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Sorry, couldn't help myself...I'm in an ornery mood!

malu!

Got the following response from the dietician:

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Thank youfor submitting your question to our Nutrition Department.


The Red plan does appear appropriate for you with youractivity each day. Plateaus during weight loss are common, and here are afew suggestions to help get you over your plateau, as well as help you get inall your foods:


Eating frequently can help to keep metabolism active and burning through out the day. Try to split her meals into 5-6 mini meals each day, and plan each meal to contain some protein or dairy in each. You can split either—proteins must be the same if splitting. Examples of small frequent meals include nuts & raisins, yogurt & berries, celery and peanut butter, chicken with broccoli & brown rice, LA Lite & tossed salad with cheese, LA Lite powder blended with yogurt and berries, etc. This can also help you to get in all your foods, so sitting down to 3 large meals is not so overwhelming.
Make sure you are getting a variety of all foods, and not eating the same type of foods at the same times, everyday. The body gets use to burning the same types of foods, so mixing it up can help to jump start metabolism. Try including a Carb craver menu items or some new recipes from the cookbook-to add variety and introduce new foods.
Change up your eating patterns, so to have different foods or types of exchanges at different times of the day. One morning, instead of a half protein & a starch, try a dairy and a fruit (like a smoothie) or a full protein & a vegetable (such as an omelet).Or try a Carb Craver cereal item with fruit for lunch-for a change of pace.
Try using combination foods, that use more than one exchange at a time, such as Biscotti, cereal bar, DeLites, etc.-to help get in all your exchanges.
Try smaller portion sized foods, such as beef vs. chicken, cheese vs. milk, nuts verses a full serving of chicken,
Incorporate the client include some light (approved by her dr. first) activity, such as walking–to help boost her metabolism.
Limit higher sodium foods, such as frozen & restaurant meals, deli meats, canned foods, cottage cheese, etc. - to no more that 2-3 times per week total, to help control any fluid fluctuations. Also, get in at least 10-12 glasses of water, as your body will retain more if it does not get enough.
Make certain to keep a very detailed diary-weighing and measuring all foods and recording all portion sizes, including fats, beverages, condiments, as well as meal times and duration of any exercise in time spent-to review your food patterns and energy needs.



Monitor your weight loss with these suggestions for the next10-15 days. Follow up with us, as well as he counselors in your centerfor further assistance. Please send a few days of your diary for use toevaluate further at that time.


We will forward a copy of this email message to your centerso that they may further assist you with your program.

We wish you continued success with your LA Weight LossProgram.



Sincerely,

The LA Weight Loss Nutrition Department

Guess I'll just keeep trekking on for the time being, mixing things up, and looking at the bright side that I'm improving my overall health!

Worse comes to worse, I toss in an extra 30 minute workout in a couple of days a week. Though if anyone wants to chime in with the blue plan breakdown feel more than free, I might give it a shot for a couple of days!

I'm only in this topic because it showed up in New Posts, but this

suggests to me that you got a response from a bot.

You're working out 5-6 hours a week and "she" suggests that you get doctor's approval to walk. Do you have options to speak to a plan dietician, someone not on commission to sell you something?

That's what I figured too. Glad to hear I wasn't the only one. I'm going to have the COD call the Dietician when I'm in tommorrow. Obviously all I got was a generic response, I know I'm eating too much food, I know I need a smaller plan, time for me to start pressing my case!

Marzbe - We are about the same weight and at your weight and if you are exercising 5+ hours a week, the right plan for you is BLUE (2.5P, 3V, 3F, 3S, 1Dairy, 1Fat, 2 Lites). Ask your COD why you are on red and perhaps they need to go through your profile again (I'm not sure if you are on meds or there is some other reason they have you on Red??).

I broke a plateau once by
(1) not drinking any alcohol for a couple weeks - not one single ounce!.
(2) drinking ten glasses of water (half your body weight)
(3) running (not jogging) on my treadmill for 10 minutes, walking 5, running 10 minutes, walking 5 (for one hour) - I did this at least 4 times a week.

One of the most common reasons for a plateau is a natural adjustment to weight loss. Your body needs to make many adjustments when you lose weight, and it will release the weight only when it’s ready.

Cheating on your program can also cause plateaus. Let’s say you’ve been good about following the program, and you’ve had consistent weight loss. Now you have a bad eating and/or exercise week. This may or may not make you gain weight, but it could easily result in a prolonged plateau.

And keep in mind, a bad day or week might not show up right away on the scale. But you shouldn’t think you’ve gotten away with something, because it will show up at some point. This is why it’s important to get right back on the program as soon as you stray from it. Don’t give it up.