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A typical food day, let's see. Breakfast - cup of tea with 1 tsp sugar (yes I know that's bad), little milk, oatmeal and banana one morning and a muffet (sorta like wheatties) and banana next morning. I do this for 6 days. On the 7th - Sunday -- same breakfast but for lunch 1/2 grapefruit, glass orange juice, 2 slices Cdn bacon (low fat), scrambled egg, 1 slice toast (no butter). On some Sundays (maybe once a month) I'll make French Toast but still have the grapefruit & oj) Lunch - either a bowl of veg, chicken, turkey or mushroom soup and an apple. Or some days a sandwich of either turkey, chicken, ham or sometimes leftover roast beef on whole wheat with either low fat mayo or mustard and an apple. Dinner - would be the bigger meal and we'll have a side salad with my own dressing (1/2 olive oil & 1/2 vinegar) topped with a little fresh grated parmesan and a handful of croutons probably 5 or 6 nights a week along with a meat of some sort (chicken, pork chop, lamb chop) and at least one vegetable sometimes 2 and maybe a starch (either rice or potato). Nights when we don't have a potato/rice we'll have an extra vegetable and we only eat potato/rice maybe 2 times a week. As for the red meat, we eat only about twice weekly as well. I also eat 2 snacks a day -- each with a cup of tea and the snacks are either dry roast no salt almonds, rice snacks, sometimes a bit of cheese or some crackers. A few nights a week (as many as 4) I will have a glass or 2 of wine with dinner. When I look back at this I don't know if I eat enough or too much. I have never had to diet before so I'm not sure what to do. I don't know if calorie counting is the way to go or if I should eat more protien or if I should work out more. Maybe I use too much olive oil in my dressings. I usually grill or roast the veggies (carrots, onions, parsnips, peppers) and top with olive oil and herbs. Maybe I eat too much fat that way. I dunno? I'm a little nervous about eating more protien just in case I put on more weight -- does that even make sense? Chris |
Lolla, keep an eye on your dad. Sounds like he got a concussion, which is really never a good thing for anybody. It might take a long time for him to get mentally back to normal.
I learned something about myself recently. When I'm working like mad NOTHING works. Weight, exercise, everything is out the window and it's just stress, stress, stress. When I focus on Flylady my house starts looking fab but I start losing ground with the weight. When I focus on 3FC I do better with the diet and exercise but start losing ground with my house. Apparently I totally lack the "balancing" gene! So I'm sitting here on the conference call explaining how I'm supposed to work as a non-exempt manager knowing full well that as of tomorrow I HAVE to take a lunch. Back to exercise at least once a day! Since I have to also leave on time I may be able to get back into the gym after work, so maybe I can get back to two exercise sessions a day . . . gym space allowing! Then all I have to work out is how to balance 3FC to get the weight moving again and Flylady so my house doesn't look like a tornado hit it. There's always something to work on! |
Hiya- to all our new friends!!!
GUESS WHAT!!!! I got my Christmas wish- I'M MOVING TO NEW MEXICO!!!! (ALBUQUERQUE) They'll be lots of snow and it won't be a bazillion degrees in the summer. I'm gonna have a white Christmas next year!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!. I'm just throwing stuff in boxes. Just thought I'd throw that in cuz I'm always complaining about not seeing any snow... Sorry for the hi-jacking. |
Yippy Jan, I'm happy if you're happy. Don't go too long w/o hooking up your computer! Have a safe move.
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Happy moooooving Jan! How exciting. Heck I coulda mailed you some snow if you wanted it that bad!
Chris, Your lucky weight has never been an issue. I've been dieting over 1/2 my life and I always went the lowfat route before and needless to say, I always found what I lost! Up until NOW and this time around, by george I think I finally got it! I have been maintaining this weightloss for almost 10 months now and I think that is because I am older and wiser and I FINALLY figured it out. I now eat more protein at every meal to feel satisfied and round out each meal with a bit of good fats, just a Tablespoon of ground flax seed or 5 almonds with breakfast and again 5 almonds with lunch etc. Hmnnn your daily menu sounds ok to me, why don't you enter your typical food day on fitday.com, its free and it will tally up all your calories for you just to see how many calories you are eating in a day. This way you have a general guideline and you can tweak it if needed to lose or add more calories in. It also tallies up your exercises so you can add those in too, tells you how many calories you burned etc. Then if you need to add calories, I'd toss in a bit of fat with breakfast and lunch With your banana and oatmeal try adding a bit of ground flax seed or 6 almonds for a bit of good fat. With your lunch you can maybe add a Tablespoon of peanut butter to your apple and so on. Hope this helps you some, I am not a professional by any means, but I am a maintainer, so I do know a thing or two. ~Wendalyn |
Lolla,
Way to change it up, when something isn't working for you. WW is a good program. Hope your dad continues to improve, concussions are scary. Kappy, Ah yes a womans work is never done! We are always improving upon something. Lovn, How goes it, sounds like you are blessed! Enjoy... Where you are Rennie, shoveling snow??? |
Hi there girls.
Well today was my weigh in and I lost 2.5lbs. My friend and I decided to weigh and measure this past Monday and I was shocked by my measurements. So we have started walking each day and it feels so good to be exercising again. I need to do a bit more but every little helps. I'm also watching the calories. I also need to post more as it definetly helps keep me on track. |
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Nice going on the weight loss. Measurements are just as important. Glad you are seeing the difference. Everything helps, exercise, calories, carbs. Our frame of mind. This journey we are taking doesn't just take a day or two. We are in it for the long run. This journey is our life and we will be on it forever. We will find good spots and hard spots and the rewards of a healthy thin body are what it is all about. Evil I am right here. No snow to shovel, we are having rain. Tonight I had the exciting time of going out and finding the rabbit. He got out, I swear in another life he was a magicians rabbit. I finaly found him just sitting there in the yard in the rain without a care in the world. Stupid rabbit. Janny So happy for you. Can't wait for you to see snow. kappy Life is all about balance. The kids, the house, the yard, the way we eat and getting exercise. Maybe sit and make a list for yourself for the next day. Things that need to be done, exercise should be on that list. Chris Fit day really is a great site to use. It is free and will let you see how many calories, fat, carbs and protein you are taking in. Lolla Don't be so jealous lol. I took hours and cleaned the yard. It looked great. That night we had a storm that I thought was going to send my house to oz. You should see my yard now :( looks like I never did a thing. Branches everywhere. lol lovn We have beautiful weather. It is getting colder. We have snow coming. I am going to try to clean the darn yard up again tomorrow if it isn't raining. I love how snow looks laying on the yard. I don't like seeing branches sticking out of the snow lol. I have nothing to complain about. I have come so far since I was a kid. I have a nice warm house, my car runs and I never have to worry about it breaking down. I have food and am never hungry ( ok maybe that isn't a great thing lol ). I am loved. What more can a person want from life. Tell him you will sit in a tree this summer and take your own pic lol. Oh don't even say baked potato. When I was a kid my mother went into the hospital for gallbladder surgery. These days it is out patient but back then it was 3 or 4 weeks in the hospital. All my father fed us was baked potatoes and bacon. I can't stand to even see a baked potato let alone smell one lol. |
Wendy, It does sound like you have it all figured out. Isn't it sad that we spend so many years getting it right? My best friend is only 34 and she winces a little every time I tell someone my age (43) I always smile and tell her, "someday you'll have it figured out and you'll know the number means nothing." Have a great day!
Clydegirl, Great job on the loss. You and your girlfriend stick together. It makes it easier! I hope you do post often. It encourages me to know I'm not alone in this either. Rennie, Sorry to hear of your escapade in the rain. My SIL has 2 rabbits. They've never escaped, but the stories she tells lol Does your's use a litter box and roam the house? I can't see you allowing that in your clean home, but maybe your bunny is better trained. My kids love her rabbits though. They're so soft. We got enough snow again last night to hide the uglies. I hate that sticks through the snow look too. Have a great day! Me, kinda in a turmoil. I've been awake since 3am. DD leaves this morning for her All State Choir weekend. She'll be staying in a hotel with chaperones I've never met. They're discouraged from bringing cell phones etc...I know she'll be fine, but I'm never right when they face something new out on their own. I can tell she's nervous too. Even though she would never admit it. She's bigger than the avg 14 y/o. She's 5'8" and weighs about 175. Not fat, but no skinny minny like most of her friends. She's very comfortable with herself. Far moreso than I ever was. I'd starved myself to thinness by her age already. At least I believe she's comfortable with herself. Would I really know if she weren't? What if some of her fear comes from how she looks and worrying will anyone accept her? Augh! These are my fears...she's beautiful with one of the lovliest voices I've ever heard. She's smart, she's funny, she'll be fine..I worry every day I will infect her with self doubt like my mother did to me. Thank you all so much for letting me spill here..you have no idea how valuable this spot of safety is to me. Warm wishes!! |
Ok, I'm back! My computer here at home is fixed now, so I should be able to get on and post more now. It wasn't as big of a deal as I thought it would be, so that was a nice surprise. There is a power source inside of your computer that the power cord plugs into and it distributes the power to all the components in the computer (who knew?). Anyway, ours burned out or something like that. Fortunately, it didn't hurt the mother board (whatever), so it was an easy fix.
I still won't be able to post much, if at all, at work. They are really starting to crack down on email and internet usage at work. While I understand why they have to do it, with all of the abuse that can happen, it is frustrating that it affects all of us. That includes those of us who come in early and stay late, if necessary. We're getting our work done and we use the computer on breaks rather than gathering around the coffee maker and gossipping. So, it has rubbed me the wrong way, but what are you going to do? I made the comment that maybe they need to worry more about the cell phone usage and text messaging going on. Oh well... moving on. As for my time away from 3FC... I was NOT good. I went off plan and haven't been doing well with eating and I'm not getting exercise. As Lolla can tell you, too, Colorado has been getting a lot of snow. Where I live, we get some snow, but it normally melts the next day. Well, not lately. We have been getting a lot of snow, it melts only slightly, just enough to turn to ice. So, walking outside has been a problem. My treadmill is out of order now, too, so that hasn't helped. But, I need to just bundle up and get outside. I have to quit making excuses. So, since I have some personal days that I need to use before the end of February, I took off today for a little mental health. I have some things I want to try to get done, too, but mainly I want to get out my notebook, make some plans, and get my head back on straight. Lovn: Your daughter will be fine. I know how you feel, but we have to let them take these trips and be out by themselves. It won't be long until they have to tackle all of this on their own, as "adults", so these mini trips from home are good practice. I would be unhappy about the no cell phone rule because I would want to hear from my baby! Rennie: We have a rabbit, too. He stays in his pen outside though. He is probably the laziest rabbit ever because it seems like he has no desire to get out. Just give him food and water and a nice place to nap! Clyde: Keep posting. Come back often and chat. I agree with you that it really is helpful to stay connected. Maybe if I had stayed connected, I wouldn't have discovered "chocolate extreme" blizzards at Dairy Queen. (what was I thinking?) Boredom, irritability, and stress don't help you make good decisions. Evil: Whassup??! (I can't believe I typed that. That phrase usually makes me cringe. Don't tell my kids I said that.) Jan: I have 2 friends and my sister-in-law that live in Albuquerque. I am so excited for you! It is really a beautiful place to be. Are you moving there for work, or just because you want to be there? Kappy: I feel your pain. I've always felt that I can keep one part of my life under control, but the rest are in chaos. I just try to alternate what part is under control. Makes you crazy after awhile! Chris: Welcome! Looking forward to getting to know you! Well, I guess I better stop the writing. Sorry for the long post!! Talk to you all later. |
Lovn
George lives in the solarium. He is little box trained. Unlike a cat I don't think rabbits can make sure they get to the litter box all the time lol. I would say he uses it 98% of the time. I do let him come into the house and the kids have to vacuum when they put him back in the solarium. If we could get him 100% trained I would just let him live in the house although the cat wouldn't like that at all. Winkie runs the house and he doesn't like animals except for the dog lol. What happened was they didn't close the gate good where George lives ( I have a section set aside for him in the solarium ) you have to make sure that gate is pushed right up against the wall or he will get his body out of there. He likes to escape lol. When someone came in the solarium door last night from outside he slipped out. It is dark in there ( there is moon light ) and they didn't see him. My daughter is small for her age. She is 5 foot 1. Thinks she is a giant since she is finaly taller than mom lol. I do know how you feel. They are going to kingslsland in the spring for a choir thing. I am nervous, I don't know the chaperone's. They are allowed cell phones at least. She is grown up, she doesn't need mom. Sighhhhh, why is it she calls me every night from work to chat on her break lol. She is comfortable with herself, I hope. She sure isn't a skinny mini. Built much bigger than I am. I do know, it is starting to get to her me losing weight. I am not suppose to be smaller than her. Hope this doesn't cause her a problem as the weigh comes off me. I tryed to explain to her, I am just a little person. She is a normal person. Me being smaller than her means nothing. It just means I am built smaller than her. I do worry about this. |
Hey lovn,
Your a fabulousa mom for worrying about your daughter, of course she will be ok, but you always have to worry when she is not near you, that is normal. But you have to let your child spread her wings and not miss out of opportunities of being a kid, so it is a good experience for her and she will no doubt have a great trip! She sounds like one talented kid, be proud of how you raised her, she sounds like a beautiful talented young lady. I just wish other peoples parents would give a rats @ss about their children when they are away from them, but the sad thing is a lot of parents simply do not care and their kids are hellians!!!! Rennie, So you've been rabbit hunting huh? That could be a tale to tell, caught a rabbit and didn't even need a gun!!!! I used to have rabbits as pets when I was a kid, but they stayed outside in a cage, too many rabbit pellets yanno.. Way to lose clyde, thats great. |
I'm feeling much better now that she's on the road. Except of course it has started snowing and the roads were still snowy from last night!!! I am feeling much more relaxed though. I always have kind of a mini melt down when one of the kids are going away. We had a nice chat while doing her last minute packing. She's not fearful at all and is actually hoping she rooms with a stranger. I drove her to school with her necessities (including my cell phone, turned off, packed in her makeup kit, just in case SHE wants to call.) I did have success this morning. When in town I sooooo wanted to stop and get a Pershing at our local bakery. Just to help with the stress you know. I came home without even going in the Bakery. As for daughter's figure and such. Luckily she has a great role model in my SIL. She is 6'1" tall and well over 200#. She doesn't look fat...she's just a big woman. She wears gorgeous clothes, never skips a pool party, has earned her masters in psychology and is just all around content and happy and loads of fun.She truly loves herself and has for years. Quite an accomplishment for someone young. In my opinion anyway. Enough of that. Daughter's off. She's happy and I've got housework to do!!!
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Wendy, thanks for the kind words. We must have been posting at the same time! I do care alot. She is talented and terrific. I want her to experience everything she possibly can. At her age I was so self conscious of how I looked and whether people like me or not that I never accomplished half of what I could have. I've made sure that my children know they're loved and home is a safe haven. No name calling or picking is allowed. I didn't have that when I was growing up and I think it has made it easier for her to spread her wings. Someday she'll fly. She has college planned out and everything, but she swears she'll never miss a holiday at home. If I can get that I'll be one lucky mom!
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Good morning ladies Sorry I haven';t been on in the last few days. I have a sinus infection and my grandfather passed away Wed. It is for the best He was not himself. He has been suffering for a few years.
Anyway I haven't really been eating much. So I am sure I have lost. I went to the Drs yesturday. I had to weigh in I closed my eyes and asked the nurse not to tell me my weight. I am trying not to look at the numbers But at how my clothes fit. The last few day all I have been wearing are sweats. Hope everyone is doing good. Take care and I am hoping to get back on Monday. Karen |
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