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Re: Second on 4HB and Need Some Encouragement
I don't know what caused you to stop before, but I've found the diet to be very easy to follow compared to others. Yes, the strict days are strict, but with the reward of cheat day at the end, it'...
Re: Overdue for a check-in, Just hit a massive landmark!
Congratulations! That's some hard work and it shows!! You look great! Do you double take when you pass by a mirror? Or do the before pictures now look like someone else? I was talking to someo...
Eva I'm baffled too! I think I'm just going to pick one that looks good, the right amount of protein, not many added carbs, hopefully doesn't tas...
travel friendly protein shake?
While I'm generally the queen of saying that protein shakes are unnecessary, because making a quick breakfast isn't that hard, I find myself in a situation when I may need one! I'm going to be ch...
See, a lot of people have mentioned a slow or a stall in the winter! I'm not looking for an excuse to wave off my stall, but it's nice to hear t...
Re: Took a Week Off -- Not a Question, more of a Reflection
After 8 months on the diet, and down about 40 pounds, I took a little over a week off. I keep hitting these annoying stalls for weeks at a time, the scale not budging at all. I decided to just re...
Re: Kettlebell pain
(I am not a doctor, you should consult a doctor) as a mom of 4, if you were my kid I'd tell you that you probably strained the muscle. Use ice packs on the sore spot, take some ibuprofen or tylen...
You're right, just holding steady over the holidays should be a victory! I was complaining to a friend that I hadn't lost anything In a few weeks ...
Re: Time for a reset
If every dinner is going to be off the diet, you're probably not going to see useful results. Any day that you slip those non-bean carbs in could be considered a cheat day. When I start to slip ...
Re: Almost a year - My Transformation!
Wow! You look great!
I'm doing all of that, the only thing that's not great is the 30 minute rule. I do get breakfast before an hour is up, but with 4 kids my whole da...
I'm glad I'm not the only one who seemed to notice a change with the weather. it makes me hopeful for spring! If I try to do the water, I can't f...
Skip the eggs for breakfast and try opting for meats instead, sausage, hamburger, chicken breasts, etc, and save the eggs for lunch or dinner when...
Winter slows?
I'm seeing a lot of posts about people stalling, or not losing as fast as they expected. I'm wondering if it's weather related? I'm curious if any of the long timers (folks on the diet more than...
Re: Why is it not working?
As others have mentioned, most women have a slower time of it than the examples in the book. My advice is to stick to it, weigh one a week, the morning of cheat day and compare to the MONTH before...
Re: Any one have cheat day not on Saturday?...Moving my cheat day advice needed
Yes, it's ok to change it to fit your schedule. Mine swaps from Friday to Saturday as my plans with hubby and my kids change. The critical thing though is to make sure you plan ahead and stick to...
Re: ATTN WOMEN: water retention during mother nature's visit
I find it can fluctuate during the week, especially with salt intake. I stopped weighing daily, now I just do it weekly, and I try to compare to the month before, rather than the week before. That...
Re: My first bout with lost motivation.
I was out of town 2 months ago because my father was entering hospice and I needed to be with him and my family. I had a similar thing happen. I was sure I was going to come home 20 pounds heavie...
Re: Not getting results...posting my daily meals... Advice?
Have you tried skipping the gum? If you're chewing that all day, you're just trickling sweetener into your system all day long and possibly (depending on the ingredients) keeping your insulin ramp...
Re: Not losing cheat day weight
Welcome to the stall, it happens! It's especially common in women because we have extra hormonal issues and water gains that are outside the diet that still affect the scale. When I hit a similar ...
Re: My beans have sugar!
You'll become a label reader on this diet! In the mean time, you can rinse the ones you have to wash off the sugar before you eat them!
Re: On average, how long does it take everyone to lose the cheat day weight gain
I've found that the amount of time it takes to shake the cheat day weight for me has a lot to do with what I eat. If I've splurged on rice or dairy or fruit, the weight maybe gone in as little as...
Re: Spark from advocare ?
The ingredients list maltodextrin and sucralose. Both are sweeteners which would put this on my NO list. Just because it's sugar free doesn't mean it won't spike your insulin!
Re: No egg breakfast ideas wanted
I often eat a hamburger for breakfast. It's about 24g which is darn close without making me feel stuffed.
I agree with this! Load up you lunch with a splash of olive oil, or add some butter to your veggies. It helps a TON with hunger!! I recently spen...
Re: Permissible Sweet Content and some other FAQ
During my first two weeks, I avoided anything sweet at all. No sweeteners, no cheating, when I had cravings and whined that I was hungry my husband poured olive oil on my spinach and told me to ea...
Re: 2 meals a day?
You could try stepping down to 20g at breakfast so you don't feel stuffed. Then aim for 20g at lunch with veggies for fiber and taper back on the beans to make the meal smaller, again so you don't...
Re: 6 Month Report! Including Before and After* Pics!
Wow! You look fabulous! What a huge change! Your after pictures look like the younger brother of the guy in the before pictures! Congratulations! I know it took hard work and effort, and it r...
Re: Doing something wrong? Weight staying the same.
When I hit a plateau, I had to go back to measuring things on a scale or with a measuring cup to remind myself of the proper portions of my non-veggie foods. No more than 1 cup of beans across th...
Re: For women, I think I need help. Period questions.
I never weighed myself so religiously until I was on this diet so I knew I gained and lost a few pounds as my hormones changed, but I couldn't have told you how many or for how long! Now I know t...
Re: 30g of protein for breakfast
A big breakfast jump starts your metabolism in the morning and gets you burning fat all day long. Remember that depending on what section you're reading, the book says only 20g at breakfast exce...
Re: dizzy after meals
I agree with Valerie, if you were a sugar junkie prior to starting this diet, it will take a while for your body to adjust your insulin to appropriate levels when exposed to cabs, even slow ones l...
I can't eat enough eggs in the morning to get 30g of protein without making myself sick, so I just eat beef, usually a hamburger!
I haven't been doing pagg, or kettlebells, and only sporadically doing ice packs and I was losing an average of 2lb a week. At first I was tracki...
I kept grabbing the tape measure and reciting parts of the book about how it's not always visible on the scale, but sadly it wasn't visible on the...
We moved a year ago and I did a huge closet purge and tossed anything that didn't fit. So when I hit about 10 pounds lost, everything I owned was...
Broke my plateau!
I had a run of 2 weeks with no losses, nothing on the scale, nothing on the tape measure. There were a number of things I was doing differently, so it was hard to pinpoint any one thing that could...
Re: Scared of tomorrow, today is my first cheat day.
My first cheat day I gained back all the weight I'd lost that week. I was horrified. But, like Tim says in the book, it did drop off a few days later (seriously, it's mostly poo!) and by the end...
Well, he's 15 and I'm his mom so while I know he loves me, he doesn't always like me that much! Today was his cheat day and his day out with me (...
Re: Check-in Time -- August !
I'm 8, almost 9 weeks in and hovering around 15 pounds down. I had 2 weeks in a row where I gained and lost the same 2-3 pounds from cheat day but I think part of that was hormonal, and part of i...
Oh, I stand corrected! You are absolutely right! Whole soy beans are allowed, but processed soy is not. One of my kids is allergic to soy so it'...
I found some single serving '100 calorie' packs of guacamole in the grocery store. It's 2oz of guac in a little plastic bag. The perfect size for ...
Re: Does it really matter if I eat fast or slow?
If you are measuring your portions and stopping when you get to the end of your food, You've already fixed the number one problem with eating fast, which is overeating. It takes time for your bra...
yeah, agreed, you can have half of one a day! Most of the time, I can stop a sugar craving by smothering it with fat! Avocado, hummus, some gre...