Originally Posted by LisaK190:
@Ravorbackbritt - My heart goes out to you, Britt. There have been so many times I have felt like having a melt down in the center. Switching you to the yellow menu may be exactly what you need to 'jump start' your weight loss. Keep yourself busy over the next four days and it will fly by.


I was pleasantly surprised to see a 2.5 lb loss at my WI today. Actually, I was shocked. I did nothing different this past week that I haven't done for the past two months. Oh well .. I will take it. I am so looking forward to vacation .. heading to St. Maarten Saturday morning. Although I know its not OP, but I do plan on having some tropical island drinks and cold beers. I will continue to eat lots of veggies and grilled fish. And work out!

So, which is worse ... mixed drinks or light beer?

Thanks for the support!

sooo jealous of your vacation! I think as far as drinks go, light beer is always better. Mixed drinks not only have heavy alcohol, but sweet fruity mixers. I remember when calorie counting, that a light beer or two was almost always in my calorie count allotment (if I ate well) but a mixed drink hardly ever was.

To get the mixed drink flavor from your beer, add some lime and drink it really cold. Gosh, even ask for ice if you like drinks on the rocks.

Have fun on your vacation!

Originally Posted by Razorbackbritt:
You can ask them to measure you whenever you want! So if you want every 2 weeks, just ask! They will do it for you! (or at least they do at my center). Often if you are showing no loss and seem sad about it (like my breakdown last night!) they offer to measure to show you some non-scale related progress.

Thanks Britt! I'm going to try to hold off for the 30 days but, like you said, if I feel like I need a boost for encouragement, I will ask to be measured.

When I weighed this AM I was down another .2 to 221.8...............I thought I was never gonna get below 222. I was stuck between 222 and 223for so many days. That makes a total of 12.3 lbs in 16 days. I lost 9.9 lbs the first week, but only 1.4 lbs the second week. So far this week I've only lost 1 lb but I don't WI until Monday. Hoping for a big loss by then. Drinking lots of water and I'm thinking maybe I didn't drink enough lately. Sorry for rambling ....Hope everyone stays OP and keeps losing.....

Originally Posted by niftybyfifty:
When I weighed this AM I was down another .2 to 221.8...............I thought I was never gonna get below 222. I was stuck between 222 and 223for so many days. That makes a total of 12.3 lbs in 16 days. I lost 9.9 lbs the first week, but only 1.4 lbs the second week. So far this week I've only lost 1 lb but I don't WI until Monday. Hoping for a big loss by then. Drinking lots of water and I'm thinking maybe I didn't drink enough lately. Sorry for rambling ....Hope everyone stays OP and keeps losing.....

Hi...
Congrats on your loss and getting below 222. No need to aplogize for rambling, we love hearing about your weigh ins, etc. Wishing you a good weigh in on Monday.

Patzi

Weighed in today and lost another 1.5! :) So I'm down 42 lbs...221.5! Yay! I'm very close to the weight I was when I met my husband... I was in between 215-220. This was over 7 years ago! I'm going to have to pull out a few of my old dresses I've kept to see if I can fit again. It's so surreal!

I was completely on plan today. No cheats. Hubby took care of the kids and I got to go shopping! I need a new wardroble. I am starting my long-term sub job on Monday and I have nothing to wear. Before when I was subbing I could wear the same thing every time because it was a few days between jobs but now I am working everyday. It was a well needed break. I hope to find my inspiration again.
There were temptations everywhere but I avoided them. I can't believe how many places have easter candy and on clearance. Wanted to buy so much of it! I thought in my head about buying it and eating it before I got home. After a few seconds I RAN AWAY as quickly as I could without turning back!

I could not find the message to answer having a meltdown at center.

I have been thru this so many times. One time I was so upset and disappointed, I cried when I got in my car.Had tears at center. It was always change menu, do Meta Quick, do this do that, and sometimes it worked, other times Ihave found, the weight WILL come off, it really does.. Just have to be a bit more patient. I was on stabilization, having a problem and they put me back to the blue menu, I think it is,that is day 5-11, as I was having a problem I was OP, but did not lose weight, what reason, none. It just happened. But then a few weeks later I took off 2 pounds, and weight started to come down.
I feel for your frustration and disappointment, but I promise it will all turn out at the end. There is a nice end to this sometimes difficult journey. I would not have made it without this board, as I could vent here when I had to and had the support which was so needed.

Hang in there.

Patzi

Originally Posted by struggling Nicole:
I was completely on plan today. No cheats. Hubby took care of the kids and I got to go shopping! I need a new wardroble. I am starting my long-term sub job on Monday and I have nothing to wear. Before when I was subbing I could wear the same thing every time because it was a few days between jobs but now I am working everyday. It was a well needed break. I hope to find my inspiration again.
There were temptations everywhere but I avoided them. I can't believe how many places have easter candy and on clearance. Wanted to buy so much of it! I thought in my head about buying it and eating it before I got home. After a few seconds I RAN AWAY as quickly as I could without turning back!

Strugglng Nicle.. Good for you for running away from temptation. Such an important step and you did it. Also, good luck on your new sub job and have fun buying new clothes to fit the new you.

Patzi

Originally Posted by struggling Nicole:
I was completely on plan today. No cheats. Hubby took care of the kids and I got to go shopping! I need a new wardroble. I am starting my long-term sub job on Monday and I have nothing to wear. Before when I was subbing I could wear the same thing every time because it was a few days between jobs but now I am working everyday. It was a well needed break. I hope to find my inspiration again.
There were temptations everywhere but I avoided them. I can't believe how many places have easter candy and on clearance. Wanted to buy so much of it! I thought in my head about buying it and eating it before I got home. After a few seconds I RAN AWAY as quickly as I could without turning back!

Congratulations! I bet you felt sooo good by the end of the day. :cheer:

I took a chance, tried them on, and I'm officially back in my pre-pregnancy jeans!!!!! I've went from a size 16 to size 12 in 2 months. Love it!!!! Hopefully I won't be in this size very long. ;)

Originally Posted by little edie:

momoffour, I didn't meet my goal the first time I did MRC so I'm determined to do it this time.

I didn't meet my goal the 1st time either, which I think is why I gained all the weight I lost back.
This time we all will meet our goals...do stabilization and maintenance...and Keep the weight off!:grouphug:

Originally Posted by JenB72:
I took a chance, tried them on, and I'm officially back in my pre-pregnancy jeans!!!!! I've went from a size 16 to size 12 in 2 months. Love it!!!! Hopefully I won't be in this size very long. ;)

Jen...
My goodness, pat yourself on the bag from a 16 to 12 in 2 months, that is fantastic.. It is sooooo good getting into thinner type clothes.. I am very happy for you. You will be surprised how the sizes go down as you lose the weight.

Patzi

I did not meet my goal first time either. When there was a sale I bought more weeks and did it by the skin of my teeth second time around, but I made it, so just hang in there... The end pounds are the most difficult to take off, sometimes they need a push, but they will come off, maybe change your diet around, do Meta Quick here and there, go back to an earlier menu,whatever works. But, you will make, I know you will.

Patzi

Originally Posted by JenB72:
I took a chance, tried them on, and I'm officially back in my pre-pregnancy jeans!!!!! I've went from a size 16 to size 12 in 2 months. Love it!!!! Hopefully I won't be in this size very long. ;)

That's FANTASTIC! :flow1: :woohoo: :flow1:

Originally Posted by JenB72:
I took a chance, tried them on, and I'm officially back in my pre-pregnancy jeans!!!!! I've went from a size 16 to size 12 in 2 months. Love it!!!! Hopefully I won't be in this size very long. ;)

:congrat:
Thats fantastic! Keep it up...you'll be buying size 10 in no time!