LeslieLou-- I don't think anyone is trying to be the food police here. I had already made up my mind to wait for my books to get here before I started this. So many times before I jumped in to a plan and didn't have all the info. needed to really make it work and so as far as I can tell I was setting myself up for failure. In fact, I have the Atkins Carb counter book here and have looked through it. I aso have the Dite Revolution. But I want everything to be in place for a good start. I now have the worksheets that Kim sent and I am sure they will be a very helpful tool to have.
I just wanted to let you know that everyone is pretty much starting from scratch here and it won't make that big a difference in waiting a couple weeks. And everyone will be here for support and helpful tips along the way. I look forward to starting but want to make it the best possible start that I can have.
Everyone have a good day and stay warm. It is 8 degrees here and I started a crock pot of chili last night so that is smelling real good!

OK, Cracker's - I'm just trying to help by having this thread available to you - so that you can have a place to come and share your experiences with Wendy's program.

I try to help when I can. I in no way am trying to police your eating. But we are here on this thread to do the BEST we can with Wendy's program.

Wendy Chant, among many other authors - have a reason for why they developed their plan "their way". We here at 3FC's and this thread are just trying to do that. When we make a lot of changes to the plan, well, then it is no longer Wendy's plan.

So, I am sorry if I have offended anyone with any of my comments - I'm just trying to keep her plan PURE and easy to understand for everyone who has joined this thread.

I do have some experience with this plan, this is not the first time that I have undertaken the "Deplete" week.

Quote:
"You can get your calories down to a low level with great results as long as you do it for short periods of time like 7-10 days. I only recommend doing this 1 time per year and you should never do our famous 7-Day Diet or Deplete Week more than 3 times per year."
- GL-12 Team, 1/5/10, Shaun Hadsal & Wendy Chant.

I first started on "Deplete" 12/7/09 (http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/intr...-1-4-10-a.html), but due to Thanksgiving, Bronchitis, Birthday, Christmas and New Years - felt that I needed to start all over again. So, I choose this week to start along with our NEW Crack Members.

I hope this clears up the "little" fued that seems to be happening here.

EVERYONE - I hope you have a FANTASTIC day!

I usually monitor this thread all day - so if you need anything - just YELL!
Carolis60 or I, or anyone doing the program (as outlined in either the Crack/Conquer books) will jump right in and help ya out!

Remember - everything you eat this week on Deplete - count the CARBS if the item has carbs- if in doubt - read your labels - and keep your daily total count to 20 grams or less.

Bonni - I have not got'n your email yet on the planner sheets, you might try that again, OK?

Hello, I am so glad that you have this thread and so thankful for all the hard work that you have already put in to it just to get it up and running. I know I will be coming back often with lots of questions. Even after I get my books. I know that the chili that has been cooking all night is probably not on the Wendy plan either but since it is so cold and my adult son is staying with us right now and wanted some (and will also help eat it) I figured it is a good time to make it. Once I get my books and get a grocery list going then I will be wanting to follow the plan to the "T" (or "W" HEHE) I'm excited and just know it will work. We bought our house here last May and it has an inground swimming pool that hadn't been used for at least 5 years. To say the least it wasa mess! My Dad passed away on July 4th and was excited for me that we had finally bought a house back here and was anxious to see the pool. He wasn't able to do that. But I took part of the inheritance and fixed it up and it will be ready to uncover and use this Spring. I sure don't intend to look like a baby hippo out there in it! So you can see I am chomping at the bit but know that steps must be taken to set yourself up for success and not failure.

So now you know a little bit about what is motivating me and why I am so thankful to be able to have all of you to talk to!

Have a Wonderful afternoon.

Thanks Kim! And Carol-- I would like to hear about those water workouts. I know this past summer I went over to my brothers and just played in his pool and ended up losing like 4 pounds in just a little over a week. So I am definitely looking forward to Spring/Summer.

Fantastic, Kim
Wendy's plan is working. ta-da!
I'm maintaining again today, which I know is a good thing for me. Takes a while for my body to grab and stay put.

Karen-- I've just learned about Wendy's program 8 weeks ago, but so far the scale has dropped or maintained, with a couple small gains over Thanksgiving. So this is working for me.
I started because I started going into menopause 2 years ago this upcoming May and my spare tire was growing and I was eating 18 points on the WW program. Gained back 25 pounds, which it took me to lose in 1 1/2 years of WW meetings.
WHAT WAS I DOING WRONG!!
After reading Wendy's book found out that carbs don't like us going through menopause. Never heard of that before. Learn something new every day!!
Hopefully we'll be able to learn Wendy's program, make it easy on ourselves and share our ups and downs together.
I'll be here a while, since my body is a slug at losing. It grabs every morsel I put in my mouth.

I'll have to post later, have a dentist app. in a little while.
Carol

WOW Kim! That really is exciting! It gives me more and more motivation to know that this can really work. I hope to be able to report some losses here in the near future.

Just checking in for the day code crackers. When Prairie Chick said EVERYTHING has carbs she wasn't kiddin! I thought my cheese was carb-free - woops! I am counting them, I want to do this darn deplete week right and hopefully never do it again!

The "promise" I am most excited about is this plan's potential to fix a broken metabolism. I had my Metabolism tested at my gym and guess what? I maintain my weight at 1200 calories a day (what I'd burn with my typical level of activity - doesn't count exercise). That's what most people diet at! Good grief. (For comparison a friend of mine 10yrs older has a metabolic rate of 1970 cal.) The first thing the technician asked was had I been on Weight Watchers - yep - probably 10 different times with some very good short term results, but apparently with the long term effect of a slower metabolism.

It's all that body adaptation stuff that Wendy talks about. Yikes!

So - going strong on day 2. I do feel a little lightheaded and funny, but I'm managing.

OH - I made my hubby hide the scale. I decided that daily weigh ins are the fastest way for me to get discouraged and give up. So next Monday morning I'll let you know how the week went!

I had to laugh today----I thought about what some of you said about "hiding your books" and I thought "How am I going to do this? He is retired now and home all the time." So today my son was saying that he wanted to get a book to read and I told found my perfect time to tell DH that I ordered them. I just said, Well, I've ordered a couple books and they should be here soon and you are welcome to read them. They are about weight loss. WHEW! That was it and nobody said anything. I said it was about low carbs and I have been learning about it for awhile and I intend to make it work. Now I feel better.

I enjoyed my chili and did have a corn muffin with it. Now what is left is getting put into individual size containers and put in the freezer. Trying to get my kitchen and me all set up to go. I love broccoli so I am sure that is a plus.

Well, guess I need to go and get the dishes cleaned up and get ready to watch the Biggest Loser. I really like that show.

Hi Everyone!
I now look forward to coming on this sight each day. I think it's so great to have your support and read about everyones experiences.
Good job ladies! Keep it up!
I had to go on the scale today and see what happened after 1 day. I did lose almost 3 lbs. I am still psyched!
Day 2 down!!! YEH!!!
Keep on truckin everyone!!!! (I guess I'm showing my age!)

Kim,
Thank you for this thread!
I did try to contact you, but guess I'm having a problem. Whenever I try to IM you it doesn't go through. i must be doing something wrong. I don't see a place with your e-mail address, just IM.
Am I missing something?

Anyhow sleep well everyone and have a great day!
Bonni

Hi Bonnie. Until you have been here 20 days and have 20 posts, you cannot use the 3FC PM feature or the tracker. I strongly suggest you NOT use Word to paste in a tracker as it will mean you MODs have to do more working checking why you have a ticker without meeting the time criteria.

For privacy reasons, email addresses are not in profiles and should not be posted in the threads. We get evil spammers who gather up addresses! When you have the PM feature, you will be able to exchange addresses.

Hope this helps.

Hi Everyone, I posted a few times here but I got lost some how and my dear friend Carolis60 helped me find my way back. Anyway, DH and I started this crackin' on Monday and I have lost 4.2 pounds so far and he has lost 2.6, I'm with Kim I don't like getting on the scale everyday, but I do it only because it helps me stay true to this WOE.

Kim: Congrats on your 3 pound loss,way to go! And thanks for keeping this thread alive. I think you are doing a great job, Wendy would be proud of you.

Karen31: Hello, nice to meet you. Hope to chat with you now and again.

Carolis60: Thanks for all your help girlfriend!

Is there anyway to find out how many days I have been on this thread? I hope I didn't lose my days when I got lost?

Well, you all have a super day. Stay warm. We are pretty chilly here in Louisiana, such unusual weather for us. This is the year for breaking records here as far as rain and temperatures go.
Blessings,
Linda H. (cajungirl64)

Hello everyone!
I just joined 3fatchicks. I am in my 2nd week / day 3 of Crack the Fat Loss Code and doing pretty good. I am down about 5lbs. I have following very low carb diets (ketosis) in the past and did well, but would always gain the weight back when I started to eat normally.

I have a question, hopefully someone has an answer to:
My week 1 nutrtion counts looked like this:
Mon - 956 cal / 14 carb / 2 fiber / 41 fat / 126 pro
Tues - 1379 cal / 13 carb / 3 fiber / 67 fat / 173 pro
Wed - 1546 cal / 20 carb / 8 fiber / 79 fat / 180 pro
Thurs - 1746 cal / 13 carb / 5 fiber / 81 fat / 222 pro
Fri - 1246 cal / 24 carb / 7 fiber / 83 fat / 98 pro
Sat - 1029 cal / 21 carb / 3 fiber / 53 fat / 102 pro
Sun - 951 cal / 45 carb / 6 fiber / 40 fat / 107 pro

I am wondering if I should 'redo' the 1st week because of my last 3 days carb counts.
Also, does anyone know what the ratios C/F/P should be on each of the cycling days?

Thanks,
Candice

Candy
I think you'll enjoy Crack and see that you'll be able to eat "regular" stuff a few times a week and not gain. I started my 6th week today, but was on two weeks for the holiday schedule and didn't count those.

I'm not by any means a pro with this but those carbs look pretty high to me. Maybe doing the first week and getting all that sugar out of the body would be helpful to the program. Just my thoughts on this. Anyone else have any thoughts that will help Candy out???

Hey guys! Woopie!! Down another pound!!! I just know it's the broccoli. It has to be the broccoli, right??

Today is a D day for me and I'm having pizza for dinner. Yahoo!!!

Oh, want to tell everyone I just had a delicious dressing. It's All Natural, Lighten Up, Newman's Own Low Fat Sesame Ginger. 1.5 fat in 2 TB; It's very tasty!! Just finished my salad with my 3oz of tritip on it and fresh mushrooms.

Dr appointment in a few, so will post more later.

Carol

Carol!

Karen! It will come! Don't worry - Wendy says the scale is not the BEST way to measure your success - your clothes are!

SkinnyK10!
Not really surprised about the Weight Watchers incident you had with your trainer. Not putting WW down, but have you looked at what they allow since you have started this program? No wonder our systems are a mess!

Make sure you consume 1 serving of Fat from the Deplete Fat List every meal:
Mayonnaise
Cheese
Butter
Flaxseed Oil
Olive Oil

AND - eat every 3 - 4 hours - up to 2 hours before bed.
That might help ya. OK?

Karen31 - OH NO!!!!!!
I missed the BIGGEST LOSER last night!
Yep, when you DH sees how this program is changing your life and HEALTH - he'll be happy you ordered the books!

Hi Bonnie!
OK, I tweaked my AIM so that unknown users can contact me through it. It might work now - I'm SO NEW to AIM - would use GTalk - but 3FC's doesn't offer that feature.

If all else fails...All the sheets have are the same as what is in the book, plus the foods that are allowed for that day. Really, you can put together your own until you have gotten to your 20 days here at 3FC's and your 20 min. posts.


Ruth! You really are a wonderful help to this thread - I really appreciate all you do as a Moderator on 3FC's!

I'm sorry Bonni I'm learning too.

Hi Linda!
The number of threads post is right under your picture in the left hand column. AND the number of days, is from when you signed up for 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community, not just this thread - so you are doing GREAT!

So, you signed up sometime 90 December 21, 2009 and you have the minimum 20 posts. So, 20 days from 12/21/09, you should be able to add a custom signature!

Candice!
GREAT to have you JOIN us!

First of all, your report is VERY detailed!
More detailed than I'm use to...
I keep it VERY simple and just count the carbs on DEPLETE week - 20 or less carbs per day. I use the Journal as given on page 238 of "Crack the Fat Loss Code" along with the suggested food list given on pages 76 - 86. I don't count calories anymore - that is why I really like this plan. The measuring is enough for me - that's where I cut the line in programs!

What I would do, if you are really serious and concerned about this is...
Let's see this is Wednesday - just do Carb Deplete for the REST OF THIS WEEK - then jumb right back in and start WEEK 2 again on Monday.
Yep! that sounds good.

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Hey guys! Woopie!! Down another pound!!! I just know it's the broccoli. It has to be the broccoli, right??

Today is a D day for me and I'm having pizza for dinner. Yahoo!!!

Oh, want to tell everyone I just had a delicious dressing. It's All Natural, Lighten Up, Newman's Own Low Fat Sesame Ginger. 1.5 fat in 2 TB; It's very tasty!! Just finished my salad with my 3oz of tritip on it and fresh mushrooms.

Dr appointment in a few, so will post more later.

Carol

Carol!

Now, I just can't wait to get to the "D" days!
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Didn't get on the today, I'm going to weight (pun intended ) until next Monday!
But I'm feel'n GREAT!
EVEN in 1°F Temps outside!
Getting a LOT of chores done around the house - well, when I'm not


Have a GREAT day!