If anyone was wondering what the effects of not drinking enough water and eating out are, I have the answer. I gained 3 lbs on my home scale! Lost my water bottle and was not good at filling up my glass. Then went out to eat, had an MRC friendly meal and took my fat/carb blocker. Water weight but still what a difference.

Wow msim! It sounds like you are doing really well on the program. Congrats on your weightloss so far.

Wanted to share a fun little "dessert" I had today while on the yellow menu. I took 1/4 c cottage cheese, mixed with a package of splenda, splash of vanilla, and some cinnamon. Threw it in the magic bullet and mixed. Then I put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes while I ate my 8oz of veggies and cottage cheese dip. When I took it out it was very similiar to ICE CREAM!!!!

Okay, off to do constructive stuff!! Have a great day!

Hello everyone! I am new to MRC and have been reading up on this site... Loving it! I started Friday, June 26th and have my first weigh in this evening. This Friday I will be starting the fat burning stuff.

I am starting at 164 and my goal is 133 by September 12th... still can't believe this is possible! Very excited though!

If anyone has tips I would greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Hello Everyone,
I joined MRC Saturday June 20, 2009 and started the pre-conditioning menu on Sunday June 21, 2009. When I went back on Friday June 26, 2009 for my first menu and my class I was down 5 pounds. So am looking forward to this weight loss and to making a life change.


Pre-Conditioning 6/21/09 - 6/28/09
Meta-Slim Yellow Menu 6/29/09 - current

That sounds way too good to be true. Seriously, ice cream? I normally don't like cottage cheese by itself, just in something. I may have to try that.

Welcome and good luck to you! This is a great site for support/sharing/venting. I'll be waiting to see how your first WI went.

And welcome to you too and congrats on your first big loss! That's awesome!

Welcome to daisy and angelofsc!! You will find this website a wonderful help with this plan! Good Luck!!

Okay so I joined over a month ago and have only lost 6lbs. I have gotten so frustrated. Last night I was ready to quit, but this morning after reading everyone's post I know I need to give this my all. I am really going to put forth 100% effort because I really want there to be less of me this fall. I am going to come to this site everyday for motivation! Going to take my kids to daycare and do some work around the house. I am going to go for a walk today at lunch. My main focus this week/weekened is to stay on plan. Thanks for listening to me vent!

Kristih6 I can definitely relate to feeling frustrated with small losses after putting so much effort into the program. My biggest challenge in the past has been giving up after I don’t see results. I know with this program I need to stick with it and not focus so much on the number on the scale. I’m only on preconditioning day 3 and have gained 2 pounds according to my home scale but so far I am sleeping better at night and don’t have heartburn throughout the day – so those little victories will have to be the successes I concentrate on now. Good luck to you!

I gave up before and gained all of my weight back plus another 20 pounds in less than a year.

Hi Everyone,
I haven't had the chance to post lately, been very busy at work, home and am often to exhausted to postby the time I get around to getting online. I have been keeping up as best as I can with reading all of yours and enjoying it as always :0) I must say, the past 2 weeks have been rough for me, I have veered off the beaten path and am struggling to get out of the thickets and back to the road :0) I don't know why, busy? Tired? Bored? Feeling Restricted? Sure, but this has never stopped me from sticking to it before, why now? Now, don't misunderstand me, I am not totally off plan but I just haven't been great about taking vits/supplements, drinking HNS', avoiding caffeine, etc. I have started drinking diet cokes, unsweet tea w/caffeine, eating cheese twice a day ( max 3 oz though), not drinking enough water and having as much generic brand no calorie crystal light as a want, using more sodium etc. Am I paying for it, ofcourse! I gained back 1.5 lbs last week and have been hovering there ever since. I'm frustrated, need a good kick in the pants I guess. I just feel like my head is so full of everything going on in my life that I just can't deal with being perfect here as well. Pitiful, I know. The new job I took 6 weeks ago is really kicking me hard sometimes, kinda complicated, but basically I'm a Physician Assistant, left Internal Medicine job and took a job in Surgery with 5 surgeons and it is intense to keep up with everyone's schedules and way of doing things, it's been a little overwhelming at times. It's completely different than anything I've ever done so It's like starting over from scratch. Anyways, I'm still running so that's one good thing I have going right now, trying to keep with with 3 times a week. Today I start the 20 min run. My counselor made a good point last week when I was in, she said, "make a list of the things you feel you are deprived of by this plan one one side of the paper, on the other side make a list of the things you are deprived from by being overweight. Look at the two and decide which one is really more important/valuable to you" You know, that was almost overwhelming to me. I was really trying not to cry at that point b/c I realized the only thing on the left side of that list was food, literally, cake, cookies, ice cream, carbs etc. and on the right was my life, no kidding. I was shocked to realize that food effects me so profoundly that I would consider giving up all the things I have been dreaming of for years on the R. side of the paper for food. How crazy is that? Anyways, I really appreciate all of your posts, reading them reminds of why I am doing this and what I need to do to get back on plan 100%. I can do this, I can do this, I can do this!!!! I can't slow down now, I have about 60 lbs to go and never planned to stop here! Have a great OP week/weekend everyone :0)

Karen,

I'm so glad to hear from you. I have a saying that 'life happens' and it sounds like that's what's happened to you. You should be proud of yourself for putting yourself & your feelings out there and sticking with the program in what ways you have. The tip your counselor gave you nearly gave me chills because I think sometimes 'oh how I wish I could have a choc. chip cookie or ice cream' and such. That really puts that in to perspective when you think about things that you are deprived of by being overweight. Very interesting and thanks for sharing. Good luck to you and keep up the good work!

Karen
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. And what a wonderful teaching exercise your counselor used, because that has the potential to stop me from going off program.

I am 100% on program Monday-Saturday-- days when I work-- but get me home and in the kitchen and my resolve weakens, and I can taste away quite a few calories. I am very committed to exercising and by 7:15 I am putting on my shoes and starting. After that the desire is gone, and I am fine again until 6:00 p.m. the next night.
Maybe if I can take what keeps me motivated to exercise and turn it into resolve in my kitchen....I guess the all or nothing mentality is what I am rebelling against. I am quite proud of myself when I get a little lax and have a taste of something and then I stop...after a taste. First time I wrote down on my journal that I had eaten something off plan, counselor was like, 'we are all human'. Next time not so forgiving and when I told one counselor I had 1tsp of ice cream she really gave me the stern talk.

So this is the brain stuff I am now battling, but your story just kind of makes me stop with a big light bulb lighting up!

Your new job sounds pretty awesome btw!

Thanks msim,
I was hoping my counselor's comments would help others, it really made a huge impact on me which is one of the reasons I wanted to share. Alot of "food for thought" in those words. It's funny but sometimes they are really what we need to get back to it, that an our friends here at 3FC :0)

The job is awesome and I love it ... just takes some time to settle in. Having alot of fun w/it though, working in surgery is thrilling :0)

Hey everyone,

First I want to tell everyone to stay motivated because this program really does work. I went into the center on Wednesday and I went this morning. On wednesday I was down 7lbs from the start of my program which was on June the 21. And today I went back and I was down 1 1/2 pounds in just 2 days. So i am exciting about sticking to this prgram because it really does work. I started my blue menu today and I was excited about that because I was tried of eating all that salad, but other than that the yellow menu was ok for those 4 days. Now I am a little concern about an upcoming trip to an amusement park. How is it that I can maintain me eating plan and not get carried away at the park?