Starting Fat Smash 11/2- Any takers

surfnmom · 12-12-2009, 12:13 PM

oh a few more things, sorry so long. I am looking at this as a way of life and lot so much a detox diet. So I am keeping in my coffee that I drink black and my diet soda. Yes I need to drink more water.

Also will not get back into working out until some of the lbs come off. I run and have a gym quality treadmill, love it. But working out causes me starving issues and weight gain (water and musal weight). one thing at a time. get my eating back in order. then the toning.

So I hope you all dont mind me posting here, since I am not following it 100% only 97% since I have my 3 sins coffee, dietsoda and exersise.

jan11661 · 12-12-2009, 12:45 PM

Hello Ladies,

Today was weigh in for week 3 of Phase 2. I feel fortunate because even with the "diet" cookies and I had some Orville popcorn last night I still managed to take off 1.4 lbs. This gives me a total of 5.2 for Phase 2 and 12.6 since I started on 11/02/09. I am happy with the way things are and after reading through the Phase 3 of the book I am sticking with the additions already given to me on Phase 2. At this time I don't really feel I "need" the new addition of bread and carbs. I have been allowing myself the diet homemade goodies anyway that ad to my carbs so I can do without the bread to add more of that. Maybe after the holidays and extra goodies I will go to Phase 3.

Surfnmom,

I just have to say that you sound like you will do very well on this. I too could not give up my coffee and don't exercise the way I should. My third downfall however is not soda but the sweets. I too got creative making a flatbread and pizza crust just to have variety. Your flaxseed flatbread sounds good and I'll have to try it. I am almost 49 but unfortunately I am still going through TOM even though I have had perimenopause syptoms for a few years. I wish "TOM" would go away and take my migraines with him!

Live4evr,

Glad that you are going to give this another try. It will be tough during the holidays but at least you will have a small reprieve to not also have the studying or school to distract you.

Ok, I have a very patient husband here waiting for me to get ready so we can brave the stores and get some Christmas shopping in. I hope his patients hold out once we get there! Have a good day ladies.

Jan

surfnmom · 12-12-2009, 08:08 PM

Jan wow 12 lbs. way to go. I am a big time sugar junkie also. Man gotta love cookie dough. I like to bake alot also but since i was low carb here and there, didnt bake so much.

have you added in any fat free stuff to your daily meals aka butter, sour cream, cheese. or are you staying mainly vegin with added meat.

yes it is nice not doing tom anymore but the hot flashes were a killer. they have slowed down some thank goodness.

todays food

oatmeal w/milk
banana
salad w/Lf dressing
beans w/ flaxbread
frozen pineapple yogart milk smoothie (made with 1 cup ea. and blended, nice and thick)

jan11661 · 12-13-2009, 01:39 PM

Happy Sunday Ladies,

Fairly successful shopping trip yesterday. Got for a few of the "kids" and then for their significant others. Still have a few to go but we'll figure it out somehow.

OK........here comes a Christmas tree story!

Got the Christmas tree at a pretty good deal too. We used to go to the same family owned place every year. The "ambiance" was great but their prices were so much higher, so a couple years ago we stopped going there. Last year we got a tree from Walmart. We were actually pretty happy with the tree from Walmart...and the price was right. Their trees this year are $20, $30, or $40.

However, "this year" though seemed like we needed the extra "spirit". Me being out of work and the threat of losing our home is just depressing. We also have somewhat taken in a friend of my daughters on the weekends. She has been going through a rough time too. Her Daddy is "away" for a few months and gets out on the 30th of this month. Since he was her only parent, she has been living with her Aunt and her cousins who treat her horribly (the cousins). So we decided to unofficially be her surrogate parents on the weekends.

Anywho, we decided to give that family owned place a try again for the uplifting experience knowing full well that it would be hard to get a tree for those Walmart prices. They are all out decorated, have a little cottage that sells hot chocolate & little gifts, they make wreaths and arrangements, have one of those big wooden boards with pictures painted of Mr. & Mrs. Claus and 2 elfs that you can stick your face through and take a picture, a fire pit with seats all around, fake snow machine, and best of all, a hay ride. We have seen their golden retriever dogs grow up over the years and they join in with every hay ride!

The trees were very limited as this place sells out quickly. Because they like to keep their trees super fresh, they get shipments in every few days but once it gets around the 10th of the month they are done getting shipments, this was their last. They had some decent trees left but the cheapest one of a good size was $48.00 and up. Well we went to "Grandpa" Lowry and said "we have $40.00 flat to spend. Told him that we were going to do Walmart for $30 but felt that we needed to come back and see them this year again.

First he gave us the story about the difference between them and Walmart.....regarding everything and the trees! He said that he knows we had been coming there for years, times a tough all around, and that we could have "Matt" (they name all their trees) who was a $48.00 tree with no tax....$40.00 out the door, enjoy your hayride! So we got a decent tree for the amount we said we could spend, enjoyed the ambiance, the spirit, the hay ride and overall came away feeling good. So that's my Christmas tree story!

Today is decorating day which means moving the furniture around and washing floors too! I am also cringing at the thought of how our little cat is going to react to the tree. He was just a baby when we got him last year and is a real crazy man now. I have a feeling he will be climbing it and I will have to constantly scold him. Not to mention I hope he dosen't thin it's acceptable to pee near it since it smells like outdoors....I'll really have to spank his furry behind for that one!

Oh, and confession time. I had a bad eating day yesterday. Me & hubby were famished while shopping and not heading home yet. So, we went to McDonald's. It was already late afternoon and I needed to make dinner after we got back so I got a grilled chicken snack wrap. Then because I was not prepared for a dinner for myself I ate what was made for dinner...pork steak. Since I am on Phase 2 I can have meats but they are suppose to be lean.....and this was not. In a 3 oz peice I consumed about 20 grams of fat! Overall I was at the high end of my nutrition chart with fat, cholesterol, and carbs all day. So, today is a new day and I need to get back with the program!

Surfnmom,

Thank you regarding the weight loss. That 12.6 lbs was lost in a 5 1/2 week time. Even though I would love to have lost more, I am happy that it is averaging about 2 lbs a week which a safe weight they say to lose. Some weeks it was more and some less but I feel fortunate to have lost every week I have been on this plan. I know you are new to this thread but in a nutshell, I had thyroid cancer, no longer have one, and the thyroid is what controls the metabolism. So now medication does and not always so good.

Anyway, I do have limited fats during the day. Mostly in dressing for my salads (I'm a ranch girl-Southbeach kind), a tsp of reduced margerine in veggies or cooking sometimes. Mostly for cooking it's always the olive oil spray. I also will indulge in a snack of air popped white popcorn with butter favored spray and a little sea salt. I do use limited quantities of either fat free or 2% milk fat shredded cheese on some things now. When I started on Phase 1 I got the expensive vegan cheeses. I don't usually do sour cream and had been using low fat plain yogurt instead.

With the baking I have been doing I feel I am slipping more. I know it's more the holidays and so I am hoping to hang on to my "losing" streak through this time. Let me know if you have any more questions regarding the plan.

I also need to report in something about my Linzer Tart recipe. I thought it was good but it still needs a tweak! I know that in their normal made form they do soften up after the first day when kept in an airtight container. However, I think it was either the lower percentage of the butter I used that may have caused them to really sog. Maybe it's because the cookies were smaller and denser that they got that way. Maybe that I used the sugar free jams and the water content is higher than the sugary kinds? It could be any or all of these things and although they are still tasty I am not at all happy with the sogginess. I'll report in once I have tweaked....and change my recipe to reflect in case any of you were going to try it.

Do any of you have suggestions or thoughts on what could be the single or multiple cause of the cookie sog?

I have over expressed myself today. I need to get going on some cleaning here. Hope you all had a good & productive weekend. See ya tomorrow!

Jan

surfnmom · 12-13-2009, 02:35 PM

Good morning or afternoon (feels like morning still)

How nice a live tree. I sorta dont feel the xmas spirit to much since I lost my Dh. 5yrs a go. I did get married again last year, but still can not get into any holidays. Going to my daughters this year as she took on the roll of doing the family dinners, so will be happy with that. And this will be the first x-mas that me and my 6 childern will be together again. plus my 5 grand kids.

This morning I pan fried cubed apple,sweet potatoe and some raisins (no fat) till tender and brown, added cinnamin and alittle splenda filled me up quick saved the rest to add to my oat meal later (i know no raisins but I will risk it lol)

Jan my mom has no thyroid either and she is batteling the weight gain. She hardly eats but still putting on the pounds.

I had to laugh about the cat made my day. Enjoy decorating I am off to sew dolls.

surfnmom · 12-14-2009, 10:41 AM

Gm all. yesterday got the munchies for something salty go figure its normally sweets.

After the 9 days are up thinking about adding back in ff cheese , and ff sour cream and white potatoes ditching the rice. or only a cup if I have the potatoe.
not really missing anything it just different right now.

all in all not to bad

jan11661 · 12-14-2009, 10:43 AM

Good Morning Ladies,

Tired this morning but not as tired as my 11 year old. She was still in high gear at 11:00 last night thanks to Daddy letting her have a toaster strudle filled with sugar at 10:00 pm. So I decided to let her come out with me & look at the meteor shower. Next thing I knew it was midnight. I thought "15 minutes and she will get sleepy" but it was an hour later before I knew it. Bad Mommy!

She got to see about 15 shooting stars and was very excited but was paying for it this morning.....and so was I. Fought me every step of the way to get up to go to school but I got her there, though late. I feel sorry for the teacher now, he's in for a cranky kid today!

Today I need to get back to my eating plan. Stop with the extra junk that I know I should not be eating.....well at least not more than one low cal, low fat, treat a day.

Surfnmom,

That pan fried apple & sweet potatoe sounds good. I just cut an apple and sprinkle with cinnamon & sweetener or micro for a baked apple effect but yours sounds so much better. I also put the cinnamon & sugar combination on air popped popcorn too for another sweet crunchy snack.

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your husband 5 years ago. Once you have a loss of a family member around Christmas time it's really hard to find the joy again. I lost my father unexpectedly when I was 11, it took many years to find the joy again and then it was in the hearts of my own children. I'm sure that being around your children & grandchildren help ease that pain?

Was your husband also your children's father? Do you honor him at Christmas and speak about the good times when together? The fun times, the crazy times, even though it can tug at your heart strings it also can be a great way to bring him there with you on that day and let the kids know that you too have not forgotten him. This is a wonderful thing having ALL of your children and grandchildren together this year. I am blessed to also have my oldest flying in from Texas to be with the rest of us.

I am sure your new husband understands that this was very traumatic for you and there is no reason to forget or not speak about our lost loved ones during the holidays.

FYI-You inspired my breakfast, I just had oatmeal with cut up apples in it!

It's nice to be able to share things and have thing shared with the ladies here. I just want you all to know that I appreciate all of you.

Jan

jan11661 · 12-14-2009, 10:58 AM

Hang in there Surfnmom, the first phase is the toughest but can also give you a terrific step up on the way we should be eating for a lifetime. Just to make myself a creature of that habit I repeated phase 1 again before going to 2.

There are not too many diets out there that tell you that white potatoes, white bread, white sugar, white flour, etc., etc. is GOOD for you. If you have some every once in awhile then it's not too bad. Just don't have a potatoe, baked, mashed or any other way more than twice a week. The sweet potatoes are better for us but can get tiring.

I see nothing wrong with adding in FF cheeses as long as you are not going over the recommended daily amount. Sour cream is another thing but I really don't see where that can do much damage either. We can have some "fats", can have some dairy, so I would think that could be added in although it does not specifically say that.

You have to do what's best for you. It's better to add things in that you really enjoy as long as you don't fall off the wagon completely & overindulge!

Jan

Equinata · 12-14-2009, 11:03 AM

Good Morning Ladies,

I was looking in over the weekend but was too sore to sit up at a computer too long to type or type on my itty bitty blackberry. I told you guys I was going to try to do the 2hour treadmill thing the entire weekend and I did Friday and Saturday which is why I was so sore. I couldn't understand why my arm muscles ached when I was using my legs, but anyway. I did all of that to just take a bite of my daughters brownie yesterday... Who the heck told those two people in my house to make brownies? I felt so guilty about a bite.

Jan congrats on your weekly loss and getting the tree you wanted for what you wanted to pay for it. I'm sure those tarts where still good to your hubby and daughter the next day.
Surfnmom I hate the withdrawls of change. Since I am doing the EFS and not the FS I was able to have snacks and when I would get that salty craving I went for a bag of the 100 cal popped popcorn that I buy from SAMS and when I want something sweet I go for a graham cracker. I try to limit these snacks for only when I really need it.

Boot camp started today and I had to do a pre test and man - I didn't know what to think - would it be easy or will he just kill us. I am happy to say today was an in between day, however, I was pushed more than I would have pushed myself. There was not modified forms of push ups, sit ups, planks, dips... none what so ever. He timed us to see how many we could do in a certain time frame. We did a lot of running as well so I know next time to bring my asthma pump. LOL The class is co-ed and the only two new comers where myself and another young lady. I was however, the largest in the class but was proud that I kept up and my numbers where not so drastically behind all the fit ladies. LMAO.

surfnmom · 12-15-2009, 10:40 AM

Equinata you are a busy workout girl. You go girl. I will hopfully get the urge to work out again. Right now just wanting to get the eating under control.
How long is the class for and how many days a week?

Jan my late hubby was the father of all the kids. I meet him when I was 16 he was 19 and passed away at 49 (to young) he was my everything.

Will yesterday went good. pop some popcorn, to help with the munchies, need to get an air popper, had to use alitte oil but made a huge pot so I dont think it will be to big of an impact on the diet.

Today think I will pan fry some cubed apples and make some flax muffins of quick snacks. or meal. depending on my hungry level. today is day 5 (hump day Ill call it) getting kinda worried that I will be the one to gain weight on a veggie fruit diet lol.

Equinata · 12-15-2009, 03:59 PM

Hey Surfnmom,

I have been trying to lose weight for some time and have been back and forth... Its a very long story, but recently in the pas two years I have two misscarriages so those where some big set backs in weight loss. Anyhow me and hubby decided not to try for now and I have regained control of my weight issue again.

I wish all of you baking ladies would let me send you a small fee to package me some of those healthy baked snacks you are coming up with. I am not a baker and since I am not foods best friend right now I prefer not to cook to much of anything at all.

Boot camp today was very intense. I can not hold my arms above my head and my legs feel like noodles, and geeze my whole stomach area is sore and it hurts to the muscle when I laugh or cough. I sure hope the hubby don't expect much of a wifely duty this week, because that is just too much!!!! LOL

jan11661 · 12-16-2009, 12:53 PM

Ladies,

Just wanted to say hello. I know I've been a little more absent then usual but I've been busy doing the Christmas shopping and attending school functions. At night I have been so exhausted. Today I can't seem to keep my eyes open either. I'll check with you later when I have some more energy.

Hope you are all doing well.

Jan

jan11661 · 12-19-2009, 11:24 PM

Hi Ladies,

It sure is a "Silent Night" around here! I know it's the holidays catching up with all of us. The days are just running into eachother filled with shopping, cleaning, and tomorrow baking again for me.

I hope you are all doing well with your nutritional needs and not letting the holiday festivities ruin all that you have accomplished. I myself have had my share of off limit foods and too many of my own baked goods.

I decided to repeat Phase 2 again and this was my first week of weigh in...or actually I called it "week 4". I was down 1 lb. I'm still happy to be going in the right direction but I am afraid by the end of this holiday week I will not fare so well.

The New Year is coming also though and this is a time for renewal. A time to re-access our old habits and change them. A time to reflect on all that we have done good or bad for ourselves this past year and make the changes needed.

"Yesterday was the PAST, Tomorrow is the FUTURE, but everyday is a gift and this is why we call it the PRESENT". We should accept this "Present" that GOD has been graciously given to us and make him and ourselves proud.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I will catch up with you soon.

Jan

Equinata · 12-21-2009, 11:32 AM

Hello Ladies,

Boy has it been busy for me. I have been hanging off the wagging with posting lately, but I'm back. I have not gained as I am still doing my bootcamp and moved on to the maintenance stage of the EFS. I plan to start back up on Cycle 1 the day after Christmas.

I hope all of you ladies are doing well. Lets all try to improve our attendance. It's funny how time flies when your busy. LOL

Equinata · 12-22-2009, 10:19 AM

Good Morning Ladies,

I am going to start my Cycle 1 the day after Christmas and am putting a goal of 15lbs this go round. I have to keep making mini goals to reach my big goal.

Where are you ladies???