Thanks! Sorry I caused the panic! That was about how I felt when I found out I could only have cheese 3x per week at lunch on the green menu!!

The sodium can definitely make a difference and so can the caffeine. I wouldn't worry about it too much though. Your body is probably just in shock right now and holding on to all it can. Stay strong and stick to plan and it will start coming off!

Thanks I will. I am going to try no coffe tomorrow.

when i quit coffee it took me a week or so to not feel tired in the mornings like i was before. i also started going to bed a little earlier in the evenings and i think that's why it didn't take me so long to adjust. i don't like the taste of coffee unless it's got honey in it and it actually was causing my stomach to cramp if i didn't have a TON of creamer in it and i don't like creamer either so it wasn't a hardship to give up craving wise, just being tired wise you know.... *sigh*

Good Luck!!

Do you have a Kroger grocery store? Kroger goes by other names...like our is called Payless (not the shoe store). I found it with all the other mccormick packets. I have also looked at walmart and they dont carry it.

The baked apples are the best! I love them with vanilla pudding....
Also I use the spray on dressings for salads and it is yummy! Kraft was making packets of dressings that were OP but I can't seem to find them lately.

lmickley :
I too gained my first week on program, I wanted to cry I was so upset!! I alos went from 6 small meals a day to 3 and the change was so difficult. The following week I had a good loss. I must admit I am not losing as fast as others but I am losing and I feel good so I am happy!

Look for the generic brands also. I know our kroger store carries it in their brand but not the McCormick brand!
Good luck!

Hi everyone!
I have been out of town most of this last week and did not do very well. I honestly tried, but the lat night we were treated to dinner-MEXICAN! Good grief, I cannot eat a salad in a Mexican restaurant. And ever since that meal, I have been so bloated and full of sodium. I am drinking a ton of water but I am not sure it is working. Ugh. Anyway, this weekend is my bridal shower so I am sure I will have some treats. Then next weekend is my bachelorette party in VEGAS! I know I will be eating and drinking badly. I guess I just wanted to get it off my chest. I was down another pound on Sat. morning so I am not doing too badly. I guess my goal is one pound a week (considering my social life! LOL)

I also cannot lose more than 6 pounds before my wedding or the dang dress will fall off of me! How funny is that?

Hope everyone is doing well and I will try to catch up on posts, but I am just so swamped with wedding stuff!

I went to WI last night and was down 3.5 lbs, YES!!!!!!!!! After a week of plateau, I am back again, I weighed myself this morning at home and shows 2 more pounds from yesterday, I don't want to get too excited but just the fact that at WI I lost 3.5, makes my week. I will be in Seattle for son's baseball games and i am a little afraid of choices I will make, but I bought the vanilla wafers meal replacements and they also gave me the carb/fat blocker just in case I got out to eat because restaurants can pack the chicken breast with fat and butter. I am thrilled.

I hadn't thought about restaurants loading up the chicken with butter. I figured they'd use salt....

Ok so I switched to the green menu on Tuesday and haven't been able to follow it really. I've been eating plan food just not always getting to measure. I've been moving and packing and unpacking *still am* and today I got REALLY, I mean REAAAAALLLY, lightheaded. I ate my breakfast at the normal time, that hasn't changed, still 2 eggs and my melba, I took the cleanser that I started Tuesday, forgot to take Wednesday, and took again this morning. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night *first night in the new place, alone, and I forgot to pack a radio* so I got a diet coke for some caffeine *was told even up to one a day of the lowest sodium stuff wldn't hurt my loss* and about 20 mins later I'm sitting at my desk and one of the ladies comes up to me and I guess she cld see how I felt. One of the guys here makes breakfast burritos to sell to the warehouse so she got me one and made me eat it. Just eggs and cheese *he makes one for me in case I miss breakfast I can have something on plan, his wife is sweet* so now I've essentially had breakfast twice today. It's coming up on time for lunch and I don't know if I should skip the protein and fruit at lunch, just have the salad and save the protein in case I get woozy again or if I should eat lunch as normal. It's going to mess me up either way..... I only brought enough drinks to have my breakfast and lunch drink cuz I'm only able to do 2 a day.

What wld y'all do. I've always said you should listen to your body because it's going to clue you in much better than someone who doesn't know how you feel but I don't want to completely destroy the next four days because of this.

I started preconditioning 12.31.08 and started the beige menu 01.12.09. So after eating the program for 71 days or 10 weeks I made 200 even.

Janet where in Arkansas are you, I go to the Bentonville center

I have found the low sodium at Walmart in Omaha. It sells out pretty quickly though. Maybe because I buy them all when I can find them!!