I have heard that most people when dealing with the "monthly bliss" tend to bloat thus showing on the scale. Supposedly can hold steady. or go up one or two lbs... but then the next week after the bliss leaves....... so does the weight.
I dont know...... I dont deal with monthly bliss issues as I take a steady dose of birth control pills. This is an effort to fight with my severe anemia...... I just cannot lose blood or Ill be going for transfusions.. it doesnt fix the problem but it keeps me from needing blood....
I do have monthly bliss 2 times a year and I did do one round while on this program and I did NOT have any weight gain.
Hope this makes some sense of some sort... need my bed ni ni ladies!!!

I did my wi today and I am down 3.8 pounds since Thursday! They also did measurements (first time in two weeks) and I lost another 5.5 inches!

That brings my total to 26.6 pounds gone and 22.5 inches.

25 pounds was one of my mini-milestones. Next one....to get out of the 240's

Dria: Way to go on the new jeans!

Mememegogirl: So glad you are feeling better and enjoying hot yoga

Happygirl: Nice ticker...not sure when I get signature options

Lee2lee: I am 5'8" and my goal weight is 145. This was set by HM but also by me as that is a weight that I was comfortable at for a long time (a LONG time ago) so it doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

chunksoflove: Yes, I have noticed the numbers not dropping much...or at all...or even a slight gain during TOM but it all seemed to even out after it was gone. I actually talked to someone at the clinic today about that too and she said it was really normal. Water retenion...same as my exercising last week (I took the weekend off and the pounds fell off)

Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat LOL

thanks for the info & quick replies!

congrats on making your MINI GOAL YAY

Hey, no problem at all!! I decided to put 180 cause when I was 180, I wore size 12 jeans and I had curves but wasn't FAT. The lowest I got was 160 I believe and my bones were sticking out from everywhere. 170 would be a good goal. I decided to write 180 and see from there if I wanted to go down to 170.

You have to understand that no one suspected that I weighed 250. NO ONE.
I'd show you pictures of me at 190 and you wouldn't think it was 190.

That's simply the way that I am.

And yes I'm on Facebook (Chantal Lavergne-Roy). Don't mind if you add me

momo - way to go for the loss! Isn't it great?? You're doing so good - keep it up!!

chunks - aunt flo - I find that whenever I start them, that's when my system "flushes" so I usually have a very good week when I start them...but the week before, no. I think it's different for everyone. Don't fuss about it.
You'll see the #s at some point or another

dria - size 28...WOW I don't even recall wearing a size 30! lol WAY TO GO!! You must be SOOOO excited. Happy for you!!

Nicole210 - About the frozen dinner, you'll see them in your book...right after the food portions, etc. It's the next section (but in the same section). We can also eat Janes chicken burgers and other stuff like that. BUT, this is my FIRST frozen dinner in over 2 months... I wouldn't eat this on a regular basis since it's SO high in Sodium and other crappy preservatives.

lee2lee - See...not so bad huh? Yes, a small tiny setback but once in a while, not a big deal overall.

meme - I know...it's deep... When I started this journey I thought to myself, I want to help others. I know how many people suffer from this...and will suffer from this most of their lives.

It's always easier for someone to eat their loneliness then leave their spouse of 10 yrs and start their life over... or whichever I else... I've read many many books...and the examples are plenty!

Ok...so I went for WI last night... lost another pound. 2 pounds for this week. I'm at 25 pounds lost. 10 pounds left for my mini-goal of July 13th....totally doable

My scale has been moving upward... what the heck?!? Exercise maybe? TOM? Is it my new back medication maybe? I don't know... but I hate it. I am up 1 lb... which I know is no big deal since I am totally on track with the program but still. Nobody likes to see the scale go in the opposite direction!

Meme - I understand. It could be a couple of things... water retention, hormones, cycle,... Like for me... I weighed myself on Sunday night... and then I weighed again on Monday night... I was up 1 pound...
I was SO happy on Sunday cause my weight was like SO down... but no, it had to go back up on Monday!! lol

The joys of our bodies!

Chunks of love... where are you in Ontario??? I am in little Beamsville town.. between Hamilton and Niagara Falls.

Chantal... I agree with the deciding on what is a comfortable weight for you!!! I haven't been at a comfortable weight in so many years.. I don't know what my comfort zone is!!! LOL And it also depends on what your body can maintain weight wise as well.

Memme.... Drink lots of water!!!! Add lemon to it.. maybe time of month...maybe the pills... maybe the exercise... I know my centre did not let me take "my own" calcium pills because they wanted me to buy there brand they said that the store brands will interfere with the chromagic and wm2000's and will lessen the results... WHATEVER!!!! just another reason to have people pay for their products. I know that if you take ibuprofen or tylenol or cold products my center told me to drink more water because of water retention and if you do take them they suggested that I let them know that I was taking them to watch the scales.

AS for exercise... I do believe its important for ALL of us to do some form of physical exercise because when we are all done our journey on HM we will all be different people with new bodies and new healthy eating habits but we need to move our bodies to burn calories and maintain the loss I don't care what anyone says. Now I know my center told me and my husband that if you exercise a lot or do weight lifting and you are losing too quickly they would add another protein... interesting!!! I don't know about any of you but my arms are so not toned they need some definition!!!! Now I am not exercising for hours a day like Biggest loser!!! But I do my best on my treadmill walking and light jogging for 30 minutes. I feel much better when I exercise anyways. I don't think exercise should be eliminated just to see a drop on the scale... I feel that will lead to disaster when the program is done... exercise revs up your metabolism to.

Ok hold on gals just one more thing.... Snack bars and protein bars from HM has anyone found a store brand replacement for them??? I have cut out the nutrition labels from the boxes of the bars I like to see if I could find comparable ones that are not so expensive in the store. Any suggestions??

Thanks gals you are the best

lee2lee

Someone else got this information... I think it's in one of the former threads...
I'll try to find it...I'm SOOO not busy!!

I think it was Michele. Look for her posts.

I will not cut out exercise! NEVER! I love it actually and was bummed out when I couldn't do anything because or my back. I am just annoyed by the scale and venting.

Regarding the lemon ... does it eventually count as a fruit if you use it enough? My meds are called Diclofenac Sodium... now you can see why I am wary about these pills... I flee from the word sodium... but I have to do what I have to do for the sake of my back... This is day 3 of those....

Ok here goes:
Original post from MicheleR on April 3 -
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...=167529&page=5

Brought a bunch of bars for them to look at. She said the closest match she has ever seen was the Slim Down Almond coconut bar which I have found at Walmart and Zellers for $2 each. Found another bar at Walmart today that was pretty well idnetical to it... also Almond flavoured and came in a green package (unfortunately I don't have the name handy at the moment!). There was another one as well that she said I could use "sparingly" since it was a little high in sugars... I think it's called Chocolate delight by Protolife (or something like that?? - pink and white box) Bought a box of 5 at Shopper's Drugmart for $10.

But then I wonder if these are considered Protein only bars...?

In regards to the lemon I was told to use pure organic lemon juice in a bottle. It has nothing in it, and I just pour some in my water.. and I really don't mind it at all. I use it on my salads sometimes to.

And remember you only have one back... cherish it and take good care of it the best you can~~~.

I wonder how things are with UFF and 2 dogs and 1 lady??? If you guys are out there I hope all is well with you???

lee2lee