Congrats Notquitting This Time And Piano Girl..woo..hoo..keep Up The Good Work

HEYcarmarsa,


Thanks so much I'll try that!

My thoughts are with you, lovestofish.

I am a newbie. Love reading this thread! I have been with MRC for 25 days. I have lost 15 lbs. just reading to keeping inspired!

Welcome to all the newbies (LOL as if I'm not one) & congrats to all the losers out there, and even those that get right back on the wagon after falling off. I went off plan a few weeks back and It was soooooooo hard to get back on, I am slowly getting back on plan and getting results again. I resisted eating leftovers tonight and instead cooked my chicken while everyone else ate. I go WI tomorrow & I'm hoping to be in the 80's by then (I think I am but we will see ) I am glad to have this forum it helps immensely

prayers coming your way, lovetofish....my MIL had surgery yesterday, they think it's cancer of the bladder (she has Alzheimers too) FIL is doing chemo for cancer of the pancreas (had the whipple procedure in Jan.) hopefully he'll be in remission...or even better, the chemo has taken care of what has spread. they are in pretty good spirits despite all that is going on. we are the only family here taking care of them but we do have some good friends and their neighbors help out.
headed on a long camping trip fri. to mon for some R&R and focusing on MRC diet keeps me sane and energy up... packed veggies, protein powder, case of water, lean meats, salad stuff, greek yogurt, fruit, cheese... my treat will be mich ultra and lite margaritas but will step up the water even more~! hope everyone has a great weekend!

Oh gosh. Bigdog, that is sad. This time of life with parents is so tough. As you know, I'm all through with it now, but I still have flashbacks. Today flipping through photos on my phone I saw ones of my parents. My dad gone 4 years now, my mom 2. And there were about five years of rushing home (arcoss the whole dang country) for one medical crisis or another -including one that occurred when they were in Canada, for Pete's sake. Oh my. Seems like yesterday I was going through it all. I'll be thinking of you with your in-laws.

I weighed in yesterday and was down a pound. And this morning I saw a new number on the scale as well...a whole pound difference from yesterday morning. Whew! That thing stayed put for far too long!

I am appreciating the tips from the counselors. When I did a WI on Monday, they suggested I start taking the supplements. I bought two of the three amigos (the third seems like something I need to see the doctor about first so because of that and the price, I opted out of it). I don't know if that's what helped but the scale has moved. I'm having to take lower doses of the supplements though (MRC-5 and enhancer) because they were revving me up too much and even though I was buzzed, I also felt exhausted. And I actually got 8 hours of sleep last night too, so maybe that also helped.

The counselor yesterday suggested that for two days I eat nothing but fish, berries, and veggies for lunch and dinner. No carbs at all, even for breakfast...just berries. I'm going to try that today and tomorrow and see what results I get out of that. I like the NON-supplement suggestions yesterday's counselor gave me.

I see now why this program does work, because the counselors are there to make sure it does. If you're not losing weight (at least at my center) they make suggestions to help you get the scale moving again. I like and appreciate that.

Thanks camaswa and bigdog. Looking forward to a quieter weekend (running 4 miles tomorrow) and getting back on track with water and food. Hope everyone has a great and OP weekend.

Prayers for your family, Love to Fish... hang in there. So sorry for your loss.

Jen34 - thanks for the tips. I may try that!

I'm still chugging along. Lose a pound here and there, gain one here... still staying relatively down. My grandfather had a heart attack a few days ago and I'm devastated. Trying to stay on plan as much as possible. Hubby took me out to dinner sans kids last night, which helped with the stress! So thanksful for his support!

Hey love to fish and run,
Does the running help you to lose weight a lot faster. I am around your starting weight and I have ran in the past. I think I can start doing that. How much do you run?
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My thoughts and prayers are with you Lovetofish.

Patzi

this is a difficult journey without the added stress of loss & sickness I pray for you guys who are dealing with these things. at WI today I was down another 3 pounds, it is so motivating to see the scale moving. However while I was in the shower tonight my feeder (aka mom) stopped by and dropped off a bag of movie theatre popcorn ack! my complete weekness, I am going to have to get the kids to eat that up tomorrow or throw it away to keep me out of it LOL. I hope everyone has a great weekend

aw - popcorn is my weakness as well....i miss it so much and we keep it in our house for my youngest daughter to eat (shes a teeny tiny thing I think aliens created ) so I feel your pain...stay strong!

cmarty - It has helped me not only with weight loss but stress. I'm definitely a turtle when it comes to running but I just started running March 2011. I'm following LR marathon/half/10K training program. Let me know if you need info or you can use C25K (couch to 5K)

TY rachels77 and patzi. Camaswa I understand about seeing pics. My dad died 15 yrs ago Monday and I have days. We called each other almost everyday with a joke or funny story. bigdog - MIL started showing signs of dementia a year ago but it had really accelerated last few months. Prayers for you, hubby and FIL/MIL. Enjoy camping. Our temp this morn was 66 - come on fall!!