Almost finished my first month on MRC and I'm thrilled! Lost 14.5 pounds so far. Lost 2.5 this week...after eating out five times! I tried to stay on program and guess it really worked.

PamBlue..
That is great. Great weigh loss. Be proud of yourself.One can stay on program and eat out with no problem. So glad for you.

Patzi

BigDog..
#1.. Medi quick is part of the diet and can only be done 7 days out of the month. I was on Meta Slim before maintenance and used it.For someone to saythey knew nothing about it,I am surprised that person is working there, and for the counselor to tell you they have to take you off Meta Slim, well, that is not true at all. This is absolutely nonsense.. Medi Quick is not an excuse for overeating,it is for people that are on a stall, basically, or have gained for no reason.

There are three of my friends that are on maintenance, one on Meta Balance and the other two including myself that makes 4 that were on Meta Slim, and our diet was not altered and we all tried Medi Quick one time or another. Maybe you want to tell the center that.

I had my problem with my center, but it was from my constantly being in battle with them, that I refused to take all the stuff they wanted me to take. I only took what I felt was necessary and nothing else.

I am sorry this has happened to you, as you are not being given the correct information and you are paid for the correct information.. Maybe you could complain to the main office, wherever that is. I know some offices are individual, but they have to be governed by a main office.

Patzi

yea! good for you!

good grief! I think you should try to find out who the owner of your franchise is and give them an earful. That place sounds like it is full of incompetent idiots. Maybe look through the Better Business Bureau???

Hi all...new to this site. I have my consultation with MRC tomorrow. If I end up doing it, it will be MRC @ home as I live too far from a center. I have a friend who has lost 90 lbs. with MRC and is so inspiring. My career/education is in the exercise science field and I have helped others lose weight/get fit, but I can't seem to do the "lose weight" part of it for myself. I love to exercise and when I have lost weight in the past it was all exercise. Now my body doesn't respond that way. I KNOW what to eat, but haven't been able to change my eating habits consistently. My hope is that if pay someone to keep me accountable, give me a plan, etc, that I will lose the weight...and take control of healthy eating habits for the rest of my life. I keep saying that I WANT to adopt a whole foods/clean eating/healthy eating plan, but have not stuck with it (but have helped others do it). I've been reading through your past threads and it looks like you have a great group going. If I end up signing up for MRC tomorrow I'm going to jump in...so I don't drive my skinny husband crazy talking about it.

the person that told me that also is the manager. maybe they aren't being helpful because i'm not buying anything from them...i paid $400 for 17 weeks and refused to buy anything else... i tried to buy the cookbook from them, they were out of stock. when i'm there, seems like they are out of HNSs that people want...i really want to tell them about Diet Direct! :-) i asked for recipes and they said they will prob. get them in time for their next cooking class... when i go in on Wed., i'll ask them again and see what they say about Medi Quick. it is really strange that they aren't helpful...they seem nice enough when they weigh me and ask how everything is going. i attended one class and that was the food instruction class where the "B" only talked about each flavor of the HNSs and what each pill did. The "B" told me she doesn't diet, but spends over $100 for pills to stay skinny. the other counselor said he can pretty much eat what he wants since he's a guy and has lost his weight already..did say he eats a salad every day for lunch..no variety - either they are the absolute worse counselors or they really do get commission on what they sell so are not making any more money off of me? i hate going in there and see these poor people buying bags and bags of stuff especially all the pills. i do like the HNSs and protein bars (i just buy them in bulk from Diet direct or Nashua) anyway, i hope im not offending anyone....it is a great diet plan and i just happen to have a center that's isn't very helpful. it actually was worth the cost because now i have the right combination of foods that i can live with and lose weight. from what i've seen on these boards is that alot of us are getting the wrong information and thank goodness, we have these posts for info!

you have to mentally separate yourself from the diet and the salespeople selling stuff to keep the diet going and make a living. It's two different things.

The diet is actually incredibly good for us. The food is good and nutritious and our bodies are happy bodies.

The salespeople are greedy sometimes, so you have to be firm, and then let them know that you are aware of what they have and you will let them know when you are ready to try something new or different.

I, personally, can't do this diet without my supplements. The supplements make it exciting for me. I look forward to my semi-frozen chocolate pudding balls and my chicken soup with my salad.

I am excited about the creativity required to eat healthy, not get bored and still lose weight.

It is definitely a huge challenge not to get sucked back in to the rest of our country's way of eating...The American diet sucks. It makes you miserable and puts you in a perpetually dieting/binging situation.

This girl is fighting back. I'm fighting for it and I'll never quit! EVER!

Mrc is the best nutrition/weight loss plan I've ever done. It works the absolute best, but requires a lot of perserverence. Something I have trouble with.

Go get em' today ladies....

WOOOHOO

Joy...
Very wel lsaid.. MRC is a great diet , and the best I have done,also.. It works if one works it.. It is as simple as that. Thanks for sharing your views.
Patzi

you are right, Joy, i love the HNS's also and all the shakes, puddings and the other high protein recipes... what i don't like are all the pills they push (i take my own vitamins: women's multi, fish oil, calcium, B-12 and B-6). i don't feel deprived and i'm not hungry. have lots of energy and am losing fat and gaining muscle. love that! it is the best diet i've been on and i am losing weight every week, slow but steady. i ate way too many carbs before and was sluggish and used to crave more carbs and sugar. i just tune out the stuff re: what i don't need and it's all cool :-)

i emailed the office and they emailed me the plan...yay! in the email, they recommended their Women's multi vitamin and internal cleanser (yuck) i'll just stick to the plan :-) and take my reg. vitamins.

I tried making these this morning and while I still ate them I was disappointed. When you made them did you use any liquid but the egg? I was wondering if I was supposed to use the vanilla dry or mix it up? TIA for any help with it.

hi, Fluffy, no other liquid but you have to beat the two eggs before adding to the dry mix and oatmeal. they came out more like muffins -not really cookie texture....did they come out dry? if so, just bake them until slightly brown on the top...may take less minutes. are you using the vanilla pudding? i tried to use vanilla protein powder and they were awful....have to use the pudding mix.

Yup used the pudding mix. Ok they were more like muffins. Probably could have cooked a little less too. Thanks for response. Guess I was expecting them to be more like a cookie.

i was hoping they would be more crunchy like a cookie...not even sure why they are called snickerdoodles? i saw the recipe online... i'm making some tomorrow and will prob use one egg instead of two, maybe that will make them crunchier..:-)