what did you end up doing? i'm at the point right now where two ladies have told me they'll let me cuz i told them i was either going to do it or i was going to quit ok but they haven't given me anything as far as paperwork and they even gave me attitude like because the girl who told me that isn't there anymore i might not be able to do it. did you ever get the menus?

Ok, so thanks to some generous people I now have copies of all the paperwork. The mgr STILL has not called me from last Thursday so I don't expect a call any more. My question is, for example, week 1 is the starch three times at lunch. Now this list doesn't include all the previous starch list but the ones it does include are in different qty's ie 1/2 c rather than 1/4 now. Does this list update our normal list for breakfast & lunch or are the green menu starches still what you must stick to for breakfast & lunch? does that make any sense?

During Stabilization I was told to continue the green menu and add the stabilization additions to my diet. For example, the first week adds a starch for lunch in day 1,3, and 5. So I was doing the green menu every day and on days 1, 3, and 5 I also had a new starch for lunch. Does this make sense? I continued on the green menu, and every week more food was added to it. Hope this helps.

When you are due for your starch in week 1 (let's say Monday, Wednesday, Friday) you add in the starch from the Week 1 Stabilization menu and the amount. Other than that you are following your Green Menu items and amounts. So at breakfast when you are to have a bread on the green menu, you can only pick from the green menu bread items and their serving sizes. You can only use the "starch" items from the Stabilization additions for the specific times mentioned on the menu. Does that make sense?

It gets more complex when you get further in to stabilization. Just remember that items on the stabilization menus can only be eaten at designated meals and are not to be replacements for anything on the green menu.

Hope that helps!

Yes that does help very much. I've been keeping my food sheets in a journal rather than the sheets and I've adjusted my journal to include what I can have. I didn't know there were specific days ie 1, 3, 5 and I didn't get the paperwork till Monday *which I kept on green* so I had my first starch on Tuesday, planned on having my second one tmw and then cooking spaghetti for my BF on sunday which is like 2, 4, 7 since I have it written out to start my weeks on Mondays. I'll make the 1, 3, 5 adjustment next week. I guess I thought the days were optional so I didn't look closely enough at the food sheets. I'll get all that fixed in my journal tonight so I can keep track of it. I'm SO looking forward to getting milk back! :-) All they ever told me about maintenance was that at the weight I was then *I'm only a couple lbs less now* that I wld have to have approximately a 1600 cal diet to maintain. I guess when I get closer to maintenance I'll hit those ladies up for any further information or if it's just a calorie counting game after the fact. I will admit I'm enjoying the fruit and have learned to like having the veggies. On the occasions where I've gotten the munchies at 10 and knew I was going to be up several more hours I've been munching on veggies which is a MUCH BETTER habit than the assorted junk food carbs that I used to keep in the house. :-)

I would love to be able to get your stabilization and additions information when I get to that point. I live in OK with no place close, plus the $$$ issue is another problem, so I am venturing out there to do this on my own. I have the first three menus, ordered the drinks online and will pick up some supplements elsewhere. I really want to do this. I am sick of being fat. My bodyfat is 38% right now. I got measured at Curves and can keep track of that there.

Would anyone be willing to send me the stabilization and maintenance menus?
Im doing this on my own and didnt get that far before... so I dont have those particular menus.

Thanks so much!

asherdwn, If you get the stabilization menu would you please send it to me. THanks! [email protected]

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Stabilization still seems far away.

I enjoy reading this thread since stabilization all seems a big mystery to me.

I'm an all or nothing girl so I'm afraid a little carbs will send me on a downward spiral. The pizza delivery man will greet me with open arms and say, "Girlfriend! Where ya been?!"

I have a while before I have to worry about that though.

im on week 6 of stabilization...still......and i think ill continue to stay on week 6 for a while.....
ive found that stabilization is hard and scary, especially here at the end.......on the one hand, i want to try and experiment a little, with little cheats here and there (like a bite of this or bite of that, nothing big, cuz HEY, once i enter the "real world" of eating, i wanna know my body can handle a bite of this and a bite of that). But on the other, im so terrified of gaining ANY of the weight back. Its also scary because since ive been on week 5, and now, 6, ive stopped losig, and i will go up and down every week. One week im up a pound and a half, the next im down half a pound, the next im UP a half a pound, then suddenly i DROP a pound, etc..its really obvious my body IS trying to find itd happy place...but its still scary... to any of you just starting stabilization, dont be suprised if you see the scale move UP once or twice.......

I'm on week 3 now. Love reading the threads. Any great food combo ideas you've enjoyed that you'd like to share? For me I love baked potato, broccoli and cheese for lunch on starch day, Angel food Cake and blueberries on starch day at lunch, whole grain pasta, cheese and veggie in a bowl.

Oh Porchmom, That sounds wonderful. I just got week one of stabilization today and I am also looking for ideas. Thank you.

But a 1" square cube of angel food cake doesn't seem like much. How much have you been eating?

I measured--truly 1". You'll be surprised. When I saw we got 1/2 cup of pasta I made whole grain penne pasta and my first inclination was to CHEAT....but I didn't and truly it was enough. Give the serving sizes a chance....hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised like I was. Espeically with the blueberries on it...seemed like SUCH a treat Congrats to you!

By the way, I've enjoyed stabilization but when I first saw the menu I was disappointed...expected more of a change.....but I must say after I went through my mini funk....about a day....changed my outlook and I'm finding I'm getting plenty and enjoying it. What about you?