Darn those cookies! Lady, let's you and I who are 'out' according to the rules be 'in' again tomorrow ok?

Chantal, I was reading your food for the past couple of days and you are doing awesome. However, in light of you 'movement' problems you might find some relief if you either cut back or eliminated the spinach for a time? High iron foods = slower bowels. I love spinach too but found when I cut back on that and swapped in regular lettuce (less nutritious I know) that my movements were normal again. Just a thought. In a perfect world super nutritious spinach would be a win-win choice.

For sure meme!!
I have my luch already packed.. had my PB bar for brekkie & a cuppa tea.

back to that salad thing again becuase they are sooo yummy!

baby greens / spring mix
1 cup of fresh strawberries (I 1/4 mine)
1/4 cup of mandarine orange segments

then add raspberry dressing (i am using an olive oil based one)

you can also toast some almond slivers (protein) to top if off & have a complete meal of it..trust me ladies, it is filling!

Thanks meme! Yeah I know...Spinach isn't the best I guess but I started taking the Flax Seed Oil capsules on a daily basis...and guess what? I went this morning - WOOT WOOT! lol I've never been so happy.

This morning I'm wearing some darn nice looking clothes... I love the way that I feel about myself lately...LOVE IT! Go-ME-Go!

Have an awesome day ladies!!

hahaha! Congrats on your successful bm!!!!!! The things we talk about!
Doesn't it feel good to do something for you? I am happy you are feeling so good and I know from personal experience that feeling good is motive to feel even better!

Hi there, I've been lurking around for a little while and finally decided to post. I started HM on March 24/09, so I am about 3 1/2 weeks in. I'm on the wm2000 & Chromagic and visit the clinic 3X per week. I've lost 9 & 3/4 lbs and 16 & 3/4 inches thus far. You all are very motivating and I have enjoyed reading all of your posts. Hope to get to know you all better! Cheers & have a most excellent day!
Meal plan for today.....

Breakfast:

1 cup raspberries (1fruit) mmmm luv raspberries...
1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese (1/2 dairy)

1/2 cup all bran (1 starch)
1/2 cup (due to lactose intolerance) almond breeze (1/2 dairy)

Lunch:
Poached Eggs on Toast
2 slices diet bread (1 starch)
2 eggs poached (1 protein)

Snack:
1 cup grapes (1 fruit)

Supper:
Chicken & Veg Stir Fry
5 oz boneless skinless chicken breast (1 protein)
1 cup cabbage (1 veg)
1/2 cup onion (1 veg)
1/2 cup red pepper (1/2 veg)
1/2 cup mushroom (1/2 veg)

Hi Witchie & Welcome!

I started a week after you! Not to far behind
I've lost 11.4 pounds to date and I forget the inches... 10 something!

It's a pretty good feeling huh?

Welcome again, and feel free to post as often as you'd like!

Where are you from?

Well here is my food for yesterday...I was doing pretty good till my mom called and invited me there for supper (in celebration of my new house) I couldnt very well say NO because it was kinda being made FOR me. She made my favorite, home made chinese, I did however request NO deep fried foods. sooo this is how my day ended.

Breakfast: (I always have fried eggs on toast EVERY morning lol)

2 Eggs (P)
2 Slices Diet Bread (S)
Tsp Oil (F)

Apple (Fruit)

Lunch

1/2 Whole Weat Macarroni (S)
4oz Ground Beef (Pro)
1/2 Cup Pasta Sauce (Free)

Grapefruit (2 fruits)

...Ugh Supper lol...

Cup Rice mixed with peas, carrots, onion (2 Starch, 1 Veg ???)
Hot/Sour Chicken Breast (1 Pro, the sauce ??? who knows lol)
4 Small Honey Garlic Ribs (Again, who knows, maybe .5 pro or something?)

So that was my day, I did have fairly small portions and picked the things that would have been the closes to 'legal' but was still off plan for the day....damn mothers and their celebratory meals.

...I guess I should point out here too that my mother is not aware that I am on herbal magic, if she was i KNOW she would NOT be cooking this way. To the best of her knowledge she just things i am really watching what i am eating, which i feel IS the truth! My mom is an avid WeightWatchers fan, and i have tried it and it just didtn work for me so i opted for HM. There are A LOT of people who are not aware of me being on HM, mainly because i know a few people that are very vocal and strongly against the program, for whatever reason, personally I feel its just lack of knowledge of the program itself. I can't say I didnt have the same 'Oh its just some pill popping farce' thoughts before i talked to someone that was on it and had lost over 100lbs....so bascially i keep it to myself, nobodys business but mine!

So... I'm not that busy this pm... thought I'd come by here and POST! lol

WI & Measurements tonight... EXCITING! Hopefully, the scale will move for me today...or at least drop some inches...pllllllease.

My sis-in-law started Dr Bernstein...anyhow, she showed me their site...where she can log in, get recipes, food lists, etc...
I thought - wouldn't it be nice to have a site like this on Herbal Magic...where you could log on & see your progress online & see recipes submitted by other people, etc.

It was just a thought I was of thinkiing of sharing with HM... thoughts?

Chantal: Thanks for the welcome. I'm from Ontario. My next weigh in is on Friday, so heres hoping I'm down a little. I'm up 3/4 of a pound today due to my cycle and is a regular gain every month but I still hate it. The joys of being female.........

Welcome witchie! Nice to have another person join our group!

UFF: Congrats on the house! I was going to ask you the other day about it but wasn't sure if you got it or not... I'm sure you'll have an awesome time making it your own!

Chantal: Doesn't it feel good to get things movign.. haha

Lady and Meme: I am going to restart this program with you two...

Had a meeting on Monday and thought we were going for lunch (that way I could make a good decision) but lunch was brought in instead. It wasn't horrible, but also wasn't totally on plan. Also, I visited with a friend too late into the night last night and didn't get a half dairy, 1 fruit and a FE in. Oops...

Since I'm a slacker and haven't logged on in a while, here's my Mon and Tuesday foods:

Monday

Breakfast
Yogurt (1/2 D)

Snack
Carrots (1 V)

Lunch
Turkey wrap with lettuce and cheese (1S, 1P, 1/2D, 1/4V)
1/4 c. Veggie soup in chicken broth?? (1/4V, ...not sure what else was in the broth)

Snack
Peanut butter (1 Fat)
1/2 banana (1 F)

Supper
Pork chop (1P)
Couscous (1S)
Peas (1V)
Sweet Potato (1/2 V)
Peanut Butter (1Fat)

Snack
Kiwi (1 F)
Jello (1 FE)

And Tuesday... Sorry for the long post!!!

Breakfast
2 hard boiled egg whites (1/2 P)
Peanut Butter (1 Fat)

Snack
Carrots (1V)

Lunch
Ham Sandwich with lettuce (1S, 1/2 P, 1/2V)
Yogurt (1/2 D)
Apple (1F)

Supper
Chicken (1P)
Peas (1V)
couscous (1S)
Sweet potato (1/2 V)
Peanut Butter (1 Fat)

Just a shame I didn't fit all my food in as the day was going well...

Question: Which is worse - missing some of your food or cramming it in right before bed??

Hit the gym again yesterday and think I'm going again in about an hour. yay!

Witchie: I'm about to be in the same boat as you, just not sure how TOM affects my weight... guess I'll find out. Don't think I'm due until Sunday and weigh in Saturday yikes!

I was down from 279 to 275.6 today from monday....obviously TOM had something to do with it, either way im glad to be back in the mid 270's lol

ugly you got ur house?!??! CONGRATS!!! that is awsome im soo happy for you, i remember the day i walked into my house for the first time 9it was only last year lol) its one of those "ahhhhhhhh i cant believe its all mine" kinda moments!!
so again congrats

Wed
2 eggs
1 slice rye toast

Lunch
2 hard boiled eggs
3-4 cups mixed veggies for salad (peppers, organic greens, spinach, onion, mushroms, celery, tomatoe ..u name it it was in my bowl lol)
with balsamic vinigrette ( free exchange)

snack
2 oranges

Dinner
4 oz chicken breat
1-2 cups of asparagus

for my fats i had 2 coffees wih cream (starbucks was free for earth day lol)
for my dairy i guess i had nothing, i need to by some yogurt

im still trying to hit that 189 mark im gunna cut out cream as my fat, only milk in coffee for now, maybe tomorow when its nice ill walk to work and burn a few more calories.. i want that scale down soooo bad!

oh and welcome witchie!!

Just curious bride... do you eat the whole eggs or just the whites? Your program sounds like mine but it seems as though you might have one more protein than me.

Didn't even realize that cream was an option... I go for a double double with milk and sweetner and it's not too bad, although I've never gone to Starbucks --- Timmies fan through and through!

Good luck on getting to the 189 mark. If you don't mind my asking, how long have you been on the program and what have you lost so far?