The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[SuzyQ66]

Nicki - Great job getting through Day 1. I too made it through. You mentioned the 50# club - I am there too. We can do this Nicki - I am rooting for both of us. Have a wonderful day.

[nickieluv]

OK, I mostly made it through day 2. But I had too many green beans so I think that means I didn't really make it. And now I don't know if I should have another supplement because of the extra veggies. But I'm going to have one because I am feeling hungry (and yes I've loaded up on water) and the plan is 5/1, not 5/1 unless you have extra veggies.

I'm headed upstairs for a little reading - I'm going to make that cold cocoa again as my last supplement and that will be nice.

I was thinking today that this plan would be a piece of cake to follow if after every day of compliance you could look forward to being a pound lighter. I know from my experience and that of others (too patient to be believed sometimes) that is absolutely not a guarantee - but still, I am hoping to see more of a loss tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow is the last performance of the year - Kindergarten Celebration. I am so not concerned about it, and maybe I should be - but the songs are a tradition, not chosen by me, and so it doesn't feel like my show at all but more something I have to do. Which I guess is exactly what it is. But it will be cute - and low-key - and virtually no stress - and then in the afternoon I can get back to work sorting and packing. You should see the junk all over my room - I bet I've thrown away exactly as much as I've packed, and I've packed 6 big boxes already. I'm looking forward to unpacking and getting my new room set up, although that might not happen until August depending on the cleaning crews and such. Not that I won't be plenty busy doing other things in the meantime.

Well, I'm off to shake and read. I guess. Sense my ambivalence? Maybe I'm too tired to read. I just know that right now I wish I was a cat - one of my cats, sprawled out asleep without a care in the world. But I'm a mom now - I'll never have a single moment without a care again, even when things are perfectly happy and normal. Is happy normal? OK, I'm acting strangely, I'm going to go RIGHT NOW.

[Mike]

Great going Nickie. Keep it up. You can and will be victorious.

I've blended the cocoa with ice and its not so bad.

[Patty]

Nickie -

Hang n there - you are doing great! And I can't really think that too many green beans will hurt you

Have a great day!

[bikipatra]

This brief interruption to Nickie's journal is to announce that pictures of Nick's new short haircut can be found in Bikpatra's journal. Thank you. Carry on.

[SuzyQ66]

Hi Nicki - I made it through day 2. I will consider you making it through day 2 also - I also do not think a little extra green beans is going to hurt you. We are now on day 3 Nicki and I know that you can do this. We need to stay 100 percent compliant. If the munchie gremlins come on - take a walk, take a bath, go pull weeds, just try try try to ignore them. You can and will do this. I also love the pictures - your haircut is cute.

[bikipatra]

I was thinking today that this plan would be a piece of cake to follow if after every day of compliance you could look forward to being a pound lighter. I know from my experience and that of others (too patient to be believed sometimes) that is absolutely not a guarantee - but still, I am hoping to see more of a loss tomorrow morning.
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Aren't we all? We can talk about learning experiences, changes in attitude about food, patience,-but when it comes right down to it, we want that scale to move. If we didn't we would buy a self-help book not Medifast.

[SuzyQ66]

So so true Biki. I wish the weight would just fall off the face of this earth never to return.

[bikipatra]

So so true Biki. I wish the weight would just fall off the face of this earth never to return.

This way we get the benefits of a self-help book while losing weight, even if it is slowly!

[nickieluv]

Well now I'm little scared to weigh in tomorrow, because I dropped almost three pounds overnight to be at 210.3 this morning. That's a heck of a lot of carb-retained water! I guess upping the water intake is helping? Even though I've had to get up in the night to go potty every night so far this week. Maybe it's the extra night-time walking that's doing it.

The last performance is over - it was this morning. Of course there had to be a little problem, but it was no big deal and hey, the kids were cute! You always have that to fall back on at this age level.

Two more days of work, more packing to get done - my goal today is to finish the shelving and then work on my cabinets. Tomorrow I'll go after the filing cabinets (I'm sure there's loads of junk in them, too) and my desk - then I should hopefully be done! I did bring my book to read today in case I either run out of boxes or energy.

Today I will be compliant again - I sense onederland on the way, or at the very least getting into 20- numbers. Onederland by the time we go on vacation, July 22nd - that would be a nice thing to celebrate. And keep me honest on the trip since I wouldn't want to come back only to be over 200 again! I'm wondering if I'll have any trouble with wanting to cheat once I am under 200? Part of me thinks that it will be like a big hurdle, and once I get past that number I'll be on a mission to keep moving closer and closer to goal before my big reward - baby time! But you never know with me.

Well, time to get packing, literally. TTFN.

[DonnaS]

Well now I'm little scared to weigh in tomorrow, because I dropped almost three pounds overnight to be at 210.3 this morning. That's a heck of a lot of carb-retained water! I guess upping the water intake is helping? Even though I've had to get up in the night to go potty every night so far this week. Maybe it's the extra night-time walking that's doing it.

I was afraid to weigh on Tuesday (end of 2nd week) because I weighed on Saturday and had lost only 1 lb. from the week before. I changed my water intake from 64 oz. to 110 oz. on Monday, got on the scale Tuesday morning and had lost 6.5 lbs for the week. So..... maybe more water does help.

Congratulations on your loss!

[bikipatra]

Well now I'm little scared to weigh in tomorrow, because I dropped almost three pounds overnight to be at 210.3 this morning. That's a heck of a lot of carb-retained water! I guess upping the water intake is helping? Even though I've had to get up in the night to go potty every night so far this week. Maybe it's the extra night-time walking that's doing it.

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So let me get this right, you are over 5 pounds under ticker after eating off plan (Chinese, pizza etc) 3 times last week. Is that correct? Or has your ticker not been updated? You have lost all this weight this week after weighing 215.8 on Sunday?

[furball7]

Niki, I just wanted to stop by and tell you I love your hair!!!

Sherry

[nickieluv]

So let me get this right, you are over 5 pounds under ticker after eating off plan (Chinese, pizza etc) 3 times last week. Is that correct? Or has your ticker not been updated? You have lost all this weight this week after weighing 215.8 on Sunday?

I did update my ticker on Sunday, and yes, that's true about the weight loss. But I'm still above where my ticker was the previous Sunday (210) so I'm sure this is just the water retention of carb overload people are always talking about. Not that it isn't nice to see the scale drop so much, but it's not real weight I'm losing until I get under 210.

Don't worry, it will probably be higher tomorrow - it usually is when I see a big drop like that. Fluctuation in the tissues or something. And I'm behind on my water today - I've gotta chug-a-lug 64oz when I get home to catch up.

Thanks for the hair comment, Furball - I enjoyed your after pictures, too!

[bikipatra]

Don't worry, it will probably be higher tomorrow - it usually is when I see a big drop like that. Fluctuation in the tissues or something. And I'm behind on my water today - I've gotta chug-a-lug 64oz when I get home to catch up.

I'm not worried just confused sometimes.