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Marchenland, Plateaus are always frustrating. For me, when I've hit plateaus in the past (on other eating plans), I've found that most of the time, the best way for me to break through them is to increase the amount that I exercise. I'm talking about *really* pushing myself past the point that I might have thought I could…

Like you folks...I'm still up 1.5 lbs from Sunday cheat day. Today will be very active, though, and probably light on the food, as I'm very busy. I guess I'd consider dumping the cheat day weight by Saturday a step in the right direction (it took me until Sunday last go 'round). I'm not really worried about it. Of course,…

Well, this is the second week in a row that I've carried most of my cheat day weight (I was up 5 lbs and am currently up 4) into Thursday. Last week it wasn't all gone until cheat day came around again. This week, I'm hoping to hit that point a little bit sooner, but whatever. My last 2 cheat days have been really…

Hard boiled eggs will keep at room temp for a few hours, sure - but I'm looking for stuff that will keep for days in my desk. As for those of you recommending precooking a bunch of stuff and sticking it in the fridge here, or packing my lunch - that's what I do...most of the time, but there are also days where I want/need…

Never tried it...BUT...I'm not a huge fan of salmon in general. Of course, it seems to me that most people I know that like canned tuna don't actually like fish, so, perhaps my, let's say, indifference toward fresh salmon indicates that I will like (or at least be tolerant of) canned salmon. I guess it's worth a try.…

Yeah, I don't think eggs can be stored at room temperature. I do keep them in the fridge at home and take them for breakfast sometimes. I love fish, and, to me, canned tuna tastes like rancid fish. It's one of the very few mainstream foods I literally can't get myself to eat. I can keep canned chili, which I actually don't…

Canned Lentils, Baby! Ferris talks a lot about canned lentils in his book. I know that lentils are dirt cheap, but my efforts to prepare them have resulted in mush. I'm not necessarily done experimenting, but I want canned lentils for convenience. I expect to pay more for canned (largely due to higher shipping and…

This post implies that those of us who have read the 4-hour body are ignorant about nutrition and fitness. You're assuming that anyone who reads a diet book is mindlessly hoping for some "magic bullet" that will make fitness and weight loss easy. That's not the case. Many people here, myself included, are looking for new…

Cheat day...yesterday... Morning weight: 183.5 lbs Bedtime weight: 202 lbs Whoa. I ate bad yesterday, but I probably had about 10 beers throughout the day, and I'm guessing about 2 gallons of water, not to mention maybe 2 diet sodas. Crazy. This morning I was 188.5...semi-typical cheat day weight gain of 5 lbs. Suffice it…

Well..cheat day is here...it took the entire week, but last week's cheat weight is finally all gone PLUS another half a pound. I'm pretty happy with this, and, once again considering going to only weighing in on cheat day. I know this is what I should do, but I can't seem to stay off the scale. I think I'm going to try to…

LOL - you cheated and lost weight and are calling it a failure?! I know what you mean, though...I'm having a party tomorrow, but most of the stuff that I'll likely eat is high protein (albeit high fat), and the carb options aren't really all that great, so, I may just stay away from them...except the beer. Sometimes when I…

1 lb is still good progress! Here's the thing about water weight: everyone talks about it like it's only something be tied to temporary weight gain, as in - "That's just water weight, it'll fall off in a few days", but the same is true of water weight loss - you can wake up one morning carrying less water than what is…

I'm starting the PAGG tomorrow, I think. I still haven't lost the cheat day weight - still up 3.5 lbs from Sunday morning. I was kind of bummed about this yesterday, but not so much today. I have a feeling it will drop in the next day or two, and I'm completely fine with losing nothing this week, so, as long as the cheat…

SBracken, Way to go! Sadly for me, this is the first week my cheat day weight has not come off by Thursday. I'm still carrying 4 of the 5 lbs I gained. I'm not really concerned about it, but I'm watching my sodium today and hoping to see it gone tomorrow. In the past, the bulk of the weight was gone on one particular night…

Right on! My cheat day this past Sunday, foodwise, wasn't that different from other Sundays. However, I did start drinking grapefruit juice before my cheat "meals" (2 of them - the rest was snacking). I also did the exercises. Other then the first round (before my first cheat meal), I found that 60-90 minutes after each…

Thanks for the head's up. I will start PAGG on the first cheat day after I get them. I don't tend to be bothered by taking things on an empty stomach that bother some people, but I'd rather be safe, since this is new. I'll ease into it. As for the scale, keep in mind that, unless you're buying a medical-grade scale, there…

Great, thanks! No idea when I'll receive it. I think it ships first class, so maybe a week. The book says you're supposed to take 1 day off per week, and one week off every 2 months. Since there's specific discussion in the damage control chapter of taking the PAGG during cheat day - do you know which day you're supposed…

http://www.paggstack.com/ I have no affiliation, and I have not taken them. I did order them, but haven't received them yet. It's 2 bottles actually - 1 "P" and 1 "AGG"....so you can take them as recommended. I'll need to review the book for timing, etc...

1) That's fine. Actually, that's a very good meal. There are times I skip veggies at breakfast. I try not to...but sometimes it just seems gross. When I do, I make up for it later in the day. I usually have 2 cups of veggies w/ lunch & dinner. 2) I don't measure my wine. I know I drink more than 2 glasses. The standard…

In the grand scheme of things, I think that inches are a better indicator of fat loss than the scale, or at least can be (there are cases where you may gain inches in some places due to muscle growth...one of the reasons the only thing I currently measure is my waist). That being said, it's really hard to not focus on what…

There are only a couple of differences throughout in my eating, etc: - Week 3 I didn't exercise due to illness - Week 1 I ate significantly more (~6,000 calories vs ~4,000 calories) on my cheat days Of course, I'm not tracking my food intake, but almost every non-cheat day looks like this: Breakfast: 2 eggs + 3-4 oz of…

Strange things are happening. Today (Sunday) is my cheat day. This is my fourth cheat day, and check out my progress so far: Weight Lost: Week 1 - 1 lb Week 2 - 1 lb Week 3 - 1.5 lbs Week 4 - 2.5 lbs!! I'm shocked. I actually thought I was on a nice, slow, steady 1lb / week ride here. When I hit 1.5 last week, I figured it…

Good for you! Enjoy the day. Mine's tomorrow...can't wait! This may sound gross to some, but if I'm really in a pinch and need to eat in the car at breakfast, my breakfast will consist of 1 hard boiled egg, a handful of almonds and a Slim Jim (or some other such beef stick). I actually buy boxes of the mini-slim-jims from…

This diet doesn't really lend itself well to eating on the go, particularly if that means eating in the car. I do the hard boiled egg thing, and I also prepare my breakfast the night before in containers so I can heat it and eat it when I get to work. I'm not sure how you could get legumes in while eating in the car. I…

My binge day is Sunday...and today (Thursday) my most recent binge weight is gone (plus 0.5 lb, just like you). What's weird is that this was the least I've gained on binge day (~1.5 lbs), and it took me longer to lose it then some other times. Of course, Ferris says to binge on Saturday and not worry about the scale until…

There's an old adage that goes "Statistics never lie, and liars always use statistics". Jus' sayin'. It's very easy for me to envision a certain group of people losing 20lbs in a month. I've lost 20lbs in a month on other diets. Hell, there are folks on The Biggest Loser that lose 30+ lbs in ONE WEEK. So, it's not…

BTW...there's a an actual 4-hour body forum here: http://www.4hbtalk.com I'm not sure what affiliation Ferris has with it, but he linked to it from his blog. It's pretty active.

Right - I honestly think losing 20 lbs is a little extreme...that would have put me at 170 lbs (@6'3"), but, regardless of that - anyone losing the "final 20" they have to lose in a month (without lipo or something) seems impossible. However, I wouldn't skip the cheat day under any circumstances. I personally think shaking…

When it comes to beverages, I'm not to the letter. I drink way more than the allotted diet cola he recommends, and I don't always adhere to the 2-glass max on wine (I occasionally have 3)...of course sometimes I don't have any as well, and my average is probably less than 2, but still. The artificial sweetener thing...I…

Yeah... don't mean to be a broken record. And you may actually do better having a little here and there. I tend to be either 0 or 110 in all aspects of my life...I'm either "all in" or completely out. Sometimes that works (like when I focus on fitness, etc), and sometimes that works against me, too! What you gotta do is…