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alleyne
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| Joined: | 23 January 2008 |
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Posted: 4 February 2008 03:24 pm |
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Hey Anyone:
This is my first time starting FL4I tomorrow (Tuesday) I need all the support or suggestions.
Day 1 is:
Turkey Slices, bacon strips, fresh strawberries, cashews, boil eggs & chicken
I am afraid and excited all at one.
Alleyne
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dennymas
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Posted: 4 February 2008 11:29 pm |
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Hi Alleyne,
I guess you got your generator to work  If you haven't already done so, jump on over to the general discussion. That's where most of us hang out and you will find so much support and help along the way.
There is nothing to afraid of and EVERYTHING to be excited for.
Denise
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long2bslim
New Member
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Posted: 9 February 2008 11:21 am |
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| Hi my name is Lucy,i am really thinking about WL4I i have about 120lbs to lose but i am really not sure about it is there any advice or tips that you would give me.Thanks Lucy.
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long2bslim
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Posted: 9 February 2008 06:55 pm |
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| Well i have downloaded the diet and it looks great cant wait to start.Lucy
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Reenboe
Member
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Posted: 11 February 2008 05:31 pm |
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Hi Lucy. Welcome! I'm new here myself and just started the diet a week ago today. Most of the discussion takes place in the general thread at the top. You'll find lots of tips, suggestions and support there. Good luck if you decide to try the diet. I have about 50 lbs. to lose, but have already lost about 6-1/2 in the past week. Right on target to reach the projected 9 by Friday. 
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Barney
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| Joined: | 18 February 2008 |
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Posted: 19 February 2008 02:24 am |
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Hi everyone,
I'm starting this tomorrow and hoping to lose some big time weight. Im 6'7"
and weigh about 370 pounds. I do have a big frame. People usually guess my weight at around 280 or so. My goal weight is around 260. So i need to lose 110 pounds. Please help me out guys........Ive tried to lose weight throughout the years and had success one time...but managed to gain it all back. Im 37 years old and although im doing this mainly for my health, I have to also admit that Im single and hope that losing this weight will make me feel a bit sexier ( lol - you know what i mean) and get me 'out there' again. Anyways, all the best to you guys and I hope to check this blog out often.
Oh well, here it goes.........
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sunshine
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Posted: 19 February 2008 02:42 am |
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Hi Barney...welcome to the group...hop over to the discussion group, go to the end and post there...there are some guys who can give you encouragement. Lots of new people starting the diet. Also go to the thread called "progress"....there is a guy there called Sethsdad who posted....he is very tall and was over 400 pounds and is down over 100 pounds so far...he also visited the discussion group and posted afew days ago. Hope this helps.
All the best! Sunshine
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rowdykid
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| Joined: | 18 February 2008 |
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Posted: 19 February 2008 03:05 am |
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Hi everyone. I just joined tonight and I have a few questions. I started wl4i today and i feel as if i gained weight.. like my tummy is puffed out and i just feel fat! is that whats suppost to happen??? I just had my daughter 3 months ago and have lost the weight from her but, Im holding 35 lbs from my son yet. I have a bad back so the extra weight makes it hard to pick them up and move around to play. Also my husband is deployed right now and will be home in june i really wanna suprise him with my "smaller" self . Any advice and help would be much appreciated!!!!!
Thank you for your time!
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sunshine
Senior Member
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Posted: 19 February 2008 04:13 am |
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Rowdy...your digestion will need to adjust to the diet...what was your menu today? Did you drink all the water...this is really really important as it raises your metabolism and flushes out the fat and keeps the bloat down. You said you had baby 3 months ago...are you nursing right now...this might change how you need to eat. My son has been deployed four times...two times to Iraq and is being redeployed in 5 days...I hear ya!! All the best to you!! SS
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bunny000
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| Joined: | 18 February 2008 |
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Posted: 19 February 2008 02:24 pm |
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Hi Barney! Welcome!
I myself just joined, I am on day 7 and I have to admit that only a couple of times of the last few days did I feel hungry. Even those couple of times weren't really that intense. Also I have noticed that my energy level is way up. I have an injury to my foot so walking long distance is hard for me so I try to stay active around my house as much as possible. I think this is a good first step for you. I hope it works out for you.
Bunny
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katieg
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| Joined: | 20 February 2008 |
| Location: | Maryland USA |
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Posted: 20 February 2008 11:54 am |
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| hello I just joined here also. I am on day 3 today. So far I feel awesome! Yesterday was fruit day and I did fine, did not feel hungry until my son started watching the food network last night!!! hehe, but I'm ok today
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exoticone
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Posted: 24 February 2008 03:17 pm |
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Hello,
Firstly, I am so happy to have found all of you! I really thought that I was mad when I decided to try this diet 3 years ago right after I stopped breastfeeding my son, and to my surprise, it worked! I didn't need to lose anymore after the first cycle, so I decided not to do the second cycle and ended up gaining about 3 lbs back for a total weight loss of 4 lbs.
Now, I am back to a weight and body shape that I feel uncomfortable with. I am 5' 4' and now weigh between 55 and 53 kilos (116-120 lbs). My normal weight is 49-50 kilos (107-110). My clothes are not fitting right and I have flabby bits everywhere!
Before anyone starts asking me if I have anorexia, I must tell you that I have an extremely small frame, my fingers are all between ring size 3 and 4 and my wrists circumference is 4.5 inches. When I am my normal weight, people still think that I am curvy and I like it that way. So, please don't bash me for having tiny-frame Asian genes.
OK, sorry for the long intro, but I am hoping that someone may be able to help me:
If you do a cycle and then wait more than 3 days to do another cycle, is the weight gain back inevitable?
I'm suspicious of the new diet, to those of you who did the old diet, is this just as effective? It seems a little easier, as I was going to kill myself eating ham chunks and tuna all of the time!!
For anyone who has between 5-15 lbs to lose, do you think that this diet has worked for you?
Last time I did the diet, I was 57 kilos and got down to 52 at one point in the cycle (I think that it was day 6 or 7) and wanted to stop then. But, I decided to finish the cycle and ended up at 54 kilos. If you see weight loss like this mid-cycle, can you get off the diet and just try and maintain?
And lastly, I am starting up again tomorrow, does anyone else want to join me? We can motivate each other! :)
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mommieof2
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Posted: 25 February 2008 01:05 am |
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Hi Ex,
I won't be able to start the diet until Wednesday, I have to go to the grocery store but i would love to have a supporter in this as well. Of course, I have more like 50 lbs. to lose but it would be great to have someone to share ideas with and to check in on to see how the diet is going.
If you want some extra support, feel free to email me. It's always easier to diet when you have people doing it with you.
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exoticone
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Posted: 25 February 2008 08:43 pm |
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Hi Mommieof2! Thanks for replying to my post!
I'd love to have a buddy to go through this diet with me, so if you don't mind, we can try and motivate each other when you start on Wednesday via email or PM (do they have that here? I'll have to check).
So far, it's going well, except for the fact that I accidentally cooked the chicken in the microwave instead of defrosting it  (new microwave, it's confusing!). My husband is also telling me about the wonderful things that he's snacking on, like chocolate mousse and candy.  But, I'm strong, I'll make it through!
Take care and I hope that we talk soon...
PS: By the way, I may also post my questions on the main thread as it seems to get a lot more traffic...
Thanks again, hope to chat soon! 
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Alexandra
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| Joined: | 3 March 2008 |
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Posted: 4 March 2008 12:44 pm |
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| I've been reading everyones quotes and it seems that the people who are losing about a 1lb a day are the ones who aren't excercising at all. Maybe with the diet generator type diet you shouldn't excercise bc then you are burning calories adn possibly messing up the whole shifting of the calories thing? Do you think that could be it. I lost 1 lb each day the 1st 2 days and then I started doing 30 min. of brisk walking each day and now I'm not losing anymore!
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blackcal
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Posted: 6 March 2008 03:55 pm |
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glassdog wrote: Hi everyone:
My friend and I are on day 6 of cycle one of FL4I (I guess you'd call it the "new" menu.) We'd been doing WeightWatchers with little success. A group of us (six in all) decided to hold our own WW meetings at our friend's house next door, for a more "personal" touch. My friend and I stumbled across FL4I seven days ago and got right on it. Last night was weigh-in night next door. Instead of my usual .2 or .4 of a lb. loss, I was the "biggest loser" with a 6 lb. loss! And I haven't been able to work out recently due to my taking a bad fall 2 weeks ago. My friend lost 4 lbs. You should have seen everyone poring over the FL4I rules I'd brought over!!
I am so glad to have stumbled across this diet!! It's absolutely "idiot" proof, and I'm never hungry. Who'd have ever thought that it would be so easy to lose weight?
Glassdog
What a great idea to hold your own WW meetings. So much better than going to the WW meetings themselves, unless you're into that sort of thing.
Blackcal
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hick
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| Joined: | 30 April 2008 |
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Posted: 1 May 2008 04:27 pm |
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Hi everyone - joined yesterday but have been on the FL4I for 11 days now - today is my last day before my 3 day vacation. Interestingly, I have no cravings like I would have expected. I've lost 9 lbs,just as promised and I think I was doing everything wrong.
I now have all the information which I downloaded from the original site. I notice that people are talking about recipes. Where are they finding recipes????
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Anyar
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Posted: 1 May 2008 04:31 pm |
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hick wrote: Hi everyone - joined yesterday but have been on the FL4I for 11 days now - today is my last day before my 3 day vacation. Interestingly, I have no cravings like I would have expected. I've lost 9 lbs,just as promised and I think I was doing everything wrong.
I now have all the information which I downloaded from the original site. I notice that people are talking about recipes. Where are they finding recipes????
Hick:
Thank you for posting and welcome to the FL4I board.
If you look at the top of the forum, you will see all of the active threads which begin with FL4I. There is one for "FL4I - Recipes".
Likewise, I am also moving your post into the "FL4I - New Members" thread as there is an ongong effort to get people to post in active threads.
Good luck and hope you have success.
Last edited on 1 May 2008 04:36 pm by Anyar
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spanishharlem4
New Member
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Posted: 2 May 2008 02:20 pm |
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Hello everyone,
I bought this diet on Sunday, and started Monday. I am currently on day 5, So far I have lost about 3 lbs, even though when I weighed this morning I was up 2lbs, so actually a total of 1 lbs lost. I know that with the bacon, I might be gaining water, but I am not sure. I will keep with it and weight myself again on Monday and that will be one week. If there is any feedback let me know.
Thanks
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Anyar
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Posted: 4 May 2008 04:00 am |
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Spanish:
Welcome to the FL4I forum.
I see that you've already found the General Discussion board.
There are many long-time, and wonderful members that can assist with any question you may have.
Good luck.
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spanishharlem4
New Member
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Posted: 4 May 2008 06:04 am |
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Thank you for the great support
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Yoga Mama
New Member
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Posted: 5 May 2008 06:50 pm |
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Hi everyone - I am new to the boards and new to the diet and could really use some tips. I am on day 3 of the DG plan and find that I am still hungry. I have read through lots of your posts which have been helpful and I think that the Beyond Calories version would work better for me but I did not download the BC add-on.
Does anyone know how I can purchase just the BC without having to pay for the whole diet all over. I want to finish out my DG plan then switch to BC.
Appreciate any help.
All of the posts on the site are wonderful and inspirational - I look forward to joining in your discussions! 
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spanishharlem4
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Posted: 5 May 2008 09:27 pm |
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Hi Yoga,
I am really surprised that you are hungry. I am new too, on my 8th day but I have never been hungry on this plan. I eat until I am satisfied. Also have you been drinking the water, because that helps to make you full. You shouldn't be hungry though.
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Yoga Mama
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Posted: 5 May 2008 11:13 pm |
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Hi SpanishHarlem,
Thanks for your message. I have been getting close to 8 glasses of water - on average 6.5 so that could be the issue - thanks for the reminder!
But I also find that I fill up quickly - and since we are only told to eat till satisfied and not stuffed, I find that some meals I do not eat that much. I am used to snacking all day long (which is what got me to this place to begin with) so I fill up quickly.
That is why I think the Beyond Calories plan would work better for me. Now if only I could pay for just the Beyond Calories plan
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spanishharlem4
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Posted: 6 May 2008 12:50 am |
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you should post the question in general topics, someone there should know how to purchase it sep. good luck! Let me know how the BC works.
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wannatravel
New Member
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Posted: 9 May 2008 07:11 pm |
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Hi everyone,
I’m new to the forum and this is the beginning of my second cycle. I’m 45 years old, 5’1” with a fairly small frame and 133 lbs (when I started Cycle 1) and would like to get to 115. I lost 6-7 pounds after the first cycle and put back 3-4 on the cheat days. I have some concerns about this which I will address in the general discussion.
I was previously on the South Beach Diet. If you are familiar with it ,it has 3 Phases – fast weight loss, slow weight loss, and maintenance. I initially did quite well with it and then modified it to add a 4th Phase, slow weight gain. I stuck with this phase until now, where I am well over my goal of 115. I do believe SBD is a very healthy way to eat long term but right now I’m looking for something a little quicker. I was hoping to lose as much as possible before my vacation on June 1st.
I like to ride my bike, taking pictures, traveling, and eating out. I’ve managed to combine these passions a few times but it can get quite pricey if I try to do it too often.
The picture of me on the left is on a biking trip when I weighed 115 and the picture on the right I’m probably 130+.
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spanishharlem4
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Posted: 9 May 2008 10:42 pm |
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Hello Wanna,
I am new to this, my first cycle and my first cheat day. I want to say that you after reading so many posts, that I find that everyone gains on their cheat days, but loses all + on the next cycle around. I even read somewhere that if you don't do at least 2 cheat days, that you don't lose as much weight on the next cycle. I know someone experienced will give you some vital iformation. If not just pick throught the post, and you will find old post that discuss the cheat days.
Congrads, on losing!!! Good for you.
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wannatravel
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Posted: 10 May 2008 12:49 pm |
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Hi Spanish Harlem,
I agree about the cheat days. I know a lot of people gain but I think you have to take them to "reset" your metabolism. I need to take them to regain my sanity. My menu is fairly limited since I took out the bacon and sausage. I can't even look at another hard boiled egg or tuna. :)
Good luck on your cheat days and enjoy!
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