Wendy Chant Crack the Fat Loss Code for October 27th

[carla70]

I just had lunch - lettuce, cucumber, celery, chicken breast with the acv/evoo/slenda dressing. I think I ate too much because I am very full. So I will have to learn to stop when feeling satisfied. However, my next question.. is there an amount of veggies such as the lettuce and cucumbers or celery that we limit it to a day on week 1.

[Gracefully]

Originally Posted by wildcat1842

Naomi! I will be depleting with you . It kinda stinks that I messed up so bad. I liked being on the same schedule as Kelley. But now I have you! Where's the pic of that cute little pup?




I must be special Maybe I just sounded desperate in my e-mail, I did end it with, PLEASE HELP! Maybe try again? I am very grateful she responded, especially with how much attention the book is getting!

I also sounded desperate, to her and to Jerri, and never got an answer... you ARE special!!!


No limit, Carla, but you should have 3-4 ozs protein, though you can have more if you are still hungry! Eventually you will get used to eating just until full. We are conditioned to stuff on other dietss, as you get hungry between meals- here there's no such problem- you eat til you're full every 3-4 hours, so you never get hungry. Better to make your next meal earlier if you have to, rather than overeat.

[gemini0604]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]I copied this was last week's thread. Not sure if we treat yogurt the same as milk though.[/COLOR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by teachermom
Steam half an Atkins shake and put 2 shots of espresso in it. I did that saturday and it wasn't too bad.

Julie

Can we use skim milk? I always made mine with skim and no sweetener because i really don't like them sweet, but I've stayed away from milk since I started cracking.

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]NO MILK for baseline and carb down - you have to wait for Carb UP Days only![/COLOR]__________________
Kelley

53 hours of 10/10 Completed
1.5 hours of Super Callanetics Completed
Week 5 Day 1 of C25K

my weightloss journey
Doing it for myself and my family[/SIZE]

[carla70]

I wasn't hungry, just had brought too much and ate it all, I could of kept it for supper.. duh!!! But no.. i ate it all. That is the one thing I was just thinking on this plan, I am never hungry and always eating or such. Our lunchroom people we commenting on smelling the acv..he he

[gemini0604]

Originally Posted by carla70

I just had lunch - lettuce, cucumber, celery, chicken breast with the acv/evoo/slenda dressing. I think I ate too much because I am very full. So I will have to learn to stop when feeling satisfied. However, my next question.. is there an amount of veggies such as the lettuce and cucumbers or celery that we limit it to a day on week 1.

Total carb count for the day should be 20 grams. No limit to the ones with 0 carbs, but don't stuff.

Consume only the following: Page 77-78 in Wendy's book.

Asparagus (2 grams of carbs per cup)
Broccoli (4 grams per cup)
Cabbage (1 gram per cup)
Celery (0 grams per cup)
Cucumber (0 grams per cup)
mushrooms (1 gram per cup)
Radicchio (0 grams per cup)
radishes (0 grams per cup)
Spinach (1 gram per cup)

You can have vegetables at any meal as long as you don't go over 20 grams of carbs for that day, and as long as you eat them with a protein. There is no need to eat between meals and graze like cattle, as long as you're eating the appropriate portion.

[Gracefully]

[QUOTE=gemini0604;11048739]Posted earlier by:




She's on W1, my post was about W2!!!

[dede]

Originally Posted by tamjlm

No carbs- the fiber in the flaxseed cancels out the carbs.
Thanks so much- will do the 3 T. I have in my shake every morning with 2 eggs... Will have my hot cocoa shake instead with it... (blend shake with just some of the water and 1 t. cocoa- add hot water ).Yum for these cool mornings.
Part of my downfall last night was being cold. Israel is a tropic country, and fall hit suddenly this past week, and I am cold morn. and eve. Off to have a hot shake now... haven't eaten since that pizza- it's almost 5 hours- gotta run!! (I'm 6 hours ahead of EDT!)

OMG Tam! You live in Israel?! We are going in May for my nephew's Bar Mitzvah! Cannot wait. dede

[jmprgrl74]

Originally Posted by dede

Oh and you know you mix and cook it in a large coffee mug. dede

Darn! I knew I was forgetting something when I went to Whole Foods! I get so distracted in there...it's all so yummy looking/smelling

[cdnhockeymom]

Hello fellow crackers! I'm on week 3, day 1 and really enjoying the plan. Just have a question for anyone with the same problem I had. My first carb up day was on Saturday, weighed myself Sunday morning and was up 3 pounds! ERH! Has anyone else experienced this on their carb up days? It was so discouraging, but overall, I have gone down 10, could have been 13......I didn't overeat and I stayed within the menu provided in the book. Any advice out there. Thanks ladies.

[jmprgrl74]

Originally Posted by gemini0604

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]I copied this was last week's thread. Not sure if we treat yogurt the same as milk though.[/COLOR]

I wondered the same. Below are the stats for both, but cottage cheese always seems to be in a different 'category' than dairy.

Cottage Cheese (4.37oz): 120 cal, 5 fat, 6 carb, 5 sugars, 12 protein
Greek Gods Traditional Greek Yogurt (4 oz): 130, 11 fat, 5 carb, 5 sugars, 4 protein

Protein is a lot less and fat is lot higher. Perhaps it'd be fine to use in the broccoli salad like I wanted, but not to just eat instead of cottage cheese? Sour cream looks like the best option for recipes for my own future reference though (if that's not off the list?)

[gemini0604]

[quote=tamjlm;11048785]

Originally Posted by gemini0604

Posted earlier by:




She's on W1, my post was about W2!!!

Yeah, I realized that right after I pasted and copied. I was in the middle of editing when you posted and then I posted after you had already posted. Anyway, it's fixed.

[jkvetter]

Got up this morning, went to work, went to dentist to get my teeth cleaned, went back home to have lunch afterward and to see how much I weighed.

We have a shop back of our house and we have a huge, industrial scale that is very, very accurate. That is what I weigh on. However, this morning, I went out to weigh, and realized I didn't have my glasses with me to read the scale, so being in a hurry, I went ahead and left and went to work. At lunch I said to my husband who was in the shop, what do the scales say? He said 219.5.

10.5 POUNDS!!! : up: Oh my gosh!

I am so excited! Plus, when I looked back at my weight last Monday morning before I started this program, it was 230, not 229, so I have to adjust my stats!

What a wonderful feeling!

Congratulations to everyone else also who hung in there and who are hanging in there, helping all of us, week after week!

[gemini0604]

Originally Posted by jmprgrl74

I wondered the same. Below are the stats for both, but cottage cheese always seems to be in a different 'category' than dairy.

Cottage Cheese (4.37oz): 120 cal, 5 fat, 6 carb, 5 sugars, 12 protein
Greek Gods Traditional Greek Yogurt (4 oz): 130, 11 fat, 5 carb, 5 sugars, 4 protein

Protein is a lot less and fat is lot higher. Perhaps it'd be fine to use in the broccoli salad like I wanted, but not to just eat instead of cottage cheese? Sour cream looks like the best option for recipes for my own future reference though (if that's not off the list?)

Now it sounds more confusing. I'm not sure about which dairy is a protein or considered a fat or both. I hope Wendy answers you soon. Yogurt and sour cream are a few of the things I miss.

[mammapo]

Originally Posted by tamjlm

Welcome back, Naomi! Hope you feel better, and succeed this time. I made it through the holiday season, and am raring to go to lose more...
Did some research about what we talked about b4 the holidays- I was right, and anyone who says you are not Jewish anymore is not, which means your son is also.
More on your concerns (and beliefs) on Aish.com

*waves* Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't feel "too" badly, even though this is my third restart - I didn't GAIN any weight through each of the 'fall-offs' (the first time, I actually lost a bit), and like you, I had a really good holiday season - first time in years I didn't pack on massive amounts of weight.

I feel like even when I have been off program, something must have changed - I'm eating less, drinking more water, being more mindful, and feeling happier, in general.

I've been basically living over at AISH lately, lol... lots of good stuff there.

Glad to 'see' you again!

Naomi

[Pat in Mich]

Originally Posted by cdnhockeymom

Hello fellow crackers! I'm on week 3, day 1 and really enjoying the plan. Just have a question for anyone with the same problem I had. My first carb up day was on Saturday, weighed myself Sunday morning and was up 3 pounds! ERH! Has anyone else experienced this on their carb up days? It was so discouraging, but overall, I have gone down 10, could have been 13......I didn't overeat and I stayed within the menu provided in the book. Any advice out there. Thanks ladies.

I had that problem with my first day of week 2...was up and then up again on the first day of week 3. This is the first day of my fourth week. Someone suggested weighing on a Tuesday or Wednesday instead of right after a carb up day....I've almost talked myself into not weighing again until the end of my first set of 8 weeks....I feel better. Still haven't taken my measurements but my pre CTFLC shorts were fitting much better.

By the way....I'm a hockey grandma...just went to Fort Wayne, Indiana to watch my 12 year old grandson play a couple of games on Sunday. He's a 96 Peewee, but plays on the house team...so a second year peewee. He's always played offense and has been the high scorer, this year his coach asked him to play defense, we only had two defensemen. It's sort of boring for him, but he's doing ok. Once in a while he "forgets" he's on defense and goes with a break away...but so far it's always resulted in a goal so his coach is pretty lenient about it. Playing defense has improved his backward skating so not all is bad! Ha! One of the nicest teams we ever played was a Canadian team (if that's what the cdn stands for). They brought each of the kids a token that said Canada on it, it was so nice. They were excellent too by the way!

I hope this question doesn't get lost in this long reply...but I'm really confused as to all the talk about milk, peanut butter, jelly, ice cream, yogurt, etc. I thought we could never have any of the foods unless they were listed on the substition list (except for the cheat days and high carb days in Maintenance). Even page 141 says to substitute if desired from the list in Chapter 6....I know Wendy can't list every food for Maintenance, but exactly what are the guidelines for this? I just don't want to screw this up because I think it's a way of life for me that I can live with but sure would love to have a peanut butter sandwich some day again and feel like I'm still following the plan...Thanks for anyone's help...I need it. Week three went OK, Week 4 is exciting because after this week I'll start the accelerated fat loss weeks....It's going much more quickly than I anticipated. So glad I got my book though before Oprah mentioned it!

[gemini0604]

Originally Posted by jkvetter

Got up this morning, went to work, went to dentist to get my teeth cleaned, went back home to have lunch afterward and to see how much I weighed.

We have a shop back of our house and we have a huge, industrial scale that is very, very accurate. That is what I weigh on. However, this morning, I went out to weigh, and realized I didn't have my glasses with me to read the scale, so being in a hurry, I went ahead and left and went to work. At lunch I said to my husband who was in the shop, what do the scales say? He said 219.5.

10.5 POUNDS!!! : up: Oh my gosh!

I am so excited! Plus, when I looked back at my weight last Monday morning before I started this program, it was 230, not 229, so I have to adjust my stats!

What a wonderful feeling!

Congratulations to everyone else also who hung in there and who are hanging in there, helping all of us, week after week!

Awesome. I'm not weighing myself until Wednesday. Can't wait.

It is a great plan!!

[mammapo]

Originally Posted by tamjlm

No carbs- the fiber in the flaxseed cancels out the carbs.
Thanks so much- will do the 3 T. I have in my shake every morning with 2 eggs... Will have my hot cocoa shake instead with it... (blend shake with just some of the water and 1 t. cocoa- add hot water ).Yum for these cool mornings.
Part of my downfall last night was being cold. Israel is a tropic country, and fall hit suddenly this past week, and I am cold morn. and eve. Off to have a hot shake now... haven't eaten since that pizza- it's almost 5 hours- gotta run!! (I'm 6 hours ahead of EDT!)

Wait... you're in ISRAEL?!?!?!?

*is jealous*

LOL

someday... someday....

[Pat in Mich]

One more question today...is there any way to print the entire thread...I want to go back and read from the beginning and thought I'd download, but I've only been able to do it one page at a time....takes a long time to do that....thanks for any technical help!

[cdnhockeymom]

Originally Posted by Pat in Mich

I had that problem with my first day of week 2...was up and then up again on the first day of week 3. This is the first day of my fourth week. Someone suggested weighing on a Tuesday or Wednesday instead of right after a carb up day....I've almost talked myself into not weighing again until the end of my first set of 8 weeks....I feel better. Still haven't taken my measurements but my pre CTFLC shorts were fitting much better.

By the way....I'm a hockey grandma...just went to Fort Wayne, Indiana to watch my 12 year old grandson play a couple of games on Sunday. He's a 96 Peewee, but plays on the house team...so a second year peewee. He's always played offense and has been the high scorer, this year his coach asked him to play defense, we only had two defensemen. It's sort of boring for him, but he's doing ok. Once in a while he "forgets" he's on defense and goes with a break away...but so far it's always resulted in a goal so his coach is pretty lenient about it. Playing defense has improved his backward skating so not all is bad! Ha! One of the nicest teams we ever played was a Canadian team (if that's what the cdn stands for). They brought each of the kids a token that said Canada on it, it was so nice. They were excellent too by the way!

I hope this question doesn't get lost in this long reply...but I'm really confused as to all the talk about milk, peanut butter, jelly, ice cream, yogurt, etc. I thought we could never have any of the foods unless they were listed on the substition list (except for the cheat days and high carb days in Maintenance). Even page 141 says to substitute if desired from the list in Chapter 6....I know Wendy can't list every food for Maintenance, but exactly what are the guidelines for this? I just don't want to screw this up because I think it's a way of life for me that I can live with but sure would love to have a peanut butter sandwich some day again and feel like I'm still following the plan...Thanks for anyone's help...I need it. Week three went OK, Week 4 is exciting because after this week I'll start the accelerated fat loss weeks....It's going much more quickly than I anticipated. So glad I got my book though before Oprah mentioned it!

Thanks Pat! I needed that reasurrance. Yep, cdn stands for Canadian. I live in Waterloo, Ontario and both my sons play hockey too. My 12 year old also plays defense and just made the Minor Division Pee Wee Team. My 7 year old is in Tyke. I also have two girls aged 12 and 2 1/2. The kids are napping ( I run a daycare from home) and it gives me a little time to read over the threads and get encouragement to continue the plan. It's nice to know that there is a site like this........spoke too soon....someone's awake. Looking forward to your progress.

[Gracefully]

Just had 1.5 T PB and a hot chocolate protein shake for M4 - hope to get in a FF a bit later... I felt so guilty about the PB, but remembered I can call it a fat... a serving on the package is 2 T. that's alot of calories- what do you guys think????

Originally Posted by dede

OMG Tam! You live in Israel?! We are going in May for my nephew's Bar Mitzvah! Cannot wait. dede

Thought you guys look Jewish, am I right?

Originally Posted by cdnhockeymom

Hello fellow crackers! I'm on week 3, day 1 and really enjoying the plan. Just have a question for anyone with the same problem I had. My first carb up day was on Saturday, weighed myself Sunday morning and was up 3 pounds! ERH! Has anyone else experienced this on their carb up days? It was so discouraging, but overall, I have gone down 10, could have been 13......I didn't overeat and I stayed within the menu provided in the book. Any advice out there. Thanks ladies.

Many of us have (I haven't, but others have, but I have lost much less than you- go figure....)- it's normal- that's why some weigh in only on Wed. morn... I weigh every day....

Originally Posted by jkvetter

10.5 POUNDS!!! : up: Oh my gosh!

I am so excited! Plus, when I looked back at my weight last Monday morning before I started this program, it was 230, not 229, so I have to adjust my stats!

What a wonderful feeling!

Congratulations to everyone else also who hung in there and who are hanging in there, helping all of us, week after week!

wow! that's great!!! You are very dedicated, and have been working out- wonderful news!! keep it up!!!

Originally Posted by mammapo

*waves* Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't feel "too" badly, even though this is my third restart - I didn't GAIN any weight through each of the 'fall-offs' (the first time, I actually lost a bit), and like you, I had a really good holiday season - first time in years I didn't pack on massive amounts of weight.

I feel like even when I have been off program, something must have changed - I'm eating less, drinking more water, being more mindful, and feeling happier, in general.

I've been basically living over at AISH lately, lol... lots of good stuff there.

Glad to 'see' you again!

Naomi

Originally Posted by mammapo

Wait... you're in ISRAEL?!?!?!?

*is jealous*

LOL

someday... someday....

You sound like so many of us! Isn't this WOE great?
Great about Aish- I know many of the people there- There may be a branch near you somewhere- you can contact them. I get their audio stuff to listen on my IPOD- in fact I won my IPOD on their site!! You can subscribe to their newsletters- they have alot of stuff, in all areas.... They just had an article about why Jews don't believe in Jesus- that may help you understand reactions you get- I haven't read it yet- but it reminded me what you go through, and I was hoping you would resurface- and there you are!!

[Gracefully]

Originally Posted by Pat in Mich

One more question today...is there any way to print the entire thread...I want to go back and read from the beginning and thought I'd download, but I've only been able to do it one page at a time....takes a long time to do that....thanks for any technical help!

Look on top- there's a button called "thread tools"- there you will find a "printable version"- hope it works!!!

[Pat in Mich]

Originally Posted by tamjlm

Look on top- there's a button called "thread tools"- there you will find a "printable version"- hope it works!!!

I did that, but can only print one page at a time....thanks though! One page ends up being sometimes as many as 25 8-1/2 x 11 pages though.....

Thanks again!

[driving_mrs_daisey]

Happy Monday to all my girls!!! Geesh - I'm gone a couple of days again, and there are like a zillion posts for me to catch up on. I just skimmed thses 5 pages - so........Happy Birthdays, Congratulations, Yeas and Woo Hoos to all the celebrations that I've missed!!!!

Starting my maintenance week 7 (second round) today. I must admit this second round has been FABULOUS!! Pound loss has not been substantial, but inches lost has been incredible. My C25K training had a big impact on my losses, and my body is loving me for it LOL! I did a 10 minute run last night, my longest so far YEA!!!!

I've missed you all dearly, but I hope to be back to my normal routine this wee, (on other words, NO LIFE LOL!) so hopefully I can help the oldies out with answering newbie questions. We need to assign shifts now since we have so many new faces - I love it!!!

XOXO................

[DRM]

Hell. I'm sick again.

As soon as my oldest stops asking me for 8,000 things, I'll be back.

[Tyler'sGM]

Originally Posted by jkvetter

10.5 POUNDS!!! : up: Oh my gosh!

Oh Jackie!!!!!
I'm SOOOOO EXCITED for you!

[alwaysdancing]

Hi, I see everyone is doing great and right on track! My daughter is already complaining that there won't be any birthday cake. brother, it might be harder then I thought keeping the others motivated.

She's on meal 2 so hope to distract her. A couple of days and she will feel the reason to go this route.

Welcome Spydermonkey, you are with week 3 group and I've lost count of who we are. I think some have decided to do week two over.

Don't let the scales get you down. I was pleased with my 2 pound lost this week but would have been ok with nothing as my pants are almost ready to go down a size.

As for peanut butter, I had that on my toast twice this past week for breakfast and it didn't hurt me. Spread real thin of course.

I'm heading to the gym, haven't gotten to the yard as planned as the kids and I are watching scary halloween movies. I'm a nervous wreck!

[driving_mrs_daisey]

Originally Posted by DRM

Hell. I'm sick again.

As soon as my oldest stops asking me for 8,000 things, I'll be back.

Hey Melissa!! I love the new pic - what cuties!! Are you sick like sneeze, cough or like sick cuz kids are driving you crazy? In any case, feel better soon

[DRM]

OMG, if this cold does not go away, I might just lose my mind.

I did lowerbody yesterday and ran.

Today, I did an all over body workout and almost vomited...so, I left the gym.

Dede, the one minute muffin sounds great.

JKV lost 10.5 pounds??? Great job!

Hi Renee, how are you?

Ok, for some reason I can only see page 5 of the posts so I'm sure Kelley and Alissa and Tam have checked in....but, I cannot see it. Hi everyone!

Hi Gemini, Carla!

One day I'm going to be back when I'm not loaded up on Sudaphed.

Melissa

[DRM]

Originally Posted by driving_mrs_daisey

Hey Melissa!! I love the new pic - what cuties!! Are you sick like sneeze, cough or like sick cuz kids are driving you crazy? In any case, feel better soon

Renee, last week I had a cold. This week I have the left over drainage that is making me cough. I don't feel bad it is just the pain of all the coughing.

[sarab118]

Kelley could you clarify the peanut butter before running? I asked on the exercise thread but will ask again here.

I found that I run best on carb up day, but no mid-week carb up day this time since it is maintenance again. I usually have dinner at 6 p.m. and run around 7 p.m. Not sure if I should try the peanut butter, and if I do, do you have it right before you run?

Thanks,

Sara