Welcome Kathy! Congrats on starting MRC.

Not sure about the enhancer question - is that Phentratrim? And you have to be active on the site for 20days and I think have 20 posts. If you go to the main section - it has questions & answers - that has a lot of info.

WI today and lost 2 more pounds. My ticker is a little deceiving.. I'm at 308.5. I WILL be signing that 20lb board Friday at my next WI!

Weighed in last night, and I'd lost 3 so I'm at 39.5 again... I'm back to this again after 2 weeks. I hope to make it past 40 by the end of the week. It's so hard to keep OP all the way sometimes! It's so easy to slip here and there.

Is adding weights a good idea? My sister's an Exercise Science major and she's warned me that if I want to focus solely on losing weight... working out with weights could slow that down. She explained that keeping active and doing cardio is a must, but adding weight lifting will definitely slow your losses. Let me know how your results are.

Congrats on the loss!! You are doing great!

Mariah

Congrats on the loss!

I think it is a toss up about adding the weights. Strength training will increase your muscle mass (which might cause a temporarly slow down) but it will increase your metabolism which should help with weight loss and maintenence. Personally I think adding light weights/resistance bands/light strength training is a good idea. I want to be toned when I reach my goal weight and the muscle will help me maintain and lose inches. My center has recommended doing strength and stretching exercises like wall pushups, lunges, squatts, etc.

Mariah

Good Morning

I hope and pray that all the people that are sick get well soon.

Thank you for all of the positive feed back.

I had a wonderful time at the baseball game last night. It was colder than snot more like football weather than baseball weather. I had a great time and Nebraska won so that was even better. I did manage to avoid all of the ballpark foods, the hot dogs, pretzels, nachos. They all looked good. I'm sure having my personal trainer by my side helped to stave off those cravings.

I hope that everyone has a blessed day.

I am finally feeling better today. I am determined to be OP today. It was hard being at home (and I hadn't gone grocery shopping because I was gone all weekend at the wedding) so I didn't have good choices to make. But today is a new day....and I'm starting it over. I feel like I keep going full steam ahead then something comes up that throws me off program, then I get back on the train. I'm sure its not good to take all these breaks....but I am getting so tired of the diet, its all I can do.

I decided that once I do 10 OP days in a row, I will get a pedicure. Got to motivate myself someway!

Welcome!!! I've been doing all three and so far it's worked for me. Everytime I've gone in (with the exception of the weigh in I did following an out of town wedding), I've lost weight. Whether it's a half pound or 3 pounds, I have always lost weight. To me, that speaks for itself and is a great motivator to keep going.

And, as has been mentioned before, 20 days and 20 posts to get the ticker. That has been another motivator for me as well, because I love checking in and moving it down after a WI. The time will fly by. Good luck on your journey!

Congrats, Rzrbackcandi and pnvomaha on the weight losses! Keep up the good work!!!

My center was fine with me adding the little weights. It's not really considered lifting weights or strength training. It increases cardio and calorie loss. I'm not using them to pump me up. Without the weights, I was always walking with my arms down or holding onto the treadmill... that's not optimal exercising. By adding the weights. I kept my arms swinging and I was doing different motions with them. Like swinging out in front of me then down to the sides. Or kinda punching with them and keeping my elbow bent up and dropping them down to my sides. It felt really good! And I don't care if I looked silly.. I'm losing this weight and that's all that matters

Well, I slept like crap again last night from the stuffy nose and drainage and sleeping sitting up. I woke up at 4am and felt like I was drowning--my nose was completely blocked, and I had tons of drainage in my lungs. I got up and took a long, steamy shower, and that helped.

After taking all my meds this morning with an HNS (pseudofed, mucinex, antibiotic, tylenol, and steroid spray in my nose) my stomach got upset. I brought a bar with me to work in case my stomach settled, but no go. Even thinking about the bar made me more nauseated. I finally gave up and went upstairs (we have a cafeteria in our building) and got a small bagel and cream cheese (for the first time since August!). I ate it slowly, and now my stomach feels lots better.

I feel sorta bad for going so off plan, but I'm so grateful that I don't feel nauseated anymore that I'm mostly ok with it. Sometimes you just gotta eat what your body needs, and I just want to take care of myself and get over this crap quickly so I can get back to my exercise and diet.

Thanks so much for the info Rzrbackcandi! The Enhancer is suppose to "jump kick" your metabolism from what I am told. I think it also acts as an appetite suppresant. I can't wait to get my ticker!

I never even thought about the ticker as an additional motivator-great idea! I'm glad I am using all 3 supplements- I know the cortitrim has helped me, and hoping the enhancer adds an additional benefit- and sounds like it does with your weight loss! Thanks for everything.

Roasted broccoli and roasted eggplant are changing my life right now.

I was on a "I'm tired of veggies" kick...but I could eat these all day! so yummy!

I spritz with some olive oil (I have a Misto spritzer...or you could toss in a bit of oil) and sprinkle with garlic powder, pepper, lemon pepper on the broc and rosemary on the eggplant. Roast at 425 until starting to brown. DELISH!