So I did a dumb thing today. While at work, I have my twitter open. And when I take my stretching breaks every hour or so, I scroll through it. Well, my favorite frozen yogurt place is on Twitter and they had a trivia thing today...and so I sent in my answer....and I won! A $10 gift card that must be used before 1/31/11!!

I think I'll take hubby there Sunday for lunch. He LOVES it and could eat almost $10 of it himself...and I'll get a bit of froyo and some fresh fruit toppings. Stupid me for entering a contest where the prize is off program food.

So I wi today and was only down 1lb. So of course I got frustrated, but then I was measured and have lost 8.5 inches. Yay! I do have to say that the frustration was only made worse when the consultant tells me, "Well maybe you should up your water intake." Mind you when she was looking at my food diary she said, "Wow! You drink a lot of water." I am drinking at least 108oz of water a day. She then proceeds to make a few other comments. I don't know...maybe it is b/c she is new & I have never done wi w/her but I was not that happy when I left MRC today. I was looking forward to hitting 10lbs. Anyways..I know i'm rambling at this point...but I needed to vent to someone who would understand. On another note I found the "miracle noodles". I was told by my center that I can't use them as a starch b/c I am not on the vegetarian plan. I still bought them because the nutritional value was not bad (low carb, low cal, low fat, low sodium). I haven't incorporated them in a meal yet. What do y'all think...should I give it a go? Sorry about the venting. I had a really bad day and on top of that on the way home from MRC I saw a kid on a bike get hit by a diesel truck. I could really go for some chocolate right now (darn pms)!

I weighed in today and gained .6 pounds. No reason for it,as I never went off program, but will do better next week.

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening.
patzi

I was told by center, that it is ok to do one day of full vegetarian.. Has anyone else done this? I thought this would be a diversion, and not foreign to me as I was a vegetarian while I was in college.

Patzi

Yeah, sometimes I get a little irritated when it seems like they aren't paying attention to something I said earlier, or like they are distracted or aren't totally "with it" that day. But, I just remember that everyone has "off" days, and maybe that was their day. It's still kind of irritating, though, when it seems like they have pre-rehearsed suggestions/answers. I mean, she saw you were drinking lots of water...so obviously it was an automatic response to say "Drink more water!" I usually just smile and nod when they say things like that--but I'm not a confrontational person, really.

Patzi- I would love to know that too.

Teacherlady- I think it was a combination of wi disappointment, pms, and a bad day on my part. You are so right though!

Thanks for all the input! When I went to my WI today, I talked to one of the guys and he gave me a recipe for a breakfast casserole. So I might go and check it out and if it starts to get hard or anything I'll just leave and tell them that I have to meet some people to study for class because I do have class that day, just later on in the day.

Katlinette..
Would you be so kind as to share the breakfast casserole recipe you were given at the center .
Thanks
Patzi

Teacherlady..

You mentioned the brand of cocoa that you buy from Diet Direct and I can't
seem to find it in the messages.. It is different than the one the company told me was compatible with MRC. I have been buying the Bari Wise Hot Chocolate.. I need to reorder and want to check your brand out.
Thanks
Patzi

Teacherlady,

I can sympathize with your ice cream moment. Yesterday was a hectic day for me and I was late having my afternoon snack. I had to go to the grocery store before I went home and I was so hungry that I was almost in tears because I couldn't just pick something up in the grocery store. I rushed through the store to get everything I needed, the whole time mentally going up and down the aisles trying to find something to buy to satisfy me.

In the end, I made it through the grocery store without having a meltdown. I bought a bottle of water to satisfy me until I could have my snack, but I never thought a trip to the grocery store could be that mentally taxing. It truly is one day at a time.

I always have cookies in a cookie jar on my kitchen counter. They don't usually bother me because sweets are not really my "thing" (I go for the chips and mac and cheese). They are for my son and husband and I rarely ate one. Well, the first week on plan, I walked in the door after work and found my husband with one hanging halfway out of his mouth. I could smell it (which was very strange for me) and immediately when off my rocker. I became the three headed monster and yelled at him for eating cookies before dinner (this is my 35 yo husband who runs 5 miles a day). I caught myself and actually found it a little amusing. He came over to me to give me a hug and I told him to "get away from me, because you smell like cookies".

I have learned to control myself now and the cookies don't bother me anymore. My husband is very greatful for that.

Hello everyone, I see I haven't been here since December 28, and I looked at my scale this morning and freaked out! I've been cruising along not going to the center, not really watching what I eat very carefully, generally lounging in the mind set of where I was before I started the program last April. I've watched the home scale just enough to rein in my eating to keep it from going over 160. After a huge meal at Johnny Carino's last night with DH, the number today was 162. Ugh!

My contract with the center expires March 1, so I've been telling myself I have lots of time to lose my last 25 pounds. Now it isn't so much time. Duh! I have slipped on the slope and so will go to the center as soon as I'm done with this post and get back on the program.

Three other teachers and I share a lunch period at 12:30 pm. We get 30 minutes. I teach in Texas where there is literally no time to pee, let alone relax over lunch. We have been collectively rewarding ourselves every Friday with take-out from a Mexican restaurant, so I guess you know that I've not exactly been on program when we do that! I dutifully brought my program meals to work a few days but have not made myself stick to the green menu long enough to even establish a decent burn. And so the weeks have gone by since returning from Christmas vacation. DH and I are in a Bible study every other Wednesday night which is another potluck adventure. I have no excuse, because none of these situations is any different than it was when I was actively losing.

Part of what is going on in my head is that even though I am not at goal, I'm thinner than I have been in years and some of the time that seems "good enough". I know I'm worth more than "good enough", but I still keep doing end runs around the program and avoiding the reality of the situation. So I'm off to the center. Perhaps they can help me with adjusting my attitude. Any advice any of you out there who have overcome this issue will be greatly appreciated.

I get the ProtiDiet hot cocoa.

^This is exactly what my problem has been lately, I think. I simply haven't been giving it my all, partly because I'm so pleased with how I look/feel now. My contract is up March 8, and I still have about 20lbs to go--no way that's going to happen in such a short time, now.

I weighed in this morning and lost the .5lb gain I had earlier in the week. I was actually a little disappointed it wasn't more, because I've been doing ok on program this week. But then I remembered the pieces of chocolate I was eating at work here and there, etc. I was able to get away with those little "cheats" before because I still had so much to lose. But I think I need to change my mindset now, because it's getting a little harder to see big drops on the scale.

I also need to convince myself that "good enough" isn't good enough for me! I'm not really sure how to do that right now, so I'm just going to rededicate myself to the program and hope it comes naturally.

One thing that might help me is that my best friend has decided she wants to do the program. I'm coaching her through it because she can't afford to go through the center right now. I lost my "weightloss buddy" in my sister as she is now unexpectedly pregnant, so maybe gaining a new buddy will help.

If anyone has any other ideas to help me stay on track, I'm all ears!

So I went ahead and went to the center and "got it over with". Since the first of December I have actually gained about 2.5 pounds, according to their records. So that isn't so bad I guess. I talked to a counselor, very young, who just started on the front desk since I've been a member. I almost asked for the other counselor who was working, but the wait was already long.
As it turned out, the new gal had some good ideas and gave me a new menu which closely resembles Protein Power. It is called Meta-Protein: Phase 1. It lasts a week or two, and then you go on to Phase 2. This menu has no fruits or starches, but it does include fats and lots and lots of veggies. I went straight to the grocery store and loaded up my cart with every fresh thing that looked good that is on my new menu. I figure I can handle it and it will probably break the sugar craving that has returned with a vengeance. In Phase 2, you can add a fruit serving at lunch and a starch serving at dinner. Both phases include 3 HNS servings with or between meals. I CAN DO THIS!