shae8230 - quitting caffeine cold turkey is never a good idea. That's funny about your husband and the diet coke.

MissKitty -11 lbs is fantastic!
I'm really enjoying the 4 day too. I haven't tried the FS though.

Natamars - hope you feel better soon. That's a very good loss so far. Next time the weigh in will have to be before breakfast. Good luck at the buffet.

Matilda - Wow, 6 lbs in 6 days.

Sluggo - hang in there! We all have slip-ups.

Well, I didn't stick to plan yesterday as everyone wanted to celebrate the end of our exams with drinks at a pub and going to cinema... where I had loads of sweet popcorn. Then we ended up at a tapas restaurant... I did manage to control my portions with the tapas, but I really regret having the calorie loaded mixed cocktails and popcorn. I felt so bloated afterwards. Fortunately, the scale this morning was the same as yesterday morning's. I stuck to plan today despite eating out again tonight. It's Saturday night and I do miss having a glass of wine.

Other than yesterday I've been following this diet with as little substitutes as possible and I must say I love it. I feel so much better and the food keeps me really full despite the calories being lower than normal.

Hi, Taurie- sounds like you're doing great. I agree about the wine - I always drink wine on weekends and I really miss it.

The Chinese buffet was rough. There was just about nothing detox legal there. If I weren't doing this it would have been great - tons of seafood,sushi, steamed dumplings, etc. I stuck to some chick peas, seaweed, and some sauteed vegetables. Tried to keep them as dry as possible, but I know there was some oil and sauce. Also had some fresh fruit. I'd only eaten about 600 calories going into dinner, so I think I'm OK.

Then we came home and I had to slice the cheesecake I made for the rest of the family. I was so tempted to try a bite - I used a new recipe and was curious how it turned out. But everyone had seconds, so I figured it was OK.

2 more days of detox, although it doesn't look like phase 2 will be too deifferent for me. I'll add some fish once or twice a week, and maybe a little cheese, but that's about it.

Popping back in to say I am going to restart phase 1 again. I have issues with sticking with it. So I am seriously trying this for the last time. I think I am going to have to join another gym. Even though I love the gym I belong, it is not on my side of town. So I will probably join the gym that is on the way to my college, also they have one that is by my college. I am not sure yet though. So on monday I will restart.

good morning! well this is the last day of this thread, yes? tomorrow we'll start a new one?

taurie, restaurants are the devil. i've managed to keep away from them for two weeks now, except for that lunch, and it's much better. tell your peeps you're not available, or you choose the restaurant.

natamars, no more celebrations, just regular life now. avoiding the cheesecake, i'm impressed!

all y'all, slip ups are ok. life4vr, did you consider maybe just moving on to phase II? have you done enough detox to make some changes, so you could move on to try new foods? i'm sure he prefers 9 days of detox, but if it's hard, should you move on instead of being disappointed in yourself?

headache still hanging on. will drink more and even though it's an exercise day off, will try and get in some. i tried on the clothes i thought would fit me for my trip in two weeks, and there's still about 2 inches to go... so i'm pushing hard for March 5!

later gators,
misskitty

Good morning everyone!!!

MissKitty I think we will be continuing in this thread. I can't believe today is day 7 of the Detox and I'm still hanging in there. Last night was the first night that I felt REALLY hungry and all I could do was EAT MORE FRUIT!! That is better than my older habits of Eating JUNK.. so I guess I'm okay with it.

I have to work an 8 hour shift today where I don't really get time to eat so I'm hoping to nibble on fruit every now and then and I'm packing my lunch.
Red Beans, Brown Rice and Collard Greens!!

I just walked another 5.30 miles and it took me 1h 22 min to complete.

I'm repeating week 3 day 1 of the C25k tomorrow because I was soooo sick last week that I could not get through week 4. Tomorrow actually starts my
5th week of exercise and I'm so excited that I'm sticking to it! I'm doing a 5k in April but I'll probably just be walking fast. Hopefully next year I will be able to jog it!!!

Well, hope you all have a wonderful day.

Life4ever don't feel bad about the gym. I actually do worse with weight loss when I try to join and I usually end up quitting exercise all together. Something about having to travel to get to a gym does not work for me. Good luck making the change!

hey all...

if it's okay with everyone...I will start a new weekly thread with the same title. So, in the morning...look for "Fat Smasher's Weekly Support 2/22-3/1".

I think dh and I are going to take misskitty's advice and move on to phase 2. I am needing some chicken or fish. We are going shopping for food later today. I need to make up some menu's and a grocery list.


Hope you all have a great day!

Sherry

if some of you want some suggestions for videos for home use instead of going to the gym, i can make some suggestions. i have some that i love for aerobics, stepping, and weight training.

misskitty

Ugh, what a day. My wallet was stolen, apparently from the parking lot at the library. I must have dropped in when I was getting my son and the books in the car. I've spent the whole day cancelling credit cards and dealing with banks and reporting it to the police. The thieves went down the street and had Chinese take-out within a few hours of when I dropped it. DH went down to the restaurant - no cameras, unfortunately, but he got a copy of the slip. The woman who worked there said two women came in for the food - she remembered them. They didn't use any other cards, and everything is cancelled now. I also signed up for a credit protection service since my license was in there.

Now I get to spend tomorrow at the DMV.

On a positive note, I've been too upset to eat all day. On a negative, I was too upset to go to the gym.

I'm just so disgusted. I had pictures of my son in there going back to when he was a baby. Awful to think those are in someone else's hands.

oh man, natamars, you're right, how horrible! the paperwork is hard enough but to lose the pictures, that would really be the worst. and what dishonesty! it makes you wonder... i teach my kids better than to take advantage of someone like that. i hope the financial losses don't add up to too much.

but hey, don't let this incident get you down on the dieting. if you need something positive to hang on to, you and your son are fine, you've taken care of the hard stuff, and maybe the DMV won't be too bad.

pack yourself a DMV survival picnic and text everyone you know while you're waiting.

here's hoping that tomorrow turns out much better!

misskitty

oh natamars! That really stinks! I agree with misskitty...focus on the positives. Hopefully tomorrow won't be too bad at the DMV.

SLUGGO~ where are u??


We went to the ocean today. It was so beautiful. I loved it. I am from Texas and have never seen an ocean until today. I have now decided that I want to retire and move there. lol.

Have a great night all...
Sherry

Awwww........Shae8230 you make me feel so loved asking wher I am Crazy day today but managed to make alot of fs foods for the week even have my breakfast lunch and snacks ready for work tomorrow. This morning started out decent weather but by 4pm I bet the temp dropped 30 degrees. Shae8230 I was looking thru some old posts and found both you and me from several years back, too funny! I still have not ate any meat and continue to feel good about that. I did my usual this weekend of thinking about going back to southbeach but it just bummed me out and just don't want to go back so I will give fs another shot. I just kick myself everytime I let that sugarmonster get the best of me. I am so disciplined until about 1 in the morning. I wake up and have this overwhelming craving for sweets UGG!!! I have decided to freeze some grapes and when the monster wakes me up I will eat the grapes or maybe I will save my oatmeal cookies for that time. I have everything under control except during that time. I feel so good when I'm doing a clean phase I fs. I just have to keep remembering that wonderful feeling. Tonight I am going to set some goals for myself and give it my best. I sure hope everyone has a great week and of course I will be posting, cross your fingers I will be posting how good I've been hehe. Goodnight peeps

Guys, thanks for alll the kind words. Heading off in a few to deal with DMV, but apparently first I have to go the police station because the cop who came failed to fill out the correct paperwork for me to get a new license. Grr!

shae, can't believe you'd never seen the ocean before! where did you go exactly? i've lived on the east coast all my life, and right now i can walk to long island sound. i love it - the smell, the breezes, everything.

got on the scale again today - beginning my last day of detox - and am down 6.4 POUNDS!! this is unreal. i don't know if fat smash just helped with the plateau, if it's the foods i cut out - i am just in shock. i'll change my ticker once the detox is officially done in the morning. i intend to pretty much stick with detox foods as long as it's working. i'd been thinking of cutting out meat again anway. will add back some fish.

talk to everyone later.

good luck today natamars. one question though, are you sure you don't want to change things up after detox. one reason for plateaus, i believe - after having read that our good doctor has to say - is that our body gets in to a 'happy' place with all the changes we've made and then doesn't feel the need to lose weight anymore. i'm afraid that your great progress with detox will be stalled. just a thought.

so, taurie, what's up on the other side of the pond?

keep plowing through, girls, one meal, one day at a time!

(has anyone noticed my tracker... )

misskitty

You rock!

We have a new weekly thread....here is the link:http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/gene...-22-3-1-a.html

Hope everyone is having a great day!