June Thread
 

Now that the holiday weekend is over let's start this month on a fresh note. Good luck everyone. :)

Cruddy weigh in, I was up a pound. The holiday caught up with me, even though I didn't think it was that bad.
Here's to rebooting and starting over....

I decided to start the metaslim days 1-4 on Saturday to make sure I tried my hardest to stick to it over the holiday weekend. I went in today to w/in and lost 1.5 pounds since Friday. So far I am down 7 pounds and am thrilled!! I am hypothyroid and have always had such a difficult time losing any weight so this is a HUGE loss for me. I am sure now that the novelty is wearing off it will come off much slower, but I am determined. I have not had a morsel off program so my willpower thus far has been strong. I pray that I continue to do as well and am only taking one meal at a time..... otherwise I tend to get a little overwhelmed.
I hope you are all doing well.

Reflection
 

16 months ago I began MRC for the 3rd and last time...I did very well for the first several months losing 60lbs...for the past 6 months it has been a struggle to get to my goal...I have basically been maintaining my loss...My daughter graduated from college three weeks ago and my dad brought me a CD of photos from my last visit to his home, that was Jan 2009 at my absolute heaviest...I had always avoided taking pictures but this time I could not run away from the camera...OMG!!!!! I never saw the pictures and am absolutely taken away at how LARGE I was and how different I looked, completely another person...I have let 10lbs slip on me the past 6 months from training and not staying completely on program...but after seeing those pictures I am NEVER going back to that...NEVER....June goal 10lbs!
Genell

I had my first official weigh-in today, after finishing the beige menu (Days 1-4), and I lost 4 pounds! That makes my total 8 in a week! I'm very excited about this! Thanks for letting me share!

Yeah! finally a good weigh in! Down 4 lbs this week! Now to stay OP this next week! Good luck to all! :)

Good for you, Genell! I, too, have let about 10 lbs slip back up on me and started back on green menu (hardcore...no deviations!!!) today. I even exercised and I hate to do that. My goal for the summer is to adjust my attitude toward excercise and begin to look forward to it instead of dreading it. I realize how easily 10 lbs can turn into 15 and so on...and I definitely don't want to be a "fat girl" again. We can do this!

Good idea Goose --- I MUST adjust my attitude and set goals....so I think 15 pounds gone in June is my first goal. :dizzy:

I hope everyone had a great holiday! I got to visit the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado...took plenty of H2O and HNS...Used a bar to minimize travel with food in the cooler. Hiking up the sand was a killer workout. I also discovered if I get a little extra unplanned sun to the skin, the body tends to hold onto extra water to compensate. It was worth it and the planning helped me stay on program. :beach:

I understand!
 

Hey Jenkatt,
I know how you feel. I did not adhere to the plan this weekend and it showed at WI today. Rebooting too. Just have to keep looking forward!

Thank you...I know how easy it is to gain weight but SO hard to lose it!!! Running has been my lifesaver but still I can gain weight just looking at food...I am trying to learn the balance of my body requirements, and take it a day at a time, i am trying not to shock my body by a low cal/carb diet, I am trying to balance my required nutrient needs while losing weight and staying strong for running, this is a huge struggle. I know we can do it and I am determined to reach my goal this year! Back to basics for the next 3 months and I am not training for any races so it is back to 10-15 miles a week running, very doable while losing weight, I need to keep my body out of starvation mode which practically killed me last spring trying to stay on the green menu and train for a race...YES we can do this!!!

Bad weight in yesterday, up 1.5:mad: from saturday and I did not go off my menu over the holiday weekend. A little discourged but have to look ahead and loss this weight for ever.:D:D

Great job, Wendi! Holidays are hard and you proved that you are strong. I've found it much easier to just make a "No" rule to eating off program. It gives me a lot of freedom and makes decision making muuuuuch easier. Good for you!

:carrot::carrot:Wowza! Congrats!!! :carrot::carrot:

Happy June Everyone... I'm back on plan. I was pretty good over the holiday weekend.. We spent a lot of time at the beach.. Next weekend, I'll pack more veggies/fruit to snack on instead of crackers..

Yesterday I was 100% on program. That hasn't happened in a while. I even started my Enhancer/CortiTrim again. It's like having to start all over. The sweet cravings are the worst. I know if I can last til the end of the week, they will be gone, but... It's so hard not to snack at night. Here's to day 2 ON PROGRAM!!!

I hit my 100th day yesterday and celebrated by being OP 100% with no extra snacking. Not even OP foods as a snack here and there.

1st week of recommitment and OP lost 2lbs. I resisted Bday cake, candy and my fav butter pecan ice cream. Yeah for me

I am with you! I never like having my picture taken and with a 4 and 5 yr old we take alot of pictures and I am NEVER in them by choice. It makes me sad that I don't have any pics of me with my boys. I am determined to get through this and enjoy my life with more zest. I want to be one of those people that can just pull anything out of my closet and not wonder if it will make me look fat!
I want to proudly display a 'skinny' picture of me with my 2 boys. :)

What in the world happened to May?!! It feels for some reason like the summer is slipping away so quickly, and it really hasn't started yet. I think the dreary, chilly, wet, cloudy weather is getting to me here. Hubby worked night shifts for the past couple of weeks, so our body clocks got messed up pretty bad. I've enjoyed the relaxation actually (after my long trip the week before), but I'm wanting to get out and enjoy some nice weather.

I got back from my vacation and got right back OP. I was back down plus another pound on Monday. Yeah!! I think the low carbs are making me sleepy though? Not tired when I'm up, but I just can't wake up once I go to sleep. Or maybe it's just the weather? Hoping it will pass soon. I did buy some liquid B6 & B12 shots to see if that would help some. I read that your body should absorb the liquid faster.

I've been back OP for about eight days now. It is driving me crazy. I have no idea how I managed doing it for over a year originally. I know it will get easier though. Just gotta give myself some time. I am counting down the days to my next big vacation. Going to the Sturgis motorcycle rally in ND. 64 days to go.

I am with you on that one. It is really weird how I could look at myself in the mirror and not see how I really was, but give me a photo and I didn't know who that person was!

Hubby found a picture of me on the computer the other night and made the comment that he had always hated that picture and needed to throw it away. I need to find out which one it is.

Now I can look in the mirror and know if I've gained five pounds. Doesn't mean I do anything about it necessarily, but I know. I still get up every single morning and look at myself naked in the mirror. For the longest time, that was just because I always woke up thinking all the progress would be gone, it was just a dream or something, and I'd be back the way it is. It has just become a habit now sort of like stepping on the scales.

HI! I'm brand new here! Finished pre-conditioning with at loss of 4.5lbs and then from Sat. to Tues. another .5 lbs. Kindof bothered by the .5 but it's still on the correct route...down! Looking forward to a leaner June. I'm hoping to lose about 10 by my son's first birthday-looks like you all are a pretty upbeat group and that's the support I love!

just checking in... still on vaca. 1 more week to go..I have been making choices not on plan so I am going to have have to kick butt when I get home.

Small victory today!! Over the course of the last two weeks, both my mother and father have had some fairly significant medical issues come up and both of them are stubborn as can be and neither of them are listening to their respective doctor. To make matters worse, I figured out today that I'm going to have put my 13-year-old kitty down tomorrow who is very much a member of our family. Today, I was at my wit's end and all I could think about was.......ice cream.....chocolate.....ANYTHING that isn't on program. My victory? I stayed away! I made it through the day and stayed on program. Emotional eating is why I'm overweight in the first place so I'm so pleased to have resisted!!!

Good job!!
:carrot:

Congratulations on five pounds lost. That's wonderful!
:carrot:

That's no small victory...that's a big one! I'm an emotional eater, too, so I completely understand where you're coming from. Congrats for making the right decision!

My June goals:
- workout 4-5 days a week
- keep up my water consuption (100 oz)
- loose more than 15lbs this month to get closer to ONEderland!!

Hello all. I have fumbled around with the idea of actually joining this site and leaving my own comments. After I have literally spend the past 3 days reading posting from months and months ago, I decided... why not?
I started the program this past Saturday and weighed in for the first time yesterday. I lost 5 lbs over a holiday weekend! Heres to hoping I can keep this up.
I have a feeling I'm going to to need the support on here since I only weigh in once a week!

Welcome Eli87marie! Feel free to post as often as you like, thats what we're all here for! Congrats on your first weigh in, that's a fantastic loss!

The good thing about weighing in only once a week if you'll see your losses all at once in one week instead of nothing on a tuesday and 2.5 on friday or something like that.

You'll be there in no time!

That is fantastic stress can b a trigger. Huge VICTORY for u.

WOW! Good for you! I wish I could say that.. You have done well.. Keep up the good work.!

Cheers
Ronnie:carrot:

AWESOME Mary! It is so hard to recondition ourselves not to "treat" ourselves with food. I am so proud of you!

So many of you are posting wonderful successes that I wanted to post 1 big CONGRATS to you all! You are awesome and inspiring! We can do this!

That is some pretty tough stuff to handle all at once. I feel like eating anything and everything when I get down, stressed, or mad too. Great job keeping yourself together and resisting those urges!!

You'll be glad you joined to post as well. It's a great site and it's comforting to know that you're not alone with pretty much anything you're feeling or going through. Welcome and great start to your weight loss!

Hello again! I have lost 5.2 pounds as of yesterday. I started pre-conditioning on May 24 and the plan on May 28. I would love to keep up that progress!

Ohhh...I am going through a mega funk...borrowing from Glee. I know i'm gonna show a gain if i go weigh in. I'm going out of town to visit a friend starting on Monday and I never stay OP while I'm with her. I don't go crazy, but it's hard when she's cooking for me. i refuse to be demanding of her...feels rude to me. Can't do it. SO now I'm trying to decide if I even wanna go weigh in before I leave or just go when I get back. Sucks. Sorry to be a downer...I'm just whiney. I'm sure I'll try to find time to go in to the center before i leave...just don't wanna *big pout* :)

If going to weigh in is going to make you feel worse, just skip it and go after you get back from your trip.:) Sometimes I had to skip if I knew I'd feel worse after seeing I was up. I gave myself a chance to drop back down and then went in.

Life is a highway
 

My losses continue at about 1 to 1 and 1/2 pounds each time I go to weigh in. The last days of school (teaching fourth grade) have been tempting but not insurmountable. All the party treats and chips and sodas and cookies and cupcakes, etc. etc. I have not touched any of it, and I made sure the kids ate it all or took it all home. Tomorrow is the last day.
I confess I'm looking forward to having time to plan and cook, but at the same time, work gives structure to my day. If I don't take food with me to begin with, I don't eat it! Being home with other people presents its own challenges, especially sticking to regular meal times and avoiding the urge to skip meals when I get busy with projects. This is the start of a whole new life in uncharted territory. Glad MRC gave me a good map!:bike:

Temptations...
 

I just want to wish everyone the best luck this week with their weigh in's and staying on plan.

Tomorrow will present its own challenges... I will be making several dozen chocolate covered strawberries and mini-cheesecakes for a baby shower. I hope I can resist!

Oh and on a totally random note... if you have not tried buffalo.... try it. It tastes so much like hamburger meat which means I can eat it more than twice a week! This is wonderful news to my non fish, burned out on chicken tastebuds!!