Not the end of my day yet but wanted to tell you that I ate out for lunch and think I did pretty well. We went to a Filipino restaurant in Portland that I found online and knew it would be a treat for dh. I considered at least three dishes before deciding on a beef and vegetable soup and I think it was a wise choice. I make a cabbage soup that is similar except they had carrots and broccoli as well as cabbage in it. I've always made it with onions, garlic, potatos and cabbage or bok choy besides beef, most Filipinos use pork. I was glad they had it both ways at this restaurant as I prefer beef. It was very good and I added 3 T of white rice to it. The soup was enough for 3-4 people so dh shared it with me and we still brought home some of the soup as well as his noodle dish. I also had one spring roll (veggies only)...it was yummy but I let him have the other two. Then for dessert we shared a halo-halo...this is a Filipino dessert (kind of a drink too) and they served it with avocado ice cream on top. It also contains gelatin, beans, fruit (I think it was jackfruit). Very tasty and I'm glad we shared. The first time I visited the PI I loved halo-halo so much I ordered it in about every restaurant and by the end of the trip I was sick of it! But it's been a while since I've had one and I enjoyed this one very much. I only had maybe 3-4 T of it though. So I figure I left with at least 3-3 1/2 carb servings, possibly 4. I'm only suppose to have 3 at a meal but it is difficult to enjoy a restaurant meal on that usually so I thought I did pretty well.

For breakfast I had Oatmeal with 1/2 c fresh blueberries, 1 T NF milk and 1 t. Splenda brown sugar blend.

I have plenty calories left for tonight but of course, I still have to watch those darn carbs..

Ter your steak dinner sounds yummy! You are on track with your eating and exercise so one high meal a week shouldn't set you back to badly.

Rie - same with you Rie...you are one of the most disciplined people I know.

Lucinda - Good luck with your goal! Your diet is amazing! Only time I could eat that low cal was when I was on Medifast.

Today's cal were around 2316 I think, 400 of them came from those stupid sesame sticks! Not too proud of myself for that. I am happy for making home made chili for dinner tonight and beef barley soup with vegetables for lunches this week. Exercise today was a short walk with the neighbor.

maryea-Good job at the Filipino restaurant. Your choices sound very tasty. Soup is such a great food. It is so filling yet usually not terrible for calories.

OMG I love you my GG's. I was just about to give in to a sugar crave and i came here instead. i have been staying below 1000 calories all week-end, for the most part, maybe venturing a little over but not much. I just finished a great big belly busting dinner of eggplant, mustard greens beets, tomatos a jalepeno and tofu. I should not stuff my belly even with lo-cal foods because now i crave something sweet. But I am resisting. i will enjoy a hot cup of black coffee with a truvia instead. so thank you my GG's. thank you for caring about my progress and not siding with my weaker self.

Things have been crazy, and I really need to take the time to get on here, as all of you are so inspirational about weight loss.

I did terrible this weekend, I seem to be doing OK during the week, and as I said in a previous post, weekends are my down fall.

So....... my own personal challenge to myself is to challenge myself to stay on plan for all of February including the weekends, and if I do I will reward myself with a new die for my fabric cutter. You see I am a quilter, and there is no greater reward for me. I don't believe in rewarding myself with food, as I will then just start back on my old habits.

I am like Marie, I am either an or a , but only on weekends, and that is strange as I am a kitchen manager, and we have our own bakery, and I can leave it alone, all week long, it is at home I have problems

Wilma

Marie-You are so right about those evil sesame sticks. i have a box left that i will have to give my coworker for her kids. She rarely buys them any goodies since she is a raw food vegan so they are always pleased to get my extras. Good for you for behaving like an angel. There is a lot to say for good choices, maybe you will never go back to the devilish stuff!

Rie-Fun weekend menu. Life is good. Now we can be good and make up for it.

lucinda-congrats on taming the sugar monster.

slim-I know about those weekend mess ups. Good idea going for total control this month.

Today's calories were somewhere around 1500. I had a restaurant salad for dinner and had to guess the damage and I may be low. My middle son is sick and needs me to nudge him to take care of himself. We ended up at the Take Care clinic at Walgreens and did not get home til late. He has to try a new med tomorrow. Since he is allergic to amoxcyllin, it makes me worry to have to try a different med than erythomycin but his strep throat is making him absolutely miserable. Even grown kids are still a big worry.

Well, I didn't end up so good last night but I didn't worry too much about it...I usually think of Sunday as my non-tracking day and often do go over...it's the rest of the week I worry about. I know with diabetes I should be more concerned about EVERY day but at this point I feel I need a break. It's just that I tend to take too many breaks and I want to stop that.

Today I did really well! 1338 calories and a little less than 12 carb servings.
Very pleased with that as best I've done in a long time. I also did 15 min on the stationery bike, 20 min on treadmill but only did one other machine for two sets of 12. Dh was ready to go and I was tired so I left too. Dh used the eliptical machine for about five min and it wore him out!

Lucinda - Good for you resisting the sweet cravings! I know how difficult that can be.

Angel Marie - You seem very disciplined to me...but keep your resolve as I want to see you win!!

I did it! I took a zumba class this morning. I wore a bright yellow t-shirt and lepoard print leggings and I danced. i paced myself so i would not get hurt. It was fun!
as far as food goes
breakfast-1 cup almond milk w/ spirutien cappaccino flavored-150 calories
lunch- salad w/ greens, tomatoes, snap peas, horse radish, nori, and one spoon of tahini-250 calories
snack-raw cauliflower, sauer kraut, arugula, tomatoes, nori and walden farms dressing-250 calories
that leaves me w/ enough calories for my soup w/ veggies for dinner and still coming in under 1000 caloreis.
marie, you are so kind and supportive. I wish your pains would go away. I will keep you in my prayers.

lucinda-I am glad you enjoyed your zumba class. Your outfit sounds so cute.

Marie-My son seems better today. I think the new med is going to work better. So far so good concerning an allergic reaction. It is going to be a long ten days for me. I hope your daughter feels better soon. I always try to get my exercise in also. i think it helps with my anxiety although I am still pretty anxious. Definitely beats meds. Mostly I just try to keep my life simple.

maryea-Great job with the calories, carbs and exercise to boot. WooHoo!

Todays calories were 1585 and exercise was the 60 minute weight training class at the Y. The scale was down a little but nothing I can count on at this point.

Hello Challenge friends.

Today was a challenge, indeed. My mom's birthday and chinese buffet. I did ok but I am sure that my calories are in at around 1800 today. I am puffy and looking forward to clean eating for a couple of days and a lot of water to flush the salt. My scale says I am up 7 pounds and I know that is simply not possible.

Sorry that I don't have time for personals here but I am thinking of all of you. Especially you, Marie.

Keep up the good work. Back on plan tomorrow.

Rie

tera pet, when my kids get sick i find it a special challenge not to calm myself w/ foods. I hope your ds gets over his strep real soon and that you can breathe a sigh of relief.
rie.. okay. so you had the delicious chinese food and we all know there is so much sodium in those meals. I hate when my scale reflects a water retention weight up tick. I hope a good flushing and a clean light day will get that number to back down.

calories today
b-150
l-350
d-400
total 950. Okay that's 50 more than doctor recommended, but 2000 less than what I used to consume.