Busy day began with church this morning. I got detained by a friend at church who wanted to talk to me about the Plant Paradox diet. She said she bought me some eggs at the farmer's market. I thought that was a funny thing to do. But I didn't take the eggs because I am only eating pastured eggs and these were cage free, which basically says nothing about the living conditions of the chickens. Poor thing. She was so confused. But I told her where she can buy the right eggs. They have them in all the stores around here except Trader Joe's, which is funny. Usually Trader Joe's carries all the trendy foods.
B/L: one green banana with cinnamon, 3 tiny slices of French Comte cheese, half of an avocado, coffee with MCT oil and cream
S: paradox crackers made with almond flour, coconut flour, egg, and Italian seasoning (these were just okay, I have some other cracker recipes I’m going to try out this week), guacamole, and cheese slices
D: arugula salad with beets and leeks, avocado slices. I boiled the beets, then sliced them up. I chopped up the leeks, sautéed them in butter and added them to the beet slices. Then I tossed the veggies with some salt and evoo. I put this concoction on top of the arugula and added another tablespoon of evoo to the arugula, then topped the whole thing with avocado slices and a little sea salt. The end result looked beautiful and tasted delicious.
I appear to have eaten a lot of cheese and avocado today. Comfort food.
Emily - I just saw some commercials last night for some new iud's you might consider. It may be worth asking your dr about it. I eat 3 meals and 2 or 3 snacks a day. But I'm the type of person who gets crazy when I get hungry, so fasting wouldn't work for me. I used to not eat breakfast and then go crazy all afternoon/evening.
Diana - getting back on plan after a vacation or time off is the worst. I tend to feel starving when I normally don't and have cravings. Yuck.
fyml - I pretty much only focused on very small goals at first. And I bought a really cute pair of shoes when I lost 50 lbs. I was just telling hubby last night - when I get to the next size, this fall, I want to go to a particular store I like for work clothes and get a few basics
nancy - office jobs are very hard to deal with activity. I tell all my employees in the office to get up every hour and walk around, walk at lunch, etc. I swear they're all so cold because they just sit all day and don't move.
My big excitement - I ordered a peloton bike and it gets delivered this afternoon. It's a spin bike with a monitor that allows you to hook into a studio in nyc live, compete against other people, etc. It's a lot of fun and the exercise I've become addicted to recently. They have thousands of online classes, all levels, music, etc.
So, being a weight watcher, I stumbled upon this podcast, Fatdag's Whys Advice. He says he found success when he started to focus on Why he wanted to lose weight instead of How. If you're strong in your Why the How will become easier. So he says once you have your Why, you can use it to help make healthy choices. Like asking yourself would I rather have that piece of cake or would I rather reach my goal. Kind of simple, but reminding yourself Why, keeping it in the front of your mind, makes sense. I don't agree with everything he says but he makes a lot of good points and uses input from people who write in with questions, so it's not just about him. Anyway if you're interested he has a website, and many other social media things, that you don't have to be a WW member to check out, www.fatdag.com
Last night I added on: Tamilee Webb's Total Body Stretch (standing)
Nothing for this morning
Calories for yesterday: 1540 +
No Weigh In
Have a great day!
Copied from Crosswalk Devotions for Dieters
August 16
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Joining the group was the best move she ever made. Fay had struggled alone through a dozen diets with no real success. Then she saw the notice on the church bulletin board about the group that dieted and exercised together. She was a little hesitant at first, but finally she decided to give it a try. What a difference it made! Dieting with a group was much better than dieting alone. Fay felt that God had really led her to this group. She gained so much strength from her new friends, and she was amazed at how much she was able to help others.
Chunkahlunkah I totally second Diana's bread choice! I saw some in a grocery store last week and it tastes like honey oat bread from Subway!
Oh heck yeah. Looks like life is making me wait for that killer bread though. It's not sold in my area.
magistra - Cheese and avocado, you continue to speak my food language.
msgooch - That bike sounds so fun!
Emily - When cutting calories/losing weight, I find it easiest to eat small amounts more frequently. For example, I'll eat a breakfast that's 200 calories or less, and a similar calorie level for a midmorning snack, lunch, and (usually) an afternoon snack. I tend to be at around 7/800 calories by dinner time, then for dinner I eat another 4/500 to finish out the day in the 1200's. When I'm not losing weight but just maintaining, I eat in all sorts of ways. This is the way that's easiest for me to lose without feeling hungry though. Sometimes I change the way the calories are staggered and have the bigger meal for breakfast or lunch. Also, on my days off I don't usually adhere to that method, and instead eat the same number of calories for the day, but in larger, less frequent meals. So I guess I don't really have one way! I have my workday way and my day-off way.
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I think the killer bread name is funny. I call my fav's killer when I know I'm not safe around them. I'm forgoing bread right now but have made an exception for French fries on my one lunch date out.
Down to 219. Finally can see progress.
Ate a Diet to go meal for lunch but had my own chicken and veg dinner. Really not much different then a pre diet dinner except for no butter.
Breakfast: Small piece of squash cake I made (whoops)
Lunch: Steak, cucumbers, tzatziki sauce
Dinner: Chicken Breast and 1/2 cup mac n' cheese
Snacks: Apple with almond butter and cinnamon, peas, and salami and cheese rolls
msgooch I previously used a rewards system with myself and it seemed to work out good for me. I got the front of my shoulder and upper chest tattoo done when I saw good collarbone definition (NSV because I had never once been able to see my collarbone under all the fat). I also started a half sleeve tattoo when I got into a normal BMI range and now when I get back to where I was before gaining back 24 lbs, I am going to finish the half sleeve.
EmilyLarnder I prefer 3 meals but sometimes will do two small breakfasts as its quicker and more convenient. Clean eating / whole foods with 30 mins a day of exercises usually allows me to lose 7-10 lbs a month. As long as you are eating properly, the amount of meals won't matter as long as you are not hungry as that often leads to binge eating I find.
Good afternoon to all, did not get a chance to post this am.
WI up .6 - 159.8, I knew I would just as soon as I started to workout again
WO not much this am was a FB video as usual but this one was low impact and focused on abs. While I need that work the first two exercises I could not do so I skipped the rest.
Meal wise so far today on point, but have a dinner to attend tonight so not sure how that will go.
Thank you Diana, that recipe looks great and now is the time of year to take advantage of the zucchini
I don't know how it tastes. Maybe there are some reviews out there. It looked like it was firm enough in the video to hold up to the marinara sauce so maybe it will work.
I forgot to mention an update on our friend Brandon. He is going in for his stem cell transplant tomorrow. His Dad is the donor. Please keep him in your prayers.
Taking an hour off work this morning so I could do my exercises. FatGirl had me checking social media this morning thinking I was going to skip the exercises, FitGirl prevailed and said, nope just going in late. (FatGirl and FitGirl are the representations of my ongoing struggle with adopting a healthy lifestyle)
Diana said a prayer for Brandon and his family, hope all goes well for him.
Looks like life is making me wait for that killer bread though. It's not sold in my area. 
I have my workday way and my day-off way. 
