Well I Signed up for LAWL
 

Hello Everyone it has been so long since I've been on here! But I am back and ready to loose this weight. I signed up for LAWL Yesturday and start tommorrow 4/14/05. I am getting married next March, and want to loose 50 lbs. Are there any other Newbies here who are starting the same time I am and anyone interested in being my LAWL buddy?

Also has anyone here had success with LAWL? What were your results, how was the Stabilization, and Maintenance weeks?

Thanks everyone and God Bless!!!

Irishgirl: Welcome (again). Good luck on the start. If you follow plan it really does work, and that's awesome that your starting LA. Come back often, and if you have any questions - you have found the right place.

Hugs, Sy

Thanks so much Sy :grouphug: I am looking forward to this Journey. I have stuggled with my weight since I was diagnosed with Enometriosis at the age of 20. I have tried every diet, Slim Fast, Weight Watchers, the old watching what you eat, Cabbage Soup Diet, South Beach Diet, Atkins. Nothing seemed to fit into my lifestyle, and it was all so expensive. With LAWL I feel that I can grocery shop within my budget still, and eat and not be deprived of that occassional glass of red wine, fat free ice cream..etc. And I stil get a variety to choose from. My ultimate motivation is that I want to look stunning in my wedding gown, and take my FI's breath away. He told me last night he would do whatever he needs to do to support me, and that he loves me the way I am but it this makes me happier he is all for it. Now can you see why I am marrying him..lol :cloud9:

Irish

Welcome!! Your DF sounds great! I am lucky that my BF is just like that. He has been a great support to me. Its always good to have support at home as well as at your center and well here online with us. I have been on LAWL since October last year. I had lost 23 lbs but have been off the program for about two months i guess and just started back on monday. If you follow the plan it does work. Having these chicks here also helps out a lot. Most of them know as much if not more than some of the counselors. I wish you luck as you start your new journey and congrats on getting married next year!!!

Britt

Irish- I've have lost about 77 pounds on lawl. I've been going for about a year. I had some minor setbacks here and there where I would go off track, but I found that when I truly followed the plan I would lose the average of 2 pounds a week. It really does work if you stick with it. Having the support from your DF is going to help you so much along with the support from the chickies here.

I have about 10 pounds to go, so I'll let you know how stabilization goes. I'm looking forward to it, but sort of scared to add more food back in to my diet. Anyway, good luck!

Mandy

Thank you everyone for your support I appreciate it :-) It is nice to know that I can count on Buddies on the Forum to support me, and I know this will be challenging for me! Thank's everyone! :grouphug:

I'm a Newbie too!
 

Hey Irish girl! I would love to be your buddy on the plan. I just started yesterday and we have about the same amount of weight to lose (50 pounds)! Write to me anytime!

Hi Irishgirl -

I started on the 31st of March, so am not too far ahead of you! Good luck and I would be glad to root you on anytime!

Sounds Great :-) YAY I have a buddy! Anyone else?

Hey Irishgirl, Solocat, CruiseinJanuary,
I started on the 14th as well Irishgirl, but I have about 90lbs to loose. At my 2nd visit, which I had yesterday I was down 2.4 pounds already. I suppose most of it was water, but I don't care. Two pounds is two pounds. What were your results like?

Well I started on Thursday, and at my WI on Friday afternoon I was down 1 llb. Although this weekend I wasn't able to be too strict..we had functions this weekend, and i had to improvise my food selection..grrr.. isn't life suppose to understand when we are on a diet :shrug:

Hello gemjlo!

Welcome to the forum! My WI after the TO days was 3.4 punds less, but I figured it was water weight, plus I had the flu inbetween for a day. But like you said a loss is a loss!

Well I happen to be a newbie too. I also started on 4-14 with the take off. as off 4-21 I have lost 3.6lbs. I happen to be off work this week so I am playing around with my food choices. I have tried various things like eating all the fruits in the am. Still no matter what I do I'm hungry around 9pm. But the funny thing is I'm not hungry when I get up. Any advice? I have been reading the threads and I look forward to learning more about the program.
Denise

Denise: Welcome to the board. You'll get all the support here, maybe more than you ask for as we all like to help each other out. Our main posts are normally posted in the thread that has the current month in the title (just to let you know).

As far as the food and when to you, it's hard to figure out but you will find ways around it.

What plan on you on? That way we can assist you - and we will know how much food you have to work with. Also, what time to do go to bed? I save my LA Lite for the evening (that way I have something when I get home from the gym), normally until 7:00pm and have it with a cup of tea - that holds me over until morning. I normally go to bed between 9:30 and 10:00pm. When I started I also cut up the LA Lite into small pieces so it would last longer as I take big bites and it was gone before I knew I ate it. Now, I have learned to take small bites and chew them longer than I normally chew things. Also, it's normal to be somewhat hungry in the beginning while you are learning the new eatting habits. Man, did you think that such a small question would take so long to answer. :lol:

Hugs, ~Sy~

Thanks Sy
I am on the blue plan. Normally I go to bed around 10pm. I am up now because I felt a little hungry so I am having some sleepy time tea.

Denise: I'm on the blue plan too. Here is how normally raction my foods throughout the day. I get up at 4:00am and go to bed between 9-10pm (at least on work nights).

If I'm hungry before going to work, sometimes I eat a wedge of Light Laughing Cow cheese wedges in the Green Packaging (they are only 35 calories - so I use 2 to equal 1 oz of cheese later).

4:00am coffee - black w/sweet-n-low
6:30am - at work - LA Lite with remaining coffee in travel mug
8-9am - egg beaters (1/2 P), 4" whole wheat pita toasted (S), the other LC Cheese (now it equals 1 oz of cheese). I spread the cheese on the pita, add the eggbeaters and make a breakfast sandwich. At some point after breakfast, but before lunch I eat a piece of fruit like 1/2 mango, or 1/2 grapefruit.

So far, 1/2 P, S, 1/2 Dairy, Fruit and 1 LA Lite

I eat lunch between 11-12 - depends how hungry I am, and how long I can hold off before eatting. For lunch I have P, S, V and Fruit. I'm usually pretty good until about 3-4pm.

Get home about 4:pm, have my S and Fruit before going to the gym or taking off on my bike (just started the bike riding this week).

I hold off as long as I can to have my dinner which consists of P, V and V - normally between 5:30-6pm.

About 7:pm I have my second LA Lite with a cup of tea. I still haven't used my other 1 oz of cheese, so if I'm really hungry after all of that, I eat some sort of Low Fat Cheese. I've found that Laughing Cow is the lowest in calories. I also buy the Laughing Cow Bella cheese in the small ballish type shape. In the summer months, I'm a big fresh radish fan, and will slice up a couple of them and have 3-4 in the evening instead of the cheese.

Of course, I don't have any kids and DH cooks so I don't have to do the double cooking thing in my house. It's tough for people who have to do all that and stay OP. When I cook chicken breast, I normally cook enough to bring for lunch and have for dinner for a couple days. I also make this turkey meat loaf without eggs and without breadcrumbs that I made in a muffin tin and that normally makes about 5 - 7oz muffins at the precooked weight - I just a kitchen scale - when baked, they come out between 5-6 oz. I add spices, dried onions, fresh garlic. I eat with catsup when I have those.

Sorry, I'm blabbing again. I've turned into a morning person, can you tell.

Hope that offers you some suggestions on how to spread the food out throughout the day?

Sy

Lunch I have P, S, V, F

Hi DAB -

I find myself being hungry a lot lately too. Think it is because I have been more active due to the better weather (well except for yesterday!). I try to think of that "hungry" feeling as my weight melting, and the $$ I have invested, and my ultimate long-term goal.

It sounds like you are off to a great start though!

Well girls I officially started my second week. I am down 4.6 lbs. I seem to be be less hungry at night and throughout the day too! If any of you enjoy smoothies I tried something new and it was pretty tasty. I mixed one conatainer of jet start with 8 mini ice cubes. It kinda of reminded me of those Jamoca Shakes at Arby's which use to be one of my favorites. Thanks for all the advice and encouragment.
Denise

Hey Denise. Good for you on being down almost 5 pounds!!!I haven't tried the jet start, but had one of the hot chocolate lites mixed in with my coffee yesterday -I bet it would be good as a shake, too . . .

I love those jamoca shakes. In fact, I've never met a shake I didn't like.

Julie

Just thought I'd throw my two cents in here...as a general rule, I do NOT consider myself a morning person, and more specifically, not a breakfast person. So for the first few weeks it was an effort to remember to stop and eat between waking up and lunch! But I started with lite stuff, like fruit, and now I usually do a fruit or a fruit-and-starch (like a mini bagel or a piece of toast). I still can't jump out of bed and devour a plate of eggs or anything too heavy like that, but I do wake up hungry these days! I guess my point is, our bodies DO adjust! :D

Oh, and I also think one of the reasons I used to never be hungry in the a.m. is because I used to be a bedtime snacker, which is another habit I've broken thanks to LAWL. :yes:

Fiona

Just checking in Girls!! I started week three yesturday and I am down 6 lbs.
Here are my stats:

4/14 191.0
4/15 190.5
4/19 188.2
4/21 187.0
4/22 186.6
4/25 186.6
4/27 186.0
4/28 185.4

Those are some mighty impressive stats ya got there Irish!!

Irish- ME TOO!
 

Hey there Chicadee!
I am also a recent joiner of LAWL (literally, I start my two day purge tomorrow AM!) and am also doing it for my wedding- though my wedding is in October! :D Hence my screen name! I just located this site for the first time while trying to remember a) what kind of salt I was supposed to run out and buy and b) if I can have salad dressing with all these raw veggies I am supposed to eat!
I dont have too much to lose, but I am probably quite a bit older so it may be rough at first, but luckilly our FI's are super supportive. Mine just got back into going to the gym as of today! We are going to try to motivate each other!
Hugs Bunny!!!
Hope you are a huge success and the wedding planning isnt stressing you out. Let me know if you need any cost-cutting tips I have found for wedding stuff!

Hello all:
I too just joined yesterday. Today (5-11) is my first day of detox. I go back in tomorrow morning for program. I really hope I can stick to this way of eating. I have failed at so many other diets. I figure I better give it a try after sinking so much money into this. The only thing I didn't like was they didn't tell me much on the different foods I will be eating. Are there special things you can and can not have? Also, I have read on here in the past few days that the luna bars are the same as LALite. Is this true? I need cheap alternatives. We are following a budget plan and I only have so much a month for food. I want to be debt free in 2 years, except house.
A little about myself. I am 45, stay at home grandma. I babysit my 2 beautiful granddaughters. Just me and DH at home. DS (24) is living with us until Nov. Came back home after he got out of the navy in may of last year. We had to give him a move out of next date. A year and a half is long enough to get back on your feet. I live in SC. Hot humid summers. So, don't spend to much time outside. Will be going back to the gym next week. Got a membership in Jan. Time to use that also. When the pool get it's cleaning, I will be able to swim.
Do any of you take the suppelements? What are the prices of those? They haven't given me any prices of things.
Well, I have rambled on enough.
Have a good day Y'all.
Chipper

Good morning, Chipper and Mrs. Soon!

Come join us on the monthly thread!

About the supplements -some of us do them, some of us do not. I can't afford them, so I don't. . .

Mrs Soon - about the salt -it's Morton's Lite Salt - less sodium, more potassium. About the salad dressing -when you get your food packet, there will be guidelines - you can have 1tbsp of fat free dressing as a free food - look for ones that are lower sodium (I think the recommendations are 175 mg of sodium for 1 tbsp). About the food - think low fat, low salt, and fresh -canned foods are very limited (no canned veg or soup) - but fresh and frozen are okay.

Chipper - about the lites/luna debates - a luna bar is about the same nutrionally as a lite bar. And they come in a wide range of flavors -- however, the rebate on your money is tied to buying the lites - I bought my lites in bulk for the weight loss weeks, but not the stabalization and maintainence. I'm on weight loss for 40+ weeks, so that was a lot of money! Later, after chatting with the chickies, I figured I could stretch out the lites with lunas, so I'd have enough during my maintainence. . .

Note - you don't have to do the lites at all! They will move you to the next higher food plan. Or you can buy as you go. ..

Hope this helps!

Julie

I need help
 

I am on my 2cd week of LAWL. It may take a while for me to "get the hang" of the program. I tend to do good during the weekdays. However, on the weekend we are on the go and my dinner eating is "out of control" because I am too hungry. I wait too long in between meals, fast food is abundant, and snacks are "calling me"....

My counselor said I basically "undo all of the good I did during the week" with my diet....

Does anyone have suggestions for good on the go (in the car) breakfast and lunch options for the weekend?

I do the same thing - undo everything on the weekend. But, I know better. I plan the food out, make sure you eat every couple hours. Carry the LA Lites, baggies of veggies or fruit to snack on. I also will sometimes have a Lite for breakfast in the car and then eat whole food for a snack. Just don't sabatage the hard work and accomplishments from the week. - As I said, I'm telling myself this too. I'm fixing things this week and don't want to screw it up next weekend. Good luck.