Hey Everyone, Havent been on here in a few days. How was everyones weekend? Kerrioh, I think I am convinced not to try the noddles lol

Oh I wanted to share with everyone that I hit 50 pounds yesterday. yayyaa. Hope everyone is having a cheat free day. Stay strong ladies. Thank god everyone in my office is on diets. I would be going crazy i I was in MJ's office.

I am going to try the rice. Maybe it will be softer since it is small. Not holding out any high hopes.

Coco,
Didn't know about the mailing list. Yikes... what kind of drama are we talking about? I'm loving this message board, though. No guilt if people fall off the wagon, no judgment or condemnation, just encouragement.

My in-laws are doing the program. When they first mentioned it, I was VERY skeptical, like many are. But I can't argue with the results. Such a huge weight loss for them both. My FIL has been pre-diabetic for a while and his blood sugar levels are looking great since he started. We live in Virginia, but my in-laws are near Toms River, NJ. I was doing the Medifast diet for a while, but I plateaued big time. Then I joined up with AW.

yeh thats true, maybe the rice will taste better. I havent heard anything about the rice yet. Are you on a veggie day today or milk?

How was medifast--considering going on it after this. Hoping to get to the 40 pounds I want and then maybe doing that to get another 10 off.. I don't think I can do this thru the summer.. Maybe pick this up again in Sept for a month. first have to see how long I can do this for. Hoping until Mid June.

Grace, you can sign up for the email list where people send emails to accuweight and they go to everyone who is signed up for the emails. It is similar to this but there are way more people responding.

Veggie mon and tues, then milk wed and thurs,.. then veg friday, milk Saturday (because I am doing Easter protocol sunday) then milk mon and tues (to make up for Easter and because you can't be on the same food three days in a row...

I am excited to eat a meal on Sunday so trying not to cheat at all this week.

Go Kerrioh!! 10.5 pounds!! Awesome! I bet you can do 20.
Melissa, congrats!!!! 50lbs!!! That's like half a supermodel.

Both of your losses are keeping me away from the kitchen today. Thanks so much for sharing. I went on a walk this morning with my friend and it was just what I needed to keep my mind off of 12pm. Came home and it was time to drink. Milk, that is.

Kerrioh,

You can probably be at goal by mid June. Just stick with it.

congrats

Grace,
It gets a little easier after a while. You kind of get use to it. I do have a cheat day once in a while but, I def dont recommend it because it makes it harder to get back on track.

If I lose 15 a month I will be done mid june.. a little more earlier (but then I may try to do it til Mid june and end before summer hits full swing. I may have to come back in september to lose a few more.. I may get greedy and want more weight loss. Just trying for one day a time right now. LOL

i cheated with bites and gained almost 3 pounds.. so next time I am going to eat the whole meal for all of that LOL.. need a good week before Easter!!

Medifast wasn't bad. You basically eat their food, which I think is cheaper than Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig. It is mostly powders (to make shakes, hot drinks, pudding, "soft-serve", soup, pancakes, "scrambled eggs", etc). There are also bars, which are pretty tasty. I like that you eat 5 of their meals throughout the day and then make one "lean and green" meal. I can also cook dinner for the whole family that way. There are lots of things you can add in terms of condiments and throw in snacks. For me, the downside was, compared to this program, the weight doesn't come off as fast. It is much easier to transition off. I could do the MF while I was breastfeeding and the weight came off faster then. When I stopped, not as much. What I like about AW is that the more rapid weight-loss motivates me not to cheat and be consistent. Like you said, AW is NOT for long-term and I think Medifast could be.

Thanks Coco for the info about the email list!