Well, my life imploded on me yesterday and I decided that I needed actual fuel in my body in order to deal with it. I ended up eating basically good stuff until I found a bag of licorice in the cupboard. So my life is changing dramatically in the next week or so. I think it all boils down to wanting/needing to not be in such a stressful life anymore, so I am ditching my house and with it the kids and moving into a house with a bunch of other people until I figure out what to do. I really hate that it is happening this way but I am afraid that this is the only way that it would be able to happen. I just hope that it all works out okay. My heart is hurting.

Sorry to say that the same thing is happening to me. I take biotin every day and eat protein, but I still have thin hair and have just gone through a period when it was literally coming out in handfuls again just like early out. I have no answers so hope someone else does.

water weight, poop weight, beer gut who cares what's coming of so long as the scale is moving downwards?! I'm still slow and steady but i have to tell you, i'm thoroughly enjoying this and there's something to be said for that! I'm full and I've got shrimp and porterhouse in me....not a bad gig if you can find it. I think i screwed up with the veggies though, i'm eating WAY too many of them....there are way worse things i could be eating so it'll have to do. ANDI

Ruth When I went in many years ago to work with a trainer, I told him that I was worried that I was too big to fit into the whole gym thing and he said to me that his BMI was far greater than what was normal and that we all come in different packages and what really counted was that we did the work regardless of what we think everyone else thinks. I remember this very well 15 years later... Andi You sure have a lot on your plate, it sounds like you are coping though. I like buying fish fresh daily but you are right, it sure can get expensive. I wonder why the good food costs so much more than the crappy food? It doesn't seem fair at all. A bag of chips would be so much cheaper eh? I had to eat some meat and cheese last night, my headache came on full force and nothing would touch it, not even the good drugs that I got at the hospital. I think that all the drugs that I am taking are making me sick, so the timing on this pouch test may not have been optimum but I am doing it anyway. I really hate how life does that, it seems that there isn't ever a 'good' time to do stuff. I have to look up and see what I am allowed to have today on day three. So far only a protein drink and a coffee. I know that I shouldn't keep checking the scales but this morning I am down 6 lbs. Mostly water weight I am sure but it makes me smile nonetheless.

Hi Ruth! You are doing GREAT! Keep it up! I'm so proud of you for signing up to see a trainer at the gym ... do NOT feel self conscious about it. That is their job and honestly, I think most of them take a lot of pride in helping people out. You will do great and you'll be so proud of yourself too! Make sure you don't totally cut our your carbs though because you'll need them to fuel your body for your workouts! I'm not following the 5 day thing but I went back to my menus that are still saved on the computer from last summer, before I gained these pesky pounds back! So I'm following what is on my menu from then and I will see what it does for me. So far so good! Keep up the great work! Deanna