Hi Everyone,
Welcome to the March Weigh-In thread for the McDougall Maximum Weight Loss Program. We have a great group of motivated people here, who are trying really hard to become healthier and lose weight. We'd love for you to join us!
Here is Dr. McDougall's 2 minute summary of the
MWL Plan.
For the program details visit the
MWL thread in this forum. (It was created by Debbie, the previous Weigh-In thread facilitator. Near the bottom of that page Debbie includes a link to one of her favourite discussions about eating this way. It is to remind us to eat
a starch based diet not a veggie based diet, even while following the more calorie dilute MWL version of the program). 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.
For the start of this month I thought I'd include a few Star McDougaller stories who used MWL for all or part of their weight loss journey (Click on the link to read their stories):
Elizabeth TeSelle lost around 90 poundsKathy Roberts lost 46 pounds.
Jessica Parsons lost 90 pounds.
Best wishes this week and month to everyone! If you have any questions or just feel like chatting about the diet, this is the place to post. I look forward to spending the month with you.
Amy
Here are the standard monthly instructions for participating in this thread: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. We recommend following the Maximum Weight Loss (MWL) plan or the Mary's Mini's Plan.
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.
See you all this Friday and Saturday!