Weigh in today... lost a total of 23 pounds now and my measurements are 22 inches lost to date.

I started Herbal Magic on April 20/2009.

My weight loss has been consistent except for a few slip ups on my part. My inches were slow to come off in the beginning, but the last 3 measurement days I have been seeing more total body inches lost now.

As for the bars... Dria I live on them, I have several different ones. I buy seven boxes at a time and I get the 8 one for free I believe it works out to. When I go to work I either have a free exchange bar or a protein bar to take with me to Tim Hortons so I don't have a donut, or bagel etc. I get my coffee and eat one of my bars and it ties me over until I eat a meal.

Again I was warned about the QLP 1 I only have a few pounds to go and voila they are taking more food away from me. I end up with 2 protein, 2 starch, 3 veggies, 2 fruits, 1 dairy, 1 free exchange, and 2 fats I believe. Will be interesting to see what happens on my night shift. My girls told me that they will give me a meal plan to help with the adjustment. I love them

I hope everyone is having successes on the scales this week.

lee2lee

OK so I sucked at Moxie's last night...........I am not gonna list what I ate but I loaded up on my appetizers, the meal I was good and just had a shrimp skewer thingy with steamed broccoli (no salt). There was a baked potato which I did not eat and not because I was focussing on the plan but becasue I was too stuffed with appetizers and had no room left.

O AND IT GETS WORSE, I DINT EVEN TAKE MY SUPPLEMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was as if once I got to Moxies, my brain and body looked around saw everyone drinking and eating these delicious foods and completely forgot about the fact that I was on a friggin plan. The only thing I did right was no alcohol and the main course. But all those appetizers are gonna kill whatever good I did this week.

What is wrong with me? I also have a big sushi dinner to go to that I cant get out of on Saturday. After that I am burying myself in the ground. I hate going out. I was good for so many months and brought my weigh down from 198lbs to 177 on my own and now I have all this great support but I keep screwing it up.

In any case that's my rant for the day............. I screwed up and I'm pissed at myself.

Momof5k, I am so sorry I was so focussed on ranting I forgot all about your questions:

The hot Mexican wrap is 5 oz chicken breast and 4 tbsp of fat free salsa. Coat the chicken with the fat free salsa and toss well. Cook the chicken on an open pan with 1 tsp oil. Once chicken’s cooked lay it on a tortilla and sprinkle ½ and oz or 1oz of cheese on it. Eat it hot or cold I ate it hot and it was the best thing ever...........Also, the website recipe sas you can add more tomatoes but I did not and I dont think I will be.

The country breakfast recipe does serve 2 so halve the ingredients for 1

What about all of you do you get recipes from your center? If yeah then share please . I have so far received quite a few including flourless peanut butter cookies that I am dying to try.

There are some here:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170512

Whoa...lots of posts!!

Congrats to all for the WL!

momo - that's awesome and your week ain't over...imagine that!

Lee - WOOHOO! That's amazing!

Aditi - we live and we learn... it might not be THAT bad..you'll see. Remember - it's always your decision in the end I won't be judging you!

Sunny - I'm surprised too... You should seriously ASK WHY you're not on the II... I mean, this ain't good for you if you're not eating enough!!

WI for me tonight...which me luck! My co-worker told me this morning I was melting...always nice to hear

I'm doing really great, back on track!! I might have a few cheats over the weekend for my bday!! (Mostly alcool I think). I'll make the best of it!

Thanks for the link to the recipes am definitely going to try some of those next week.

Chantal, thank you for not judging and I know you are right we learn from our mistakes and have to learn to move past it.

I read something very interesting about how to change your focus so you never really cheat. It was on a different blog and I did not copy it to paste here but the gist of it was if we stop thinking about food as a reward or a celebration and start conciously reminding ourselves that we eat to live and not live to eat, changing our food habits becomes a breeze.


I thought that was sooooooo true. It's like when you try to quit smoking, you have to keep reminding yourself that nicotine is a drug that does not relieve you of boredom/stress otherwise non-smokers would be bored and stressed all the time.

So who says anytime we have to celebrate something we need to celebrate with food (food that's bad for you). Why can't we celebrate with a new pair of jeans or shoes or a treat for ourselves that does not have to go into our mouths. I guess if we manage to change our way of thinking about food that would help us stay focussed on healthy eating habits........

That's my philosophy for today and I swear I won't bore you any more

Based on our sharing of recipes and ideas and such I think that it would help us all to change our perspective on 'good food'. IF you did a taste taste between a burger you prepared yourself for example vs. a McDonald's one... which one do you think would win? As you can see, there are some wonderfully delicious foods that we can prepare ourselves that are fully legal. Some in fact taste so good you wonder if perhaps it isn't on plan after all. In the past I have indulged in something when eating out that I thought would be really good (off plan of course) and found myself disappointed. The social element of eating is hard for sure but there are ways around that too. It requires some reconditioning of your mind for sure...

I am challenging myself and heck... all of you too to find a way to make yourselves into culinary geniuses through this process. If you are craving something, find a way to make a HM legal version of it. It does take time and some trial and error but in the end you are reprogramming how you live essentially. That is my soapbox for today. According to the Wii fit I am down another lb. YAY!

Now I am going to go try and invent a 'iced coffee'. Stay tuned for the results and perhaps recipe....

We are not deprived! We are enlightened!

I agree meme...

Having a burger at home is as good, if not even better!
And Sweet potatoe fries can do the trick at times...

But when you're on the road, that's when things CAN get tougher...
I mean, the safety of our home is awesome. You have TOTAL control.

It's Thursday ladies...one more day to go... lol
Can you tell this week is simply drrrrraggin' by!!

Wow MEME I love the line "we are not deprived, we are enlightened"

that goes on my fridge for sure

lee2lee - 23 lbs in 2 months? WOW !

aditi - Don't be so hard on yourself. Find the lesson in this.

Chantal - Melting? Now there's a compliment!


Thanks for the great recipes. I can't believe that I'm only on DAY 3 and already I feel like my options are so limited and boring. I'll definitely give some of these a try.

WI today, down 0.5 which is good, I guess. I knew I couldn't keep up the 2lb-a-day pace. LOL

I did ask about the QLP 1 vs QLP 2 and was told that QLP 2 was for men and those who have 60+ lbs to lose. I'm not sure how knowledgeable the staff at my centre are. Every time they answer one of my questions, they seem "iffy". Like they're guessing. Also, I haven't been given any recipes although, in all fairness, it is only DAY 3.

I thought I'd check my old Weight Watchers books to see how many 'points' I've been eating and how HM's guidelines compared to WW's.

I'm not surprised that HM has me eating less. According to WW, I should be eating aprox 27 points per day. Looking at what I ate yesterday, I actually only had 22 points and 24 the day before.

Having said that, WW didn't work for me. No accountability. HM is the program for me!! Yippeeeee!!

Back to the drawing board for the iced coffee. My first attempt was not my best ever. Oops. Suggestions anyone?

Aren't compliments great?

Sunnygal I was with WW for a lil bit too, just the online one though not so much the meetings and everything and was allowed 21 points a day so I guess Im eating more with HM.........but WW dint do much for me either......

I do believe HM is gonna do it for me though because it does seem to encourage common sense in our eating habits and I guess all the counting is hard initially but soon we know exactly what we can eat and how much without having to think about it too much. I can't wait t get to that stage when eat right without having to think about it

GUESS WHO WEIGHED IN AT 50.4 POUNDS LOST?!?!?!

ME!!! IN a late day weigh in too!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY


Yesterday Morning I was 127 even. Today at 5:30 pm I was 125.8

Congratulations Dria! You have to be on top of the moon! Way to go!!!!!