Ohmygosh, I did the SAME THING, only with Sweet Tea, when I accidentally drank from my husband's cup instead of my cup of unsweet tea. I pulled off the road and spit out the mouthful. Ha!

I ended up not going to the stabilization party tonight. I am happy with my decision. I was all ready and in my SIZE 4 BRAND NEW DRESS!!! (my jeans are still a 6) but I just didn't feel right. My husband wasn't there and I needed him to be. I know I am not where I want to be weight wise either. I will go to my paperwork tomorrow and the party next month with an even smaller waist and even better after pictures.

I did make the babysitter stay anyway and I went for a 2 mile run. That felt great!

@hatethesweatpants - the last time they did a TANITA was more than 5lbs ago and I was at 31%. I think I will bring up the 25% when I go in tomorrow. Thanks!

I did my class back in late January and started the meta balance menu. I just changed to the two meal plan today. I'm a teacher and it's much easier to drink through the day and eat my meals at home. Nice to "meet" you!! I usually weigh in on Friday afternoon and sometimes on Monday afternoon!

Personally I would probably wait for my hubbie to come home. Perhaps you could split the difference and have a goal weight of around 130 - If I understand correnctly there is a 6 lb window during stablization/maintenence so if you still wanted to get down to 127 you would still be okay and if it was too hard to maintain you could still go up to 133.

Mariah

I have used Pam on my non-stick cookware for years and have not had any problems. Also, love the bagle story and congrats! I'm just glad a police officer didn't see you and ticket you for littering. I'm sure the birds enjoyed the treat.

Mariah

It is a crime to waste a babysitter .

Mariah

I am on the meta balance. While in pre conditioning, I was losing weight rapidly, but since moving over to the MB menu, I seem to have slowed way down, I hope that isn't a preview of what is to come and I don't like the 3 snacks and 3 meals, so I may have to get them to change me up to something else. I am not a big eater at all. I just tended to snack and after losing a kidney and hitting menopause, my metabolism has drastically decreased, so I may talk to them about changing plans if I don't lose at least 3 lbs this week. Anyway, I weigh in on Wednesdays and Friday's, (usually around 1 ish. You? (Your name isn't Helen, is it?)

Sounds like a great plan! Congratulations on coming so far!!!

Congrats on your journey! Absolutely amazing.

I don't think it would be rude to say, "I'm sorry, I can't; I'm on a diet." I wouldn't be offended if someone said that to me, and next time I might bring a fruit and veggie platter instead or in addition to the bagels. :-)

Your bagel story reminds me of the time I threw doughnuts out of my car window. I have serious issues with food and secret eating.

One time, I went to Dunkin Donuts. I really wanted to eat 4 doughnuts, but thought if I bought four the people in the drive-thru would know, by looking at my fat self, that I was going to eat them all myself, but I thought that if I bought 6 of them, they would come in a big box and it would look more like I was getting something to share.

So, I bought 6 doughnuts, and drove out of my way so that I could throw the other 2 doughnuts on a country road that I knew no one would see me throwing the doughnuts out of the window. I didn't want to bring the 2 extra doughnuts home and throw them away there, because then my husband would see that I had eaten doughnuts. I crushed up the box and hid it in my extra large purse until I could hide it in another bag which I then shoved deep into the trashcan. How sick is that?

I actually wrote a post about my disordered eating on my blog: Taking Time For Mommy: Fat Vegetarian Finally Loses Weight

I really appreciate everyone here. Although the post above didn't post until yesterday, I actually wrote it a few weeks ago when I was doing really well on my diet, but I lost all control on Saturday and it didn't stop until yesterday.

I went to the movies Saturday afternoon with my daughters and ate peanut M&Ms and about a half of a large bag of popcorn (total 1200 calories). Then I ate sushi Saturday night, and basically said "screw it" on Sunday, just eating whatever I felt like. Thankfully, the food in our house is actually extremely healthy. Then yesterday, I intended to get back on plan, but my husband and I were rushing around, and I didn't end up getting lunch. We weren't going to be able to get back home until 7, so we stopped by CVS and I picked up a V-8 and a box of Atkins bars. I thought that wasn't too bad, until I ate the entire box. GRRRR.

Today, however, I AM back on plan. It was really helpful actually to get back home and read that blog post I wrote a few weeks back. I HAVE decided to lose the weight, and I am NOT going to let this 3 day screw up allow me to quit.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

~ Amanda

thanks goalbound.. i have to go for my weigh in tomorrow & hope i would have lost something...i shall keep u posted. where do i look for bison meat?

R

Amanda,

I really want YOU to know something. Before I decided to get serious about losing my own weight using this plan, I had tried so many other pills, diets etc. Nothing worked for me. A friend recommended MRC, so I started researching to see if it was worth the money or if it was a scam. I came across this board and the old posts you were a main part of. (2008 or 2009 I think) Anyway, I read and read and read and it was mainly your posts that made me think to myself "this program actually works!" Though you were only posting your own experiences and struggle on this path, you became a major inspiration and a key factor in me telling myself I could do this! For almost a week, I would get on this board and go back to that old thread and read page after page, hour after hour, until I finally decided to go in and sign up for myself. I didn't know if you were still on here or had achieved your goal and gone on to other things, but after seeing your post today, I feel you could use a bit of the inspiration you gave me to get going.

You are a beautiful person, inside and out and I do hope that you don't let the secret eating sabotage all your hard work. There is nothing "sick" about secret eating, at least not in the way you meant it, but we do tend to undermine ourselves and I don't pretend to understand why we do it. I know that the center I go too has a lady to help us figure out why we do the things we do and maybe yours does too? Please stay active here with the board and let us help you as best we can to continue to stay on track.

That said.... I have a question someone might be able to answer. On Preconditioning, I lost 6 pounds, but since I switched over to Metabalance this past Saturday, I only lost 1 pound (on Sunday) and have lost nothing since. In fact, my scale said I added .5 this morning! Is this normal???? Should I ask to go on a different menu?

I read somewhere that Sams carries it, but I don't have a Sams card, so if anyone else knows the answer to this, Nair and I would both appreciate the info!

Hi..
I am a happy camper, as I lost two pounds on weigh and a total of 41 1/2 inches since the beginning of September when I started.

This week I was put on stabilization Week #2, where I add a fruit 3 times a week, in morning, and keep adding the starch from week one at lunch 3 x a week. Only starch I added last week was beans, as starch is a trigger for me. This week I will add another starch and see what happens next week. One at the center told me drink only 2 HNS a day and no more, and another told me I can have up to 4, so I figure 3 should do it.. I have been having 2 HNS and one cocoa , a creamy at night.

For those on Meta Quick, forgot to tell you, when I finish a few days of meta quick, I start back on the # 1 menu for a day,which is yellow, then the #2 menu which is blue and then the final menu, which for me is green as I am on Meta Slim.
Every time I have been on Meta Quick and they have put me on many times, I do become severely constipated, but after eating for a couple of days, the fruit and veggies seem to straighten things out.

Congrats to all the losers...

Any questions on stabilization, feel free to ask me.

Patzi

I buy mine at one Walmart in town , when they have it in stock. I have bought online from buffalogal.com, it was the same price as Walmart (its $8-10 a pound for steaks and such) and good quality. A local butcher will special order it, but you have to wait a week to get it in, and I don't think that far ahead. I would call local butchers, first, as they aim to please.