The bloats are going away, digestion so much better today, stocked up on lots of fresh veggies, ready to "get clean" again. I hadn't been eating hardly any fresh produce, so back on it.
Break - Canadian bacon burrito
Lunch - Chinese chicken salad, meatloaf Patty
Dinner - Cinci chili spaghetti
I fought the carb monster last night. I wanted it ALL in the house I was one step from raiding kiddo's junk stash. But like you I really had a chat with myself and got over it. thing was I was SO close. one nano-second was going ape. It would have been horrible epic insanity. but then I thought of HOW long I have been zero carb. to give that up would just be stupid, and I could not do stupid. I won over me
tuna and mayo
ribeye steak
pork chops
20 high intensity cardio tape--done
off to treadmill for 1/2 hr high incline in a sec
20 minute easy tone arms and legs...3 lb weights
then I have alot of small projects around the house and other things. So far so good. I am loving the new me I like my progress, I am happy eating my plan and spring is heading here fast! all sweet!
Morning everyone! ZCA you go with that willpower of yours! I could never do zero carbs for any amount of time.....maybe zero fast carbs, but I love my fresh veg too much. Carol Sue yeah on hubs and his "switching" over to the dark side It took my hubs about six months to start to appreciate what I was trying to do and want to join in a bit. Now, he keeps bugging me about buying an expensive treadmill. I just say no, go take a walk. Jacquihope you're taking care of yourself as you work on that house of yours. I'm sure you're probably exhausted from it. Rennie, LeeLee hey there!!
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I noticed that recently DH has been eating scrambled eggs for breakfast instead of his usual french toast. He would never admit I was right about carbs. ha ha
PQ, get the treadmill. It's so much safer than walking outside, especially for older people. A woman on another thread recently broke bones in her hand because she tripped on uneven pavement and fell while out for her walk.
Carol Sue I am thinking about it, but I want to wait until thus sumner when I can research them better and to see if he's still motivated
I snacked a lot today but they were all "good" snacks.
Break - buffalo chicken wrap w/lettuce, tomatoes, Dubliner cheese, onions
Lunch - same as breakfast w/ two cuties
Snack - three cuties, prosciutto panino, pickle
Dinner - asparagus/ham pasta with shaved Parmesan and a squeeze of lemon
Snack - lemon water, popcorn
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Carol Sue, I'm glad your hubby is making the switch. It will definitely help you for sure. My husband doesn't admit when I'm right either. He just joins in and the kids and I smile Good for you Carol Sue
PrairieQueen glad that bloat is leaving you LOL, that's funny, telling him to go take a walk ... does he go?
ZCA72 good job on sayng NO to the carb monster. You have a ton of will power I'm sure that's why you have been successful on your journey, GO YOU!. Keep up the great work
Jacqui, hope you are doing well. My eating HAD been off the chain. I got up pretty close to 180 but I have done better. Yesterday and today have been OP. However, I think that it is due to a terrible head cold that I have. I'm hoping that this way of eating will actually plant itself again and I can get back to the 160's. I'm in the lower 170's as of today.
Well, I got on the scale yesterday and it was 186.6. I finally broke the 188 mark. Well, I got on the scale this morning and 188.6!!! What the heck?? I think something is wrong with my scale because I step on it four times within 10 seconds and the numbers are different. I don't know how in the heck my weight went up 2 freaking pounds! I didn't binge or eat anything yucky. Ugh!!
I hope you're all doing well. We're about to drown down here in Texas but my lillies are coming up out of the ground so spring has sprung. Yippee!
PQ, yup, research and get a treadmill. nice thing is they are there for any immediate fast use when you can't get outside for the longer fresh air walk. I can jump on mine on high incline and get the old body moving in good range in a very short time. they are worth it! of course mine sat a long time before I used it, thinking this was a waste of big money---but then I used it and wow, good deal! LOL
------------hi everyone
moving slower today. woke up feeling a bit 'off'. allergies kicking in. have errands to run etc. just gonna plow thru the day.
ribeye and chicken thighs (maybe cajun seasoned) nothing exciting. food is definitely not on my hit list today. I love days when food is not a draw at all!
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LeeLLee good job on breaking through the plateau. Don't give your scale so much power. Know that you can and will, lose.
I should look outside and see if my crocuses are peeking through. I can't see them from the house.
PQ there is a chance that DH will lose motivation, but like ZCA said, it might sit there for a while, but if it's there he doesn't have an excuse, and you might get on it too. Do your research. If he will be wanting to run, you will need one strong enough to support running.
I thought about you last night. I was reading a book last night that referred to bacon as rashers. I swear I never heard that before. The book was published in the UK. Is that why?
Rennie, I'm not going so far as to say that DH is making the switch, but he is aware of the circumstances. It's different seeing it on the news. When I say it, all he hears is blah, blah, blah.
Was working out of town for a couple of days and surprisingly had no problem staying on plan and this morning I'm FINALLY down another pound!! So happy.
Question... my hubby has leftover KFC in the fridge from dinner while I was out of town. If I remove the breading/skin, can I eat that for lunch?
I have not gone AWOL, I'm at our river house without a computer! We are unexpectedly hustling to get things done (and I am exhausted) because we have renters lined up who want in asap. I miss y'all!!! I'm being good but we're eating out all the time !
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Oh Melissa, lunch has come and gone. Did you eat the KFC? I would have, but I'm not so rigid. I really don't like breaded chicken so I would have pulled the breading off anyway. I'm sure you'll be fine.
Glad to hear you stayed OP while you were away and lost weight, too!
thanks all for the congrats on willpower to overcome cravings they are super few and far between but when those biggies come I got a battle on my hands LOL
Rennie, thanks for posting that about Jacqui....wondered where she was
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easy day
going to rain soon. treadmill high incline and 1 easy exercise tape. I need to move. move and move again!
energy level is SO high with my way of eating I can't express how great I feel. it is amazing. it was a super hard long commitment to change over to ZC/VLC eating, but long time on plan now and I must say the results of it on my body are simply out of this world great!! Eat as much as I want, when I want, no calorie count, no tracking of anything. just eat and let the scale drop on its own time. this to me is finally my 'easy way to diet' LOL
I know what I want for me and I am doing exactly what I desire. Can't ask for more!
big ribeye with butter later
chicken thighs with smidge of cajun seasoning for next meal
off to get the day started, daylight is burning and I gotta move it! Everyone enjoy their Saturday and forever keep an eagle eye on those carbs
CHANGE: exercise change
45 minute high intensity interval training tape. Done and WOW
I did this with 2 lb. hand weights.
I figure why do 'an easy tape' when in reality I need to pony up and do a real piece of exercise! after all I want my body to change, so it is up to me to make it happen
Morning all! Hope everyone's weekend is going well. Thanks for the update Rennie....hopefully Jacqui can get her life back to normal once she gets new renters in. Carol Sue, ZCA I kind of want a treadmill myself, but I don't want hubs to know that. He'd really start nagging
My weight is finally within 0.2 lbs of my low two weeks ago. A big drop of 1.2 lbs overnight. I was stumped and frustrated as to what was going on....my jump up even though small was discouraging. I blamed pms, not eating enough, salt, perimenopause....I think it was a little synergistic, a combo of all. I switched to more fresh veggies (tomatoes, lettuce, onion, asparagus, carrots....and more in the fridge), lemon water, and I upped my calories in. I've been reading a lot about calorie cyclineatly. I'd heard about it before but never really got into it. It seems that's what I've been doing naturally out of the time. I've hit a couple of short-term plateaus since June and I think it happens when I stay low-cal for too many days in a row. I always thought I was being better when I didn't have my Saturday cheat day or I didn't get my wings on Tuesday night. All I can say is my calories have been up since Wednesday and my weight has been going down since. I still don't eat junk and have increased the calories with healthy snacks usually. We'll see how it goes for the next couple of weeks.
Yesterday's menu...
Breakfast - buffalo wrap (rotisserie chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, Parmesan, my own buffalo sauce)
Snack - white grapes
Lunch - repeat of breakfast
Snack - prosciutto panino, hummus and sweet potato chips
Dinner - 1/4 of mariachi chicken pizza, 2 Miller 64 beers
Snack - two pineapple spears, lemon water
PQ best time to shop is about Sept/October. treadmills are on sale big time. the salesman told me in Nov and Dec. they don't put them on sale cause too many people buy them at the holiday as gifts and they don't sale them cause they want full price I got a great deal on mine in October and it was sure worth it.
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dark clouds, not sure how the day will go. more rain it looks like. sun coming out not promising.
my shoulders are sore from 2 lb weights doing that exercise yesterday so today I will do an easy exercise tape. like Leslie Sansone walking away the lbs. They are so easy to follow and get you moving without the wear and tear on me then some high incline treadmill later.
ribeye and pork chops.
latey I stopped cheese and it makes the scale go down a little easier. just cause I don't snack anymore. cheese is only when I put it on a burger and for some reason I am not in burger moods anymore but I am sure that will shift later and I will be eating alot more burgers. probably when hubby fires up the grill in a bit. spring is here and alot of BBQ time is right on the edge.
scale down 1/2 this morning. will take it. it all adds up eventually
LOL, that's funny, telling him to go take a walk ... does he go?
Hi everybody!
What the heck?? I think something is wrong with my scale because I step on it four times within 10 seconds and the numbers are different. I don't know how in the heck my weight went up 2 freaking pounds! I didn't binge or eat anything yucky. Ugh!!
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