[QUOTE=Hvnlymzic;3183410]Had a GREAT WI tonight. Lost 4.5lbs landing me at 45lbs!! YAY!! So I was right...no plateau...just holding onto my water.

YAY FOR YOU!!! You are a continued inspiration ... just like before! :)

I just refuse to pay their outrageous fees!! I've got the program down and I went to GNC today; found a chocolate protein drink that I'll use instead of the HNS and I'll be fine. I'm VERY serious about losing the weight and I can weigh myself once a week without it costing a fortune!!
Will you this forum for support

Nice WI :carrot:

If you are talking about the Connections Class our topics our: (I don't know if it varies by ctr)
coping with changes, understanding emotional eating, addictions & food, regulating emotions, mindfulness & eating, coping w/stree, establishing boundaries & control, self esteem self image & weight, health aging hormones & metabolism

I personally enjoy these classes b/c they are not taught by the MRC consultants, but by a licensed therapist (at least my ctr). The classes give you a time to speak with other people from your center & also some venting time & lots of really good tips from the therapist. I hope this helps. :)

Our center is in between therapists right now, but the classes I attended were great! I got a lot out of them. I hope they hurry up and find a new therapist, hopefully a good one!

Ronnie

your awesome!

What a day.. I was having a really bad day at the office.. But decided to weigh in anyway.. Boy am I glad I did. another 3lbs gone, 54 inches and got to sign the 40 lb Board.. Waaahoooo.. Finally the scale is moving.

She showed me on the Tanita thing, that even if the scale wasn't moving in Feb that I'd lost 15 lbs of fat last month.

Hang in there all..

Blkbeautylosing,

I know its hard but you are doing really well. Do the maximum number of HNS your program allows. Some people on here have also said to take the concentrate packets without water. Yes just drink it right out of the pouch. Next time you go to weigh in make the counselors work for their money. Have them truly take a good look at what your eating and how you are preparing food.

The way I was cooking caught up with me. I misread the I can't believe its not butter label and thought I could do 10 squirts instead of 5. Or using a few extra squirts of spritzer than the standard 10. Also, I was taking in more safflower oil than I was supposed to because I **sigh** (and shaking my head) read an article in a magazine promoting using it to decrease inches quickly. Yeah didn't really work to well for me...January was a pretty screwed up month for me for weight loss. It took 2 months for little cheats like this and going off program by eating popcorn at the movies, or eating cake for a birthday etc.

Also vary your workouts. Maybe do the bike 3x a week and do another activity the other 2x a week. I'm learning you need to create muscle confusion for your body. Your body needs to be consistently challenged because it doesn't take the body long to remember exercises. I am crudely explaining, I believe I have heard this from trainers Tony Horton and Shawn T.

Plus maybe you are hitting an early plateau. Regardless, make that center work for you. Since the employees have all been on the program I would seek out the ones who have lost the most and have consultations with them. Sometimes its easier to talk with someone who situation is/was closer to yours. Not to sound confusing but what I mean is some one who just had 20 lbs to lose on the program has different struggles than someone who lost 100 lbs on the program.

I hope this helps and keep your head up miss ma'am. You'll find a way to break through.

. Since the employees have all been on the program I would seek out the ones who have lost the most and have consultations with them.


That's interesting .... when i was going to the center, i asked the consultant and she said that they were all required to "taste" the products, but that only two of them (director and assistant) had done the program. That must vary center to center.

And Meezoo --- Yippee!!!!:carrot:

Yay thats so awesome!! I cant wait to be there one day!!

Wow thats great!! Im hoping for a loss tonight!!

At my center in Bellevue, Nebraska, all the consultants have been on the program. I thought that was the case with all of the centers. Here's a catch though I spoke with to consultants and I asked how much they lost they said 20 lbs. I think 1-2 may have done it maybe it was a prerequist (sorry for the misspell) to do the job.

Thanks for the congrats everyone! I feel great! :) I'm really wanting to go shopping this weekend and get a new pair of jeans. Mine are ridiculous and I seem to not have a pair in this size...hubby thinks its b/c last time I was this size (my last time OP), it was summer and I only have capris in that size. Well too cold for capris yet. So jeans shopping we go. :)

Last time I was OP I was offered a job with MRC by the district manager of my area. She was really nice and at the time I didn't need a job. I'm also quite sure I couldn't push the pills like they'd want me too. But at that time i'd lost 75lbs with them and would have been a great spokesperson I'm sure. :) I think all of the consultants in my office eat OP or at least in the maintenance side of it since none of them are overweight.

Try Vitamin B-6....that's what my counselor told me would help with water retention. I take two a day - seems to be working fine.