faerychic,
The super veggie drink? did she explain the reasoning behind that? (just read in my materials that the super veggie drink keeps you "regular" so guess they are encouraging you to ....well you know :-)
from what i was told from the center, the Metabalance diet is for people that don't mind losing a little slower 1-2 lbs a week and the Metaslim diet is for those that want to lose faster 3-5 lbs. my friend that was on Metabal. just had 20 lbs to lose and she chose that diet because she wanted dairy in her diet. she hardly exercises at all.
if you want more recipes, the Metabolic Research facebook page has some great recipes and some great tips on keeping on track too. there are some links to recipes on this forum too. (much better than the cookbook) i bought the cookbook used on Amazon used...glad i didnt spend more than a couple bucks on it...
Planning ahead is the key to succeed on this program, i boil eggs ahead of time, have cheese cut in cubes, cut up cukes, celery, green peppers and put them in zip lock bags, grill chicken ahead of time. Flank steak is good too. this past week on a sales blitz w/ my boss, i ate cheese toast and a boiled egg in the am, put some frozen blueberries in my pink lemonade HNS powder and water (blender bottle) for mid morn., and had a protein bar in my pocketbook in case i got hungry... i carry some HNS powder in a zip lock at all times to put in water...
if i'm really hungry, i'll grab some extra protein and drink more water.

everyone is different but my weight gain came from too many carbs not protein. not really on the plan but if i can't get my veggies in, i drink V-8..the 35 cal. hasn't stalled my weight loss at all :-)
and Vent as much as you want!! alot of us on the forum have heard all different advice from the consultants....they go to training classes so i'm not sure why there are so many different answers out there! very strange..

Well, I think my tummy is about ready to get OP again. I'm going to give veggies a try tomorrow. Hope I don't get that bug again anytime soon

As for consultants...I always call in and get the same gal. If she's not available, I have her call me back. One time I spoke with someone else and was not at all impressed (even though she was the manager)...love having the same consultant cheer me on and keep me accountable. My parents go to a different center and have had several different people and are almost always told something different by different people...like which supplements to use, this that and the other thing. I think if i were going to a center I would be insistent on seeing the same person. At least you would get consistent info.

I'm in my busy season...so lots of packing meals. I have cheese cubes and boiled eggs ready, making turkey meatloaf muffins tomorrow, cutting up veggies...isn't it amazing to be losing in this season of eating??? At work on Friday they told me I looked like I had all the stuffing taken out of me and (lovingly) called me droopy drawers. Just 2 lbs from seeing my lowest weight since junior high!!!

Wow!!! I would love to be back at my weight from junior high. Congrats on that. I also love that during this time of cookies, and cakes, and candies, and pies, that I am losing weight. Not as quickly as I wanted, but to be honest..I'm sneaking some cookies (but telling my councilor) but I blame my work (not that I should do that) cause they bake them fresh during my shift. But I pop a piece of sugar free desert gum...apple pie or orange creme pop and I'm good to go...the smell goes away and the craving goes away.

I saw my old co-workers today and it had been 2 weeks. Even though I haven't noticed a big difference except in clothing...they said that I was significantly slimmer. Was so happy I think my smile made the lobby brighter. Have decided to remove my pic from my facebook page so that way when I put up another one when I am considerably lighter...it'll be....wow! Cassie you look fabulous!!!

this link is on the "more recipes" thread

MRC recipes http://mrcrecipes.blogspot.com
it has recipes put in categories based on ingredients.

also check out Metabolic Research Center's facebook page...they have some great recipes on there too.

BIg Dog..
It seems this MRC Recipes blogspot is from 2009, and says under construction, and I signed up to receive updates and have never received any...I have not seen any current recipes put in since 2009.However, the site as is has some great ones. Do I have the current site? I am going to check facebook now for their recipes...
Thanks for info
Patzi

i had subscribed to the site too and didn't receive anything so just use it as a cookbook :-)
just found this other website when i was looking for the Turkey meatloaf muffins recipe everyone was talking about. Jamie Eason's website

check this out!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbinfo.php?page=Recipes

Big Dog..
Want to thank you for mentioning Nashua Nutrition.. I ordered from them and was very happy and the samples were on target with MRC.. I received three free samples.. I still take Replacement Shakes and HNS when traveling or after the two parties I went to this weekend.. Talking about that, I got on scale and up two pounds. Have until Tuesday to get some of it off, hopefully all of it. Will do two days of shakes and then if still up stay on green menu, if not go back to full maintenance. I like the replacement shakes with HNS added to it. I enjoyed everything I ate and drank at parties and now back to being OP again . Next party is NY Eve.. I have 6 pounds under goal, so that is making me feel good about it. One thing MRC taught me is it is a way of life, and I don't feel guilty about anything I eat or drink on maintenance. If I gain weight with it, put it aside for another time.

Hope y'all are having a wonderful weekend... I am sipping shakes.. LOL

Patzi

Patzi,
even when i get to maintenance, i'll still be drinking some of the protein shakes and MSNs. it's the only way that i can get all the protein in that my body needs. i seem to prefer more vegetarian type meals -i'm not vegetarian but meat is not always appealing to me (i used to eat peanut butter sandwiches on lite bread all the time because i didn't feel like eating meat ). the last couple days, have been eating cottage cheese for my protein for lunch w/ fruit and celery. i'm going to make the turkey meatloaf muffins so i can have something easy to grab and eat on the run.
i love the protein shakes...that's my "dessert"
have a great Sunday! i really need to get it in gear and get some Christmas shopping done, then get ready for Christmas party at the Sailing Club- usually lots of salads and we're taking smoked salmon so should be ok :-) hoping they have champagne! we always toast the Sunset at the club!

thanks Patzi - I think in the future I will avoid this counselor as it is not the first time she has given me a hard time.

bigdog - thanks for the tip on the facebook recipes. I do have the MRC cookbook (waste of money) especially since a lot of the recipes call for HNS's which I cannot use with meals on Metabalance (HNS are used for snacks). I realize my weight loss will be slower but at least I am having fewer migraines on the meta balance plan. The counselor I met with yesterday was very encouraging and said to stick with it and would come up with something else for me if meta balance doesn't work. hmmmm...... maybe I should take the super veggie as I do have issues with constipation!

As for my meltdown...........I think I was just looking for an excuse to eat some junk food since I was feeling down as a result of my meeting with the bad counselor. I did have plenty of on plan food I could have eaten. I have to remind myself that food is not going to make me feel better when I am on a downer.

I appreciate everyone's input and am glad to have this forum for venting and encouragement!

faerychic, if you are constipated (TMI!! LOL!) don't you love this forum? buy the smooth move tea. (Walgreens, Walmart - can order online) drink it the night before. it's so good! (i heard that veggie drink is awful and you have to actually hold your nose to drink it!) that's prob. the main reason you're not showing a weight loss. also are you wearing light clothes when weighing in? i keep the lightest weight shorts and shirt that i have in my car so i'm not disappointed by a heavier clothes gain. i run into the b-room at the center, pee and change into my light clothes. if i could get naked i would! i don't even wear my usual padded bra! (TMI, for sure!!)
At the center one week after a vacation i lost 1 pound. the consultant that weighed me in started lecturing me and saying what can we do to help you, blah, blah and acting like i was this big fat failure. made me want to give up and i went out to eat that night not caring to stay on plan. i was happy w/ that 1 pound loss and they made me feel awful. then i remembered i'm doing this for me and refused to let them make me feel that way and got back on plan.
you can do this :-)

Cassie, the sugar free dessert gum is a great idea - getting some today!

Patzi, as always, you give better advice and tips than the center - Thank You! (you should be a counselor!)

Droopy pants Gina -too funny! last time i was at the Club (where i'm going tonight) a couple people asked me if had been eating and one asked me if i was on the grapefruit diet! (not sure where that came from?) LOL they kept telling me to eat, eat, eat... dang food pushers!!! i told them i ate before i came - hee hee

Oh my stars. I went out with my boss and a coworker Friday night. First of all, you know it's either going to be a really good night or a really bad night when your boss tells you not to wear anything with your work logo on it. I literally crawled home that night (or actually, the next morning) at 3:30 am and when I woke up, I was face down and fully dressed down to my boots.

Anyway, I'm sick of the same breakfast every morning...slice of bread & cheddar cheese under the broiler with a boiled egg...so this morning I decided to make recipe out of the MRC cookbook. I saw quite a few that I thought looked good but I'm running low on groceries so I decided to make the Snickerdoodle cookie. It's disgusting. Has anyone had this? Wondering what I did wrong. It's very rubbery and it just doesn't taste good. It calls for oatmeal and I know I'm not supposed to use instant. I had old-fashioned and quick oats in my pantry and I used the old-fashioned. Everything else seemed so simple--beaten eggs, cinnamon, artificial sweetener, vanilla pudding supplement--not sure where I went wrong.

bighog - wahahahahaha!!! too funny re: Night out ! for the snickerdoddles, when i made them it tasted like egg baked oatmeal so i started using just egg whites and they came out a little crispier... also before i ate them, i put in the broiler to crisp them up. i also sprinkled cinnamon and splenda on top before putting in broiler... i am still looking for that perfect MRC cookie - i want crunch!!!

i had turkey sausage w/ my egg this am for some variety and cinnamon toast... i also like mozzarella cheese mixed with my scrambled egg in the am so it's not so eggy....i microwave in a mug.... good on half of a lite english muffin too (tastes like egg mcmuffin open face..)

All- remember me swearing off protein bars.?..well forgot i ordered a bunch of pure protein bars from Amazon when i was ordering some CDs so they came in friday... great price BTW, $7.55 for box of 6...but dang, my weight loss is at a stall because here i go again, eating one or two a day. i've now put them in my car so i can't just reach in the pantry and grab one.
also, the other night, my DH (Chef) bought home a box of homemade cookies, i was like, you need to put them in your car and don't keep them in the house. he's like, they are for me. i told him i didn't care if they were in the house and i would eat them. so he says, no you won't, you have willpower. i was like, no i don't I WILL eat them...no power. he hid them and i did look for them and gave up! he's the type of person if we had a box of chocolate, he would expect it still to be there a month later. me, i would think about that box of chocolate every minute until it was gone!!!!

We joke that when people start at our work place we need to weigh them when they start, we guarantee they'll gain 10 in a year...constant potlucks, patients bringing goodies, esp this time of year. I could use a little extra money right now but am not going to work extra because there is so much good stuff there and it wouldn't help me! Then they joked I lost the weight because I was no longer working very much...it does help to not be around the stuff.

Making the Jamie Eason turkey meatloaf muffins again today. yum, they are good Stomach still not up to everything, but good enough to be fully OP.

Bwahahahaha....this is soooo much like my husband and I! In fact, after I read this, I read it to my husband and he goes...wow! That is us! I think maybe this might be his eye opener that the candy he has stashed in his desk should be moved cause I know exactly where it is. Thanks ladies for the laughs today...I really needed them!

1bighog - what a riot about your Friday night! hey, it happens.... And I didnt like the snickerdoodle either. I gave up on weirdly concocted recipes, they just seem like lame substitutes for the real thing. I have some ground turkey, so today I will try that mini-meatloaf for the week ahead. That one sounds really good.

Gina- you really sound like you have had a rough go with that stomach flu. Bummer.

and Bigdog, i have the same kind of husband- he actually buys stuff then FORGETS it. It is amazing and maddening. We have the same deal: he has to keep his candy bars in his car. But he works from home and likes things such as chips and cookies at lunch. Sometimes he actually puts them in his desk drawer. Sad but true.

do you ever wonder what happens to the people who post regularly then just disappear? I wonder about Razorback Candi, who lost like 100 pounds. And tdkTara. (something like that) Her posts were so intelligent. I just love it when I feel like I know people and can share in their successes. And I am finding i miss them when they stop posting.

My goal for this week coming up is to keep my head down and eat really clean. I'm lucky i got through this last week without a gain, but if I am going to make 5 pounds in December, this is the week to make progress. My daughter comes home from college on the 18th and will want all the foods she has missed. For one thing, we LOVE the peppermint bark from William Sonoma, and it is hard to imagine not continuing that tradition. Its funny how important traditions are to kids. As for me, a drop of peppermint in hot choc HNS would be fine. I also put sugar free egg nog flavor in a vanilla creamy - not bad!

Have a good week all. Keep your heads down!