Hey, MountainGal---I can't believe I'm on day 3 of the yellow menu already! It feels like it's going fast (maybe that's just what I'm telling myself ) I'm getting a little sick of cucumber but it's not too bad....I am going to have more trouble on Thursday b/c that's when I start the blue menu and have to start eating protein at lunch AND dinner. I am more of a vegetarian who eats chicken every now and again.... So, we'll see how it goes. How are you doing on your yellow menu??

As far as the 7 pm thing....I've heard both things. I've heard from some that it does matter but I can tell you when I did WW and now MRC, they say that a calorie is a calorie within a 24 hr period of time. In other words, it doesn't matter when you eat. I personally feel better and see better results if I don't eat past 7 or 7:30pm but that could just be an individual thing. Also, the HNS is supposed to help us from losing muscle, etc, as well as keep us full. Hope that helps! Keep up the great work!!

mountain gal, even though the HNSs taste sweet, they only contain 60 or 70 calories depending on flavor. 15 grams of protein at 4 calories per gram for protein . . . doesn't leave much room for anything else. If they taste too sweet, dilute with more water. It is hard to get enough protein without getting more calories - any good protein food will have more calories and other things like fat and carbs. Yes, the protein helps us feel satisfied and protects our lean muscle mass, so doing more than the minimum will help you lose fat faster without burning our lean muscle mass.

shopgirl, MRC has many different menus so I do not know which one you are on but I was on the yellow/blue/green and had to have 4 oz protein for dinner right from the start. 1 oz Protein at breakfast, 2 oz lunch, 4 oz dinner on Yellow, 1 oz breakfast, 4 oz lunch, 4 oz dinner on Blue and green. I have heard there is a vegetarian menu for those who do not eat meat, maybe you could combine the two so you will be able to get enough protein at each meal.

RonnieAdl, the only thing I was told about timing of meals is to not go more than 5 hours between meals and do not skip meals.

Good luck this week every one, jeanette

yeah that makes sense thankie ladies!

Reuselady---I am on the yellow/blue/green plan. I started the yellow menu Sunday and will start the blue menu on Thursday. I checked out the veg. menu when they were deciding which one to put me on but I thought I'd rather try to choke down some chicken or turkey than eat tofu....I'm not totally against eating tofu but I've never done it, so I thought I'd go with the above.

As far as meals go, I guess I'll have to get the recommendation of my center but I'm a nurse and work 12 hr shifts. I live an hour away from work so I wake up at 5 a.m. and eat around 5:15am We usually eat at 1 or 2 pm then I get home at 8 pm. I'm going to be going quite long between meals. When on WW, I would eat a piece of fruit, almonds or protein bar, etc, between meals (so I would be eating every 3-4 hrs or so. That worked well for me but there's no eating anything between meals with this. Any suggestions???

shop girl, according 2 my counselor ur to use the HNS as a snack or fill in when u have more than a 5 hour gap without food . so you cud have 2 hns one mid morning n one in the evening b4 dinner mayb. On mondays i work 2 part time jobs n have 2 back to back classes in school so i used one HNS around 11 and 1 late at nite (since my dnner was at 5pm) . hope that helps. btw i start my blue menu on thursday too ! eggs! yay!

They told us that too.. They said you will start burning muscle and other things instead of fat.. I think I would rather burn the fat!

Cheers Ronnie

Girl, BRING ON THE EGGS!!!! I soooo can't wait!!
I plan on making a plan for the next 2 days and seeing what times I should try and drink my HNS's. I may even have to set my watch in 3 hr increments to eat/drink something! LOL! I know that sounds anal and it prob is but if I go into this w/out some type of plan, I know I'll starve and cave! Well, I'd prob just starve b/c at this point, I'm too set on not going off plan!

I got to eat an egg today and thought it was the most amazing thing I've ever eaten! LOL!!!!!!!!!! Yea for being done with the yellow menu and DOUBLE yea for starting the blue menu!

I weigh in tomorrow. Both nervous and excited. Hope I see some results tomorrow!!!!

On my blue menu, I now see oatmeal.. However I see no milk in the menu. Are we supposed to eat it plain? Not so sure I can do that..

Cheers!

Ronnie

shop gal .. so we eventually made it 2 the blue menu .. yayy!! n all the best
4 tmrw's WI.. hope u see the results u were expecting!! i have 2 go 4 my WI tmrw too (if they are not open on sat) but i dont expect 2 see any big change cuz my home scales has not shown me much progress. But im hanging in there - some day soon it will happen egg in the morning was great! n seeing some meat 4 lunch too.. the best thing after starting this diet is that i dont feel stuffed or sluggish after meals anymore .. n im trying 2 make my peace with them cucumbers .. guess they aint so awful after all lol!
Ronnie i dint see an oatmeal in my blue menu ..thats funny i will check again .. but the recipe book has a pancake recipe with powdered oatmeal which looks yum! so that shud be intresting

Are we allowed ground turkey? I have 99% fat free turkey burger and I was going to make a burger with it.. I don't see why we couldn't but thought I would throw it out there and see what the concensus is..

Ronnie

YES!! You can also use buffalo burger - tastes just like beef and is considered equivelant to ground turkey etc. To make the turkey burger jucier, I recommend mixing a little olive oil into the meat before creating the patty :0)

Thanks Karen 1234! I will make turkey burgers tonight.. You don't happen to know about the oatmeal milk thing do you? I wonder why they have oatmeal on the menu and no milk? I wish I could find buffalo out here, but I have never seen it in the stores I shop at. I should call around and see if anyone carries it..

Cheers

Ronnie

Hey, MountainGal! How did it go??? I went this a.m. and refused to eat or drink a thing before I stepped on the scale! LOL! I guess I was rewarded b/c I lost 3.5 lbs!!!! Yippppppeeeee skipppppeeeee!!

I know what you mean about getting to eat the egg for breakfast....yummy!! When I ate an egg for the first time on this diet, it was like the best thing EVER! For lunch, I diced up cooked chicken breast that I had made the other day (4 oz, of course) and added it to the creamy chicken and veg HNS.....man, it tasted like HEAVEN!! I have just been craving something different. If you haven't tried that, I def recommend it!

Ok, girl---can't wait to hear how you did. I know you rocked it....either by inches or pounds lost! I'm rooting for you!

Hey, Ronnie---
I'm on the BLUE menu and don't have oatmeal listed but it IS on the GREEN menu. Hope that helps!