Oh I feel you on this - I just posted a few minutes ago about how hard getting back on track is after eating candy and bread, etc. I feel so sluggish and tired too - it is amazing how the good food and bad food make your body feel different. Today is my day to get back!

Hi everyone! I posted this on another thread, but want to add it here, too with a little different emphasis. i've been pretty unmotivated since the first part of april. frankly i am just burnt out with weight loss. i know i'm going to start losing ground with the attitude i have now. my contract with them is up on may 22 and i've been dreading what would happen because i know i'm not going to reach that weight by then. i went into the center today with the proposal that i start stabilization even though i'm not at my goal weight. at first they had pretty big reservations about it. they said they wouldn't be doing me any service by letting me start before i was at a "healthy weight / bmi". i pointed out that they wouldn't be doing me any service by letting me walk away feeling like a failure when i've, really, been very successful. so they agreed to let me start stabilization at the end of the month. i feel like a weight has been lifted (pun intended) .

the different emphasis i want to add here is that the counselor was awesome and really listened to me for which i am truly grateful. sometimes i project my own self-criticism onto them and they don’t really deserve that. i want to say to everyone that if you need support, make sure you’re talking to the people at your center. they really are there to help.

*sigh* Back on the roller-coaster. Had a weird week with health issues and other life stresses and gained a pound and a half. I'm not frustrated by it really, just kinda upset at myself for climbing back on the gain/loss rollercoaster again. I hate it. SO...back to buisness for me. My health will only improve by more weight loss, so thats no excuse for me. Anyway, felt like I should post that for accountability reasons...I feel better now

Becky - Here is what I understand about how we count our water... When we add something to the water (HNS, Crystal Light, tea, coffee, etc) we are changing the chemical make up of the water. The mix-ins above really only settle in as a solution rather than actually changing into something else, but when we drink them, our body would have to separate them if we want to get the nutritional value out of the plain water. The HNS are good for us because it adds the protein from the drink...which is why we are encouraged to max out on those, but our body pulls the protein out of it, but probably won't get around to using the water as water (think I love lucy with her conveyor belt...you only have so much time to pull things from the water before it sails down the line further) The other mix-ins don't add any nutritional value, so it's actually a waste of water intake for us to drink them this way...same goes for soda, whether diet or not. We need the ammount of plain water to flush out the waste from our cells that we're burning off with the plan. If our body is treating the water as a protein source or has to filter some other mix-in out, it won't use it in the same flushing way. You'll lose more/quicker if you drink more water...it won't hurt you unless you're drinking over 150oz without exercising. Exercise of course, increases your water demand in your body...but without, drinking too much can cause you to retain water. I'm not a chemist or a doctor, but this is how i understand it. I hope that helps you out a little bit.

I did not know this! That makes alot of sense because I am drinking alot of water but not exercising as much and I feel bloated..so maybe this could be some of the cause.

Hi everyone, I am a newbie here! I started MRC on 4/29. Lost 7 lbs during preconditioning, and have lost another 4.5 since then. I'm highly motivated right now, so I am hoping to carry this through to the end! My husband has been overseas for 15 months and is coming back next month. I have NOT told him I'm doing this, so I hope to surprise him when he sees me with at least a 30 lb loss by then, if not more. Looking forward to getting to know you guys and reading about all your ideas, support, etc!

Glad that this is a great way of sharing information....I had no idea on the water. I've never been much of a water drinker therefore I was mixing crystal light with almost every bottle....I guess I will stop that and drink plain water.

I started on the program on 4/21 by going on the preconditioning menu until I started the HCG on 4/29, which had a totally different menu. I was at 207lbs on my very first visit to MRC. I was at 200.5 this morning, so I guess it's true that you can lose 3/4 to 1lb a day.

It hasn't been easy for me, since I was a bread and potato lover. I can't wait to have some carbs, but I know it won't be for awhile.

I'm getting very sick of chicken already and salads!!!

I browned some ground turkey with onions and garlic last night. It was the most WONDERFUL thing I have had since 4/23/10 the day I started MRC. I forgot how much I like ground turkey. I will have to buy more of this. Delish!

Random Vent: Can I just say " I HATE the tomato creamy supplement"! It just has the worse taste to me I made lunch with it today and brought it to work and when I heated up my lunch I almost got sick.. I just couldn't eat it. I ate my fuit and veggies but when I got back to my desk I ate a Protein Bar.

I only use that supp in the recipes. I make the turkey lasagna and crock pot chili with it. I also mix it with a bunch of spices, ground turkey and jalapenos for taco meat. I can't have it alone but it can help with flavor in the recipes.

So I actually managed to make it thru yesterday....I was just having one of those days that I could just about eat anything that I shouldn't and I didn't which I was very proud of myself. I did reach for 1 piece of melba toast....hope that doesn't affect me as I only had half of the chocolate pudding for the day so that it wouldn't put me over the 500 calories per day.

Does anyone know what is on the maintenance menu after you finish the HCG? I know that I need to stick to the same menu i'm on now for the 3 days following the last injection.

any help???

sorry.. I am unfamiliar with any of this. Is this what the metaquick is?

Yeah Sorry, I don't know anything about the HCG? Do they put you on a different menu if you are using that?

Deleted Was Not Aware I Couldn't Post, Figured Since It Was A Program Ran By Mrc That It Would Be Ok....sorry To Everyone!!!

Is HCG the injections we've all heard a little bit about?

That sure is the HCG injections...I assume we'll hear from a site moderator soon.

LA - 3FC doesn't allow discussion of any hcg plans on their website. We have to respect that.

If this thread gets shut down, we'll have to start a new one...