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Mary, I also completed my first week of HMR.  Are you at Emerson?  4:30 class?

I have a friend that lost 97 lbs through HMR.  I am not sure it got easier, but
she found very creative things to do with the supplement that made it less
boring.

I managed to attend a business meeting last night that included 'Italian dinner'
What a test!  But I just made my little drink up and managed to fill myself
on conversation and not pasta and pastry!


Like you, I am not really hungry but boy, do I want to eat!  The taste is really
what I am missing!

Let's keep those progress reports going!

    I went for my second weigh in at HMR today and lost another 5 1/2
    pounds making my total 20 1/2.  I had a better week this week, I do
    think you get used to the program, but I don't think it will ever get
    "easy."  
    
    Marsha, I do attend the program at Emerson Hospital, but it is the
    Tuesday class at 12:00.  
    
    Today they discussed excercise and how to figure out how much fat you
    are burning by walking, biking, etc.  I found it very interesting and
    motivating too.  I have had to add some boullion to my diet because I
    need to hold onto more liquid than I have been, so I am ready for a
    smaller weight loss next week, but that is fine, things are going along
    well for me so far.  

I lost 50 pounds on the HMR program - I went to the program at 
Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick.  The fasting does get easier 
with time.  There are hurdles that have to be jumped though -
socializing is not always easy - after awhile you get sick of
explaining the program to other people. And when you get down 
near your goal weight, people (friends and co-workers and family 
included) will tell you that you are too thin, that you are 
looking gaunt, etc.  Basically you just have to ignore them.  
That's what I did.  Exercise is a real key - I know it's 
emphasized alot in the program, but without increasing your daily 
activity your weightloss will be slower and when you come off the 
fast it will be hard to maintain your weight without the exercise. 
Support is necessary in this program - I don't know if I would 
have lasted without the support of my family and friends.  If I 
can give you one piece of advice - do NOT eat anything while 
you are fasting.  I stuck to the program entirely - and I saw a 
lot of people drop out or have a real hard time once they had 
taken "just one bite" of something.  One bite often leads into 
one more bite and so on.  The holidays will be a definite 
challenge.  You can fast through them though.  You already have 
the motivation of the weightloss behind you.  Keep the phone 
number of your behaviorist near you.

I know I am going on at length here, but I really am a supporter 
of this diet - it WILL work for you.  Maintenance is another 
story, but that is not the topic here.  If you have any 
questions, please  do not hesitate to contact me either through 
these notes or through Email - ROYALT::KELLYM.

Keep up the weightloss!!

Mary (who just bought a size 7 wedding gown)

    Hi,
    
    Thanks for the supportive message.  Unfortuntely I became very sick on
    the HMR program.  I missed a week of work and am still having blood
    tests and doctor visits through my regular physician.  
    
    I am very disapointed with the HMR program.  I tried to tell their doctor
    that what I had was not a normal stomach virus but he just didn't
    listen to me.  I was getting worse and worse so I called my regular
    physician who gave me a prescription for my stomach and had some tests
    done.  Without getting into all the details, my doctor does believes I
    was allergic to the supplement.  (He did support my going on the program
    in the beginning so he is not biased against the fast.
    
    I will be joining Weight Watchers this week.  I am not able to eat much
    right now, but I want to be on the program while I am working my way up
    to a regular diet.  I learned some important things about food while I
    was on the fast and I think it will help me with Weight Watchers.