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Holiday Challenge
As the holiday season approaches, I don't want to gain any weight. I want to lose weight. Sort of the gift to myself. I thought perhaps I wasn't the only one out there that might feel like a good old fashioned challenge might be helpful. I'm competitive with myself to stay on plan and making it a challenge, especially acknowledging it publicly, will make me more successful.
What I'm proposing is that each day we post a short note saying whether we are successful that day (night posters) or were successful (day posters) the previous day. Doesn't matter what life style you're following, just that you've stayed on plan. I know that Turkey day I won't be in my calories but that post I just won't get a "way to go", but that I will posted that I counted my calories and posted them. Whatever way of keeping yourself accountable would work. For me, it would be posting my day's calories. For WW followers, the day's net points, for low carbers, posting the carbs. Or just saying the wagon didn't leave you in its dust. Or if it did toss you off, getting cheers for you to jump back on. My thought is that there are lots of support threads that we get into our lives and thoughts. This would be mostly just quick posts with "atta girls" and the such. I hope you join me as I'd not like being the only poster. I'd hate for it to be a blog. There's 89 days left till the New Year and not a pound is going to be added to my body. In fact, my pre-resolution is that pounds will be deleted. Marie |
This is a great idea, Marie. :carrot: To be accountable here, daily, makes a person think twice before going over your calories/points/etc., but more importantly, gives you a place to wag your own tails while OP, and a chance to encourage others while facing the holidays!
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Sounds good Marie
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10/5/11
My goal is to eat more vegetables. So far, no progress - maybe tonight. I will do better on Friday (will be finished with antibiotics at end of day, Thursday. 10/5/11 NG yesterday. Today is the last day of the antibiotic. I hope to start moving toward my goal tomorrow. 10/7/11 First day without antibiotic! Feeling good. Ate some squash and some snap peas - no gastric problems. 10/8/11 Making butternut squash; had an Amy's vegetable shepard's pie (has beans instead of beef); making a vegetable stew with a bunch of veggies. 10/9/11 Ate butternut squash - yummy. 10/10/11 Ate vegetable stew over whole wheat pasta. Lynn |
Yesterday was a good day plan wise. Pretty much in every other way a bad day. I had a NSV when a co-worker offered me a brownie when I was so upset about a work problem. I looked at her, seriously contemplating it, and then said "No. I'm not going to eat my anger away". Pretty cool. I had 1050 calories, not including fruits and veges. My calorie limit is 1200 so I was under the goal. I think on a bad day, that is a success. And I've already ellipticalled this morning and morning cals are on track.
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Yesterday was on plan for eating. I had an early court appearance so I didn't work out but I walked 2 miles at a brisk pace in the evening.
So far I am on plan with breakfast - although my blood sugar was too low to workout this morning so I ate half of a banana before. I did 60 minutes of walkitout. |
On plan with eating all day yesterday, even with being in a bar for pool league. I had a chicken breast sand. (I left the bun) and a green salad. Two glasses of wine that I planned for.
No workout this morning so counting this as a rest day. My goal for the day is to push water to help with inflamation. |
Rie, way to go on the choices. I like the idea of chicken without the bun and planning for wine. That's my method too. Plan for the good stuff so you can enjoy it without guilt. When I'm eating off plan, I have loads of guilt. Eating on plan, like yesterday :) gives me no guilt when I have the planned goodie (aka mocha). I must say I feel so relieved to be eating on plan again.
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Today was a good day on plan. Stuck with my goals and enjoyed the calories I consumed.
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Originally Posted by Marie: Yesterday was good for me - walked about 45 min, had chicken and veggies for dinner and lost a pound today. I've packed a healthy lunch for today with chicken, cabbage, and celery with peanut butter. |
WebWoman, your dinner sounded like mine yesterday. When I realized it was too cold out to use the BBQ, I wrapped my chicken breast in foil after I'd dumped a little picante sauce on it. Then baked the foil pack in the oven. The picante flavor seeped into the meat and it was great. I will say your lunch sounds bad to me (except the chicken). Deathly allergic to peanuts and I hate celery and cabbage. Form an objective point of view, you packed a mighty healthy lunch.
And CONGRATS on losing a pound!!! Great job. I don't weigh but I know I feel better. When my clothes fit better I will post that victory. I'm doing well so far today. I need to run to the store to buy an apple to go with my lunch since I ate the one I had for breakfast. I can tell its the end of the week and getting to be grocery time. Marie |
Hello Challenge friends!
HUGE workout this morning. I didn't know that I had it in me! Tee Hee I was on plan for eating yesterday. Ds tried something new on the BBQ (we don't really care about the weather): grilled eggplant. I really enjoyed it but ds and dgs didn't. So, I put it in the soup that I am making. I have always eaten a large green salad or a large portion of cucumbers before my meals. It fills me up and keeps me from eating calorie/carb dense foods. Getting a little tired of that so I am trying something new: I am making a big pot of soup today with "free" veggies like onions, celery, and eggplant. I am flavoring it with some beef that I will remove after cooking and I loaded it up with a bunch of the tomatoes from the garden. I am letting it cook down and then I will portion it out and freeze some. I told ds that I want to have a cup of soup before every supper to take a break from salad for a while. I figure, same concept, just different format. What do you think? It sounds like you are both on plan. Cool on the Weight loss and the good eating. Later. Rie |
Hello Challengers!
On plan yesterday. I had popcorn at the movie but I planned for it and ate very sparingly. I got the soup done last night and it is wonderful! I got in a good workout this morning despite not feeling really well. I hope everyone is well today. Rie |
Just saw this and think it's a good idea as the holidays are always a difficult time for me when it comes to eating. I'm OP today. My L&G meal was 2 veggie burgers and 1 3/4 c steamed broccoli (with just a little salt...I love broccoli!). Tonight I will have two MF meals each around 100 cal/1 carb eat so I should end up just under a 1000 cal for the day.
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HI. I'd like to join in.
I teach third grade. Every summer I lose about 15 pounds, and I swear I won't gain it back. But then school starts and I don't have time to go to the gym (I also have orchestra two nights a week). The weight does not come back right away, so I get complacent. Then suddenly after Christmas I am ten pounds heavier, and by the time school ends the 15 pounds are back. I want to keep it from happening this year. I did lose the usual 15 pounds this summer, and started school at 130 pounds. Right now I am 129. I have joined a challenge to get down to 127 by Nov 1. My other goal is 600 minutes of cardio in October. So far I have only done 70 minutes. I started on a brisk walk early this evening and when I was about a quarter mile from home it started to rain ightly. My walk turned into a hard trot as I ran for home in the rain! :) Annie in Texas |
Annie and Mary, welcome to the challenge friends. You're both doing wonderful. Annie I understand the start of school problem and too busy to pay attention. I love the hard trot home. I betcha that was great for your heart. Mary, you are cruising on your MF diet. I'm so happy for you that you found something perfect for you. Val, your soup sounds mouth watering. Really excellent. If you could shoot some through the internet, I'd love some. I like your swap, especially as winter approaches.
I was angel girl on play yesterday, a little below cals. Today was a different. No atta girl for me. Helping my DGS's mom move and having DGS this evening wasn't a help. To be honest, while DGS has been here, I've been doing my plan. It was the pizza lunch during the moving. I do know I was moving a lot so I have dreams I burned the extra cals. Not counting on it. I did elliptical and walk 1.5 miles this morning so that was good. Marie |
OP today. It's really pretty hard to get OFF plan with this diet! LOL That's why it is so perfect for me, Marie! :D Meals so far today:
Breakfast - chocolate chip pancakes am snack - chocolate crunch bar (ate it quickly in church!) lunch - 2 veggie patties (no bun), 1 cup steamed zucchini and 1/2 cup steamed broccoli pm snack - my version of a MF moca frappuccino See what I mean...THIS is a diet?!!!:carrot: |
Hi all,
I was on plan today with activity and food. Admittedly, a little high in calories but carb controlled. Ds had a friend over and we barbqued some steaks. I want to do a heavy workout tomorrow morning. Good job everyone staying on plan Rie |
I would love to join you gals. I want to lose 10 pounds "as soon as possible" which so far this year has been not happening. I actually lost five during June and July but they were back after August. So back to square one:)
This weekend I was visiting my daughter in Florida and ran across 1/2 size bottles of Kendall Jackson Chardonnay. So cool! Alcohol is one of my trip ups. I don't want to give it up entirely which is what I do with most foods I have trouble controlling. This smaller bottle though could be very helpful. No extra wine sitting in the fridge calling my name after work! My goal today is no alcohol and no bread tonight. |
Terapet, welcome and great find on the small wine bottles. Anything that helps us control portions!!!!
Mary, I still see that chocolate thread in your posts. :) We share that love. Rie, oh steaks sound good. We get lousy beef here in Southern Oregon but I bet yours was amazing. I've been not great with lots of changes in my schedule. BUT... I've been pretty good. Did I lose weight? Probably not but I wouldn't have gained either. Today my life is more in the normal range and I'm on plan. It is so helpful when life throws me a curve in the eating goals to get back on track quickly. That's where me aim is. Not getting ran over by the wagon as it rolls away. Marie |
Hello All
On plan yesterday and so far, today. A very early meeting prevented me from getting in a workout, but I will just count it as a rest day. I ate too little yesterday and I was really hungry last night but didn't get out of hand. Tet, cool on the little wine bottles. I like white Zin and I am not picky about what brand. I found little single serve bottles here. NICE Marie, yup, don't let that wagon get you as it rolls by. |
Hello Girls,
I had another decent day today. It would be nice to get my calories a bit lower but I am happy to report no alcohol and no unhealthy snacks. Plus an hour in at the Y for a weight training class. I am really feeling like I can do this. Rei-Yea on two good days! We need to try and make it three, right?! Marie-Staying on plan is awesome. Keep up the good work. |
Rie and Tet, we're cruising along! I predict no holiday weight gain for us. I predict a loss. Way to go, both of you.
I'm too much on plan today. I'll be under the calories but I missed my morning planned snack teaching a training session. That is life. I like being under better than over. Just so it doesn't happen too often so that I kill my metabolism. That isn't likely to happen though... ;) Marie |
Finished another on plan day. That is four in a row. WooHoo. I am hoping to plan for some fun with the neighbor ladies tomorrow. I may need to make up for it on Saturday. My hubby is out of town so I can probably do that.
Marie-I am really hoping to lose some for the holidays. There is still time and it would be great to feel confident in some pretty clothes for the parties. |
Terapet, great job on he 4 days in a row. I'm too much on plan again today but I'm going to believe it will help for this weekend when I'm going out of town again. Traveling always screws up my diet. But... I knew I wouldn't be exercising (other than lots of walking) on Saturday and that's normally a biking or elliptical day (I'm pretty regimented about my exercise schedule). Thursdays are a non-aerobic day so I did swap today with Saturday's workout so I get my 5 aerobic workouts in this week.
Marie |
I have to have some medical tests and the doctor said no heavy exercise right now. BUt I did a 2 mile walk today which brings my cardio up to a lowly 110 minutes so far this month.
Weight is 128 today, which is down a pound and one pound left to lose to meet the October goal. So I think I'm on track to get down to 125 by New Years Eve. (Haven't been 125 in over 30 years) |
Wow Tabbycat, congratulations on your weight goal. That is awesome. The two mile walk sounds great to me.
Marie-I like to work out often also. I usually hit the Y at least four times a week for different fitness classes although I have been a bit off schedule the last few months. I feel okay if I miss them but I much prefer to stick to my schedule whenever possible. The last two days have not been "on plan" although I knew they would not be. They have been fun and relaxing plus I have tried to keep the damage to a minimum. Tomorrow may be the same but hopefully not too bad. I guess the scale will tell me if I am just kidding myself. So far my weight is down slightly from a bit from a week ago but it is too early to say if I actually lost anything. |
I forgot about this thread. Sounds like you guys have been doing well. I Think I've posted about everything elsewhere but I was off-plan about three days (my calories were only high one day though, just ate foods not approved) but now I'm back OP. While at the coast I walked a lot and lots of steps and inclines plus the crab "fishing". We suspended our gym membership for Oct as thought we'd be gone too much, but then cancelled our big trip, so we will try reinstating it next week. Haven't been there at all this month as we've been so busy. I lost 8.8# the first month on this diet (lost more but gained some back) and so far looks like I'm starting to lose again.
Tabby - congrats on being so very close to goal!! I can't even imagine how good that must feel! Breakfast - blueberry oatmeal AM snack - caramel crunch bar Lunch - Split up my Lean & Green meal - a really small salad, a little piece of cheese and 1 meatball PM snack - vegetable beef soup and mocha frappe (my new diet version) Dinner - rest of L&G - hamburger patty, and cucumbers (last from our garden) & tomatoes PM snack - banana pudding (yummy but wish I could put sliced bananas in it or eat it with pie crust:^:) |
Maryea-Good for you getting back to losing.
Okay today was not so great but tomorrow will be better. I did get to the Y for a step class. I also made vegetable soup tonight for my lunches this week. I really do want to get back to eating well. |
My weight is dropping fast this week so far!! Hope I don't gain any back before Wed which I consider my official weigh-in day. We ate out today but had no problem staying OP. No exercise though again. We plan on going to the gym tomorrow if we can reinstate it mid-month like this.
Today's meals so far: Breakfast - mocha frappe am snack - forgot Lunch - Subway - Turkey & Ham Salad, 2 t. Ranch, very light on cheese. pm snack - mocha frappe Dinner - vegetable beef soup and 1 T peanut butter (not together:^:) Still will have a couple more meals mini-meals tonight. I'm thinking peanut butter soft serve (haven't tried this yet) and/or banana pudding maybe. |
Terra, good job on getting to the Y for a step class. That would kill my knees. Mary, glad you're back on track and Tabby, way to go on nearing goal.
I wasn't OP this weekend since I was traveling to an amusement park with DGS. But I knew I wouldn't be and I was OP today (pretty much as I didn't log but know I wasn't hungry). Cool part of the weekend is I didn't overeat. I love CA and having the calorie counts on the menu. I really like that. Marie |
Way to go Marie. Nice job not overeating while traveling. I was in California this summer. The food was delicious!
Today was on plan for me. No alcohol, no snacks and an hour at the Y for step class. I even kept the calories lower today. I would really like to keep this up. Last year I weighed less so I have a bunch of clothes I can't wear unless I lose at least ten pounds. I am also looking to live a healthier lifestyle. |
Still OP (per MY rules, not MF) and worked out at the gym. I have a cold and feel miserable but hasn't affected my appetite. I usually eat the same even when sick. I ate more my own "adapted" recipes though perhaps because of that. I usually only have two a day. Today I had four! My coach wouldn't like that but as I've said before it's MY diet. L&G meal was 2 whole eggs, 1/2 c Eggbeaters scrambled with lots of onion, green pepper, and mushrooms and topped with a chopped-up tomato! Very filling but UGH, I'm now sick of eggs! ;-) Received two tops I ordered today ...size L instead of XLg and they fit...one was even slightly loose in the neck but ok. It's really pretty and dressier than I expected. The other one is ok and long sleeved which I needed. The upper arms fit a teeny bit snug but ok...I can definitely tell I'm getting smaller which is exciting! I visited a friend today I don't see often though and she didn't notice. She's not well though and has lost ten pounds herself (without trying). I don't think she can think about others really at this time in her life so I understand. And even dh can't tell yet except he says my tummy's a little flatter. I have to lose at least 20# before people start noticing from past experience. I'm reminding myself I have to be patient! :-)
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Tera, way to go on yesterdays OP. An hour of step aerobics??? My knees would disintegrate so excellent job. I'm with you on many clothes that will fit if I lose ten pounds.
Mary, YES!!!! on the smaller size. By after the holidays, you'll be even a size smaller. I think our DH's don't notice the changes (loss and gain) because they see us daily and the changes are so slow. With the exception of gaining because that pretty much seems overnight. I had some trouble yesterday. DH is on day shift for a month and so making up any calorie overload from the morning is easy when he's on swings - I just don't eat much at dinner. With him on days, I must be angelic during the morning and my munchie time is morning. Evenings I could care less about food. So yesterday I'd had a non-fat tall (small) mocha at Starbucks. Guess how many calories I was over yesterday. Ah, the equivalent of that said mocha. So I figure giving you today's update right before lunch is safe. I made it through the morning munchies and afternoons and evenings are a breeze. I will be on plan today. Marie |
Maryea-Sorry your cold is making you feel miserable. I hope you get well soon. Hang in there on the compliments. They will be there in no time. In the meanwhile enjoy those smaller sizes. That's a great feeling, right?!
Marie-Guess I am lucky with the knees. I do have trouble with my lower back but happily most of my exercise actually helps. I wouldn't get too worried about a small non fat mocha. At least they were yummy calories. Glad today is going well for you. I had another on plan day today. Good, since I am going to need a whole, bunch of them to lose ten pounds!! |
Did my yoga stretch class this am. Had to bake some brownies for a social gathering after an informational meeting. I ate one piece so can't say I'm OP today but at the dessert social I did not eat any! That's quite the accomplishment for me! There were lots of very yummy desserts there.
I also counted that one brownie as one of my mini-meals. So today's meals: breakfast - 1/2 Biggest Loser Shake with added fiber lunch - vegetable beef soup with added fiber snack - mocha frappe dinner - grilled talapia, large salad and the brownie snack - french vanilla MF shake Ended with 810 calories, 98 gms carb, 91.3 gms protein and 16.4 gms fat (4.9 sat). Not bad for such a high-temptation day! :carrot: |
Way to Go Maryea. I find desserts a huge temptation. I rarely allow myself anything except a few substitutions. The scale will thank you!
I am pretty sure I had another on plan day. I guess the amount for a lot of my calories and I had leftover meatloaf for dinner. Hopefully I made a good guess. Of course no alcohol or snacks and I do not even miss it. Yeah baby! |
Tera, way to go being OP. I know you can do the whole bunches of OP days to lose your 10 pounds. I'm joining you on that quest.
Mary, I'd say 810 cals is an OP day. Perhaps under but I know your doing Med-Fast and that's the range. You are doing so great!!!! I'm on plan today. I was tempted with a maple cinnamon roll but resisted. I mentioned to my co-worker that I'm going to a conference with tomorrow that I know where the Starbuck is in the town. She said, "No you can't have one" since I mentioned Monday's overage. I said that I wouldn't be making my homemade afternoon mocha and the 'Bucks is in the plan tomorrow. I love that she told me no (although she mentioned the cinnamon roll but I don't think she'd really have given me one). I have chicken breast in the toaster oven. I found I liked chicken breast with picante sauce, then sealed in foil and baked. Juicy and tasty. Oh, and healthy. ;) Marie |
I wasn't able to check in yesterday but I was on a road trip and still stayed in my calorie range. I'm happy about that. OK, very happy. It is so easy to fall off the wagon when riding in a car.
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Hi all!
I made it through the conference this week with only one day that I went over calories. I stayed under on carbs. I was only a little over. Today had the potential of being a bad day. I woke at 3am in the hotel with a raging cold. Nothing to eat, no plan, no cold meds. I waited till sunup to head for home. Hit the Walmart for sf medication and throat drops. I got the soy latte that I planned for breakfast. And then,,,, there I was in the Micky D's drive through. I ate one of those breakfast biskets. I logged it into my food log. I can make up for the calories and I will be ok for the day. But, darn! my body sure could have used good nutrients instead of the junk that I ate for almost 450 calories! Rats. Having light homemade broth with no carb veggies for supper. |
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