The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Mike]

Hi Nickie,

You can actually get the transition guide (as well as many other great guides and other resources) through the resources page on the tsfl site. Try this one:
http://www.tsfl.com/program/resources.asp

Hang in there, tough times can be handled, just rely on those around you.

[bikipatra]

Hi Nickie,

You can actually get the transition guide (as well as many other great guides and other resources) through the resources page on the tsfl site. Try this one: http://www.tsfl.com/program/resources.asp

Hang in there, tough times can be handled, just rely on those around you.

Thanks Mike. I needed to bookmark that one too!

[nickieluv]

Thanks for the link, Lizabette and Mike. I did print out the transition guide over the summer and read it a few times. I feel good about transition - I'm just afraid that when I'm not transitioning, but maintaining, I'll throw all my new good habits out the window. So really, nothing can help me there except myself. I have to be vigilant - or maybe watchful is a better word. Because vigilant to me implies being tense and on edge over something - watchful just means I'll keep my eyes open and keep my head in the game. I don't want to stress about food for the rest of my days. I just want to trust myself to make good healthy choices most of the time.

Speaking of good choices - I exercised this morning. I really did not want to - I wanted those extra 25 minutes in bed snuggling with my husband. But I did something nice for me (exercise) and something nice for him (I got the baby so HE could sleep in those extra 25 minutes). My daughter was cute - she was 'marching' with me a few times but mostly she just played with her books and had her breakfast and was a real sweetheart. Last time I exercised with her downstairs she had a hissy fit the first 10 minutes wanting me to pick her up. So I guess she knows what to expect now when mommy is 'marching.'

Having done it, I'm glad I did it - I mean, now it's over and I don't have to worry about it again until tomorrow. I'm just so tired that I'm not enjoying it. And I don't know why I'm so beat all the time. I'm getting the amount of sleep that I need to get. Could it be I'm getting too much now? I like to have 9 hours a night - that's my optimum. And that's how much I've been getting. I'm afraid to stay up later because I don't want to get even MORE tired. I think Saturday I can sleep in - maybe that will help. In the meantime, I have church choir tonight so I might be up a touch later because of that, and I'll work out again tomorrow morning and that will mean I worked out 5 days of the past 7. About where I want to be - 5 days a week. I thought I would take off Saturdays and one weekday, as I feel the need.

Well, I have a class coming soon and it's taken me so long to type this that I'll have to copy/paste it because of the spammer message - so I'm going to go do that. I'd say I won't see you again until tomorrow but we all know I'll be back here at least twice more before I go home today.

[Lizabette]

Thanks for the link, Lizabette and Mike. I did print out the transition guide over the summer and read it a few times. I feel good about transition - I'm just afraid that when I'm not transitioning, but maintaining, I'll throw all my new good habits out the window. So really, nothing can help me there except myself.... I don't want to stress about food for the rest of my days. I just want to trust myself to make good healthy choices most of the time....Speaking of good choices - I exercised this morning:

You really have it right, NICK, 'cause at the end of the day only you will be able to help yourself.
Every person is so different in HOW he/she will do maintenance...bodies are different...likes and dislikes are different.
Maintenance can be a happy time or as you say, stressing about food forever!
The new trans/maintenance guide is more informative now than when I started it, if you haven't read it---a lot of good stuff to help us maintain.
Your first question, "Does it get easier to maintain?" Yes, for me it does.
I don't worry at all, because I know instinctively what and how much and how my body reacts to that.
I NEVER forget to eat! I EAT! Think Breakfast, 2 L&Gs, and 2-3 small snacks in between. Memorize the BE SLIM Philosophy and go by that.
Good on the exercise. That's the' E' in BE SLIM. It really does work, just like the MF Plan works.
I wish I had a miraculous formula for you to follow.
But guess what, the miracle is already within you!
WTG, NICK.

[bikipatra]

Nickie- Since I won't be doing Medifast, for a week at least. I needed to find a home for the compliance turtle. For some reason you jumped into my mind. Keep him away from those cats of yours!

[nickieluv]

Ah, he's a cutie! I'm not usually into reptiles - or is that an amphibian?

I had lots of cookies yesterday. Don't have a good reason. I asked myself 'is this really what you want to do?' and the answer was yes, so I don't think I asked the right question.

I was up over 3 pounds yesterday but I was praying it was because I had my L&G so late the night before - and whenever I have shrimp I feel like I've downed a shaker of salt. So I'm not buying any more shrimp. Anyway, because of that it's hard to tell what the cookies did to me, because I am down a pound today from yesterday but yesterday's weight couldn't have been accurate.

I was also up until midnight last night because my husband was in the ER - he fell off a loading dock at work. He's fine, but he works 30 minutes away and was at that hospital of course, so after my already late night of church choir practices (which went until 9:30 because everyone wanted to talk instead of practice) I had to drive to the hospital, wait for him to be discharged, then take him back to work and follow him home (he said I didn't have to do that, but come on - how could I not?). I had the cookies at about 6 and didn't eat anything at all after that. So yesterday was a bad day in a lot of ways.

Then, being up so late, I didn't get up early to exercise today. I wish I had. Maybe I will do it when I get home today - or maybe just go for a long walk with the baby if it's nice enough out. I feel the urge to do SOMETHING today. Or maybe I'll just take a nap. Or maybe I'll do both. The day is full of possibilities!

I did get up a little later today but because of not exercising, it was sort of a little earlier, so I made oatmeal for breakfast instead of having RTDs. I'm not sure what's going to happen with my BeSlim order this week because I bought some more stuff here on the boards - and with all the noncompliance lately I still have a lot in my cupboards. So I feel like I shouldn't order much - but I also don't think I can take a month without RTDs, so even though they are pricey I think I will get a couple of cases of them this month. Depends on shipping, though - because those suckers are heavy and I won't be at the $200 free shipping mark. Don't know, don't know. I do have tons of hot cocoa that I can mix in water bottles and call RTDs for this month. We shall see.

Well - I'll be compliant today. Back on the horse. I am proud that I've had some slips but I have remained on the right track and not gotten completely derailed. I want to keep that up. I had cookies but it doesn't have to be the end of the road. I feel kind of stuck but I did it to myself, being at the same weight basically for two months because of being off-plan. I'm sure I'll feel better when I get down into the 180s - some new territory. I'm bored with 190s.

[MerryMary]

Well - I'll be compliant today. Back on the horse. I am proud that I've had some slips but I have remained on the right track and not gotten completely derailed. I want to keep that up. I had cookies but it doesn't have to be the end of the road. I feel kind of stuck but I did it to myself, being at the same weight basically for two months because of being off-plan. I'm sure I'll feel better when I get down into the 180s - some new territory. I'm bored with 190s.

You WILL feel better when you get down into the 180s ... and the 160s ... and 150s, 140s, 130s ... YOU CAN DO THIS, NICKIE!!

Sorry about your husband's accident. I hope he will be okay. I have no doubt that your busy schedule and the unscheduled hospital run prompted those cookie desires.

Have a great day!

[nickieluv]

Hubster says he feels fine today, just a bit stiff in the shoulder. I am very relieved that it wasn't more serious - for a while I was concerned about possible head injuries and maybe surgery for the shoulder. It was a tense drive to the hospital (it was also raining and dark and I have horrible night vision) but when I got there all was well.

I wish I could say that's what caused the cookies - but I ate them all before I even knew he'd had an accident. I think it was me asking myself the wrong question. Instead of asking 'do I really want to eat this' I need to ask 'WHY do I want to eat this?' I don't think I wanted to know last night. I've had the hungries pretty bad this week and I was very munchy last night. I just didn't try hard enough to distract myself and make a better decision about my evening.

Today will be a good day - but I have to go eat now, or I'll run out of time and not eat for another hour and that would be bad. So, off I go for now.

[nickieluv]

OK - water weight, water weight, water weight. That's my chant for this week. I believe I must still be retaining water from the salty shrimp and the carb cookie overload last night. I really am going to scream if I go one more week without making the 70# club - not because I deserve it or anything, just because I am going crazy flirting with it!

Of course now I regret all the wasted time over the past months - but I can only do what I can do. And that's to move forward. Keep marching. Don't let mistakes grow into relapses. Exercise as much as possible without going overboard - listening to my body's signals of fatigue. Taking ownership of whatever I eat and drink (which I've been doing via my food/exercise journal - good or bad, I write it down).

I must keep getting used to this idea of taking care of myself, so that I am able to take care of others. I must be a rested and healthy individual.

And yet, the diet cannot be my sole focus. Life keeps on going. I can enjoy it and let the time pass, but still be doing what I need to do in order to reach my weight and exercise goals.

I'm just so tired of seeing the same numbers day after day, up and down and up and down - whether I'm compliant or not it seems. That's why I think breaking into the 180s will help get my momentum going again. I'll feel like I'm losing weight again and not standing still. I can start to put all this behind me and take what I've learned and head for the finish line.

I'm not making much linear sense - I'm sort of talking in circles - mainly because I'm exhausted and I'm impatient for the day to be over so I can get home and relax - and maybe nap. Seriously - exhausted. Ugh.

[bikipatra]

OK - water weight, water weight, water weight. That's my chant for this week. I believe I must still be retaining water from the salty shrimp and the carb cookie overload last night. I really am going to scream if I go one more week without making the 70# club - not because I deserve it or anything, just because I am going crazy flirting with it!

.

I kind of know how you feel. Imagine making the 90# club then gaining three pounds back, having to go back to the 80# club, and not being able to get the three pounds to budge for over two weeks.

[nickieluv]

Oh, Biki, yours must be worse - because you went up for nothing that you did, just the scale being mean! At least I know why I keep missing the goal.

I was not so good yesterday. Don't remember what I ate but I did write it all down in my journal - I just don't want to go look at it. Grapes and string cheese stand out - very French, just needed some wine! Ha, I think the French have better cheese than I did - I KNOW they must.

But I'm doing very well today. Not sure if I will go 6-0, but probably. I've had only 3 supplements so far because I took a VERY long nap with the baby - so that's three more supplements to get in and it feels too late for a L&G. I had some bad choices this week but I want to do everything I can to possibly make that club tomorrow. I didn't exercise today and should have, but I will in the morning for sure. Hope I have good news to report tomorrow! Other than being compliant today, I mean, although that is also good news.

[bikipatra]

I hope we both have good news!

[Lizabette]

NICK (and BIK) I hope you both have good news tomorrow, too!
I'm gonna check to see...

[nickieluv]

Well, I can't do any more than I have already today. I drank 3 liters of water and had 6 supplements - no snack or anything, because I was too afraid to eat a darn thing - I know that's not a great outlook, and usually I'm not like that, I just REALLY want to see myself in the 70# club tomorrow. I've been there before, 2 or 3 times, but never on a roll-call day so it wasn't ever official. I suppose I should be grateful just to be at or under ticker at all, with the 2 poor days I had this week.

Whatever comes up, comes up. I just think making that club would really help me to feel some positive momentum again. So I've had my water, eaten what I should, and I'm going to bed soon. Good news, please, good news....

[Lizabette]

Matthew 6:34
"So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today."