That is just wonderful. Be real proud of yourself.. Wishing you a great weekend, also.

Patzi

What store did you find the Birds Eye brand of artichokes.. I have Publix, Food Lion and Winn Dixie by me.. I keep looking and don't see them.

Patzi

I weighed in today and stayed the same, so that is good , where I am on maintenance.. I am doing maintenance from the Day 5-11 menu, as it works better adding foods vs. the 3 meal Metaslim plan..Center is ok with that.

This week, I had some baked oatmeal, a small piece with an HNS, as if you recall they told me, when eating carbs like that take an HNS or a creamy, so had with cocoa.

Added 1/4 cup carrots.

I also added this for breakfast.. I made this type of pancake which calls for egg whites, yogurt( Only one I am not allergic to is FF Greek yogurt), 2 tbsp. of that, and then 2 tbsp of oat bran, with stevia for sweetener, and some cinnamon and nutmeg.. It is a huge pancake and it was good. My friend adds blueberries to hers, but she is not on MRC. With this I had half an orange and an HNS

So, I am coming along slowly, adding a few items each week.

Wishing everyone a great weigh in and a wonderful weekend.
Patzo

Patzi--
I just started stabilization this week, adding starch to my lunch 3x this week. I have a couple questions (and I'm not going to see my consultant on Tuesday), so maybe you can help:

I was told that the starch I add can be anything from what I currently have on my plan, or anything from the list that they gave me on Tuesday. Does that mean that I can now interchange my starches on my meal plan with the ones on the list--or are those new starches only to be used for my "add on" starch during stabilization. I ask because 1/2 bagel is included on that, and I would LOVE to eat a 1/2 bagel with my breakfast instead of toast. But I don't want to screw everything up by replacing my regular starches with "richer" ones, you know?

Also, what are the day 1-4 and 5-11 menus? I've only been on white, beige and green menus, so I never saw those. Could you post them, or email them to me at sun_angel79 at yahoo dot com? Thanks! I'm just really worried I'm going to have the same struggles as you with stabilization, and I want to be able to adjust as you have, if need be.

Thank you for your updates, btw. You have been a big help and inspiration!

It sounds like everyone is doing so well . . . congrats. WI today down 0.5 lbs - sick kids caused me to be a bit sleep deprived and that always messes with my numbers. I should be able to sleep in tomorrow to help even this out. Still thrilled as that makes 2.5 down this week. I am now 1.5 lbs from the 30 pound board and hope to hit it on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!

Mariah

Hope your kids are feeling better and you can recoop! Good luck Tuesday! I'll send some good vibes your way! :

Have a great weekend!

Well, I was asked to join my boss at our National Candy Show in Chicago May 23rd & 24th. I will be flying out of Tulsa, OK, which is a little under 2 hours away since plane tickets out of Bentonville were about $600+ more!

I think I can make pretty good choices until Tuesday afternoon. I get back into Tulsa at 6pm then have the 2 hour drive back home. I was thinking about packing a cooler Monday morning - full of ice and a shaker bottle with a meal replacement drink.. probably freeze it Sunday night. Do you think it'll stay cold for 36 hours? I know I'm not going to want to stop for dinner but will need to eat something and this is the only thing I can think of, unless you guys have other suggestions!?

candi at a Candy Show?!! That's perfect!

I'd freeze a couple maybe two or three days ahead of time so maybe they will stay cooler longer.

Mariah--like you, my morning weight is affected by how much sleep I've had. I've been known to weigh myself at five a.m. and then again at eight a.m. and make the lesser weight the official one.

Way to go everyone on losing and maintaining!

teacherlady--I'm going to need both you and Patzi to hold my hand when I get to stabilization.

I replaced my low carb starch with the higher one. I tried not to do too many "rich" ones in one day, though. The calorie difference between 1/2 bagel and a slice of low cal bread is significant. You could have a 200 calorie swing just in breads. So, I had my bagel, but then the rest of the day chose lower cal/carb options until I had a better idea of how my body would react to the carbs.

I did the same as Debi. Also if I gained with the addition, chose something different the next week. I was told to only add the new starch to my lunch. , and for only three days, not consecutive. I was on Meta Slim when I started to stabilize.. Does this answer your question? This is what I was told for week 1.

Patzi

I think you may be on a different plan than I am. I am on Meta Slim. I think some of the other plans have different menus,as the MetaSlim Plus, etc.
Don't worry about having any problems. You can always adjust.. My two friends went thru stabilization with no problems or weight gain.
Menu 1-4 is the menu day 1-4 for Metaslim , 5-11 , is the menu for day 5-11, and then day 12 on, is the three meal plan for Meta Slim and you stay on that till you reach goal. What plan are you on?

Patzi

You will be fine on stabilization, really you will.Don't worry, enjoy your challenge till you get there, and once you do, you will enjoy the new foods.

Patzi

I'm currently on the green menu--I think that's the 3 meal plan for Meta Slim (well, I'm eating 3 meals a day, anyway).

Thanks, Debi and Patzi! That makes a lot of sense.

I was actually surprised to see carbs that span the whole gamut on calories listed on the list (1/2 bagel vs. 5 saltines, etc.). But that makes sense--just because a carb is more calories also doesn't necessarily mean our bodies will all react the same to it.

Thanks! I will look forward to my 1/2 bagel with tuna on it tomorrow for lunch.