I'm so glad my kids' "good" candy is all gone! :dizzy:

Today is day 3 of pre-condition for me and despite being TOM, I'm down 3 pounds. I'm going to Food Instructional today and anxious to see my meal plan!

Tonight is the dreaded lingerie shower--one of my very good friends is hosting it and was asking my opinion on her menu choices and I just thought, "I'm screwed." However, I woke up today with a better attitude and hoping to get more motivated at the meeting today.

I had maintenance weigh in today and stayed the same, 5 pounds under goal.. I have decided with Thanksgiving coming up, I will stay close to the green Meta Slim menu, vs. maintenance, so I can enjoy myself on the holiday.. So I will not try anything new and will stay OP .

Congrats to all that lost weight, and congrats to any new comers, in the event I have missed anyone.

Have a wonderful day and remember stay focused, stay OP as it is all worth it.

Patzi

Bogdog, don't forget that just last week you were on vacation, too. I would suggest using this weekend to buckle down. Fish, lots of water, etc. Plan your meals for the week and keep to your plan. I bet you will soon see a nice drop. I have gone off plan a number of times lately, so this is also my advice to myself!

camaswa..
On another posting subject you mentioned wanting to make soups without using supplements.. I have never used any supplements on the recipes, or in anythng I ever cooked while on the diet. I always substituted.. If you are not sure what to substitute with, come on this forum and ask, and I am sure one of us can help you.

When I boil veggies, I always keep the broth and put in fridge and use that many times for my base. I use tomatoes lots, and herbs to spice the soup up. One of my favorite spices when I make soup is the Herbs de Provence. Not too sure of spelling, but that is great.. Use any herbs for flavor, even Mrs. Dash. I put leftover chicken in many of my soups. Can you have beans on your diet? If so, you can add the beans in there, also. But don't worry about the supplements, just exchange with something else.

Hope this helps
Patzi

i'm debating about driving over (an hour away) to the MRC center to weigh in. i'm down 2 lbs on my scales but prob. on their's nothing. as soon as i got back from vacation, started drinking tons of water, was back OP, eating eggs, cheese, lean meats...did have fish and squash last night.

i meant to ask you guys, does any one take fiber supplements? if so, which ones?
Ok, guess i'm getting in car and driving over....hope i can get a good pee in when i arrive before i get on the scale.!! LOL and TMI!!! :)

Hello!

With the creamies, I like the double chocolate pudding... I make it and pop it in the freezer for a fake chocolate ice cream... I also like the cappuccino, but I'm not a big coffee drinker anyway. We also use the creamy chicken with veggies and chicken boulion for cooking...

On the clothes sizing, I've lost 30 pounds and have gone down one to two pants size (20W to 16 now), but some dress pants are still a little tight! Also, I think it may be different, based on your body type, starting weight, and other things...

I don't take fiber, but haven't had a problem with that issue... yet! Although, the Fat/Carb blocker seems to get things "going" for me, if I have to use it before a restarant meal!

Good job on the weight loss guys!

Hi ladies,
Just got back from WI and I'm down a pound. I am .5 away from signing the 20 pound board and 1.5 away from goal. My weigh loss has been slow. I think I'm to an average of 1.14 pounds per week. I don't care. I'd like bigger numbers, but I want to keep it off for good.

I also got headaches at first and I was very tired. After about 2 weeks, that went away. But now my hair seems to be falling out. I'm totally taking my oil, what do you think is going on?

I do take some, just the Equate Fiber Therapy caplets. It's methylcellulose which is synthetically produced. It works for me, but when I'm out I'll try to find something more natural. I have diverticulosis and need the extra fiber.

I went to Food Instruction today and asked if the extra fiber would be a problem and she asked me how many calories were in it. Well, it's not listed. I assume that means it's miniscule? She said it was probably fine.

I got my menu--yellow! And I was wrong; just when I thought my menu couldn't be worse than pre condition, I got yellow! I'm sure there are worse, but I was really looking forward to something different. It seems I am more restricted now, but they reminded me I would also be drinking the HNS now so I should feel better.

It does make me want to skip the alcohol tonight at the party so that I can get started tomorrow instead of Monday. I figure the sooner I get it over with, the better.

My official weight loss was 3.5 lbs.

Just weighed in and am down 3 pounds - halfway to my 30 pound goal. I ca finally see it, too. Although no one else has commented... Oh well. The center went over my saliva test today and tried to sell me a ton of stuff. It is hard to say no, but I did. I told them I will take the results to my naturopath and see what he says.

I'm planning to have a NON-social weekend. Getting meals ready for next week and plenty of exercise. I always feel better when I do that. Have a good weekend, all!

:carrot:

1bighog-I just got done with yellow yesterday. Not going to lie, first day is tough, but it did get better...and I was so ready to be on blue today. I did a lot of "heavy" veggies for my salad: cucumbers, green peppers, celery...I don't do so well with lots of lettuce.

camaswa-congrats!! Halfway there!!!!

Did you do the olive oil/canola oil dressing? I can't believe those are my only options! I just called and asked if I really couldn't have any of the dressings listed on pre conditioning and they told me they'd prefer if I wait until green to add those.

I did. I actually made a big shaker of it so I didn't have to make it each time...then just tried to have my portion size be small.

Another thing you can do is put cottage cheese (a big carton-16 oz) in a blender/magic bullet with 1/2 pack of the ranch dip mix (just the mix-I like flavor so I'd probably use the whole pack) and then add water to it to make dressing. My sister did that and loved it. I just did the cottage cheese and some dill/garlic/parsley and used it as a dip. you just have to figure out how much cottage cheese of the dip/dressing you are using and figure that as part of your 1/2 cup allowance at noon. At noon I did 1/4 c cottage cheese and 1 oz cheddar cheese...so 1/4 c dip & 1 oz cheddar (I figured since you can do 1/2 cup cottage or 2 oz cheddar I'd just do half of both).

I did use the wishbone spray a few times. I had asked and she said that was okay. I don't like it real great...I liked the oil/vinegar dressing better.

Thank you, Patsi! It's definitely soup weather where I live! And like I said, I don't like those soup supplements.

that's fantastic Bighog! definitely drink the HNSs (clear) and the one creamy a day. i have at least 3 to 4 clear and they really keep me full and energized :-) i buy the pink lemonade in the big container from Diet Direct so mix that up in a blender w/ ice or just shake up in my blender bottle... you can do this!