Pamela, I answered your post as an edit in my last post to you, but apparently you didn't see it. I should have made a new post to be sure. I don't count protein grams at all so I don't know how many I eat nor do I eat within 30 minutes of waking up. I usually don't feel like eating that early. So, I ignore that requirement, lol, but it hasn't seemed to harm my progress any! :D

I am back down to 169 this morning! :cp:

Week 26:
1/11: 170 Cheat Day
1/12: 171.5
1/13: 170.5
1/14: 169
1/15:
1/16:
1/17:

Today's Meals:
Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, a teapot of green tea, Mio water
Lunch: chicken salad lettuce wrap, broccoli-cauliflower salad, Mio water
Snack: a handful of mixed nuts, a Diet Dr. Pepper
Dinner: ribeye steak, baked beans, a teapot of green tea, Mio water

pamela

best practice: Eat within 30-60 minutes of waking, get at least 20g of protein per meal, especially at breakfast.

I season up chicken breast and cook up the whole package (family pack) a couple of times a week, great on salads ect.

works great for quick easy breakfast or a anytime snack. cut a 2-3 ounce peice of chicken gives you some fuel & protien.

I cut the piece, stab a end with a fork, add a a favorite condimant, could be; hot sauce, honey- spicy- brown- mustard, ranch, ect,

completely mobile, can eat it anywhere in house in car, on the go. it's chicken on a stick!

that happens at 6am, then at 9am i have my 1st 4hr body balanced meal lentils and chunk of chicken, might be small might be big, depending on how hungry i am, I try to keep it small. then I eat again at 12:00 this one i make more substanail in size, Big spinach salad, or a pound of steamed broccoli

MY typical day of eating every 3 hours, minimize calories
6am 3oz chicken breast, cold on a fork
9am 3oz chicken breast & lentils, heated
12pm 3oz chicken breast & pound of broccoli heated or broccoli and lentils
3pm 3oz chicken cold on a fork
6pm nice big healthy spinach salad with my wife, loaded with onions, maybe an hardboiled egg, and 3oz of chicken

that basic meal plan add's up to 1000 calories, not counting condiments, thats a lot of food. throw in pitashio's for a snack, maybe at 3:00 or in the evening and calories for the sauce, im at 1200 1300 calories and loosing weight!

all meals are served with condiment to add sauce, for flavor.

day to day varies really in how hungry I am and how busy I am. I find the most critical meal of the day is the 3:00, that one set me up for success to avoid hunger after my dinner, so i make sure i eat enough that im hungry at 6:00 but not to leave myself short that after i eat a normal sized dinner im not still hungry.

I do the same thing with lentils, cook up a batch a couple of times a week, add with meals, I stick around a 1/2 cup or less, mix in on the 9-12-3-6 meals or skip the calories all together,

this morning woke up late, out of chicken, skipped eating, had a bowl of chilli at 9:00 was starving, going to do broccoli and letils for lunch. i have been having good results by skipping the chicken @ lunch. The protien in lenilts and the broc add's up to 20g and a lot more fiber

Oh shoot.. I see it now Jacqui, sorry.. I'm only getting "some" emails showing there are new posts.. that's weird... well, I'm here, so I'll just keep this page open and refresh every now and then for new posts.. that will be better probably..

Ok.. so some do eat right away, some don't... I'll see what happens when I wait til I get the girls to school.. that would be lots better for me..

Gary, Chicken on a stick sounds good! lol

Thanks Jacqui, Gary and Rennie..

Gary, amazing job on the preparation! :cp: I always have boiled eggs on hand since I eat them every morning (I boil them as soon as I bring them in from the grocery), but other than that, pretty much everyday about mid-day, my hubby and I look at eat other and say, "What do you want to have for dinner tonight?" Then we agree on something and usually have to pull some meat out of the freezer to thaw, lol! Tonight's plan is to have salad, steak and baked beans. (Baked beans aren't allowed on the actual slow carb diet, but since they are white beans in sauce, and white beans are allowed and I allow sauces in my modification, I allow baked beans.) :D

Pamela, oh that's okay! No big deal! I'm glad you asked again since you didn't see it. Plus, we got to read Gary's wonderful post in response! :yes: (And I agree, chicken on a stick sounds good, lol!)

Hi everyone! I need to do some catching up.

Welcome Pamela! I think I saw you were questioning the protein practice first thing in the morning when I was quickly breezing through. I've actually seen these in a few diets. It's good to maintain steady energy. Also, I've learned that as we know it is harder for us over 40 to lose weight and keep muscle, and I've read it is especially important for us to ensure we are getting a lot of protein.

That being said all, I am not losing right now. :mad: I wonder if I'm retaining water though, becuase I sort of feel like I am. May need to watch my sodium to see what happens.

So right now I'd be happy to be at 149 on Thursday. I adjust my goals personal weekly calendar and am aiming for 149 now for this Thur, and then two pounds after that. If this holds true I'll have lost the 10+ pounds I gained this past year right before going to the Carribean last week of Feb.

Oooooooh, send good karma for a whoosh. :?:

I'll log back in tonight or tomorrow to catch up with everyone personally.

Missy, I have my fingers crossed for you for that whoosh! :crossed: Be sure you are eating enough calories :hungry: and drinking enough water! :cheers:

TwoTots, good to see you :) glad you're back on plan :)

Gary, great job this week, you are working this out :high: I need to check out that tea ;) Good job on meal planning :)

Pamela, I responded to you on that on the last page. :) I think you are fine, like Jacqui said I think we are all modifying this plan in some way ( (I believe) :).

Thank Jacqui :) Woot back to 169, way to go :high:

Missy, good to see you, and ditto what Jacqui said :) sending good Karma your way :)

dt, and Joe where are you? :hug:

Hi all!
I'm going to give this diet plan a go and see how it works for me. I was doing IP for a few months and doing pretty well but am phrasing out now. Too expensive and restrictive. I can no longer take the astronaut packets everyday!! Started phrasing out by going low çarb/high protein with only a few packets a week and then started thinking about carb cycling figuring the cheat day would help me stay OP long term and stumbled on this thread. I started at the beginning of the thread and liked Jacqui's flexible attitude on a modified version of this plan, and most especially liked her success with it! (Great job Jacqui-you've inspired me!) Read the first 4 pages (on my kindle while not sleeping in the middle of the night) then jumped to the last page. Will catch up with the rest as able.

Later peeps! Hope you all havexa great day! :)

Must admit - I'm kind of scared about not having the official weekly weigh- in. Do you all generally weigh yourself everyday or weekly? I've noticed that you do Jacqui. Do you update your profile daily or weekly? I'm a newbie to posting so I'll apologize now for the stupid questions to come. :)

Hi sunlover :wel3fc: and to the thread, :) I weigh daily on another thread have been doing it for almost 4 years now :)


… my weight didn't stick. I'm feeling bloated this morning not sure why but I'm back at 172.2. It is what it is :D

Have a great day Everyone :hug:

Ok just saw the weigh-in question answered when Pamela asked it.

Yep-still can't sleep. Alarm goes off in less than an hour at 5:30. Hate when I'm tired but can't sleep! :(

You all are great with your encouragement! Love how you helped dt through that rough patch - and glad to see that you came back dt!

Wow! You're quite the inspiration as well Gary! Hope to keep up with you all!

Thanks for the welcome rennie! And the answer to my question. You're the one that I've been reading about working out right? I feel I need to get back into it again but I'm on my feet all day at work and I'm exhausted when I get home. Would be good for me though and I would probably sleep better. Too cold to go for walks or hikes outside this time of year and it gets dark so early.

In spite of the no dairy rule, that will have to be one of my modifications. I need my morning coffee with 1percent milk - but no sugar.

Thanks everyone...

Welcome to the plan Sunlover12!!! I haven't even started this diet yet and I love it here! Everyone is very helpful and nice.. and that's what I need right now.. (I haven't started yet because I had been on Weight Watchers for 2 years, lost about 40 pounds, then had problems with my walks, went off plan and messed up.. Then decided to try the I Love This Diet, which is a fake-out of the Nutrisystems diet (which I once did very successfully when me and my husband first got married, we were young, rich and childless, LOL) But I'm finding that I am having way too many carbs and always hungry, and was having too many carbs on WW too.. so I want something different, so I found this diet.. but I had purchased alot of the WW frozen dinners and I need to get through them before I start this diet.. maybe another week or so.. I bought alot of them because they were on sale.. dangit!

Forgot to add: gained 30 lbs..

So now.. what is a Whoosh?

Hi all! I'm offline for a couple of days and so much has happened! I finally caught up.

Dt hang in there! Maybe you need to take some small steps before jumping into a diet plan? For example, if I went to a fast food place daily I wouldn't be able to diet. Their food is seriously addicting. I'd suggest buying a cooler and packing snacks and a sandwich in the evening to take with you to work. Cut up veggies with hummus. Greek yogurt with a sprinkling of granola and/or fruit. A sandwich with turkey, etc on whole wheat bread. You'll save money, and you will feel great....and I'll bet you will start losing weight. And when you are ready to do the slow carb diet make a week's worth of chili and pack that with veggies, or your personal modifications. Anything is better than fast food. I love it, but so bad and addicting. I'm fighting that battle with my teenage daughters. :nono:

Hi Pamela. I caught up with your posts too. Regarding the cheat day, there are other diets that recommend a cheat day or cheat meal per week. I recently read in an old Muscle & Fitness magazine my boyfriend still has where they recommend that you would need to eat something like 8000 calories in a day to gain a pound that day. Mind you the audience for that magazine is male, but I believe I saw something similar in Tim's book. What is gained is actually water weight as carbs allow our bodies to hold onto even more water. I think for me since my weight loss is moving so slow I'll keep it to a cheat meal (after this weekend since I have a baby shower in the afternoon and a bday dinner in the evening on cheat day). Another of your questions regarding cream....Tim does allow a tablespoon or two of full fat creamer. He says to definately limit the amount of nuts you consume, as he mentioned he has made that mistake in the past of eating too many and not losing. Hence the reason I am avoiding nuts and peanut butter. Oh, I make a protein shake right when I wake up and it only takes a minute. Almond milk, protein powder and a few frozen blueberries (berries not allowed on Tim's diet, but it's my modification because they are low GI, and filled with antioxidents). You can buy the Pure Protein single servings at the grocery store and Wallgreens, etc. Hardly any carbs and enough protein (20something grams).

Oh! Rennie and Jacqui I can see you guys are doing fab as usual. You guys rule!! :carrot:

Gary, I am always impressed by how healthy and to plan you are keeping this. You are doing just as Tim Ferriss suggested and keeping it simple.

So I will admit I'm a bit frustrated again today about the lack of weight loss. I am feeling really healthy, and I feel stronger, so I know I must be gaining muscle. That can account to some of it, but I need the fat on top of the muscle to go too. lol

I am now doing about 80% slow carb diet and 20% clean eating program. I feel great though. This will definately be a lifestyle change for me. Only deviations from slow carb are I have incorporated are the blueberries in my protein shake, a morning snack (plain greek yogurt, a couple sliced fresh strawberries, and sprinkling of organic flax seed granola). To me it's like dessert, but it also provides so many healthy benefits. Everything else is lean protein, bean and veggies.

I also got the Slimquick fat burning supplement at the grocery store last night and started this morning. It has caffeine so I didn't bother making coffee, which actually saved me on time this morning. I read mixed reviews, but I think people who wrote reviews whom it didn't work weren't also dieting/excercising. This is meant to help boost your diet and metabolism...and it helps with water weight. I do drink water all day, so not sure why the bloating.