Good Morning!
Tuesday's Journal

Calories...1,206
Fiber...66 grams
Water... 9 (8oz.)
Exercise... Spent the whole day running up and down the stairs at MIL, dragging out junk for rummage sale.
Fun... MIL had lots of laughs going thru 60+ years of old stuff. We found DH little wool navy blue sailor outfit he wore at age 4.
Breakfast:
Vitmains/Fish oils
Fiber One, dry
Granny Smith apple

Lunch:Same, I didn't have time to make a lunch so I just grabbed what was handy. I was too busy to eat anyway, I had this on the run.
Fiber One, dry
Granny Smith apple

Supper:
I was starved by supper time and I really pigged out.
5oz. Elk Tenderloin steak
3.6 oz. Baked potato
Pork 'n Beans

Evening snack:
Kettle corn (100 cal bag)
8oz. skim milk
SF Pistachio pudding with ff cool whip and Fiber One
8 whole almonds

Bobbi :joker:

Lynn... Are you keeping track of us or are we suppose to do that ourselves?

Originally Posted by :
In an effort to inspire us to eat right, exercise, and have fun, I am proposing a new challenge - the First or Fourth of July Challenge. Challengers may choose to end their challenge on either the First of July (Canada Day) or the Fourth of July (Independence Day). Here are the rules - Beginning this week, and for every day until the end of the Challenge, challengers must post a message that includes 3 things.
1) their meal plan for the next day
2) their exercise plan for the next day
3) what they plan to do for fun during the next day

In the first post, please include whether you will end your challenge on the First of July or the Fourth of July. If we get several folks in each group, we might even end up with an inter-group challenge!

The challengers with the most posts will win a prize.

I really don't know what we will eat today as I am going to the grocery today and getting ready for our trip.

B. cereal, 1% milk, fruit
S. cheese stick
L. chicken noodel soup, 6 low fat crackers
S. 7 mini rice cakes & a small apple
D. grilled hamburger, NO bun, onion, carrots
S. Sugar free pudding

E. walk 1 mile dvd
Fun.- Going out tonight with friends

Ha, just made part of my grocery list doing this.....Phyllis

Back again, more determined than ever!

B - Fiber One cereal, 1/4 cup skim milk, half cup sliced fresh strawberries, 1
sliced banana.

L- Leftover roasted chicken breast
Leftover steamed brocolli
1 50-cal. multi-grain tortilla wrap
1 orange

S/D - 1 4-oz 93% lean hamburger patty made with chopped onions & peppers
brown rice
green beans

S (evening) Probably popcorn

Exercise - 1 30-minute bike ride (but I'm checking out the fitness centers around here today)

Fun - getting home from work, relaxing w/DH, and chatting with DD on phone
(I don't do a lot on weekday evenings - tired after my back & forth
commute & working all day).

Menu for today:

Breakfast: Organic cereal, Eggbeaters, ham and 2% cheese
snack: lots of carrots

Lunch: stuffed chicken breast with very large salad

Dinner: some kind of fish, baked yam. and cauliflower.
snack: Lemon Yogert dessert and cereal??
drink about 12-14 glasses of water.

excersise:
Curves, 3rd time this week.
walk on 10 min. on the tread mill. Did elliptical 10 min.
Will do at least 100 crunches later.
And if I get the energy more walking.

For fun. Watch my shows that were Tv'd recently.

Hi,
my plans for today are...

Breakfast:
cereal, eggbeat w/2% cheddar
Snack: lots of carrots

Lunch:
Pork loin with Mashed potatoes and Califlower

Snack:
Yogert?

Dinner:
Shrimp with a large salad.

Snack: apple w/ pb . Maybe a bowl of cereal if hungry.

Excersise:
Walk 30 min. Elliptical 10 min. Crunches at least 100.

Fun: Granddaughter is coming over for grandma to play with for a few hrs. Yeah! :cheer2:

Bobbi,

At the end of the month, I will add up everyone's posts for May.

Lynn

Today -

Breakfast -
Glucerna Drink

Lunch -
Hummus
WW Pita (small)
Apple

Dinner -
Fish
Dressing
Sweet Potato
Veggies
Smart Balance

After Dinner
Yogurt

Good Morning!
Theresa, what time are you serving lunch? Pork loin and mashed taters are my favorite, I'll be right over! :hun:

Wednesday's Journal:
Calories...1,205
Fiber... 53 grams
Water... 12 glasses (8 oz)
Exercise... Strength training at Fitness Center + running up and down stairs all day at MIL getting ready for her rummage sale.
Fun... Coming home to a prepared Elk Tenderloin dinner and DH doing the dishes. He's actually been doing that all week since I've been at his mother's all week cleaning and pricing her stuff. I'll be there today and tomorrow too, it's taking so long because we stripping everything in case she'll need to move to a nursing home or assisted living apartment.

Breakfast:
Vitamins/Fish oils
Fiber One, dry
Apple 7.13 oz.

Lunch:
Turkey breast 3 oz.
2 low cal bread
lettuce/mustard
1/2 cup FF cottage cheese

Afternoon snack: bag of kettle corn (100 cal)

Supper:
Elk Tenderloin/ au juice
Lettuce salad w/mixed greens, veggies
Sesame Ginger dressing
fresh Asparagus with lemon pepper
2 slices lo cal toast

Evening snack:
SF Butterscotch pudding with ff cool whip and Fiber One
8 oz. skim milk
16 almonds

Later...........Bobbi :joker:

This will be my last post for a couple of weeks, off on vacation....I'll try to be good.

Today:

B. 1 egg, toast, fruit
L. Turkey, cheese, 1 bread, pickles & fruit
S. 7 mini rice cakes, a very small apple
D. Meatloaf, a little corn, applesauce, 1/4 mashed potatoes
S. 2 handful popcorn

Exercise - 1 mile walking DVD
Fun - going to my hypnotist

Friday

B. toast, fruit
S. cheese stick
L. chicken noodle soup, 6 low fat crackers
S. apple
D. Beef Stroganoff, applesauce
S. handfull thin pretzels

Exercise walking TWO mile dvd....and cleaning house
Fun: final packing for trip!

Everyone have a great couple weeks and I will check in when we return.

Phyllis

Good Morning!

Thursday's Journal:
Calories...1,173
Fiber... 59 grams
Water... 13 glasses (8 oz)
Exercise... zillions of trips up and down MIL stairs, I've actually lost 1% of body fat according to my scale yesterday morning.:carrot:
Fun... Finding all kinds of attic treasures!
Last nite I made a huge batch of fresh rhubarb sauce sweetened with Splenda, it was soooooooooooooooo delicious with ff Cool Whip on top and so low in calories. (4oz. serving has only 24 calories) It will be great mixed with Strawberry SF jello or put on top of SF puddings. I haven't been home enough to experiment yet but my imagination is running wild with the possibilities.


Breakfast:
Vitamins/Fish Oils
Fiber One, dry

Snack: Orange

Lunch:
2 oz. turkey breast on 2 slices low cal toast, ff mayo and lettuce
(ate on the run again, didn't sit for more than 5 minutes to eat)

Afternoon snack: Kettle Corn (100 cal bag)

Supper: DH had a huge lettuce/spinach salad made up with cherry tomatoes, veggies, etc. and strips of browned chicken breast.
Sesame Ginger dressing and 2 slices of lo cal toast
SF Butterscotch pudding with ff Cool whip and sprinkled with dry Fiber One. (I would die without my FF Cool Whip)

Evening snack:
12 oz. Rhubarb sauce w/FF Cool Whip
kettle corn (100 cal bag)
8 oz. skim milk
16 almonds

Have a good one, Bobbi :joker:

Bobbi! You are so creative with your FF kool whip & all that yummy stuff like rhubarb sauce (yum!) and puddings, etc. No WONDER you're our poster girl for losing - and maintaining! Sounds like you've got DH trained pretty well to help you stick with it, too! WTG! :cp:

Okay. I don't know if I posted for yesterday - don't think so, so I'll do yesterday AND today with this one post.

Breakfast:
Today - Fiber One cereal in a plastic baggie mixed with some raisins. NO MILK. (I'm copying Bobbi). I/2 banana (the other half was all brown. Ack!), 1 small organge, and six sliced fresh strawberries. 1 cup black coffee.(How's THAT for eating like a queen in the morning????)
Yesterday - EXACT SAME AS ABOVE

Lunch:
Today - 2 oz. deli ham, 2 oz. deli turkey, handful of salad greens, smear of FF Miracle Whip on a 50 calorie multi-grain Tortilla wrap. WATER
Yesterday - (had a luncheon to attend w/some snippety snobs) - half of an appetizer salad made with field greens, a few slices of cuke and a few cherry tomatoes (one of which squirted on my pants when I attempted, oh-so- elegantly, to cut into it); about 4 oz. broiled salmon, three green beans, three wax beans, four carrot slices, two tiny (about the circumference of a quarter) little pan roasted red poatoes. WATER.

Dinner:
Today - Baked chicken breast, baked sweet potato, spinach
Yesterday - Chef salad (made at home w/ bagged salad greens, sliced deli ham & turkey, a scattering of dried cranberries, 1 50-calorie tortilla wrap.

Evening snack:
Today - Popcorn
Yesterday - Popcorn

Exercise:

Today - trimrider - however many reps I can do
Yesterday - trimrider - 125 reps

Fun:

Um. Playing wif' my khats? Chatting wif' DH? Leaving work at 4:00 today and not coming back until Monday?

Thaaaaat's all, folks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TTFN,

Ella :dizzy:

Hi,
my plans for today are...

Breakfast:
cereal, eggbeat w/2% cheddar 2 slices of Turkey bacon and toast.
Snack: lots of carrots

Lunch:
Tuna salad on Whole wheat bread, Salsa and 14 tortilla chips, with Cup of Pinapple

Snack:
Yogert and Apple

Dinner:
Orange Roughy with yam and Cauliflower.
Snack: apple w/ pb . Maybe a bowl of cereal if hungry.
At least 10-12 glasses of water. Problably more.

Excersise: Curves, day 4 this week. Walking and Crunches.

Fun. :shrug: Watch my shows, read a book.

Good Afternoon Girls!
I typed and posted this once but it disappeared, I hate when that happens.
Friday's Journal:
Calories...1,153
Fiber... 78 grams (a record for me)
Water... 9 glasses (8 oz)
Exercise... More running up & down basement stairs at MIL
Fun... Found some very valuable ammo to put out, DH was elated! :high: Me too!

Breakfast:
Vits/Fish Oils
Fiber One, dry

Lunch: Turkey breast sandwich on lo cal bread, lettuce & mustard
Apple

Supper: too tired to cook so we had Omelets.
5 egg whites
2 slices turkey bacon chopped up in it
1 slice ff cheese
2 slices lo cal toast
SF Puddding w/FF Cool Whip on a toasted Flat Out

Evening snack:
Low in calories today since I didn't take much time to eat so I had to pig out after supper.
Kettle Corn (100 cal bag)
Rhubarb Sauce with FF Cool Whip and Fiber One sprinkled on top, this was delicious and made it taste more like Rhubarb pie.
8 oz. skim milk


Vitamins/Fish Oils

Saturdays foods
Breakfast:
Cereal, egg beaters w/2% cheddar and ham. 1 slice toast with apple butter.
Snack, carrots

Lunch,
1 slice Pizza, large salad.

dinner,
veggie burger, 1 1/2 cup Cauliflower, ww mac and cheese 1/2 serving.
1 cup pink stuff.
plus lots of water. I am at 10 for now. will be higher.

Excersise
Yard work. Trimming, etc.
60 crunches
walked 5 min.
elliptical 10 min.
cleaned laundry room, moved furniture.
Grocery shopped

fun, spent day with hubby and kids.

Good Sunday Morning!

Saturday's Journal
Calories... 1,024
Fiber 56 grams
Water... 8 glasses (short of my usual)
Exercise... shopping, errands
Fun... Going to a city wide rummage sale

Breakfast
Vitamins/Fish Oils
Fiber One, dry

Missed morning snack and lunch, was in town shopping, errands, etc.

Afternoon snack: 8 oz. Rhubarb sauce with ff cool whip and Fiber
One

Supper: DH made 1/3 pound Elk burgers on low cal bun
catsup & raw onions
Fried potatoes (in olive oil)
ff cottage cheese with fresh peaches
SF Butterscotch pudding with ff cool whip and Fiber One

Evening snack:
Kettle corn (100 cal bag)
8 oz. skim milk
I had one whole serving of almonds in my fitday to eat for 160 calories but I forgot to eat them. I'll have to try make up the lost calories today.
Have a great Sunday everyone, Bobbi :joker: