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..
GOOD FOR YOU!
I don't like cottage cheese either. I've been using the Wishbone Salad Spritzers (Balsamic Breeze). Do you mix the cottage cheese & HVR in a blender to make it smooth?
As far as the powdered/concentrate supplements, I can recommend the Kiwi Melon (tastes like green apple) and the Mixed Fruit Fiber (pretty sweet - tastes like fruit punch).
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.
know exactly what you mean! i love, love this program but would get my barbs up when they started harassing me about purchasing supplements and HNSs from them. seriously, i paid them over $300, that was enough! i actually would have bought a few HNSs from them but when i'd want something, they'd be out of it. wanted to buy the Metabol recipe book from them and they were out. wow. thank goodness for you guys on this forum!! i'd read stuff here and then go to center and ask them and they'd be like, yeah, we have recipes, tips on eating out, etc. anyway, glad i knew from these boards what to ask for :-) i leave my pocketbook in the car when i go in to weigh!
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.
Ok, who does this? when i have a good weigh in at the center, i'll weigh myself again at home, stripping off all my clothes! i just want to see that number again...then i dance around. then usually will grab something i've havent worn in awhile to see if i can get into it! i feel like i'm still in the honeymoon stage of this diet plan and usually w/ other plans, i get bored and quit and regain.
for those of you that are hungry, are you drinking at least 4 HNSs a day? or maybe try some fiber supplements to fill you up? or maybe you are exercising more that i am (i do need to step up my activity) i walk 5 days a week for 40 minutes... i do take women's daily vitamin, (2)B-6, B-12, 2 fish oil capsules, calcium pill daily... few times a week, take fiber supplements....
don't take any supplements from MRC.. i prob should get more sleep- will stay up too late reading lots of nights, then pups wake me up around 6:30 am to walk...
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.
What is MetaBalance? Are you able to share the sheet?
Thanks.
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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.
Would you mind letting me know where you buy your HSN's? The ones at the center are expensive and I would like to find alternatives. Thanks.
bigdog-I was drinking 4 HNS's a day. It used to keep me satisfied, but when I upped my activity it wasn't enough. I had weakness that didn't allow me to do what I wanted and was hungry. I'm training for a Warrior Dash in June and maybe a 10K or half marathon in October. Oh, and since I weigh at home & call in I don't do quite the same, but if I'm .4 or something away from a really great new number, I'll go do a Jillian workout to sweat it out to get down...then dance around or grab the measuring tape.
molglo-you can ask your center for the metabalance. I'm not able to distribute it since it is copywrited. I think some people buy from diet direct, but overall their prices are very similar. I do buy some whey protein at walmart, but you have to compare the nutritional value. If you don't have the nutritional info, you can always find it on myfitnesspal.com. Most of the MRC stuff is entered in there.
Loving the metabalance plan...and still losing. Was able to go for a 2 mile run/walk last night (and mostly run...before I couldn't run b/c my legs were so weak). And I realized last night when I was stretching...I am down 24 with MRC, but I am down 60 POUNDS since my highest weight.
bigdog-I was drinking 4 HNS's a day. It used to keep me satisfied, but when I upped my activity it wasn't enough. I had weakness that didn't allow me to do what I wanted and was hungry. I'm training for a Warrior Dash in June and maybe a 10K or half marathon in October. Oh, and since I weigh at home & call in I don't do quite the same, but if I'm .4 or something away from a really great new number, I'll go do a Jillian workout to sweat it out to get down...then dance around or grab the measuring tape.
molglo-you can ask your center for the metabalance. I'm not able to distribute it since it is copywrited. I think some people buy from diet direct, but overall their prices are very similar. I do buy some whey protein at walmart, but you have to compare the nutritional value. If you don't have the nutritional info, you can always find it on myfitnesspal.com. Most of the MRC stuff is entered in there.
Loving the metabalance plan...and still losing. Was able to go for a 2 mile run/walk last night (and mostly run...before I couldn't run b/c my legs were so weak). And I realized last night when I was stretching...I am down 24 with MRC, but I am down 60 POUNDS since my highest weight.
Gina, i would definitely do the Metabalance and keep up your activity and stick to your goals. i'm planning on doing weight training and increasing my exercise (biking more and going to try some fitness videos) i think that is the key to keeping the weight off plus i feel wonderful when i exercise :-) the scale is our guide to weight loss for this plan but how we feel is the most important - and congratulations on the loss of 60 lbs! woo hoo!!!!!
I told my consultant that if I stall on metabalance I'll cut back on activity and go back to metaslim...but that the activity is good for my mental health It's me time and it makes me feel so good. I'd be okay even staying at this weight if I lost about 2 more inches on my waist She said she'd rather have me going back to the activity too. I guess the manager there is a fitness instructor and agreed that it was the best plan for me. But it was good for me to cut out the activity for a while.
GOOD FOR YOU!
I don't like cottage cheese either. I've been using the Wishbone Salad Spritzers (Balsamic Breeze). Do you mix the cottage cheese & HVR in a blender to make it smooth?
As far as the powdered/concentrate supplements, I can recommend the Kiwi Melon (tastes like green apple) and the Mixed Fruit Fiber (pretty sweet - tastes like fruit punch).
I tried the wishbone salad spritzers, I thought they were awful! And yes I took the cottage cheese, with the HVR and I added a little water to it to make this dressing thin and blended it in my blender... it turned out very yummy!
Well, it has been a couple of days since I have been on here...busy, like everyone
I am on "Stabilization" and this is my 2nd week on Menu #1...lol If you gain after the first week, you don't get the next menu...so here I am!
I had a WI with the center within 4 days of starting Stabilization, and 2 of the days was away celebrating my anniversay with the hubby...and not making great food choices. It is hard enough being away, but I get into this mode when vacationing that what I eat shouldn't matter, cause I am on vacation!! Hmmm...I may need to rethink that mentality.
Anyway, back on track now that I am home, and I am hoping to graduate to menu #2 at my next WI
Sounds like we are all plucking along one day at a time, and many are losing big time! Great job!!!
Hi everyone. Leo, how are you doing today? I have been so crazy busy at work I only have a minute, but there are so many posts I want to remark on.
I am going to be selfish for a minute and whine/complain and hopefully get some wonderful advice and spirit lifting comments from all of you amazing people. I am stressing and I am soooooooo hungry sometimes. I'm drinking 4 HNS's a day and staying OP really well. The hunger is really bothering me. Anyone else struggling this much? I have also stressed with my sons.....one 15 year old and one 12 (feb 4 he'll be 12). My oldest is a typical teenager, defiant, hard-headed, just got learners permit and knows everything already, and a good, good kid, but has semester finals today and tomorrow and because he knows everything is refusing to study. Trust me, his grades reflect how little he knows. He's passing, but by the skin of his teeth. My 12 year old had a horrible toothache yesterday and I took him to the dentist this morning. He had to have a root canal that cost me $335. UGH. Yes, that was with dental insurance. Anyway, all of this stress is getting to me. I want to go buy a king-size hershey bar and a 12 pack of coors light. Not sure in which order, but I want them both. I'm sure my body is in shock too from the diet. LOL
Hi everyone. Leo, how are you doing today? I have been so crazy busy at work I only have a minute, but there are so many posts I want to remark on.
I am going to be selfish for a minute and whine/complain and hopefully get some wonderful advice and spirit lifting comments from all of you amazing people. I am stressing and I am soooooooo hungry sometimes. I'm drinking 4 HNS's a day and staying OP really well. The hunger is really bothering me. Anyone else struggling this much? I have also stressed with my sons.....one 15 year old and one 12 (feb 4 he'll be 12). My oldest is a typical teenager, defiant, hard-headed, just got learners permit and knows everything already, and a good, good kid, but has semester finals today and tomorrow and because he knows everything is refusing to study. Trust me, his grades reflect how little he knows. He's passing, but by the skin of his teeth. My 12 year old had a horrible toothache yesterday and I took him to the dentist this morning. He had to have a root canal that cost me $335. UGH. Yes, that was with dental insurance. Anyway, all of this stress is getting to me. I want to go buy a king-size hershey bar and a 12 pack of coors light. Not sure in which order, but I want them both. I'm sure my body is in shock too from the diet. LOL
Hi KG! I'm doing just fine today! I'm sorry your sons are stressing you out! Pre-teens & teens are just RASCALS! Just think, you'll be on VACATION very soon so hopefully, you can hang in there until then. Also, that unexpected $335 IS quite a hit to the wallet, but be thankful you have the money to pay. Your son isn't in pain anymore (which is PRICELESS). Maybe "Mr. Know It All" needs some consequences if his grades aren't where you'd like for them to be.........
I'm not a "stress eater" but I'm sure there's a thread here that addresses it and gives tips/pointers on how to handle it.
As far as the hunger goes, I've noticed that at times I'm hungrier than others - even though I'm sticking to the plan (usually between lunch & dinner). I try to combat it with chugging water (temporary fix). I'm also drinking 4 HNS's per day. I'm going to mention it when I go weigh-in tomorrow, but I have a suspicion my counselor is going to tell me to either 1) increase the HNSs; or 2) purchase one of their products to curb my appetite. We'll see, but in the meantime, I'm researching NATURAL appetite suppresants, fat burners, carb blockers and if you have time, I encourage you to do the same. As someone else posted, MRC's supplements have NO science behind them, which really turns me off plus, I'm not interested in having to depend on (or feel like I have to depend on) manufactured supplements for sustained weight loss.
Tomorrow is a new day & I hope you're feeling better!
KG-when I first got on the program I was HUNGRY until I learned some ways to combine my HNS with no calorie beverages (soda, decaf coffee, tea) to help with the hunger. That made a huge difference for about 2 months...then I lost over 20 and started getting active again and got hungry again so they switched my plan. (Stress definitely uppped my hunger).
Molglo - The protein I use is Body Fortress from Walmart. I don't like chocolate so I get the vanilla and then add crystal light for variety. I know they have chocolate and cookies and cream but am not sure what other flavors they have. The center really does NOT like me using other HNS. I usually do 2 from the center and 2 of the BF each day. Sometimes I only do 1 from the center. Good luck.
So far still losing on metabalance...so happy. I'm still never "full", just satisfied. More energy. i honestly still can't believe the number I am seeing...162?? Me?? Never, never, never...I still think of myself as 182...180's have been part of my life for a long time. i'll probably have a heart attack when I hit the 150's
For those of you starting out...keep with it. It does work if you follow it. My only off plan moments in 2 1/2 months were having 2 Christmas cookies on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. I haven't had pizza, subs, fries, PB sandwich, sweets...the list is long...since Oct 31 and I'm not missing it. Oh sure, if I see/smell/think a lot about pizza I really want some, but the end result is worth the temporary restriction. And then when I hit maintenance I can figure out how to add back in some of those things in smaller, less frequent quantities to keep myself at a healthy weight.
Pre-teens & teens are just RASCALS! Just think, you'll be on VACATION very soon so hopefully, you can hang in there until then. Also, that unexpected $335 IS quite a hit to the wallet, but be thankful you have the money to pay. Your son isn't in pain anymore (which is PRICELESS). Maybe "Mr. Know It All" needs some consequences if his grades aren't where you'd like for them to be......... 
