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Welcome Beth! Congrats on quiting smoking! I quit about 6 years ago and I put on 30 pounds! I have finished one 28 day cycle of the FMD and I feel great and I've lost inches and 6.5 pounds. I'm on cycle 2 right now, but I've had some events that have made it difficult to stay on plan. So I gained back 3 pounds, but as of…

I would follow the plan as best you can and just do cheat days on your celebration days. That's my plan.

My weight loss stalled too, and then really seem to kick in on week 4! Stick with it, it WILL work :)

I'm down 4.4 pounds as of Monday, but I actually cheated this weekend with a few cocktails. So I think I would have lost more, but I'm confident that by next Monday, I'll see more pounds and inches melt away! This is day 23 for me and I've not been doing the exercise that I should, so I'm really going to try and make up…

I think I will continue to do a modified version of this plan. I know you can keep doing this plan until you are at your desired weight, but I can't handle phase 2 and the amount of food is busting my food budget wide open! Especially since my Husband and Daughter do not eat all the foods that I'm eating. I'm hoping that…

I'm hating phase 2 as well. I'm also hungry on this phase and tired. I'm also craving something sweet. I feel constipated during these two days too! I just keep telling myself I only have one more phase of phase 2 next week and then Im done! I forgot my lunch of tuna packed in a red bell pepper and all I had with me at…

READ THIS http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974216-week-three-dont-give-up THIS SHOULD HELP.:flowerforyou:

I normally do the oatmeal shakes for breaskfast during phase 1 and 3 but today I had cooked oatmeal, that I made last night. I added a lot of cinnamon and I defrosted frozen berries and peaches in a baggie and poured that all over the cereal this morning and that was yummy!

I weighed myself this morning and I'm still 180 :cry: I started this two weeks ago at 182 and lost 4.8 and then gained 2 of it back. I've not cheated, but this week has been very stressfull and i didn't do any strength or yoga this last week. I thought for sure when i got on the scale this morning that I would weigh less.…

I didn't know they contain soy! Thanks for posting this. I thought they were a healthy snack!

I haven't eaten out! I guess I'll figure it out if and when I have to eat out. I've tried to avoid that this month.

I don't remember the name brand of the sprout bread that I bought, I'll have to get back to you on that, but I was surprised that it tasted like normal bread! I found it at my local health food store.

Welcome to the group, and I want to thank you and your husband for your service! My husband retired from the Navy after 22 years. Being a Military wife and mother is a hard job!

Three pounds is great! Don't be discouraged with any kind of loss. Remember you are repairing your metabolism, and if it's really slow and broken, it will need to be in healing mode first, weight loss second. Your body may simply need to detox more than others, hang in there :drinker:

REGARDING WEIGHT GAIN DURING THE PLAN (I GOT THIS DIRECTLY FROM HAYLIE): Remember we are working to repair your metabolism -- and if it's really slow and broken, it will need to be in healing mode first, weight loss second. Be sure to drink your water. You can also further stimulate the metabolism by eating lost of herbs…

I think most people are weighing themselves every day. I'm guilty of that too because the scale was going down and I was feeling lighter, so I wanted to see what the scale said. Then after 5 days of loosing I had gained back 2 pounds. I've been on the FMD Facebook Page and there are a lot of people posting that they've…

she is considering the tomato as the fruit in the open faced turkey sandwich

REGARDING WEIGHT GAIN DURING THE PLAN (I GOT THIS DIRECTLY FROM HAYLIE): Remember we are working to repair your metabolism -- and if it's really slow and broken, it will need to be in healing mode first, weight loss second. Be sure to drink your water. You can also further stimulate the metabolism by eating lost of herbs…

I'm 180 now but would love to be 135 again! I'm 46 years old so I can carry a little more weight now :)

I know I was weighing because I felt lighter too, and I bet things are shifting and we are losing inches too, so don't worry this is going to work if we follow the plan. We just need to be patient:flowerforyou:

Baked Fish with Meyer Lemons (or regular Lemons) Prep time 10 minutes Cook time 20 minutes Serves 4 1 1/2 pounds cod or halibut fillets 4 Meyer lemons (or 2 Regular Lemons) very thinly sliced 4 shallots, thinly sliced 1/4 cup minced fresh dill Sea salt and black pepper to taste Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Scatter half of…

Baked Fish with Meyer Lemons (or regular Lemons) Prep time 10 minutes Cook time 20 minutes Serves 4 1 1/2 pounds cod or halibut fillets 4 Meyer lemons (or 2 Regular Lemons) very thinly sliced 4 shallots, thinly sliced 1/4 cup minced fresh dill Sea salt and black pepper to taste Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Scatter half of…

That's a great idea! I think we'll be fine with just the prefix of FMD P1, etc should be enough because when you search with that prefix you will find all the recipies for that phase.:drinker:

Overnight Steel-Cut Oats Appropriate for Phase One and Phase Three Makes 4 to 8 servings 1 cup steel cut oats 4 cups water Combine the oats and water in a large saucepan. Boil 1 minute. turn off the heat, cover the pan and let it stand overnight at room temperature. In the morning, remove the lid and bring the oats to a…

Overnight Steel-Cut Oats Appropriate for Phase One and Phase Three Makes 4 to 8 servings 1 cup steel cut oats 4 cups water Combine the oats and water in a large saucepan. Boil 1 minute. turn off the heat, cover the pan and let it stand overnight at room temperature. In the morning, remove the lid and bring the oats to a…

I feel your pain! Why do we do this to ourselves. We need to weigh on Monday mornings and that's it! There is one woman on here that isn't going to weigh until the 28 days is done! I can't do that. I will start a topic on here for Monday Weigh in's :smooched:

I wish I could be more like you and wait for the 28 days to weigh myself! I can drive myself crazy with that too. I'm trying to wait for each Monday morning to weigh!

Maybe I'll try to do that this week. If I can't get it done during the week, I can definatley get it done on the weekend as it is slower at work and that will give me something to do!

I have the E-book, so I don't know the page number but there is a page on Portion sizes for protiens, fruits, veggies, etc.