llarends: Congrats on the loss! That's great.

selway: Glad you are feeling better about getting back on track

As for me, I did my third run yesterday. Am contemplating running every day, but not sure if I should. Right now I'm doing 2.5 miles every other day.

I will say I LOVE getting on the scale after a run.

Anyway, I'm a weigh every day type of person and I was down 3.2 lbs from Wednesday, but am now up 1.2 from there. However, overall I'm down 2 lbs from the start and it hasn't been a week yet. That's not too bad.

Yesterday despite the positive run (faster than the other two days as well), I was bad about my water intake. Going to make sure I hit the water intake mark today.

Have a great week, everyone!

Still haven't gone in to center to weigh in and still same weight- haven't gained but haven't lost. Work is crazy busy so at least getting lots of activity! Promoted at work and still getting used to new schedule for the last couple months.
Have actually been drinking protein shakes and grabbing protein bars for lunch. Dinner usually is lean protein and salad.
Would love to lose before vacation to the beach mid September!!
Good luck everyone and send me skinny vibes

bigdog - can you feel the vibes?

Just FYI - Diet Direct has all Proti-Diet products on sale for 10% off for the next 48 hours. They are comparable (I think they are the same) as the MRC HNS and they have more flavors. Orange, Tropical Fruit, kiwi melon and the hot chocolate are my favorites.

I'm just trucking along, the scale was slightly up yesterday (+0.6) but down again today (-0.7) so whatever caused the gain corrected itself.....
I am proud of myself for not turning to food the last couple of days during some stressful situations. I'm learning!

Have a great day!

bigdog: Hi! Great to see you back. Sending lots of positive energy your way.

selway: I must be on the same diet vibes as you are. I was up yesterday (+1.2). Got on the scale today and I'm down (-1.4). I will take it!

Was planning on going for a run this morning but it is pouring down rain I'm in my running gear, though, so if there's a break in the weather, I'm on it.

Yesterday was a bit rough. First day this week I went over my calorie intake. Luckily, I was pretty good on food choices, just ate too much. Just had to remind myself that it was a blip and overall I'm doing great. Stress and being at home all day is a dangerous combination. Looking to make today a better day, calorie wise.

No running yesterday due to rain, but was super careful about my food. Got all my water in as well. Scale moved down a pound this morning. I've never been good about getting all the water in, due to working. Now that I'm on a hiatus from work and at home, it's much easier to get all the water in and I can tell it's making a huge difference.

Heading out for a run, which will melt a little more off the scale as well It's now been a full week since I've been back on program and I've lost 4.4 lbs!

Edited to add: ran faster than previous runs this week official post run I am down 5.2 lbs this week!!!!

CelcticHarpie - we must be connected. I am down 1.4 pounds this morning too - but wont' be surprised if some of that comes back tomorrow due to water or whatever. 4.4 pounds in a week is awesome!

We have fires burning all around here and the air quality is terrible - there are advisories out to limit outdoor activities, burning bans, etc. Your posts about running have made me itchy to go for a run, but I will have to wait a little bit....

Water makes a huge difference for me too. It definitely helps keep my hunger in check also.

bigdog - still sending the positive vibes!!

llarends - having a good week?

Everyone have a great day!!!

Feeling really good this week. I got in a really long walk on Sunday and then again today. I ate off plan on Saturday evening. Went to a pizza place for dinner and I ended up having 2 small slices of margarita pizza with chicken made on an ultra thin crust. It's weird, because I really don't even like pizza but it is one of my husband's favorite foods and I sort of just went with it to keep him happy. He is really supportive of my diet and eats the foods I eat on plan. He is a total foodie who loves to cook and I know he is making some sacrifices so I can stay on plan.

For those on maintenance, I'm curious, will I be able to incorporate some of those **bad** choices back into my plan once I get all of the weight off. Obviously, I know I can't go back to eating the way I used to, but I have never really eaten a lot, I think I was consuming way too many carbs and am realizing that carbs don't agree with how my body processes food.

llarends - good question! I am not on maintenance, but here is my perspective. I think if we pay attention and experiment a little, we will figure out what our trigger foods are and what foods our bodies just really don't like. By trigger foods, I mean the foods that if you start eating them you can't stop at just one. For example - one of my trigger foods is nuts (almonds, peanuts). If I don't weigh them out into little baggies, I could eat the whole bag/jar - and when I finish my 1 oz of nuts, I really have to restrain myself from going to the pantry and eating 3 more pre-weighed bags! With the foods that we are sensitive to (mine is either carbs or gluten, not exactly sure yet) - we will have to eat those in moderation. We will likely see gains after we eat them, but clean eating the rest of the time will balance out the "bad" foods. I know some people plan a "cheat" day where others just try to follow an 80/20 rule - 80% of the time it is clean eating and the other 20 is more relaxed. I think deprivation is part of why I struggled and yo-yo dieted for so many years. After I reach my goal I will have to work in some planned cheat days to prevent the binge/depression cycle that I go through.

Anyway, my $0.02! I have a question too. How often does everyone weigh themselves? I have a love/hate relationship with my scale. Up 0.1 pound today, but expected since yesterday was a big drop (-1.4).

Have a great day!

It's been over a month since I have been on here but I would really like to be more connected to other people doing MRC or MRCish plans. I read this thread and it is the first I am hearing of Proti-Diet so I am thankful I checked out the forums. I took about a month off of MRC and was up 2 pounds, which is really good for me considering I drank beer and ate a lot of off plan meals. Felt like I was maintaining in a way even though I was a bit up. I am very close to goal weight (about 7 pounds) and have mentally just not been able to stay on plan. I really want to get to that magic number if for no other reason than to beat this mental block. I am going to try the meta-quick or whatever they call it for a few days to see if I can jumpstart this again!

Celtic Harpie, Wow! 5.2 lbs in a week. I'm jealous! :-)

Selway, I am really hoping that I can use the 80/20 type plan like you mentioned. I also hate feeling like I'm being deprived and although the counselors at my center are great and really supportive, they are super negative about going off plan and don't even really like to discuss it.

Ickiehl, Welcome back.

This week I have stayed on plan and have been getting in a lot of physical activity. I feel like I should have a big loss, but I also get on the scale daily and I'm up about a pound. I'm going to drink tons of water today and try to see if that helps before my official weigh in at the center tomorrow. I'm so close to the 20 lb mark but it seems like it's taking forever!

Sending good vibes for everyone to get through the weekend.

llarends I had a really good talk with a counselor at my center last week about meeting people where they are at. For about a month I just could not stay on plan. I mentally was not in it and every second felt like torture waiting for my next meal. I just wasn't there and I was so glad that one of them finally kind of accepted where I was at and that I would get back to it when I was in a mental place to do so.

Surprisingly these first couple days on the Meta-quick whatever has felt easy. I expected more mental anguish while adjusting to only eating one meal of "real" food and then two shakes. But I have been able to make my one real meal lunch so that I don't feel like I am going all day without eating. It's felt surprisingly fine. I would really like to hit goal weight within the next month. Just the sound of the word "maintenance" is music to my ears right now.

Be strong this weekend everyone! You can do it!

Hey Celtic, Selway and everybody!
Chocolate Truffle protein shake w strawberries this morning for breakfast and drinking water like crazy! Am on the exercise bike while I'm typing this. It's a new day and I will lose weight this week! No excuses- just doing it!
Picked up bob Harper's new book - Skinny Habits - the 6 secrets of thin people from the library yesterday to get myself in the right mindset. It also has the Skinny Rules Recap from his other book.
Rule 1 - Drink a large glass of water before each meal- no excuses!!!
Rule 3 - eat Protein at every meal- or stay hungry and Grouchy
Rule 9 - stop guessing about portion size and get it right- for Good
Rule 18- go to bed hungry

Skinny Habits Recap-
Reengineer your environment - rig your home, office, and social life to accentuate the people, places, and things that support your goals, and de emphasize (or eliminate) those that don't.
6. Dress for thin. Do not hide behind your baggy clothes........

This book is great! He calls it feeding your brain . I've lost weight so many times- reach my goal and then gain it ALL back!!
I'm not motivated by the leaders at MRC but love the diet plan and it works! ESP for a 50 plus woman in menopause whose husband is a chef/co owner of restaurant and food is his life!

Who is doing this on their own? How do you stay motivated day by day?

bigdog I might have to download that book, it sounds good. Going to bed hungry is tough sometimes, but sometimes it is motivating to me and makes me feel like I am going to wake up to a good weigh in.

I had one HUGE cheat this weekend. We had our fantasy football draft party and I ate pizza and drank beer. I felt fine about it until I got mad at my self financially for spending the money to do Metaquick and then ended up salt logged for weigh in. I was down half a pound, but prior to the pizza/beer binge I was down 3. Oh well, still moving onward.

My goal this week is to stay on Metaquick until I weigh in Friday morning. If I continue to yo-yo I might as well not spend the extra money and just get to goal slowly eating real food.

bigdog - sounds like a great book, I will have to read that. Thank you for the recommendation!

llarends - Yes, the 80/20 plan will have to wait for maintenance. Unfortunately, I react so badly to "bad" food that it will probably be more of a 90/10 or 95/05 for me to maintain .

lckiehl - I seem to do fine on Meta Quick if I only do it for 3-4 days. Any longer than that and I end up cheating BIG time and undoing the whole week that I just paid extra $ for. I like the shakes, so it's not that, just feel HUNGRY.

Things are going well for me. I knew the weight that I had quickly gained from some summer splurging would come off quickly and now I am back (close to) to the weight that I can't seem to get below. Excited to knuckle down and do it this time!

Everyone have a great day!!!

I've been sticking with the plan very well. I've had 2 bad meals in the 6 1/2 weeks I've been on, but I'm really struggling to hit the 20 lbs mark. I can't complain about hunger or cravings because I haven't had those. But I'm starting to get frustrated. It's hard to stay optimistic when you are either gaining a 1/2 lb or losing the same 1/2 lb week after week. The counselor told me the other day to try to drink 5 proteins per day instead of 3 to see if it will bump up my weight loss. I told her I would try it for a few days, but if I didn't notice a change, I wasn't going to keep doing it as I'm not hungry in between meals and it makes that plan that much more expensive.

I'm going out of town with Friends this weekend. Usually that would mean gas station chips, sodas, candy,etc. Last night I was cutting up cucumbers, peppers, and celery and I went and bought cheese, unsalted almonds, and Nut Thin crackers and made my own hummus out of chick peas, olive oil and garlic. I think this made the hubby a little sad. He said this doesn't look like Road Trip food. I told him to feel free to have whatever he wants, but I've paid MRC until December so I have to do my best to try to stay on plan so it's not a total waste of money.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!