The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Prancer]

Your journal title makes me laugh when I see it.

[GucciGoo]

Have you tried making the medifast brownie?? Nancy posted the recipe in the lean cuisine a while back. It might help with the munchies, and not be as toxic (just my opinion) as the bars.

Oooh, no. I will have to look for that one!

[GucciGoo]

I would kill or die for a bag of Doritos right now. Having a major crunchy cheese craving!

[JeepGirl]

That is exactly what I always have a box of the White Cheddar Crisps on hand. It is rare I want something crunchy but they always help it when I do!

[PJinCali]

Hey Beachbaby! I hope you got past your craving without killing or maiming anyone. That is why I just ordered some more cheddar soy crisps. I know some people don't like them but they really work to keep me in check when I get those crunchy/salty cravings.

PJ

PS - I really like reading your posts. You are supportive, positive and at the same time honest.

[GucciGoo]

I am doing so badly that I want to cry. I don't know what my problem is. I keep finding excuses to cheat.

Here is my pattern for the last month:
Mondays- 5 & 1 and 100 oz water 155 pounds
Tuesdays- 5 & 1 and 100 oz water 154.6 pounds
Wednesdays- 5 & 1 and 100 oz water 154.1 pounds
Thursdays- 5 & 1 and 100 oz water 153.6 pounds
Fridays- go out for dinner. Eat whatever I want.
Saturdays- back up to 156 pounds. Re- start MF and the whole cycle again.

I keep losing the same 3 pounds. I am so mad at myself. Why can everyone else stay on plan? I have been doing this since May 5th. I should have lost 40 by now. But I am the same weight I was in the beginning of July. This sucks. I am really in a rut.

[Sarya]

Beth.. when I was doing this last month this is how I handled it:

I took a weekend. I did a lot of fun things. I ate whatever I wanted. cinnamon roasted nuts, pizza, ice cream, sugary soda... if I craved it I ate it at some point in the weekend. This was a Saturday and Sunday. By Sunday night I was just so done I ate a normal L&G. On Monday I started anew. I started tracking my carb counts on the foods I was eating and targeting the 80-85g range. Within a few days I was back on track. I really think both things helped equally.

Eating like that for a weekend reminded me why I don't want to eat like that. It reminded me why I'm on medifast. Tracking my carbs gives me a better handle on the nutritional composition of my daily meal plan. If I stay consistently in/around the carb guideline then my cravings are usually kept in check.

So maybe you need to hit your big reset switch and see if that helps.

[Serendipity]

Beth,

It looks to me like you are rewarding yourself for being good at the beginning of the week by allowing yourself food at the end of the week. Why don't you try setting up another reward to use instead of food? If you need help with that, I can give you a list.....I'm a pro at rewarding myself, lol.

I go out to eat all the time. It's not hard to find a L&G out there.

[GucciGoo]

Jo, I think you will get to my goal before I do! I think you have lost 50 pounds in the time I lost 20

You are so right though- at the end of a week of total good behavior, I say " I have been good all week! I deserve some pizza!" When in fact I should say "I have been good all week! I deserve some new shoes!"

[JeepGirl]

Oh Girl!! Rewards are my specialty!!

So far I have had 2 Spa Pedicures/Manicures, a massage, some shoes, a new Vera Bradley purse, and 1 more lb till my Facial and stone massage!!

Trust me it sooo works!

[GucciGoo]

Signing in from Saturday overtime. It's 80 degrees, sunny and breezy outside, and I am doing overtime. I suck. I get to go home in 10 minutes! YAY!

[GucciGoo]

Well, looks like compliance to MF agrees with me! I could not believe it when I got on the scale and saw 152.7 this morning! I have not been that weight since 2002.

I thought I was very thin when I got married and weighed 143. I can't wait to lose 10 more pounds and be that weight again.

My actual goal is to be 120 by Christmas Day. I was 126 when I graduated college, and I want to be BETTER than college weight!

[Sarya]

Yay Beth! I'm so glad things are going well for you

[Arklahoma]

CONGRATS!!!

[GucciGoo]

Ugh, thanks for your comments, but I am so off-track again.

It has been really humid here all week and I have been having god-awful headaches. And when I get those bad headaches there is no better cure than soda and carbs. I have tried to use just Excedrin, but it has not been helping this week. I have had Mexican food, then Chinese at my Mom's party, and Applebee's... I have also been craving big lunches at work.

I am just disappointeed in myself... there are people who started the same time as me who have lost 40 pounds already (like Miss Sarya), but I am still in the 20# club and have been since early July. I keep eatingm then cheating. I know I am being annoying and repetitive about this week after week.

I think I just miss the flavor of food. Like yesterday for lunch, my taste buds were dying for a big Oriental Chicken Salad and French Onion soup from Applebees. The shake was not cutting it for me.

Like I said, I am just disappointed. I wanted to be in the low 140's for Myrtle Beach for 9/9- but I have been eating all week. Why can't I stay motivated and on track?

I am doing well today. I am just so frustrated. If I actually got on plan and behaved myself, I could be in the low 130's by Halloween, and definitely the 120's by Christmas. Shouldn't that be my inspiration?