 blessingcatcher 12 years ago | Sorry, Tweety (I noticed you’ve gone back to Tweety!). I just saw your post as well. You are so right. We have plenty to snack on and I’ve read the water fact as well. Excellent advice! |
| blessingcatcher 12 years ago | Georgia, you are so right! It is the way the plan is set up! It is the combination of the foods … and the certain amount that is the key! No, don’t force yourself to eat when you are full, but DO eat all 6 times. Something of EACH food recommended. As you have said, it will show up on the scales! Way to go, Georgia!! 🙂 |
 Montgom 12 years ago | Hi Blessingcatcher – you are so right in that you must eat all, or most of the menu for the day. I have noticed that when I get busy and miss a snack or have to cut my lunch hour short and miss something – when I get on the scales they haven’t moved. When I eat 90-100% of my menu, I find I lose faster – must be the metabolism working to digest (at least that’s what I think it is). Thanks for reinforcing this – I have to keep reminding myself to eat all my food unless I feel full. Reminders are always good.
tks, Georgia |
| blessingcatcher 12 years ago | Hi, Dovy. Synthetic appetite suppression really works against the TDC program because they are trying to get our bodies healthy … with the exercise and the whole and live foods and the mental attitude. ANd, EVERYTHING that is synthetic has side-effects.
One of the things I love best about the TDC is that I am always full … satisfied, I guess I would say. If you eat all you are supposed to, and work in the things that you have and that you want, in prescribed portions, and get a splurge meal once a week, you really find that you are not craving things like you do on other diets. And, you don’t feel deprived. Are you eating all your snacks and the prescribed portions? |
 Tweety425 12 years ago | if you feel like eating, why not go ahead & eat? There are plenty of free food items you can have avail, such as celery sticks cucumber slices, cauliflower bits. Drink water when you feel like snacking too. I read an article saying most people believe they are hungry when really they are thirsty. |
 Dovy 12 years ago | Sometimes I feel that in one’s hectic life, appetite suppression is the main key simply because a person cannot always maintained willpower and organizational discipline in terms of food preparation and planning. Any thoughts on this? |
| Dovy 12 years ago | Thanks Montgom.Are you familiar with the new appetite suppressant called Qsymia? In any event, do you think the Roca labs system would have a negative impact on the TDC method? |
| Montgom 12 years ago | Hi Dovy – I too, have tried quick starts with just about every diet on the books. Almost all of them are restrictive in one way or another and after a few weeks it gets tedious and I end up cheating then dropping the diet altogether. With Trim Down Club I have found that I can keep with it and lose weight without having to count calories or carbs or food points. As far as bypass – I thought about that as well, but it does affectthe way your body assimilates food and nutrients. In my opinion, TDC is the best way – and it is so easy. I tend to get adventurous and use Romaine as a basis for many of my meals and I have come up with some really delicious salads (hot and cold). I’m not losing fast, but I am losing which is the main objective. I even thought about diet pills, but these work with your thyroid and I already have thyroid problems. Good, old-fashioned healthful eating is what works and TDC does just that – helps me eat wholesome, nutritious meals and I feel better too. Don’t get discouraged – it really works. Good luck.
Georgia |
| Dovy 12 years ago | Hi, Blessingcatcher. Yes, you are correct, about 80 pounds, but in “desperation” and in conjunction with proper eating I wanted a short cut. I thought the Roca Labs systemwould work well with TDC. I have come to believe that appetite suppression is a real key because of the issue of willpower and self discipline which would be sidelined with the Roca idea. Perhaps I need to talk more about the idea of appetite suppression in relation to willpower and TDC. Perhaps I am missing something. I am starting some recipes and the menu planner, but I like the idea of a quickstart effect (not involving surgery of course). Please tell me what you and others think about this. |
| blessingcatcher 12 years ago | Hi, Dovy! I am assuming you have a large amount of weight you want to lose. I don’t know how long you have tried the TDC, but it really works! Give it a try and you’ll be surprised at how the weight just melts away! Many people on this site have lost quite a bit already. 😉 |
| Dovy 12 years ago | Sorry, the spelling is ROCA LABS…….. |
| Dovy 12 years ago | I have come across the question of appetite suppression in conjunction with good eating choices and my menu plan. But I ran into to the website of Rocca Labs (www.roccalabs.com) that offers what is described as a gastric bypass method WITHOUT surgery to reduce food consumption and appetite.There are even Youtube videos about it. What are people’s thoughts on this? |
