Originally Posted by ShineOn (Post 2576919)

Bonnie - I LOVE the shakes, so worth the $ to me. I mix them in the blender with ice and sometimes make them with a soda. My fav is chocolate shake made with cherry cola diet rite - just dump in the whole can with ice. Another one I created a while ago was a "banana split smoothy". I can't remember the details, but it's on the receipe thread. I used extracts to get the flavor. I haven't had any of the shakes this time around - I bought too many meal replacement bars - don't know what I was thinking. I'll be out of clears long before I run out of creamies.

Originally Posted by BonnieMcC (Post 2576904)

Bonnie, my center doesn't recommend Metaquick (some don't) so I've never done it. But having read about it a lot here, just wanted to tell you not to discouraged if it doesn't seem like it's working at first - sometimes it doesn't really show any results until you go back to the regular menu, then you have a big drop. It's like it's shaking up your system a bit.
I'm surprised they're suggesting it, actually, since you're still fairly early in the program & losses naturally ebb & flow, and if you're PMSing it's normal to stall a bit. But good luck with it - hopefully it'll work for you!

Originally Posted by WooPigSooie (Post 2576845)

Meemo and Gina--thanks for your responses. Everyone keeps telling me that I'll lose another 5+ lbs on stabilization, but for some reason I'm having trouble believing it! Probably b/c the last 10+ lbs have come off so slowly on the green menu. I am anxious to head towards maintenance though and very excited about new food additions :) I go to stab class on Thursday night, and I think I'll plan to start stab the following Monday. That's my plan for the moment anyway :D

OH--will they take my "after" picture at the stabilization class/party? I need to know how much to primp ahead of time :)

Originally Posted by LauraM (Post 2575331)

I am starting MetaQuick tomorrow. Its something that they recommended to me because my weightloss was slowing down a bit. On Friday I lost 1.5 and then today I lost .5. My avg weightloss before this was around 4lbs a week. I don't know if it has to do with PMS or what?! I have done everything to plan. They gave me a new menu and said I can only do it once a month for a week. You have either a meal replacement bar for breakfast or lunch and a shake for either breakfast or lunch (you can only have one of each kind a day)..so if you have a bar for breakfast you have to have the shake for lunch. I am on the meta quick plus (because I am over 200lbs) so I also have to have 5 HNS a day. B/L/D and 2 snacks. No "real" food until dinner. Dinner menu is pretty much the same as current menu you are doing, except protein choices are very limited. I believe mine says white tuna, turkey or chicken. I am actually excited about starting it because I am so tired of all the veggies at lunch. It takes way too much time to cut them and to eat them! Im also looking forward to the bars and shakes..I heard they are really good.
The downfall is that I was told be 2 mrc gals that I could do just the bars which were included in the 5 boxes for $50 special without buying shakes. I was told by todays gal that I would need the shake, because at my level I can't just do bars (I would get too hungry) and the shakes were $21.50 for 7 packets. Again, another complaint about the expensive of MRC. I am hoping this will kickstart weightloss again. They did tell me that meta quick doesn't work for everyone. I am going to thing positive and I am GOING to lose atleast 3 pounds this week!!

Originally Posted by ilovekotilab (Post 2576900)

Thanks! ;) Haha - good suggestion but, she was in the car with me - We went thought drive thru, so she told me what she wanted. I figured she could make the right choice if she wanted. It was hard to smell that yummy food, but I remained strong as steel.

Originally Posted by LauraM (Post 2577147)

Hi!! Do you mind if I ask how long it took you to lose your weight? I am in about the same boat number wise as you were. I am getting married and wondering if i will hit my goal weight by May 16th. thanks.. and CONGRATS !!!!!!!!!!!:cp::cp::cp::dancer::dancer::dancer:

Originally Posted by WooPigSooie (Post 2577582)

Hi Laura! I started preconditioning on Sept. 11 and went on the menus around Sept. 20. The last 15 or so pounds have come off more slowly but the first 20+ flew off. I've been meaning to count my weeks and calculate my average. I have stuck pretty close to the menu w/ few cheats. You can definitely hit your goal before your wedding!!! You're doing great so far!

Originally Posted by namaste (Post 2578740)

Morning everyone!

So, I have an interesting story to tell. TJ, Amiri and I went up to the mountains on Friday night and by Saturday morning had to take TJ to the hospital because he was in extreme pain. He ended up being diagnosed with Sickle Cell and we had to get off the mountain immediately because his spleen was enlarged and could have ruptured (his liver was compromised also). So, down the mountain we went and got him into the local hospital. He got out on Sunday but we have to go see a specialist on Thursday so we can understand this whole thing as it pertains to our life.... So, crazy huh? Oh, I gave you all the short and sweet story of course! I just can't believe at 45 yrs old we find this out! Wow.....

I lost another lb, and have just a couple left to my goal. My program is up at the end of Feb so wherever I end up then, is where I'll be!

Have a great day everyone!

Originally Posted by namaste (Post 2578740)

Morning everyone!

So, I have an interesting story to tell. TJ, Amiri and I went up to the mountains on Friday night and by Saturday morning had to take TJ to the hospital because he was in extreme pain. He ended up being diagnosed with Sickle Cell and we had to get off the mountain immediately because his spleen was enlarged and could have ruptured (his liver was compromised also). So, down the mountain we went and got him into the local hospital. He got out on Sunday but we have to go see a specialist on Thursday so we can understand this whole thing as it pertains to our life.... So, crazy huh? Oh, I gave you all the short and sweet story of course! I just can't believe at 45 yrs old we find this out! Wow.....

I lost another lb, and have just a couple left to my goal. My program is up at the end of Feb so wherever I end up then, is where I'll be!

Have a great day everyone!

Originally Posted by lv2ski2004 (Post 2579227)

You look awesome! We will keep all of you in our prayers! I hope everything goes well Thursday. Are you seeing someone in Greeley or Denver?

I went in today after a month of basically remaining the same they finally suggested Metaquick! I was sooo relived! If the counselor had told me that they don't suggest it I would have done it anyways! She also said there's a two meal a day plan that I could try also. We'll do measurements on Friday to see where the lean muscle is and hopefully it is still going down. That was the reason I signed up for another 10 weeks!

Originally Posted by dla (Post 2578824)

Wow...how scary! I hope everything goes well at the specialist on Thursday!

You look AMAZING and you are still my hero!