Went to PiYo last night at the center and did more leg work! I was still hurting a bit from Saturday so now I'm really hurting! I'm hoping at some point my body gets used to the workouts so I don't have to hurt so much. I'm planning on going to the gym in a few hours and doing a light walk on the treadmill. Hoping that will help my legs loosen up a bit.

I still went for WI this morning because I usually go Tuesdays & Fridays. I knew it wasn't going to be too goo because of the soreness/water retention. I was right.. only down .5 since Saturday. I know, still a loss but still a little discouraging.

@Patzi - congrats on the loss! Keep us posted how things are going with no supplements. I'm not sure why they would be mad because they keep telling me that at some point you won't take any supplements. Unless they are just messing with me! Which would not be nice.

@GoneforGood - Way to go on staying away from all those temptations! Keep up the great work.

Welcome to all the new people! I hope everyone is having a great OP week!

Hi ladies--well, the fair think has finally caught up with me. I still haven't gained, but I went to the dr. this morning and he said that I am dangerously low on salt and potassium. He said the combination of avoiding sodium, and drinking all the water and the 110+ heat last week is really making me sick--SO--lots of potassium today, I'm having the "dreaded" deli-meat for lunch today, to help try to get things back into sync. No wonder I've felt SO awful!

Today is my first full day back OP, hoping to get back in the swing of things, and not play head games when I retain some water. I know it's gonna happen, and I know it HAS to happen so I guess I'll just go with it. UGH_-why can't all of this be easy????

I hope everyone is doing great this week!

Hi all!

I am doing something different this week. Because I live away for MRC centers, I have been going to do my WI once per week rather than twice. They want me to come twice per week for a couple of weeks..believing that will help my weight loss. I will try it! I feel like I have been doing ok...but I average 1-2 lbs. per week. Apparently, there are others out there losing 3-5 lbs on average per week! I can't imagine that.

So far so good this week as far as staying OP. Not eating out certainly helps!!

I am sort tired of salads for lunch. Any lunch ideas out there that are quick, easy, and accomodate a busy mommy during the summer??? LOL I am on the go with the kids a lot....

Happy weight loss everyone!

Goneforgood- I'm doing this on my own so I'll be relying on Patzi and others for help when I lose another ten pounds. I hope to have the money to sign up soon at the center so I can get measurements and all done.

RaRaF- I always wondered about drinking too much water. I've seen people low on potassium and sodium and it affects your heart.

Candice- A slow easy walk sounds perfect for those sore muscles.

Patzi- good for you for sticking to your guns.

gone for good--- way to go. I'm so impressed with your will power.

WI today.. no loss, but no gain. They did a measurement and I've lost 11 inches. I'm pretty impressed with it. They want me to add another hns and of course drink more water. I've only been having 3 hns for most days. I'll give it a try.

little edie-- thanks for the comment about your NYC trip. It made me feel a lot better!

I'm doing metaquick for five days this week to try to lose everything I gained on my anniversary trip. It seems to be working-- lost 2.6 lbs. the first day. I'm sure hungry on this, though. Also, I forgot how unsatisfying it is to "drink" your meals insted of eating them. I'm sticking to it, though, and I keep telling myself that it will be over Friday. When I was in grad school last time I did MRC, I used to love MQ because it was easy and fast. Now that I'm at home with more time on my hands, it's more difficult. I'm not sure if it's so difficult this time because it just is or because I ate off plan foods for a few days.

Does anyone know if their center has these in stock? My center doesn't offer them anymore, though the consultant couldn't tell me why and I'm interested in purchasing them and giving them a try as opposed to the MRC-6, Phentatrim, and Cortitrim. If so, could I send you the money and you purchase them and send them to me?

Thanks.

Or does MRC have a way that I can order stuff online?

I looked through the sticky and saw 'brownie bites.' Is this the only one? Direct me please.

Thanks.

Hi...
I will send you some ideas for easy lunches..I bring my lunch to work every day, so try to make it easy. I will try to get back to you from my business some time today.. I understand being on go, as I am catching a flight many times due to business, or driving there.

Patzi

Tamikl..

Here are some ideas for lunch.. I was on Meta Slim, so you may have to make adjustments to plan you are on. My lunch allowed me protein, veggie, fruit for lunch. So if I give a single items, I added veggies, including salads
and fruit to each item.
Egg, tuna, chicken salad wrapped up in butter leaf lettuce

Meatballs, meat from turkey , cold, with salad

Sliced chicken breast wrapped around lowfat string cheese( make sure the chicken and cheese is your allowance of protein

Leftovers from night before

veggie quiche muffins made with veggies( this is an old South Beach recipe,
where I take egg beaters, veggies, and make muffins out of them by baking

Home made turkey burger patties or turkey burger sausage( I make these each weekend, and freeze)

Turkey burger meatballs home made

Lettuce wraps work well with supper from night before

Cooked and peeled shrimp on top of a salad,or eaten cold with raw veggies and an acceptable dip

Celery stuffed with shrimp or tuna or crab salad

That is about all I can think of for now.

Patzi

tkdtara ~ Silly question, but what flavor shakes are you doing on MQ? A 2.6 lb lose on day one is awesome!!

I was planning on starting MQ yesterday, but chocolate shakes are on back-order at my center. I was so bummed. They tried to get me to buy chocolate pudding or something else to add to the vanilla, which I'm not willing to do.

Has anyone tried the vanilla? I'm such a chocolate lover that I was looking forward to it! I now only have 3 days that I can do MQ before my big birthday bash on Sunday. I wanted to lose an extra couple of pounds so my new WHITE capris look good!

My center can't tell me for sure when the chocolate will be in.....maybe not til Friday, so should I just "suck it up" and get the vanilla???

Thanks Ladies!!

Connie-- I'm drinking the chocolate. I'm with you-- not a vanilla shake person, but if it were me in your situation, I'd suck it up and try the vanilla. Worst case scenario-- you hate it, but I would think it would at least be tolerable. Also, if you get the ready made kind (2 ready made=1powdered shake), the texture is so much better, and it's MUCH more pleasant. It ends up being slightly more expensive, but I think it's worth it.

Tonight I'm going to try mixing the powdered one with boiling water and then refrigerating overnight to see if it's any better. I'm also going to experiment wtih using a blender, but I hate that grainy texture. The ready made are very smooth and creamy.

One other option-- in the OP food diary thread, Victorialynn mentioned these shakes she found at Trader Joes that were almost the same as the MRC ready made ones. I found them at my Target. They're made by Pure Protein, have 120 calories, 6g carbs, 23g protein. If you drink 2, then you are consuming 10 less calories, about half the carbs, and 11 more grams of protein. While it's not exact, it's very close, and it seems to be better because of the fewer carbs. They're also cheaper, around $2/shake. If you're in a crunch, those would probably work. Personally, I'm drinking one of those and one MRC ready made. If you wanted to do that, you could mix a chocolate pure protein one and a vanilla MRC, and it would probably taste pretty good.

As for my 2.6 loss-- that was following a major cheat over the weekend, which made me hold water, so that's not a real fat loss. I lost 2.4 lbs. on the second day, though, so it's still going well. When I did MQ in the past, I usually lost about 5 lbs. if I did it for a week, so it does work faster for me than the regular program, but the 5 lbs. in 2 days for me is because of the water retention from my off program days just prior to MQ.

Good luck!

I'm back from my business trip and my plan didn't go as planned. I hate when things are out of my control. Let's just say I knew there was going to be issues when out comes & fries Monday and then yesterday they served Grrrrrr..... It was either that or nothing. Not to mention, I had to leave the plant up in Michigan yesterday at five and race to the airport to turn in the rental car and make my 7:15 flight. Made it with a little time to spare, but nothing to eat. So, my connection was through O'Hare (problem #1) and only 20 minutes to get from one concourse to the other before my flight home boarded. By this time, it was 8:30 and I only had the aforementioned pizza earlier to eat. My flight didn't get home till 11:30 pm, so instead of starving I ate the only thing that was next to my gate since I was in a hurry. McDonald's. Can I just say...

Did I mention all I was offered yesterday was one bottle of water? Couldn't even tell you where there was a water cooler and I wasn't at liberty to walk around the facility.

I woke up this morning and in 2 days, my scales said I gained FIVE pounds. The food didn't help. The lack of water over the past couple of days didn't help. And TTOM should be hitting any minute now. Just totally frustrated.

Stay strong Jen!

Sometimes you can't make the right choices because there are no choices for you to make and you have to work with what you got! But time to get back on the wagon and continue with the ride

My center says you can mix any flavor with the shake. Try the vanilla shake and the strawberry gelatin when mixed together it taste like strawberry shake. Be sure to add alot of crushed ice. I always make it in the blender too. It makes it smooth.