Thanks so much, I have never used my Pam to cook anything other than eggs. I'll try to use it on my meats & veggies. Thanks for the tips!

I've been on the MRC plan since Dec. 28th and haven't had too many problems resisting temptation. But, Friday night, my mind and body were in total rebellion mode! I haven't craved chocolate that bad this entire time! I mean, it took every ounce of willpower I had to not eat any. My husband and I were out with friends and I told them all that I needed to take a short break, run home, and eat some chocolate pudding HNS. So proud to say that I resisted all off-plan temptation and was able to more-or-less curb the desire for chocolate with the pudding. Whew! Close call!

WI at lunch and another pound gone. According to my scales this morning, it was 1.5 pounds. Either way, it's in the right direction! :)

AWESOME JOB!! That is exactly what is going to get you to goal! I love that you didn't just give in this time or even just take a little nibble. You solved the problem and stayed 100% on plan. Hope you are proud of yourself too!

It does NOT sound like you are full of yourself! CONGRATS! You look awesome!! And congrats on your Zumba certification!

Congrats! :carrot:

I just experienced that today at weigh in. I was up 0.5 lbs from my last weigh in putting me back at 270. She immediately noticed my disappointment and told me that if this is the "pattern" that my body needs to lose there isn't anything to be worried about, as long as I'm losing.

I personally, was unhappy, but my team was more than supportive for me. She even took my measurements again and reminded me that in 31 days I have lost 17.5 lbs and 19.5 inches.

She said she saw this a lot - the teetering up and down. I would consider asking your team what more you can do, if they have all the facts they can normally suggest something to help.

I do stick to 3 HNS a day, 120 oz of water, B6, B12, Multivitamin twice a day, and MRC-6. I normally walk about 90 minutes a week and normally only on the weekend - which could explain why I gain on Monday weigh ins & lose by Thursday.

Help! LOL I grabbed a liquid concentrate and the writing on it says Cranberry Tea Fiber. Is this a Fiber drink or HNS? Is Cranberry Green Tea without "fiber" written on the packet the HNS? Are there two different Cranberry teas? I'm so confused. :dizzy:

I've never had the Cranberry - but I just looked at Peach, Pink Lemonade, Vanilla Creme & Chicken Bouillon - none of them have "fiber" on them.

Well, I bit the bullet and called the center. It's a HNS. :)

ok, I really need some advice. I am very torn right now. My center raised my goal weight to 133. They thought it would be easier to maintain. I'm ok with that, but would really like to be closer to the 127. I am currently at 137.5 and am supposed to sign my stabilization paperwork tomorrow. There is a stabilization party tonight that I am invited to attend (it is where they take your "After" picture).
My husband has been my driving force through this entire process. He is currently deployed but would be home before the next stabilization party. Should I wait for him to come home to help me celebrate (and wait until I am a little closer to MY goal weight) or go to the party and learn the tips and tricks to stabilization before I actually begin it?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

If you won't be happy at 133, I would wait. Don't stabilize until you are ready.

I've been cooking with olive oil, because my understanding is that the aerosol cooking sprays can damage non-stick cookware. I have an olive oil mister (I fill it with oil, then pump the lid to get air in and make it aerosol-like) which helps, as it keeps me from using very much. My question is, are the Pam sprays ok to use on teflon/nonstick surfaces now?


:D
I also have kind of a funny story:
I had a meeting with some professors at the local university this morning regarding possible curriculum for the youth correctional facility, and the professors had brought in a bunch of Panera bagels. I declined a bagel during the meeting, stating that I wasn't hungry, but they were insistent that I take one home with me afterward (and I didn't want to be rude and say, "no, I can't eat what you got me because of my diet"). So, I took a bagel and started home, planning to just throw it away when I got home (I considered tossing it out in the parking lot for the birds to eat, but didn't want the professors to come out and see the bagel in the lot).

I got just down the street from the university, and the smell of the fresh bagel became overpowering. I took a bite. It was wonderful. But then I thought--What am I doing??!!! Since I was driving through the park-slash-golfcourse next to the university, I rolled down my window and spit out my bite of bagel. Then I rolled down my passenger side window and launched both halves of the bagel (frisbee-like) into the park, figuring the birds or squirrels would happily eat it.

While I was doing that, my sister called my cell phone (I know--I'm a terrible, distracted driver), and when I answered, she asked what I was doing. I told her "I'm throwing a yummy-yummy bagel out of my car window." There was dead silence, and she started laughing at me--because she said anyone else I said that to would have thought I'd lost my mind, but she's been on MRC with me, so she totally got it and didn't even have to ask. ;)

It simply wasn't worth the mental anguish to eat the damn bagel--even just a bite of it--and wonder if that's why I didn't lose at my weigh-in tomorrow, or if it's because I've truly stalled.

Do you mind me asking what your fat % is? If it's still high, I would wait to stabilize. They told me that it is harder to maintain weight loss if you're over 25%. Now, I continued to lose through stabilization and got 5lbs under my goal weight. You need to do what you think is best. If you're really wanting to see that 127 and it turns out to be too low, you can always slowly gain a few pounds back. My body sort of picked my maintenance weight for me. It seems like no matter what, I always bounce back to 151. I can go up a couple or under a couple, but it adjusts to 151-152.

I enjoyed that bagel story. that's hilarious. :D

Ohmygosh, I did the SAME THING, only with Sweet Tea, when I accidentally drank from my husband's cup instead of my cup of unsweet tea. I pulled off the road and spit out the mouthful. Ha! :D

I ended up not going to the stabilization party tonight. I am happy with my decision. I was all ready and in my SIZE 4 BRAND NEW DRESS!!! (my jeans are still a 6) but I just didn't feel right. My husband wasn't there and I needed him to be. I know I am not where I want to be weight wise either. I will go to my paperwork tomorrow and the party next month with an even smaller waist and even better after pictures.

I did make the babysitter stay anyway and I went for a 2 mile run. That felt great!

@hatethesweatpants - the last time they did a TANITA was more than 5lbs ago and I was at 31%. I think I will bring up the 25% when I go in tomorrow. Thanks!

I did my class back in late January and started the meta balance menu. I just changed to the two meal plan today. I'm a teacher and it's much easier to drink through the day and eat my meals at home. Nice to "meet" you!!:) I usually weigh in on Friday afternoon and sometimes on Monday afternoon!

Personally I would probably wait for my hubbie to come home. Perhaps you could split the difference and have a goal weight of around 130 - If I understand correnctly there is a 6 lb window during stablization/maintenence so if you still wanted to get down to 127 you would still be okay and if it was too hard to maintain you could still go up to 133.

Mariah

I have used Pam on my non-stick cookware for years and have not had any problems. Also, love the bagle story and congrats! I'm just glad a police officer didn't see you and ticket you for littering. I'm sure the birds enjoyed the treat.

Mariah

It is a crime to waste a babysitter .

Mariah

I am on the meta balance. While in pre conditioning, I was losing weight rapidly, but since moving over to the MB menu, I seem to have slowed way down, I hope that isn't a preview of what is to come and I don't like the 3 snacks and 3 meals, so I may have to get them to change me up to something else. I am not a big eater at all. I just tended to snack and after losing a kidney and hitting menopause, my metabolism has drastically decreased, so I may talk to them about changing plans if I don't lose at least 3 lbs this week. Anyway, I weigh in on Wednesdays and Friday's, (usually around 1 ish. You? (Your name isn't Helen, is it?)

Sounds like a great plan! Congratulations on coming so far!!! :cheer:

Congrats on your journey! Absolutely amazing.

I don't think it would be rude to say, "I'm sorry, I can't; I'm on a diet." I wouldn't be offended if someone said that to me, and next time I might bring a fruit and veggie platter instead or in addition to the bagels. :-)

Your bagel story reminds me of the time I threw doughnuts out of my car window. I have serious issues with food and secret eating.

One time, I went to Dunkin Donuts. I really wanted to eat 4 doughnuts, but thought if I bought four the people in the drive-thru would know, by looking at my fat self, that I was going to eat them all myself, but I thought that if I bought 6 of them, they would come in a big box and it would look more like I was getting something to share.

So, I bought 6 doughnuts, and drove out of my way so that I could throw the other 2 doughnuts on a country road that I knew no one would see me throwing the doughnuts out of the window. I didn't want to bring the 2 extra doughnuts home and throw them away there, because then my husband would see that I had eaten doughnuts. I crushed up the box and hid it in my extra large purse until I could hide it in another bag which I then shoved deep into the trashcan. How sick is that?

I actually wrote a post about my disordered eating on my blog: Taking Time For Mommy: Fat Vegetarian Finally Loses Weight

I really appreciate everyone here. Although the post above didn't post until yesterday, I actually wrote it a few weeks ago when I was doing really well on my diet, but I lost all control on Saturday and it didn't stop until yesterday.

I went to the movies Saturday afternoon with my daughters and ate peanut M&Ms and about a half of a large bag of popcorn (total 1200 calories). Then I ate sushi Saturday night, and basically said "screw it" on Sunday, just eating whatever I felt like. Thankfully, the food in our house is actually extremely healthy. Then yesterday, I intended to get back on plan, but my husband and I were rushing around, and I didn't end up getting lunch. We weren't going to be able to get back home until 7, so we stopped by CVS and I picked up a V-8 and a box of Atkins bars. I thought that wasn't too bad, until I ate the entire box. GRRRR.

Today, however, I AM back on plan. It was really helpful actually to get back home and read that blog post I wrote a few weeks back. I HAVE decided to lose the weight, and I am NOT going to let this 3 day screw up allow me to quit.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

~ Amanda

thanks
 

thanks goalbound.. i have to go for my weigh in tomorrow & hope i would have lost something...i shall keep u posted. where do i look for bison meat?

R

Amanda,

I really want YOU to know something. Before I decided to get serious about losing my own weight using this plan, I had tried so many other pills, diets etc. Nothing worked for me. A friend recommended MRC, so I started researching to see if it was worth the money or if it was a scam. I came across this board and the old posts you were a main part of. (2008 or 2009 I think) Anyway, I read and read and read and it was mainly your posts that made me think to myself "this program actually works!" Though you were only posting your own experiences and struggle on this path, you became a major inspiration and a key factor in me telling myself I could do this! For almost a week, I would get on this board and go back to that old thread and read page after page, hour after hour, until I finally decided to go in and sign up for myself. I didn't know if you were still on here or had achieved your goal and gone on to other things, but after seeing your post today, I feel you could use a bit of the inspiration you gave me to get going.

You are a beautiful person, inside and out and I do hope that you don't let the secret eating sabotage all your hard work. There is nothing "sick" about secret eating, at least not in the way you meant it, but we do tend to undermine ourselves and I don't pretend to understand why we do it. I know that the center I go too has a lady to help us figure out why we do the things we do and maybe yours does too? Please stay active here with the board and let us help you as best we can to continue to stay on track.

That said.... I have a question someone might be able to answer. On Preconditioning, I lost 6 pounds, but since I switched over to Metabalance this past Saturday, I only lost 1 pound (on Sunday) and have lost nothing since. In fact, my scale said I added .5 this morning! Is this normal???? Should I ask to go on a different menu?

I read somewhere that Sams carries it, but I don't have a Sams card, so if anyone else knows the answer to this, Nair and I would both appreciate the info! :dizzy:

Hi..
I am a happy camper, as I lost two pounds on weigh and a total of 41 1/2 inches since the beginning of September when I started.

This week I was put on stabilization Week #2, where I add a fruit 3 times a week, in morning, and keep adding the starch from week one at lunch 3 x a week. Only starch I added last week was beans, as starch is a trigger for me. This week I will add another starch and see what happens next week. One at the center told me drink only 2 HNS a day and no more, and another told me I can have up to 4, so I figure 3 should do it.. I have been having 2 HNS and one cocoa , a creamy at night.

For those on Meta Quick, forgot to tell you, when I finish a few days of meta quick, I start back on the # 1 menu for a day,which is yellow, then the #2 menu which is blue and then the final menu, which for me is green as I am on Meta Slim.
Every time I have been on Meta Quick and they have put me on many times, I do become severely constipated, but after eating for a couple of days, the fruit and veggies seem to straighten things out.

Congrats to all the losers...

Any questions on stabilization, feel free to ask me.

Patzi

I buy mine at one Walmart in town , when they have it in stock. I have bought online from buffalogal.com, it was the same price as Walmart (its $8-10 a pound for steaks and such) and good quality. A local butcher will special order it, but you have to wait a week to get it in, and I don't think that far ahead. I would call local butchers, first, as they aim to please.

Sabotaging my loses with snacks??! :(
 

Hi-

I am currently on meta slim day 23. I have done pretty well over all, but about the last week or so I have been indulging myself and having a bite or a cookie or pound cake here and there (usually only once a day). Also, some evening here lately I have even had an extra creamy... I figured better that than something off plan:o. Anyhoo, I am wondering if I should go back to my day 1 menu plan to get myself purged of the sugars I had to eliminate hungry and cravings.. I am thinking I am snow balling and eventually I will just fall completely off the wagon. I really want this plan to work, and I am excited about the loss I have experienced already, but just wondering at this point if it would be a good idea to go back to the first menu for a couple of days!!

Thanks.. so glad I found this thread!!

Sabotaging my loses with snacks??! :(
 

oops, that was supposed to say a bite of a cookie or pound cake, not the whole thing. :)

Struggling Nicole..
Congrats on your clothes sizes. Doesn't it feel grand? I finally made it into a size 6 from a size 12.. You will get where you want to be when you are ready, I am sure. I am very happy for you.

Patzi

Why not just take the extras out first and see how you do? If the cravings or hunger cause a major problem, then think about going back to the other menu for a few days.... Just a thought.

I REALLY need some encouragement here!!!

I lost 6lbs on the preconditioning and felt great and was really excited about this program, but just realized that the day I started the metabalance, (Saturday) I have literally lost 0 since. It has been four days, with no cheating and I have lost nothing at all. I know they say you will quit losing around day 7 - 10, due to water replacing the fat to hold the cell shape, but it just seems weird to me that the day I switch menus and add more supplements, I just stop dead in the water! I am totally confused and discouraged. Is it the menu swap, the added supplements, the 7-10 day water weight gain??? Do I continue as I am and pray that I will lose the minimum 2 lbs this week as promised or do I try to change something now?? I am almost in tears! I did call MRC and talked to a lady, but quite frankly, I don't think she had much of a clue. Her "advise" was to eat only raw veggies for lunch and dinner tonight. (with the protein and such) How does that help?? She couldn't seem to explain it.

Please help me before I screw this up any worse!!

Thank you for the info

Hang in there.. Please....I know what u feel. I am sure we will make it slowly but steadily.

Did u talk to someone at the center on what to do? to satisfy my sweet cravings i usually drink crystal light

Two pounds is great, Patzi! I know you are happy!

Ok, I don't want you to get too frustrated. You lost 6 pounds, which is great so don't be so hard on yourself. You could very well be at a plateau, and we all know that although frustrating, plateaus are a good thing.

I want to help you. Can you tell us examples of what you have been eating? What supplements are you taking? Are you following the plan exactly (like not having creamies yet and no tomatoes yet, etc?) How much water are you drinking? What are you doing for exercise?

I have been told to only have raw veggies at night once when my weight loss had slowed too. So your counselor may be on to something. I started eating 8 ounces of romain lettuce only (plus the protein and carb, of course) for lunch and dinner and it helped move things along again.