had my weigh in this afternoon...down 3/4lbs lol since monday lol..everyone else...

I am down! This morning I checked on my own scale and down again the way they told me to eat seems to boost my metabolism!

Whoahoooo! Wayda go you two :) You are both doing awesome!!!!

I still haven't weighed in yet, but I will soon. We've just been focusing on jobs right now. Hubby has a couple of companies interested here in Ontario so I'll let you know the outcome as soon as we hear something.

I have an interview today with a webdesign company, so I'm crossing my fingers that I get it and if I do, and if my hubby gets a new job, then we will be able to say here!!!!

I checked on my weigh scale this morning and I think I might have put 1 lb on, but again this is my scale not theirs. Either way, I will continue with the plan even if I have to do it here at home.

Now where did you say I could get those supplements? What is gnc?

GNC is a "general nutrition centre" aka viatmin store here..

Okkie dokkie 2_dogs, I went and got some. I took my HM bottles and matched up the ingredients :)

Thanks bunches!

So since it seems to be the 3 of us..want to do a 5lb challenge?

im in!! i wanna be down under 200(so 8ish pounds) by the end of the month lol so im in, gunna be ordering my wedding dress!! big incentive lol

alright, so lets set the ground runes.. starting Monday we press hard and no slipping off the track and go for it??

Sounds good to me too! I'll give it my best shot :)

BTW, I just weighed myself this morning on my scale which is the only about 1/2 lb out from HM's, so it looks like I'm down another 2 lbs :)

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC NEWME!!! WOOT WOOT!
ok so starting monday we post everything and i mean everythign we eat..how does that sound to help us out?? no cheatings! hehehe

sounds good to me!! wieghed in yesterday down to 206!! woooo. thats 20llbs!! i am sooo excited!

Oh wayda go bride2b :) That's excellent!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm in, so monday I will start back to 3 meals a day again :)

3 meals and 2 snacks right??

this morning I w.i @ home and it shoows me 13 lbs down...now I am sure the HM one will nto show quite that, but that is ok!

so i cheated and had wings this weekend!! :s but as of monday i'll b good i promise hahah..hope you both had a good weeekend!!

At work it has been a week of celebration.
Monday was coffee and donuts all day (none for me)
Tuesday was DONAIRS (my fave) None for me
Weds..pizza and cale..I caved..I am sorry!! My salad seemed soooo..ick compared to donair pizza, hawaain(sp) pizza etc..
I w.i this am...lets cross. of and i get measured too!

hey sorry my week has been super busy imm keeping track of everything as of monday i was 205 1/5 lbs, ill post all my food later i havent forgetten!! xx

down more & a few more inches!
good 2 c u b2b!

Hey there,
I'm new here so I just thought I would say hi!!!
I have been on Herbal Magic Since July 08. Right now I am at 60 lbs lost and i think 55 inches. Not 100% sure of the inches i haven't checked in awhile! So my start wi was 246 and am 186 with a start goal of 160. I really like the program.
Thanks looking forward to talking to you all!!!

Welcome its nice to hear from someone who has been on the program so long and still going strong! Congrats!! talk to you soon!! Have a good weekend ladies..i think im skipping my weigh in tonight lol xx

Hi ladies

I know I've missed most of this week, it's been a roller coaster ride for me but I'm hoping to hop on the ban-wagon this coming monday!!

Glad to hear that you're all doing so well :)

has anyone done the 3day cleanse b4?? im thinking about starting it tomorrow basically its white protein and green veg, only :s for three days but you can eat as much of that as u want, and you have to have two eggs in the morning. after the three days they slowly re introduce your other foods until ur back to normal. the ladies at my hm think itll be a good way to shed a few pounds/inches before this weekend! apparently its usually like 5 lbs in the 3 days..i dunoo if i can doo it tho lol

I havent no, but I have been losing weight! i weigh in and measure tomorrow!

where are mah girlz?????
Come on now, so maybe you did nto follow the program, it is a LIFE change after all so get back in and say HI


hi!!!!!!!!!!!!

18" in total and almost 14 lbs as of yesterdays weigh in!!!!!
How are y'all doing???

Hi Everyone, I am very new to this forum but am looking for people also on the HM program, this seems to be the place! I have a long road ahead of me but a decent start so far, started Dec 1 2008 at 328.6 lbs, and weighed in yesterday at 299.0...still have what feels like a million left to go!!

Hello, I am also new to this program. Wow, it looks like a lot of chat happens for the Herbal Magic gals. I joined Herbal Magic January 1, 2008. I did awesome for the first six months and was down 56 pounds by June. We were building a house and summer got very busy and stressful and then we moved and then Christmas came. Well, I gained back 9 pounds in the last half of the year (6 over Christmas alone!) and started being serious again this month. At my weigh in yesterday, I was finally back to 56 pounds down. My start weight was 300.8 and yesterday was 244.8. I am determined to stick to plan and lose. We have a wedding to go to in Mexico in 12 weeks...

hi Friend & Jenni! Welcome! Friend, I started at 289 on Dec 30...do not let it define you and work towards feeling better!

Ooh Mexico! I am envious Jenni!

Thanks Lady! I am trying not to think about it too much, if i am doing all i can there is no need to kick myself right? :) i am .4 away from 30lbs lost (hoping to get that today at WI) and 30lbs is nothing to beat myself up over, thats a lot of weight in its self. My goal was to lose 100lbs by july that makes me 33.3% done right ? ha ha

Friend, 30 lbs IS allot! Have you ever gone to the hardware store and picked up a 30lb box of nails and carried it around the store??? What an awesome feel when you put it down!!! you keep going girl!!!

Thanks for the welcome, lady.

UFF: And yes, 30 pounds is great. I do that too where I measure percentage. I also have done times of my life where I was at that weight. You know, wedding weight, the weight when I started dating my husband, pre-pregnancy weight, 9 months pregnant weight... It is great to be somewhere you have been before.

For me, it has been helpful to remember good times in my life and remember what I am working for. I am so close to the 50% mark. I am so hoping to reach it next week. We shall see...

jenni that is sooo awesome!!!!

So how do you do for your meals?


for brekkie I do 1 protein *usually 2 eggs) 2 slice ww multigrain bread toasted, 1 tsp becel and sometimes 1 1/2 oz cheeze.
I keep my fruit for a snack later on in the am.

Hey Lady, your breakfast sounds exactly the same as mine, i LOVE eggs and toast, i used to eat it before i started so it was not a hard change for me at all, although I rarely ate breakfast before at all, so that in itself was a change i guess lol.

Thanks guys, i am very proud of my 30 lbs, most of the time, just have those 'off days' i guess. And I have picked up 30lbs before and its amazing that i managed to carry that around all the time. My Friend is a personal trainer (actually works with Paul from X-weighted if you have seen that show) and she has given me and another friend some 'routines' to do and one of them involves running with 2 15lb weights, i figured it would be a since, **** i carried it around on a dialy basis before lol...it was A LOT harder than i expected!

Thought I would throw a question out there, did anyone cheat this weekend, here is a list of my cheats lol.....

Went out friday night and had 3 vodka waters, and 3 shooters, not sure what was in them. And I had half a cooler saturday night, my 'excuse' i was with a cute guy ha ha, he bought be drinks.....as long as your alcohol is drank with water it doesnt count right?? ha ha :)

UFF: I soooo cheated this weekend. It was my friends bachelorette party and it was bad. I am not looking forward to my weigh in today. At least I am back on track today. That is so awesome that you have a friend that works with Paul. I love him and I love watching X-weighted.

My breakfast and lunch on weekdays are pretty much the same every day. I bring 1/2 cup all bran and 2 FF Activia yogurts for breakfast. I bring all my fruits with me to work and eat them throughout the day. Usually, it is apples and oranges. I bring a salad at lunch with either 2 boiled eggs or some type of protein that I have cooked, measured and frozen. I use the salad spritzer as you can have 10 sprays without it being anything. I usually use 15 as I find 10 isn't enough. At supper, sometimes I will cook something for the family and sometimes I will cook something different for them than myself. I cook a lot of stirfry's (my husband is getting really sick of them) and I use couscous instead of rice because you can have more couscous and it is super easy to make. Sometimes, I will cook pork tenderloin or steak or chicken breast, baked potato and lots of veggies. If I cook something separate for my husband and son, I will have eggs and WW toast with cut up tomato or I will open a can of tuna, mix it with mayo and cut up a cucumber and have that with WW toast. If I have anything left, I try to have it in the evening.

How does everyone else get their day's food in? I could really use some new ideas. It is pretty boring in my house. I started making homemade soups a couple of weeks ago and loading in the veggies and just putting a small amount of brown rice or barley into it. My husband was pretty impressed so I may make a homemade soup once a week until he gets sick of that, too...

Hi everyone,

I just started Herbal Magic a week ago (25yr. old female) and was told that I should lose between 8 & 10 pounds in the first two weeks. Has anyone else here had these results? Is this too much weight to expect? Should I expect less? I apparently lost 3 pounds in the first week but I'm already feeling a little discouraged & very hungry (did anyone else feel this way at the beginning?). Please help!

Hey girlie! Welcome! DO not beleive what they say about that weigth loss. 2 lbs a week or so is good. If you had lots of water weight than more..but not a guarentee. Tell us what a days menu is..

You should be eating breakie....as in a protein, a starch and a fruit and aprt of a dairy
snack a fruit

kuch eat protein starch (all starch gone now before too much day is gone) some more dairy if any left and a fruit
have a fresh veg as a snack

supper 1 protein and 3 veg....free exchange later..

and water water water.. not flvoured water either.

at least this is what I eat..

oh year, I had some meatload friday night and an easter egg thingy sat.. todays weigh in..-1.2 whihc means I am .2 away from 15lbs gone~