DonnaLFitz Member

And it's quite tasty.

Harp.

Dump that job... It's not going to get better. Sometimes you can change things in your environment. Sometimes you just have to walk away. For $7.50 an hour, I would definitely go somewhere else, especially since you are new to that particular skill anyway. Why not try a different one?

Lisa, I am definitely with you on this, though my maintenance issue is slightly different. Frankly, I'm bored with dieting. To lose all that weight, I had to stay within VERY strict guidelines, with very little room for choice. Every day was a struggle with temptation. I was unable to go out with friends for dinner, have a…

You might consider adding lean protein to your lunch. Veggies and fruits are important, but you will feel hungrier. Also, fruits do have sugar, as does yogurt. I cut back to one yogurt most days. I like to take a grilled chicken breast for lunch, sometimes turkey medallions.

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

Why the specific time and weight to lose? It's not the sort of thing you can rush. A more reasonable loss would be 12 lbs in 6 weeks -- and even that is pretty low calorie and aggressive. Try eliminating all starches from your diet for the duration. That includes: bread, pasta, rice, cereal, beans, corn, etc. Then up the…

Nothing works. Give the skin time to firm up. If you are young, it will. As you get older, don't get your hopes up... There is nothing except surgery that can tighten up the lose skin. Those of us who have nursed children have come to grips with that fact.

94. Forever is a lot shorten then...

What would you like to discuss? I think everyone here is at different stages of the diet. I started this group to help answer questions and share information about how people adapt to the diet and how they adapt the diet to themselves. Oh, and posts on groups don't automatically notify the members every time a new topic or…

You need to get the book. Cycle 1 isn't calorie-based -- it's food choices that matter. It limits you to certain lean proteins (chicken, fish, turkey in unlimited quantities, some eggs, but be aware of your sodium intake), 2 fresh fruits (from a specific list), 2 probiotic foods (light yogurt, kefir -- again, there's a…

Ah, so nice to be young!

Though allowed, I stay away from it... It generally has high sodium content and throws my totals off.

I agree.

Splenda and aspartame are not the same things. They are two separate artificial sweeteners. I don't have a problem with them personally. I'm not going to choke down something that's good for me but has zero flavor. Anyway, yogurt comes from milk which has milk sugars. You can't avoid those. There is about 14g of carb in…

The blue and green eggs come from Aracuana and Americauna hens. The Aracaunas are a tail-less breed from South America. The Americaunas are a cross between American hens and Aracaunas. They lay blue, green, and rosy pink eggs. They are very prolific and very tasty. The eggs, I mean. We don't eat our chickens.

Dietary cholesterol isn't that important to the overall picture. It's the cholesterol that your body manufactures that is the main problem. I eat my egg yolks. I hate throwing them away. I try to limit myself to 6 whole eggs per week and no more than 2 per day, but I don't really have a good reason for even that.…

Can you find the flavored whey protein powder? It comes in a lot of different flavors: vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, cookies n cream, peanut butter chocolate. Add 1/2-1 scoop to 6oz plain yogurt -- it will sweeten it up without adding sugar. Where are you from that you can't find light yogurt? It's everywhere here. You…

Why "plain" yogurt? I just eat the nonfat no-sugar kinds. And I add a 1/2 scoop of whey protein powder to plump it up a bit.

Welcome! This is a great diet, but you do have to follow its tenets assiduously in the first few cycles to get the best results. The good news is: you get GREAT results. The bad news is: you have to modify your eating habits. But then, all diets require that, so maybe the news isn't so bad. At least with the 17DD, you have…

If you have not been working out much recently, then 15 minutes is a good start. You will find you progress fairly rapidly, especially after the first diet cycle.

Are you on any medications that could be affecting your metabolism? Are you exercising at all? I found that on C2 I did NOT lose much weight at all. And any starches, any time of day only create more cravings for starch. Your physical cravings should have disappeared after the first week of C1. Were you religious in not…

As long as you are eating your fruits, veggies, lean proteins, and dairy servings, you should be okay. Since I workout heavily most days, I add an Atkins bar as a mid-afternoon snack, protein powder to my morning yogurt, and a small ice cream treat in the evening. Even so, my average net calories is only about 1200. I've…

Welcome to our group! Most people report great successes with this diet. C1 is the hardest, while we detox and pare down our list of acceptable foods. But it does get easier. I'll reiterate here that if you are feeling too hungry, can't stomach any more vegetables, and need lean protein, trying adding some flavored whey…

You are very young. For those of us over 35, exercise really is mandatory. And it is an important health requirement for people of all ages.

Good riddance. Had a guy do that to me once ... and I was not even oveweight. He was a dyslexic anorexic -- thought everyone else should be scrawny.

I would recommend staying at the 1400. Must lower, and you aren't getting enough nutrition. Enjoy your vacation. Work it off slowly when you return. You won't gain that much. I'm betting you can't finish an entire plate of anything at this point anyway. Just do the best you can.

Looks like people really don't want to hear what the article has to say... Which in itself, is very revealing. We, as a society, are addicted to carbs. We may ditch them temporarily to lose weight, but the thought of giving them up entirely -- and forever! -- is too much to bear. I like grains, too. I love LOVE my homemade…

Well, as you have seen I never successfully completed C2 according to the plan. Even including those "good" starches prior to 2pm threw my progress way off. So I never achieved this. I feel your struggle personally. My C2 plan consists of following the increased food choices in each category -- and still staying off…

I eat yoplait light and the nonfat light store brands. I add flavored whey protein powder to them to bump up the nutritional value and make them stick to my ribs better. I add either 1/2 or whole scoop, depending on what I need that day. You can buy the plain and add the flavored protein powder. The sugars will then be…