NOVEMBER 2015 McDougall Weigh in Group

[Jeepsterhound]

No change for me this week.

[JeffN]

For the newcomer, I collated this from some earlier threads....

Here is a refresher on some guidelines for posting here and participating in our monthly weigh-in thread.

There are 4 weigh in days for November, the 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th

Our weigh in's are on Fridays and you have until 12 PM PST on Saturday to report.

Anyone is welcome to join the weekly weigh in group as long as they follow the McDougall principles. While we recommend the Maximum Weight Loss (MWL) plan, it can be any one of the McDougall program including the MWL plan, the regular McDougall plan, or Mary's Mini's, the Elimination Diet or any of the McDougall plans.

There is a sticky at the top of this forum on the guidelines for the MWL program.

In order to tally the results please submit your results by posting the total pounds you have lost or gained that week. You don't have to share your total weight if you'd rather keep that to yourself. This is an honor system so we take the gain, loss or maintain you give us in order to tally.

If you are a new member and would like to join but don't have a weight to be counted for the week then you will be counted either as a body with a zero starting weight, or when you check in for the weekly weigh in the following week. Large amounts of weight lost over a period of months or weeks, prior to joining the weekly weigh in group, will not be counted towards the weekly total.

If you measure your weight in something other than pounds please convert the measurement to pounds.

All gains will be counted towards the total to encourage weekly participation. Posting is encouraged whether it's a gain, a loss, or a maintain.

You are welcome to share as little or as much as you want on your weight loss journey here in this thread. We encourage members of the group to talk to each other, cheer each other on and set goals together.

This thread is for the mutual support of all who wish to participate.

See you all this Friday and Saturday!"

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In Health
Jeff

[HerbivoreDinosaur]

November 6th: 158.1

Weekly weight loss: 1.3
Total November weigh loss: 1.3

[frozenveg]

Hi everybody!

I hope your week has been fine. I have been way back to basics and feeling good about it! I especially love having boiled potatoes and sauteed onions as a soup with some low-sodium soy sauce. I make sure that's what I have after my looong commute home--real comfort food. Then I can throw whatever veggies I have from earlier in the day or week (peas, broccoli, greens) for my second helping.

I'm down 1.2 pounds.

Have a great week next week!

[memkat]

Hello everyone,

November 6, 2015 down 1.5 lbs today and for November.

Just a little about myself. I am 68 years young and my husband and I live in SE AZ.
I have been following Dr Fuhrman for about 3.5 years and had done well with that program, lost 55 lbs and had kept it off until this summer when I gained 20 lbs with no real changes other than aftermath of being treated for a flare of my autoimmune disease ( Wegeners Granulomatosis) which is high dose prednisone and infusions of Rituximab this spring....all that led to pseudomonas lung infection ect...but got better and down to 5 MG of prednisone which should have resulted in weight loss but instead it went up. Go figure, anyway I think that I was overdoing the nuts, seeds and avocados and never feeling satisfied. I heard Dr McDougall speak almost two years ago along with Jeff and also Dr Lisle and was very impressed. I had planned to go to True North last January but flared in December and was hospitalized then and again in April so that is still on my wish list. Anyway, I am really enjoying eating all these starches along with greens and feel so much more satisfied. My blood sugar isn't where I would like but I think losing the weight. ..at least 10 lbs and preferably 20 lbs will take care of that issue. I stopped my Januvia this week as I read something Dr M said about those drugs causing weight gain. As long as it doesn't get too high I will stay off it, but monitoring . I am walking 45 minutes every day on my treadmill plus another 30 minutes with my dog. Sorry if this is too much information. Just wanted to introduce myself.

[hazelrah]

Still titrating the Fitbit Aria scale, but based upon the change from last week, I'm calling it 1 pound lost ( -1.0). October was such a terrible month. I put on a couple of pounds in spite of staying pretty close to the plan. Of course the LA trip threw a wrench in everything. It's nice to see November at least starting in the right direction.

Congrats to all us losers. Hope everybody has a great week.

Mark

[Sadie1820]

minus 2 lbs for me this week

[fruitfulveganmama]

Hi! I'd like to join the November weigh in. I've been a McDougaller for a long time, but recently started the MWL program two weeks ago.

Current weight: 126.2
Highest (non-pregnant) weight: 160
Height: 5'1"

Goal weight: 110

Weight lost this week: 1.3 pounds

I am literally SHOCKED at how effective the MWL program is compared to the regular McDougall program (where I had been maintaining my weight for, well, years). Once I dropped the small amounts of plant fat, the white rice and white pasta, and dry flour products, my weight finally started coming off again. I am SO EXCITED!!

[hickory]

I'd like to rejoin the weigh in group. I was making good progress by checking in once a week and have regained a few pounds since I last participated. It's so good to be reminded that the MMWL really works when you follow the guidelines.

[Jamie]

I am down 2 pounds this week. Hooray!

Switching from a very loose McDougall diet to a by-the-books MWL diet was actually easier than I expected it to be. Let's hope week #2 goes just as well. Fingers crossed.

Happy weekend, everyone!

[veliboic]

Still at 143lb so no change for me.

[Debbie]

Down 4.2 for the past two weeks. Part of me is surprised it isnt more considering I didnt eat for a full week while in the hospital but my appetite came back with a vengeance this week, so Im happy I still lost.

[rachaelrei]

Hey everyone!! My goal for November is 10 lbs. Here is my weigh in for this week!

Week 1: 3.5 lbs lost

[Debbie]

Sorry I am so late!! We were desperate for food, so hubby took me out shopping. The day of my first ER visit, my plan was to go to Costco.....Its been 2 weeks since then.


November 2015 Weight Loss Group :: Weekly Weigh In Results
Total group loss reported in 2015: 603.6
Total group loss reported in November: 18
Week ending 11/06/2015: 11 participants reported a total loss of 18 pounds.

**Reminder, all gains count towards the total.**

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Total gains = +
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Jeepsterhound- 0
Veliboic- 0
Hazelrah- 1
Frozenveg- 1.2
Fruitfulveganmama- 1.3
herbivoreDinosaur- 1.3
Memkat- 1.5
Jamie- 2
Sadie1820- 2
Rachaelrei- 3.5
Debbie- 4.2



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Total losses = 18
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Total group loss in November 2015: 18
Week ending 11/06/5015: 11 participants reported a total loss of 18 pounds.


Total group loss in October 2015: 15
Week ending 10/30/2015: 4 participants reported a total loss of 2 pounds.
Week ending 10/23/2015: 5 participants reported a total loss of 9.6 pounds.
Week ending 10/16/2015: 4 participants reported a total loss of 3.4 pounds.
Week ending 10/09/2015: 4 participants reported a total gain of 1.4 pounds.
Week ending 10/02/5015: 3 participants reported a total loss of 1.4 pounds.

Total group loss in September 2015: 18
Week ending 09/25/2015: 5 participants reported a total loss of 6.7 pounds.
Week ending 09/18/2015: 6 participants reported a total loss of 4.4 pounds.
Week ending 09/11/2015: 4 participants reported a total loss of 2.5 pounds.
Week ending 09/04/2015: 5 participants reported a total loss of 4.4 pounds.

Total group loss in August 2015: 38.1
Week ending 08/28/2015: 6 participants reported a total loss of 6.6 pounds.
Week ending 08/21/2015: 9 participants reported a total loss of 13.6 pounds.
Week ending 08/14/2015: 8 participants reported a total loss of 12.7 pounds.
Week ending 08/07/2015: 8 participants reported a total loss of 8.8 pounds.

Total group loss in July 2015: 50.5
Week ending 07/31/2015: 8 participants reported a total loss of 13.8 pounds.
Week ending 07/24/2015: 12 participants reported a total loss of 12.1 pounds.
Week ending 07/17/2015: 11 participants reported a total loss of .5 pounds.
Week ending 07/10/2015: 13 participants reported a total loss of 16 pounds.
Week ending 07/03/2015: 9 participants reported a total loss of 8.1 pounds.

Total group loss in June 2015: 64.2
Week ending 06/26/2015: 10 participants reported a total loss of 10.8 pounds.
Week ending 06/19/2015: 11 participants reported a total loss of 7.4 pounds.
Week ending 06/12/2015: 17 participants reported a total loss of 21.9 pounds.
Week ending 06/05/2015: 15 participants reported a total loss of 24.1 pounds.

Total group loss in May 2015: 47.6
Week ending 05/29/2015: 11 participants reported a total loss of 13.1 pounds.
Week ending 05/22/2015: 11 participants reported a total loss of 13.6 pounds.
Week ending 05/15/2015: 8 participants reported a total loss of 3.1 pounds.
Week ending 05/08/2015: 9 participants reported a total loss of 4.7 pounds.
Week ending 05/01/2015: 7 participants reported a total loss of 13.1 pounds.

Total group loss in April 2015: 69.1
Week ending 04/24/2015: 9 participants reported a total loss of 12.8 pounds.
Week ending 04/17/2015: 13 participants reported a total loss of 20.1 pounds.
Week ending 04/10/2015: 11 participants reported a total loss of 3.4 pounds.
Week ending 04/03/2015: 17 participants reported a total loss of 32.8 pounds.

Total group loss in March 2015: 58
Week ending 03/27/2015: 11 participants reported a total loss of 3.9 pounds.
Week ending 03/20/2015: 16 participants reported a total loss of 12.6 pounds.
Week ending 03/13/2015: 16 participants reported a total loss of 23.6 pounds.
Week ending 03/06/2015: 16 participants reported a total loss of 17.9 pounds.

Total group loss in February 2015: 120.5
Week ending 02/27/2015: 13 participants reported a total loss of 18.8 pounds.
Week ending 02/20/2015: 15 participants reported a total loss of 30 pounds.
Week ending 02/13/2015: 17 participants reported a total loss of 32.6 pounds.
Week ending 02/06/2015: 17 participants reported a total loss of 39.1 pounds.

Total group loss in January 2015: 103
Week ending 01/30/2015: 11 participants reported a total loss of 18 pounds.
Week ending 01/23/2015: 16 participants reported a total loss of 20.2 pounds.
Week ending 01/16/2015: 18 participants reported a total loss of 28.6 pounds.
Week ending 01/09/2015: 16 participants reported a total loss of 17.1 pounds.
Week ending 01/02/2015: 6 participants reported a total loss of 19.1 pounds.


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Total loss in 2014 was 72.9 (from Oct 31)

[Jamie]

Has anyone else been going crazy with butternut squash this month? They are so delicious!

I've been splitting them in half length-wise, sprinkling with coarse kosher salt and baking on parchment paper face-down. 350 degrees for 1 hour, and then I have a delicious snack or light meal.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.