I am not sure, but was it for the cheesecake recipe out of cook book?

Patzi

Some ladies use the Knox with an HNS to make more varieties of gelatin. And as Patzi said, it is also used in the cheesecake recipe. If you open up the recipes thread and use the search feature (just type in Knox), it will give you the posts that have Knox in it.

just had dinner out w/ the in-laws and ordered seafood nachos thinking i'd just have a couple chips (40 cal), eat the cheese, shrimp and crab, lettuce, tomatoes. ended up taking 1/2 home but ate prob. 10 chips, feel stuffed!!!! came home and am drinking tons of water and had a HNS.... i swear if i got on the scale right now, i'd gained 5 lbs!! they had a wonderful salad entree w/ shrimp i should have got but i've been eating 2 salads daily and just couldn't order it!! BAD Naughty nachos!!!

95% of the time I am OP...even when I eat out. However, because I feel like my personal weightloss journey is a "marathon" for me...not a "foot race," I justify a fun out to dinner once in a while...and especially when I am on vacatioin I guess I am really not in a huge hurry to lose all of my weight...slow and steady works for me

Tami

I'm back from my girls' weekend and Cheesecake Factory dinner, and...I'm happy with the way things worked out. I did eat off plan for the dinner, but I ate a very reasonable portion, and I didn't stuff myself or binge. The day after we ate lunch at a mongolian grill type place, and that was pretty much OP, except it had a ton of salt. Tonight was the real challenge. My husband and baby are still away visiting family, so I kept thinking about takeout for dinner...I literally thought about it for at least three hours of my four hour drive home.

It was sooo tempting-- I'm already "off plan" lol, a very rare night to myself, etc. I also didn't have anything OP for dinner in the house. I ended up drinking an HNS to take the edge off the hunger, which put me more in control, and then I ate a bar since I didn't want to cook and didn't have anything prepped, and the problem has passed.

I'm so proud of myself. Just last month, I would have used this as an excuse to eat off plan today and even possibly tomorrow when I go shopping. Since I weathered it tonight, I feel super in control about tomorrow, and it's a great feeling. This is the kind of thing I'll have to do when I get to maintenance. There will be times when I eat stuff that's super bad for me, but I just need to learn how to get right back into healthy eating and not let the bad meal turn into ten or even more.

The best news? Even though I had planned not to, I weighed myself, and I think I have about a half pound of gain. With all of the sodium and less water since I was driving and didn't want to stop every 20 minutes, I really think that half pound will go away quickly. I don't WI until Tuesday, so I have a whole day to drink up and get back to where I was or even lose this weekend-- I'm in total shock, and I'm so excited to see where I end up by the end of the month.

Happy Labor Day everyone. I hope you are all doing well on this holiday weekend.

Patzi, I did have a couple questions about stabilization. Today is my Day 1 on Week 3 adding back dairy. My first question is, can I have the dairy at any time of the day or does it have to be with breakfast? Secondly, can I have half a cup of milk with breakfast and half with lunch, or should it all be consumed at the same time? And lastly, if I can split up the dairy, can I mix the different on program dairy (like a half cup of milk with a half cup of yogurt)? Thanks!

Raven I see that you are going back on Pre-Conditioning. Has anyone else done this? I am so tired of getting to 142 then hitting a wall.

This time I got a fever, tummy virus and then injured my back. My weight instantly shot up by 4 lbs. I was eating very little because anything I ate was coming right back out! I skipped WI on Saturday, because I felt so horrible, so will WI tomorrow (Tuesday). I'm sure they will have another suppliment to recommend!

Does anyone have any advice to push me past this point?! Should I try the Plateau -buster again or go back to pre-conditioning????

THANKS!!

~Connie~

June.. My dairy consisted of soy dairy as I am lactose intolerant to milks and yogurt. Can eat some things, but try not do. But I followed the dairy stabilization using soy.

I was told to take one dairy every day of the week. No special time. However, I was told during this week, starch was to be at lunch 3 x that week, and fruit at breakfast 3 x this week.

For first week, if it was me, I would stay on the program they say, take one dairy every day, as there must be a reason for this. Personally I would not split the times of the dairy, but take it once a day. I would try splitting the dairy1/2milk and1/2 dairy and see how you do on the scale. if you gain, stop it and go back to the same dairy once during the day... Don't be apprehensive of experimenting. The scale always tells me if I have made the incorrect decision.

If you wait to Week 5, you add another dairy, so you would be having two dairy a day, and then you can split up to two differnt times a day.

Let me know if you have any questions, maybe I was not clear on what I wrote. Oh,I forgot.. I was told to have two HNS per day this week as a snack.

Patzi

Connie in Colorado..

When I was sick due to tooth problems,my weight went up, but I just went back to my regular menu,staying OP, and the next weigh in I had a loss.. I don't know of anyone that was ever told to go back to preconditioning once they were on the diet, but maybe centers are different.. Personally,I feel , being sick is something that happened, you did nothing wrong. If you feel you are stuck , I would definately speak to the consultant and have them work with you to get out of that plateau. This has always worked for me.And like I have said over and over, don't let anyone push supplements on your. Last week they were pusing a new COQ10, and I said no thanks. They went on to tell me the ins and out of it, and I told them I already take it which was true and I was not interested.. Wish they would not do this to their clients.

Good luck..

Patzi

Hi all and Happy September. It's been a while since I've posted. School has started and I've been super busy. I spoke with my center and worked it out to only weigh in on Sat. mornings and check in once. My kids have soccer practice 4 times per week and I can't make it to the center in time for twice a week WI. One would be in the evening and one in the morning. So... I stayed OP the best I could this last week. The first couple of days I did so much talking to my students I didn't get my water in. Saturday came around and I stopped in to the center. Saturdays are super busy. I had no idea. They told me it would be an hour wait!!! Needless to say, that didn't fit in to my schedule since I had my son and he had a hair appointment 40 minutes later. By the time I could go back to weigh in they were closed. I was very frustrated. I emailed them and let them know how my week went and that I did try to weigh in. Hopefully they won't give me too much grief for missing a WI. If so, oh well. I tried. I think they should schedule more people to work that day.
Went to a BBQ last night. I took my Fat/Carb blockers and did have a few chips and some dip. The salty snacks seem to be my weakness. Back OP today.
I want to say congrats to the losers this week. If we didn't lose, it will come. I agree that slow and steady is the way to go! Good luck to everyone.

Hi ....
I had maintenance weigh in this morning and lost 1/2 pound, which brought me to 5 pounds under goal... I received two free weeks for losing during holiday.. I was glad of that..

Congrats to all those that stayed on program and lost..

Patzi

I have a lot of catching up to do.. but wanted to pop in and say Hello to everyone and I hope everyone had a safe & happy holiday weekend.

I spent the majority of the weekend packing all my mom's things from her ex-boyfriends house. I HATE packing dishes & china! So this weekend we will be renting the U-Haul to move it all out and into a storage unit, for now.

I was invited to a BBQ Saturday night. The menu was - hot dogs, hamburgers, brats, baked beans and grilled potatoes that had butter, bacon & onions in with it. I made a huge salad and took that over with a turkey patty for me. I also took some melba toast. My friend had put the burgers on the grill and then put my turkey patty on and everyone was like "where's my turkey patty? I want a turkey patty!" Who knew?!? I apologized and told them if I would have known, I would have brought more. Anyway - it was great hanging out with friends and doing my thing.

Yesterday was a relaxing day and I pretty much lounged around in my jammies! Felt good to do nothing.

WI this morning and wasn't sure how things were going to go but was sure I had lost a pound or two... I was down 3.5lbs since Friday. Wish my center was giving away free weeks but they are only doing a drawing for $50 in Metabucks. I'm sure there will only be 1 winner. Kinda stinks but oh well.

Anyway - I have to get back to work. Congrats to all the losers!!

Candi...
Great weight loss and be proud of yourself keeping OP during the barbecue..
I had a barbecue , also, and what a challenge.. I brought my own turkey burgers and I atelots of salad , and some raw veggie with salsa vs. the dip. It was rough, as there was all kinds of different salads like potato, etc. nachos, cold fried chicken, but I was full with what I brought, and my weigh in made me happy that I did not
eat all the fattening food. I did have a glass of wine, but I allow myself that when I hit maintenace, and I can have it without gaining, so that is a plus. When I hit maintenance, started making my turkey burgers , which I call Greek Burgers with feta cheese , some veggies and herbs.. My turkey burgers when like lightning. Like your barbecue, people asking if there were more. I am very glad for you and your weight loss.

Patzi

Ladies I did terrible! I ate off program every day from Fri - Mon and I'm up 1.6 pounds on my home scale (thier scale is always more). I WI tomorrow and want to be down so I get more free weeks...I know most of the weight is from salt. How can I get this off in time?!? I really feel like a loser (and not the good kind). Any magic trick to get back down in 24 hours? :-( I am back op today, but that's not going to help me tomorrow. I'm sucking down the water as fast as my body will take it in and trying my best not to eat anything.

I'm not really sure about this - but a little extra exercise today might help but nothing that would hurt your muscles and cause you to retain water. I take a B6 everyday but if I feel bloated or want to get rid of water weight, I take 2. And if you take trace minerals, taking an extra one sometimes help.

Good Luck! And don't beat yourself up too bad about it. Think positive and stay on track today.