[Elsie150]

Good morning.

Okay...we started this at the end of the last thread..do you have a goal for the week? Will posting it here help you to become accountable? Let us know.

Goals:
Elsie - 10 cups of water every day
Cori - 10 cups of water every day
Vanessa - 10 cups of water every day

I can see I picked one that several of us are having trouble with. I will tell you that I truly believe that drinking all my water....12-16 cups...last time played a huge part in my success last time of losing 60 pounds in 7 months.

Monie....glad your headache is finally gone. One thing I notice on the WOE is that my headaches and migraines have all but disappeared. I used to get several headaches and at least one migraine once a week before. I would well over exceed the Ibprophen as I would take 3 at a time every 2 1/2 hours. I now only sometimes have a little teeny tiny one when I wake up and it goes away just by getting up and moving around.

Val...wow...BF is doing awesome!!! How much more does he want to lose?? He may want to think about hitting the gym and lifting some weights now to tone. You should read ahead in the book on pre-maintenance. You guys are going to be such a hottie couple! Not that you aren't already miss I can get into medium scrubs already. If you read the boards here a lot of people say that the ready made LC shakes stall them. I think it is because of all the preservatives and thinkners that need to go into them to give them shelve life. I have been making my own and I have to say that it is not any quicker really than say...bringing out a piece of quiche from the fridge and nuking it....I cut mine up into individual servings and pop them in the freezer and bring out the kind I want the night before. This way I can switch the kind of quiche I am having around. In fact it takes a little longer because I have to get my blender to grind the ice. That being said...it is a nice change. I use Exact
Whey Protein Isolate...have you checked out Walmart in the pharmacy section? Or you could go to a body building store. Watch the ingredients. Mine says sweetned with Surcalose but shows 1 gram per 3 scoops of powder. I only use 1 scoop in my shake. The shakes do add protein and are a bit calorie dense if you are using the heavy cream in them as well and it is easy to get over 3-400 calories in a single drink.