Okay, after not being hungry the last two days I was ravenous today!

Breakfast
20 oz smoothie from Smoothie King (angel food)

Morning snack
1 oz cheddar cheese

Lunch
6" turkey and cheese sub with light mayo from subway
An orange

Snacks!
1.25 oz trail mix (prepackaged bag!), minus the almonds
1 cup pineapple chunks
Luna Bar (Nutz over Chocolate)

Dinner
Low fat shrimp creole over brown rice
About 1 cup of low fat ice cream (Edy's double churned)

For exercise, 30 minutes on the stationary bike. Total calories was right under 2000.

Hello? (echo) Anybody here? I know rabidstoat and I are not the only ones who need this thread, and just because Sargent Jilly is gone temporarily doesn't mean we can all slack off!

Here's my menu for today:

• carnation instant breakfast w/ skim milk
• yogurt
• instant oatmeal
• salad (lots of lettuce, some lean ground turkey cooked with taco seasoning, fat-free sour cream, and lots of salas instead of dressing--wish I had some ff shredded cheese, but I forgot to buy some, but overall, a GREAT salad for very few calories--I've finally found a substitute for those creamy dressings I love so much: slasa!)
• yogurt-covered raisins (discovered they have trans fats, though, so one these are gone, I won't buy any more)
• cheese pizza
• turkey ham
• instant mashed potatoes

Gosh, that seems like a LOT of food, but it comes to about 1850 calories, so I'm still below 2000 for the day :)

Okay, okay, jillybean, I'm here! :p

I've been really busy with odds and sods yet don't seem to have accomplished anything much. :dizzy:

Tues 18/10:

Breakfast: 1 cup Optimum Slim cereal, 1 oz seedless raisins, ½ cup 0% milk; 500 ml coffee, 500 ml water.
Lunch: 1 cup h-m soup, 500 ml water.
Snack: 6½ oz banana, 500 ml water.
Dinner: 4½ oz tuna, 2 oz whole-wheat couscous, 1 cup peas, 2 tblsp. pine nuts, 500 ml water.
Snack:
Extra Drinks: Cocoa (1 cup 0% milk, 2 tsp. cocoa).

Total kcals: 1195 (plus free veggies)

Exercise: 2 walks: 1.54 miles and 4.57 miles.

Weds 19/10:

Breakfast: 1 cup Optimum Slim cereal, 1 oz seedless raisins, ½ cup 0% milk; 500 ml coffee, 500 ml water.
Lunch: 50 g tofu, 56 g whole-wheat bread, 1 tblsp.walnut mustard, salad (cabbage, carrot, cucumber, hot peppers, tomato); 500 ml water.
Snack: 3 LC party cubes, 11 Triscuits Thin Crisps; 500 ml water.
Dinner: 3½ chicken breast (grilled), roasted veggies (carrots, leeks, parsnips, sprouts, swede) with 4 tblsp. pecan pieces; 2 oz pumpkin bread; 500 ml water.
Extra Drinks: 500 ml water, 250 ml green tea.

Total kcals: 1595 (plus free veggies)

Exercise: 4 miles WATP.

Thurs 20/10:

Breakfast: 1 cup Optimum Slim cereal, 1 oz seedless raisins, ½ cup 0% milk; 500 ml coffee, 500 ml water.
Snack: 6 oz banana; 500 ml water.
Lunch: 80 g tofu, salad (cabbage, carrot, cucumber, hot peppers, tomato); 500 ml water.
Dinner: 540 ml tin Campbell's Chunky Beef Fajita soup; 500 ml water.

Then I totally lost the plot--developed the munchies around 19:00 and spent the rest of the night snacking on nuts and crackers with cheese, and lots of it! :ink: I didn't measure any of that, but know it all took me way over my kcal allowance. I wasn't emotional or anything, just genuinely felt hungry. :shrug: These things happen.

I'm really fascinated by those in the UK (I presume) doing measurements in metric. I have no idea what the equivalents are. DishyFishy could be eating an entire cow for all I know, I'm metric ignorant. :)

Breakfast
Oatmeal (full sugar kind)
MorningStar breakfast patty
McDonald's Fruit and Yogurt parfait with LF granola

Lunch
Healthy Choice Sweet Bourbon Steak meal
Side salad with LF balsamic vinegarette from McD's

Dinner
Half a chicken breast baked in barbecue sauce
Simply Grillin' potatoes and veggies, in garlic (more than a serving)

Exercise: 30 minutes on the stationary bike.
Tivoed show, watched while exercising: Everyone Hates Chris episode, and a bit of Survivor Marquesas

Calories were about 1160. That's low, but yesterday was high, so it makes sense.

"...an entire cow" :rofl:
I'm ex-UK, living in Canada now. I was a staunch supporter of the Metric Martyrs and was always a pounds-&-ounces, pints-&-fluid-ounces lass (that's Imperial measures, mind, not US :p), but Canadians have this whole metric thing going on. :rolleyes: Now, I use whichever measure is most convenient. My kitchen scales do both, but it's much easier to measure, work out, and log 40 g than 1.4109 oz, for example. And my most-often-used tumblers and mugs are 500 ml and 250 ml respectively, so I log my drinks in metric.

As a rule of thumb, 28 g is about 1 oz equivalent, and 500 ml is about 2 cups, or just over a pint (US) and just under a pint (Imperial).

And then there's the difference in UK and US cups.... :lol:

[Edited to add...]
Went daft with KFC for dinner. I overate and felt quite ill afterwards. :( I wish I could remember how much rubbishy fast food messes with my digestive system BEFORE I overdo it. :rolleyes: Hubby is under instructions to remind me in future. All that salt has really bloated me up too. Bleah!

Fri 21/10:

Breakfast: Shake (6½ oz banana, crushed ice, ½ cup 2% yogurt, ¼ cup 0% milk, vanilla extract); 500 ml coffee, 500 ml water.
Lunch: 1 cup Optimum Slim cereal, ½ cup 0% milk, 1 oz seedless raisins; 500 ml water.
Dinner: KFC Original Recipe AND Boneless Wings AND coleslaw. :yikes:
Extra Drinks: 250 ml green tea, 2½ litres un-sweetened iced tea, 1 l water.

Total kcals: 3000? :o

Exercise: None.

Hi folks,

It is so great to be back AND you will truly be missed Jilly. It seems we have lost a few people and I am very grateful for those still here. I know exactly what you mean dishyfishy re that fast food. What is the attraction?

In the meantime... I have a bad port on my computer and will have infrequent internet access for about the next 4 weeks. I am still kind of recovering my emotional balance from my recent roller coaster due to health concerns. Food has been ok with an occasional not so great day. Exercise has been terrific and I have completed two legs of my Lazy Man's Triathalon. I have ten more days to complete 70 milesof bicycling!!!! Better get to the gym now!!!

Great to have you back, activeadventurer! We're getting mighty sparse around these parts lately.

Alright, I am cut off for today (it's about 7:30pm), so here's what I had:

• apple
• yogurt-covered raisins
• honey nut cheerios w/skim milk
• Silver Diner bacon cheeseburger w/barbecue sauce (but at least I got a side salad instead of french fries!)
• more yogurt-covered raisins
• another apple
• leftover turkey-ham and spaghetti

Total according to Fitday: almost 2300 calories :o Could have been worse, though, considering the Diner excursion (they have AMAZING milkshakes, but I refused) ;)

Okay, forgot to post on Saturday because I was tired. Here goes.

Breakfast
Breakfast burrito (LF/lowcarb veggie wrap with 1/2 cup egg beater, some stirfried veggies in 1 tsp oil, 1 LF pepperjack cheese slice, and a glop of salsa)

Lunch
Leftover barbecue chicken (only about 4-5 oz pre-cooking) and Simply Grillin' veggies (about a serving and a half)

Snack
3/4 cup LF ice cream (meant to eat the watermelon but....)

Dinner
Leftover crock pot shrimp creole over brown rice (super-filling and mostly veggies!)

Exercise: 30 leisurely minutes on the exercise bike
Watched: The last bit of a Survivor Marquesas episode, and another Everyone Hates Chris episode

Calorie total for the day, again, was low, at 1240. Since I'm not hungry, it's around 1200, and I'm headed to Disney this week, I'm not going to worry about it. I'm sure I'll have a heavy-eating hungry day soon, and if not, I'll pick up some calories at the theme parks.

Sunday's not over yet, but I have already planned dinner, so here's the day:

• 2 Special K bars (one strawberry, one cranberry apple)
• Trix cereal w/skim milk
• sandwich (3 slices whole grain bread, lettuce, miracle whip, honey mustard, ham, turkey breast, swiss cheese, and provolone cheese) w/a serving of SunChips
• boneless, skinless chicken breast cooked with salsa, topped with fat-free shredded cheddar cheese and a dab of sour cream, served over brown rice

Per FitDay, comes to about 1765 calories for the day :D

Denise! :wave: You're doing a great job with the LMT! Bad luck about your 'puter though.

You're right, Jill, it has quietened down around here. It's not the same without Jillegal, of course, but where the heck are the two Lauras, hmm? And Apryl and RealCdn and SAPF and SillyFluff and Synger? Even Beth and Claire don't pop in nearly often enough either. I hope everyone's just too busy to post here, and that they're not neglecting themselves. :halffull:

I was low on kcals too, rabidstoat, but since I was way over the previous two days, it's probably a good job! ;)

Sat 22/10:

Breakfast: 1 cup Optimum Slim cereal, ½ cup 0% milk, 1 oz seedless raisins, Starbuck's double tall FF latte, 500 ml water.
Snack: 4 oz lean sliced ham; 500 ml water.
Lunch: 3 sushi maki rolls, salad (red cabbage, carrot, cucumber, tomato); 1 l water.
Snack: 11 Triscuits Thin Crisps; 250 ml green tea.
Dinner: 5 oz chicken breast (grilled), brussels sprouts & leeks, ¼ oz Parmigiano-Reggiano; 500 ml water.
Snack: 5 Altoids (Tangerine Sours).
Extra Drinks: 500 ml coffee with 2 tblsp. half & half

Total kcals: 1245 (plus free veg)

Exercise: 20 minute bike ride, 20 minute walk, strength workout.


And finally...
My sister's stuck with WW for two weeks now, and I'm so proud of her I made her a ticker:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra...5/133/179/.png

Three cheers for SisterFish! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Hi folks,

OP food days yesterday and so far today. Find myself VERY resistant to going to the gym. It's like now that I know the LMT is within my reach I don't want to finish. Crazy indeed!!! The last two LMT's I've tried (each summer two and three years ago) I never even got close to finishing. I think the support of posting has really helped to keep me on track, now it is just closing that I need to do.

Dishyfishy, glad to see you back on track and love the tracker for your sister. Way to go sis!!!

Okay, more calories today, but I had a 'junk food' craving at lunch. Here's how it shaped out.

Breakfast
Small box of frosted mini wheats with 2% milk
1 oz cheddar cheese

Lunch
McDonald's double cheeseburger
McDonald's medium fry

Dinner
Chicken in a red curry ginger sauce
Spiced couscous with peas and carrots
1.5 cups diced watermelon

Exercise: 30 minutes on the cycle
What I watched: An Everyone Hates Chris episode and a bit of a Biggest Loser episode from a few weeks ago

Calories: 1722(ish)

DishyFishy, I saw my name! I have to be back, so I will post today's:

Brunch w/Mom:
pepperoni/genoa salami
fresh mozzarella
french bread
olives
baby grape tomatoes
4 cups coffee (pumpkin spice) w/maybe 1/4 cup milk

dinner:
3 ounces beef pot roast
1 serving carrots
1 serving potatoes
3/4 of a green apple
3/4 of a yellow apple
1 bottle water

now:
2 cups peppermint tea

I am hungry, but not going to eat anything as it's 11pm. ;)


also:

That's why I can't use fitday anymore, too frustrating.

I had the same FitDay frustrations. Drove me nuts!

What I did was choose the 'Add Custom Food' option and filled in the nutrition label off a package of chicken I bought at the store. It was like 110 calories for 4 ounces, and it had the cholesterol and sodium and fat and protein numbers. Then I labeled it 'Chicken I really eat' or something. :)

I did that too until I realized I had 40 foods in there. :lol: