The reason for this question can be found here (my last post): http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81627

How many people followed Wave 1 to the letter and didn't cheat at all? I'm worried because I enjoyed the family BBQ a little too much tonight and now wonder if I should start all over again or just keep going? I'm on Day 4 right now and have been doing really well. Most of the time, it's pretty easy to stay on plan.

Guess I'm feeling a little guilty. Plus, I seem to have this built-in alarm that shouts into my ear whenever I achieve a little success that it's okay to relax and have a little indulgence. Self-sabotoge? I dunno. The burgers have made me feel bad physically so maybe that's partly why i feel so down about it all. Am I overreacting?

The reason Sonoma has two Waves is to deal with sugar cravings. If you aren't having those, don't worry about starting over. If you are, then you might want to consider. Wave 1 isn't anything magical that is going to set you up to lose weight.. its purpose is to deal with cravings, not any special combo of foods, nutrients etc.

No one on this planet is perfectly on plan every single day of their lives.. me included. There are going to be BBQs and Birthday parties, anniversaries, funerals, pizza bowling parties and you name it.. this is life, sweetie. Getting this lifestyle to become a habit does take practice, but the trick is after one meal off, you get right back at it the next meal.. not the next day or the next week or the next monday. You get back the very next meal!!! Every once in a great while, I'll eat a bit ofa cake, or ice cream or other non Sonoma foods, and that's okay because this is my life. I am not a perfect robot and neither are you. But I don't get into multiple meals in a row of off plan foods. THAT is a recipe for disaster. So get right back at it this second.. this minute. With your next breath and go forward, but do remember how those burgers made you feel.... for next temptation.

Thanks, Linda. Believe me, I laid in bed last night feeling physically miserable because of those burgers. It will be awhile before I cave into THAT temptation again!

Funnily enough, the sugar cravings are not so bad as I expected and I am - WAS!- a major Pepsi-holic. I's been a bit of a battle but not too much. So yeah, back on plan today and feel very much re-motivated.

Just a quick reply on the eating off plan and feeling sick. A few weeks ago (or months i guess) I was on a trip and had absolutely no choice but to eat lunch with them or starve (I was 30 miles from town, didn't think ahead and bring my own food, and didn't have a vehicle to go anywhere). They had pizza, and I spent that entire night regretting that lunch. Yuck - and I used to eat this stuff all the time????

We all make choices, whether they are on plan or not. The thing that the plan is teaching is to hopefully make better choices in the future.

I still eat off plan sometimes, the difference. I only eat enough to stop the craving. I no longer have to finish the plate, bowl, whatever because I am more congnizant of portion sizes. I'm also making better off plan choices. I know for me, personally, if I deny myself, I'm headed for disaster and the option of going way off plan, so I indulge within limits. But like Linda said, that means my next meal and the rest of my day, I'm going to do everything I can to stay on plan, not put it off until the next day, week, whatever.

Hi Everyone. Im barb and I have the Somona diet book and also the Med diet book and also the WW Core plan diet pamplet and can't seem to make up my mind which to try. I hate counting and you have to count on Core, but on the other hand you get 35 flex pts to use on any foods. I like the concept of Somona and especially you people's attitude. Some forums they have the most rude people if you seem to not be able to stick with the plan 100%. Im going to read the Somona book again and then decide. I don't much like the idea of Wave 1, but I suppose I could get thru that. Im not much of a sweet eater. I don't like cookies, but I do like cake sometimes, but rarely bring it into the house. The way I get sugar is having a soda and that I will have to cut out of my plan. My oldest son is diabetic and he's been on Somona plan and has lost weight....barb

WVLadyUs, you do not count on Core, unless you use the extra 35 points and eat junk. Otherwise, you just chose from the allowed foods lists and stop when you are satisfied.

Well, I went through a stressful evening last night with my dog being sick and I broke down for an ice cream cone. When I'm stressed I want something and a healthy food wasn't going to cut it. I felt badly after I ate it but I was just too stressed to worry about it. My dog is doing better today so I should be able to start again today. This is only my 3rd day so basically I'll start my 10 days over, I think.

I do Body for Life exercises and it seems to be a nice combination.

Cyl