchased alli and is doing the diet plan can tell me how many caolories im supose to have..
this way i can get myself eating within my calories before i take alli.. ( as yesterday i felt like i was starveing to death lol)

im 5'4
weigh 181
work in an office all day so the only excercise i get is at home and if i go to they gym

Well, I jinxed myself. lol I guess I shouldn't have had that pie at the cookout. I was down 3 pounds at weigh in from last week, but I was up 2 pounds from what I weighed a couple days ago. I really shouldn't weigh between official weigh ins. Right???

Travelin, glad you are back on normal food. I'm sure you'll make good choices when you are on that business trip.

Nikki, I don't have the material right in front of me. Hubby is still sleeping, and it's in the bedroom.

CC - Alli really doesn't curb my appetite. Once I "shrunk" my stomach and quit eating all those empty calories I have found that I am usually satisfied with 1600 calories or less. The first week was the hardest and I wasn't on Alli at that time!

NRyker - I love going to a spa! I have treated myself twice to the full treatment and it is positivly wonderful!

Nikki - My book says 1600 calories for light activity and 1800 for moderate activity.

HuneB - I hate eliptical! But good for you! And a bike ride too?! You should have a loss come friday for sure!;)

Tammy - sorry you jynxed yourself! I have those slip ups too!

Hope everyone else had a great night last night and stayed on plan!

I didn't get my exercise in last night. :( Ended up visiting a friend who has had surgery. Stayed there way to long! I will have to do better today!

Later!

Yes, I am on the 1600 calorie plan and some days I am way under and for some reason ever since my weekend away I can not seem to get back to 1600 or under!!! I NEED HELP!!!!! Last night I sat and ate cookies no less! OMG what am I doing? I know NOT to do that but AHHHHGGGGG

Well I will get back in this.. I know it. I keep taking my pills and making good choices at meal time. I need to get the snackin under control again!

StillTryin - Toss the cookies! Or find something else that will satisfy you. Or, eat something relatively healthy for a dessert (ff pudding, cool whip & nuts?) and then if you STILL want the cookies, have some but maybe you won't be quite so hungry?

Just wanted to report that my fancy dinner out last night went really well. I took a long time to consider what I was going to eat and ended up with a small salad of mixed greens, dried cranberries, walnuts, with a small bit of goat cheese. For dinner I chose a seafood pasta made with scallops, shrimp, mussels & clams in a spicy tomato broth. The pasta was very, very thin spaghetti. I had 2 bites of the spaghetti but ate all the seafood. For dessert I had 2 bites of 2 different desserts that we passed around the table. I felt so happy to enjoy my food, make good choices and not feel stuffed when we left (my wallet was a lot lighter though). The scale was in the same spot as yesterday - not complaining! Best of all, I don't feel like I need to worry about a TE since everything I ate was healthy and in reasonable portions!

Thanks Brightside, the problem I have is that I wasnt hungry...I just wasnt doing anything very active. I usually go home from work and clean/cook ect...that usually takes until I give my daughter her bath, then I take my bath and rock her a little then it is her bedtime and I go read, but last night I was NOT in the mood, so I watched a movie....BIG MISTAKE!!!!

One more day till weighin after my recommittment and i've got to make up for yesterday. The fair got me! Darn it! I dont feel like I ate alot...just not good choices at all. You know how it its, everything is deepfried and served on a stick. But I did get in alot of walking and was pretty sore and tired last night. Which lead to ordering pizza. I had 1 piece too many I think. Havent put it into fitday because i dont even know what to do with the fair food. Ah well.

Does anyone else notice Alli effecting their sleep patterns? I know it doesnt have a stimulant but I never feel like going to bed no matter how tired I am I end up reading till 1 or 2 in the morning. Any thoughts?

Have a beautiful day alligators!

Gina, I agree with you 100%. I can "diet" and lose weight, but with this I am making better choices (well most of the time!) than I usually did before. I can see the difference in the items of food I eat! Which is nice since I am really not depriving myself of anything. Just eating less (usually) than I would have had prior to using this tool.

Like before if I was snacking hungry at work I would just run to the gas station and buy something, now I keep fat free pudding in my desk drawer and I also keep low fat fiber bars there. I keep some Crystal light individual packs and some green tea individual packs to put in my water. So there are definately some serious mind/thinking changes happening, that I dont think would have happened before this.

Still Tryin'
You have lost a ton of weight and maybe your body felt a bit starved.
Instead of "binging" on the cookies...Maybe your body is begging for you to binge on the beautiful in season fruits. You probably need the Fruit Benefits and your hand is grabbing the cookie but your body is craving the fruit carbohydrates. Go make a beautiful fruit salad for yourself and just nibble at it all day for a few days. During your meals eat flavorful proteins and don't try and eat under your calories for fat grams. Eat to the max of them. I would even consider keeping over your 1600 cals with 200or less cals in fruit.
I have been doing that with blueberries (before DH brought home licorice). It is so satisfying. Especially if you get all your protein and fat in!!!
Good luck.