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Sigh, another week has come and gone, and I'm still not back on the bandwagon. I am very glad to be able to report that my school routine is starting to mesh together nicely... so maybe this will be the week I can get back on track? Sherrielynn20: Thanks for the wishes! We are doing well for the most part. I must sound…

There are several ways of looking at this, but usually I just leave my macros alone, and just know that these are the numbers that I try to shoot for: 100-120g of protein, and 25g of fiber a day. On Low-Carb days I shoot for 1200 cal with 35-45g fat, and under 90g carbs (veggies only). On High-Carb days I shoot for 1500…

After my first couple of weeks where I only lost 1-2 lbs... I had about a month where I was loosing almost a pound a day. Not as fast as you, but much faster than expected. All I can say is weight loss is a cyclical thing. Sometimes it comes off really easy, other times you are fighting the scale. Perhaps your weight loss…

This, is pure gold... and so true! :) WTG on the weight loss so far!

You don't eat your exercise calories with CTL because you have a "free day" once a week, or a "free meal" twice a week. Chris seems to work on the theory of calories over an average week. If you want to eat more calories, check out my blog, and view what I had to say about doing so:…

Thank you everyone for your prayers and thoughts! We have been making good recovery so far, but it is slower than I'd like. My husband got out of the hospital 1 week after the accident. He is recovering nicely, and they never did need to do any surgery! We saw Ortho again last week,and his newest x-rays show that his…

I had my best results with CTL when did the following: Ate every meal with the recomended combinations of foods, in the hand size quantities that Chris suggested Ate every 3 hours (not more than 4) Drank as much water as I could get down. I was never to the quantity that Chris suggested in the book.. but I was better than…

I lost 52 pounds in about 6 months last year. Since January I've been maintaining, but in June I was in a car accident, and have started to gain back. I'm not up by much, but I'm beginning to not fit my smaller clothes properly anymore, so I need to get back on the bandwagon. CTL works. Check out my blog for how I did last…

I'm here. Things are going good since the accident. I'm still not cleared for exercise, so that is super frustrating. In addition, my brain is still scrambled, and I get a headache anytime I have to focus on something for a period of time. Grrr. We were blessed with a month of meals that were brought to our home right…

Thank you so much for the thoughts and prayers! I got to bring my husband home today! He is in very much pain, but is walking (with a walker), and is in good spirits. God is good! Please keep us covered in prayers because we have lots of paperwork (legal and otherwise) to deal with now, along with our aches and pains.…

My first few weeks of CTL (last june) was just with hand size measurements... without any tracking at all. Later on, I started tracking, only what I was eating, and realized that I was having a hard time hitting my calories (I was on the low side). At this point, I'm not really sure how I did that... LOL. In any case, I…

Love Apples! I purposly pick smaller apples at the store (about fist size), for eating on the go.. and larger apples to share with my daughter, cut up. :) When I eat an apple I usually weigh it.. if it is under 150g I just call it good.. if I slice it, I try to weigh out about 150g for me, and my kids get the rest. I…

Oh that sounds really yummy!! Do you mind sharing your recipe??

I lost 52 pounds in just over 6 months on CTL. I stepped away from it from around Christmas until a week ago, and only gained back 10 (over 6 months).. with probably at least 5 of that being water retention. The last week has been hard getting back on it, because old habits are hard to break... but the last 3 days have…

You are just full of AWESOME! What a great idea!!! I should do that too!!! :) Today is Sunday Funday for me. That means the only exercise I will get, if any, will be a gentle walk. And... oh the food... yummy food! LOL. I've already planned out my meals... so if you want to take a gander just head on over to my diary and…

You've done great so far! Just keep adjusting things, until you have the correct balance between what chris wants us to do... and what will actually work for us. :)

I'm finally starting to get back into the swing of things. The last two days were pretty good low carb days. Today is a High carb day... and tomorrow is funday. I'm finding that I'm hungry a whole lot on LC days now... I'm not sure if that is because I'm use to eating bigger quantities of food, I'm exercising more, or if…

Oatmeal is a great breakfast carb! Depending on how much you eat, you could have oatmeal & fruit. I love oatmeal & raisins or fresh strawberries. It's awesome. LOL If you do eat oatmeal, you will want to figure out how to add some sort of a protein, either to it, or along side. Some people add a scoop or two of their…

I'm so sorry I wasn't clear... my kids were talking to me while I was typing. Sorry! :blushing: Breakfast is always High Carb. On Low Carb days, the 4 meals after breakfast on low carb days are Low Carb meals. :smile: On High Carb days, all 5 meals are High Carb. :wink: It will take some getting use to. But you will get…

If you are working out, and need the extra calories, I don't see any reason to change your Pre-workout breakfast. Technically, the carbs/fat grams you ate was good. However, if you want to follow Chris's eating plan, you need to understand what he calls a Veggie, and what he calls a carb. You will not be able to make the…

First off... Welcome to the group!!!! I am so sorry I didn't see this until today. My monday was so super busy!!! I took a quick gander at your meal plan for yesterday (Wed 5/23). Here are the observations I saw off the bat: 1) If you are going to follow Chris's plan, you will want to work towards 5 smaller meals, eaten…

WTG!!! I still have trouble getting the 9 minute missions in... that is part of the reason why I like to get to jazzercise w/in an hour of waking up... that way I can do my cardio, and exercises similar to what is given as options in the book. Don't get me wrong, I have no issue with the 9 minute missions... I just have a…

WTG on the 9min missions, and getting organized for the week! I, on the other hand... have been a slacker. I still have not had more than one day in a row of true CTL eating. Getting out of bad habits is hard. LOL. Tomorrow is a really busy day, so I need to prep some food tonight so I'm ready for it. On the good side of…

On the Discussion board page, anything with a pushpin is a "sticky" http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3335-chris-powell-s-choose-to-lose And, no question is a stupid question... unless it was just answered 5 minutes ago and you didn't bother to read it. :laugh: :blushing: :laugh:

Oh, and one more thing. Chris advocates eating 5 meals that are roughly equal in size. So... therefore you won't be eating "snacks"... meaning a small meal... it will just be a meal at a "snack time." Hope this helped too. :)

I've posted A LOT of helpful info in the stickies of this discussion group. :) I hope that helps for now. :) I'm trying to get back on track myself. I'm looking forward to it, really, I am! :)

Hey... On Chris's blog, he posted some of the new recipes!!! Check it out here: http://chrispowell.com/food/

I received Chris's new book as a birthday present last week! Yea!! I'm looking forward to trying some of the new recipes! But what I am looking most forward to is revamping my carb cycle. This week, I need to get back on track. It will be a lighter exercise week as I'm getting my son to start c25k with me. Also, my…

yea for getting back on track!!!

Generally, I think that Dr. Oz is a bit of a quack. But.... with that being said, I started the carb cycling program in Chris Powell's "Choose to Lose" book last June. Over the next 5 months I had lost nearly 50 pounds. Starting in November I really started messing with the program, and managed to continue to lose weight,…