Ok, so I have allowed myself a little too much slack these last few weeks and I am motivated to get rid of my carb cravings.

Lil Diva posts a great plan http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/28139-the-basics-boot-camp/ that I want to implement immediately.

Anyone else in?

I am gonna join in for this week. I am starting tomorrow.

I need to lay off the crackers!

Well I was doing good on the boot camp until my doctor admitted me to the hospital on Thursday and had my gallbladder removed on Friday. Guess that is one of the downsides of losing weight. On the upside of having surgery...my kids cleaned the whole house for me!! LOL Another upside is I feel like I just had the sleeve surgery done and am back to the the liquid diet I originally started with. I am really happy to see how many of you are doing good on the boot camp!! Keep up all the great work!!

Nita, I am so sorry to hear this, you sound positive and upbeat so I hope your pain is nil.

I am gonna join in for this week. I am starting tomorrow.

I need to lay off the crackers!

Exactly what I needed to do too, I had started nibbling throughout the day too. This boot camp rocked for me, 5 lbs gone

A BIG THANK YOU TO STOMLIN75 for starting this boot camp. It was hard day 2 & 3 but staying busier on day 4 & 5 helped a lot.

I did this boot camp cause chocolate and crackers had crept in to my life in February. I lost no weight in the whole month even though I exercise big time and all my other months I have lost 10 lb's.

What this boot camp showed me was

1. I had not been getting as much water in as I usually do.

2. My head had a hold of me & I was succumbing to "a little here, a little there, I eat so little all is Ok".

3. Team work helps a TON.

4. Instead of trying to figure out why I ate the cupcake on day 3 & worrying that I "was unable to follow the program and blah blah blah" the advice by art song "dust yourself off & keep on going" was so simple, accepting of myself IT WORKED. Umm I bet I can use that in other areas of my life...lol

This morning, the 5 th day, I woke up hungry. I needed encouragement & boy did I get it. 5 solid pounds gone!!! And the pants that were just not getting loose enough to look good ALL OF A SUDDEN fit so lovely I could S C R E A M. thanks again. I will keep checking this forum for the people still doing it, keep on going. This support ROCKS

P.S. I went to OA on Saturday, nearest meeting is one hour away, it was real good for me, heard others talking out loud about staying abstainate. Heard others with my crazy head in their crazy head.

A BIG THANK YOU TO STOMLIN75 for starting this boot camp. It was hard day 2 & 3 but staying busier on day 4 & 5 helped a lot.

I did this boot camp cause chocolate and crackers had crept in to my life in February. I lost no weight in the whole month even though I exercise big time and all my other months I have lost 10 lb's.

What this boot camp showed me was

1. I had not been getting as much Water in as I usually do.

2. My head had a hold of me & I was succumbing to "a little here, a little there, I eat so little all is Ok".

3. Team work helps a TON.

4. Instead of trying to figure out why I ate the cupcake on day 3 & worrying that I "was unable to follow the program and blah blah blah" the advice by art song "dust yourself off & keep on going" was so simple, accepting of myself IT WORKED. Umm I bet I can use that in other areas of my life...lol

This morning, the 5 th day, I woke up hungry. I needed encouragement & boy did I get it. 5 solid pounds gone!!! And the pants that were just not getting loose enough to look good ALL OF A SUDDEN fit so lovely I could S C R E A M. thanks again. I will keep checking this forum for the people still doing it, keep on going. This support ROCKS

P.S. I went to OA on Saturday, nearest meeting is one hour away, it was real good for me, heard others talking out loud about staying abstainate. Heard others with my crazy head in their crazy head.

THAT IS AWESOME AND HAS ME GEARED UP FOR TODAY!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! (CAPS FROM EXCITEMENT FOR YOU)

I am starting my day off with some 2.5 oz of salmon. I will have some 100 cal pack of almonds for snack.

lunch will be 110 calorie pack of tuna with some spinach

dinner will be 3-4 oz of steamed shrimp and spinach

Depending on what the calories look like I may have a half of chobani for snack. My coworker brough me some from the USA! It is like a taste of home. So happy. Have a great boot camp week! Let's rock it out!

This boot camp has been great. I started late but 3 lbs gone...goodbye stall and carbs:)

Weigh in, I'm down 2 1/2 lbs! Not huge....but I will take it!! :-)

I made it down 4 pounds over the 5 days. Feels great to get back in control. What I like about this is that 5 days is a finite period of time. It's doable and there is an end in sight. I drank a smoothie this morning with fruit in it and it was so nice to have fruit again.

What I learned:

1) I do not get enough Water and need to focus on this. Weight drops were significantly higher the day after drinking a lot of water. This is KEY!!

2) Carbs are not evil but it's important to remain in control of my behavior, not letting myself get out of hand. Boot camp is a supplemental tool to the sleeve that allowed me to take back control. I will definitely use it again.

3) Team support with checking in daily on this thread is useful. I want to come up with a better paradigm (online system) for making boot camp easier for folks to join and check-in daily. Stay tuned....

Thanks to everyone for joining me and for those still plugging away or just starting, you can do it!! Stay the course. Much love to all!

I made it down 4 pounds over the 5 days. Feels great to get back in control. What I like about this is that 5 days is a finite period of time. It's doable and there is an end in sight. I drank a smoothie this morning with fruit in it and it was so nice to have fruit again.

What I learned:

1) I do not get enough Water and need to focus on this. Weight drops were significantly higher the day after drinking a lot of water. This is KEY!!

2) Carbs are not evil but it's important to remain in control of my behavior' date=' not letting myself get out of hand. Boot camp is a supplemental tool to the sleeve that allowed me to take back control. I will definitely use it again.

3) Team support with checking in daily on this thread is useful. I want to come up with a better paradigm (online system) for making boot camp easier for folks to join and check-in daily. Stay tuned....

Thanks to everyone for joining me and for those still plugging away or just starting, you can do it!! Stay the course. Much love to all![/quote']

Good job on the 4lbs you did killer This was fun but I feel I must have failed it or did it wrong I was down 1lb an I only loss 1 lb a week anyway:( anyone got a clue here ? Did everyone workout as well?

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Good job on the 4lbs you did killer This was fun but I feel I must have failed it or did it wrong I was down 1lb an I only loss 1 lb a week anyway:( anyone got a clue here ? Did everyone workout as well?

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I did not workout (still need to get control of that) but I lost 2 1/2 lbs, not 4 like Stomlin75

Just an FYI y'all, I was just ending my period when I started this so that gave me a leg up. If I continue like clockwork, I will now stall for a week or more and then drop a few more. It's just how my body loses.

Are you all drinking the 128 ozs?

Are you all drinking the 128 ozs?

I am but was doing it before as. Well

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Good for you! I was not drinking that and probably won't today. Maybe 90...,

Hungry today! WTH!!!