The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Lisa in NY]

Determined to stick with this through my 3-4 week stall, the scale has finally moved again - down 2 more pounds for a total of 17 lbs. in 5 weeks.

24K, I took your advice and have been drinking lots of water (which is not easy for me...by the way, how much of our water allotment can be from diet soda?) and I plan to make a habit of it, just as I've made Medifast a new habit.

I recently took a class at work re time management and one of the things they told us is that it takes 21 days to form a new habit - so we can assume that after 21 days on Medifast, this should all be pretty much routine for us. I think it's true....so my next goal will be to drink at least 64 oz. of water every day for the next 21 days (wish me luck!)

Lisa
(crawling slowly to the 20 club!)

[24KaratGold]

Cool! Congratulations!

If you go over to the "Elevator" forum you will find a post I've written about Plateaus. I should have thought to suggest you read it when you first mentioned the problem -- it does happen to most folks right at week 3 or 4, but if you persevere through it then things pick right back up again.

As for the diet soda thing, my understanding is that they don't really count toward your water. I used to be addicted to diet coke, and once I started drinking all the water necessary on MF I pretty much cut back to one a day (I don't drink coffee, so I have to get my caffeine somehow).

One thing I think does count, and that I use, are the no-calorie no-carbs flavored carbonated waters that my grocery store sells. I'm particularly fond of the strawberry-kiwi flavor. My kids have even decided they like it, and as a result are drinking more water and less soda, which can only be a good thing.

Hang in there. This is fun!