I have always had trouble with the water. I read somewhere to take your current weight in pounds and divide by 2. The number you are left with should be the minimum amount of water in oz.

Current weight: 142
/2= 71

So I should be having a minimum of 71 oz a day of water. sigh....I admit I don't usually come close to that

Jordanna;

I am drinking about 8 cups water day. If I drank as much as you, I would have to live in the bathroom!!

Jordanna;

What store are you finding Walden Farms products in?

Thanks!

OK - I haven't really wanted to come onto the site to be a downer, but I am a bit frustrated right now. I am just about down 30 lbs (.3 lbs to go and I am half way)!! :-) My pants are getting baggy and starting not looking great. I went out last night to try on some smaller sizes, and couldn't get into them. I don't get it. The pants I am wearing now were never skin tight, but these ones I tried on had camel toes and everything!!! They were only 2 sizes down from what I have on now. I know we all lose weight differently, etc., but I was just getting so excited reading everyone's weight loses and new smaller size clothes purchases . . . oh well, got that off my chest!!

Welcome to all the newbies. Hang in there.

Congrats to everyone on their NSV and SV. Everyone is doing great.

Seems like we all need some encouragement right now and some willpower??!!

I've always been allowed one restricted item per day. From the start I usually had a bar each day for my restricted item or the chili for lunch. The closer I get to goal, the slower my weight loss has become. So some weeks I only have a bar 2-3 times per week in hopes of keeping my weight loss going. This week I'm on vacation so I've been back to having a bar every day for my snack for the convenience. I'm also in Phase II so I have two meals per day with 5-7 ounces of protein with vegetables plus lettuce. I'm not sure what you mean by restricted protein.

I love the banana pineapple drink, the pre-mixed chocolate shake, the chocolate drink and the jello. To be honest, I don't like using the shaker (always seem to make a mess.) I don't care for the soups, especially the leek I also don't like the pink lemonade. However, I become less and less picky as the weeks roll by and the pounds come off. I tend to go for the lower carb options (staying away from the bars and all restricteds as well as broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus and zucchini.) My weight loss has slowed, and I hope it picks up. My coach suggested limiting those veggis and dropping to 1 tsp. of olive oil per day. Hope you find some things you like. My coach keeps a basket of packets to trade. This has exposed me to some stuff I would not have normally thought I would like.

Hi, Jordanna, I'm not a big water drinker so I have only had the minimum of 64 oz per day; however, it is supposedly ideal to drink 1/2 ounce per pound of body weight, so 112 oz sounds like a good amount.

I have only been having about 10 8oz glasses a day!! Eeeek 14 glasses not sure if I could do that at all! It seems to be ok for you though!

Yes,yes! Put the half the pre-made vanilla or choc drink into your coffee, add a little stevia and you will be very happy! Not a big fan of the omlette either, and returned the cereal which was gross. Good luck!

What I meant by restricted protein foods is the bars, muffins,pancakes etc. I have them written as restricted foods on my list till 100% of my weight is lost.
My couch does not follow the 80-90% weight loss then moving to phase.
I wish that I was allowed some of those, as maybe I would feel like I am on less of a diet. LOL!!

Yes, I totally understand. I feel like I'm one of the slowest losers on the board! Lucky if I get 2 lbs a week! In 5 weeks I lost 15lbs, thought it would be more! But I keep plugging along..that's all we can do! 30lbs is no easy feat! Think back before you started..I'm sure you would have given anything to lose just 10lbs! That's what I keep telling myself.

I drink 112 oz of water a day also . Dont know if thats right but thats what I do .

Thank you for asking, it's okay then... i'll just keep on going, i wasn't sure if this was some ploy to get me to buy more products or something! that's awful of me to think....I know. =)

Thank you for responding, that's what I thought exactly! ok so i'll call her and have her ask. I don't understand why she would keep me in 3 when i should be in 4!

Great Job!!! you'll be there in no time.