sugarbaby269:
I hope you feel better!! Mmm I love roast and potatoes! I've never had maple cake.
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(not on my diet but I'm tweaking this one here and there)
I think that is good to tweak stuff, that was it is something we know we want to do! I love chicken fajitas and beans!
SoonThin:
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Please count me in! I would love to lose 10 by Thanksgiving.
We are glad to have you!
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Eating Plan - Portion control, healthy snacks, and lots of water!
Have you thought of calorie counting? That is what some of us do and it really helps. There is also fitday.com to track your foods!
Tisha___:
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Me? I'm not doing low-carb. I think you just read my post wrong. lol I just copy/pasted your original list into mine and answered them like questions. Low carb was one of your examples.
Oh okay! You got me on that one!
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Thanks! I just can't believe it's actually working this time!
I know how that feels. I do know you have to be in the right frame of mind and highly motivated. I don't think I have been in that place since I was 15!
A few times I would try to cut back on eating or start walking and it may of helped but I never dug in my heels like I am doing now.
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Well, I'll be back tomorrow to officially post. There are still 10 hours of Halloween left.
Oh I hear ya on that one!
Neesy_20:
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but still managed to knock off 5 pounds. It is so exciting! I have clothes that I can fit in again which is a great incentive. I can really tell a difference. So, I'm just gonna keep doing what I did last month plus exercise at least 4 times a week and calorie count. My starting weight, as of today, is 220. Good luck everyone!
That is so exciting!! I hit a slow patch near the end so I have to keep reminding myself that I still lost 9.5 pounds last month! We can do this! Good luck to you too!!
PellMel:
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Ugh, I feel awful. Had a cold all weekend and still have it full swing, so exercise has been nearly nil as I really don't want to aggravate my lungs any more than they have been. I'm going to stretch tonight to open up my back and chest a bit, though. Oye, it's been so gorgeous here all I want to do is be outside walking in the leaves through the college! Although it's only in the 40's. Doing decently foodwise, had a bit of a problem last night mostly due to my habit of starving all day and going ape-**** at night. Anyway, thanks for listening to my rambling.
Words and rhapsody to all.
I hope you feel better soon sweetie! Remember the best way to speed up our metabolism is to eat small meals thruout the day. i do that myself but I save the heavier calories for dinner usually. You might want to try that too.
Losing4another:
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I did it~ got thru Halloween I have 4 points left and instead of eating a candy bar I'm going to make myself a turkey sandwich .
24 daily points used and NO flex YAY ME.....Went trick or treating so even though I didn't count it I walked , walked , walked and walked. We went in a neighborhood where each house has AT LEAST a ACRE and the kids had so much candy their bags were breaking ....My feet hurt
That is a great achievement! You should of counted the walking though!! If nothing else for the fact that if you look back and are kkeeping track and realize you lost more around a certain time but in your notes it doesn't look like you did anything different etc, you'll be puzzled.
Hun.e.B:
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Good Morning everyone! Well thats 2 busted days in a row for me!! I kinda knew yesterday wasnt going to go well and rather than plan for success I caved. We had McDonalds for dinner....can you believe that! McDonalds!! I dont even like McDonalds!!!! Its true what they say....failing to plan is planning to fail. On a good note I got in a good walk taking the girls trick or treating, lot of stop and go but at least it wasnt sitting on the couch right?! Today is going to be better! Much Much better!
I hope you all have a fantastic day too!!
~melissa
Well at least you walked, all you can do is dust yourself off and go on. I have had a few bad days myself which I will explain later.
As for Mc Donalds I have decided that they are just not worth it unless it is an emergency.
i decided that I can only treat myself once a week so I am going to have a burger from one of the best places around! Not Mc D's!
callystia:
I am so glad you are doing good hun! You can do it! As for the left over candy, well I will get to that in a minute!
dollypie:
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I felt like my workout on the elliptical was never going to end today. I finished but was exhausted, but I did fit in a few weights. I think my goal for vacation will be to maintain. I am just really stressed about making good food choices. I am a calorie counter and it scares me to death to not be able to count all the calories I am eating. I am tryig to go on number of portions for that week and just be aware of what I am putting in my mouth.
Great job on starting back on the exercise!
That would scare me to being on vacation! Okay, I don't understand why you cant cal count though? If you mean cause you will be eating out then what i would suggest is this. Fruit for breakfast, or a shake! Lunch you may want to get an ice chest and stop at a store, get some tuna, low fat mayo, bread, some turkey and low fat ham etc.
For dinner there are many rest. online that have nutritional info. So what I would do is find out what is where and what rest and you can look it up before you go! Like for when we ate out sat nite we went online to Denny's and they had nutritional info that we could print out! ALso remember not all chicken is created equal! Some of the dishes at places have more fat and cals that a burger! Anyhow just my recommendations. Don't forget to get snacks at the store. Good luck!!
Tisha___:
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Well, I made it through Halloween and exceeded my goal. Now I'm ready to start my Turkey Day challenge! Wish me luck ladies!
You are doing great! Good luck! We can do this this month!!
Stevi-rocks:
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Happy Post Halloween!
I am happy to report a 1 lb loss this morning! I generaly weigh on Mondays but DH and I where wrestling around last night and He grabbed my pants (he was on the floor trying to pull me down) and they slid right off my hips to my ankles! LOL These are my old faithful jeans and are a 16. Had two bite sized chocolates yest and that was it for the candy.
Good luck Tisha!
hahahah Sounds like it is time for some new ones! Maybe you are in a 14 and didnt know it??? You are doing great on losing 3 pounds already! I am so proud of you!!
martiniforme:
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Hey everyone.
We survived!!
We have so much halloween candy left. We saw maybe 15-20 kids last night. In town they set this curfew for 7pm, which I thought was really sad for all the kids
Anyway, we're sending half of it back with one of our guys from the crew that stays at my house, so his son can have it all, and the rest will go in hubby's lunch. And I managed to restrain myself to 3 candies, when normally (soontobe)DH and I would have sat down all night watching a movie and pigging out. GO ME!
That is great!!! Keep it up!!
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Also, to get more calories in my day, I think I may introduce an additional snack. I usually have breakfast at 7am, then snack at 10ish, Then lunch at noon. Mornings are when we need the most energy, and I'm having trouble eating so much that when I eat each meal, even the small portions look daunting, so I may make some of the morning portions smaller, but eat a little more frequently. I was thinking breakfast at 6:30am, Snack at 8am, Snack at 10am, Lunch at noon. The morning is when I do fruits, so both snacks would end up being fruit of some kind.
Thoughts?
~Mande
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P.S. I'm going to go grociery shopping today, and I'm making 2 lists. My list, and the house list. I think I may buy in portion sizes so that I can foresee further in to the week. Less stress the more planning there is!
I think this is a great idea! I am all for just fruits in the a.m. I think small meals like that is what keeps our body knowing there is plenty of food coming in and is supposed to help our metabolism! The other thing I love about fruit is no fat plus low calories so i can have more on other items at dinner.
If you haven't alread, get a scale to weigh your meat! I did that and it is the best 5 bux I ever spent! Also make sure you use measuring cups and spoons.
What you can also do is like if the men have red meat more often than you, is to cook double portion of chicken the nite before and warm it up for you the next nite.
sugarbaby269:
Good morning!
Thankfully all the Halloween candy got distibuted to the kids last night. I did manage to pick three chocolates for myself. At least I didn't pig out like I normally would...[/QUOTE]
That is great!!
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The chicken fajitas were great and I found the Mission low carb tortillas that someone mentioned. It was pretty good
I need to try those!!
martiniforme:
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OHMYGOSH!
This is exciting! I know it's only a pound, but STILL!
That's it. I'm picking up a digital scale today, and getting the exact results. I know that usually in the very beginning for my weight class, that in a week I would lose more than 1 pound, so to be sure..
BUT ITS STILL SOMETHING!!! I've never lost, only gained or maintained. I feel so elated
And thank you for the good words of support sugarbaby!
That is great sweetie! You are on your way!!! *CHEERS*