Starting Fat Smash 11/2- Any takers

Equinata · 11-17-2009, 02:08 PM

Thanks for the thread background Jan. LOL It was very exciting to read. I want to say welcome to all of you ladies again and lets try to have some fun while we shed the pounds - it doesn't have to be dreadful... I wonder what the person who started this thread is up to these days. If you are out there please let us know how it's going.

I plan to beat this fat down right to no existence after smashing it. I am doing Dr Ians other diet The Extreme Fat Smash Diet but I'm going to keep up with you ladies anyhow.

jan11661 · 11-17-2009, 04:21 PM

Equinata,

Now that I know how old you are (and you know my age) I will quote something that my own daughter would say after reading my little story "Mom, you are such a dork"!

Equinata · 11-17-2009, 04:47 PM

Jan iwould say no such thing. LOL

jan11661 · 11-17-2009, 07:25 PM

Why thank you Equinata! How did you do the rest of the day with your eating? Going out for a walk shortly with my little one, hubby has a meeting to go to. I am looking forward to the Biggest Loser tonight. Do you watch it?

Have a good evening Fat Smash Chicks!

Jan

MOTIVATEDMOMOF1 · 11-17-2009, 07:40 PM

Okay so I'm at work for 12 hours today. I think I did fairly well. I had an orange and green apple for breakfast. For lunch I had a salad and cup of yogurt. I have been drinking water throughout the day. I'm trying...I checked the scale this morning and I'm motivated now! With God and you guys I can do this!

Equinata · 11-17-2009, 08:23 PM

Jan I did very well, just finished my salad for dinner and I signed up for an adult jazz class that starts on Jan 7th at my eight year old daughters dance school. She is so psyched about me doing it.I am also going to sign up for a bootcamp in Jan too. I'm trying to create an activity habit.
Motivated mom I guess you dropped a few pounds. You can do anything just let the flesh follow he spirit.

spinsistah · 11-17-2009, 08:30 PM

Motivated -- I must say that I'm a little concerned. You don't seem to be eating much of anything! And I know from personal experience that walking around with an empty tummy isn't very sustainable. That's why I love the FS diet...my tummy is almost always happy. Maybe you can try starting off with some hot oatmeal. That always seems to get me through the first part of the day.

Today was Day 1 of my FS diet, but Day 7 of the family weight loss challenge, which meant a weigh in at 4pm. I know I should have started 7 days ago, but better late than never! So I started off with some instant oatmeal (apples and cinnamon, yum!), had some light string cheese for a snack, a salad at lunch, and some fried brown rice with broccoli, onions, and egg whites when I came home, after the weigh in, of course.

So last week I weighed in at 239.2 (yikes, I gained more than 10lbs from our last challenge), and today I came in at 236.2. Not bad for being a diet procrastinator. But of course my sister won this week. She also lost 3lbs, but since she's much smaller (140ish) her percentage was bigger than mine. Now I'm determined to follow through and keep with it these first 9 days.

Thanks for the warm welcome ladies. I look forward to continuing to share this journey with you all!

Equinata · 11-17-2009, 08:43 PM

Keep up the good work spinsistah

MOTIVATEDMOMOF1 · 11-17-2009, 10:17 PM

Equinata~I love what you said about the flesh following the spirit! Thanks I needed that!
Spinsistah~Don't worry I like to eat too much not to! I just got home from healthy shopping:0) So I can eat more tomorrow!

life4evr · 11-17-2009, 11:39 PM

Okay, I was in this thread earlier but things happened again. So I am restarting tomorrow. For the too many times. This is going to be last time. Okay, question I am a nursing student. I have clinicals from like 1230-530, not to mention it is 45 min to an hour drive, depending on traffic. I need ideas of snacks that i can pack with me. That has been part of the problem. I would forget to pack a snack so by the time I got home I was starving. So any ideas would be great.

Equinata · 11-18-2009, 09:00 AM

Hello Ladies,
MotivatedMom - That is what we are here for to motivate each other.

Welcome back life4ever lets all make this our last time smashing the fat.

jan11661 · 11-18-2009, 11:08 AM

Equinata, Life4evr, Spinsistah, and MotivatedMomof1,

Good Morning Ladies! It' nice to see some new life in this thread!

I would like to see a show of hands, what Diet are you all on?
Extreme Fat Smash (EFS) or Original Fat Smash (FS) and what Phase?

Reason I ask is that Equinata is on the EFS and I am on the Regular FS. If any of you need suggestions or support with something specific then we can give you what we have learned so far for that plan or phase.

There are 2 things I find very important:

1) Plan what you are eating in advance. This leads to less bad choices.

2) If it goes in your mouth then write it down. This will make you fully aware of what you are eating.

This I find is not an easy task. I have not found a place on this website to record my food or to get a break down of what a particular food, food grouping, or recipe does for the waist line. I am a member of another website (not actively anymore) but find that there meal planner section is great. It's called Sparkpeople. If any of you would like to set yourself up on that, let me know.

Welcome back Life4evr!

I'm hoping that you are on the FS as this is what I can relate with. It seems that you can have your breakfast, one snack and lunch before you get to class is that correct? Do they give you time in between for another snack? I used to work 45 minutes away from home and so I know that eating on the road can lead to big messes. The safest foods are still always going to be cut up fruits or veggies, zip lock bags are the best. No fumbling with containers while driving. I have to repeat myself again, it's all about pre-planning. Takes time at the time but saves you calories later.

Apples have fiber and along with some water on the way home can help curb your ravenous appetite. This will hopefully eliminate the need to tear the door off the fridge upon walking in. Grapes are an easy, non messy snack too. Baby carrots, cut up celery, cucumbers, you pick. Want something "salty"? Make some roasted garbanzo beans, bake them in bulk and store them in an airtight container. Divvy them out into your little bags for the road but beware, they can become addictive! My whole family eats mine now and loves them! Have you been on the recipes on here? I'll see if there is anything else I can suggest and let you know. Good Luck.

Spinsistah,

A family challenge? I love it! This should keep you motivated. Of course they say that you should not be in competition with your family but I say "why not" if it's going to motivate you to work that much harder to beat her tail! Are you on the original Fat Smash? I read something about string cheese. Was that vegetarian because I would love to have some? The regular cheeses (even light/fat free) are off limits in general are binding to the system. Not scolding, just checking. I have vegetarian "cheddar shreds" and "mozzarella" slices....they are so, so. Good Luck to you in this and your family challenges!

Equinata,

An adult jazz class.....I think that is great! I'm am sure that your daughter is so happy that Mommy is joining her in dance! Mine is just in baton classes after school at this time and there's not much I can do with that! My baton twirling days were over long ago!

MotivatedMomof1,

It sounds like you are motivated this time around! Working 12 hour days can definitely wreak havoc on trying to eat healthy let alone trying to follow a specific plan. You sound like you are choosing your foods wisely but I agree with Spinsistah, do make sure you are getting enough of the allowed foods in to keep your energy up!

Hope you are all having a nice morning. I'll check in later!

Jan

Equinata · 11-18-2009, 11:26 AM

I am on EFS and am on my last Cycle. Yay, but I will be going back to cycle 1 after this. Jan the snacks you mentioned are the ideal for traveling. I look like a school kid when I'm out the house because I don't leave without my lunch bag. Jan can you give me the recipe for those garbanzo beans?

jan11661 · 11-18-2009, 02:09 PM

Hi Ladies,

I hope this link works. It's to my recipe of the baked/roasted garbanzo beans on Sparkpeople. It also contains the nutritional values on them if you are interested. Especially since we should be watching our salt/sodium intake.
If you cannot access it, let me know.

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recip...?recipe=823462

I tested this and it seems like it will work, there are many recipes that are EFS and FS friendly on there or you can alter one you find.

Equinata · 11-18-2009, 02:12 PM

Oh yes, I meant to tell you ladies that you can use CalorieKing.com to find out the stats on any food you eat - cooked or raw. I also decided to bump my boot camp entry up to Dec 14th as I found one very suitable about 3 minutes away from my house. I am so pysched about my new adventures to come.