For the program details visit the MWL Guidelines thread in this forum. Please check out as many of the links as you have time for, there is so much here to discover!
A couple of other great resources, for those just starting out, are from Jeff Novick the staff dietician for the program: The Ultimate Guide to Free Calorie Density (MWL) Resources and his 1 hour video explanation on Calorie Density: How to Eat More, Weigh Less and Live Longer.
Hi All!
This month’s mantra:
To follow the MWL plan with all of your heart is to decide exactly what your level of adherence will be (and remember the closer the better) and to do your best to live up to that intention for the month. It’s important to be honest with yourself because it sets up expectations which can help or hinder progress depending upon whether you exceed or fail to meet them. (I’ve been exploring, observationally, the role of expectations in many previous posts: setting reasonable goals, internal and perceived external expectations, violation of expectations, individual and group expectations and their effect on social behaviour. Sirdle also recently linked a great article from Dr. Lisle exploring expectations with regards to willpower). In the past I have made the suggestion to try and lower one’s expectations in order take advantage of this motivational boost that’s felt when you exceed them. However, I realize that we don’t ultimately have full conscious control over what we will come to expect of ourselves; that calculation is partly veiled. It can be influenced by good information, however, and that’s where reading through the excellent information available on this website can help: Dr. McDougall’s Newletter Archive, the How to Begin Forum, Jeff Novick’s Forum, and all of the free video and lecture material.
On a personal note, I have noticed that I nest my intentions; the one I say out loud and the one I actually really want (which is usually a much bigger more difficult goal or desire). I’m not sure that this is really a good idea or not, but it seems to help me battle the potential for Ego Trap Issues (for those familiar with Dr. Lisle’s work). This is possibly my own little way of trying to lower my expectations but I’ve realized that I’ve got to be careful because it just may be a tricky little ego-defending procrastination strategy I’ve been playing with myself. Things to ponder...LOL.
So, let’s follow our hearts this November all the way to better heart health and a whole bunch of weight loss! I look forward to spending the month with all of you.
Amy. XO.
Our weigh-ins are on Thursdays and you have until 12 PM PST on Friday to report.
This weekly weigh in group is for those wanting to follow the Maximum Weight Loss (MWL) program or Mary's Mini's. 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. (Please make a new post each week)
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.
*This is merely an example of one strategy, versus an endorsed part of the MWL program.
