 Lcamp 9 years ago | Started my new way of eating one week ago. Never feel hungry. Helps keeping a note of everything I eat. Lost some weight so really pleased. When I checked in my progress chart it seems that I have the wrong starting weight logged. Anyone know how to change this. |
 cynthiajonz 9 years ago | Just joined today. Is it okay to cut bread portions in half or even skip carb choices? |
 Xerelise 9 years ago | I started this plan Nov. 30 2015, so 5 weeks ago. Hubby thought I was setting up myself for disappointment. Managed to get through the holidays and still lose 15lbs. I love the plan, I see it as a new way of approaching food and not a diet. I learn every day more ways to play with the menu etc. |
 Vanwingy 9 years ago | I have found following the 8week meal plan instead of the one made with the foods I like much better. It still has 3 meals and 3 snacks but it does not have a full meal at lunch including a meat or fish component. I also thought it it too much food not to say more work ,time and money. I believe in the 3 meals and 3 snacks ,it keeps our metabolism engine working. Take a look at the lunch examples on the 8 week plan it is a good menus plan.I tweet a couple of things but have lost 10.1 lbs. I make up the dinner meals ahead,freeze half the week,put the other half in the fridge. I would rather just reach in the fridge and grab my meal. Yes I spend a couple of hours cook up the weeks meals,putting them in containers. This works for me. |
 CarolCrismond 9 years ago | This is my first week day 3 and this morning when I stood on the scale I was a pound less. I planned the menu, bought exactly what I needed to prepare everything. I am really hoping this gets me past a plateau. Six months ago I needed to lose 50 lbs. I lost 23 lbs on the metabolic diet, but have plateaued out. I really think 6 meals a day is the way to go to break the barrier. I’m also doing more exercise. I go to Jazzercise, rowing club, walking. I’ll check back in after end of week 1. Good luck everyone. |
 smc53 9 years ago | Third week, 3kg ( approx 7lbs)but I’m more impressed with the lost inches !!
Slow and steady is the best result, the weight will stay off this way. Keep positive folks 🙂 |
 avagantor 9 years ago | Went to heart doctor today and weighed in at 222. I’m psyched, but wish I were losing more pounds.I realize it is a slow process, and I won’t gain my goal weight for about a year, but, being human and imperfect, I WANT IT NOW! 🙂 Such is life. |
 Ossie-Sharon 9 years ago | Congratulations, Anderson!! 🙂 |
 anderson31262 9 years ago | I have never made any of the recipes from the site. I only used the instant menu. The food is rather simple and the combinations can be a little strange sometimes but I’ve lost 40lbs. I’ll take it! |
| avagantor 9 years ago | Truth time. I stayed on the Trim Down Club food plan faithfully, but for a week or so (13) days I ate a box of chocolates in 3 days and a little bit of that extra and a bit of this extra and gained back the 7 pounds I lost in the first two weeks. Today I begin my 5th week. I just weighed myself and hurrah! I lost the 7 pounds I had gained, thus I’m back to square one, BUT – apparently I’m losing mega inches because the outfit you see on my profile picture was taken years ago. I haven’t been able to fit into those pants for literally years and yesterday I wore them to church and a meeting! I’m psyched! |
 Dawnwright 9 years ago | I have been on the plan for a week now and my husband was convinced that I must have put on half a stone given the amount I have been eating.He has been giving me a few old fashioned looks when I bring in yet another snack but hey presto I have lost 2 pounds. I am eating loads more than I used to and enjoying it too. I must admit that it has taken a bit of an effort to get myself organised into a routine but it has been worth it. I just hope that the weight loss continues and not just an initial blip. I am still finding my way around the site and discovering new things each day. Time will tell but so far I am impressed with the plan, I would never have believed that I could eat as much and still lose weight and what is more I am feeling great with more energy. Thanks for all the help. I have been struggling to lose weight for months- at last I feel optimistic this is something I can stick to and shift those pounds. |
 kgerette 9 years ago | This has been the simplest and most rewarding journey I have been on! I have lost a total of 17 pounds and can tell around my mid section that a few inches are gone also! I found that grocery shopping has actually become more enjoyable because now I really concentrate on reading the labels and also look for substitutes of what I used to eat. I am eating healthier than ever before and it has completely changed my eating habits for the better. I am 57 years old and always considered myself overweight with little chance of changing…then this program came along! I know I can give myself a lot of credit too because I have been determined to stick to it this time and I am so happy I did. It really is simple to follow and I didn’t break the bank. Just watching my portions alone has made a huge difference. I have so much more energy and look forward to seeing where this will take me. Thank You! |
 ona-72 9 years ago | What I discovered about this new eating plan was not exactly what I was hoping for. One thing right off the bat, this is too expensive for a retired person who lives in a remote rural area. Second event though I ordered many of the recommended things online from various sources (non-perishables), I also spent a lot of money buying things that cost double the price because of the area. We have 2 grocery stores withing a 30 mile radius and they do not carry many items recommended with many of the recipes. Plus after a month I had gained 4 pounds even though I was very careful to stick to the plan. I didn’t even eat out away from home. I am very sorry that I even tried this now. So Good luck to all who are having good results. |
| avagantor 9 years ago | Our bodies are wonderful, unique, ‘miracle’ systems. They only KNOW what we put into them on a regular basis. You’ve seen those commercials with the huge doughnut wrapped around someone’s middle or hip area – WE ARE WHAT WE EAT! If our system has been on this, that and another food plan, it is confused! It is saying ‘what is happening here?’ Thus, when we start our meal plans here, and we are putting healthy foods into our system, within a regular time frame, it takes our system awhile to level off, to get back into balance after we so rudely messed it up! I’m on the diabetic food plan. I eat 3 small meals and 3 healthy snacks each day. Sometime I don’t get to the snacks because the quantity of food overwhelms my system. My system has leveled off and is accepting all the good nourishing foods now. I’m almost through my 3rd. week. I’ve lost 7 pounds according to my last weigh in, which was two days ago.
It is my belief that QUANTITY, as well as quality is of major importance. When our meal plan says 1 cup or 1 oz or 6 oz., we should adhere to that direction and not say to ourselves: aah another 1/2 cup won’t matter! Yes it does matter! It allows us to get lazy and into the habit of ‘a little more won’t hurt’. Before we know it we are totally off the suggested measurements. We might as well throw the menu plan out the window, if we have no intention of following it.
I follow each day’s menu religiously. I may make changes in the listed foods (e.g. I’ll switch buttermilk for yogurt), but I stick closely to the amounts noted. |
| Ossie-Sharon 9 years ago | Hi, Raeka8. I responded to your question about this in another post 🙂 |
