I'm feeling a little stuck today, not really in a long plateau or anything, just not moving fast enough. I wonder if anyone has cut out starches and substituted/replaced those carbs for more fruits or vegetables for a few days. It would seem that the bread we eat (the 40 calorie kind) has very little going for it and is nutritionally expendable. My bread has 7 g of carbs per slice, which isn't a whole lot, but then again, the bread itself is like eating air! It seems like the starches we are allowed are little more than a wink and a nod, so why bother at all?

When I did this program the first time I was stuck for three weeks and they determined that I was very carb sensitive. I didn't get to replace it with anything, but the did pull my bread out of the program, told me to stick w/ citrus fruit or berries and I couldn't do my creamy hns. I busted right through that plateu and only had one more during my program that lasted a week but other than that it worked great for me! Hope this helps!

I restarted MRC a week ago today and have already lost 8.5 pounds!! I love this program!!

Good luck to everyone!!

Wow Saucy, that's an awesome loss! I started on 6/23 (pre-conditioning) and have only lost that amount since. We did go on vacation during this time and although I stayed on plan, I'm thinking there was some hidden no-no's. Finding this board has been a real inspiration that this does work and is well worth it.

Me too!! I look on this board everyday so that I can get some new ideas. It never fails....always something!!

Congrats on the hard work girl!!

At w/i today I lost one more pound bringing my total to 20 pounds!!!! I also was measured and in total have lost 24.75 inches! I am so proud of myself.... and finally am feeling and seeing a difference in my clothes. It is great when someone actually makes a comment that I look like I have lost weight.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

More time wasted on not sticking to plan...I'm so tired of my lack of motivation. So once again...i'm gonna try to get back to it.

My Center is doing a meta-quick challenge next week. I've never done that and have never been interested, but I actually might try it. I didn't sign up for it, but I'm thinking about it. I asked if people got hungry while doing that (because i've heard some say they do around here) and the girl i talked to at the center said not really, but i don't buy that.

So I'm thinking about that. Showed a 2lb weight loss today, which is great. I'm glad about that...but i need to keep that momentum going, know what i mean?

Keep it up Hvnlymzic, you've lost 50 lbs!!!! you've come so far, proving that you have plenty of motivation in you.

You should give meta-quick a try, the first time is the toughest, but it gets easier and easier. I can't wait for the 30 days to pass to be able to do it again. I sometimes get hungry between lunch and dinner, but I just add a fiber to my afternoon HNS and that gets me through just fine. For me, meta-quick is the magic week in my month of weight loss.

At WI today I am now officially down 30 and 1/2 pounds! I am excited! I'd like to lose another 50, so I'll sign another contract while the sale is going on in July. I thought I'd miss all the stuff I've stopped eating (ice cream, candy, sweets), but it really hasn't been that much of a struggle. Amazing! And all this has been without exercise. I bet with the addition of some movement the losses would pick up and even improve! I may investigate the couch to 5K program when the weather cools off - vacation is in a few weeks and maybe after that would be a good time. It is awful hot here in Texas. I know that is an excuse but I am too lazy to get up at 5 am when I don't have to during summer vacation (I am a teacher) to exercise. I enjoy staying in bed without an alarm too much!

At w/i today I lost 3lbs. Not to bad since I just started program on Monday. I know it is all water at first but still exciting to see the numbers go down

Arg! I'm up a pound. My cycle started and I've added exercise, so I common sense of course tells me that these have to be factored in, but dang - just makes me want to curse! I'm sure when my cycle ends, I'll see a loss - that's what happened to me last month. But the numbers will drive you crazy if you focus on them too much - so just ARG some more for the moment.

Wendi, great job on the weight and inches lost! I bet you will have a great weekend!

I finally had a comment like that made this week. Someone finally noticed!

Good luck to you! It is very exciting seeing those numbers go down!

Hi Everyone, I just joined MRC! I've done pre-condition and today is my first actual day on plan. I am on the yellow menu right now. I am very excited to start this journey and looking forward to reading this forum and meeting everyone.

The first day is going good. It is almost dinner and I've had a little trouble with hunger but I can do it!

Have a great weekend all!

Ugh...all this dang water. Why do I ever get off plan?? Its SO hard to readjust to the drinking and the subsequent trips to the bathroom. Blah. But I'm doing well on plan, so can't really complain about the walks to the bathroom. Plus I'm doing meta-quick this week, so I feel like I'm on a liquid diet. The drop I see this week better be insane.

Hope everyone else is doing good. Don't stress over mistakes and DO celebrates all victories...even the little ones. One day, one meal, one bite at a time!