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Max

Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 10:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hope all is going well for each of you! Today's tote board:

3 low-fat cereal bars
Healthy Choice Turkey Dinner
Banana
Teddy grahams
Turkey sandwich (whole wheat bread, mustard, lettuce, tomato, turkey, pickle chips)
Small piece of chocolate cake
Handful of Cheez-its
Exercise: bowling league + 30 minutes on the bike for 6.2 miles

Tess

Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 10:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yesterday
Breakfast: slimfast shake
lunch: slimfast bar
snack: banana and OJ
dinner: small sloppy joe
no midnight snack

Today:
Breakfast: slimfast shake
Lunch: slimfast bar
Dinner: small porkchop, mashed potatoes, corn, one roll, water
no snack

exercise over 2 days walk 1.5 miles

Twiggyish

Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 06:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tess, your dinner sounds delicious!

I had an Amy's spinach and feta cheese pocket for dinner yesterday. The school term started again yesterday, and I had to bring something to eat between classes. (I have two classes on Tues)
I found myself grabbing a piece of hard candy halfway through the last class, as I was feeling tired and sluggish.
Next time, I'll try to bring an extra carb to help with the tiredness.

Jewels

Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 06:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yesterday:
Breakfast: Latte, Banana
Lunch: Salad, Veggie mini corn dogs (Morningstar brand--they are really tasty!)
Snack: Couple fat-free saltines
Dinner: Spaghetti w/3 small meatballs

Exercise: Walked/Ran 2 miles

Spinach and feta cheese pocket sounds really good....I'm going to have to check and see if Trader Joe's carries Amy's!

Hang in there everyone!

Twiggyish

Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 07:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It was good, but I did need to add salt.

Pcakes2

Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 08:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Morning All!

yesterday:
Breakfast= plain bagel
snack=tangerine
lunch= small salad with 1 hardboiled egg white, and instant low fat chicken and rice soup
snack= blood orange
dinner= (since it seemed to be National Pork Day)
1 pork chop (very lean), corn and applesauce

This food is starting to bore me!

Twiggyish

Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 07:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This morning was the same old shredded wheat.
Snack: Two pieces of whole grain toast
Lunch: Bean taco (soft shell)
Supper: Brown rice and broccoli dish

Oregonfire

Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 08:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mid Morning: Hard boiled egg and oat bran English muffin

Dinner: bowl of creamed tomato soup

Snack: Two apples and some walnuts.

Getting some exercise tomorrow.

Tess

Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 09:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Breakfast: slimfast shake
Lunch: slimfast shake
Dinner: white rice with chicken, mushrooms, onions, greenbeans and zucchini in oyster sauce. One fortune cookie and an iced vanilla latte
Snack: fat-free mini pretzels and juice.

exercise--walked 1.5 miles

Max

Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 10:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Today:
usual breakfast
Lean Cuisine Thai-style chicken
Applesauce
Banana
~20 low-fat Wheat Thins
1 Frango
Dinner at Stanfords with friends: hot apple cider, Salad w/honey-mustard dressing on the side, (gave my cheese bread to a friend), Cedar plank grilled salmon, green beans, Texmati rice, one bite of a friend's warm brownie dessert (yum!), water & coffee (black)

Exercise: 20 minutes on the bike for 3.4 miles

It was earnings release day at work today. Busy and stressful (I have to coordinate the internal communication end of things). Good news is that earnings were great! Hoping the stock pops higher tomorrow. :)

Cheers to all and happy, healthy eating!

Schoolmarm

Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 03:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yesterday:

Tuesday:
No breakfast
Lunch: Yogurt, hard-boiled egg, chicken salad with 6 crackers
Supper: Small DiGiorno's supreme pizza with lots of red pepper flakes
Snack: Popcorn

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Leftover popcorn
Lunch: Peach yogurt light, hard-boiled egg, sugar-free jello
Supper: Bowl of homemade veggie, beef, barley soup, 2 garlic toasts.
No snacking today.

I was just thinking about those who are getting bored with their food. ADD SPICE! Unless you are adding sugar, spices don't have calories. Add a little garlic, cayenne, whatever. And salsa is a great low-fat, low carb flavorful addition to a bland meal!

Have a great day, everyone!

Jewels

Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 07:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yesterday was a blah day for me....

Breakfast: Cereal, Latte
Lunch: Salad, veggie dog w/little pepperjack cheese, orange
Snack: Half slice of homemade bread
Dinner: Chicken fajitas, molasses cookie

Exercise: Walked 1.5 miles, some various exercises, but very low energy today!


Marm, good idea on the spices, it does help!

Twiggyish

Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 08:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just had these and wanted to share!
If you like falafel you might want to try this brand. I bought a delicious product by Fantastic, always natural Falafel. It is made with garbanzo beans.
I added one egg and enough water to form into patties. Then, I fried them in a small amount of olive oil. You can add any spice. (I only used salt)
The flavor is really great. It makes a lot of patties, so I am saving the rest for later.
I found it in the organic and natural section of the store.
It is a high protein product with lower fat content.

Oregonfire

Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Today I weighed in, and have lost about 8 pounds. (Again, with a grain of salt.) I do realize that I still need to do two things: eat earlier and eat more! Today I only had an apple, a banana, and some brussel sprouts. That's pretty pathetic. It looks like I need to get more food in the house.

Subway is close to my house and good in a pinch, but I've never seen anyone in there that looks like Jared or Clay Henry the firefighter from the tv commercials. It's that darn bread. I heard a rumor long ago that their wheat bread is actually made from bleached white flour, thus removing all the beneficial nutrients. Maybe it's just a rumor. I find the six inch subs to be too small, and the 12 inch too big. They need an eight inch sub in there!

I haven't exercised since the weekend, and may skip kickboxing again today. I've been low energy and my tummy hurts.(I had some boiled oysters last night and they were really so nasty--yuck!) Am looking forward to the three day weekend.

Tess

Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oregon, 8 pounds is great!! I've only lost 8 pounds in the past 2 MONTHS. If you're not up for kickboxing how about a nice walk around the block or something in the fresh air to perk you up?

ps....I think I'm secretly in love with Clay Henry. What a cutiepie. :)

Max

Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 09:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oregonfire, I want you to do me a favor... Please? :) Next time you do something successfully, see a pound go off the scale, or otherwise complete a task and you start to find fault of some sort with your accomplishment, STOP!

YOU HAVE LOST 8 POUNDS, GIRLFRIEND! That's more than 1-1/2 five-pound sacks of potatoes! That is no small fete and it's an accomplishment worth celebrating.

Don't sell yourself short. I know how that negative thinking stuff works -- done it a lot for most of my life. Mine started with a mom who always managed to find fault with whatever I did, no matter how great it was. Getting past that negative self-talk is MUCH harder than losing weight, but I don't think anyone can successfully lose weight and maintain the loss without getting past the negative stuff in his/her head first.

Now, can you do me that favor? Try it for a few days. If you slip up, that's okay. I'm still proud of you. Just start again. Pretty soon, it will become a habit to congratulate yourself instead of finding fault. Then you'll be on the road to feeling better about everything in your life! :)


Today's tote:
Usual breakfast
At lunch, a co-worker called in an order for Hot Off the Grill and I participated. Had salad w/a bit of honey-mustard dressing, half a baked potatoe w/about a tablespoon of sour cream, grilled chicken w/onions, and a roll.
Dinner was a salad.
Snacks: teddy grahams, a couple of squares of a chocolate bar

Exercise: bowling league + 30 minutes on the bike for 6.4 miles

Tess

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 01:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thursday breakfast: usual
Lunch: 2 slices of toast with reduced-fat peanute butter, peaches, big mug of OJ
Dinner: Lean Cuisine herb roasted chicken with potatoes, brocolli and red peppers. (so so)
Snack: roll w/ margarine

Exercise was walking 1/2 mile. Friday is physical therapy at Courage Center. I'm very nervous for some unidentifyable reason. Got my fingers crossed that it helps. :)

Schoolmarm

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 03:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tess...Physical therapy is great! I hope you enjoy it. I got "down" in physical therapy when I was at the same time as all the REALLY elderly and REALLY severe cases. Me, clumped in with all the people re-learning to walk from stroke, etc. The advantage to that was that I could actually do more than they could. Different situation when I had to go in the afternoon with all the athletes re-habbing! I felt more with my peers, but I couldn't do a darn thing to keep up with them! ANYWAY...don't compare yourself to the others there. Some will be in better shape, some in worse. But YOU will feel better in PT! That big hot pool sounds great. I would give my eyeteeth for an indoor pool right now. Ours is only open for an hour at lunch and an hour late in the evening. Too bad I teach at 11 and 1!

I am maintaining my weight.

Breakfast: Bacon/tomato sandwich
Lunch: The rest of the bacon (eat it before it spoils!) Onions Celery
Supper: Bowl of beef barley veggie soup, 2 garlic toasts.
Snack: the rest of the garlic toasts (again, eat it before it spoils!)

Hope everyone has a great day!

Twiggyish

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 05:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Max, wise advice. The negative self talk is hard to overcome. Sometimes we can be our own worse critics.
Oregon, yeah on your 8 lbs! I am still at 6 lbs and holding.

Exercise: I have classes at night, again. My exercise is walking (in the classroom) and standing for 3 to 5 hours.

I had sort of a frustrating night last night, as some of our older computers decided not to work. A few of the working computers suddenly didn't have Microsoft Office loaded. Thankfully, the students had a sense of humor and we managed to work around the problems. I wonder if stress burns calories...hmmmmmm

Schoolmarm

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 06:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, Twiggs....if stress burns calories, I'd be a size 4! Actually, I think that stress does up the metabolism, so it helps the weight loss IF you don't SNACK to combat stress!

<Marm wants to hug her empty popcorn bowl!>

I think that walking in the classroom counts. <grin> I need to get to class, I'm teaching a singing game all day. WHOO HOO!!

Jewels

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 07:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Let's just say yesterday was non-existant for me....(think pizza and ice cream, among other things....)

Oregonfire

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 07:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tell me about it. I caved last night and had a carbo breakdown. Just think of those Pillsbury oven bake danishes with the orange icing on top, and that says it all. They're my Achilles heel. The reason I'm so suspicious of any weight loss is because I know my willpower can be so weak. I have no idea how I'm going to keep weight off permanently, when there's so much yummy stuff out there. But thanks for the kind words!

Twiggyish

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 07:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well we all backslide on our diets once in a while. We just have to get ourselves back on track. Those danishes are delicious.

Jewels

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Feeling a little better today, I walked 3 miles at the mall this morning, but I am still really hungry today. The things that used to fill me up aren't cutting it anymore and my sweet tooth is out of control. Why is this happening?

Max

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 04:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jewels,
Great job on the walking! :)

There could be a number of reasons your appetite and cravings are kicking in. You might be trying to cut calories too drastically. It all depends on how much you need to lose, but if you cut back too much, too quickly, it's really hard to keep doing for very long. Eventually, your body just gets fed up with that and you get really hungry. Unlike the cast of Survivor, you have all kinds of food available, so the temptations become overwhelming. At that point, frustration kicks in and comfort foods look REALLY good. :)

If you haven't been getting a good balance of food groups, you can end up with cravings for stuff, too. I'm no expert on this and my theory is that the balance that works is slightly different for every individual. Certainly the foods folks end up craving are widely varied.

Finally, it could simply be that your old habits are trying to kick back in. This happens now and then and it's okay. Just recognize that it's happening, give it a little bit of attention by eating SMALL amounts of whatever you're craving, and get back on board with your plan the next day. Heck, if you absolutely can't take it, pig out for a meal. Just be sure you don't let it defeat you to the point that you throw the baby out with the bath water,if you know what I mean! :) I did this recently when I got a terrible craving for Kraft mac & cheese. I just went ahead and had it and the next day got back on program.

For me, my sweet tooth comes and goes. If I give it tidbits, then it seems satisfied. I don't have chocolate talking to me anymore, but I think that's 'cause there's nothing that's "forbidden" on my plan. I make choices and sometimes those include "bad" foods. The trick is not to let the bad stuff become the only choices I make. :)

Hang in there!!!!