Happy Monday morning! Well, I kinda blew it yesterday. Had a bit of Father's day breakfast goodies. Okay, more than a bit. But I did find a thought provoking thread that helped me decide to give up my nightly wine. I think I am just kidding myself to think that I can lose weight drink every night. I am with most of you who are going to combine WD and Atkins.

I was going to answer some questions you had, but Watcher came to my rescue quite eloquently!! Thanks, Watcher for all your help, again!

I won't post my menu for yesterday as it may make your mouth water-LOL-but today I plan to stay on track:

B-coffee/cream (maybe an egg)
S-fresh vegies
Overeating 4:00-8:00- BIG salad w/ blue cheese, pork chop, some sort of cooked vegie, No wine, no wine, no wine, no wine, no wine!!!!!!!!!

Have a WD day Watcher, Jpaleo, Carmen, Akasha, Kainiki, Becky and all lurkers!!

Hello Jaob,

Don't let my 'info-wave (tsunami?)' stop you (or others) from ventilating anything you would, please be welcome to combine eachothers experiences and views, so we can develop something that is more than the sum of our partial views!

Hey guys,
I tried it, I guess it's not for me, I woke up with a tummy ache both days and spent most of the day in the restroom. It sounded really good in theory, but I guess in practice it didn't work for me, good luck you guys. Maybe when I am working out more I will try again and it will work better.

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KaiNiki.....so sorry it didn't work for you I really hope you find something that suits you and makes you and your body happy

With my eating is going very good Yesterday I started eating at 5 since I had a very difficult day and all the stress drained all my energy (DH and I found out our 13 y.o. daughter cut herself in the arm after an argument with us and then with her best friend) so I ate a lot...I'm not an emotional eater, I was just hungry. Anyway, I ate LC but had a *treat* (a muffin). This is what I like the most about this WOE....if you want something really badly you CAN have it....just have to wait a few hours

Hope you are all doing great!!

hi everybody! I'm just stopping in to update.I am entering day 3 on the WD, so far so good. I am dying to get on the scale just to know. I am combining it with atkins, so I don't start the cravings for sweets or bread too much. One thing I can say is great about this, is I am drinking a ton of water. I always try, but sometimes it would be hard, and I would drink coffee or green tea all day. I was surprised to see that it didn't count as my daily water. But now that i'm not eating anything, Its the water that keeps me going. ITs been super easy to skip the food, and fill up on water. One question, should I take my vitamin with my overeating phase, or is it ok first thing in the morning?( I apologize if this has already been answered somewhere.)

KaiNiki. Sorry to hear you leave. Good luck though!

Carmen, keep up the great work!

Becky- Good job with the water. It's something that I am horrible at. I never drink enough water. It's all coffee and Crystal Light. LOL.

I had an egg with mushrooms for brunch. I plan to have a coffee later before my workout, then I will feast.

Just a quick question,, is it normal to be more hungry a few days into it? i don't want to complain, because it still is pretty easy, but today i keep thinking about food. maybe its a psychological thing, or maybe my calories were too low last night? i had leftover brisket for dinner,and a huge salad and a few pieces of cheese. i FELT full, but was it maybe not enough? I am doing what you said, akasha, about atkins as well, so naturally I didn't have a baked potato or anything, but what do you think?THanks everybody.

I've had the same problem, Becky. I've been trying the WD off and on for a few weeks now and the first few days I am fine, then on day three or so I start feeling really hungry during the day.

But for me it may be emotional eating type issues. I'm still not sure.

I am on day 2 of my latest go at this and I have been feeling really hungry. I have had an egg, a small plum and some celery so far. I am trying to distract myself right now.

Does it just take will power at first for some of us? Will we adjust eventually if we stick with it?


-J

You CAN eat during the day- snacking more or less. I usually have an egg for breakfast. Flavored coffee helps fill me up in the afternoon when I start to get hungry as well.

I just weighed myself after a week on Induction./Warrior Diet.

I just wanted to post really quick and let you all know that I am down..... 8 POUNDS! Yay!

Congratulations Akasha! That's great.

~Becky & Jpaleo
I never am hungry during the day. If you eat your normal amount of calories (minus 300-500 cal) during the evening and a small part during the day you cannot be hungry. For my bodyweight 3250 cal is normal, but 2750 as a minimum is still quit a lot of food! So I don't look at calories anymore.

Example: A real sizable dinner for me would be about 1200 cal. So during the day I have 400-600 cal, that leaves 1000-1200 cal as 2nd meal or healthy snacks in the evening. That is a lot! I think I am under that a lot of the time.

When sometimes I don't eat so much in the evening (have a 'normal dinner' with friends) I take some more or less healthy snacks during the next day. Possible some chicken nuggets with sauce, mostly some sliced meat or 0,5 liter yoghurt, sometimes 45 g potato chips. I use it as a memory point, oh yeah, I ate not enough yesterday.

Next time I don't eat so much I try to get some more healthy food when I come home late, often vegetables with some mayonaise and spices.

The next day I take with some some 4 boiled eggs, an apple and a yoghurt to avoid the snacking on less healthy food.

~becky: I take the vitamins in the morning, I feel that if there might be something the body needed during the day I at least provide that with a multivitamin, and a fish oil capsule. ( I take some others too).


Since I try to take some less coffee I drink more water, and when I take coffee at work I take also water. I am very busy (family obligations, parties) and then I need some caffeine to keep going.

~Carmen: I think you value rightly the core of the WD: Some fun with eating

Hi everyone! Sorry I have been MIA for a couple of days. It seems like endless parties for end of the year (teacher at elementary school). So I haven't been doing WD very well. It should be easy enough to do the WD and go to parties but I haven't been able to figure it out quite yet. If there is a party during the day I still end up eating at night also. I know I can do this. Just need to think it through!

I am so glad we have a support group going for this. I sure need it! Today is another party. Overeating should start around 3:00 so I WILL not be eating after 7:00. The problem will be eating at the party in the order that the foods should be eaten. Just wish me luck. Starting tomorrow, everything should be back to normal and I can focus for the rest of summer!

Akasha-8 lbs!! great job! You're an inspiration.Thanks for posting your typical eating day. It helps!

Becky and Jpaleo-I find that it's the ACT of eating that I miss alot during the undereating phase. I find myself not knowing what to do with myself. I usually only experience tummy rumbling, no other symptoms of undereating.

Just a question, how late do you guys "start" to eat in the evening? I wake up pretty early 4-530am and with a coming baby will certainly be doing so in the future. Would eating the largest portion of food between 3-730pm fall within proper guidelines, even though my "bedtime" will be all over the clock for a while? I suppose milk supply will dictate how much I actually need to eat during the day, I was just wondering about the hours thing - if there was something important about making the eating specifically late in the evening.

I'm certainly eating during the day, but not large portions... even now though, I find that by 430pm I am ravenous for a huge steak and afterward want to continue to eat throughout the evening. Sometimes if I workout in the morning I will not be able to NOT eat a large lunch, but I don't mind as long as I'm pregnant.