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.
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!
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!
LOL That's the one I use also!! Small world! We may have to get together and compare notes! When did you do your menu class? This past Friday? If so, then you know who I am, if not, great to meet you!
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!
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!!!!
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.
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?
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.
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!
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?)
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.
Sounds like a great plan! Congratulations on coming so far!!!
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 didn't want to be rude and say, "no, I can't eat what you got me because of my diet"
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 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.
I think the MRC 6 really makes a difference, so maybe you could try that. My center told me NOT to do too much exercise right now and to only walk for 30 - 45 minutes 3 times a week. Something to do with it counter acting the diet. There is also a suppliment call Fat & Carb Blocker that runs $30 here, 2 pills before you eat anything ought to help also. Anything to just get you kick started. DON'T GIVE UP!! Some of us just take longer to lose then others. I know that doesn't help how you are feeling, but 12 lbs is nothing to sneeze at in 5 weeks.. that equals out to 2.4 lbs a week and is good. Losing too much, too fast, would just come back to haunt you in the long run.
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?
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 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
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?
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
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!
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.
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!
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.
I usually weigh in on Friday afternoon and sometimes on Monday afternoon!
