So, I tried the pudding cakes yesterday. They were fabulous!!! I think that will be my evening snack for a while. I used the vanilla and will try the banana ones tonight. I am so thankful for finding this website and all the recipes in here. I have not had one day of diet boredom. Love it!!!
If I forget to take my mag/cal before bed I get cramps in my legs during the night. I just wake up and go take them. They REALLY help me.
It was fun to see the scale go down a little after my travels this weekend. I was suppose to be traveling today but we came back a day early. I had already canceled my IP appt. due to traveling so I will weigh in next Wed., it will be exciting to see what 2 weeks will bring. I want to be in the 150's by next Wed.
I'd call and see if I could still come in tomorrow! I also want to be in the 150s next week. Heck, I'd love to get there by Thursday but I don't think that's goning to happen.
Well, today is my 2nd official weigh-in. In my head I had set my goal for 2 pounds, but of course the bigger the better! I had a significant lose on week #1 so I know how my body reacts-it usually gives me a little after a big drop but not a huge number again. We will see at 2:15!
Good luck at WI today!
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Good morning everyone. I am up early and celebrating a one pound loss... which means one pound from goal.
Yay congrats!
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Good morning!! I hope everyone's day is starting off well!! I got on the scale this morning and saw 180.8
Congrats and glad you took a picture of yourself, I love taking pictures of myself now and seeing the changes, it's addicting.
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Good morning everyone,
I couldn't wait all this long weekend to come back to this site and report to all you amazing people how I did it , I survived and I did well, all this because of your support.
So today, as I came to my work, I passed by my mom, where my digital scale is and guess what ?!!!! I went down from 209.8 to 205! I was so happy and delighted that I did it, I succeeded into sticking to the program and I lost weight.
THANK YOU everyone for all your support, I am sure I would not have done it without you.
WOO HOO, way to go Sandra! What a great job, keep it up.
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Good Morning,
Pinkparrothead - my husband scared me half to death this past March. I wasn't home and he had a heart attack 3 blocked arteries, 90%,90% & 95% and had 3 stents put in. The doctor told him how lucky he was. He was only 55. He has lost 30 lbs and is super-thin (6'4" 200 lbs) and feels great, he went to a great cardiac rehab, he said he hasn't felt this good in years.
Peeked at the scale this am, I am in a new decade, lets hope it stays that way for friday's WI.
Wow, glad your husband is ok, that must have been terrifying. Great job for the new decade, how exciting.
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I had a hard turkey dinner on Sunday, I stayed focused but I even wrote in my food diary "thanksgiving was hard, but it was only for this year" lol. I kept repeating that to myself "only this year missy, only this year!". I used rhubarb in place of cranberries and it totally worked. And I did sprinkle some poultry seasoning on a bit of my turkey to see if it would have that extra 'stuffing' taste, it kinda did...but it didn't replace it so I just took a long whiff of the stuffing. I had a rhubarb crisp for my dessert - long after everyone left the table though. But my auntie and mom had tea with me at the table as I ate my dessert. Interestingly enough, EVERYONE kept wanting to try my food and I kept saying 'back off, get your own sandwich!' (subway commercial line in case you don't get the reference). Everyone in my family is so supportive, they didn't even pass me some of the platters, lol. I'm so well loved!
All your NSV's this weekend and yesterday really helped, so even though I wasn't posting I gained strength by reading your focus, thanks for sharing!
Have a great day!
Great job! I am in the same boat as you, it's only one thanksgiving to give up.
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I took all my measurements this morning. Even though I've lost 11.2 pounds, I've only lost one inch off my hips and none off my waist - is that normal? Where is the weight loss coming from?
Yes this can happen. I had a few weeks where I had great weight loss but hardly any inch losses and them some weeks it's the opposite, hardly any weight loss but big inch loss.
I was bad this morning, I never step on the scale outside of my scheduled weigh in but as it was thanksgiving I was paranoid that I may had gone up as I was not the one that cooked the turkey. I stayed on plan and had turkey and cauliflower for dinner without all the other stuff. As everyone was having pumpkin pie with whipping cream and ice cream I ate my dill pickle zippers which I love.
I'm glad to say that I did not go up woo hoo. My m-i-l is so against me doing a diet I thought she may have put regular salt on the turkey even though I brought sea salt for her to use. I honestly don't understand why it bothers her so much that I'm trying to better myself. I received nothing but snide comments from her all weekend but I just ignored them and stayed out of the house as much as I could. (I drove to Calgary with the kids, hubby stayed home to work. 6.5 hour drive) you'd think she'd be happy that I drove all that way.
I was bad this morning, I never step on the scale outside of my scheduled weigh in but as it was thanksgiving I was paranoid that I may had gone up as I was not the one that cooked the turkey. I stayed on plan and had turkey and cauliflower for dinner without all the other stuff. As everyone was having pumpkin pie with whipping cream and ice cream I ate my dill pickle zippers which I love.
I'm glad to say that I did not go up woo hoo. My m-i-l is so against me doing a diet I thought she may have put regular salt on the turkey even though I brought sea salt for her to use. I honestly don't understand why it bothers her so much that I'm trying to better myself. I received nothing but snide comments from her all weekend but I just ignored them and stayed out of the house as much as I could. (I drove to Calgary with the kids, hubby stayed home to work. 6.5 hour drive) you'd think she'd be happy that I drove all that way.
Oh well, I stayed on plan and not going to stop!!
Have a great OP Tuesday everyone!!
Oh ! That must be so hard to have your m-i-l with all these negative comments! Oh God ! Why?! She must be jealous.
Luckily my in-laws helped me a lot over this thanksgiving, my sister-in-law let me use her kitchen in order to make my own salad which I took with me to my mother-in-law and even though my m-i-l commented that I should have the famous broccoli and cheese she makes (which I admit is the yummiest thing I ever tasted), she told me that she admired how I was sticking to the diet and that she wished she can be as strong as I am into quitting smoking.
I am glad you ignored all the negative comments, after all, you are getting better for yourself, not for her
WI today, hoping for a good one. TOM is supposed to visit tomorrow so I'm hoping I don't bloat up between now and 4 LOL. My scale looks good to me this morning, always wishing for more but I'll take it. I was to start Phase 2 last week but had a bad WI so I put it off...because of TOM, I think I will put it off another week and see what I can do If the scales agree today, I still have 10 lbs to lose anyway so no real rush to get started on Phase 2 yet. It's going to be one week at a time for the next little bit I think unless I happen to drop 5 lbs next week....haha, wishful thinking! I'll be back later to confirm or deny the WI
Have a great OP day everyone!!
Good morning everyone, another wet day here in the PNW for me.
14th WI today, but I had to push it back until after 5:00 tonight.
Bought a new fridge yesterday and scheduled delivery for right during my normal weigh in time, whoops.. wasn't thinking there.
Actually took a night off from exercise but my body needed it.
My little man is still sick but he doesn't have an ear infection, but he still forced me out of my bed last night
Whatever helps him and mommy get some more sleep is fine for me though.
I am hoping for my average week, it will not be another 6 pound week for me of that I am sure. It's been really rainy here most of the week, and with me putting in a 75 hour work week last week my exercise suffered a little.
Just hoping to pull out a 4 if I can.
Everyone keep your chins up and stay positive and OP.
Obviously I need more coffee! I just posted this on Monday's thread! Here is a copy and paste!
Well, today is my 2nd official weigh-in. In my head I had set my goal for 2 pounds, but of course the bigger the better! I had a significant lose on week #1 so I know how my body reacts-it usually gives me a little after a big drop but not a huge number again. We will see at 2:15!
I purchase my packets individually and enough for the week ahead. Silly but I got a little excited last week to see 21 new packets. I have some favorites, but I try to order 1 or 2 new items per week so I can try all the diffferent ones. Almost like Christmas when I get to dive into the bag and see what I have-LOL
... I am anxious to hear my metabolic measurement.
Here's to a great Tuesday for everyone! I will stop in later tonight and update my ticker!
So neat that they will measure your metabolic rate, I would be curious to know mine too.
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Yes, I definately have my favorites that I buy each week. Love the capp and the chicken and brocoli soups, oh and the herb omelet is good. I usually try a new snack or so just to see what I think about it! The raspberry gelatin had a good flavor and a nice amount, but I am not a huge jello fan in general.
I actually warm the water, dissolve the jello and then pour it over crushed ice and drink it, I do about 8 oz of water and drink, instead of make jello. Maybe try that.
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Good morning everyone.
I was bad this morning, I never step on the scale outside of my scheduled weigh in but as it was thanksgiving I was paranoid that I may had gone up as I was not the one that cooked the turkey. I stayed on plan and had turkey and cauliflower for dinner without all the other stuff. As everyone was having pumpkin pie with whipping cream and ice cream I ate my dill pickle zippers which I love.
I'm glad to say that I did not go up woo hoo. My m-i-l is so against me doing a diet I thought she may have put regular salt on the turkey even though I brought sea salt for her to use. I honestly don't understand why it bothers her so much that I'm trying to better myself. I received nothing but snide comments from her all weekend but I just ignored them and stayed out of the house as much as I could. (I drove to Calgary with the kids, hubby stayed home to work. 6.5 hour drive) you'd think she'd be happy that I drove all that way.
Oh well, I stayed on plan and not going to stop!!
Have a great OP Tuesday everyone!!
Way to go staying strong with the holiday and m-i-l. Maybe she is unhealthy and unhappy in her life right now so she doesn't support you like she should because she is jealous.
After failing to do so the past few days, I finally got all my water in yesterday. For me at least, that is so much harder than it seems
I took all my measurements this morning. Even though I've lost 11.2 pounds, I've only lost one inch off my hips and none off my waist - is that normal? Where is the weight loss coming from?
My inches have been slower to come off than others'. They do come off though.
Just had to share -- I am down 39 lbs as of this morning. I am fitting into clothes that haven't fit in years or never fit. Now I am going to add some exercise into the mix. Very excited. I'm almost to my halfway point!
Oh forgot boyz4us:
Don't sweat the BMI too much, mine was over 42 when I started and now I am around 25 3 months later.
It will drop, it's quicker for some than others, I will admit mine has dropped pretty quick.
Holy cow I am starving right now! I had a 16oz hot water with lemon, coffee/shake (which adds up to about 32oz of liquids), a 24oz bottle of water, a 16.9oz propel zero and a 16.9oz water and all the liquid isn't cutting it today. That's not normal for me! Good thing I get to eat in 10 minutes or I might chomp my arm off!
I was bad this morning, I never step on the scale outside of my scheduled weigh in but as it was thanksgiving I was paranoid that I may had gone up as I was not the one that cooked the turkey. I stayed on plan and had turkey and cauliflower for dinner without all the other stuff. As everyone was having pumpkin pie with whipping cream and ice cream I ate my dill pickle zippers which I love.
I'm glad to say that I did not go up woo hoo. My m-i-l is so against me doing a diet I thought she may have put regular salt on the turkey even though I brought sea salt for her to use. I honestly don't understand why it bothers her so much that I'm trying to better myself. I received nothing but snide comments from her all weekend but I just ignored them and stayed out of the house as much as I could. (I drove to Calgary with the kids, hubby stayed home to work. 6.5 hour drive) you'd think she'd be happy that I drove all that way.
Oh well, I stayed on plan and not going to stop!!
Have a great OP Tuesday everyone!!
So glad you ignored the snide comments. Thats gotta be tough to hear but you're doing great! I get a few of those from my M I L because my SIL lost her weight with just exercising. Well I'm sorry I'm not her and If this is working for me then that's what I'm going to do.
Glad you stuck with it!!!! Keep it up!!!
Week 3 OP for me. My DH went back to work for his 2 week shift You'd think I'd be used to it since he's been doing this for 5 years but its still tough when he goes back. This weeks a busy week with the kids. Kung-Fu, swimming lessons, piano lessons and they're doing a cross country run. Phew. I'm tired just thinking about all the driving this week.
Here's to everyone having a great day and an even better week!
I couldn't wait all this long weekend to come back to this site and report to all you amazing people how I did it , I survived and I did well, all this because of your support.
So, as you all know it was Thankgiving weekend here in Canada, I was a little bit scared of it since I knew I would be away from home with a long long drive back and forth.
Here is how my victory went: on Thankgiving day, while everybody ate Turkey with gravy, I ate the white meat with no skin and no gravy, what was mashed potatoes for others was mashed rutabaga for me with no butter, or anything else added to it. I brought a big bowl of a green salad made of lettuce and cucumbers with 1 tsp of olive oil and just a little bit of lemon juice and some sea salt and I filled my plate with it. I ate some ham without any pineapple sauce, I scraped all I could.
Desert time, carrot cupcakes and cherry chocolate cake for everyone else with ice cream, for me, it was a thick IP pudding with some ice (which looked like ice cream).
And the amazing trick I learnt about filling our flavored water in a glass wine, that was amazing, the first day I had ''red wine'' made of the Berry Chrystal light with splenda, I have to admit the color did not really fool anyone as it appeared not to be wine, more of a juice, but I swear to God, the second day when I had the Iced tea Chrystal light, that really looked exactly like white wine which everyone else was having.
We had the perfect weather we could ever dream of, we went to a corn maze and we picked some pumpkin with the kids (my lovely nieces). My step daughter and my hubby even went on the water on the jet ski, who would think we can do such a thing in October. It was amazingly warm and sunny.
What was driving me crazy all this time was that I was away from my scale, I weigh myself daily and there I was away from it wondering what I might have lost, I was really going crazy to know. Once we arrived home, after a 4.30 hour drive, the first thing I did, I weighed myself and I saw a difference on the old scale I have in my apartment, but this is not my weigh-in scale, I know it is not very accurate and I know that there is a -4 pound difference. So today, as I came to my work, I passed by my mom, where my digital scale is and guess what ?!!!! I went down from 209.8 to 205! I was so happy and delighted that I did it, I succeeded into sticking to the program and I lost weight.
THANK YOU everyone for all your support, I am sure I would not have done it without you.
See you were PREPARED!!! THAT is the key. Not only was your mind set to sticking to the program but you were prepared!!...I am sooooo proud of you
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Good Morning all!
After failing to do so the past few days, I finally got all my water in yesterday. For me at least, that is so much harder than it seems
I took all my measurements this morning. Even though I've lost 11.2 pounds, I've only lost one inch off my hips and none off my waist - is that normal? Where is the weight loss coming from?
The last 2 weeks for me I have lost NO inches at all not even 1/2 but I have loss 8lbs, it comes off eventually, it really does
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Originally Posted by YvetteSki
Good morning everyone.
I was bad this morning, I never step on the scale outside of my scheduled weigh in but as it was thanksgiving I was paranoid that I may had gone up as I was not the one that cooked the turkey. I stayed on plan and had turkey and cauliflower for dinner without all the other stuff. As everyone was having pumpkin pie with whipping cream and ice cream I ate my dill pickle zippers which I love.
I'm glad to say that I did not go up woo hoo. My m-i-l is so against me doing a diet I thought she may have put regular salt on the turkey even though I brought sea salt for her to use. I honestly don't understand why it bothers her so much that I'm trying to better myself. I received nothing but snide comments from her all weekend but I just ignored them and stayed out of the house as much as I could. (I drove to Calgary with the kids, hubby stayed home to work. 6.5 hour drive) you'd think she'd be happy that I drove all that way.
Oh well, I stayed on plan and not going to stop!!
Have a great OP Tuesday everyone!!
You have great willpower to be able to ignore the snide remarks. You are doing so well, don't let anyone get between you and your goal. YOU CAN and WILL get there
I am off to get my hair did in a little while. I wonder what he will do to it this time...lol...in the fall we usually go a little darker red but we will see how it comes out for my new progress pic tomorrow!
I also want to be in the 150s next week. Heck, I'd love to get there by Thursday but I don't think that's goning to happen.
, I survived and I did well, all this because of your support.
! That must be so hard to have your m-i-l with all these negative comments! Oh God ! Why?! She must be jealous.
