Laura, sorry to hear about your Grandma, definitely water weight. Meemo had a great idea with B-6. I think you will be fine on the Blue menu if that is what the center said. I bet by next week you will have lost the 4lbs and be back in your fat burning groove!!!:)

Laura....sorry to hear about your grandmother.

I agree that the travel is causing water retention. For me it is usually about five pounds every time I drive or fly somewhere. Up your water intake and do the B6. You'll be back in no time!!

Great job regardless! You got that board!!! wHoA!:hug:

what is MRC6?

So sorry to hear the news. I hope you are know we are all thinking of you and sending our thoughts/love your way. Just jump back in.... and follow the centers lead, they know what they are talking about. Hey, and take it slow... take care of yourself. :hug:

here's another question. i ended up having to go out of town yesterday. i had a late breakfast so my 5 hr window put me having a very late lunch and even later dinner. i NEVER got hungry last night, probably because i was distracted. i guess i should mention that i never was a three times a day eater before this plan so it is completely normal for me to not eat dinner if i've eaten a decent lunch. by the time i realized that I hadn't eaten it was after 10 pm, was fixing to go to bed for work today, and my BF didn't have any diet friendly food in his house. i cldn't even improvise what he had to make something work and i was afraid of eating so late at night anyway. i didn't even have an extra HNS because i'm only able to afford two a day w/breakfast and lunch so I didn't even take one. also, i absolutely LOVE the well water at his house so I ended up, for the whole day having like 6 bottles cuz i just kept refilling my bottle last night. that might also be a big part of why i didn't get hungry.

So my question is, which is worse, skipping dinner or eating off program? I go in for the psychobabble class tonight and intend to do a WI while i'm there. I realize that last night probably hurt me pretty bad, cld have shut my metabolism down, but I want to know which would hurt me less in case this happens again. I have every intention of packing food next time I go over so I don't have to worry about screwing myself up again....

MRC6 is an appetite suppressant. Not everyone can take it depending on the types of prescription medications you take.

:D I signed the 30lb board today...yay me!!

Congratulations!!! It doesn't seem like you have been doing this for very long!!

I thought I would sign the 60 pound board today, but I was 0.5 pound short. Not too disappointed....I know I'll get there.

I am going to start exercising this week again. I need to try to not overdo it since I have been sick. Easier said than done for me though.

Hope you are all having a great OP day!

Congrats!! if I'm figuring right you're in like week 6 or 7? that's awesome!! I hope to have the same excellent results!

Thanks :) Its really gone by pretty quickly...today was day 50 (including 7 days pre-conditioning)

You WILL sign that 60 pound board next time...I have faith in you!

Mental Block..
I'm beginning to think my body just loves 132 lbs! I can't get this "mind over matter" thing going again. When I resigned back in December I was gung-ho, on track full force. I lost 7 pounds in the first 1.5 weeks! Now I'm more than I was then (well, not back to what I was at re-sign, but more than what I got down to after the 7 lb loss). I just keep eating off plan and can't figure it out. It doesn't matter if it's in the house, or out or whatever. I eat what I want and don't even try to stay on plan. I've still been exercising and that's probably the ONLY thing keeping me stable.

I am NOT happy with where I am (even though EVERYONE I know says I look great, don't need to lose more, blah blah blah)..I KNOW I have more to lose and I set all these little goals for myself and just keep cheating. I know I won't eat on plan when I go out and everytime I think no more eating out I go somewhere and screw up again.

Any suggestions?? I know, I've done this over and over and it's not like I've gone WAY off b/c I do stick to 2 or 3 days and then screw up but I need to get a few weeks under my belt. I have dinner out tomorrow and Sunday and at least a few more times in the next couple of weeks, in addition to a conference I'm going to in 4 weeks, birthday parties for both of girls and Disney World on March 1. My goal is 120. I'm weighing around 132 and I have until April 20 on contract. I know that's still 13 weeks away and only averages out to less than a pound a week, but I re-signed 6 weeks ago and should have already met the first goal. MY goal is really 115. MRC has 120.

HELP!!!

I just finished week 7. I have stuck to plan 100% so far...not one BLT (bite lick taste) I got a little on edge today during my WI when she asked me what kind of fish I was having and I told her tilapia. She said "that fish is not allowed on the beige menu" I told her I have been having it all along and I was specifically told I could have it...besides...tilapia is was of the best fish you can have...right??? She said "I will have to check on that" and I could hear her an other girls discussing it and they said its not on the menu but it is one I can have. Every week (even tho the girls are very nice) I am afraid they will find some reason to void my guarantee after I have been so faithful.

Also, I don't know if I should give into their sales pitch for corti-trim. My stomach below my belly button is huge and not losing very quickly. She (and the last 2 other girls who were in the room with me) have recommended it. They say with the MRC6 I am losing all over, so I wouldn't want to stop it...which I am totally pleased with those results, but the corti-trim will target this one area. Its pretty expensive tho...I think she said $75 for 180 pills and you take 6 a day---which makes it a 30 day supply. I was wondering if the corti-slim that you can buy at CVS has the same stuff in it. I told her I would hold off for now and maybe wait to see what happens in the next couple of months. I also have not been doing any ab exercises which would probably help that area.

At my center they specifically told me to write in tilapia, because it is allowed. I don't have it that often, but they never comment on it when I do.

I have taken the corti-trim in the past and just started again. I don't know if I think it does anything or not. A friend gave me what she had leftover when her doctor told her not to take it because of a prescription interaction. I just started taking them again today. The ones that I have now are from Walgreens.

I had something interesting come up at the center today and was wondering if any of you have ever heard this.

The counselor that I met with said that if you are going to split proteins at a meal, some group 1 and some group 3, you have to do it equally. Like for instance...I am on the 6 oz protein menu. So according to her I can have 3 oz. of group three and 3 oz. cottage cheese, but not 2 oz. of group three and 4 oz. cottage cheese.

Have any of you heard this before?