Cecilia- I am so glad that you like the BBQ pizza it has been my favorite on plan meal so far and it super easy too. The Italian version is good too, depends on what kind of food you are in the mood for. I will keep posting my recipe finds and it is so important to me to have variety and taste in my life.
Amy- you will love to make your own BBQ pizza as it cuts out all that extra sodium
My tip for the day comes from an email I got.
it was talking about the ever dreadful muffin top it said to stay away fromt he 7 C's and that would help eliminate that roll of fat hanging over your jeans
7 c's are: colas, candy,cakes,cookies,crackers,ice cream and cereal.
Summer Slim down is still in full force. However, I may not meet my Easter goal but I have not weighed yet and will not weigh in until Saturday so I am still holding out some hope. i have meet a mini-goal of exercising 5 days a week. I am looking forward to a beautiful weekend and some spring cleaning and walking. i will try to find a great tip and post it later.
i have been exercising a lot and researching it and I had no idea how many calories you have to burn to loose a pound wow.
Okay so I am here in Georgia with my husband and son. It is so pretty here very different from where I live. Huge house, huge backyard boy I am going to miss it when I leave tomorrow. I didn't get a chance to read all the new posts but I see that everyone has been going back and forth. I did skim through and saw something about BBQ Pizza sounds yummy and is making me hungry already just typing it. So later I must read more to catch up.
As I mentioned in an earlier post I was worried about not having the right foods for my trip from NJ to GA but I managed to bring some with me and of course my brother-in-law had tons of stuff since he is a Vegan. He has introduced me to a whole new world with the whole vegetarian/vegan concept. I looked in his refrigerator and every other word out of my mouth was WOW. He had so many products everything from yogurt to sandwich meat and even shredded cheese. He took me to this Vegetarian market where he buys all his Tofu stuff. My son loved this Carob cookie/brownie thing and the store had all sorts of desserts. So based on all this cool new information I have bought the following:
Vegetarian Nature's Burger - a veggie and whole grain mix
So since I love veggie burgers I thought this might be interesting to try.
Also, he has these things called Chicken Chunks - which tastes really good. I think they are made with soy beans. They look like croutons. I have never heard of them or tried them before until last night. You take these chunks and but them in boiled water. They fluff up and they have the consistency of meat. He added a couple of seasonings including curry and before you know it we had curry chicken. But it wasn't chicken but he tells me they had lots of protein. He also gave me some Vegetarian Stir Fry Strips (Seasoned Wheat Protein) that was pretty good too. He also took us to a farmers market that had every type of meat you could think of. Every type of fish you can think of (swimming in the water ready for you to pick it up with a net), tons of cheap veggies and fruit, fresh baked bread, organic this that and the other thing, whole foods, fresh foods, of my goodness let me stop here because as you can see I was introduced to a whole fascinating world. Well I will chat with each one of you later once I read all the posts. I hope everyone is doing okay.
TATA for know
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Hello everyone and I hope all of you are having a great day. I was able to catch up on all the posts (very enjoyable)
MommyofSix: Your #7 on your list Be aware of your emotional response. If you eat more than you plan, seeing it as a catastrophe will only set you up for failure. Get back on track at your next meal, and try for extra activity. This was ALWAYS my downfall. If I ever ate off of plan I would beat myself up real bad about it and take myself totally off my diet. So thank you for this tidbit because I need to be reminded every now and then. Also, did you ever get the Weekly Food Planner Template I emailed you? Also your tip about how to pick the watermelon was great. I wished I read it before I went to the Farmer's Market. My husband, his brother, my son and me wanted to buy one but we all looked at each other and said "I don't know how to pick out a ripe one" (ha, ha, -- it was so funny).
"JerseyMAdchen" Are you my next door neighbor? Just joking. When I walk to the park, around the pond and back home it comes out to 2 miles as well. Good Luck on you papers and exam. What are you studying for? I am a chicken I have never ventured out and tried different Lean Cuisine stuff. I always stick the to the same thing. My co-worker however it always eating the Flatbread pizzas and they look good.
Cecil: Cool you are making all this cool stuff. You sound like a natural. I myself can't wait to try either of the recipes. Do you believe that I found my LA Weightloss Cookbook that I never opened up. Please know that I have had this for probably 10 years (ha, ha, ha)
EVERYONE: If anyone wants copies of any of its recipes let me know. I can either scan them in for email or send by snail mail.
Kennedy: You go girl (ha, ha, ha -- sorry I couldn't resist I was giving each person a special comment I felt a little left out LOL
So right now at this point as I sit here typing, my brother-in-law is at work, hubby is on the couch asleep and my son fell asleep in the room. I guess the tiredness kicked in after the long drive. I guess I should be getting some rest as well. My husband is going to make me drive most of the way since I was too tired to help him on the drive down (ha, ha, ha)
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Sounds like you are having a great trip! Vegan food doesn't sound so bad. HA! Sounds like a beautiful place! Where are you visiting again???
I am trying with the cooking thing. It is not a natural thing for me. I hate cooking these two recipes are just so simple I can actally force myself to do it! HA!
I seriously love your thread that you gals have here! Please post often I love checking in here to see what you gals have going on! Thanks for all of your support!
Hello Cecil, I live in New Jersey but we went to visit my husband's brother that lives in Georgia. He is the only one here the rest of his family is in NJ, Brooklyn, NY and some is Tennessee.
I was given a real eye opener to someone who is a Vegan. Oh yeah I had something called Tempeh which was real good. Now when I get back to New Jersey I have to look for a place like this. I am not sure if Whole Foods is the same but I sure will investigate it.
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Kennedy- I am finishing up my bachelor's at Rutgers for Human Resource Management.
I bought these small already made pizza crusts at the grocery store that are personal size,and made a mizza tonight. Regular that is... with part skim mozz, onions and turkey pepperoni. For my veggies with it, I made cucmber and onion salad. It's a favorite in my family, my mom made it ALL the time growing up when she made pizza. I am definitely spoiled, I grew up on homemade pizza, dough included!!!
I cut up an orange and added it to some canned pineapple (in it's own juice, no sugar added) and it was really good.
I also buy WW candy and have one piece every once in a while. Just a little treat!
Sounds like everyone is doing well. I love reading the post too, very inspirational. I think the post are what gets me through somedays.
Kennedy- sounds like your have had a wonderful trip. i love Georgia but what can i say i am a southern gal. i am sure you will find a store similar in New Jersey. I am very spolied in that we have fresh farmers markets everywhere and we trade foods.. I have an apple tree, grape vines and tomato plants and trade with local farmers to get all the great produce. Hope you have agood trip home and bravo staying on plan during vacation.
Cecil I am so proud of you for cooking. Most recipies can be simplified. you just have to figure out what works for you. you may turn out to o be a cook after all.
Amy- your dinner sounds wonderful. I am jealous of the homemade pizza. My sister has a recipe for a WW pizza that the crust is low-fat crescent rolls. i will get the recipe and share..
Thanks Amy, Amy and Kennedy I really appreciate your support, I can not say that enough. I agree Amy some days this is what gets me through. Last night I had some Egg salsd after class with whet thins. I love Egg Salad! Especially with a a little red pepper seasoning. YUM! Well I was down another 1 lb today at WI! Yeah! So far so good since this week is also TOM, pretty challneging. But also exciting to know that I can get through this week I can get through all the others too! HA! Hope you all have a great POP day!
We should post our progress. Just wondering how you gals are doing??
I am soo excited to be back on plan. I thought that I wouldn't be as dedicated as I was when I started the first time.. I was worried but all is going well and I am soo glad! Just in time for summer right ladies!
Hello and a good day to all of you. I actually got back yesterday and was trying to post something but my computer gave out on me so I had to reboot it plus I was tired from a 13 hour drive I just saved it for today. So here I am nice to be back in NJ.
Cecil: WOW -- look at you and your weight loss that is great . Keep up the good work. I myself made a promise that during the challenge I would only weigh myself 3 times when I started the challenge, during the middle and then at the end so my next weigh in will be on 4/22. I am one those people that despite the fact the I have more energy, feel freat or my clothes fit loose I still have to see that scale move. I know it is not realistic way of thinking about weightloss but I am trying to think differently about my weightloss this time and not be so hard on myself.
JerseyMadchen: Congratualtions on working toward your degree. I love the whole HR field I have never worked in it but I always found it so fascinating. Where can a person get WW candy?
Mommyofsix: Wow it sounds like I would have lots of fun if I were to visit you too. I am such a city chic surrounded by miles of concrete and bodegas (corner stores). If someone told me that they would give me a nice flat in NYC - Manhatten and I can have my own parking space I would jump in a flash. I love NYC full of life and types of people.
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Well I went to Whole Foods today for the very first time. Boy was it a mad house in there. It was new just opened in Paramus, NJ. A lot of cool stuff I must go back. I wanted to compare it to the store I was in GA but some of the things I was specifically looking for they didn't have. So my search continues.
It is rainy and windy today Did some driving around. Now I'm back home ready to clean up and jump on my treadmill. Has anyone ever used a trampoline for excercise? Talk to you guys soon.
Jersey- HR is a great field to work in lost of job oppurtunities
Kennedy- glad you made it back to NJ. You should visit Tennessee it is a beautiful place. i actually live 6 weeks in NYC when i was in college. It was great but made me realize I like open space way to much. Also, great job on staying on plan while on vacation and opening up to Vegan options.
Hope everyone is ready for an on plan week. i know i am. i lost 1.8 pounds this week. I exercised for 6 days straight and took last night off. I hope this week is as productive. I did not meet my easter goal but will continue to stay on plan because that is the only way I can loose.
Tip for the Day- applies to me and thought it was worth sharing
There is nothing more discouraging than stepping on the scale after a week of diligent dieting and grueling workouts and not seeing any drop in the number. The plateau is a common problem among dieters and can typically be waited out, but there are measures you can take to keep your metabolism fired up even as you reduce your caloric intake.
The best way to break a plateau is to keep your salt intake below 2,000 milligrams a day and drink lots of water. Make sure you're not eating any processed carbs, period. That's right — no chips, sugar, white flour, and so on. And hit the gym hard! The boost in exercise will make your body swell and hold fluids for a few days, but after a week you should see the benefits on the scale.
Kennedy- I get my Weight Watchers (WW) at my grocery store. It used to be with regular candy, but they keep it with the slim fast and other diet items. I can't think of who they're made by, Whitman? The candy company that makes those yellow boxes... anyways, the candy is so good!
I also like Sugar Free hard candies every once in a while. I have a sweet tooth and fight the urge to eat a dessert after every meal!
I am all caught up on the posts
. Keep up the good work. I myself made a promise that during the challenge I would only weigh myself 3 times when I started the challenge, during the middle and then at the end so my 
Did some driving around. Now I'm back home ready to clean up and jump on my treadmill. Has anyone ever used a trampoline for excercise?
Talk to you guys soon.
