GrammyL:

Maybe you can just freeze half of it right up front? That way you can have it in a few weeks when you're not sick of it anymore!

GrammyL: The really SCARY thing about my vision....is I JUST got contacts about 6-7 weeks ago...before that I had a pair of taped up glasses I ONLY wore driving OUT of town or watching tv at night....All other times I walked around half blind...My eye doctor just about freaked when I told him....LOL Its been quite a few years since I had an exam, my glasses were way too weak....Anyways, now that I've been wearing contacts, I notice how bad I am without it...before that I knew I couldn't see good but didn't realize how bad it really was!! I CAN SEE THE WORLD AGAIN!!!

Rockinrobin: I am SOOOOO impressed with your 110lbs lost!! Its gives me the motivation to keep on going...I've been SOOOO hungry lately and hit a plateau and even though I've been pretty good with diet and excercise I'm feeling a little unmotivated lately...(probably just the PMS talking...)

I find that if I plan my meals ahead and write it down ,as I
eat my meals I check off what
I have eaten .This keeps me from eating the same thing twice or forgetting something.,

Maybe I'll do that for the next couple weeks, see if I can break this plateau... then I wont be staring at the freezer trying to decide on something last minute

OK, now I am made at myself. I keep seeing posts about Flat Out and have never really looked for it seriously in the store and when I was reading the Fiber Fanatics I decided I have to try them. So I called our new Super Walmart, still haven't been their out of fear, not a crowd person and they have them. Then I noticed that they said Kroger carries them so I called our local Krogers store and sure enough they have them. I am going tonight and searching for them or asking for help to find them. My student even raves about how good they are. Going to look for some recipes on their website.

Thats how I doing too... I even plan my breakfast the night before. Then I just can get up and eat it without any worrys. I enter it the night before too.

I agree about freezing the extra food. Thats what I do sometimes.
Mostly I try to make enough for dd and myself to have 1 meal. Unless I am making up my chicken tacos or chicken salad. Then its twice that.
I make my Chicken tacos just like meat tacos. I even grind it up the same. Its real good. low fat cheese and shells and your talking yummmy! makes a good chicken taco salad too.

Chicken also makes real good enchilada. I cut up my baked enchiladas and put on a bed of lettuce and tomatoes, top with salsa. mmmm. My dd loves this.

Yestardays calories: 1402

Fat 28%
40g fiber

My fiber is a little lower than I've been aiming for, but it's still pretty good I think. We went out for dinner last night due to my pms laziness. My meal was heavier on protein vs fiber, so I think that's why it was low. Still not too bad though.

Speaking of fiber, I finally found a high fiber cereal to try. It's called Uncle Sam, it has 10g of fiber per serving and less than 1g of sugar. I would try Fiber One, but I don't like sweetened cereal (yes I'm weird.) I had it with soymilk and blueberries this morning and it was tasty! I guess it's been around for 100 years or something like that. I found it at the local health food store.

Abbynormal~ I get the muchies sometimes too. I try to keep low calorie snacks around so that I don't feel bad about snacking when the need arises. My favorites are popcorn, baby carrots (which I share with my chihuahua), rye crackers with light cheddar, apples, mandarin oranges (fresh), and meringue cookies (from Trader joe's.) Oh, and sometimes, nothing satifies except a few small squares of pure dark chocolate!

Justme~I love lentils too! I like to throw a bunch of fresh spinach in my lentil soup to help up the calcium, iron, and fiber. I also like to make a cold salad with cooked lentils and pearl barley (just add your favorite veggies and low cal dressing.)

Woodlily~Littlered is right. Drink lots of water with your fiber! Personally, I haven't had any problems with upping my fiber a bit, but since I've always eaten lots of veggies and beans I probably wasn't upping it as much as other might be. I don't know, I only recently started keeping track thanks to Bobbi. I do know that since trying to up my fiber that my DH has had more gas (he eats what I make, so...) Poor man, I keep telling him to drink more water.

Littlered~Congrats on getting your family to join in! My DH has been talking about tracking stuff on fitday for himself. He's along for the ride, but he has lost more than me without hardly trying. Except now he's hit a plateau, so he wants to really "try." Lol, it's so frustrating sometimes how easy it is for him. I guess I shouldn't complain (he does have more to lose than me.)

Have a good day everyone!

Heat oven to 400 degrees F

Cook chicken and peppers till meat is done. Add 1 cup salsa and Taco seasoning. Simmer 3-4 min. till peppers are tender.

Remove from heat. Add ½ cup cheese.
Spread ¼ cup of remaining salsa on bottom of 13 X9 pan.
Warm tortillas between damp paper towels.
Spoon 1/3 cup mixture onto tortillas, spread down the center leant wise. Roll and put into pan, seem side down.

Repeat with all the shells. Spoon remaining salsa on the top and bake. 20 min. covered.

Remove from oven, and put other ½ cup cheese. Bake 2-3 more minutes.

The original calls for beef.
Calories with beef is 340 each.
With chicken I figured calories at about 245. Much healthier than beef.

welcome Abbynormal.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys! It's rainy here in Chicagoland. I've been making only enough food for DF and I. It seems to be helping!

here is a link for those that want something like fitday on their own pc. free.
Food File is a free food database and calorie counter for 1000s of food products.

Kelpiesoft Food File is for anyone who is interested in what they eat, but is particularly useful for those following a diet for health or weight loss reasons. Searching the database is as simple as typing in the food you are looking for - the software will display a list of matching foods as quickly as you type. You can also refine the search by selecting one or more of the 24 food categories.


http://www.kelpiesoft.com/applib/foodfile/


here is a website with a free program to copy your recipes into.

http://www.recipeship.com/download.asp

Recipes Ship is easy to use recipe software that allows you to collect, exchange and organize your recipes and much more. Print out cookbooks, create web pages! Large free databases totaling over 600+ recipes available to download. Simple, cheap, functional recipe manager software.

I was just checking it out. You can go to their website, and use the copy, paste ablilty to put into the software on your pc. I would think you could then use it to keep your other info, such as cal, etc. just paste that in too.

looks pretty easy so far.

Congratulations on the 110, Robyn!!!! Wow!

Thanks for the recipe Justme33. It printed it off. mmmm!

Lara, lots of interesting thoughts here. I also feel like it gets easier and food becomes less of an issue after a while. But the scary part for me is after I reach my goal, or get very close to my goal. I can very easily slowly slip back into my food addiction. The last few years, just as I start gaining slightly, I get pregnant again. This time I dodn't want to get pregnant again, so won't have that excuse. Its going to be a constant battle to keep myself in check, I think.

Todays cals: 1705.

here is todays numbers for wednesday

Total:
Cal: 1494
Fat: 17%
Carbs: 57%
Fiber: 53
Protein: 26%

Have a nice evening.