I hear you on that one... that was my downfall prior to starting MRC. I kept justifying my treats/cheats because I had done some type of activity... I'm still struggling with allowing myself treats - especially with this being toward my goal weight, I find myself allowing more slip-ups than I EVER would have before.
I decided, for me, the thing is to journal everything. I journal every bite, every morsel, every treat... I also own what I do... I did the fro-yo because I wanted to... why? Do I feel like I need to reward myself? Is it an emotional thing because I want to treat my kids? These past few weeks (with being on stabilization) I've come to realize that, while treats are okay in moderation, I need to limit it to once per month or so... occasional treats. And, THEN, I schedule in more exercise to try to combat some of what I'd done.
@Melissa.. I totally get it.. the reason WW never worked for me was because I could allow myself the cheats and make the points work or justify somehow. But I have not cheated once so far and I think it's because of the way the counselor explained that a cheat will kick you out of ketosis and you lose all that wonderful fat burning you have going on. She said one cheat can knock you out for 48 hours.. It's not worth it to me right now.. I hope I can say that in a month! But I guess you have to do what works for you.. You are training very hard and you've had success on the program.. so as long as you know that you have to "fix it" somehow (Metaquick or whatever) then do what you need to do and don't beat yourself up.
Fluffy You read my mind and what's funny is when I saw that I was thinking I had posted a response because I meant to but work interrupted me . My DH and I care for his elderly parents. dad in law has cancer and mum in law has Alzheimer's and live close to us. Good days and bad days. I liked following the MRC diet because at least I was getting healthy and at least had control over what I ate. Walking helped a lot too in reducing stress.
anjy99 - My counselors have never discussed ketosis. Could you elaborate a little bit on how they explained it to you and what the cheats do, please? Exactly how many carbs do you have to eat per day to kick you out of ketosis? And what are they considering cheats? I've googled this all before, but I think that I will do a little more research myself.
Anyone have time to explain Metaquick briefly? They have never discussed that either. When I asked what I should do if I strayed from the green diet, the counselor just said to get back on it the next day. That's it. I asked if I could go back to the yellow diet and kind of start over and they said no. That puts your body in starvation mode and you should only be on the yellow diet maybe twice a year. Anyone else heard that?
I wish that there was a MRC site that explained the science behind all of this better. Has anyone's center been helpful in this regard?
Hey all,
I am new to this site and i am already in love! I am hoping that someone might that the copies of the MRC menus? Money is a little tight at the moment but i am tyrint o still figure out a way to do this plan! I hope someone might be able to help me out!
I weigh in tomorrow and I'm nervous this might be my first WI without a loss. The scale at home hasn't moved much (185 - 186, always 2-3 lbs heavier at the center). I think I've been eating too big of portions, but I'm always so hungry, even if I have four HNS's.
One thing I am excited about is they are moving my center. The new location is good and they are giving away big prizes throughout the week. I hope to win a box of HNS's or something I can use
Hey all,
I am new to this site and i am already in love! I am hoping that someone might that the copies of the MRC menus? Money is a little tight at the moment but i am tyrint o still figure out a way to do this plan! I hope someone might be able to help me out!
No! We aren't allowed to post the menus. They are copywrite protected by MRC as proprietary and someone once got in major trouble with the 3FC people for doing this. Sorry.
sonnyrae - Don't you just hate the difference in scales? I have used scales at two different MRC, the medical clinic, and my mother-in-law's bathroom scale. No two say the same thing! That is part of the reason I don't have one at home. I become too dependent on it and what it says. I say go with the lowest number and how your clothes fit.
I think that we started at about the same time and last week I went through a period where I didn't lose much. I've tried to change up what I eat a little bit more and I started taking the Big 3 (MRC-6, cortislim, phentratrim). I think that it helped. I'm hungry a lot too in the afternoon/evening, so I just have to get out of the house, etc. to think of something else. I used to be a "grazer" when I was in the house and that habit is hard to break!! This has to get better, doesn't it? Let's just keep trying hard to stay on diet and keep moving.
How lucky for you that your center is having prizes! I had heard of one center that offered half off the program! Free HNS would be good too.
. Haven't seen that number in a long while.
. My DH and I care for his elderly parents. dad in law has cancer and mum in law has Alzheimer's and live close to us. Good days and bad days. I liked following the MRC diet because at least I was getting healthy and at least had control over what I ate. Walking helped a lot too in reducing stress.
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