Wendy Chant Crack the Fat Loss Code for November 2nd

[sarenawatts]

Originally Posted by spydermonkey511

good luck! I just got out of week 1 and did pretty well. I wish you the best and these ladies on here are wonderful!

Thank you. I have heard it gets tough.

[spydermonkey511]

Originally Posted by sarenawatts

Thank you. I have heard it gets tough.

Around day three it can be ,but you just have to push through it. i actually did week 1 twice...... i am in the clear now though. You will do fine, just keep checking in for encouragement.

[alwaysdancing]

welcome Serena! You will love the results of week 1. Yeah it's tough and can be boring but it's your biggest loss and you lose your cravings for anything. That alone is worth it. I'm on week 4 and I swear the time flew. In 3 weeks I've lost 13 lbs and one pants size and haven't been hungry or tempted once so how can you lose........

Just taking a water break so need to get back to painting my deck, it's looking so nice so worth all the sore muscles.

[level10mom]

another work party. It was the b-day of a co-worker and all kinds of snacky foods were brought in today. I must have passed them 10 times today and told myself they were off limits. It was hard but not as hard as I thought it would be. I told myself that I had to get through day 1, wk. 1, w/o cheating. And I did it. I had my cottage cheese snack at 10:15 and not I'm off to have my chicken salad. One day at a time.

Trish

[jeannie143]

Just got back from the docs. He thinks I have diverticulitis. Have to go for CScan this afternoon..UGH!!
He told me to stay on clears only. Jello and soup. What will this do to my plan? Today is 1st day of week 4. Had eggs and potatoes for breakfast but dont know where to go once Im off the clears.
Any input would help. I love this WOE and am doing well otherwise!!!

[gemini0604]

Originally Posted by jkvetter

Just wanted to let you all know that I am down .5 pounds for last week! So happy! 11 pounds in 2 weeks!

Inches are dropping, flying off actually. Wearing pants today and the pockets lay flat, if you know what I mean!


Happy Day to everyone!

I know what you mean. Bye Bye tummy!

You're brave, I fear the scale now.

[redhotbean]

Originally Posted by jeannie143

Just got back from the docs. He thinks I have diverticulitis. Have to go for CScan this afternoon..UGH!!
He told me to stay on clears only. Jello and soup. What will this do to my plan? Today is 1st day of week 4. Had eggs and potatoes for breakfast but dont know where to go once Im off the clears.
Any input would help. I love this WOE and am doing well otherwise!!!

I had to do basically the same thing. I had to not eat and then be on clear for a day and a half. But everyone told me to just eat like I was suppose to that night and continue on with the plan. So I did and it seems to of been fine. I think I was on my week 2.
Kim

[driving_mrs_daisey]

Originally Posted by Jassy

Hello ladies,

Just wanted to say I AM BACK!

I started CTFLC back in July 2008 after reading it in First Magazine and lost 20 lbs in 8 weeks. I wanted to do another 8 weeks right away, did 1 week and realized it was too much for me and then quit.

After 2 months break I am ready again and am doing carb down this week. I am very excited and hoping to lose at least another 10 lbs by the end of the year.

Hubby and I are thinking of having more kids next year so better get skinny and all before another baby.

The program works you just have to stick to it and have a buddy to help you in tough times.

See you around and glad to hear many of you are having great results so far.

Jassy, OK this it too funny - I just mentioned your name last night because I was looking for the millet seed bread recipe and I thought you were the one who posted it a Looooonng time ago. What a coincidence LOL! Welcome back! There are still quite a few of us June/July starters on here, so you may recognize a few of the names. We got a load of great "newbies" after the Woman's World article last month. Hope the great results everyone is having helps to get you back in the swing of things faster. Good Luck

[sarenawatts]

Originally Posted by alwaysdancing

welcome Serena! You will love the results of week 1. Yeah it's tough and can be boring but it's your biggest loss and you lose your cravings for anything. That alone is worth it. I'm on week 4 and I swear the time flew. In 3 weeks I've lost 13 lbs and one pants size and haven't been hungry or tempted once so how can you lose........

Just taking a water break so need to get back to painting my deck, it's looking so nice so worth all the sore muscles.

Thank You Linda. I am excited. No more excuses.

[gemini0604]

Originally Posted by kellycarbaddict

WOOHOO 3 weeks. We can do this. ANd we have 2 carb up days to look forward to this week and next week we get fruit. Just think only 3 days in between this week, I can do anything for 3 days.

I too haven't really had any cravings. I man-handled a whole bag of halloween candy and was pleased that I didn't want even one thing. I was even going to allow myself to eat one thing and decided against it. I just really didn't want it. NSV for sure.

Protein frozen mousse.... oh YUMMY! That sounds good. You'll need to post the how-tos.

Speaking of yummy shakes, I made a vanilla shake with water, ice, swig of DaVinci's SF Kahlua and splash of half/half as dessert last night. IT WAS REALLY GOOD! I think that would make a good frozen dessert to eat with a spoon too.

I too want to try to eat 'clean' this week. I'm thinking my problem is not enough meals and too long in between. I was disappointed last night, I cooked a YUCKY dinner. I attempted stirfry with beef, mushrooms, cabbage, broccoli. It was HORRIBLE, the meat was dry, it didn't have any taste. We didn't have any soy sauce in the house, so I tried some chipotle tabasco, that didn't help, then I tried some italian dressing, one bite and the entire plate went to the dog. I made a similar stirfry for my family minus the cabbage plus brown gravy. They didnt' eat it either.

So I need to figure out some dinner suggestions.

I also need to figure out how to get exercise in this week. I have been meaning to get to the gym to sign up again. It's anytime fitness so they are open 24x7. Unfortunately, the manager is only there from noon until 5pm so I have to find time in the afternoon to make it there to sign up and then I can go whenever I want after that. I'm thinking I can drop the kids off at school at 7:30, head straight to the gym (couple of minutes from school), work out for an hour and head to the house to work. I could start my workday at 9am and be ready to go since exercise would already be checked off my list.

I just need to do it.

Gonna run and eat my egg sandwich since my eggs are finally boiled and bread defrosted.

P.S. Did I mention that my dog (Dallas - retriever) likes EZ bread... he jumps up to the counter and steals them. Talk about expensive dog treats.

You crack me up about the dinner and dog. I'm sure the bread was gone in one gulp and he never even tasted it!

[jeannie143]

Originally Posted by redhotbean

I had to do basically the same thing. I had to not eat and then be on clear for a day and a half. But everyone told me to just eat like I was suppose to that night and continue on with the plan. So I did and it seems to of been fine. I think I was on my week 2.
Kim

Thanks for the reply. I'll plan on that.

[gemini0604]

Originally Posted by kellycarbaddict

WOOHOO 3 weeks. We can do this. ANd we have 2 carb up days to look forward to this week and next week we get fruit.

Breakfast for dinner is always good!

Jackie's Frittata was great!

[driving_mrs_daisey]

Originally Posted by sarenawatts

[COLOR="Magenta"]
Hello all. My name is Sarena and my mom is my inspiration. She is also on this blog and she looks amazing. She has been doing CTFL for a while now and she is wearing my jeans and shirts from when I was really skinny. Well it is time for me to work towards wearing my old clothes again.

I am 5'5" and unfortunately weigh 229 pounds as of this morning. Besides weighing 264 when I gave birth to my daughter a year ago, this is the heaviest I have ever been. Even though I want to lose weight for my daughter and my husband, I am going to be selfish and say that I really want to lose weight so I can look hot, buy clothes, feel great, be healthy, and just plain look good (and skinny).

So today is my first day, I have not read the book, just listening to what my mom tells me. I do have the book so I guess I will try reading it soon.[/COLOR]

Welcome Sarens!! Read my signature lines. I was in the same boat as you - I'm 5'3" and had lots to lose after having my son (who is now almost 9). You can do this! You'll have all the supposrt you need right here, so you're already off to a great start. Come back anytime you have a question. There is always someone here to help you out. Good Luck!

[driving_mrs_daisey]

Originally Posted by jeannie143

Just got back from the docs. He thinks I have diverticulitis. Have to go for CScan this afternoon..UGH!!
He told me to stay on clears only. Jello and soup. What will this do to my plan? Today is 1st day of week 4. Had eggs and potatoes for breakfast but dont know where to go once Im off the clears.
Any input would help. I love this WOE and am doing well otherwise!!!

Follow the diet that your doc has put you on until your test if over. Tomorrow should be a "C" day for you anyway. right? You'll be fine. Just start your day as planned whenever you are back on solid foods again.

[gemini0604]

Originally Posted by Jassy

Carla,

Try making millet bread, its allowed, easy to make and a lot more affordable then EZ Bread. Here in Canada loaf of EZ bread is $6.50.

Here is my millet bread recipe

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cup millet flour (could not find millet flour so just bought regular millet, cooked it in water like rice 1/2 cup only, drain it and add to the rest of the ingredients. You will not have to add as much of water).
1/2 cup soy flour
3 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup honey
1 cup water

Preheat oven to 375-degrees. Grease one 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.

Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Pour in cooking oil, honey, and water. Stir completely until mix is thick and moist.

Spoon batter into loaf pan.

Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour or until tester comes out clean.

Texture is like cornbread but its still very yummy, feels like a desert when eating.

[COLOR="Red"]Jassy[/COLOR] welcome back!! This sounds good. I wonder if I can substitute oat flour instead of the Soy flour. I have all the other ingredients on hand.

Welcome [COLOR="Red"]Sarena!![/COLOR]

[onceNforall]

Originally Posted by sarenawatts

[COLOR="Magenta"]
Hello all. My name is Sarena and my mom is my inspiration. She is also on this blog and she looks amazing. She has been doing CTFL for a while now and she is wearing my jeans and shirts from when I was really skinny. Well it is time for me to work towards wearing my old clothes again.

I am 5'5" and unfortunately weigh 229 pounds as of this morning. Besides weighing 264 when I gave birth to my daughter a year ago, this is the heaviest I have ever been. Even though I want to lose weight for my daughter and my husband, I am going to be selfish and say that I really want to lose weight so I can look hot, buy clothes, feel great, be healthy, and just plain look good (and skinny).

So today is my first day, I have not read the book, just listening to what my mom tells me. I do have the book so I guess I will try reading it soon.[/COLOR]

Hi Serena, and welcome aboard!! I am also (re)starting Week 1 Day 1 today and am relieved to have a plan and be starting on my journey to a healthier, happier, skinnier me!! You'll find lots of great support here.

[onceNforall]

Originally Posted by level10mom

another work party. It was the b-day of a co-worker and all kinds of snacky foods were brought in today. I must have passed them 10 times today and told myself they were off limits. It was hard but not as hard as I thought it would be. I told myself that I had to get through day 1, wk. 1, w/o cheating. And I did it. I had my cottage cheese snack at 10:15 and not I'm off to have my chicken salad. One day at a time.

Trish

Wow...good for you! That's a pretty big temptation to face on day 1 and you can be proud you made it through. I guess that's probably the key to all of this....one day (meal, temptation) at a time.

[spydermonkey511]

I am having a netlse tollhouse cookie swap party on Nov. 15th and that will be my 3rd week on this, since it will be a carb up day will i be able to eat a cookie or do i need to wait until after my thrid week?

[sarenawatts]

Originally Posted by driving_mrs_daisey

Welcome Sarens!! Read my signature lines. I was in the same boat as you - I'm 5'3" and had lots to lose after having my son (who is now almost 9). You can do this! You'll have all the supposrt you need right here, so you're already off to a great start. Come back anytime you have a question. There is always someone here to help you out. Good Luck!

Renee,

Thank you so much, I am thankful for all the support.

[sarenawatts]

Originally Posted by onceNforall

Hi Serena, and welcome aboard!! I am also (re)starting Week 1 Day 1 today and am relieved to have a plan and be starting on my journey to a healthier, happier, skinnier me!! You'll find lots of great support here.

Thank you Sherrie, glad I am not the only one doing week1 day 1

[driving_mrs_daisey]

Originally Posted by spydermonkey511

I am having a netlse tollhouse cookie swap party on Nov. 15th and that will be my 3rd week on this, since it will be a carb up day will i be able to eat a cookie or do i need to wait until after my thrid week?

The 15th will be you day 20 right? I say have the cookie, but contro your portion. Also, since it is a carb up day, make sure you excercise or else you will be limited to just one SA meal and I don't think you want to waste your SA meal on just a cookie! Do your excercise and you could have your pizza or spaghetti for dinner and your cookie as your last "meal". Try to get some typee of protein with it though. Hope this helps

[carla70]

Originally Posted by sarenawatts

[COLOR="Magenta"]
Hello all. My name is Sarena and my mom is my inspiration. She is also on this blog and she looks amazing. She has been doing CTFL for a while now and she is wearing my jeans and shirts from when I was really skinny. Well it is time for me to work towards wearing my old clothes again.

I am 5'5" and unfortunately weigh 229 pounds as of this morning. Besides weighing 264 when I gave birth to my daughter a year ago, this is the heaviest I have ever been. Even though I want to lose weight for my daughter and my husband, I am going to be selfish and say that I really want to lose weight so I can look hot, buy clothes, feel great, be healthy, and just plain look good (and skinny).

So today is my first day, I have not read the book, just listening to what my mom tells me. I do have the book so I guess I will try reading it soon.[/COLOR]

Welcome and this board will help keep you motivated. I know when I think now of something I read the book and then ask here. I also think of having to confess if I do something wrong on plan and don't want to do that These gals on here (don't think we have any guys??) are a wealth of knowledge and support.

[carla70]

For anyone who wants to share: How many times a week on the average do you exercise and what exercise do you do?

[Jerri906]

Hi Everybody! I got an email from Wendy asking for a favor from you guys:

Jerri if you could ask the low carb friends to click on the link below, then when they get to the blog click on the title and leave a comment… I need some good comments there so Oprah will see them and Amazon will give us more press.. thanks my friend

Amazon Kindle's Blog

I wrote a comment in the blog and also told them about this forum because we think that all of you are so awesome and supportive. Also, if we ever do catch Oprah's eye, I'm hoping that the producers would recognize some of you folks also.

[kellycarbaddict]

QOTD - What's the scoop on nuts?

I know they are considered a fat, but the book says avoid eating too many too often.

I do really well with portioning them out and not eating too many. I was thinking they might be a good "portable" snack to keep them portioned in baggies in the car for gymnastic and biblestudy days. Those days in particular I go a LONG time between lunch (1pm) and dinner (8pm). And it seems I'm not really hungry mid afternoon, but tend to get the munchies around 6-7pm. I figured a nibble of nuts in the car might help. Also weekends are tough, we tend to only eat 2 meals, brunch and dinner. Thankfully I'm not hungry in between and don't have any cravings, but my brain says I should eat something and thought maybe that would keep me from over indulging (I think I've done well so far, but having some options on hand might be a good thing).

[Kimad]

Renee-Hi! I must of missed the need for exercise on a carb up day to have two carb uo meals. Wow I learn something new everyday on this board. Presently I am doing cardio and weights each week. I will def.do cardio on my carb up days now!!! Thanks! BTW -Congrats on you success. If I would have hung in there like you my jeans would not still be tight Dreaming of loose jeans!!!!!!!!!!
Kim

[gemini0604]

Originally Posted by carla70

For anyone who wants to share: How many times a week on the average do you exercise and what exercise do you do?

Treadmill at least 4 times a week.

Strength exercises 3 times.

I've always walked with some running on the treadmill, using the incline etc., but I did download the C5K podcasts so I can bump things up a bit and start running more. Walking with spurts of running is really good. Bottom line is that you warm up for 5 min, walk/run 20 min and cool down for another 5, min of 3 X's a week. Alissa is really into it. She and Kelley are old timers using the C25K program. Jackie has now downloaded it and I think Julie will be getting back into running also.

[Jassy]

Originally Posted by gemini0604

[COLOR="Red"]Jassy[/COLOR] welcome back!! This sounds good. I wonder if I can substitute oat flour instead of the Soy flour. I have all the other ingredients on hand.

Welcome [COLOR="Red"]Sarena!![/COLOR]

I guess so, give it a try, why not. I have been playing with recipes for a long time. There is always room for improvement.

[Jassy]

Originally Posted by carla70

For anyone who wants to share: How many times a week on the average do you exercise and what exercise do you do?

When I did my 1st round (July/ August 2008) I did not go to gym not even 1 day, no exercise and lost 20 lbs. I did this on purpose. I wanted to see does this program work without any exercise and it does. So even if you exercise 2-3 times a week you will see more changes.

[sophiasapientia]

Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for the warm welcome! ... I'm on Week 1, Day 3 -- slump day -- and hanging in there. I will be so excited when I get through this week. =)

For exercise, I generally work out 5-6 days a week for 45 minutes to an hour, mostly walking while listening to audiobooks. (I have a chronic pain condition and can't do anything overly intense or my condition will flare up.)

Have a good one all,
Shannon