[patzi]

Originally Posted by niftybyfifty

Haven't posted in a while...been real busy at work and at home....Down to 215.8...not sure what I was last time I posted. But I know its down 2 or 3 lbs. Total of 18.4 lbs in 5 weeks. YEAH ME!!!!!!

great weight loss...Congrats
Patzi

[teacherlady79]

Originally Posted by Razorbackbritt

Last night after class, a lady came up to me and said, "So if I zumba, will I have a body like yours?" I wanted to cry and hug her! Such a great feeling!

*Teacherlady* CONGRATS on stabilization and continued loss! I haven't been on here regularly and missed that you stabilized. I can't wait for that!

THanks, Britt!

I've been kinda weepy lately (I'm wondering if I'm a little more emotional now that I'm off my prozac--not in a bad way, just seem to have things affect me a little more than I was used to for the last 10 years), so I actually did start to get all teary when I read what that woman said to you.

Isn't it weird and amazing to have people looking up to us for our fitness and weightloss??? There's a few women in the office down the hall that just started trying to lose weight a few weeks ago--and they told me that I was their inspiration. Another woman in my office joined my gym and is hoping to be able to work out at the gym the same days I do, just because seeing me "working so hard and achieving your goals will hopefully motivate me and remind me that I can do it, too."

People in my building also frequently greet me with "Hi skinny! How are you today?" Even some of the men are saying that (and most men don't usually comment on colleagues' weight loss)!

I love it, I won't lie--but it's just so weird to me. I mean, I'm not even down to my ideal weight yet. I've just decided to stabilize at this point so I can start trying to start a family. So it's not like I'm "skinny"--I still have plenty of meat on my bones. The other reason it kinda weirds me out is because it makes me start to wonder, just how bad did I look before? I mean, I dressed nicely, but 6 months ago I must have not just looked fat, but unhealthy, tired, and unhappy, too.

Anyway, keep riding that "high" and stay OP! You can do it, and you deserve to be happy with how you look!

[struggling Nicole]

Sorry I have been so absent lately, these last two weeks of school are kicking my butt. No more subbing for quite some time!!!
I was just wondering what the center had some of you do to get back on track. I went back to my first menu and did the 4 days of it again and just am not sure whether to go to the blue menu for days 5-10 or go back to green. Any advice?

[pnvomaha]

Weighed in today and am down another pound... total 44. These last few weeks have been so slow so I did ask about MetaQuick. The lady I got today wasn't too pleased about it because she thinks I'll just see a quick gain right afterwards. What are your thoughts? Have you tried it? Let me know. Thanks!

[teacherlady79]

Originally Posted by pnvomaha

Weighed in today and am down another pound... total 44. These last few weeks have been so slow so I did ask about MetaQuick. The lady I got today wasn't too pleased about it because she thinks I'll just see a quick gain right afterwards. What are your thoughts? Have you tried it? Let me know. Thanks!

I've tried it. Sometimes I lose with it, sometimes I don't. I will say that I never gained after doing it, though.

It's worth a try. If it doesn't work or makes you gain, then don't do it again.

I actually did it a few times and just never told my center and wasn't truthful on my food diary when I did it (I know--my pants are on fire). I had mentioned it to them once after I heard about it on this board, and they were totally against it. I, however, was tired of being in such a long stall, and was willing to try anything. I never did it more than 2 or 3 days at a time, though, and I know I never used the full 7 days in a month. Usually just a short version of metaquick was enough to jump-start me.

[JenB72]

Originally Posted by niftybyfifty

Haven't posted in a while...been real busy at work and at home....Down to 215.8...not sure what I was last time I posted. But I know its down 2 or 3 lbs. Total of 18.4 lbs in 5 weeks. YEAH ME!!!!!!

That's great! Congrats!

[JenB72]

Originally Posted by struggling Nicole

Sorry I have been so absent lately, these last two weeks of school are kicking my butt. No more subbing for quite some time!!!
I was just wondering what the center had some of you do to get back on track. I went back to my first menu and did the 4 days of it again and just am not sure whether to go to the blue menu for days 5-10 or go back to green. Any advice?

My center pretty much had me do what you are doing. Start back at the beginning. Sometimes I wouldn't finish out the blue menu and just jump on back to the green if I felt I was in the right mindset to handle it. If you feel like mentally you can stay on track, then go for the green. If you're still struggling a bit, my advice would be to do the full 10 days. Hang in there.

[JenB72]

Originally Posted by pnvomaha

Weighed in today and am down another pound... total 44. These last few weeks have been so slow so I did ask about MetaQuick. The lady I got today wasn't too pleased about it because she thinks I'll just see a quick gain right afterwards. What are your thoughts? Have you tried it? Let me know. Thanks!

I have done the full 7 days a few times and manage to lose around 5 pounds each time (everyone is different, so I'm not saying this will happen to you). However, I stayed completely OP afterwards and managed to keep the weight off and keep on losing. I never gained back. As teacherlady said, I find it helps to break me out of plateaus.

[jmgirl]

So last week at my weigh in the scale at Curves and the one I use for MRC weigh in were EXACTLY the same...This week the one at MRC showed a .6# loss and the one at Curves showed a 2# loss...super confused how can they be THAT different from the week before?? All in all...was mad about my weigh in and premenstrual so last night fell off the wagon and had two Bud Select 55 beers and some peanuts....Guess it coulda been worse huh? lol

[jmgirl]

Originally Posted by JenB72

I have done the full 7 days a few times and manage to lose around 5 pounds each time (everyone is different, so I'm not saying this will happen to you). However, I stayed completely OP afterwards and managed to keep the weight off and keep on losing. I never gained back. As teacherlady said, I find it helps to break me out of plateaus.

What's the Meta Quick plan?

[jmgirl]

Also had some doubt about the measurements that were done on me...I've been measuring every month at Curves since last October and last month showed a 4 inch loss....so four weeks ago had my first measurements done at MRC and yesterday they measured and said I lost 11 inches...no way possible...When MRC first measured me I had on baggy scrubs from work and she didn't even snug it close to my body...so I have to disagree with the measurements....but all in all it was a 4 inch loss for real! I account almost the 4 inches were lost in the midsection-to my Corti Trim!

[jmgirl]

Originally Posted by patzi

Great Jen..
You are doing a great job.

Patzi

5 lbs in less than a week is excellent...good job!

[jmgirl]

Is Stabilization and Maintenance the same thing?

[jmgirl]

[teacherlady79]

Originally Posted by jmgirl

Is Stabilization and Maintenance the same thing?

Stabilization is done during a period of 6 weeks before you actually start maintenance. It is where you gradually add select foods back to your diet every week to see how your body will react to them and to see what may/may not cause you to gain. Once you are done with stabilization, you have more foods to choose from and a better idea of what they do to you--which is powerful information to have once you start maintenance.