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Those sound like important gains. Onward to next week!texaslil wrote:I like the way I feel much better when I get up in the morning, I don't feel lethargic and I'm not dragging like I was before.
The fastest way to make the McDougall Program fail (just as all the other diets you’ve tried), is to give insufficient attention to buying good foods and then to preparing delicious meals from them. When the refrigerator and the cupboards are bare, or worse yet, still filled with the old high-fat items that brought you to your alarming state of obesity and poor health, you’re going to have a hard time fixing meals that please and ease.
ComfyDiet wrote:Hello! I have completed orientation and would love to join the group. I am committing to this WOE starting tomorrow and I am so excited to have another chance at a healthy life. See you all on Friday!
JeffN wrote:We do not recommend the counting of calories at all. Instead of checking the calories, we recommend checking your adherence to the behaviors. We recommend following the principles of the MWL program, which is a requirement to join this group and weighing in once a week. Weight loss is an outcome of following the recommended behaviors (the 10 points of MWL).
I would say the best place to focus your energy and efforts is toward making your daily behaviors more congruent with the recommendations from the MWL 10-Point Checklist. A great way to support your efforts is to make sure that you have abundant, adherent foods on hand, ready to go, and easy to access. Concentrate on eating the recommended foods that you most enjoy, in the recommended fashion whenever you feel hungry, until you are comfortably full; results will follow with TIME and ADHERENCE.JeffN wrote:The key is not the loss or the gain each week, but to see where you can improve on adherence to the behaviors. We don't chase calories or lbs, we modify our behavior to be more adherent. Time and adherence are the most important issues.
If you need, you may want to re-review the orientation and our guidelines.
This is what is important; we don't expect perfection, just that everyone tries to do their best. We recognize that these are hard changes to make, especially within the context of the broader food/cultural/societal dynamic. I think this post will help to answer all your questions, and offer some food for thought. Please feel free to report & weigh-in on Friday, if you feel that participating in the group serves your goals.Health 1st wrote:I just want to clarify: I do not have any immediate plans to eat anything non MWL + I'm going to strive to do MWL
I certainly would encourage you to do this, for all the reasons Jeff discusses in To Weigh or Not to Weigh.Health 1st wrote:So I'm thinking maybe I should try the MWL Group again, only weigh every Friday morning, + try my hardest to not let whatever the # is phase me.
Mark Cooper wrote:Health 1st - Everyone stumbles sometimes, and one purpose of this group is to aid participants in "picking themselves back up."This is what is important; we don't expect perfection, just that everyone tries to do their best. We recognize that these are hard changes to make, especially within the context of the broader food/cultural/societal dynamic. I think this post will help to answer all your questions, and offer some food for thought. Please feel free to report & weigh-in on Friday, if you feel that participating in the group serves your goals.Health 1st wrote:I just want to clarify: I do not have any immediate plans to eat anything non MWL + I'm going to strive to do MWLI certainly would encourage you to do this, for all the reasons Jeff discusses in To Weigh or Not to Weigh.Health 1st wrote:So I'm thinking maybe I should try the MWL Group again, only weigh every Friday morning, + try my hardest to not let whatever the # is phase me.
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