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Originally Posted by MelissaV
Wow, Grace that is tough! I never knew! I guess if I have it, I'll have to live with it. The thought of doing that for two weeks just to spend the day on the toilet does not sound very fun.
Thanks for all of that information.
Yeah, not fun, but if your symptoms are really bad (rashes, abdominal distress, extreme weightloss or weight gain [I gained 60 pounds in 10 months due to the extreme level of sensitivity I had reached without knowing/putting it in check], migraines [I had DEBILITATING migraines], OCD behaviors, etc.), you really don't mind getting the diagnosis (even the "at home" version) because it sets you on the path to being HEALTHY for the first time in who knows how long. Believe me, I am very pleased to be the healthiest I've been in my adult life, simply due to removing wheat-gluten from my diet.
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Originally Posted by MelissaV
I'm not taking pics of the food. I'm just eating it. Most of it is very good. I did email my person and tell her to please make sure I never received another turkey concoction. I do not have the service you have, Grace...but, they are pretty responsive.
Well, bummer they're not so awesome, but good that they're not BAD.
Somewhat good news, eh?
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As of today, I'm down 3 pounds. It is working...as long as I follow the plan to a T...and don't add my own foods. Granted, I'm hungry..but, I'm losing. I'm hungry because I've been overeating!
Woo hoo! I mean, not "woo hoo" to being hungry, but if you are now learning the right portion sizes and how much of your plate needs to be protein vs. veggies vs. non-plant-carbs, that's all good stuff, right?
Yay! And HUGE congrats on the 3 lbs.! Way to go!!
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Originally Posted by RosieCat
Hi, All ! Tonight will end my 5th day on BMD and I am really happy with the food. My package is on the way and due on my doorstep tomorrow. I DID like the turkey! I have actually loved all the lunch and dinners but I am a veteran of the diet wars and have eaten some really weird concoctions in my quest for the body I vaguely remember having back in the summer of '72.
Yay, Rosie!!
Glad you're having fun with it.
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Well, it's time for me to head home to the pork loin dinner. Salmon last night was terrif!
Best to all- onward and downward!
I just love that phrase!!
How was the pork? Ooh, salmon. Yum!
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Originally Posted by MelissaV
Well, today was my official weigh in and I'm down 2.5 pounds. I was hoping for more with it being my first week...but, 2.5 is OK.
It's VERY okay!
You can see by my ticker what a slow loser I am! Less than a pound a week, here.
So, not ideal, but dangit, I'm SO going in the right direction. And that couldn't be said with certainty, back when I was "on my own."
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I just had the chicken fajitas and that was GOOD. I must say that I'm looking forward to "MY night".
I liked those at first, but found they were just a little too "oniony" for my tastes, eventually. But still good. (Heck, it's all good.)
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Anyone else weighing in? I'd like to hear it!
My weigh-in was yesterday and it's down from the high point of just a couple of days before, but not as low as it had gotten at my "random, not official weigh-in, step on the scale just to see how it's going" point on Sunday. But I'm 203.8 today and that's just gonna have to do. Like I said, it's down from earlier in the week but not as low as it could've been if I hadn't gotten spooked by Onederland, as I had mentioned earlier.
Whatever! It's all in the right direction, dangit!
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Melissa! 2 1/2 lbs is wonderful! Congrats!
I agree! I'd love 2.5 pounds in a week!! Maybe that'll happen at some point.
(Hey, a girl can dream, right?)
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My weight in is on Sunday mornings
Good luck! *fingers crossed* for you!!!!!
For all of us!
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I'm really hoping this works, cause I LOVE the food so far...yep, even the turkey...the turkey itself was so-so, but that cranberry sauce was to die for. It's amazing how different peoples tastes are. The chocolate was my least favorite protein drink, but I betcha it's alot of peoples favorite.
Not a favorite, here. I learned, though, that if I mixed 1/2 of a Protoccino Shake with 1/2 of a Chocolate Shake and used HOT water instead of cold, it made a really great mocha/coffee/shake thingy. And THAT, I liked.
By itself, the chocolate is too "gritty" for me, or something. Not sure how to describe it.
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Originally Posted by klc
Grace, don't let your mind turn Onederland into a spooky place. And PLEASE don't beat yourself up by second-guessing what you've already accomplished. You are incredible, successfully dropping the pounds with one arm tied behind your back with the gluten thing. You need to mosey thru the door and give those of us who are still on the yellow brick road a full report on how beautiful it is!! Go Gracie, go Gracie...
-Kathy
Kathy, I totally needed that. Thank you! Really big THANK YOU. You're right. I forget how big an obstacle I have with the whole gluten-free thing. That I lose ANY weight without hiring a personal chef to do EVERYTHING for me is a miracle. It's not easy and sometimes it's frustrating because--as much as I try not to/know better than to--I will compare myself and my progress to others and just get DOWN about how hard it is sometimes.
But I HAVE to remember that I am now 37 pounds DOWN from where I was at Christmas. That's HUGE! I didn't put on this weight all at once and I'm not going to lose it all at once either. Learning better eating habits, knowing what my plate is supposed to look like, and following a plan modified just enough that I can do it every day--from here on out--is key.
Thank you for the reminder. I and the 37 pounds I no longer carry around with me thank you!
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Originally Posted by Carrie3146
Know what I can't figure out for the life of me? Has anyone looked at the soups?! WHY do the packages all contain one and a half servings?!
I could understand if they were including a pre-packaged product (some of the snacks seemed to be that way too), but this is their own product, their packaging...it doesn't make sense to me. You're a diet plan, you're trying to teach and promote portion control and label-reading, etc...but you include a meal in your plan that doesn't make sense. Are you supposed to throw a part of it away uneaten?
Why don't they just make it a smaller package? Or, if you're supposed to eat the whole thing anyway, then SAY it is one portion, and just up all the nutrition info (calories, protein, fiber, etc.) accordingly.
Just my gripe of the night!
I don't know for sure about the soups, because they're not gluten-free and therefore I've never had them, BUT I did notice they do that with some of the snacks too.
Like the Lemon and Herb Protein Crisps for example. It says on the bag that it's 110 calories per serving. But there's 1.5 servings per bag. So that's 165 calories per bag
At first I was concerned, but then I remembered that my CSR had sent me a cool nutritional labeling chart including all of the calories and fat, protein, sodium, as well as ingredients. (This was when we were figuring out what was gluten-free and what I could have each day vs. what I couldn't have.)
When I looked at the "daily calories" calculation, any time I was to have a snack pack like that, they had it listed as the full bag's worth of calories on the grid. So, there was no need for me to calculate or only eat a portion of the bag. I was to eat it all.
BistroMD does "make" much of the food they send us, but they also have at least two other suppliers from which they order food (I know this because there's one from which I can never get stuff, b/c they dust everything with flour; the other is fair game, as is anything made by BistroMD's in-house team), so they can't ACTUALLY control that we're receiving a "serving and a half" (in terms of labeling), since they don't manufacture those snacks. What they DO do, though, is calculate that we will eat the entire bag at snack time, and that's calculated in that day's overall calories.
So, as long as you're not switching snacks so that you have a smaller one on a day when it had been calculated that you would have a "serving and a half" one, you're fine.
I can only assume that's the same deal with the soup. Your caloric intake for the day probably already accounts for eating the whole portion they sent. If you were to NOT eat part of it, you'd be under-eating your calories that day. No need to do that!
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Originally Posted by MelissaV
Grace, what KLC said.
Thank you. Y'all are awesome.
I'm going to have a great weekend. It is decided!!