I have been away for a while and was trying to catch up then decided I would just start with today and go foward from there.
I did very well over the holidays. I was down 6 pounds and was proud of myself for that. I was at my parents house and was able to have enough self control to stay away from most of the holiday treats. I have stalled since I have been back though. I have had 3 WI and the first one was the down 6 pounds. I have stayed the same for the last 2 WI. I am frustrated but am hoping for a loss on Friday.
Again they asked me about the HNS's and where I was getting them. I try to take 2 of theirs and 2 other ones each day but have not been doing that this week. I don't understand why they can't foucs on the fact that I have lost 44 pounds on this plan so something must be OK with the other HNS's that I have been using. I just needed to vent about that.
I hope that I will be close enough to my goal by the time my program time is up that I won't have to purchase additional program time and can go right to stabilization. I'm going to work very hard to get to that goal. I have until the end of March to make it and have set my mind to reaching it. Then they won't be bothering me about the HNS's and where I purchase them.

[QUOTE=nwcgina;4165204]molglo-you would have to compare the nutritional content of the two. You would have to make sure they have the same calories, fat, protein, and carb content.

Would you (or anyone) happend to have the nutritional information for the shakes so that I can compare them with either the Atkins or some other shake options.

should have went to WI today but have been tired and headache... started taking MRC6 during last week after listening to the counselors go on and on about having it in my bag and not using it. Stopped taking it today and headache is gone and not tired...wondering if connected .. anyone else ever experienced this?

Gosh ynapier, I haven't seen you on here in a while! Your weight loss is awesome! You must feel and look great. I think you can get to your goal by March. Why don't you simply not tell them your are getting some of yur HNS elsewhere? Just write HNS on your journal... They will always bug you because that's how they make their money. I don't find the price to be lower than the center when I buy them in 10s, so I mostly buy 'em there. I do look for different flavors on Diet Direct and have gotten their DEADLY bars.
Maybe your center keeps closer track of what you buy ths mine seems to... Regardless, you have done so well!

I have considered MetaBalance too- I get SO hungry with no snacks. I got the sheet but haven't done it, don't really know why. As I recall, you exercise a lot, so MetaBalance might be effective for you, Gina.

Y-glad to see you're back!! I am going to ask about it tomorrow. I haven't been exercising as much as I would like because I don't have enough energy/am hungry. I want to get back to exercising 30-45 minutes 6 days a week.

Make sure to post about it- I am really curious what they tell you and what you ultimately decide. I feel really tired so often. I take the vitamins but I don't tell them how I feel anymore cause they just try to sell me more supplements. I don't want to spend that much money! And there is ZERO proof to back up most of their claims.

I will let you know. My consultant knows I'm a no go on any supplements besides vitamins & fish oil (I do take a b complex vitamin along with my multi). My mom is on metaslim too and she's been talking about how hungry/weak she is as well. I hate to mess up a good thing (I was down another pound again today, this is the time of the month after TOM when I rapidly lose)...but I also want to workout more. I DID do a modified metabalance yesterday just to see how it felt (I was going off what I could glean from the message boards as my consultant wasn't in and I wouldn't talk to another one) and I had more energy, wasn't so hungry (don't get me wrong, I was never "full", but just comfortable). And I did a killer Jillian workout that I can feel in my legs and back (in a good way).

Oh, and we had the discussion on another thread about muscle loss/body fat. From my calculations after doing a body comp yesterday at work I've lost 7 lbs of muscle (of my overall 23 lbs). Some muscle loss is expected and I know I can rebuild it....but I have to be able to have the energy to workout.

Well, I went last night for my first weigh in, although I am still in preconditioning. I am down 4.5 lbs since thursday. I think my counselor was more excited about it than I was. I also went to their food class, I didn't realize that cottage cheese and hidden valley ranch dip would taste so good. I have never liked cottage cheese, guess maybe for the texture but at least now I have a decent salad dressing for my salads. I go back on friday to get my food plan. I am just hopeful I can stick with this... I always lose motivation after a month or so..

I do just write HNS on the journal and about once a month they will ask me where I'm getting my stuff. I use body fortress from Walmart and do aout 2/3of a scoop. That keeps the calories and protien similiar to MRC's HNS but more cost effective. I will probably purchase soem form them on Friday when I go WI.
I feel so much better since I have lost the weight and I don't understand why they don't focus more on that instead of the bottom line. I'm off my soap box about that now though, at least until they ask me again about the HNS. :)

OK, this time I'm not alone in my office and the project manager is laughing at me laughing. I don't dare tell him what's making me laugh so hard. Thank God for our wonderful husbands. It was like reading exactly the same thing with us. He will tell me how beautiful I am and compliment me and I think he needs to get his eyes checked or wonder how much he's had to drink. As a matter of fact, a few years ago he had lasik(not sure how to spell it) and when he tells me stuff like that I will tell him that I don't think his lasik took. He tells me he has perfect vision in his eyes and heart.

Had an awesome talk with my consultant. Told her I was losing but with increasing activity was just really, really hungry. So she didn't even suggest a supplement, she said "let's try you on this other plan" and described metabalance and is sending it to me. So we are going to try it a few weeks. If I continue to lose and can be active then that's what I'll do to finish out. If it stalls me, we'll change back. I am close to my goal and making good progress...this plan sounds so much better for the activity level I want...It was good for me to have a few months where I didn't do much activity and just focused on eating. Before I would exercise and overeat either as a reward or feel it was justified...now I know nutrition is first and foremost.

Little Late Posting - 51 pounds gone!
 

Hey, guys -

Everything has been crazy over the holidays. I didn't have any major gains and went for a weigh-in last week to discover I'm down 51 pounds overall! So excited!

RN - I wouldn't sweat the .2 pound gain... there are so many ways our weight fluctuates! I've noticed over the course of the plan that my weight fluctuations vary greatly depending upon stress and sleep. If I miss a few hours of sleep (which happened alot this week with a sick kid) or if I'm stressed out, I can gain as much as two pounds at a WI... depressing, but it's just how my body reacts.

I love reading the threads on here and the amazing support on here. Best wishes for awesome weigh ins this week!

HI Everyone--I'm back after a few weeks off. My center didn't want me to, but I completely went off plan from Thanksgiving through this past weekend. I gained about 8-10 lbs, which was more than I would have liked, but I'm back at it now and am down 3 lbs in just a couple of days. I have to tell you though, it was worth it--I baked and did fun stuff with my kids and really enjoyed all the family time without worrying. I'm back at it now though, and hope to lose about 40 lbs. I'm really really going to try to be OP the whole time. I'm taking a little different approach this time, and hopefully it will go quicker than last time. :)

I left a message on maintenance forum for anyone on maintenance. I need an answer to a question.

Thanks
Patzi