Hi,
everyone keeps talking about this fish I don't know. "Tilapia"

Whats YOUR favorite way to cook Tilapia?

OH!!! I was just looking in the weekly ad for my grocery store, they are selling Tilapia. on sale for $6.00. Guess I just never noticed this kind.

I don't get the virgin pounds. Is it when you are only 6 pounds away? (I know I am slow).

stats for yesterday:

Total cal: 1693
Fat: 40g (22%)
Carbs: 252g (51%)
Fiber: 46g (YEAH!!)
Protein: 107g (27%)

Stats for today:
Total calories: 1469
Fat: 35g (23%)
Carbs: 205g (48%)
Fiber: 45g (YEAH!!)
Protein: 97g (29%)

Did upper body today and the elliptical for 45 minutes.

Diva, you said that if you didn't strength train that you would be at 129 pounds. Have you found that even though you weigh more, you fit into smaller sizes?

Keeping the calories at 1150 to 1280. Finally see some progress on the scale.
Congratulations to all of you on your continued success. I am definitely going to get some more fiber into my diet.

Virgin pounds are pounds you've never lost before. For instance ... if Woodlily has been between 150 and 160 lbs all her adult life ... the moment she starts down into the 140's, she's into virgin pounds.

thats a cute term, I like it!

Hi everyone. I've been MIA, just busy lately.

Robin, thanks for sharing your weight loss shocker moments. Do you ever read Shape magazine? You'll need to submit your story to their "Success Story" column once you've gotten to your goal. I'm sure we can't all wait to see you ourselves! Saving the best for last I see ;) .

I've been managing on less food lately. Finally got my body to be able to function without that starving feeling on a lot less..but it took about 8 months of cutting back to get there. Unfortunately, even when you eat less you fluctuate. Yesterday I only ate 1540 but the scale jumped back up from my new weight of 142.5 to 144.5. On the other hand, the calories from yesterday were almost all from "bad" stuff that I haven't been eating for a while: whole wheat bagel w/ lots of butter, slice of thin crust pizza, packet of Kashi oatmeal, and a pint of chicken fried rice. Too bad I ate that chinese food last night..probably retaining lots of water. I actually feel really bloated and gross. Today will be healthier food for sure. Just stinks when you're running around and didn't plan well.

The home elliptical is going great. I even did 25 minutes last night at 11:30pm! The night before I went on it after eating quite a heavy meal. So I'm working out at times I would NEVER consider going to the gym or outside for exercise. Sometimes its getting out of your house or over to the gym that's the hardest part of working out.

Haven't weight lifted in about 3 weeks or so. Over the past decade, I've tended to get tired of it after about 5 months, then I take a month or two off, then go back. I really NEED to get back there soon, hopefully tomorrow.

Stay slim ladies ;) :carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

good morning fellow calorie counters!

Mami, your home elliptical sounds just awesome. 11:30 at night. That's just great. I weigh myself every day. I only record on Mondays. Almost every single week I hit my new low on Monday only to go up by 2lbs by maybe Wednesday, then I drop those 2 lbs at one time by Friday and go down steadily towards Monday, with a new low. I don't quite get it, but I am used to it and no longer freak out when I see that 2 lb gain.

And it's funny you said that about the magazine. I saw a neighbor of mine the other day and that's exactly what she said to me. She said "I sure hope you took a lot of before pictures, because you've got to send them into magazines, with pics of your new self." I told her that's the plan. We shall see.

I love TALIPIA. for about 4 servings, I let soften about 1 TBSP of butter and add it about 2 -3 TBSP of flavored corn flake crumbs and mix it up. I lay the fish in a baking pan, sprinkle it with some salt, pepper, onion powder and lots of fresh garlic. Using a large lemon, I squeeze on some juice all over the fish and then I top it with the crumb mixture. I bake it at 350 degrees for about 30 mins. Very, very good.

Bobbo, I've never had a colonoscopy. I just recently had an endoscopy. But I hear it is not painful at all. You sleep through the whole thing. I hear the toughest part is the drink. Although I vaguely recall someone telling me that there are pills available now instead of the drink. That would be phenomenal. I must get one day in the near future. Good luck to you.

Allison, you mentioned that this is your birthday week and that you were going out for lunch on Wednesday so... I'm assuming today IS your birthday? Have a happy, happy birthday and a fantastic year ahead!!!!

Yesterday's calories about about 1300, not enough protein. Oh well.

Have a great day everyone!!!! Healthy and safe.

Happy birthday Allison!

Robin, please keep the recipes coming. Mmmm, you come up with some yummy ideas!

Good Morning Girls!
Tuesday's menu
Calories...1200
Fat...11% (I didn't get my olive oil in)
Fiber...59 grams
I can't eat my vitamins/herbal suppliments 7 days prior to my colonascopy, which is a blessing. The calcium pills I eat could choke a horse!
Fiber One with dehy/Fruit
3 slices Cinnamon French Toast with SF syrup.
Lunch: Zucchini Soup ~ Toasted Flat Out topped with SF/FF chocolate pudding & FF/SF Cool Whip.
Supper: Elk Meatloaf ~ Winter Squash ~ Dill pickles and Radishes (Odd huh!)
Snack: SF/FF Coconut pudding with C.W. and Fiber One. FF Milk
Allison... Forgive my memory but was it you that just purchased a new food scale? If so, let me know as I have some thought on it.
Rai... Awesome Fiber count!
Woodlily...

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Congratulations to all of you on your continued success. I am definitely going to get some more fiber into my diet.

I've been bragging about the added fiber I've been consuming for the last couple of weeks and it has speeded up my weight loss. Since I'm so close to goal my weight had slowed to 1/2 pound a week. With the higher fiber intake it's speeded up again, I'm down another pound this morning. Just be sure to drink lots of water if you increase your fiber.
Robin... Your recipe sounds delicious, It would also work well for chicken.
We're off to the fitness center, catch ya all tomorrow.
I enjoy reading everyone's post, have a good food choice day.

Good Morning everyone.

Happy birthday Allison!



Robin, Thanks for the recipe, Hope to get more!

I am thawing Orange Roughy right now. Any good recipes for this fish? I have been wrapping in foil and baking with garlic, Pam, and Mrs Dash.


Yesterdays total.
cal 1455
fat 23%
carbs 56%
protein 22%
fiber 48 gr.

I worked in the yard and in the garage. cleaning and pruning, etc. It was a balmy 71 degrees. warmest this year. completely wonderful, considering its pouring right now. Only walked the tread mill 20 min. after all that. :o

Back to Curves today.

Theresa

Tilapia~I just can't eat it. Not because it tastes bad, but we live by the Salton Sea and there are yearly (twice yearly this year) fish die-offs and the fish are all tilapia. Just the thought of it churns my stomach.

zenor~okay, I know where you live and it isn't close at all. Beautiful area, though. DH and I went through there once a few years ago.

Susan~I guess I'm losing virgin pounds also! I've been 160-165 for at least 20 years except for the 4-5 years that I lost and kept it off.

Calories were high yesterday due to the leftover lasagna for lunch, but that's gone now so no more worry! Today will be a challenge, going out to my favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner. Will choose the shrimp with veggies, though.

Ok I have a question that might have already been answered. How do you get extra fiber in your diet?? Is it through that Fiber Sprinkle Stuff that you can put in your water or on your food?? I am a VERY picky eater and can't think of anything that I like that has fiber in it. So I am thinking that I am going to get some of that Sprinkle whatever stuff and start trying to drink that? Any input would be great.
Thanks,
Mary

Goodmorning!

Yesterday's calories: 1434 Does anyone else find it scary that I'm always around the same number? I eat a variety of things and normally land around 1450-ish. Not that I'm complaining... ;)

I went for my lunch time walk again and thankfully it has started to cool down a bit. Today it's supposed to cool down even more. :D Two days of walking down and three to go this week.

I like to fix most "white" fish fillets in a similar fashion. I bake them in foil packets as well. I vary the herbs and I add a little liquid to steam the fish (some favorites are lime juice, balsamic vinegar, or a splash of white wine or sherry.) Sometimes I'll add veggies too, so that it all steams together. Then I just add a grain and voila! Dinner is served. I also like to use cumin and lime juice (no veggies) and then I flake it and use it for fish tacos. Yum!

Allison--Good luck at your dinner tonight! Mexican food is one of my downfalls. I want to eat it all. I looked up where the Salton Sea is and you must have really hot summers. I'm curious though, I thought Tilapa came from the ocean, How do they get so far inland?

The only way I'll eat tilapia is broiled with mango, papaya, and cilantro. No butter, no oil, none of that. The calories are nil, the mango and papaya rock, and throw all that on the grill, neighbors will be knocking your door down to get to know you.

Yesterday's calories were 699 with 25% coming from fat. They had NO CHEESECAKE! What is up with that???

Went to the gym yesterday and did my legs first. Got on the treadmill and I was garbage. My quads were burning up. Burned a mere 200 calories, as opposed to my usual 700+, but today is a new day and I am NOT going to beat myself up over this.

Mamabanana, the Spanish had no famine. We've got thighs to prove it. I bet the "gain" you're seeing are merely muscles packed full of water and lactic acid. You never weigh yourself after a hard workout.

Jumped on the scale this morning and clocked in at 133.6. Didn't believe it, of course, so jumped on two hours later. 133.6! If I can get that number to hold for the next two days, then I'll know it's my true weight.

Yesterday, while showering for this hot date I had, I noticed my abs POPPING while in the shower! My goodness, what abs can do to one's state of mind! I was tickled pink. So anyway, I bought three pairs of Body by Victoria slacks TWO YEARS AGO in a Size 4 and they didn't fit. I didn't return them for a bigger size because that's the same as the fat saying "I'm here to stay". After my shower, and with my newfound confidence, I slipped into a pair thinking I'd have to be poured into them. AND THEY FIT! Beautifully, I might add. VS clothes are so curve-hugging, so I stood in front of the mirror and turned every angle I could to see if anything was bulging out. Tiny daughter (Size 2) comes up the stairs and says... Dang, Mom! You HAVE lost weight! Wowee for me, I thought! So she says, mom... you get wear that with something really sexy! *gulp* The pants are crimson red and she found a white, off-the-shoulder-very-sexy-made-for-me blouse and she tousled my hair just so. Strappy little sandals with my red toenails peeking out and my gold hoop earrings, red lipstick, and Latina was screaming out of every pore. But not tacky-from-the-Bronx Latina. We're talking Motherland Latina.

Ladies, this has been amazingly fun and wonderful and gratifying. And when life has been at its worst and lowest between freezing temperatures, hectic work schedules, crappy ex-boyfriends, and fighting nicotine addiction, it feels so DANG GOOD to know that I've stuck something through ALL OF IT and that I did for ME and ONLY ME... not for my parents, my children, my government, my man. Only me!

I have earned my self-esteem back and as a result, no one will ever be able to take it from me.

Rock on, ladies! This girl is heading out to the track!!!

;-)

Mary~I use benefiber if I need extra fiber in my diet. That stuff has no taste at all and you can mix it in just about anything (orange juice, coffee, cereal, yogurt, soup, or even sprinkle it on things like salad). But a lot of people use Fiber One Cereal and use it instead of croutons in a salad or put it on yogurt for the extra fiber they need.


The Salton Sea was once part of the ocean, you know billions of years ago. Now it is an inland salt sea. Very salty--like the Great Salt Lake in Utah (where I come from). Tilapia flourish in the Salton Sea. They also have areas around here where tilapia is farmed--obviously in salt water beds that are man made.

Diva~I like the sound of your confidence. Did DD take your photo? How did the date go? Obviously well since you were looking for dessert!

ME TOOO!! I weigh everyday and record on Mondays. At first I wanted to record on Fridays, but the Monday recordings help me stay good over the weekends.

These are my numbers for two weeks ago:
Sunday: 178 pounds
Monday: 177 pounds (RECORDED)
Tuesday: 177.5 Pounds
Wednesday: 176 pounds
Thursday: 175.5
Friday:175.5
Saturday: 177.5

These are numbers for last week:
Sunday:176
Monday:174 (RECORDED)
Tuesday:174
Wednesday:174.5
Thursday:173.5
Friday:172
Saturday:172

And these are my numbers for this week:
Sunday:172
Monday: 171 (RECORDED)
Tuesday: 171
Wednesday:171.5

Now, I'll admit that I'm a little sad about this 0.5 gain, but I know (hopefully) by Monday, I will have a new low. (I say hopefully, because I am will be going home to NY to visit my parents. I was supposed to be in a wedding, but it was cancelled).

Oh yeah, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLISON!!!!:carrot: :carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

I use wheat germ for fiber. And Allison, the date did go well. He was articulate, calm, intelligent, good-looking, a gem. Until he asked if I would come over tonight to meet his son! :-o

Unless you've got a brain tumor and three months to live, I see no need to rush anything.

It freaked me out because I just do not want to be pushed, smothered, cornered, but I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Allison, it's your birthday???

Dang girl! I can have cheesecake to celebrate, right?

And which one are you in the photo?

Fiber: I eat Fiber One cereal - a lot. 14 gms per 1/2 cup. I eat it for breakfast, I sprinkle it on my salads in place of croutons, add a tbsp to yogurt. I know Bobbo adds it to applesauce. It's grreat stuff.

Berries, spinach, sweet potatoes, pears, oranges, cauliflower, beans, broccoli are loaded as well. Do a search on high fiber foods, they'll all come up for you. I don't eat any grains, but all the whole wheat stuff and brown rice has got a bunch as well.

Rockin' Robin,

Have you had cholesterol levels checked or blood pressure or anything like that since you started losing weight? I'm curious if you see huge differences in the physiological data.

I get all excited about two stupid pounds and I see what you've done (and lots of other women here) and I am amazed! Simply amazed!

Let me know what your doctor has seen through his testing. Your state of health must have improved DRAMATICALLY with all these changes you've made!

Keep Rockin' girl...

;-)

I use a fiber powder supplement that I got from GNC.

Diva~you're right. No need to rush. Glad you had a good time!

Mary.

I have been adding fiber to my diet this week and last. I started eating FIBER ONE CEREAL (13GR) good for snacks too.
FIBER ONE BARS ( 9 GR) YUMMY
FIBER SURE 1Tsp.(5 GR)
And fruits and veggies

yesterday I had 48 grams.

Fiber sure has no taste or texture.


Diva
Wow! size 4!? I don't think my bones are size 4! :eek:

I think the smallest I have been was a 7, in Junior high. After that, the Irish in me kicked in. and I got too much up top! YES! I hated it.

I have not weighed that little since I got married in "78".
But as DD says...
I am going to be my husband's TROPHY WIFE next year. :lol:

Thanks for the suggestions everyone about the fiber...I have to go to the store and look around.!!!

Mary

Littlered ... sizes have changed since the 70's. I remember being 102 lbs 32-22-32 and my new dress was a size nine. You are little remember that!

You're right, Susan. My mom was a perfect 9 and she was very svelte.

I'm going to the cheesecake factory tonight to celebrate winning the championship game. I already picked out what I will eat. I'm going to share their fresh spring rolls with my husband and have the lettuce wraps as my entree. That should be relatively healthy and low-cal, right?

I just looked up Fiber One on general mills. It doesn't look like it tastes very good. Has onyone tried the Fiber One Healthy Heart Blend or the Honey Clusters? I eat Basic 4 Cereal (also made by General Mills) and I think the Fiber One Healthy Heart Blend might be a good substitute for it. It is definetly has less calories per serving. I'm leaning towards the Healthy Heart because I tend not to like bananas in my cereal.

Rai,
the fiber one Honey Clusters is what I just started eating. I eat my cereal dry. (hate milk!) yuk. If you can eat it dry it must be OK :)
I love Basic 4 Cereal .

Susan and Diva,
Thanks! :hug: I was Curvaceous. I was told I was rolly polly, (chesty is what it was, but at 5 ft. it looks that way to some.)

feeling strong today. did Curves.
and 25 on the tread mill, I am going to go back out on it now.

see ya


Theresa

Theresa, do they but banana's in the honey clusters. How does Honey Clusters compare with Basic 4 in terms of taste? The Healthy Heart one looks similar to Basic 4 to me. Oh yeah, I like to eat my cereal with milk.:D

Rai,

no bananas ;)

taste, hands down...Basic 4!
I have been eating that one for a while.
post has some others that are real good if you like dryed fruit and nuts in you cereal.
But none of them compare to the fiber form Fiber one. 13% versus 4%

I am going to start eating this for my snacks if I am low on fiber.

Theresa

FIBER ONE IS DELICIOUS!!!!

In my opinion of course. It scared me when I first saw it. I figured it tasted like twigs, since that's what it looks like. But it doesn't. It's slightly sweet and crunchy. I like it A LOT.

YOU GO GIRL!!!! Im envious for sure, you have a child AND rock hard abs? youre my hero!!! Im so glad youve got your groove back on! Thanks for the comment for me...its gotta be something like that...Ive run 4 days, the scale, she no move!!! And its not like Ive consumed more than 1250 cals...uy.... Im really happy for you though:)

Great losses, wow!

They call it vanity sizing...for sure, this is something the clothing industry and the weight loss people have masterminded, LOL! Its also insane how "normal" it is to have so many "sz 0" and sz 2's running around. They say that 2 is the new 4, LOL!!!

OMG, I love the plain Fiber One...its so versitile and to me, tastes amazing...I look forward to it every day:)

Ha, ha, it's been a long time since I heard those words describe me. I would have to get below 100 lbs. to get into the adult life "virgin pounds".

Oh Diva, it's funny you should ask that. I was one of the "lucky" morbidly obese people. Sugar levels perfect, heart perfect, blood pressure and cholesterol perfect. Until of course I started losing weight. Very strange. I started my journey on Sept. 4, 2006, went for a check up a week later. All my numbers were good. Although my blood pressure had steadily been going up little by little. Nothing major though. My cholesterol has always been around the 200 mark - 198, 202, 205 or there abouts. I go back to the doctor in maybe December, maybe early January, I can't remember for sure when. I don't have the numbers in front of me, at this point though I'm down at least 60 or 70 lbs and everything goes through the roof. My blood pressure was 155 over 95. I am now on medication. Here's the real kicker - my cholesterol test comes back and it went from 202 in September to 388. Doctor says she has never, ever heard of anything like it in her life. I'm freaking out. Anyway, she says lets retest in a month. Maybe, just maybe it's a lab error. I go back in a month and it's 182. So yeah, it WAS an error. As far as the blood pressure, she says maybe it was just my time. It does run in my family. I am on the lowest possible dosage of medication. Just bought a home blood pressure kit. I want to take it every time before I renew my meds. I really, really hope with added weightloss I can be off of them.

Oh and the reason I went to the Dr. back in January is because I found this huge lump above my belly button. It turns out I have a huge fibroid, that was kept hidden under all my fat, so now I need a hysterectomy as well. So much for improving my health. No, I shouldn't say that. I really know that I HAVE improved my health greatly by getting rid of all this tonnage. Surgery (if I decide to do it) and recovery will be way easier now then before and I am still hoping to get the pressure down and I have less stess on my heart and joints and on and on and on. But I'm not done improving myself yet - got lots of weight to still lose. And lose I will. Thank you for the encouragement Diva, it means an awful lot to me.

Wednesday's calories - about about 1200. Had a very sluggish day with exercise yesterday. I haven't had that in awhile. I couldn't get up any speed at all while walking. Oh well.

Have a good one ladies.

Good Morning Girls!

Yesterday I took my new "Vista" computer up to add more memory to it and he said it didn't need it. It was soooooooooooo slow, but the problem was all kinds of junk that came with it. Like AOL and Yahoo installed so they ran everytime I turn it on, 3 or 4 Icons on the desk-top about different internet companies, photo centers, blah, blah, blah. He just took them all off and now it's as speedy as my XP was. Since I didn't have my Fitday available, I didn't record my menu. I'm sure I was under my 1200 calories and I won't boor you this morning with my daily stats. I've been reading some of the comments about fiber and remembered a recipe I had (but can't find) called "Haystacks". They used chocolate chips and Fiber One cereal, does anyone have this recipe? I found one that uses chow mein noodles but that can be substituted with Fiber One.

Haystacks II


INGREDIENTS

• 1 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cups butterscotch chips
• 12 ounces peanuts (Omit, too high in calories)
• 12 oz chow mein noodles (Substitute Fiber One)
• You can add more or less Fiber One, the weight of the chow mein noodles (12oz) might be different than Fiber One.

DIRECTIONS

1. Melt the chips in a saucepan on low heat. Stir in the nuts and the noodles.
2. Then drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper-lined cookie sheet. Cool and then store covered in the refrigerator.

Diva... We're so glad you're out of the black hole and back with us, You're a fun person to have on our thread. You asked Robin about losing weight and lowering cholesterol, I've been there. I go up and down the scale like most people and I was in my "Up" stage of life when my doctor checked my cholesterol a few years ago. It was 334, for real! He didn't put me on meds because he said it would go down if I lost some weight and exercised everyday. I purchased my Nordic Track Ski machine, exercised every single day and dropped 30 pounds. I went from a size 14 to a 4-6, then had my cholesterol checked again. It went from 334 to 280 something, big deal! Still too high and the doc said my body just makes an abundance of cholesterol all on its own. So I've been on meds for years. My point is everybody's body is different and reacts different, same goes for losing weigh. I can lose weigh easily on 1200 calories and others would starve on that. Go Figure!
Theresa... I eat always Fiber One dry, I put all the servings in individual snack zip lock bags. Then I don't have to mess around with the food scale every time I eat it. I like munching on it like I would popcorn. Yesterday I made SF/FF chocolate pudding, topped it with Cool Whip and sprinkled a serving of Fiber One on top, it was awesome and made me think of the Chocolate Haystacks.
Rai...

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I just looked up Fiber One on general mills. It doesn't look like it tastes very good.

I personally gag on it with milk, it gets all soggy and disgusting. Like Robin and Mamabanana said, it's so versatile. You can add it to dehydrated fruit trail mixes for snacking away from home.
Hi everyone else :wave: Susan, are you still creeping? Better watch out, I'm going to catch up to you in weight.
I'm off to the Fitness center again, see ya!