Great losses everyone!
Keep up the good work. It took me awhile to catch up on my reading-it's been a busy week.
Moliver- I had the same thoughts about the creamies also. When I think back I was drinking the hot choc for several mornings when my plateau started.
When I weighed in last Thur I was 1 lb away from that 20 lb board.
(Congrats Tex Doc on making that 20 lb. board!
)My back went out on Friday and I popped ibruprophen and tylenol all weekend to help with swelling and pain. On Monday I weighed in and had gained 1 1/2 lb. Bummer! My counselor gave me a 4 day menu (they called it a focus menu) to break plateau. I'm not a big fan of some of the cooked veggies like broccoli and cauliflower but I love cauliflower raw. On the 4 day diet choices were limited I had to face that challenge and eat them cooked. I found that I kinda like the broccoli cooked but the cauliflower was not so great! I don't have access to a microwave at work so I even ate cold cooked broccoli this week for lunch
- you do what ya gotta do! Anyway at WI yesterday I had lost 2 lbs-making me .5 lbs away from that 20 Pound Board! If I don't hit that board on Monday I may just have to kick start my program with a brownie!
Just joking but it can get discouraging at times. Something else on ibruprophen - one of the counselors said she had seen certain brands that contain caffeine-so I guess we better pay attention to some of the over the counter drugs also. She also told me to decrease my flax back down to 2 each meal. I asked why and she said I could be getting to much fat...(3 less pills a day is fine with me.)
Raemi- I also have hypo-thyroidism and take All Day Weight Loss pills I have no problem with them. They told me I could not take the Enhancer. I only have one kidney so I can only take 3 HNS a day. They actually gave me the wrong menu and didn't realize this until a month into program. But the menu I should have gotten would have slowed things down and I opted to stay on green menu since I was doing fine. Last weekend was the first time I had something off plan- I caved and the chocolate callled my name until I had 3 pieces and I didn't feel too guilty-I held out for 46 days-no candy,choc,chips. That slip shouldn't have been my 1 1/2 gain.
I'm hoping for the losses to speed up and praying I'm over my 1st plateau-none of us are immuned to plateaus-darn it! For all the new guys this site is a great source of support and you'll pick up alot of good information-sometimes more than your own center offers. Thanks guys for being here and let's not give up because we can do this and hopefully this will be our last weight loss rodeo. Many Blessings to all.