2f - Do you go to bed hungry when you wake up in the middle of the night? I know I'm curious ;)

:yes: If I go to bed hungry, I'll usually end up getting up for the bathroom and eating something too!

As for clean eats, weekend wasn't disasterous, but I did eat quite a bit more than planned, however I only had a couple of cookies, a little tiny cream cake, some sweets and another cookie that was :devil: over the WHOLE weekend! I ate too much of most other stuff though! Plenty of fruit and veg - 9 portions on Saturday, maybe not so much on Sunday.

This morning doing well, been out for a run and feeling positive for the rest of the week.

I'm wearing all black today - I was going for the Ninja look, but when I realised how tight my trousers were I'm now going for the "black is slimming" look! :o

Before going to bed hungry, instead maybe you should have some cottage cheese and strawberries or a protein shake and that would prevent you from waking up hungry. Also when you eat in the middlel of the night aren't you tired in the morning because of the break in your sleep...

My weekend was good exercise wise, food wise it was so-so... But I was down 2# this morning so that is a good thing...

:coach: Susan where are you??

May I jump in? I know the week is almost gone (maybe we can start for another week Wednesday?). I just got back from vacation and had already dedicated the remainder of July to clean eats only.

I like seeing how your percentages weigh out. I try for 25F/55C/25-30P, but I can't seem to get my protein anywhere close to 30%. I'm thinking protein drinks/shakes might be in order. How do these work (say, how often do you have them), and what have you found to be the best flavored? I prefer anything over vanilla flavor, or do they have flavors? Where do you usually find/buy? Any other tips on adding protein to eating that will not drag the fats up?

Yesterday was 1670kcals P23 f22 C54. bit low protein wise, but I felt happy :D

As for lean protein, chicken breasts, turkey breasts, cottage cheese, lean pork cuts, tuna, salmon, cod, haddock, egg whites

To get your protein %s high, you really should aim to be eating a protein portion with every meal, whether you eat 3 meals or 6 meals a day.

Girls, I'm sorry to have desserted you. Although I'm eternally grateful to the college boy for letting me use his laptop ... between it and our dial up .... this is soooo slow. It's literally 20 minutes since I first typed 3fatchicks in the address bar.
I am going to have a shot at reading a bit tho' and I do have a plan for today.

Well, back from vacation and I gained back a couple of pounds. I'm not giving in and I'm not changing my ticker until I re-lose those pounds and start with new losses! I ate pretty clean yesterday, and dropped half a pound:
1114 cals
34% fat
28% carb
21% protein
18% alcohol (that darned wine!!!).
I made some homemade oatmeal for breakfast (yummy) today--and the leftovers will last a few days (my DS decided it tasted "funny").
I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon--will he notice my loss? He's been after me for 2 years or more to lose 10 pouns--well, I did better than 10 pounds!!!

Allison -- That water weight will fall off quickly if you nip it in the bud...

Today I didn't do good at all... I didn't even count calories :faint:, there are just too many to count....

But I did exercise :yes:

Yesterday was good - apart from I missed kickboxing, which made me mad and I didn't eat to fill the void :angel:

In fact I had quite a low calorie day for me yesterday - 1424 P27% C43% F30% although I did sneak in a tiny bit of ice cream :o but it was SO :hot: