So the Broncos get together went well- I had a couple of hamburger sliders- No bread- Some type of artichoke Spanish dip with a few chips, small piece of Brownie
Got on the scale this morning and still at 322. ... That's good... I really need to start working out... Today since I am off going to clean out the garage since it needs it... The wind is blowing and its cold but gotta get it done.
Wanted to say I do weight myself everyday and have been doing this for years. I have done the weekly thing and for me it just does not work out. Seems like when I do the weekly weight in I tend to eat more
My official weight though is on Saturday morning's before my free day
Today's Meals: Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, only 1 cup out of a teapot of green tea , only a few sips of Mio water Lunch: cottage cheese, mixed nuts (more than a handful), Diet Dr. Pepper Dinner: 3 chicken tenders, 1/2 can of black olives, the rest of my morning Mio water After Dinner: the rest of my morning green tea
Jacqui, congratulations on your one year anniversary here!
Questions:
1) Does anyone here eat Cottage Cheese? Using it as a snack or meal? I'm not sure I want to eat too much of it at one time, sometimes it tastes good and sometimes a little bit is all I can take.. I like the kind that is very thick and not "moist".. and I have a hard time finding one that is thick..
2) Why the word "Slow" in The Slow Carb Diet? My husband keeps asking me and now.. I want to know, LOL
My Meals Yesterday:
B - Eggs, Bacon, refried beans and coffee
L - Chicken salad with Mayo, Spicy brown mustard and Pickle Juice as dressing
D - 2 Grilled Turkey Patties, 1 Slice of Pepper Jack Cheese, Big green salad with Dressing, Mayo on the patties
S - Pork rines w/a bit of hummus between lunch and dinner
S - Cherry jello with spray whipped topping after dinner
Thanks Jacqui, I definitely keep the reminders going You'll get back to your low tomorrow, you don't stay up long
sunflower clap is colon the letters cp and colon Keep dancing and please do enjoy your life, you certainly deserve it
Gary good job on the pound down You're gonna leave me in your dust
Joe you did well at the get together, well done
Pamela, I will eat it, but I can only eat it with peaches and then I can only eat the big curds and just a little (as a snack) I use the Kroger brand. I like your entire menu yesterday Do you know how many calories everything is?
Week 3 of 5
15 ~ 172.2 (+0.4)
16 ~ 172.2 (N/C)
17 ~ 172.0 (-0.2)
18 ~ 172.2 (+0.2)
19 ~ 171.6 (-0.6) <--- I really hope this sticks and doesn't go back up
20 ~ 171.0 (-0.6) <--- yay it did for now
21 ~
Pamela click on the user CP tab at the top purple bar left and it should come up how to get a signature (user profile I think), or you can go on ticker factory .com
Pamela, thank you! But it's actually only a 6-month anniversary for how long I've been on the Slow Carb Diet. I wish it was already a year because I hope to be at my maintenance goal in a year's time! I've been a member of 3FC since 2006 and how I really wish I had discovered this diet back then!
It's called slow carb because the diet is based on low glycemic index (slow-burning) carbs, which raise your blood glucose levels slowly, as compared to high GI (quick-burning) carbs.
If you cannot see how to add a signature under "User CP" (on the menu bar across the top of the page) which Rennie pointed out, the option may not be available to you yet. You have to have 20 posts, which you have, but you also have to be a 3FC member for 20 days to the minute you joined. So if you joined at 10 pm, 20 days later you'd have to wait until 10 pm to be able to add a signature or ticker. Here's the thread explaining all the how-to's about it: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/anno...questions.html.
As for the cottage cheese, I eat it, anywhere from a couple of bites straight out of the tub (I can do that since I'm the only one who eats it) if I'm hungry and in a hurry, to about 1/2 cup as a snack or with a meal. I only eat Breakstone brand. I've tried Kroger brand but it's too watery for me. The same is true of other brands I've tried. So it's Breakstone or nothing for me!
Rennie, oh, how I hope I'll be back down tomorrow! I don't think so though. Today has not been a normal day for me. My morning routine was interrupted and I've been away from the house most the day. I didn't even get to finish my morning tea or Mio water (I'm doing that now)! I didn't have water for lunch (I just grabbed a Diet Dr. Pepper for the road), I didn't have a normal lunch--just a few bites of cottage cheese and too many mixed nuts--and to make matters worse, I ate dinner late and it was breaded chicken tenders of all things, lol, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to be holding water tomorrow too. Oh well! Sometimes you're going to have unexpected days like this. You just have to roll with it! I didn't have enough water (or tea) today but I will tomorrow, and hopefully the excess water will fall away by Wednesday!
Jacqui, Here's to a P.O.P. (perfectly on point) Day I don't like when my mornings don't go as planned, it does throw the day off. Feels like you can't get a grip, smh … but thank goodness there's always opportunity to pick up and get it right … new hours, new days Hey you may surprise yourself and be down this morning Our bodies are so weird
Got up to another .4 down. I am quite happy 170.6.
Week 3 of 5
15 ~ 172.2 (+0.4)
16 ~ 172.2 (N/C)
17 ~ 172.0 (-0.2)
18 ~ 172.2 (+0.2)
19 ~ 171.6 (-0.6) <--- I really hope this sticks and doesn't go back up
20 ~ 171.0 (-0.6) <--- yay it did for now
21 ~ 170.6 (-0.4)
total for the week-1.6
Well gotta go … Have a wonderful day Everyone … Keep smiling
Rennie, yay on your drop! You've passed me now! You're doing so great! Go, go, go!!! And thank you for the encouragement! I know you're right. I didn't have a lower number on the scale this morning, just the opposite, but sometimes that happens! It's all a part of it. If you want to stay on this journey, you have to take the bad with the good and keep on going! Hopefully, my day will be more typical today and I can get back on track.
I have a lot of catching up to do. I was offline the last couple of days since I was at my boyfriend's house.
My bad news is this is the first morning I've woken up at my house and weighed myself and I am 3 pds up (152.2). I had my cheat day Sat, and Sunday I had a hard time staying low/slow carb, but I thought I kept my calories in check. Yesterday I thought for sure I was super good as I worked out and stuck to plan with my diet, but this morning was not good news.
Could be a couple of things. Hormones... as I missed taking BC two days in a row and am spotting. Or, it could be not adding my calories accurately. I read an article that if you are not losing weight, it is definately because you are eating too many calories. Said that people always underestimate how many they are eating. Since I feel I need to count calories to get results, I think I'll start measuring/weighing my foods. And, it was my girlfriend's bday celebration Sat night and we had a few too many cocktails. That throws me off for a couple of days, so I really need to reign that in. Cheat days are going to turn into only a cheat meal, and with only a couple of glasses of wine. At least for the next month so I have some results before Punta Cana trip.
Now, to make my Thur goal I would need to lose 5 pds. I don't know how that would be possible. I'm sooooo bummed out.
Will catch up with everyone's posts the last couple of days and respond......
Ok.. cottage cheese for me will be a quick snack then, if at all.. I opened the one I bought and it was too moist for my taste..
Gotcha on the "slow" in Slow Carb
I'm feeling good this morning, however, last night when I went to bed I felt like I might get sick, I was just a bit bloated.. and I had a hard time sleeping.. too cold, too hot, so I think I may have gotten about 3 hours of sleep..
Someone asked me about the calories in my meals the previous day.. I have NO idea.. Should I keep a calorie count too?
My Meals Yesterday 1/20/14:
B - Eggs, refried beans and about a pinch or more of shredded cheese and coffee
L - Chicken salad with Mayo, Spicy brown mustard and Pickle Juice as dressing
S - 5 Slices of Salami (serving) and a piece of string cheese between lunch and dinner
D - Grilled Steak, Sauteed Zucchinni in olive oil
S - Cherry jello with spray whipped topping after dinner and then some Hummus and pork rines - TOO MUCH, I couldn't sleep I was a bit bloated. I was a bit snackish.. I think I was missing my WW Popcorn when I watch TV.. I need to break that habit of needing a crunch snack in the evening..
On the days I go shopping (my big outting for the week, LOL) I will go to Walmart and the grocery store which is about 35 miles one way, before the girls get out of school, just makes life easier.. so on those days on WW I would either pickup a WW frozen meal OR a Taco Bell Beef Burrito Fresca style, which is WW friendly and at least be able to eat something before getting the girls.
So NOW when I go shopping.. and have no time to really make myself anything, are those Atkins meals ok? I think that would make life easier on me on those days.. one day a week.. sometimes 2 depending on if I have the time to only go to one store.. then I go to the other store the next day..
P.S. my towns Walmart and grocery stores SUCK nasty old rotting eggs, so I have to go to the next town over to do my shopping..
P.S.S. I'm pretty sure you didn't need to know all of that, I just had time to type it waiting for my girls to eat their breakfast, LOL
Believe it or not, my wonderful forum friends, we have almost 500 posts on this thread! And incredibly over 9200 views! Wow! With that exciting news, I want to point out that 3FC closes threads at 500 posts (or as soon as they notice that you have 500 posts, lol), so I have started a new thread so that we can continue to post once we get locked out of this one. Here's the link: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/othe...ml#post4924834.
Missy, I doubt you gained weight because of calories. You'd have to eat 3500 calories beyond what your body burns daily just to gain a single lb. You more likely gained weight because of carbs, because carbs cause our bodies to hold onto water. Limiting your calories is not what will help you to shed that water weight. Limiting your carbs and making sure you drink enough water in order to convince your body to release any excess is what will help you to shed the water weight. Everything's going to be all right! Just get back on plan and drink enough water, not more than you need, but enough.
Pamela, I don't keep track of calories at all. Going slow-carb pretty much goes hand-in-hand with going low-calorie, unless you are just eating humongous portions! Lol! Your details are amusing! I don't see why Atkins meals wouldn't work. I say give them a try!
(clap is just : cp : ) 
You'll get back to your low tomorrow, you don't stay up long 
You're gonna leave me in your dust 
And thank you for the encouragement! 
Lol! Your details are amusing! I don't see why Atkins meals wouldn't work. I say give them a try! 
