The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[MyComplete180]

Heres a nice thhought, you will prbably be less than 20 lbs to onderland at the end of the week...keep shakin the 200's away!

[oksoonergirl26]

I go to weigh in again tomorrow-I am not sure that I have lost anything since Tuesday, but we will see. When you sign up through a center part of the agreement is that you will come in to the center 1-2 times a week for counseling and weigh-in-it helps me to have the extra accountability. I also like it because I can buy just one week of food at a time, if the money is tight. It does end up costing more, but the benefits far outweigh (no pun intended) the cost. Talking about the center was not my intent of this journal entry. I am still amazed at how easy this has been. Each day I am feeling more and more energetic-I am actually looking forward to being cleared for exercise! I had a rough start of getting the five meals in each day, but for the last eight days I have been able to get in all five and makes so much difference. Now I am just going on and on-I need to go and get ready for bed.

[nickieluv]

It's definitely important to have all your meals. Especially when you stop feeling so hungry all the time, you have to be sure to remember to eat!

I think it's cool that you have a center. That's not really my thing but I do believe it would help with accountability if I had one nearby. If I had to look a real person in the face and I'd gained six pounds because of a bad weekend that might make me less likely to risk it.

I hope your weigh-in is great!!!

[oksoonergirl26]

I have lost a total of 10 pounds in 18 days! I think I am still losing, but I only want to go by the center's scale. I have eaten out with friends and family and have been able to adapt the menu to this diet without any difficulty. I did get a weird look from the waitress last night when I asked to substitute the beans and rice for a small side salad and told her I didn't want my usual margarita. I have been cleared to start exercise on Monday and I am ready for that as well. I feel better than I have in years and hopefully I will be able to discontinue my BP meds when I hit the 50 pound mark.

[nickieluv]

That's terrific!!! Being able to adjust your 'normal' life to work with this plan is probably going to help you a lot to stick with it.

Hope you find some exercise that you enjoy and hope those BP meds are a thing of the past in a few months!!!

[oksoonergirl26]

I had a slight breakdown yesterday. I consumed about 8-10 ounces of ground hamburger meat with Sloppy Joe sauce and I didn't have any veggies. I am getting sick of broccoli...so that was my slip..grrr.. I did however refrain from putting the Sloppy Joe on a bun, so maybe all is not lost. I got right back on track today and I walked for 35 minutes at a pretty quick pace, then I was a good girl for dinner. 6 ounces of chicken breast with 3 cups of lettuce and cabbage with 1 tablespoon of fat-free, low carb dressing. I don't weigh in until Friday and I hope that I have lost some more.

[nickieluv]

I hear ya on the veggies. I know what I do is not right, but I just have my husband look at the calorie and carb content of various kinds of mixed veggies and get things that are close to broccoli. Obviously you can't have peas and carrots, but we get stir-fry mix with mushrooms and water chestnuts and yes, a few carrots, or sometimes the broccoli/cauliflower/carrot mix. It's not perfectly on plan but sometimes green gets so boring, as you know. I figure three carrot slices will not kill me because most of the veggies in the mixes are on the MF-approved list.

Just a thought.

And I don't think you did too badly with the sloppy joes. It's probably like having ketchup on a burger and you're allowed a certain amount of condiments anyway. I'm not saying do it again! But you'll be fine.

Keep up the good work.

[oksoonergirl26]

Thanks nickie! I actually have a couple of stir-frys in the freezer and I may just eat one them tomorrow night. I was so excited to find packets of ready to steam asparagus today! I love the whole throw the bag in the microwave and your veggies are ready and yummy! I hate produce shopping and cleaning and chopping...those steaming bags make everything so much easier. More roadblocks, my wonderful loving grandparents in PA (whom I haven't seen in a year or so) sent me a lovely bunny tower of treats from Harry and David's. I did take one bite of a truffle, but it was way too rich for me to continue, thankfully the rest of the stuff is all sugary and my son will probably enjoy it way more than I ever would. Of course my husband gets to eat the luscious pears.

[Karli]

Hey oksooner, sounds like you did the right thing just getting yourself on track again. There are definitely worse slips in the world than your sloppy joe meat incident, but I do think it's easy to let one dismissed slip lead to worse, so it's good if you keep a close eye for your own sake. Good job on the walking ... I still don't do much. One day I will though .

Keep on keepin' on !

[oksoonergirl26]

I weighed in on Friday and I am down a total of 13 pounds in 3 weeks. I walked 2 times this week and I walked/jogged this morning for 35 minutes. However, I am STARVING right now-shakes and creamy chicken soup just aren't cutting it. I did mess up a little bit yesterday, I didn't eat any veggies and I just ate eggs (real ones) by themselves with just a tad of cheese. Tomorrow will be hard-Easter Sunday dinner at my mom's. My weight loss coach at the Medifast Center told me to go ahead and have a roll, a deviled egg, and a small amount of beans. She said that it is better to indulge just a little than to deprive and breakdown later. I will only have half a roll, though!

[oksoonergirl26]

I have had a seriously crappy week. Easter Sunday was a complete disaster. I had a roll, one piece of strawberry creme pie, and a sugar cookie. I am not wanting to eat veggies, and I gained a half pound this week. To top it off, on Thursday I was forced to go to a mandatory training in a small room with 30 pizzas!!! I can only stand so much temptation at this point. I broke down and had one slice. On the upside I have continued the exercise, but I am stuck back in carb crave b/c of last Sunday. I am hoping to get up tomorrow and go for another walk/jog and maybe put this horrible week behind me.

[katieb920]

It is so tough isn't it. I know what you are going through. I have to walk in to restaurant kitchens every day. And to smell everything wonderful around me is very tempting. You will over come this you are doing so well. Great job with the exercise..

Have a great day

[oksoonergirl26]

I have decided to go by my scale (instead of the center's scale). I weigh in the morning and every time I go to the center I have either had my afternoon meal or (in the case of this week) I had just walked two miles and drank 24 ounces of water. I had a really bad emotional day yesterday. I threw a roast in the crock pot and when it was close to being ready I started the potatoes and gravy. I HATE HATE HATE to cook (or clean for that matter) and making gravy and mashed potatoes from scratch is work, plus knowing that you can't eat it doesn't make it any more pleasant. My husband and I had discussed going out to dinner or eating at home, and due to financial issues I said we could just eat at home and he told me that was fine. I went ahead and peeled, washed, cut up, and starting boiling the potatoes. To try to make me feel better I decided to try making mashed cauliflower (it supposedly tastes like mashed potatoes). I finished the potatoes, the gravy, and my cauliflower. My husband had left to run an errand, so my son and I went ahead and ate...well I tried to eat the cauliflower-it DOES NOT taste like mashed potatoes and after that I couldn't choke down the rest of my roast. I had not eaten my veggie quota or my protein, but I had enough that I knew there was really nothing I can do about a having a real meal. My husband walks in the door and proclaims that we are meeting friends at Outback for dinner. Can you say, ticked (well, insert much stronger language here) off!!!!! I gave up my Saturday afternoon to prepare his favorite meal and he decides he doesn't want to eat it?????? Not to mention, that I can't eat at Outback and instead I have to sit there and watch everyone else eat, drink and be merry! I ended up having a salad, but I was still steamed for the whole evening. There were some other things that happened as well, but I don't really want to discuss it here. I just hate it when other women (particularly very pretty and skinny women) flirt with my husband when they know he is married and I am sitting right there! There was almost a smackdown at the steakhouse last night, but I am not a fighter.

[nickieluv]

I am so sorry you had to go through that. I can feel your anger and I totally understand it. I hope you're able to work things out with your husband - he probably could tell you were pissed but I find my husband to be pretty clueless when he does something like that. I mean, he'd know I was mad, but not why. He would think he'd done a great thing by making dinner plans.

And about the skinny girls - screw 'em. We always want what we can't have and they are just wishing they were you, right? Stay strong today.

[MyComplete180]

OH man you are a SAINT...I would have gone Ziggity Boom, as my kids say my head spins around and I puke pea soup ( Think Linda Blaire)...my husband thankfully is beinf supportive, I am cooking stuff I hate


About the skinny chickies, here is my thought, they are MF clients of the future, they just don't know the weight is coming