Rocki its like this - my oldest - Lindsy is 22, I have an adopted son - James - who is 20 (sill be 21 in October) then comes the triplets Alex, Breanne and Chelsea who are also 20 and my baby Hayley is 19. I will see if I can put a pic up of the zoo. Breanne was married this past april and I have a nice one of the kids. (We adopted James when he was 15)

Here they are! (I think ) this is my zoo plus my oldests husband and my newest son in law chris. Its here! pretty tiny though

Congrats Finz! Yay!!!!!!

Way to go!!! I knew you'd get there!!!! :hug:
OK... Can someone enlighten me on what Runza is? I've never heard of it. But I'm feeling like I've missed out on something wonderful.
WOW! You had your hands full!!! :dizzy: Triplets - Oh My! My youngest 2 are 14 months apart and there was a stretch of about 4 years that I thought I would lose my mind on a near daily basis! I can't imagine triplets, let alone 6 so close in age through the teens!? :dizzy: I totally admire you - you give me renewed confidence!

I almost feel a little guilty for bringing it up here because it is wonderful...but oh so bad! When I told everyone I was moving to Nebraska (several years ago), everyone from Nebraska told me that I had to try this restaurant called Runza. It's like a Brahm's without the ice cream, if I remember correctly. The restaurant is named for the runza sandwich, which every life-long Nebraskan's grandmother seems to have the perfect recipe for. Here's the amazing part: you get this perfectly fluffy loaf/bun filled with a yummy, cheesy meat mixture! One of the great mysteries for those of us who don't have a Nebraskan grandmother is how they get the meat mixture in the middle--I remember the bun as being near perfect. This used to keep me awake at night.

Judy-You do look smashing in your new photo!

I hear you - I lived on cheetos & Krispy Kreme donuts from the vending machines in the dorms in college. And greasy burgers and, well, pretty much nothing particularly healthy at all. And weighed all of 115 lbs. And thought I needed to lose weight, deluded child that I was...

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Thanks for all the nice compliments. I do feel good and healthy. My annual physical is next month, and I can only imagine my doctor's surprise, not to mention the change in lab results.

As an FYI, I just had a PM from Miss Gigi. She's back from Korea and hopes to get back to this forum soon. I really missed her. Would still like to hear back from 3MonkeysMomma and see Angieroo post again. Those three and several other MIAs sure kept things lively and encouraging. I hope they may be lurking and will join us again. :hug:

Yummy!!! that sandwhich sounds wonderful...last night I wanted strawberry shortcake so bad!!!! But I had a double chocolate creamy instead....much better then the vanilla. But I want to try the vanilla with the diet pop and crused ice too....

FANTASTIC!!!:cp::cp::cp::cp:

Hi everyone! My fiance and I did MRC Jan.-May of 07 and both lost around 30 lbs. I kept all of mine off and he only gained 10 or so lbs. We are now back on the "plan" but w/o the center. We ordered our proteins offline and have done great our first week. We still had a ton of left over protein and puddings from before (we stock pilled..lol) so that is what we are trying to use up now. Does anyone know if there have been any advancements or changes since spring of 2007. Wish us luck.

I am only trying to remember what we ate for dinner besides chicken.. Gosh it has gotten old very quickly.

You are absolutely right there. I haven't been in, but apparently my pictures are plastered all over the Destin Center. I have folks tell me they saw me all the time. Yes, it does help MRC when people see me and can see that it is possible to keep the weight off & look great.

I remember just about the time the Destin center opened that I saw something in the news about the FL govt. trying to crack down on companies making 'outrageous' weight loss claims. That was also around the time that MRC went from claiming 2 lbs. per week to 3-5. At the time, I wondered if they'd get reviewed. I'm SURE they have to have the statistics to back up those claims, at least here. I don't know how about other state regulations.

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I go back OP every now and again when I gain a bit. I am up 14 lbs. right now after too many vacations, house guests, etc. :) I hope to have the majority of it off before the next vacation in Sept. I'd LOVE to lose another 5-10 over that, but I've never managed to get that far.

When I'm not OP, I usually try to follow a typical bodybuilder's diet. Very similar to MRC actually, but I think easier for my head to grasp :dizzy:

Hubby is working this weekend, my kids are grown, too hot to play outside....I love being at the gym. I don't typically stay three hours, but it is quite easy for me to do. Lifted weights a bit over two hours and then the treadmill for a while. I try to watch the clock & get done quicker, but when I'm not in a hurry, I tend to daydream a lot. The gym is so much better than coming home to housework (and readily available food).

It is so funny when you leave for a few days and come back in the form is 5 pg long...

Went on my camp trip had a great time. Also I made really good choices, I took my own bread and drink LOTS of water!!!! Also I never missed my drinks or pills!!! I am not going to WI tell Tuesday just to make sure I am the same or below!!!

Hope everyones weekend was great also

ROCKI YAY!!! You did it! 40 pounds gone and almost in the 120's. You're definitely keeping me motivated!

Rocki - All I can say is God's Grace, I have no other explanation. The course of those years had me on a roller coaster with my weight, up down up down, eventually ending up 70lbs heavier then when I started the single momma venture. I'm now very happily married to the best man in the world. :carrot:

Good for you on making 131, I can't wait till I can see even 140 on my scale, my goal for MRC is 140 but I think that will be adjusted as I get closer to it, "my" goal is 130. Good for you, I do hope you will post an updated photo for us to see, it is so encouraging.