Starting Fat Smash 11/2- Any takers

jan11661 · 12-05-2009, 11:50 PM

Equinata,

I'm sorry that you are (were) not feeling well. Usually if it's bad food you would feel it pretty quickly after eating. Either way, I hope you are feeling better. Your new scale sounds cool. Let us know how it weighs you in tomorrow!

Tonight we had a parade for my daughter who is in baton. It was a Christmas parade, preceded with the city tree lighting and following with fireworks. It was really nice and they all did well. It was a brisk, breezy 59 degrees but the downpours that we had most of the day didn't come back. Last night she had one in another city but the rains were coming right at that time and it was cool out also so we decided to skip that one. We were told by those that went that everyone got rained on and then were cold the rest of the parade.

Regardless that I didn't go to the parade, I spent last night finishing the Christmas lights.....in the rain and coolness. I ended up waking up with a scratchy throat, itchy internal ears and feeling generally crappy. This too shall pass.

Oh and tonight they also had different vendors including elephant ears, caramel apples, those great roasted sweet almonds, but I did nothing but breath in the aromas! I'm glad no one else decided to get those things either. I did however come home and am now baking my famous Banana Bread. I have made some alterations to it though. It is still about 250 calories per piece for a 12th of a bundt cake size so it's an indulgence still. It needs to either be my full breakfast allowance or a major big snack. Only thing is even as hungry as I am right now, it's way too late to be eating it. I'll have something but need to keep it to a minimum at this hour.

Well let me know tomorrow or Monday how your weigh in did. Feel better.

Jan

MOTIVATEDMOMOF1 · 12-06-2009, 09:15 AM

Good morning Chicks! Just wanted to say "hello." I haven't been on FS this week, but I will very soon. I've been dealing with some issues lately and God has really answered my prayers. So just trying to get things moving in the right direction. Anywho...I haven't been eating like a pig either:0) I'm more conscious of what I'm eating. I'm at work, but I plan on going to the Y when I get off atleast an hour of exercise. Enjoy your Sunday CHICKS!

jan11661 · 12-06-2009, 09:21 PM

Hi Motivated,

Good to see you. Sometimes life takes over with priorities and sticking with a diet is one of the last things on your mind. I'm really glad to hear that you have got some answers to your prayers. We are always here to support you wen you are ready and able to "get back on the wagon"!

On a side note, do you mind if I ask you what part of NC you are in? My goal is to one day relocate from FL to NC and I always like to ask opinions. How do you like your particular area? We were looking into the outskirts of Raleigh, like maybe Clayton. Would like Cary but that would be out of our price range.

Life4evr,

I know you are from Raeford, were is that and how do you like it?

Anywho, thanks in advance for any information or advice you can give.

Good Evening Ladies~

Jan

salesse · 12-06-2009, 09:43 PM

Hello All,
My name is Salesse and I am a 23 year old mother of a 3 year old daughter Serenity. I work full time, go to school full time, and am a full time mother so its hard to find the time for me. But this is my first post, and I am weighing in at 159 as of 7 days ago. I am on day 7 of Fat Smash Phase one Detox... now i have not cheated once as far as food is concerned, but i did go out last night for a friends birthday and had one glass of moscato, and 2 cranberry and Ciroc's (vodka). Besides that i am doing well. I have worked out 4 of the 7 days for newhere between a half hr and one hr. n the AM

and will hopefully hit the treadmill 2nite FYI : i was gettin soo tired of brown rice and beans with steam veggies and alternating with salads and oatmeal, that i made the most DELISH dinner 2nite. Instead of brown rice.. i found brown rice noodles and made fresh tomato sauce with a piece of "chicken" ..its really Quorn product, which is made out of some type of mushrooms or something, either way it was really good and under 450 Cal!! hope 2 see everyone around..ill b in quite often

life4evr · 12-06-2009, 11:36 PM

Okay,

I am restarting the fat smash again tomorrow. Trying to plan out my menu now.

jan11661 · 12-07-2009, 11:00 AM

Good Morning Chicks,

Welcome Salesse!

Sounds like you are doing well so far. Creativity with what ingredients are allowed is the key to success in this diet. Have you done it before or is this your first time? Please let us know how your weigh in goes in a couple days. We are a small group but very supportive. Not here to judge if you "fall off the wagon" with food........or alcoholic beverages! LOL You are doing great with your exercising amount, I commend you since I am horrible with that part! Anyway, hope you will stay around and let us know if you have any questions, concerns and how you are doing.

Life4evr,

Nice to hear that you are going to re-commit yourself to the plan. I have personally found if you are not totally ready to give yourself up to any diet plan then you will not continue. Life gets busy and then other things take priorty as opposed to dieting. It's a choice and a willingness to decide to take control no matter what life throws us. However, sometimes that is just too much to add to an already overloaded schedule. I have "been there and done that" many times. I give you credit for making this attempt during an already busy time for you. You know we are here to support you.....no matter what!

Equinata,
I have not seen you yet this morning but I am sure you will be here soon. Hope you had a nice weekend.

MotivatedMom,
Hope to see you soon also!

Spinsistah,
How was your weekend? Hope you stayed on track!

Check with you chickies later. Hope you all have a good day.

Jan

Equinata · 12-07-2009, 11:12 AM

Hello Ladies,

This weekend has been crazy and so my Monday is following suit. I just wanted to check in and say hello and give my total pounds lost for the week which was 4lbs - so I am down to 202... Yay almost at onederland!.

jan11661 · 12-07-2009, 11:20 AM

Equinata,

As usual as I was writing my book...via post, you were writing in also.
Your weigh loss is awesome!

Congratulations on the 4 lbs gone! I'm sorry your weekend was so crazy and that Monday is also shaping up to be the same! Take a deep breath, let it out, repeat!

Have a good day.

Jan

Equinata · 12-07-2009, 04:15 PM

Hey Jan, It was nice to see you drop in. I am having car troubles and spent most of my morning at the dealer listening to my husband argue back and forth with the mechanics via telephone to just have to leave the car anyway as I could not remove my key from the ignition. Men... UGH!!!!!!!

life4evr · 12-07-2009, 09:41 PM

Thanks. Jan, but today was a flop concerning diet. I will seriously start tomorrow. Needless to say even though the diet was a flop today, I managed to make it to my exam on time. But that is about it.

jan11661 · 12-08-2009, 11:19 AM

Good Morning Ladies,

I have a task at hand for the next week and this is my story to describe it.

Something about the author: My name is Jan and I'm a sweetaholic.

I love to bake. I'm not professional by any means but I enjoy it.

The bad part? You guessed it, I EAT it!

So with that, here is my story.

My Love Story............

It's a love affair, between me & "sweets". "Sweets" and I have been together for many years. Seems like forever that we have gone hand in hand together down a road that is laced with sugar, fat, and empty calories.

He's sweet on me and dosen't care about my extra weight. As long as I am willing to consume him, he will be here for me. I can't help it, I just crave him. He is sweet as pie, as gooey as a warm chocolate chip cookie, and his sweet aroma just makes him so irresistable! I just can't seem to keep my hands off "sweets" and I am embarrased to say, he's all over me too...on my hips, my thighs, my behind, you get the idea.

"Sweets" says he loves me but I'm afraid I have to end our unhealthy relationship. His "sweetness" is so controlling that some days he's in my thoughts for hours. I told him that he either needs to "lighten up" or it's over! I said there are ways that we can enjoy eachother's company without it being so obsessive, such a strain on my heart & body.

I set down the new rules of our relationship. First, "sweets" needs to get on this program with me. He has to cut back on calories, fats, cholesterol and sugars. Next, he has to be reasonable about the amount of time we spend together. I can only be with him just a couple times a week. I told him that he can't be all over me anymore, I just won't have it!

I am altering my recipes for life! "Sweets" may not adjust well, he might fall, he might crumble, he may just not be sweet enough anymore. If this happens, it will be "tough cookies". I will have to cut "sweets" out of my life completely. I'll let you know how this love affair goes.

THE END

So, the reason for this quirky story? If I want to take control of my sweet habit then I need to learn how to successfully adjust my recipes! This is my task at hand for the week as the holiday cookies are expected for the family! I am going to try the favorite first...Linzer Tarts. I'll use my husband & daughter as the guinea pigs before sending any out!

Please share with me any challenges you may have this holiday season.

Have a good day.

Jan

Equinata · 12-08-2009, 01:30 PM

Good Morning Ladies,

Life4ever I hope you meant a flop as not following exactly as planned, but if you still made good choices don't count it out. I have been doing the maintenance portion of my diet versus the strict menus as this week has been hectic, but it is working. I'm dropping faster using the maintenance skills that following the menu. I do make sure to eat as frequent as the menu's tell me to.

Jan - Your story is so real life. It's better to try to live with him before just leaving him altogether. LOL I am sure it will turn out just fine and they probably won't even notice the difference, but you may. LOL

salesse · 12-08-2009, 04:18 PM

Hello All,
And Thanks I am on day 9 and besides the drinking on Friday night, i have stuck with it. I can commit to these short term things, but i do need to work on my long term committment. I loved your story about your "obsessive" relationship with your sweets LOL.. that was great! I started my journey at about 160 or 159.5 somewhere in between there, and on day nine morning weigh in, im at 151.5! whohoo..verry exciting ! So i have decided to do phase ONE again on Monday for about 5-7 days! tommorrow i will get into phase TWO finally! i will be frugal about meat though, mayb only once a day, or some deli meat in my salad. I am afraid of falling back to the same place where not being aware of what i am putting in my mouth, and late night snacking on chips and dip! or worse brownies and cookies by the package in a few days. I will be checking in daily with you ladies so hopefully we can motivate each other!!
Thanks Salesse

jan11661 · 12-08-2009, 05:14 PM

Hello Saleese,

Nice to see you returning to check in. You did fantastic on your Phase 1!!!

Especially since you are not as heavy as most of us here. Usually the less you weigh (or have to lose) the less you do lose with a plan like this. This makes it extra great that you took off 8 lbs in 9 days! I believe that it was Ian Smith's intentions when doing the Phase 1 as "detox" phase to drop the most amount of weight. This is to prep your body for the other phases to follow. You seem like you did as you were supposed to and achieved a wonderful end result!

I lost about 4 1/2 lbs when I started but was not religious with the exercising and I'm still not. So, I repeated the full cycle of Phase 1 and said that I would work out more.....and still didn't. I lost 3 lbs the second time mostly I think because at this point my body was more used to eating healthy...and I didn't work out.

I started Phase 2 a couple weeks ago and felt as you did that I didn't want to add too much into my meal planning and blow it. I have stayed with most of the same things with the addition of some lean meat usually once a day as well. I had forgot about having "meat" at lunch until yesterday.....added some lean deli turkey meat in my salad and ate it like there was no tomorrow!

I'm glad you enjoyed my story. It's really all true, I have an obsession with sweets and need to take control. I have altered some of my recipes and have been 50-50 on the success rate. Anything with a moisture content like pumpkin or banana seem to be best.

Trying to do a cookie without the appropriate fat to make it spread, moist or crisp was dreadful. I made some Oatmeal Banana cookies a couple weeks ago and I could have used them to play fetch with the dog! They were cardboard tasting...with a hint of banana and dry. Other than slathering them with sugary icing or chocolate there was no way to save them and that would have defeated my purpose! So, they hit the trash can.....my husband still hasn't forgiven me for making a huge hole in the bottom of the can from the cookies hitting! Kidding!

As you can tell from my story I am all too familiar with eating brownies, cookies, chips and dip too! You have done well, don't give in to those temptations. If you must (as I do), try to convert some recipes so that they are not as bad for you and eat them sparingly. Pre-packaged or the goodies from the bakery are the worst.

Good luck and continued success. Please check back with us and let us know how you are doing.

Jan

life4evr · 12-08-2009, 10:17 PM

Well, I am going back to lurking. I thought about it and truthfully I am not quite ready for this journey. But good luck to you all.

Jan,

I just saw your message hmm Raeford, is a very small town. The county is a decent size but actual city limits are not. It is known as a "bedroom community" most people live and own houses here but do not work here. It is by Ft. Bragg and Fayetteville, and Pinehurst, depending on what side of the county you are on. About an hour and something from Raliegh.
It's pretty affordable, but you have to drive everywhere for everything.

Edited for spelling.