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Thanks, . I guess I'll just watch and see how if it changes.

Maybe it's the " I'm turning 40 in a year and a half " heat! ha.

I guess what I'm most worried about that I'm trying hard to get

*Right* this time is screwing up my metabolism. I feel like after all

these years I finally found a program that makes sense and that I can

see myself still doing in 10 years, and I'm excited about that. I

know after 38 years of messing with my metabolism it won't be fixed

overnight, but I guess I want to make sure that I'm at least doing

things right to make it get that way eventually! Can you let me know

what you think? Some background:

I'm 38, 5'4 " , 218 lbs. I'm W1D7 today and that's down 7 lbs. I know

that's mostly water but it feels good. Last year I lost 55 lbs. on

Craig, but I gained back about 35 of it when I sprained my

ankle badly and am still in physical therapy 8 months later. (I

finally gave up on the treadmill now and decided to embrace the bike

so my ankle doesn't become an " excuse " -- at least for awhile).

A " typical " day for me looks something like this:

--6:00 - 6:20/45 workout

--7:45 Omelet with a slice of lf cheese smothered with pico de gallo

and a slice of ww toast

--10:30 1/2 c. cottage cheese w/6 oz. lf yogurt

--12:30 Grilled Salmon with Spinach/mushrooms and a sm. sweet potato

--3:30 Myoplex shake with 1 TBSP peanut butter

--6:30 Grilled chicken w/baked potato and steamed asparagus

--9:00 1/2 c. cottage cheese w/sliced banana

I'm getting in 8-10 glasses of water (and think I may be finally able

to sleep more than 45 minutes at night without getting up! Only if I

finish by about 3pm though!)

I'm hardly ever hungry (unless I'm approaching that 3 hour mark) and

I lost 7 lbs. this week (I know mostly water!) so I'm feeling " fine "

with this, but I want to double-check and make sure I'm not doing

anything that's going to be detrimental in the long run!

(FYI: I just plugged this into sparkpeople and it says that's 2150

calories, 200g protein, 220g carbs.)

If you have any suggestions, please let me know!

Thank so much. This is a great place for information!

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> > Hi....

> > This is my first time on a program like this. Every other " diet "

I have

> > done has been low calorie, such as Craig or Weight

Watchers. I

> > found I was always freezing when I was on it. I was prepared for

that

> > again but it hasn't happened. And then I read (from I

think?)

> > that the warmth I'm feeling is actually a physical sign of my

> > metabolism speeding up. How cool is that?! A physical sign that

this

> > program is working. I love it!!!! That, and not being hungry

while

> > still dropping weight make this a winner for me.

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> > Does anyone know how long it takes for your metabolism to steady

out at

> > a " better " rate?

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