I would not consider this truely going OP as long as you follow the adivce given by your center. Your body will need the extra carbs and sodium and this is all about learning to fuel our bodies to obtain optimal health. Good luck tomorrow and don't stress about the food!

Mariah

WI today - lost 2 lbs this week for a total of 13.5 in about 3 weeks including preconditioning. 11.5 of those pounds are fat lost! Yeah and I have lost, never to find again, 16.5 inches!!!! I was not sure how my inches would be since I am not using any of the extra supplements, but so far so good.

Mariah

Sorry to hear about your struggles, I'm sure it is very furstratning! Hang in there and I would ask about switching or other options. Maybe this is just your last platue before you reach your goal. Hang in there and stay OP.

Mariah

Hi..
Congratulations to all the losers, and thanks teacher lady relative data on stuffing.. I will try it .

I weighed in today, 4th day in on stabilization week 1, and added beans as a starch one day, and gained .6 pounds.. I was OP all the way, so hopefully, Tuesday will be better... I was to add a starch today also, which I did, as I am to add it every other day. If my scale says I gained tomorrow or Sunday, will not add any more starches for the week..

Have a wonderful evening.

Patzi

For those of you that are on Plateaus right now...

(Quoted from MRC literature)

"Plateaus are where the REAL fat loss occurs! Your body begins to retain water to maintain the shape and configuration of its cells as fat is lost. Cell must maintain a certain shape or they may collapse. Now this is important. Water is heavier than fat and so, while your weight may remain stable or even increase you are actually losing fat. As the water is maintaining the shape of your cells, fat is being lost from the cells. So even though your scales may indicate otherwise, YOU ARE REALLY WINNING THE LOSING BATTLE!"

I hope this helps some of you (and me in the future) to understand and not get tooooo frustrated.

I wi'ed today and only lost half a pound, but there was only one day between the weigh ins, so I am not unhappy with it. Start the Meta Balance menu tomorrow.

This is a great weight loss and loss of inches.. So happy for you . When you say you are not using any of the extra supplements are you talking about HNS
drinks or pill form supplements or both. I have a friend who went back on the plan and uses none of the above, and she is losing, so just curious.

Patzi

I wouldn't worry too much about it - I'm sure it's just water. Remember carboHYDRATES have water in them. I don't think this diet is sustainable long term without carbs, so you may have to deal with a couple of pounds of water weight in order to eat them. I bet you anything you're still burning fat, though. I'm still decreasing in fat % and I've been stable since October.

Thanks for posting this. I've been OP and stuck this week. It may also be because I haven't walked any this week due to injuring my foot on Sunday. I can tell that's made a difference for me. Hopefully next week will be better. Until then, I'll just keep drinking my water.

I know this, but it's still frustrating. It's only compounded when my center starts pressuring me to try phentatrim or other stuff to break the plateau. They are really not happy with how slowly I've been losing for the last 2 months--mostly because I've been losing, then gaining, then losing, then gaining the same 2 pounds over and over. This is different from a normal "plateau," I think.

I'm sure part of it is that this is where my body is most comfortable--this is the weight I was able to maintain at the longest the last time I lost weight (I had gotten down to 190, then slowly gained to 210, then maintained 210 for about 3-4 years before starting to gain again).

I would just really like to get down to 200 so I have some "wiggle room" and can plan on keeping my weight between 200 and 210 (or, preferably, 195-205, but I'll take what I can get at this point).

Question: How do you weigh yourself? IE: I have always weighed first thing in the morning, without clothes. Since I am losing my weight for me, I still weigh every morning. BUT... Weigh ins at the center are twice a week and (usually for me) in the middle of the afternoon, so like yesterday, I weighed at home and my weight was 142.5, but by the time I got to MRC, I had eaten Breakfast and lunch, as well as drinking water all morning, so my weight for them was 145.5 (still a loss from last wi). Now... This morning when I weighed, my scale (calibrated like thiers) says 141.5. Since I know morning weight is my true weight and the one I go by in my daily life, I want to claim this number as my weight, but feel like I am cheating, because theirs will be a bit more than mine when the next weigh in happens, so if I say I lost 4lbs this week, but theirs says 3lbs..... we both are right, but which one do Y'all claim??

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Teacherlady 79 ....i am with the MRC center at Omaha, NE and i understand your pain. the whole of last week i did not loose anything and since feb 2011 i have lost only 12 lbs... they are pretty unhappy with me too. i would appreciate all the tips to get going again... i really feel sad and unhappy

R

This is a great tip! I've had to watch this because I have IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) along with a spastic colon. So my doctor has told me for years not to drink any liquids while eating. It's hard to time out the 30 minutes, sometimes.. but I can tell a difference by following this tip.

I always claimed the heavier. I know right now that might seem odd, but when you get to the end and they want to start you on stabilization, you might be happier to have that extra pound off. I was anyway. Could be the exact opposite for others.

You have a very good point there. MRC wants me to stop losing at 121.5lbs and I don't want to stop until 115. So that is actually perfect for me. But what about for here on the board? Do you still stick with the heavier weight?